Help me stay awake

[taterguy]

Here's the deal. I've been having trouble with my sleep. Someone suggested that what I need to do is reset my internal clock by pulling an all-nighter. It's a bit after midnight on the East Coast. My goal is to stay awake until Sunday night at 10:00 PM

Here's what you can do, post to this thread. It doesn't matter what. Anything. Tales that you think would amuse me, questions. Anything. I'll be checking it periodically in between the other distractions that I have.

Thanks in advance for your help

[mad-mommy]

1. what sort of sleep trouble?

[taterguy]

3. been waking up too early and going to bed too early

[mad-mommy]

4. a variation from your normal sleep routine?

[taterguy]

8. It's been a gradual thing

I've started waking up as early as 3:30 and going to sleep before 9

[mad-mommy]

12. so once you wake at 330, you can't fall back to sleep?

[taterguy]

14. correct

[mad-mommy]

15. I hate that...

If I'm tossing and turning, or just can't fall back to sleep, I get up, and do something. Maybe some household chore, watch TV, go online, read, but I only do that for about an hour, then I get back into bed and try again. It usually works for me. Another thing I use to do is try watching TV on the sofa, and I would eventually drift off.

[Book Lover]

2. Watch this. It should keep you moving around for a bit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSC29xl6hno

[taterguy]

10. Thanks

That's exactly what I was looking for. It's a good thing I have wireless headphones so I could dance around to it without waking up the wife.

That's the best cover of a Stevie Ray Vaughan song that I've ever heard

[Book Lover]

13. And I just love the way the kids are boogie-ing all around

Makes me nostalgic for my long-lost youth...

[NMMNG]

5. Will this help?

[taterguy]

11. Do you really want to know the answer to that question?

The green graphic is disturbing but the upskirt visual is kind of nice

[Generic Brad]

6. I'm in the same boat

Tonight I am recovering from a week long fishing vacation and I cannot unwind enough to sleep. So I will start by asking you a question. Why the handle? What significance does "taterguy" hold for you? Are you from Idaho or something? Are you comedian Ron White and should we be calling you "tater salad" instead?

[Generic Brad]

7. I'm in the same boat

Tonight I am recovering from a week long fishing vacation and I cannot unwind enough to sleep. So I will start by asking you a question. Why the handle? What significance does "taterguy" hold for you? Are you from Idaho or something? Are you comedian Ron White and should we be calling you "tater salad" instead?

[taterguy]

9. The honest answer that I'd only admit in the middle of the night

When I was registering I wanted to make sure I picked a handle that wasn't already taken; so I named myself in honor of Tater Tomater, an NYU student movie that got shown at Sundance and was shown occasionally on PBS back in the early 90s.

[Generic Brad]

20. I'll buy that

But I'm considerably easier than most DU'ers.

[reyd reid reed]

16. *tip, tip, tip-toe*

BOO!!!!

[taterguy]

17. yikes

[reyd reid reed]

18. Well, it was either that or ask something really stupid

'cause I'm tired. And when I'm tired...

[taterguy]

19. go ahead, ask something stupid

Now that you've piqued my curiousity

[reyd reid reed]

25. Okay...

here's one...what made you take a picture in the bathtub? And...

Nah...

Nemmind.

:blush:

[taterguy]

28. Arrogance inspired that pic

First of all, I thought it would be an interesting, creative angle. I admit that one of the reasons I wanted to a digital camera was to take risque photos of myself, even though I haven't figured out who to share them with. This one seems reasonably safe to share.

Secondly, my legs are my best physical feature and I was hoping that some people would enjoy looking at them.

Feel free to PM me any Nevermind questions you don't feel like posting.

[reyd reid reed]

30. Yeah...I can see it as a creative angle...

Just makes one wonder, well, ummmmm...hmmmmm...

And I'd have to agree, you do have great legs.

[taterguy]

32. If you're curious about something just ask

I promise I won't be offended or shocked

[reyd reid reed]

34. Nah..

Heh...toldja I get stupid when I'm tired.

One thing I have wondered about...I can only recall seeing two pictures of you...and they were both of your legs. Where's the rest of you?

Or have I missed one somewhere? Or have the legs just overshadowed everything else? There are certain DUers whose pictures I try and remember...and you're one.

Ever since that bathtub shot...

[taterguy]

37. more of me

Taken 11 months ago during a charity bike ride. The "special effect" didn't work as well as we wanted. We had someone just outside the pic frame hold the flag up, to create illusion that I was riding and it was blowing in the wind behind me. Seemed like a good idea at the time

[reyd reid reed]

40. EXCELLENT!!!

Thank you.

:hug:

:loveya:

You're the.....bees knees.







