Wow...So I wasn't alone in staying up late? On friday I had an overnight gaming thing at a friend's house. :P If it hadn't been for Jolt (anb denergy drink) I'd have zonked out around 2 AM. I still can't belive I only slept at 7:00 AM. And by the time I came home, it was 11:00 PM the next night. Now...I think I had work to do...but I can't remember if I did. @_@
And the most nausiatingly cute, yet scary thing on youtube...try looking up the Egg song. >_< oh my gosh...My firend made me watch it and what the hell... We agreed, it was too scary to exist.
A shame Nintendo didn't release SMB2j here originally. They coulda made a killing replacing smashed controllers.
*groans*
I just spent three hours with a cordless drill in hand, dismanteling an large artificial amphitheater complete with multiple levels, balconies, and four staircases.
My back hurts like hell.
*goes off to have a hot bath*
rock_nog wrote:A shame Nintendo didn't release SMB2j here originally. They coulda made a killing replacing smashed controllers.
Ever since I played SMB2J, I wished Nintendo had released that game worldwide. They also should have released the unaltered Doki Doki Panic, which could have become a whole series as well. It would probably need a less Japanese-sounding title though.
Amaster42 wrote:*groans*
I just spent three hours with a cordless drill in hand, dismanteling an large artificial amphitheater complete with multiple levels, balconies, and four staircases.
My back hurts like hell.*goes off to have a hot bath*
This is why most authorities are against vandalism.
It was vandalism? What's an artificial amphitheater anyway?
Oh, sorry, forgot to say: it was for drama club. Our Hamlet production just ended, and we needed our set off the stage before the orchestra sets up tomorrow.
Amphitheater isn't the best word for it, but I'm not sure how to describe the shape. Think the three upper sides of a hexagon, 15 feet tall and about 20 feet on a side.
So how does everyone here deal with insomnia?
I just sit around and watch TV till I finally fall asleep. And if it really starts to bug me, I take some nyquill. I should probably get a prescription, though =\
I either try to sleep or I don't try to sleep. I've tried sleeping pills, making a regular sleep schedule, showering in the middle of the night if I'm still tired, drinking warm milk, relaxation techniques, the whole nine yards.
I haven't slept more than a couple hours in the past 5 days. It sucks. I've even been running a lot (several miles a day) to try and make myself physically exhausted as well as mentally tired... but I still can't sleep.
Good luck.
I used to have horrible insomnia. It would take me 6 hours or more to get to sleep some nights! It mostly went away when I moved to a new apartment and got a proper bed instead of an air bed.
Now, I usually don't have too much trouble getting to sleep, but my bedtime has been creeping later and later. I think it's my OCD, I keep thinking I have to get X, Y, and Z tasks done each day, but I put them off or they take longer than expected, then I think of something else I should do before going to sleep, and so on.
Well my situation isn't that bad, but I usually sleep 8-10 hours a night, so anything less is just terrible for me.
What worked for me when I had it before was drinking some milk, turning all the lights out and watching a movie. That one really worked for me, and it was a good thing that class started at 12 the next day.
Beat off like theres no tommorrow. Not only is it physically demanding, but the result naturally takes away a ton of your energy.
MasterSwordUltima wrote:Beat off like theres no tommorrow. Not only is it physically demanding, but the result naturally takes away a ton of your energy.
Why didn't I ever think of that? It seems like most of the time I want to go to sleep, it takes me two hours to fall asleep.
russadwan wrote:Why didn't I ever think of that? It seems like most of the time I want to go to sleep, it takes me two hours to fall asleep.
That's a problem I've had, too - even on nights I don't drink a pot of coffee at 1 am ;p
The trick that usually works for me is drinking some milk and not thinking about what's been going on. That's what usually keeps me up, so if I try to focus on something else (like picturing what's on the tv with the sound playing) it helps me fall asleep pretty quickly.
I just close my eyes and let my imagination wander.
...and if I'm really having trouble sleeping, I'll drink some camomile tea.
