been tryin' to meet you

[superflyy]

I've been suffering from an extremely aggravating affliction of sorts this past week. Each morning I try to get up at 5 so that I can make it work early and leave while it's still light out. Inevitably, I disable the alarm when it goes off and sleep for another 45 minutes or so. It's still terribly painful dragging myself out of bed, though, and I'

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[killercanary]

here's what's worked for me: first, you need a deadline. some hard time that you need to be someplace that you don't have any control over. something like a train you need to catch that arrives at 7:48am sharp and only sticks around for 30 seconds works pretty well. then you find out how much time it takes you to do everything you need to do from the time you physically exit your bed until that deadline. subtract said time from deadline. set your alarm clock to the result. as this point, you know that you're absolutely fucked if you even think about hitting the snooze button, and getting up becomes much easier. also, making your alarm clock unreachable from your bed helps a lot.

as for sleeping at night, i'd suggest ditching the coffee unless you really need it in the morning. but if you can manage to stay awake without it during the day, you'll sleep easier at night, and in turn, the next day will be easier. i don't think i personally would have had a prayer of pulling any of this off in college, but the wonders of not having homework give one far more control over one's life.

and yes, doolittle is a fucking blessing. but i still prefer surfer rosa. something about the raging violence of that album seduces me. it's weird, though, everyone i've talked to who likes the pixies came to like them slowly. the first time they hear it, people are like, "are these guys on crack? what the hell is this?" and then slowly, they become addicted to the crack and they can't get enough. i'm just pissed my mp3 player can't play the 48 kHz show i ripped from the dvd.

[hubidajubidaba]

whoa dude, i was just gonna tell him to rub one out before bed.

[hubidajubidaba]

and yes i did post that before i read Red's entry

heh read red.