Sleepless in Melbourne
I remember when I was back in High School and I’d had the bright idea to stay up all night at my best friend’s house. My Mum normally didn’t let me sleep over friend’s houses on a school night so she warned me that I was to get to sleep at a decent hour. We ended up staying up all night ... literally. I remember seeing the light of a new day approach and feeling that cold tiredness come over me that screamed I needed sleep. I, of course, couldn’t go to sleep because I had school that day. We made a packed that we wouldn’t tell her Mum or my Mum about the fact we had stayed up all night and my best friend tried to convince me to stay home and fake a sicky. I am a terrible liar and it was my stupid fault to stay up all night with her (she didn’t have school that day) so I would suck it up and go to school and made her promise not to tell either of our Mum’s. That day at school was SO hard. I thought I was fine. If I was actively doing something I WAS fine but when I wasn’t, like in English when the teacher told us to get out the Novel we had been studying I was dismayed to find that I couldn’t read it properly because the words were all blurring together in my tired brain. I spent the whole class praying the teacher wouldn’t ask me to read because I honestly, and literally, couldn’t read the words.
I got home and of course my Mother somehow found out anyway. I was grounded and I was actually too tired to care.
This is how I feel this morning to a lesser extent LOL
My Best Friend and myself are attempting to write a book together. When we get together we use those moments for planning, plotting, editing, brainstorming. We haven’t done this for a while due to me being overseas so we set aside this past weekend to put in some real time on it. It also happened to be the same weekend as the 50th Anniversary Doctor Who special episode. They were airing it live at 6.50am on Sunday morning. So we decided to make the ultimate sleep sacrifice and not sleep at all. We spent the night working on the book, were still up when the episode aired and then later that afternoon on Sunday we went into the city on no sleep to catch up with the girls. By the time I got home? It was late and I was stuffed.
This morning is when it really hit me. I woke up to the alarm and thought oh my god. I didnt want to go to work. Two Days with no sleep, a normal 8 hours just doesn’t cut it. I felt like I did that day when I had to go to school after pulling an all nighter. I think it’s safe to say that I wont be having a late night tonight.
The lack of sleep was worth it, though. The scheming that happened for our book made me happy as we finally moved forward with some progress and I am super excited again about what lays ahead and Doctor Who was amazing.
Doctor Who. I honestly never thought I would someone who could say “I love Doctor Who.” Before I met my best friend through the TV Show Supernatural, I didnt want anything to do with Doctor Who. All I had ever seen was the older series with their ridiculous props and costumes and Tom Baker’s crazy eyes. I thought it was stupid. But then I met Lisa (Angelustatt) and she was a massive fan, a Whovian. I still didnt really care for it but I started to learn about it because when someone you love happens to love something that much you cannot help but learn stuff.
Then I caught Christopher Eccelston and Billie Piper on some show on cable and it caught my attention. It wasn’t bad, Christopher was sarcastic and quirky and I was enjoying it. Then I realised I was watching the first episode of the re-invented series of Doctor Who. The Ninth Doctor. I was surprised because my view on Doctor Who had been coloured by that crazy Doctor and his ridiculous props. Slowly I allowed Lisa to educate me on Doctor Who to the point where I didnt mind the show.
Then David Tennant (The Tenth Doctor) left and this young guy called Matt Smith became the Doctor and I thought who is this idiot. He isn’t David Tennant. Even Lisa wasn’t sure about this guy and he dubbed him “The Weirdo Doctor.” But soon enough between Matt Smith’s adorable antics and his companions Amy and Rory, Lisa fell in love with the new Doctor and I thought she was nuts. But then I watched him and slowly over the last three years I couldn’t help but see what she saw. Matt Smith is a brilliant Doctor. And now it is his time to leave. After this weekend my love for the show and all things Doctor Who has been cemented. Now, I have falling prey to the awesomeness of the Doctor. Now, when Matt is about to leave us as the Doctor. I have a habit of getting into things when they are over with and then regret all the time lost. I haven’t been a Who fan long but I will certainly miss Matt Smith as The Doctor. Peter Calpaldi (The new Doctor) has big, big Shoes to fill coming after so many amazing Doctors. I think he has the chance to do it. I am at least reserving judgement until I see him as The Doctor. I won’t make the same mistake I made with Matt Smith.
