I believe what Pie meant to say was:

I'll have you know I am very sensitive. :(

x, you sensitive clod! is a Slashdot meme.

is it 'insensitive' or 'sensitive'?

insensitive, i blew it

Well, I can't sleep while I :corn:, so I don't :corn:. It's pretty easy for me to conk out lying in bed reading. It varies -- either a "time to turn the light off now" or more slowly, discovering that I'm seriously not taking in the paragraph I just read two or three times. Okay, that's it for tonight.

When King Alfred (the Great), with the aid of Asser, launched his programme to return learning to England and promote vernacular writing, one of the texts chosen to be translated into anglo-saxon was The Consolation of Philosophy. The preface is thought to have been written by Alfred himself (no way to know for certain). The text has been altered and bits of it rewritten to iron out the paganism....but what a wonderful book to choose. All that time creating what was effectively a resistance force, then fighting to establish himself as king, holed up in his marshland fort, in a country overrun with viking forces. What book did he read during those long candle lit evenings? The Consolation of Philosophy.

It's the complete lack of consulation that is troublesome.
:D

No noise. Light doesn't bother me. If there is noise I need a fan or the a/c on to mask it.

I start on my right side, legs curled up. I then must turn over and bake on the other side. Then I turn over on my stomach with one leg jutted out and bent, my head turned in that direction. Then I pull that leg back and repeat in the other direction. Then I slobber for a while.

It's all about symmetry.

I wish I could work out how to get this webcam to record continuously. Or get the motion censor webcam to work.

I'd love to see (and hear) exactly how restless my sleep is. And also hear myself snore! I know it's only occasional, but I'd like to compare it to other snores I've known!

It would be gratifying to have to fast forward through 8 completely motionless hours. Although realistically it could only be about 5, as Diz comes to greet me with playful claws and nose-biting some time after dawn.

Reading a tw or a Radar works for me if it's a no beer night..... but only if it's way past bedtime -otherwise there is a danger of "the second wind".....

the second wind: A giant blast of ass gass that you release after making sure there is not much flavor with a tester. Switching to a high fiber diet should be done gradually. At least your pants fit better after.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pie (Post 456901) I became an insomniac on 9/11, you insensitive clod!

Wow, it's like you read my mind!
(I am an insomniac; I've been know to ask people to hit me on the head with a baseball bat to put me out of my misery. So far, no one has taken me up on it.) :headshake

i've been up since 2 pm and now its 713 am the next day
all these methods don't work!

Insomnia sucks. I get occassional bouts of it. Usually a few weeks at a time.

I also occassionally get sleep apnia (if my asthma's playing up) or something very like it. Waking up to force a breath is a shitty scary way to wake I tells ya.