That's why I have the radio as my alarm AND a second alarm. Wake up to the radio - listen to NPR and they keep reminding me of the time.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sumi - Mar 14, 2008 5:44:17 am PDT #4918 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Gudanov - Mar 14, 2008 5:44:34 am PDT #4919 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Looks like I'm the freak. Typically I wake up about 10 minutes before the alarm goes off. I figure I might was well just get up since I'm not going to get any good sleep in 10 minutes.
Sparky1 - Mar 14, 2008 5:46:40 am PDT #4920 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
Looks like I'm the freak.
If you're a freak, then my DH and I are bigger freaks since we don't generally even set an alarm.
Jessica - Mar 14, 2008 5:47:02 am PDT #4921 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
That's why I have the radio as my alarm AND a second alarm. Wake up to the radio - listen to NPR and they keep reminding me of the time.
These days, Dylan is my alarm clock, but before he was born I used to set my alarm to turn on NPR about 30 minutes before I needed to be up, and then the buzzer to go off when I *really* needed to be up. The only downside was drifting back to sleep and dreaming about the news.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 14, 2008 5:47:01 am PDT #4922 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I don't understand using the snooze button. You set the alarm to when you have to get up, if you can hit the snooze button then you didn't have to get up as early as you set the alarm. Just set the alarm later and get the good sleep instead of the crappy snooze sleep.
It works better for deep sleepers/slow wakers like me. The first alarm isn't enough to actually get you fully awake, but the noise and hitting the snooze button pulls you far enough out of sleep that the next alarm can wake you up for real.
shrift - Mar 14, 2008 5:47:51 am PDT #4923 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Morning people are freaky freaks who freak my shit out.
tommyrot - Mar 14, 2008 5:48:05 am PDT #4924 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
My cat uses the alarm to tell when she can come over to my bed and get petted.
lisah - Mar 14, 2008 5:48:43 am PDT #4925 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
There should be a snooze alarm that hits me back after I hit it twice.
Ha! yeah. I could use one of those. I'm a terrible, TERRIBLE snooze alarm abuser.
msbelle - Mar 14, 2008 5:48:56 am PDT #4926 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I would very much like a nap. I may have to go to the couch in the bathroom and have a quick shut eye over lunch.
sarameg - Mar 14, 2008 5:49:33 am PDT #4927 of 10001
Gud, I have THREE alarms. It's what it takes to wake me up. Having to do something helps wake me up. Which is why one of the alarms is one the floor out of reach. My only thought when the alarm goes off is NOOOOOooooooo for at least a cycle or two. Eventually it occurs to me I have to get up. But not right away. I'll take even bad sleep.
edit:
I used to set my alarm to turn on NPR about 30 minutes before I needed to be up, and then the buzzer to go off when I *really* needed to be up.
hah. Yeah, NPR starts up first for me too.