things that noninsomniacs will never get the chance to enjoy

1. that weird moment in MN where snow and cloud cover make the world more well lit outside than inside.

2. that indie film they show on the movie channel where morgan freeman is a method actor and gets caught up in the life of paz vega the hot supermarket checkout girl with a difficult life

btw JJ OTM on 1. except that it's WI too

3. Dawson's Creek, Saved By the Bell, and Fresh Prince reruns at 4:00 AM on CW-11.

4. 6am greet-the-dawn cigarette

5. the weird stuff family members say in their sleep

6. being just sleepily disconnected enough from your music to figure out that something you have owned forever is THE GREATEST THING EVER

7. The sublime pleasure of watching a film, alone, with the sound turned down low, while you are reclining across the couch.

8. the real depths of gratitude which are owed to the internet

9. The strange, short-lived feeling of exhilaration you get after dawn when, every once in a while, you realize how fucked up your sleep schedule has gotten and decide to just stay up until the following evening. (or is this just me?)

See my post on Movies that you've seen all the way through more than 5 times.
I'm actually at the stage where i think it's a blessing, you can get so much done, surf net, films, read, listen to music,the list is endless.
Most of all though, watching the light grow in the mornings :)

The precise difference between volume level 3 and volume level 4.

The few times I've been up at night (usually coz of sickness) have coincided with test match special on freeview, so you get the glow of the scorecard too!

If i get more than 4 hours of sleep I am so tired the next day. I do all my writing first thing in the morning, all my reading at night.

"9. The strange, short-lived feeling of exhilaration you get after dawn when, every once in a while, you realize how fucked up your sleep schedule has gotten and decide to just stay up until the following evening. (or is this just me?)"

This is probably the third time in as many weeks that I have done this so I am no longer that excited.

The greet the dawn cigarette is great but I am running out and I don't feel like going out and I have 11 hours until I will allow myself to sleep :-(

10. i just love the quiet. there are so few hours in a day when everything is still and i can hear myself think.

11. the 90 minute QVC dildo block

My favorite thing about the very late night quiet is being able to hear trains from miles away.

11. the 90 minute QVC dildo block

haha i've seen this. i forget whether they call them "dildos."

12. the jaunty steel-drum calypso music that accompanies the girls gone wild commercials.

(xpost) "personal massager with five different attachments"

13. TV commercials for those premium rate chat lines numbers

The word DONG was on the tv screen, repeatedly.

DONG.

RPG prime time is 2 - 5 am. Tedious menus and boss fights alike.

14. how time feels in particular moments as if it is not moving while simultaneously moving much more quickly than normal.

at least insomnia is pretty much the only way to get this without drugs or terrible shock.

why am i wearing my headphones and not listening to music?

you poor insomniacs.

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except for the teeth that is totally accurate.