Oy--vey ist mir

[roxy]

I'm not getting enough sleep. Part way through the day, I forget what day it is. Not too surprising I guess, it's just odd. I'm not sure if the staying up forever is insomnia or nosiness. They say old folks don't need as much sleep. Is that a perk of getting old? If so, it's a pretty crappy one.

Today, at work, one of the boys working at customer service faked a British accent for most of the afternoon. I'm kind of embarrassed to admit I thought it was pretty hilarious. I call the boy Chuck Norris because once he wore a name tag labeled, you guessed it, Chuck Norris. He promised me he wouldn't punch my soul out, so we became friends. Also, I got into a heated argument with one of those boys about the fabulousness of Daneel's Boobies. He dared to argue against them. Fool. Those Boobies rule the world. Anyway, I blamed it on the insomnia.

I think I'm tired enough to go to bed now. I have many, many, many comments to answer, and want to thank folks for the many many kind words about my Big Bang whine. Giant shmooshy thank-yous to all the people who offered to help, I love you so much! I'm also going to mail you copies of this thing, brand new copies, more cleaned up and readable now, with some changes and a smidgen more nasty thrown in. Good night, my beloved ones! Tomorrow, I'll be at skip kazillion, but I swear to catch up on you, especially if you wrote porn (and if you wrote porn, let me know!) MMMMMMM-WAH!!

Comments

[tabaqui]

Awwww!
*pets you*

I have the occasional 'brain won't stop!!' sleepless night, and it totally sucks - i would hate for it to be something that happened *often*, jeez.

Chuck Norris sounds like a blast. You should research the tiny fishing town he comes from in England, give him some backstory!
Heeeeeeee.
*cough*

Um. I didn't write any porn, so sorry, but....
One of my OC's is based (loosely) on you? That do it for you?
*twirls you*

[myownghost.livejournal.com]

that insomnia thing is for real, at least in my aged experience. plus, the statin drug my doctor put me on is giving me crazy dreams every damn night. oh, to be 29 again but knowing what i know now!

i love the thought of you arguing with the boy who was against daneel's boobies. (why? are they fake?)

oh, p.s. yes, the insomnia is real, but i don't believe i need less sleep. aargh.

[silsbee329.livejournal.com]

Your icon is the best thing I've ever seen.

And you keep on defending the Boobies. Kids!! Hmph.

[danceswithgary]

Getting old sucks. A decent night's sleep for me is five hours broken into 90 minute increments. *sighs and hugs you*

[rosy5000.livejournal.com]

Poor Roxy! :( I go through phases when I can't get to sleep at night too, though thankfully not too often. It sucks when it happens though.

Your icon... may be one of the cutest things EVER!!! *rubs froggy's belly* :D

*huggles*

[squeakypiggy.livejournal.com]

Insomnia totally sucks, especially chronic insomnia. Many of my friends don't understand how I can be awake for 36-52 hours at a time and then crash for 4 just to do it again when it's summer time.

It's worse when you loose track of time since 'yesterday' becomes 'the period before I last slept.' And many times 'yesterday' can span 2 or 3 actual days.

I've gotten to the point where if I absolutely have to sleep, for appointments or something I just can't miss, I have to exhaust my brain first before I can attempt it. And the only sure-fire way I've found for myself is through math.

If I run through the 11's multiplication table mentally as I'm trying to sleep I can make it to about 150 before passing out. As time goes by the number is getting lower and lower so I'm hoping that before I'm 35 my brain will be 'trained' to go to sleep by doing those numbers. I also make sure I lay in the exact same position with my hair pulled away from my face after doing the same routine each time.

And why the multiplication tables for 11? Cause they're easier to run through mentally. Once you hit 10+ you just separate the two digits that need multiplied and add them together, the result gets plugged into the middle of the original 2 numbers. If the number ends up being a 2 digit number then the ten's number gets added to the first one.

48 x 11 = 528
4 + 8 = 12....1(from the 12) + 4 = 5....5 2(from the 12) 8 = 528

Maybe this might inspire you to come up with your own brain exhaustion tricks to get some much needed rest from time to time. Maybe thinking of fanfic might work for you ^_^