Ok who is still up at this hour and why are you still up ?

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

I am up because sleeping sucks . Ok not really I just can't sleep . Will somebody read me a bed time story ? lol

[newsguyatl]

1. i'm still up b/c of my WHACK work sked

it's affecting my sleep schedule. it's almost 3a and i'm wide awake... sigh

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

15. Here's some coffee and doughnuts to keep you awake :)

:donut: :donut: :donut: :donut: :donut:

[The Traveler]

2. Me. Chronic insomnia

Started a few months before Howard Dean's campaign started the "sleeples summer" bit. Cause is much the same. Personal perception. Belief that the country is driving over the edge of a cliff. Stuff like that.

Besides, I'm addicted to the X-Files.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

13. Ok you are watching the X-Files ...

I am over here watching a Discovery Channel Documentary showing a bunch of cute guys getting through NavySEAL training . Awww they look so cute when they shudder in the cold water ... wow if only I was there to give them blankets . lol

[The Traveler]

30. That probably has an appeal for you

that would elude me, I fear.:)

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

35. now I am sad , it just went off , darn it

Yeah it appeals . its a weakness :) ;)

[The Traveler]

43. Not a weakness

just a source of base enjoyment ... something we all value. ;)

[strategery blunder]

3. The Chair checks in at 1:42 CST

I'm an insomniac every night.:evilgrin:

Do you want to hear about my experience with a freeper today, or would that just aggravate you and make your lack of sleep worse?

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

4. Freeper stories make me laugh , do share :)

[strategery blunder]

7. OK

Go here.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

9. LMAO ! They are just desperate for members ...

They are just desperate for more members since everyone is slowly starting to see the light of Bushies Blah Bungle of a Presidency . I choked in laughter at the word " Iragnam " . Perfect word to describe the war .

[strategery blunder]

17. Yeah, and every time I pass the College Repuke booth,

there's no one there except the person behind it.:)

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

21. One lonely soul lol .

One lonely lost soul wondering where all the " cowboys " have gone . And why is that person always my roommate ? :hi:

[The Traveler]

5. Hiya Chair!

How ya doin'? I got emailed by a freeper today. Don't think he liked my response ...

[strategery blunder]

14. Oh, other than this fundie from earlier, I'm doing OK

I'm a liberal Christian, though I will admit to holding some fundie beliefs (I was baptized into a Southern Baptist church about four months ago). But I'm not a hard-core fundie; if you don't want to talk about religion, I'll leave you alone.

However, there are those fundies out there who will argue with anyone. In this case; opposing abortion wasn't enough; I had to support iraqnam, support the terra crusade...this one is too far gone.

He started by asking if I was going to join the college republikkkans; I said no. He got really upset and defensive over that one word. Before this, he was a good friend of mine--tonight will be interesting as we both need to be at the same place (edit: at the same time).:scared:

But the rest of starting sophomore year in college is going well.

Further edit: please describe this freeper e-mail and your response:)

[The Traveler]

26. And old friend and a guy

I worked long hours to create engineering marvels with sent me an email citing a Freeper thread and urging us to sign a petition to impeach Kerry. I responded that Kerry's stories were similar to those told by various (alas now departed) mutual friends who had fought in Vietnam. I speculated the Freepers would next go after guys like Zinni. I brought up the Plame incident and the recent "spy in the Pentagon" matter. I concluded I regarded the Bush administration as a national security disaster.

Don't be apologetic of being a Christian. Liberalism's complex origins include a political interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount. And don't forget who kicked ass in the Temple and evicted the money changers.

I have no specific religious affiliation, believing religion is mankind's attempt to wrap symbol around the transcendent in a necessary but futile attempt to understand it.

On edit: My son starts his sophomore year at Georgia Tech this year ... I wish you both success!

[strategery blunder]

I brought up bu$h*'s greed

"Liberalism's complex origins include a political interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount. And don't forget who kicked ass in the Temple and evicted the money changers."

I brought this up and said I was not 100% sure bu$h* is a Christian and that the Bible warns against wolves in sheeps' clothing, to which HE responded that I AM EASILY DECEIVED.

