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| Juke Joint Jezebel 2820th Post
 
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|  "Re(1):Off Topic: Help getting out of bed..."
, posted Tue 20 Apr 10:08
haha, you think that's bad? here's my story. i have two alarm clocks set to the highest volume. one with a really crappy radio station (radio alarm), the other with the most annoying ringtone i could find (cell phone). no matter where i place them in the room -- on top of a cabinet, inside of a closed drawer, and/or behind a small obstacle course i created -- i sleepwalk, then climb that cabinet, open that drawer, or navigate that obstacle course, and shut off each alarm without even waking. when i get up hours after i was supposed to, somehow my cell phone's on etiquette mode and the radio alarm looks like i didn't set it at all
pets don't work with me either. when my sister's dog rushes in, he just jumps in my bed and goes to sleep. of course, that makes the bed warmer, which makes me wanna stay tucked in longer
when i ask someone to wake me, they're always pissed at me later because i either snapped at them while i was asleep or i didn't wake up at all. my mom used to wake me up by talking to me. nowadays, i "sleeptalk" back, which is either me cursing random swears, actually having a conversation with whoever's talking to me, or spouting gibberish. more events i don't remember afterwards
so how do i get up in the mornings? i don't haha. if i'm lucky, i get up on my own only an hour after the alarms went off. after i'm awake, it takes me twenty to forty minutes until i'm conscious and i realize that i gotta be somewhere. always tired, always late  but this semester, i think the main problem's my schedule. so much fucking work for just a couple of classes. that's what i get for not taking the counselor's advice. hmm, i've strayed off topic
well, as long as i'm here, does anyone know of any programs i can use to set off a continuous noise at a certain time until i manually switch it off? maybe trying to figure out the keyboard in my sleep is just the right thing to get me up in the morning. once, i had a friend repeatedly log on and off on aim a while ago as my "third alarm clock" but it didn't work because i didn't save the event so the loudass noise (Link Here) only went off once. luckily, i still woke up a few hours afterwards. almost lost twenty points off my total grade. stupid online papers. oh yeah, any help's appreciated
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| Spoon 266th Post
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|  "Re(2):Off Topic: Help getting out of bed..."
, posted Tue 20 Apr 13:11
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I have a life size standee of Alpha (main chracter of Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou... long story -_-) in my bathroom, so I'm motivated to wake up and see her early every day.
But seriously, all it takes is self discipline, and having something to look forward to everyday helps a lot
My motivation might also be torturing my students :p
He's right. If you have something to look forward to, getting up is easy.
A long, long, time ago, I had a habit of waking up at exactly 7:21am every day (no alarms, no nothing), so that I could go and beat Bionic Commando (or some other game, but it was usually Bionic Commando) before going to school. I haven't really felt that way with later games, if only because of how much time it takes to accomplish anything with them. I know that in post secondary, most days I feel like if I were just shot while in bed it'd be just as well.
And that life size standee thing has me concerned.
One other thing: I have a bedframe that, combined with the mattress, has me a couple inches over two feet off the ground. When I used to get up back then, I'd roll out of bed and I'd be forced awake unless I wanted my face to slam into the floor.
