Nostalgia is a bitch

The web is such a different place then when it was when this started. I had a connection with a lot more people online then now. Twitter was just for the tech geeks and nerds, and thus very small. Facebook was just a MySpace alternative, reddit was digg and MrBaby owned the world.

We had a connection.

We had a connection...

Got all nostalgic and browsed through my old weblinks, and found insomnisquad and started reading everything. Remembered names like Leah and Daynah (php-princess was my jam!). I still love the internet and everything it has to offer, but just like my old post about face to face time, I feel the internet has just become to big to have that connection anymore.

My salute to you all from an old rambling dude.

Happy Turkey Day, Squad!

Hope the turkey helps you sleep like babies.

TEDTalks : Jessa Gamble: Our natural sleep cycle - Jessa Gamble (2010)

TEDTalks : Arianna Huffington: How to succeed? Get more sleep - Arianna Huffington (2010)

Blame it on the Decepticon Invasion...

It was Tuesday around 7pm and I noticed Transformers premiered at 12 01am. I finished my dinner, went.to theater and pickup a ticket. Returned to my hotel room, pounded out some emails and reports and went on to the Theater at 11:15pm.

Get settled into a great seat and there was a lot if energy in the crowd. I said yup I made the right decision....go to a movie at 12:01am (actual start time was 12:25). A yawn or two and I was able to pay full attention to the movie in all it's glory. It was cool, particularly bumble bee. 

So I get to bed around 4am and wired, woke up at 6am and in the office by 7:30am. When the movie came up some how during the day I shared my viewing experience. They looked at me as if insane and that I was still going strong. Still running strong the rest of the week....

So. I watched Optimus Prime, Bumble Bee and Sam defeat those mean Deceptions again. It was fun and worth the lack of sleep. So Blame my lack if sleep on that Deception Invasion. 

P.S.  anyone see the movie and note the link to Star Trek?

Help from HuffPo

3 Natural Ways to Fall Asleep Faster by Tracey Marks, M.D. Psychiatrist; Psychotherapist; Author, 'Master Your Sleep'. Hope it helps! Enjoy and good night...eventually.

Can't Stop

So I am currently living with my sister to help pay for funds, and get me back on my feet. Started school, so I needed any help I could get. The problem is, at least in her mind, is that I stay up until the wee hours of the morning. My sister, being a single mother, working 40 minutes away from our house, and driving a car that steals $50 a day in gas, goes to sleep around 9:30, 10 o'clock and naturally finds it abnormal that I stay up until 3 or 4am.

Being a geek, gamer, and a native to the PST stuck in CST, I pretty much have to stay awake because of how connected I am to the online world. It's just a normal thing for me, if my friends are up playing games on STEAM or Starcraft II, I'm naturally going to play with them. We've been doing this for years, and it's just who I am.

My sister is annoyed that I do this, and wants me to change. I can't change instantly and just fall asleep. My body just doesn't work that way, let alone anyone else, but like I said, I don't want to tarnish our relationship over something as dumb as me staying awake. I need to find a common ground. What can I do or say besides, it's just who I am?