I then told him that bu$h* deceived the entire country in re Iraqi WMDs and that in Feb 2003 I was pretty much the only one who saw that IRAQ POSED NO THREAT TO US. I also pointed out that in hindsight, I was correct and one of only a handful who WERE NOT DECEIVED.

At this point, he gave up on the conversation.

Edit: Most of my 'fundie' beliefs center around the Rapture/Final Judgement, and I am not 'ashamed' of these beliefs at all. Indeed, it would be quite interesting to watch bu$h*'s judgement--though mine would not be saintly either.

[The Traveler]

40. Good shot, bud

And truthful. Seems to me somewhere along the line a lot people were sold the line "greed is good". But ... isn't it one of the Seven Deadly Sins?

Sometime, we must discuss theology.

G'nite, Chair. Been busted by the wife person and she is sending me to bed. Since she is holding a rubber mallet over my head right now, I'd best comply ...

Bright blessings, friend.

[strategery blunder]

48. Good night

I need bed too--evil morning classes:)

[Justitia]

6. fellow insomniac & I loathe the rituals of going to bed

turning all the lights off around the house, changing clothes, taking off make-up, taking out contacts, brushing teeth, etc.

Takes forever and I'm still wide awake. I'm chronically sleep-deprived.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

8. Me too .

I have a before bed ritual myself and if I don't do it before 10:30 PM EST time , its not getting done . And as I type this its 2:48 AM EST so I have no idea when my ritual will begin .

[Justitia]

19. isn't it funny?

I really loathe the process. Same thing about getting ready in the morning.

It's fairly recent for me, it's like I totally resist being forced into the same daily routines or something.

I am killing all my brain cells because I hate daily rituals - ha, ha.

[northstar]

10. Self delete - double post

.

[northstar]

11. I figure .....

that if Rummy can stand on his feet all day (and HOW OLD IS HE NOW????) to show how "manly" he is, versus the folks at Gitmo, the very least that I can do is go w/o sleep 24/7 to show him what a lame-ass he is.

It's 'patriotic', ya know.... ;-)

edit: changed GitNO to GitMO.....freudian slip to be sure....*buda bum*

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

16. Welcome to the DU northstar ...

You mean Rummy is still alive ? I don't wanna know how " manly " Rummy is ... ewwwwwwww

[MichaelHarris]

12. I;m up because

my damn dog is like 85 feet long and he's stretched out on my bed. That and porn.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

18. Wow ... sounds interesting LOL :)

Love the pic in your signature ;)

[MichaelHarris]

24. thanks

man my dog is a mutant. Big head, long body, and 4 inch legs.

[peacebuzzard]

20. Just arrived home from NY

and my three day trip. Spent Sunday in the middle of the protest procession w/ some fellow DU members. 'twas awesome indeed. And after two days of work I have just arrived home and am catching up on all the news here on LBN.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

25. Congrats for a peaceful protest .

I am glad the protests took so much attention away from the RNC . Glad that you got home safe .

[peacebuzzard]

34. Yes it was .....the media drummed on the negative , so what else

is new? And it is peaceful now. After three days of lots of noise I am in dead silence hearing crickets outside and my two hounds are in my loving room snoring (and making me very tired) Now, why are you up so late?

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

36. I am up late because this is the only time I get " peace and quiet "

This is the only time I get peace and quiet . And I am a night owl . I don't come alive until 11 pm .

[peacebuzzard]

45. lol....I understand that schedule. My creativity works better late

at night too. But I am calling it a very long day now. I woke up in Baltimore this morning and am suffering severely of exhaustion and jet lag, after reading as much as I could absorb at this point I am saying good evening, thanks for saying hello. Nice chatting. I am a little sad along w/ the tired now, I just got blown away by Cuban Liberal's post regarding his nephew's tragic death in Tekrit. I need to light a candle and meditate. Talk to you later Carolina P.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

47. Cuban_Liberal's Nephew has been on my mind for a long time now ...

He was only 19 ... still a baby . I am only 24 myself but my God he had his whole in front of him .