So there you have it. I am a Doctor Who fan. I am now getting to play catch up. I want to watch the previous Doctors, I want to get familiar with Peter Davison’s Doctor especially and am deeply gutted that I missed meeting him last year. You succeeded, Lisa ... you got me hooked. Now as Rob Lloyd described, I sit here and say to you, “Tell me all you know about Doctor Who.”
So now I will take my can of mother (Yes, I am drinking a unhealthy energy drink before midday Monday morning LOL) and concentrate as best I can on work and get a good night with lots of awesome stuff to dream about.
I got home and of course my Mother somehow found out anyway. I was grounded and I was actually too tired to care.
This is how I feel this morning to a lesser extent LOL
My Best Friend and myself are attempting to write a book together. When we get together we use those moments for planning, plotting, editing, brainstorming. We haven’t done this for a while due to me being overseas so we set aside this past weekend to put in some real time on it. It also happened to be the same weekend as the 50th Anniversary Doctor Who special episode. They were airing it live at 6.50am on Sunday morning. So we decided to make the ultimate sleep sacrifice and not sleep at all. We spent the night working on the book, were still up when the episode aired and then later that afternoon on Sunday we went into the city on no sleep to catch up with the girls. By the time I got home? It was late and I was stuffed.
This morning is when it really hit me. I woke up to the alarm and thought oh my god. I didnt want to go to work. Two Days with no sleep, a normal 8 hours just doesn’t cut it. I felt like I did that day when I had to go to school after pulling an all nighter. I think it’s safe to say that I wont be having a late night tonight.
The lack of sleep was worth it, though. The scheming that happened for our book made me happy as we finally moved forward with some progress and I am super excited again about what lays ahead and Doctor Who was amazing.
Doctor Who. I honestly never thought I would someone who could say “I love Doctor Who.” Before I met my best friend through the TV Show Supernatural, I didnt want anything to do with Doctor Who. All I had ever seen was the older series with their ridiculous props and costumes and Tom Baker’s crazy eyes. I thought it was stupid. But then I met Lisa (Angelustatt) and she was a massive fan, a Whovian. I still didnt really care for it but I started to learn about it because when someone you love happens to love something that much you cannot help but learn stuff.
Then I caught Christopher Eccelston and Billie Piper on some show on cable and it caught my attention. It wasn’t bad, Christopher was sarcastic and quirky and I was enjoying it. Then I realised I was watching the first episode of the re-invented series of Doctor Who. The Ninth Doctor. I was surprised because my view on Doctor Who had been coloured by that crazy Doctor and his ridiculous props. Slowly I allowed Lisa to educate me on Doctor Who to the point where I didnt mind the show.
Then David Tennant (The Tenth Doctor) left and this young guy called Matt Smith became the Doctor and I thought who is this idiot. He isn’t David Tennant. Even Lisa wasn’t sure about this guy and he dubbed him “The Weirdo Doctor.” But soon enough between Matt Smith’s adorable antics and his companions Amy and Rory, Lisa fell in love with the new Doctor and I thought she was nuts. But then I watched him and slowly over the last three years I couldn’t help but see what she saw. Matt Smith is a brilliant Doctor. And now it is his time to leave. After this weekend my love for the show and all things Doctor Who has been cemented. Now, I have falling prey to the awesomeness of the Doctor. Now, when Matt is about to leave us as the Doctor. I have a habit of getting into things when they are over with and then regret all the time lost. I haven’t been a Who fan long but I will certainly miss Matt Smith as The Doctor. Peter Calpaldi (The new Doctor) has big, big Shoes to fill coming after so many amazing Doctors. I think he has the chance to do it. I am at least reserving judgement until I see him as The Doctor. I won’t make the same mistake I made with Matt Smith.
So there you have it. I am a Doctor Who fan. I am now getting to play catch up. I want to watch the previous Doctors, I want to get familiar with Peter Davison’s Doctor especially and am deeply gutted that I missed meeting him last year. You succeeded, Lisa ... you got me hooked. Now as Rob Lloyd described, I sit here and say to you, “Tell me all you know about Doctor Who.”
So now I will take my can of mother (Yes, I am drinking a unhealthy energy drink before midday Monday morning LOL) and concentrate as best I can on work and get a good night with lots of awesome stuff to dream about.