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| Undead Fred 1508th Post
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| "Re(2):Off Topic: Help getting out of bed..." , posted Tue 20 Apr 17:29
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haha, you think that's bad? here's my story. i have two alarm clocks set to the highest volume. one with a really crappy radio station (radio alarm), the other with the most annoying ringtone i could find (cell phone). no matter where i place them in the room -- on top of a cabinet, inside of a closed drawer, and/or behind a small obstacle course i created -- i sleepwalk, then climb that cabinet, open that drawer, or navigate that obstacle course, and shut off each alarm without even waking. when i get up hours after i was supposed to, somehow my cell phone's on etiquette mode and the radio alarm looks like i didn't set it at all
pets don't work with me either. when my sister's dog rushes in, he just jumps in my bed and goes to sleep. of course, that makes the bed warmer, which makes me wanna stay tucked in longer
when i ask someone to wake me, they're always pissed at me later because i either snapped at them while i was asleep or i didn't wake up at all. my mom used to wake me up by talking to me. nowadays, i "sleeptalk" back, which is either me cursing random swears, actually having a conversation with whoever's talking to me, or spouting gibberish. more events i don't remember afterwards
so how do i get up in the mornings? i don't haha. if i'm lucky, i get up on my own only an hour after the alarms went off. after i'm awake, it takes me twenty to forty minutes until i'm conscious and i realize that i gotta be somewhere. always tired, always late but this semester, i think the main problem's my schedule. so much fucking work for just a couple of classes. that's what i get for not taking the counselor's advice. hmm, i've strayed off topic
well, as long as i'm here, does anyone know of any programs i can use to set off a continuous noise at a certain time until i manually switch it off? maybe trying to figure out the keyboard in my sleep is just the right thing to get me up in the morning. once, i had a friend repeatedly log on and off on aim a while ago as my "third alarm clock" but it didn't work because i didn't save the event so the loudass noise (Link Here) only went off once. luckily, i still woke up a few hours afterwards. almost lost twenty points off my total grade. stupid online papers. oh yeah, any help's appreciated
Heh heh. I thought I was the only one in that boat. I've got anywhere from 3-4 alarms to wake me up every morning. I bought an alarm clock that bragged about being the loudest ever or something and I've got that across the room. That one is set for an hour before I have to be up. I set my stereo (also across the room) to go off when I've got ten minutes left... like a "last resort" alarm. I set my cel phone on loud and set it for an hour and 15 minutes before I have to be up. Those are the BASIC three. The days where I have to be up a bit earlier, I set my TV to go off at ten minutes left (but the time on that is about 5 minutes after the stereo), so when the TV comes on, I know I HAVE to get up. I used to hide the loud alarm clock under my desk so I couldn't get to it right away, but I can't now because of the way my room is laid out now. For days where I had to be awake for critique or something really important, I'd wrap the loud alarm clock in paper with something like "WAKE UP, YOU FUCK!!!" with tape wrapped all around it. I'd draw a kitty girl or something on the paper instead of the note sometimes so I'd have to slowly unwrap the tape instead of tearing through the paper. There's also the "CRITIQUE AT 8:00!!!" notes taped to the wall. Yeah, I sleep like the dead.
The only days where the alarm system totally doesn't work is when I don't have to be up for any reason (weekends/ days off).
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| Juke Joint Jezebel 2823th Post
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| "Re(3):DOES IT WORK???" , posted Wed 21 Apr 17:45
kk. stuff i've done
bucket of water - NO
it was by accident, but i remember once, while going for my alarm, i knocked over a full glass of orange juice that i forgot to drink. that woke me up. but it took me a while to clean it (40 minutes maybe) and i was extremely pissed/tired/stressed the entire day. i'm not a morning person. if something pisses me off in the morning, i'm malicious and vengeful until sundown
on a similar note, i once hit a figure or resin statue (forgot what it was already. might've been Xianghua or Athena) because it was near my alarm clock at the time. flew across the room that woke me up too, as i scrambled to make sure it was ok. but i guess that's too risky for most folks
Yukari style - yep, that's me. but as i said, i talk in my sleep. so i usually wake up hours after my mom's left. all because zombie jjj told her that i was wide awake and getting ready to leave
sleep over ten hours - that definitely works. but i can't with my schedule. just a week or two until this nightmare's over though ..
something to look forward to / motivation - i think this is one of the most effective methods. a couple of years ago, i'd get up early so i could play some kof, watch anime, or look at porn before it was time to go. not working lately of course
ask anyone who knows me. i can run without sleep for days. but when i shut down, i'm out for good
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| Minuteman
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| "Re(4):DOES IT WORK???" , posted Wed 21 Apr 19:18
HAHA, some of these are great, although some not entirely practical (no needles, thank you).
I guess I've come to find (over the past few days) the best thing, in addition to my 2 alarm clocks, is the "self-motivation/something to look forward to" method.
I mean, here I am in Grad. school, living it up. I just have to start reminding myself that in 2 years I won't be in this situation and I'll have to get up everyday for said "REAL" job. And then once I face reality, i suppose the "money makes the World go 'round" method is enough motivation for me. I like money, I like to buy things and go out to dinner.
Appreicate the helpful tips, at least if something fails me, I'll have a backup idea.
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