This is the story of the average day in my life. Firstly it starts off with me being completely adorable and asleep:

And it’s 4:10 AM and my alarm goes off. And we all have a good laugh over the idea of me actually getting out of bed the first time my alarm goes off:

And I really want to watch whatever they are watching, because it looks really awesome. For the time being let’s just pretend it’s this:

And I do a bit of snoozing, because snoozing is my downfall, and we do some super genius math:

And come to the conclusion that I actually get out of bed at 4:37 AM, and I look like this:

Because I’m really angry that I snoozed 3 times instead of 2 times, and snoozing really doesn’t make you feel better when you wake up, it just delays the act of feeling crappy and makes you angry and Asian.
So I shower and get dressed like this:

Except in reverse because I wear Wonder Woman pajamas to bed, and a respectable skirt suit to work. And before I run out the door, I run down to the computer and publish the post I wrote last night, which only makes me later.
And then I drive really cautiously to the train station because I didn’t take 3 snoozes.

Oh wait, yes I did.

So I catch the 5:35 AM train and hope that the person who sits next to me looks like this:

When in reality they always look like this:

Except they’re not made of crappy computer animation, so they have a weight to them, and that weight gets pressed up against me.
And then I read sleep the whole trip into the city because having your lands ravaged by the white man really takes it out of you:

But if this little girl was supposed to start beating the Warning Drum, you can see why the Native Americans didn’t fare so well. Or maybe it was those disease filled blankets we gave them. Oh well.
So at 7:00 AM I arrive at work in Trinity Center.

No, not the church, the building next to it. And did you know that Trinity Church is where they found the treasure at the end of National Treasure? So everyday at lunch I go to the church and look for the treasure. And by “treasure” I mean “Nicholas Cage” and only so I can tell him what a bad actor he is.
And once I get to my desk I hook myself up to a Roman Numeral 4:

Except it’s filled with:

And work makes me feel like this:
Because you should never write anything bad about your job on your blog, because that’s just asking for trouble, unless you’re Dooce, which in that case it makes you super famous.
And I don’t really leave my desk for lunch because I’m a dedicated worker extremely lazy. Did I tell you I got my yearly review and it was awesome and I got a raise? Go me.

And then at 5:00 PM I slide down the dinosaur tail, which looks a lot easier than it really is:

And then I get home at 7:00 PM and eat dinner:

And I talk about my day with my parents who hate when I say that my day was “fine” because they insist on getting details, even if there is nothing to tell.
And then it’s 8:00 PM and I feel like a zombie while I sit in front of my computer trying to put together a blog that makes the slightest amount of sense, which you can currently see didn’t go so well:

And then it’s suddenly 10:00 PM and I have nothing written so I take a bunch of pictures and make a lame post about my day to post in the morning before I run out the door to catch my train:

And the 10:00-11:00 PM hour is the fastest hour on the face of the planet, because I start to think about getting ready for bed at 10:00 PM and then it’s magically 11:00 PM when I get into bed, and where did that last hour go? And OMG Family Guy is on, and I love Family Guy and I try to look away, but even if I look away, I’ve seen all the episodes a million times, so I still laugh along with the episode because it’s so gosh darn funny. And then I fall asleep.

Lather. Rinse. Repeat.




