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mmmm, Harry, you naughty boy...

Jul 11, 2007
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<contented sigh> Yes, Harry Potter is a naughty, naughty boy ;) He kept me up until 3:30 this morning. And he absolutely wore. me. out. :D

Yes, although I have a dayjob (I'm still getting used to that, hee hee), which I worked all day yesterday and then had to be at by 8:15 this morning, I went to the opening of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ~~last night~~ this morning. It. Was. Awesome. But then, of course I'm going to say that, because I'm entirely addicted to Harry Potter. But really, it was awesome. Nine theaters at one complex all showing HP5 simultaneously, and I'm pretty sure they were sold out.

Although, it was bizarre because i think some people confused the ginormous movie screen with a theater stage because they kept breaking out into applause ;) That was fine, but some people were being a little on the inappropriate side with catcalling, and laughing at inappropriate moments, and just generally being a nuisance, but I guess it was all in good fun. And we were all there for the same reason... our love of HP. Oh HP...

The movie was surprisingly short. I expected it to be at least three hours, probably more, and it came in right around two and a half. So I made it home by about 3 and was in bed around 3:30. I managed to fall right asleep, and then overslept through my three alarms. Luckily though, I had laid my clothes and everything out last night just in case, so i was able to FLY through the morning routine and made it the metro only about 10-15 minutes later than usual. And the trains were working in my favor this morning because I was only 5 minutes late to work. That's it! 5 teeny weeny little minutes.

I assumed today was going to be a looooooooong day, but I started in early with the tea, and kept a consistent level of caffeination. Plus, I'm constantly moving around at work. I have to go from my Reference Desk to the main Desk, or to my office (my office!!! :D), or to ask someone a question. So I didn't have too much of a problem today. I'm hoping that it all doesn't catch up to me tomorrow... I'm planning on going to bed very early tonight. I'm exhausted right now. I can't believe tomorrow is Thursday already. Where did the week go! I can't believe i'm almost finished with my first week at my new job.

Hopefully by next week I'll be able to stop blathering on about it so much. :) I'll try to keep it to a dull roar, hee hee. Anyway, I need to go lay down before i crash on my QWERTY. So long for now!

QotD: Just Five More Minutes...

Jun 18, 2007
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What time is your alarm clock set for? Do you use the snooze button?

Oh my goodness, what a question to ask. I AM the Queen of the Snooze Button. Everyone should bow down and show some respect to the Queen. And send kudos to the various roommates I've had throughout the years that have put up with my morning ridiculousness.

Snoozing alarm clock

My alarm is typically set for 7ish. I'm not a morning person, but I hate to waste the day. I'm just not good at getting up right away. I have to set at least two alarms - my actual alarm clock, and my cell phone's alarm clock. I snooze them both.

I'm going to take this opportunity to expound upon the misadventures of the many alarm clocks I've had along the years. I once had a clock/radio/tape deck alarm clock, while I had a roommate. The buzzer had long stopped being effective at jarring me from my slumber, so I decided that I would find the scratchiest radio station I could and turn the volume all the way up so that it would scare me into the daylight. I even put the damn thing across the room. You would think that it would have worked, right? Nope, not for me. I would bolt up, jump across the room, slam (yes, SLAM) the snooze button and fly back into bed where I would fall back asleep for the next nine minutes. I would then repeat this procedure again and again. Luckily, the roommate I had at that time usually had to be up before me. But on the few mornings that she wasn't up before me, I was even luckier in the fact that she found the whole process to be entirely amusing. I believe she said my record - set and broken a number of times - was eight times. EIGHT TIMES?!?!?! How is that even possible? Its pretty pathetic.

Recently, I had an exceptionally dazed and confused morning. I had my alarm clock and my cell phone alarm clock set. My alarm clock (which is also a radio/ipod player) was set and had been going off, and I thought I had snoozed it, but apparently I had turned it off. My cell phone alarm was still going on periodically, and at one point when it was going off, I started pounding and beating the crap out of my alarm clock, not realizing that it was my cell phone alarm that was going off. I was laying on my stomach, face down in the pillow with my left arm thrust straight out and continuously pounding the wrong alarm clock! Oy vey...

I'm so excited that Clocky is finally available to buy. I've been watching this thing since it was first developed. This might be my solution to the fight that I have every morning ;) If I have to chase this thing around my room, I'm hoping I stand a better change at getting up with less fuss. My birthday is just around the corner, if anyone needs any ideas :)