...and if it's totally hopeless, I'll take out a textbook and try to read it while lying down on my bed. I'll eventually fall asleep. (Ok, I haven't done this to get to sleep, but I'm sure it'll work, considering all the times I've fallen asleep when I was supposed to study.)
Sometimes I just start up my computer, open the ZC quest maker, and make the most boring part of the quest imaginable (like making cutscenes). That normally makes me fall asleep.
Deep breathes, while you focus your mind on a pure white whiteness.
It usually works pretty well. If that doesn't work, imagine yourself in that math class we've all had at one point or another with the most boring teacher on the planet droning on and on about how X was equal to Y, but only if multiplied by Pi, and stuff.
Turn on C-SPAN and force yourself to watch it. :scared:
And the award for the best response goes to...
MasterSwordUltima wrote:Beat off like theres no tommorrow. Not only is it physically demanding, but the result naturally takes away a ton of your energy.
Pineconn wrote:It's stupid things like this that make YouTube worthwhile.Yes, I watched the entire video. I loved every second of it. This is why, kids, you should play a sport or something.
Janus wrote:I'm stuck on dialup for the night, so it'll take a bit to load that video... but the title is promising. "Fat kid screaming". Can't go wrong.
If you watched this video and wondered what he was saying, [this video] has a translation of what he said. Beware, because it's not pretty.
It's so obviously staged. No one gets that pissed off about a game loading. Plus, why would it be filmed if it weren't staged? If he wanted to make it look real he should have at least come up with something better than "I want to pllaaaaaay waah"
I just spent over half an hour getting myself up to date from my last post a week ago, and I'm getting tired.
A lot of times, what makes me sleepy is listening to various CDs (both metal and softer stuff like Nightwish and A Beautiful Mind Soundtrack) and sit on the edge of my bed, close my eyes, and let my mind either wander with the music or elsewhere, and eventually I'll have a hard time standing up straight and walking to get ready for bed because I'm so tired. Seriously, when I think about it, it's kinda like I'm a little drunk (I've never been, can't stand the smell of alchohol becuase it makes me sick).
I hope from the bottom of my soul that this translation is accurate, because anyone who pushes his stuff off of his desk saying "Outta my way!" is just.... well, it's just heartwarming.
melatonin is the answer for insomnia..if you are over 21 that is...really deep sleep with freaky dreams😊 If that doesn't work you might need to ask your Dr. about a sleep study.
Janus wrote:I hope from the bottom of my soul that this translation is accurate, because anyone who pushes his stuff off of his desk saying "Outta my way!" is just.... well, it's just heartwarming.
That seems like major anger issues to me.
If you read the description, you'd have found this:
I am not sick or mad, I only have a sense of humor not everyone immediately understands. In addition, I have acting talent. I can do something so real that many think it is real. For this reason I will be insulted by many and hated. The aim of my videos or movies is to entertain people, not provoke. Nobody should take my short videos on the Internet seriously - they are merely for entertainment. No matter what people think or say, I am a very normal boy with acting talent.
So basically, it's a satire on government control over violent video games. But it's still funny.
Amaster42 wrote: If that doesn't work, imagine yourself in that math class we've all had at one point or another with the most boring teacher on the planet droning on and on about how X was equal to Y, but only if multiplied by Pi, and stuff.
X = Y only if pi*X = pi*Y? Well, that's certainly true. Unless you meant that X = Y only if pi*X = Y. Then that's only true X = Y = 0. But it seems like you meant to say that X = Y, but it's impossible to derive that unless you first derive that pi*X = pi*Y, and that just makes no sense. I mean, the statement "X = Y only if C*X = C*Y" holds for any constant C, not just pi. In fact, "X = Y if and only if C*X = C*Y" holds for any C, except C = 0, of course.
(Disecting mathematical statements said by someone who obviously is not a mathematician in jest to illustrate apparently boring complexities in algebra is an insomniac hobby of mine.)