:hide:

Yeah, yeah...*groan*...but hell, whaddya 'spect at 1 a.m.?

[taterguy]

42. Your assigment

Think of some random question to ask me that wouldn't embarrass either one of us, or tell me some random fact about yourself

[reyd reid reed]

43. Hmmmmm....

Okay. What's your favorite color?

And...random fact about myself? I bake like a demon at Christmas. I start with a gingerbread house right after Thanksgiving and barely leave the kitchen until December 26.

Here's the house from a few years back. It was nearly two months old by this time, though. This year, I should be able to get a picture of it while it's still fairly fresh:

[taterguy]

44. I don't really have a favorite color

I guess my standard answer would be purple. It's been that way for years and I'm not sure why. Some of my favorite shirts are purple though, like a lost one from the art school my sister attended.

Nice house. Keep those random facts coming.

BTW, why are you awake at this hour? If that question isn't too personal

[reyd reid reed]

45. I'm still at work, although I've been done for nearly two hours...

I keep saying I've gotta get outta here and go home...then I post something else. Then I think I've gotta go home...then...

Heh...see how it works?

I'm expected to be up at some ungodly hour...5 - 5:30 a.m....to go freeze my ass off waiting to see if the balloons get to fly in the morning.

If I do, I'll take my camera...that's assuming I'll be able to see....



:D

[taterguy]

46. Two questions

What balloons?

What time zone are you in? It's 3:23 AM where I am

[reyd reid reed]

47. I'm in Colorado...

So it's 1:25 a.m. here. Not too bad, actually.

The hot air balloons. Every year over Labor Day they have the Balloon Classic...and it's pretty cool. Tonight was supposed to be the glow...where they stay tethered to the ground and just after dark, they all light their burners and the balloons glow...it's pretty. But it was too damp and they had to cancel it. I had to work anyway, though.

[taterguy]

48. Thanks for hanging out

I'm really enjoying this but I'll understand if you decide that you'd rather go home than have a conversation with a total stranger whose in a strange mood :)

[reyd reid reed]

49. Heh...

Bet I'm in a stranger mood. Bet I'm an altogether stranger stranger than you are, stranger.

Okay...that was baaaaaaad.

:blush:

*hangs head*

I am gonna have to head out in a minute, though. I have enjoyed hanging out with you a little bit, though.

:hug:

[taterguy]

50. that will keep me awake

Wondering what strange thoughts are running through your head. Yes, I admit it, I hope they're impure thoughts even though we'll never meet

[sakabatou]

21. Let's see...

Waka Laka with Osaka: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzEjF13CjGE
AMV Hell III, The Movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aTgINExt2w
"I Watch to Much Jerry Springer": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_ry1RsYJqs

[mad-mommy]

22. I think I bored you to sleep

[taterguy]

23. still awake just couldn't thinkof an appropriate reply

[mad-mommy]

24. oh well, thought I would do it for sure...

hopefully your plan will work

[taterguy]

27. so far I'm having fun

I'm catching up on neglected tasks and watching movies I haven't gotten around to seeing. It's confusing the dogs though. I hope their Circadian rhythms don't get screwed up

[mad-mommy]

26. niters taterguy, hope you get some decent sleep n/t

[blitzen]

29. check out this classic merle haggard

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4IOx9pEE2h8


play it over and over...i do, it's fun

[taterguy]

31. Somehow I don't think drinking wine will keep me awake

Thanks for the link though

[blitzen]

33. then maybe this will do the trick....if you're looking for upbeat

http://youtube.com/watch?v=5O1Uer_f4NA

[taterguy]

35. That helped

Ian Dury is someone that I had heard a lot about but never actually listened to. Thanks for broadening my musical education

[blitzen]

36. i used to listen to him a lot in the early 80s...

recently rediscovered him, thanks to youtube

[taterguy]

38. My knowledge of Brit rock is somewhat limited

I have a collection of Buzzcocks singles that I like a lot, and of course I like some of the old Clash albums. I guess I have a jingoistic streak in my musical tastes: most of my collection is Americans, or Canadians that might as well be American, ie, the Band and Neil Young

[blitzen]

39. here's ian dury a couple decades later...singing "jack shit george"

just before he died of cancer

http://youtube.com/watch?v=yIydZ0Prg8g&mode=related&search=



my musical tastes are like yours...mostly Americana. I just happened to get into
Ian--gotta love the lyrics and the cockney accent....i liked elvis costello back then too

[taterguy]

41. very cool

The music isn't exactly my cup of tea but tonight is for experimentation. I liked the lyrics, especially the slight nod to John Mellancamp's Blood on the Scarecrow