My ass hurts and I'm sleepy...

[Maddy McCall]

I have been sitting in the same position reading for 31 1/2 hours now. Only get up to run to the restroom and to grab drinks.

Someone encourage me to keep going, because right now I want to go to bed.

I am on a reading marathon. Have read 28 books in the past three weeks. Two more to go, then BEER!

Ok, encourage me not to take a nap. Get me over the hump so that I can go back to reading about Eugene Debs.

REally, say anything, just keep me awake!

[davidinalameda]

1. Okay, if you go to sleep

all you'll dream about is Ann Coulter naked!

[Maddy McCall]

2. Eeesh! Thanks...

And that is two Rush Limbaughs in YOUR dreams tonight!

:hi: dwickham!

[davidinalameda]

18. you're welcome!

LOL

[Fixated]

3. ...

OK, way to pick the most attractive right winger. I'll say George Sr. naked. The old, saggy balls will get to you.

[Maddy McCall]

6. eesh....the vision....

I said keep me awake, don't make me throw up!!

:hi: fixated!

[Rowdyboy]

4. Walk around a little bit...

Wash your face...anything

Good luck!

[Maddy McCall]

7. Thanks rowdy...

I am afraid to expend any energy, but I am shutting down, so I may just go outside in that sunshine....to my hammock...and...


Eh, I'd better get back to reading.

:hi: Rowdy!

[short bus president]

5. would it help

if I offered to kiss it and make it better?

:evilgrin:

[Maddy McCall]

8. A kiss from you, YES...a kiss from that passender on your bus...

Nah, I don't think so.

:hi: SBP formerly known as???

[WhataBildeberger]

11. OK, OK

"also known as..."

Now did you want a regular kiss :* or a freedom kiss :9 for yer achin' mudflaps?

:P

[Maddy McCall]

14. LOL! Kiss my achin mudflaps

LMFAO! I thought that's who you were but I couldn't remember. Brain fried.

[short bus president]

19. Brain fried?

Any relation to Milton Fried (of "Contract as Promise" fame)? Sorry - flashing back to the bad old days of philosophy of law, which comprised my LAST eyeball-gouging lame text marathon. Fried and Atiyah and Locke, OH MY!

[Maddy McCall]

21. No relation...

Egad...and I am complaining about history! I couldn't deal with 30 philosophy books, no way.

Mine are:

Goodwyn and Lafeber and Hahn...Oh MY!

[short bus president]

25. it's not that tough

the secret to successfully majoring in philosophy is this: never read anyone else's work with the idea of actually understanding that work. Just read enough to formulate a coherent assessment of why you disagree with the author, and try to use some of the same big words s/he did. It's almost always worth at least a "C."

Can't do that with history, unless you're a republican.

[Maddy McCall]

28. At this point...

I will gladly accept mediocrity. The greater good for my cells, you know. ;-)

[kcwayne]

9. Reading marathon?

And I thought you were just going to brag about getting laid. ;)

[Maddy McCall]

10. LOL! No distractions, now!

No...not unless you consider me laid up on the couch reading about Eugene...although I do admire his political philosophy, he's probably not in any condition to help me out.

I am rushing to get finished so I CAN get s'faced tomorrow, though.

Damn, I am 37 and I still look forward to getting 'faced. I need to grow up.

:hi: wayne

[BurtWorm]

12. What are all these books you're reading anyway?

Don't tell me if it will put you (or me) to sleep.

[Maddy McCall]

13. Hi Burt

They are ALL history...14 on American Indian and 14 on Populism and Socialism.

Reading them to finish my prep work for my PhD comps. I want to be finished TODAY!

(Think Veruca Salt: "I want it nooooowwwww!")

:hi:

OH, and on edit, one bio on debs and one on american empire.

Sounds like fun, eh?

[BurtWorm]

17. Interesting subjects, non?

But I can, like, totally relate to wanting to get them the fuck over with already. (I had a crush on Veruca when I was wee laddie. Not the one in the movie, the one in the book. Loved her name. :loveya:)

When you get through this torture, I'd love to hear more about what your focus is. I'll send you white light.

[Maddy McCall]

20. Thanks Burt...

they are very interesting. I adore the populist movement. Great book if you ever get a chance is Democratic Promise by Lawrence Goodwyn. He envisions the populists as being forward looking businessmen who created the only mass democratic movement in American history...a cool book.

Otherwise, I have read so damn much I can't even remember what I have read. :-)

[catpower2000]

15. Read, damn you, read!!

Look at it this way--I'd rather be reading, even history, than sitting here at work. If I have to be stuck here, the least you can do is read in my place!!

Cat :)

[Maddy McCall]

16. (In my best whiny voice) But CAaaAaaaAaT!

At least you get to see other people. I have been barricaded in my house for almost three weeks. :-(

(feeling sorry for me yet?)

:hi: catpower!

[catpower2000]

23. Nope!

All the people I have seen today are assholes. :) Well, okay, not all, but the assholes totally overshadowed the nice ones (isn't that always the way?) I'd rather be alone with Eugene. ;-)

:hi: jchild!

ps. Okay, okay, I feel SLIGHTLY sorry for you. Being a social creature myself, I feel very out of sorts when I don't have human interaction for long periods. But still!! ;-)

[Maddy McCall]

24. So you're saying I am being bratty?

;-)

[Maddy McCall]

22. I'm headed back to the books...

the excedrin and Mountain Dew have spiked me, so maybe I can at least finish Debs.

400 pages in bible-size print is MORE than anyone should want to know about ANYONE's life.

Thanks DUers for the inspiration!

Later :hi:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

26. Eugene Debs?? How can anybody want to sleep rather than read about DEBS?

sorry I missed the chance to cheerlead! :D :hi:

[Maddy McCall]

27. I'm bAaack.

Hey NSMA :hi:

I am now about at about 36 hours, no sleep. Hey Eugene is a really interesting guy--no doubt--but I am skimming for things like speeches and arrests so I can finish.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

29. OK and on your other discomfort, do let me know

if you need a bun rub :evilgrin:

[Maddy McCall]

30. LOL! bun rub

LMAO! my butt cheeks are literally numb from sitting all day. Wish I had a treadmill so I could walk and read.

I am taking a break to eat. This is going to sound Sling Blade-ish, but I'm having biscuits and fig preserves.

I have no groceries--a 10 lb. pork loin in the freezer, but I could pound nails with it.

I am STARVING!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

31. Bets the hell out of liver, fava bens and cheap chianti

*having another movie moment*