Who is awake?

[tjwmason]

It's just past half ten here in merry England, I'm stuck at work with crappy weather outside.

Who is floating around here on D.U., and if you're in America - why on earth are you awake at this ungodly hour?

[xmas74]

1. Stuck at work.

I've been vomiting all night and cannot get anyone here to relieve me so that I can go home.

[tjwmason]

3. Ouch

You poor dear. That sounds utterly ghastly.

Can I get anything for you? :hug:

[xmas74]

10. a pillow and some compazine.

[tjwmason]

17. The pills might take a wee while

There's a hospital in town which I'll have to rob for those.

I don't know whether this will exacerbate your illness or not

[ogradda]

8. Yuck. :(

What do you do that you just can't leave?

[xmas74]

11. tonight I am working the night audit in a motel.

There is no one else here. I can't leave or I will be fired. (this is my second job. sadly, I'm getting more hours here).

[yvr girl]

2. jinx

my explanation is in my thread.

[tjwmason]

5. Am I right in thinking that it's about quarter to 3?

[MissHoneychurch]

4. at work

and having my database back. Now I have to copy it on the server again and then I can go back to work :bounce:

[tjwmason]

6. Messed up computers are such fun

When they stop one from working - but then it does usually mean extra work later once they're up and running later. :hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

7. yep

books are piling up to get cataloged or corrected.
And I am glad I can stop cutting and gluing. :)

[tjwmason]

23. Did you make anything pretty?

With the cutting and gluing I mean. :P

[MissHoneychurch]

27. you mean cutting out stars and stuff like that?

fortuntaley not. I can't cut straight and for what I needed to cut and glue straight cuttings weren't necessary. I had to cut out texts from second hand booksstore selling catalogs about authors which are important for us.

[tjwmason]

30. Not quite so much fun

Do you get to visit the second-hand books stores?

I adore those places, quite seriously I can spend hours and hours just roaming round looking at the books.

[MissHoneychurch]

33. my brother is a co-owner of one

every time I visit him in Berlin I come out of the store packed with books. Very tempting. Might be a good thing I am not in Berlin very often :)

I don't go to them in course of my work. My boss is doing all the buying.

[tjwmason]

35. Lucky brother

There's sometinh about them, the combination of the smell the mountains of knowledge and, of course, the chance that you stumble on a real treasure massively under-priced ( :bounce: ).

[JohnKleeb]

9. Its 5:50 EST around and I am up for the day

Gonna take some finals then finish up tye dying some t-shirt and dress shirt at home.

[tjwmason]

15. Up before 6 - you're a better man than I

But we all knew that anyway.

I'm guessing that these final are the rough equivalent of our A Levels, good luck - knock em dead.

Your special task is to use the word discombobulate within the exam.

[JohnKleeb]

52. It was my government final

and I got the best grade overall thus far.

[tjwmason]

56. Time to party then.

:beer: :toast:

Did you manage to use discombobulate or not?

[JohnKleeb]

57. Nah it was multiple choice

Found out I got a 94% on my investigative report too thus giving me a B average for journalism for the year.

[tjwmason]

58. 94% sounds pretty damn good.

Do you know what you are studying at college yet?

[JohnKleeb]

59. Its a community college and I plan on transfering to GWU to major in poli

sci so I will be a liberal arts major.

[radfringe]

12. 6:00 am in Pennsylvania

been up since 4:00 am - and now I'm going to take a shower, get ready to go to work... :P

[tjwmason]

21. Got up at ten past eight here

I really could have stayed in bed all day too.

I've only seen 4 o'clock when it's still the day before, though later in the summer I've got to get up at that sort of time to catch a very early flight to Italy (both :) and :( there).

[radfringe]

34. Italy huh?

If you are anywhere near Asti - give a wave to the village above the town - Monte Grosse D'Asti - that's where my "nonna" is from. Still have some relatives living there. And give a nod to Torino - my Nonno's home town.

next two-three days for me are busy - when I get home from work today I have to get back to going through the camping gear, then around 7:30pm take the foster dog over to where she will be "vacationing" while we are on vacation

tomorrow - do last minute shopping, pack up the truck as much as I can by myself, clean house, get our dogs ready to go to the kennel. When my partner comes home we finish packing up the truck except for last minute stuff

friday morning - pack up my car with dog food/pillows and the dogs and drop them off at the kennel - (should be fun, I drive a Sephia and we have 3 dogs - (1 airdale and 2 greyhounds). Come home, toss all the last minute stuff in the truck, get the food and other things set up for our neighbor who will be feeding our cats -- then hit the road.

it's about 5 hour ride to Shenandoah National park, once there we find a camp site and UNLOAD the truck, set up the tent etc....

then can I take a break? please?

[tjwmason]

38. Getting ready for holiday is always the hardest part.

But once you're there and settled you can really relax.

Hope you both have a wonderful time.

[micrometer_50]

13. I'll play

for twenty minutes


tick-tock-tick-tock-tick-tock


:bounce:

[Omphaloskepsis]

14. I started drinking at noon.

passed out around 8pm. woke up around 2am. Started drinking around 2:30 am...

[tjwmason]

18. Drinking at noon

Any particular reason that you started so late in the day?

