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LifeDuringWartime Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 01:08 AM
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best thing about being an insomniac
you dont have to worry about drinking coffee late in the day because you wouldnt be able to sleep anyway
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VoteDemocratic2004 Donating Member (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 01:09 AM
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1. I am drinking coffee right now
What'ssss up! :scared:
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LifeDuringWartime Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 01:12 AM
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2. not sleeping!
:freak:

would drinking lots of coffee and pulling an all nighter be an effective way to fix a sleep cycle?
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LastKnight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 01:17 AM
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5. ive done it several times before, granted its not the healthy way.
but if you can stay up till your desired bedtime the next day it works.

-LK
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 01:15 AM
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3. Hmm.
Isn't that sort of like an obsessive-compulsive saying "At least I don't forget to check the stove"? :D
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sidestreamer Donating Member (263 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 01:17 AM
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4. Coffee is so bitter and tastes like crap. Why do people drink that? (n/t)
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 01:19 AM
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6. You might not have had good coffee
I just use coffee and hot milk, and damn it tastes great!
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Dookus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 01:26 AM
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7. it's all personal taste
I think it tastes like heaven.

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sidestreamer Donating Member (263 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 01:30 AM
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8. Perhaps when prepared right for some people.
I can dump all the sugar or cream I want and I still can't stand it... ah well.
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underseasurveyor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 01:34 AM
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9. I drink coffee all the time.
Day, night, hot days, cold days, iced, hot, brewed, espresso, eat coffee ice cream and I can go to sleep anytime, take a nap during the day, go to bed at night, doesn't keep me awake anymore.
:donut:I drink way too much coffee but I love the stuff:donut:
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Dookus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 01:50 AM
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10. sigh
I used to be that way. I drank coffee non-stop all day and evening and then fell asleep.

Then somewhere in my 30's it stopped. I can't drink caffeine after 6:00pm if I have any hope of going to sleep at a normal hour.
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underseasurveyor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 02:11 AM
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11. You're still up
So what's a normal hour for you.
Hell I'm in my 40's now. I think I have switched to caffine pressure now instead of blood pressure :crazy:
I have started getting the half-caff stuff to try and wean myself down some. Being dependant on caffine is a bitch if you don't get some. Awful terrible headaches :cry:
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Dookus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 02:14 AM
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12. well
first, I live in California... it's only a little past midnight here.

But I've always been a night-owl, given the chance, and I've been unemployed awhile now. I often stay up 'til 4 or 6 or even 8am.

Oddly, no matter how much caffeine I drank, I never had a problem without it. Never once had a caffeine headache and even though I'd drink 8 cups a day at work, I often wouldn't bother to make a pot on the weekend and never craved it badly.
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underseasurveyor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 02:32 AM
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14. heh I just looked at your profile
Yeah it's a little earlier in CA. Are ya from Santa Cruz? I have a few relatives that live in Santa Cruz. Matter of fact I'm the only one in my ENTIRE family that doesn't live in California anymore. However the bulk of my family lives in the southern part of the state, LA county on down and into San Deigo.
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Dookus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 02:43 AM
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16. I live in Santa Cruz now
but I grew up on Long Island.
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underseasurveyor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 02:51 AM
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18. You like going to the extremes on both ends I see.
:evilgrin:
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Placebo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 02:14 AM
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13. Does Anyone Else Watch 'INSOMNIAC' on Comedy Central?
I LOVE THAT SHOW! I tell ya what.

I would love to host an episode myself, hehe :bounce: :smoke:
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underseasurveyor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 02:34 AM
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15. No :-(
Don't have cable.
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Guy Fawkes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 02:51 AM
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17. I can't wait until sunday... Sloshed in Translation!
You can buy anything short of live animals in vending machines in Japan.
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Placebo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 02:59 AM
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19. Are you serious???
like what??? :bounce:
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Guy Fawkes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 03:12 AM
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21. Beer, cell phones, computer parts, tv remotes, adult things, sushi,
sushimi, beer, sake, more sake, porn, more beer, clothes, soda, calling cards, etc. etc. etc.
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Placebo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 03:13 AM
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22. I Wanna Go To JAPAN!
Why the hell aren't we that advanced?
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 03:07 AM
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20. My favorite episode is when he went to Little Rock
And met up with "Sweet, Sweet" Connie of "We're An American Band" by Grand Funk fame. :) That just topped all for me.
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drhilarius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 03:13 AM
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23. You can get a lot of work done.
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LifeDuringWartime Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 04:21 AM
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24. just watched a live NIN dvd
been wanting to see it again for awhile....
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 09:01 AM
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25. Getting berated as though you do it on purpose just to annoy people.
Because after all, it's completely under my control.

I wish I could shut of my brain and find some peace. Sometimes I've been able to do that, but not at the moment.
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