Insomnia sucks
Feb. 4th, 2002 01:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yendiWell, it does! I've had insomnia on and off for my entire life. Both kinds -- the one where I can't get to sleep (more common), and the one where I wake up. This is the former.
When I was in college, it wasn't so bad. It was easy enough to just cut a class, or gulp lots of coffee and crash after lunch, with no afternoon classes. But in the real world, it's a hell of a lot harder to get away with.
Anyway, my normally short attention span gets even shorter when I'm tired but can't sleep. I'll try to read (I'm currently on Barry Hughart's wonderful Bridge of Birds), but I end up browsing the web. Since I'm still new to LiveJournal, I'm spending time jumping around the community. I've always enjoyed this sort of thing. On eBay, I'll check out the feedback on someone who has bid on one of my items, then follow the chain of bids back a few people -- it's fun to see what else they've bid on, whether they buy and sell, or just buy, etc. I also browse Amazon wish lists (mine's here, in case you feel like buying me an early birthday gift); aside from giving me more ideas for my own list, it gives me the chance to get more insight into people I know (yeah, I know it's cheesy, but it's true).
Browsing through LiveJournal is sort of like that, but without the commercial aspect. I love reading other journals. But I also love, upon finding a nifty journal, seeing who else that person reads, and what their interests are, and checking out the pages for their friends. And from there, I'll jump to their friends' pages, etc. And ditto the communities. I was pleasantly surprised, upon looking up the interest "garlic," to find a good community for Atlanta restaurants showing up. Of course, I'd be having a lot more fun if the LiveJournal site didn't seem to be having issues right now. :-/
Anyway, I just spent five minutes watching our cat attack a pen (which defended itself valiantly, all things considered), so I'm thinking it's time to try bed again. 'Night.
When I was in college, it wasn't so bad. It was easy enough to just cut a class, or gulp lots of coffee and crash after lunch, with no afternoon classes. But in the real world, it's a hell of a lot harder to get away with.
Anyway, my normally short attention span gets even shorter when I'm tired but can't sleep. I'll try to read (I'm currently on Barry Hughart's wonderful Bridge of Birds), but I end up browsing the web. Since I'm still new to LiveJournal, I'm spending time jumping around the community. I've always enjoyed this sort of thing. On eBay, I'll check out the feedback on someone who has bid on one of my items, then follow the chain of bids back a few people -- it's fun to see what else they've bid on, whether they buy and sell, or just buy, etc. I also browse Amazon wish lists (mine's here, in case you feel like buying me an early birthday gift); aside from giving me more ideas for my own list, it gives me the chance to get more insight into people I know (yeah, I know it's cheesy, but it's true).
Browsing through LiveJournal is sort of like that, but without the commercial aspect. I love reading other journals. But I also love, upon finding a nifty journal, seeing who else that person reads, and what their interests are, and checking out the pages for their friends. And from there, I'll jump to their friends' pages, etc. And ditto the communities. I was pleasantly surprised, upon looking up the interest "garlic," to find a good community for Atlanta restaurants showing up. Of course, I'd be having a lot more fun if the LiveJournal site didn't seem to be having issues right now. :-/
Anyway, I just spent five minutes watching our cat attack a pen (which defended itself valiantly, all things considered), so I'm thinking it's time to try bed again. 'Night.
