Old trusty soda machine. I push you for root beer, you give me Coke.

Willow ,'End of Days'


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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.


Jesse - Mar 14, 2008 6:12:08 am PDT #4940 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Wake up to the radio - listen to NPR and they keep reminding me of the time.

This is actually why I moved my alarm time earlier, because now I wake up to the Marketplace Morning Report (10 minutes before 7), and generally notice the switch to regular morning edition. I am sometimes able to sleep through 30-40 minutes of news.

Weirdly, this morning I woke up right when the alarm went off, even though I had moved it off the station in changing the time last night. So the radio playing really faint half spanish news, half english news woke me up.


Nutty - Mar 14, 2008 6:12:41 am PDT #4941 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

dreaming about the news

I do this. Also, by setting my radio alarm to the same time and just leaving it on (radio plays for 2 hours, and then shuts off), I never have to worry that I've accidentally turned it off.

The sole function of my snooze button is for Sunday mornings, when the radio plays some stupid and boring local program for the first half-hour, which annoys me enough that I'll hit snooze so as not to have to listen to it while waking up. (After that it's the ordinary national morning show, which I like just fine.)


Dana - Mar 14, 2008 6:14:17 am PDT #4942 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

This is actually why I moved my alarm time earlier, because now I wake up to the Marketplace Morning Report (10 minutes before 7), and generally notice the switch to regular morning edition.

Oh, I do that too. "And the last word in business today is..."

At that point, I should be getting up.


Cashmere - Mar 14, 2008 6:15:05 am PDT #4943 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

Someone needs to install a snooze alarm on my toddlers.


lisah - Mar 14, 2008 6:15:31 am PDT #4944 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

My biggest problem is when the dog wakes me up (by getting up and walking around the room) well before my alarm. Because then I have to get up, carry him downstairs and outside, wait for him to do his business, wait for him to make his way back in the house, give him a treat (good boy!), wait for him to follow me back upstairs, and then I always think I deserve more sleep after that. Even if it's, like, 15 minutes. But then 15 minutes is not enough so it turns into 30 and so on. When really I should just get up with him and then go for a long walk.


shrift - Mar 14, 2008 6:17:36 am PDT #4945 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Why isn't it time for lunch yet? I disapprove.


tommyrot - Mar 14, 2008 6:18:01 am PDT #4946 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.

The radio part of my clock radio stopped working about five or seven years ago. So I just get the annoying electronic buzzing instead.

Huh. Morning news for an alarm might be nice. So instead I go online and check the weather. For some reason I like to do that before I get into the shower - apparently so I can think about what to wear while I'm showering.....


tommyrot - Mar 14, 2008 6:21:57 am PDT #4947 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.

Is it just me, or is this headline fairly awesome?

Illegitimate Daughter Denied Jell-O Fortune


sumi - Mar 14, 2008 6:28:52 am PDT #4948 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

That is awesome.


Sophia Brooks - Mar 14, 2008 6:33:35 am PDT #4949 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I use the beep alarm on my watch and this really annoying pedometer alarm that talks! and cock a doodle doos! the sad thing is when I keep trying to turn my watch off when it is the pedometer. Also, I can now ignore the pedometer to sleep more.