Take Care peacebuzzard .

[Justitia]

22. ok, now you've shamed me into submission

going to bed now....gotta get up in a few minutes - ha, ha!

Nite everyone!

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

28. Nite !

[northstar]

31. Nite....Sweetest of dreams.

.

[ogradda]

23. daily show reruns :)

need to get the taste of the convention out of my head

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

27. Welcome to the DU ogradda :)

What on Earth would we do with the Daily Show . Its the only saving grace during these miserable butt kissing new show times .

[ogradda]

29. i know

i love that show it helps save my sanity

[POed_Ex_Repub]

32. I don't really have a schedule anymore

What work I'm doing is contract and it's basically on my own time. I tend to gravitate twoards the "night shift".

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

33. Call me slow but I just figured out your screenname ...

I am slow ... anyways glad to see you come away from the dark side lol . Is it easier for you to settle down at night and do you work as opposed to the day where everyone is bugging you ?

[POed_Ex_Repub]

37. It's more quiet....

And I just seem to think better at night. It takes me a looooong time to really "wake-up" in the morning. Even if I'm tired, I start feeling my energy coming back around 10:30pm.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

38. Same with me . Nightowls unite .

Good luck on your work .

[Kenneth ken]

39. me

and beause it's earlier here :D

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

41. Oh really now ? And where are you if not in the US ?

:) just curious

[Kenneth ken]

54. west of you

but still in the US. Your profile says you're somewhere in NC, so if that's true, it's later where you are than where I am, because I am west of NC.

I could tell you specifically, but then I'd have to kill you, and I don't know exactly where you are so I can't kill you, so I can't tell you, 'cause then i'd have to kill you...:P

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

55. Ha ! Is that a threat !

:bounce:

[Kenneth ken]

57. nope

it's me being kindly to you. :D

if I don't say where I am, I don't have to kill you. Which benefits us both, since I don't know where you are. :)

:bounce:

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

58. Ha its easy to find out muhahahaha .

Take care and good night :)

[niyad]

42. because it isn't late to me-- besides, have to read all the latest

messages and slap my trolls on my own boards.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

44. And I might also ask where are you ? Geographically speaking that is .

[niyad]

50. colorado, home of fungus on the family (or focus on fascism, take your

pick) the turncoat ben nighthorse campbell (thankfully about to be gone, and PLEASE, everyone, pray we do NOT get pete coors) and approximately 190 tax-exempt right-wing religious groups and lots of repukes.

[ogradda]

46. bush twins on fox

o my. that's simply terrible. I'd heard they were bad but that's gross

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

49. Its funny how they had this rapid makeover from drunk party girls

to so called glamour queens . I aint buying it . Who knows , maybe they have grown up but prancing them around after the Kerry daughters got so much attention is just so obvious .

[LastKnight]

51. im tired as hell...

got 5 hours of sleep last night, spent all day walking all over the freakin campus. and all night running around it playing the Capture the Flag match that is against regulations but about 70-100 students from all age groups do it anyway. great way to make friends around here across age groups... apparently.

-LK

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

52. Ahh reminds me of my first week of college

I walked around the campus so much that I literally injured my foot . After that first week , my feet hurt so bad . Advice : BIKE ! Second Advice : you get some sleep ;)

[LastKnight]

53. i havent used a bike in forever...

and winter hits pretty early here and lasts awhile. so a bike probably isnt worth it. all the walking may help ward off the weight gain. which actuially started a few weeks before i got here lol.

on edit: i will now try sleep lol.

-LK

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

56. I am going to bed now ... good night world ... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[elepet]

61. 2:00 am

where i am and i just woke up. anyone else do that sort of thing?

[ghostsofgiants]

59. ...

It is now 6:54 AM. I'm up because I'm a fucking insomniac. It's brutal. On top of that, I'm filled with piss and vinegar. At first I was just filled with vinegar.

[JohnKleeb]

60. I just woke up

Ive been falling asleep very early as of late :shrug: it pisses me off!