[Omphaloskepsis]

39. I woke up at 11:59..

[micrometer_50]

16. GMT - 7 here

Tucson, No Daylight Saving Time.

3:05 am here.

DCQ DX CQ DX

[tjwmason]

19. That's scary time

I've seen it plenty of times, mostly in a slightly inebriated state from the evening before.

[micrometer_50]

22. Fear not

I'm in a better place than I've been in about
four years.
And I appreciate the implicit concern.

:hippie:

[tjwmason]

25. That's all good then

I'm a very delicate creature as far as time is concerned, but others do seem to be more robust in that department than I.

Glad you're having fun anyhows. :D

[micrometer_50]

29. My cycles seem to vary

randomly. Two weeks from now, I be sleeping,
dead to the world.

Thanks for the cheer.


:toast:

[tjwmason]

31. The toast sounds like fun

Unfortunately at the moment all I have to drink is green tea and water :(

[micrometer_50]

32. A toast is a gift of good will

no specific beverage content is required.

Good will and Good Day to you.

:toast:

[tjwmason]

36. I'll certainly join in with that

:toast:

Lots of good will to spread around to all.

But I could certainly do with a nice stiff whisky at the moment.

[pinniped]

20. Must stay awake to watch Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Lost World"...

and the Pretender.

[tjwmason]

24. I'm no good at that

If I try to force myself to stay awake to watch something I inevitably fall asleep in the middle - no matter how interesting it is. Good luck with the destruction of your body clock anyway :P

[In_The_Wind]

26. It would be rather difficult to do sleep-posting ... I'm awake!

I'm up around dawn every morning. ... which BTW can be a pain in the neck if your sharing a room with another DUer and you don't want to wake them up.:hide:

[tjwmason]

28. Not that you're likely to share a room with me

(luck you), but you could probably hold a party repleat with D.J. and not disturb me from my sleep.

[In_The_Wind]

37. well that's a good thing to know

I can find so many things to do early in the morning but when you're sharing a small room it's difficult to avoid waking other people up.

books :think: I should take books to read :evilgrin: or provide my roomies with earplugs

[JimmyJazz]

40. I am. Barely.

I made coffee this morning, but I don't have any milk for it and I hate coffee without milk, so now I can't get my morning jolt of caffeine :cry:

[tjwmason]

43. Milk in coffee should be criminal

But as you're upset :hug:

Had I known, I would have brought the milk from home - freshly delivered this morning.

[JimmyJazz]

49. Yes, I put milk in my coffee! I also use these things when the occassion

strikes:


:P

[tjwmason]

50. AAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH tea-bags

:scared:

I've just made drinks for my office-mates which involved touching one of those - my hands are still shaking, and I'm tempted to wash them in bleach.

[terrya]

41. I'm awake. Having the second cup of coffee here at work.

:-)

[tjwmason]

44. I'm being really good here

I've only had two coffees - one first thing with breakfast, and just now one with lunch. In fact I'm probably less adicted to cafeine now than at any point since I was 15. :)

[terrya]

47. You're a better man than I!

I am hopelessly, completely addicted to coffee. I must have it. Hell, my favorite kind of ice cream is coffee ice cream. :-) Starbucks makes a nice coffee ice cream, actually.

[bridgit]

42. up, meandering round @ nearly 5am...

listening to this dweeb republican on c-span dance around what is not there, drinking orange juice & getting ready to jam out & work/dance the day away ~

[tjwmason]

45. Does the dancing and working sit together?

I hate to think how people would react round here if I started to dance :scared: But you're bound to be a far better dancer than I.

[bridgit]

60. you are correct, tj...

but my sense of the matter is more to be found here:

I hope you dance ~

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder
You get your fill to eat
But always keep that hunger
May you never take one single breath for granted
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed
I hope you still feel small
When you stand by the ocean
Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens
Promise me you'll give faith a fighting chance

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
I hope you dance

I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Living might mean taking chances
But they're worth taking
Lovin' might be a mistake
But it's worth making
Don't let some hell bent heart
Leave you bitter
When you come close to selling out
Reconsider
Give the heavens above
More than just a passing glance

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
(Time is a real and constant motion always)
I hope you dance
(Rolling us along)
I hope you dance
(Tell me who)
I hope you dance
(Wants to look back on their youth and wonder)
(Where those years have gone)

I hope you still feel small
When you stand by the ocean
Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens
Promise me you'll give faith a fighting chance

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
Dance
I hope you dance
I hope you dance
(Time is a real and constant motion always)
I hope you dance
(Rolling us along)
I hope you dance
(Tell me who)
(Wants to look back on their youth and wonder)
I hope you dance
(Where those years have gone)

(Tell me who)
I hope you dance
(Wants to look back on their youth and wonder)
(Where those years have gone)

as sung by - lee ann womack :hi:

[progmom]

46. me

but i really wish i wasn't.

:hangover:

[tjwmason]

48. But we're all happy that you're around.

:hug: _{and whispering for your hang-over}

[Left Is Write]

51. I was actually awake when you posted this.

It was the middle of the night and my son was crying.

[Guy Fawkes]

53. I was awake...

just not on DU.

[ohiosmith]

54. QUIET! People are trying to sleep here.

[ohiosmith]

55. QUIET! People are trying to sleep here.