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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: MrAngryFace on December 27, 2011, 10:59:04 AM

Title: MAF and his stupid ears
Post by: MrAngryFace on December 27, 2011, 10:59:04 AM
Slept through my alarm this morning.  :-\

Glad most people are still on vacation at work.
Title: Re: MAF and his stupid ears
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on December 27, 2011, 11:00:10 AM
How old are you?
Title: Re: MAF and his stupid ears
Post by: MrAngryFace on December 27, 2011, 11:05:47 AM
14
Title: Re: MAF and his stupid ears
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on December 27, 2011, 11:09:21 AM
That explains it.
Title: Re: MAF and his stupid ears
Post by: Robo on December 27, 2011, 11:16:37 AM
I sleep through my alarm once every few months.  I find it's difficult to explain to normal people that this is something that just "happens" sometimes.
Title: Re: MAF and his stupid ears
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 27, 2011, 11:33:34 AM
vacation  :patel
Title: Re: MAF and his stupid ears
Post by: MrAngryFace on December 27, 2011, 11:44:46 AM
I sleep through my alarm once every few months.  I find it's difficult to explain to normal people that this is something that just "happens" sometimes.
Title: Re: MAF and his stupid ears
Post by: Mupepe on December 27, 2011, 11:47:53 AM
I haven't "slept through" an alarm in years.  I usually hit snooze and just keep doing it out of stupid habit until I'm late (by like 5 minutes).

But today I slept through it.  Woke up 40 minutes late :(
Title: Re: MAF and his stupid ears
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 27, 2011, 11:53:56 AM
i used to have this problem until i created a full proof system. i set four separate alarms at 20 minute increments. the increments wake me up gradually over the course of an hour. by the fourth alarm i am awake enough to know i need to GET UP and not just hit snooze. i haven't overslept in over 2 years.
Title: Re: MAF and his stupid ears
Post by: MrAngryFace on December 27, 2011, 11:55:38 AM
I blame vacation
Title: Re: MAF and his stupid ears
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on December 27, 2011, 11:56:14 AM
Well I missed a flight cause I slept on my alarm a few months ago...
Title: Re: MAF and his stupid ears
Post by: Human Snorenado on December 27, 2011, 12:28:42 PM
Well I missed a flight cause I slept on my alarm a few months ago...

Silly pollack, you're not supposed to sleep ON clocks
Title: Re: MAF and his stupid ears
Post by: bork on December 27, 2011, 12:37:33 PM
I slept through my alarm last week, but amazingly only by about 10 minutes and made it to work just fine.

FUN TIMES AT WORK today, too- shitloads of people either taking vacations or calling in sick.  The latter will not get paid for the holiday yesterday if they call out (everyone was warned) but that doesn't seem to be stopping a lot of folks.   :-\
Title: Re: MAF and his stupid ears
Post by: MrAngryFace on December 27, 2011, 12:45:51 PM
Yeah most people are on still on vacation. January is going to be a crazy month tho.
Title: Re: MAF and his stupid ears
Post by: pilonv1 on December 27, 2011, 06:47:00 PM
Yeah most people are on still on vacation. January is going to be a crazy month tho.

sounds like my job :(
Title: Re: MAF and his stupid ears
Post by: MrAngryFace on December 27, 2011, 06:48:06 PM
I think at every job you get that group of people thats like FUK IT LOLZ and then january is them running around going awww fuuuuuuuck shiiiiiiiiit :*(

and people have to deal with the waves they make.
Title: Re: MAF and his stupid ears
Post by: cool breeze on December 27, 2011, 07:04:41 PM
I actually got a bigass alarm clock for christmas that's basically a really strong light.  Half an hour before the alarm time it gradually gets brighter.  And then birds start chirping.  Surprisingly it worked this morning when I tried it.  It's not a "GET UP AND OUT" panic wake up.  It's weird.  My first thought this morning was "what? I'm awake. when did that happen?" and I rolled out of bed.  It felt good.


Title: Re: MAF and his stupid ears
Post by: lennedsay on December 27, 2011, 07:23:33 PM
i used to have this problem until i created a full proof system. i set four separate alarms at 20 minute increments. the increments wake me up gradually over the course of an hour. by the fourth alarm i am awake enough to know i need to GET UP and not just hit snooze. i haven't overslept in over 2 years.