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4:37 AM?? Jebus!
Sounds just like my day. Except I get up an hour earlier. And I don’t wear pajamas. And I’ve never owned a team of horses. Or a gladiator outfit.
Okay, it sounds nothing like my day.
So you get roughly 5 hours sleep a night? How are you not dead? Fewer than 7 and I’m a total wreck!
Oh how I long for routine
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I am slightly bitter that your lame ass post is so much funnier than my lame ass post. Bastard.
Why you make fun of asian people Craig. We all don’t look angry. I look very happy all times. Maybe you watch many movie with angry asian people. Please watch movie with happy asian people.
Maybe you should take that Wall Street raise and get an apartment closer to the City so you can sleep a bit more. I get cranky when I have to get up earlier than 8AM.
I actually know why the snooze is 9 minutes and not 10 — simplicity in mechanics. When the snooze is turned on, the clock looks for the number that is one less than the minute number from when the snooze had been activated. It takes more engineering and parts to recognize another number.
I’m a dork.
Interesting! Thanks JoshB!
I say this having been up all night finishing a job application and mini-portfolio: How can you survive on only 5 hours (okay, 5 hours, 37 minutes) of sleep every night? Sometimes I like a nice cozy 10 hours, not to mention at least a standard 7-8.
I always suspected snooze abuse had the side effect of Asian. I also was unaware that Nicolas Cage was our National Treasure. Good information. Thanks.
Just three snoozes? My alarm will do five and I use them all, then I have my cell alarm set as a backup.
Only 3 times with the snooze button? I’m impressed! Today I think I hit… um… 7? 8? Yeah…
i’m sure you’re aware of this fact, but 4:10 is an utterly insane time to have to get up.
I don’t use an alarm. I just wake up somewhere between 6 and 7 every morning. And I enjoy my leisurely four second commute to my office.
Avitable - I hate you.
Now I want to pick you up and put you on my lap and pet you all day. Until I suddenly remember you have little sharp kitten claws and then I send you sailing across the room.
Lather, rinse, repeat - for the next 40 years. Honestly, I don’t know why they don’t allow alcohol at work. Or… you could find yourself a nice rich husband and stay home and take care of the kids and work on your charities, but that presents a different set of problems, which can only be solved by pills and nice clothes. At least that’s what the lady authors say.
I had no idea there were two 4:30s on the clock.
I love seeing what other people’s mundane routines look like. But your mundane looks pretty fun. Except that part about getting squished by Jabba the Hut.
If you move the 4:30 to 7:30, and the going to sleep at 11:00 to going to sleep at 2:00 a.m., that’s a lot like my routine. Except for the looking adorable when I sleep part. I look more like a large, ugly, flatulent sea lion: http://www.darwinsgalapagos.com/gallery/sleeping-sea_rock.jpg
Sleeping like a kitten but waking up an angry Asian?
Eh, I’ve dated worse guys. You’re still tops in my book, Craiggers.
HUGS…
I love my snooze… I have a relationship with my snooze… My job hates my snooze…
Sounds like a pretty good routine to me! Well other than the having to work part…and the getting up early part…
On second thought, clearly you are a saint for keeping such a schedule!
If you were the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola, then you could be in movies too.
Woaw, you wake up SO early ! I will never dare complaining again next I have to get up at 6AM again…
That sounds like a tough commute. I can see why you are so busy. Thanks for taking the time to blog for us. Your efforts are appreciated.
I have not been a morning person in many years. My alarm seems to wake me up just enough to start having awesome dreams. My snooze duration is ten minutes. Some days I can snooze for hours. Every ten minutes I will hit my snooze button while in this semi-waking-dream state. It is not optimally restful, but it seems to be good exercise for my mind. Fortunately my job accommodates my random sleep habits. Eventually I want to get used to waking up before noon. I will have to work on that.
Congratulations on the raise, I am sure it is well deserved.
And here I thought you WROTE the posts at 4am, and was impressed that you were such an early morning person!
I had no idea that there was a mechanical reason for the 9 minute snooze — I assumed it was because 10 minutes would just feel like WAY too much time, and people would revolt.
I “read” on the way to work as well. I’ve just started considering it a talent to be half asleep standing up and still aware when your stop is coming up.
ok you made us laugh. happy now?
nice post ;o)
Heh heh… the Hutt has boobies!
I laughed so hard.
Stumbled ya, this one needs some traffic.
Too funny!
Nicolas Cage does suck, but I am still jealous of my friend who made out with him in his Valley Girl days. I still kinda have a crush on him…must noodle this one through.
OMG! SO FUNNY! AWESOME POST!
Tell Me What a Dork I Am!