Night to Day ...

orthodoc · 07-26-2014, 03:03 AM

When times are tough and you're up late, watching the night deepen and then lighten, what do you listen to, watch, or read? What inspires you? What comforts you? What lets you escape ...?

Music, literature, movies ... what helps you through the hard times?

footfootfoot · 07-26-2014, 07:50 AM

I'll take "Alcohol" For $500, Alex.

fargon · 07-26-2014, 10:43 AM

I sit out on the back porch and watch the animals cruise by.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-26-2014, 10:56 AM

Counting flowers on the wall,
That don't bother me at all.
Playing Solitaire till dawn,
With a deck of fifty-one.
Smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo.
Now, don't tell me I've nothing to do.

Lola Bunny · 07-26-2014, 01:52 PM

Go to forums, hehe. Or watch a T.V. series online. Watch until you're too tired and able to fall asleep.

lumberjim · 07-26-2014, 02:20 PM

It's rare that I do have trouble sleeping, but honestly, 2 shots of vodka out of the freezer usually does the trick.

Lola Bunny · 07-26-2014, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

It's rare that I do have trouble sleeping, but honestly, 2 shots of vodka out of the freezer usually does the trick.

I had a shot once and rather than falling asleep, I got nauseous and vomit. Haha...Since I don't drink these days, a glass of wine usually does a trick. If Ortho wants to fall asleep quick, this is a way to go.

Carruthers · 07-26-2014, 04:38 PM

I get to sleep reasonably easily but I usually wake in the still watches of the night and stay awake for hours.
The radio is the first port of call and I listen to a programme appropriately entitled 'Up All Night' three nights of the week.
The presenter has the great good sense to run the programme from his home in Marblehead, Mass. and consequently isn't up all night himself.
Other times it's the BBC World Service or a phone in on LBC. LBC is a bit hard going at times as some of the callers are a little, shall we say, 'eccentric'.
The commercials can be hard going as well as they are mostly for ambulance chasing claims management firms and dodgy credit companies. Other than that it's the Interweb on my iPad.

Big Sarge · 07-26-2014, 03:21 PM

Clean guns, reload some ammo, and maybe sharpen some knives.

Of course, you know that's not true. I surf the web and try not to think about the demons

glatt · 07-26-2014, 08:51 PM

I just silently lie there in the dark, and stay in bed. Eventually I fall back asleep or it's time to get up.

infinite monkey · 07-26-2014, 09:25 PM

I make myself think of things alphabetically. Maybe cities or countries, or game names, or medical terms or song titles. I lose track as I fall asleep.

But I don't think that's what you're asking. I think you're asking what we dwell on that makes us not sleep.

A doctor should know better. Emotional doctors aren't usually the best. Poor you, let the anger begin.

orthodoc · 07-30-2014, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey

But I don't think that's what you're asking. I think you're asking what we dwell on that makes us not sleep.

A doctor should know better. Emotional doctors aren't usually the best. Poor you, let the anger begin.

No one else interpreted my question as you did. What does that say?

We've pm'd before. What has happened since then? What's going on with you?

Big Sarge · 07-26-2014, 09:33 PM

IM - why have you become so hateful??

infinite monkey · 07-26-2014, 09:38 PM

Why have you become so morose? So dependent on those who worship you? I'm not so naive as to fall over anytime you might decide to think I'm worthy. That makes you angry. I'm not fooled.

sexobon · 07-26-2014, 10:27 PM

Ah, very good grasshopper. Once you've seen through the Werepanda's sorcery you can never be fooled again.

07-26-2014, 03:03 AM	#1
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Night to Day ... When times are tough and you're up late, watching the night deepen and then lighten, what do you listen to, watch, or read? What inspires you? What comforts you? What lets you escape ...? Music, literature, movies ... what helps you through the hard times? __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

07-26-2014, 07:50 AM	#2
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I'll take "Alcohol" For $500, Alex. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

07-26-2014, 10:43 AM	#3
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	I sit out on the back porch and watch the animals cruise by. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

07-26-2014, 10:56 AM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Counting flowers on the wall, That don't bother me at all. Playing Solitaire till dawn, With a deck of fifty-one. Smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo. Now, don't tell me I've nothing to do. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-26-2014, 02:20 PM	#6
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	It's rare that I do have trouble sleeping, but honestly, 2 shots of vodka out of the freezer usually does the trick. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

07-26-2014, 01:52 PM	#5
Lola Bunny Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,728	Go to forums, hehe. Or watch a T.V. series online. Watch until you're too tired and able to fall asleep.

07-26-2014, 04:38 PM	#8
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	I get to sleep reasonably easily but I usually wake in the still watches of the night and stay awake for hours. The radio is the first port of call and I listen to a programme appropriately entitled 'Up All Night' three nights of the week. The presenter has the great good sense to run the programme from his home in Marblehead, Mass. and consequently isn't up all night himself. Other times it's the BBC World Service or a phone in on LBC. LBC is a bit hard going at times as some of the callers are a little, shall we say, 'eccentric'. The commercials can be hard going as well as they are mostly for ambulance chasing claims management firms and dodgy credit companies. Other than that it's the Interweb on my iPad. __________________

07-26-2014, 03:21 PM	#9
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	Clean guns, reload some ammo, and maybe sharpen some knives. Of course, you know that's not true. I surf the web and try not to think about the demons __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

07-26-2014, 08:51 PM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I just silently lie there in the dark, and stay in bed. Eventually I fall back asleep or it's time to get up.

07-26-2014, 09:25 PM	#11
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I make myself think of things alphabetically. Maybe cities or countries, or game names, or medical terms or song titles. I lose track as I fall asleep. But I don't think that's what you're asking. I think you're asking what we dwell on that makes us not sleep. A doctor should know better. Emotional doctors aren't usually the best. Poor you, let the anger begin.

07-26-2014, 09:33 PM	#13
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	IM - why have you become so hateful?? __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

07-26-2014, 09:38 PM	#14
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Why have you become so morose? So dependent on those who worship you? I'm not so naive as to fall over anytime you might decide to think I'm worthy. That makes you angry. I'm not fooled.

07-26-2014, 10:27 PM	#15
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	Ah, very good grasshopper. Once you've seen through the Werepanda's sorcery you can never be fooled again.

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