I do the same thing, but still slept through them all today. I haven't done that in forever, especially now with the bladder of a toy poodle. Woke up when I should've been leaving the house. It had snowed in the middle of the night, which means shit for traffic since no one here knows about precipitation. Thanks to the lack of people actually going to work, I got to work the same time I normally do.  :bow2 It's still the worst feeling ever the first thing in the morning though.

I was using that app that analyzes your movement at night and wakes you up when you're in between sleep cycles. I'd set my deadline for 6:30 with a 30 minute window, so the alarm might go off at 6 instead, because I'm switching sleep cycles. It does work, because I would remember dreaming, and then my dream would be over and the alarm would go off immediately. Sometimes I'd wake up after a dream and check the time, and as soon as I'd roll over to look, the alarm would go off. But I just rationalize going back to sleep because I know I can technically sleep another 20 minutes, so it was pretty useless for me.
Title: Re: MAF and his stupid ears
Post by: MrAngryFace on December 27, 2011, 07:33:30 PM
Usually the hardest part of my morning is getting out of the warm embrace of the shower
Title: Re: MAF and his stupid ears
Post by: Robo on December 27, 2011, 07:49:38 PM
I take half hour showers nearly every day.  Standing in the hot shower is one of the few opportunities I have in my day to completely zone out and relax, and I'll be damned before I'm rushed to leave that for some hogwash responsibilities.
Title: Re: MAF and his stupid ears
Post by: Phoenix Dark on December 27, 2011, 08:08:19 PM
I thought this thread would be about Sarah McLachlan or something

btw MAF did you hear Fionna Apple's record label is holding back her album again  :'( :'( :'(
Title: Re: MAF and his stupid ears
Post by: MrAngryFace on December 27, 2011, 08:23:33 PM
what for this time?
Title: Re: MAF and his stupid ears
Post by: Pringo on December 27, 2011, 08:29:43 PM
I actually got a bigass alarm clock for christmas that's basically a really strong light.  Half an hour before the alarm time it gradually gets brighter.  And then birds start chirping.  Surprisingly it worked this morning when I tried it.  It's not a "GET UP AND OUT" panic wake up.  It's weird.  My first thought this morning was "what? I'm awake. when did that happen?" and I rolled out of bed.  It felt good.

I bought one of these a few months back if you're talking about the Philips ones. It definitely helps although it's not perfect. I find with a traditional alarm clock I might feel a 9/10 on the scale of feeling like shit in the morning but with the new one it's more like a 6 or 7.
Title: Re: MAF and his stupid ears
Post by: Phoenix Dark on December 27, 2011, 08:30:28 PM
what for this time?

Same reason apparently, they don't think it'll be a big album or whatever. She should just go independent
Title: Re: MAF and his stupid ears
Post by: MrAngryFace on December 27, 2011, 08:40:41 PM
Yeah that was my second thought
Title: Re: MAF and his stupid ears
Post by: CrystalGemini on December 27, 2011, 08:49:54 PM
I have three alarms.  One that I snooze through for 45 minutes (by 5 minute intervals), one of those old super loud alarm clocks with two bells at the top to let me know I have 10 more minutes and that it's coming down to the wire, and the last alarm that is set for 2 more 5 minute snoozes just in case.

Why don't YOU have three alarms? HM?
Title: Re: MAF and his stupid ears
Post by: Human Snorenado on December 27, 2011, 08:50:51 PM
I win, I don't have to be to work until 8 pm :P
Title: Re: MAF and his stupid ears
Post by: lennedsay on December 27, 2011, 09:00:42 PM
Usually the hardest part of my morning is getting out of the warm embrace of the shower

This is the primary reason I won't get a tankless water heater. With that beautiful, never ending flow of comfort, I'd have to find a job where I can work from shower.
Title: Re: MAF and his stupid ears
Post by: tehjaybo on December 27, 2011, 10:27:17 PM
Slept through my alarm today too.  Boss called 10 minutes after I was supposed to be there and said "I just woke you up, didn't I?"  followed by a "fuck me in half" and a scramble to get out of the bed.  He laughed.