late nights and caffeine

From: Aaron Christopher Finney <af-list_at_lafleur.wfi-inc.com>
Date: Mon Aug 16 08:45:05 1999

Off-topic and all, I'm sorry I missed the original post on this. Getting
up in the morning is a running joke with my friends and I...

I do just fine as a morning person, if I don't go to bed the night before.
Otherwise, if some pressing need has me getting up inhumanely early, I
keep a caffeine pill and cup of coffee next to my bed at night. When
the alarm rings, I pop the pill and chug-a-lug the tumbler of coffee. The
caffeine jolt, combined with the horrific taste of stale coffee, usually
gets me up within a half hour or so. I wonder what my morning routine
would be like if amphetamines were reasonably safe and legal...

My other (not always successful) plan is to turn on the shower and drag
myself in, promptly sitting on the floor and falling asleep. After a
half-hour or so, the water usually gets cold enough to wake me up.
Although, I have probably brought myself close to hypothermia a few times
when it doesn't...

I have learned to *never* try sitting on the toilet first thing on a tired
morning. I've lost many hours and had to massage out many a forehead
red-mark from that particularly uncomfortable kind of sleep.

On a fairly early morning (good caffeine buzz),

Aaron


On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Mike Ford wrote:

> >On Sun, 15 Aug 1999, Andrew McLaren wrote:
> >
> >> Very off-topic, but why is it that hackers are almost NEVER morning people??
> >
> >Because:
> >
> >1) Coffee takes time to work
>
> "It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.
> It is by the beans of java that the thoughts acquire speed,
> The hands acquire a shaking, the shaking becomes a warning.
> It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion."
>
> BTW I hate coffee, but drink fine tea by the gallon.
>
>
Received on Mon Aug 16 1999 - 08:45:05 BST