you lay sleeping--I was escorting it to you.
-Bella Akhmadulina
Or, what to do when everyone but you is asleep.
Because night-owlishness is basically my unofficial major, I thought I would share some of my favorite ways to pass the uncommon hours.
- go to the nearest playground and swing until you've almost-but-not-quite given yourself a stomachache
- play dress-up and assemble a really awesome outfit for the morrow
- blog
- burn a mix CD of excellent and sing-a-longable tracks, relocate a laptop or CD player to the bathroom, and enjoy a long shower to your new soundtrack
- quiet-dance wildly around your house/apartment/dorm in a weird costume (or no costume at all) - iPod optional
- read an book's worth of pages - but instead of going straight through one whole book, read chapter one from one book, chapter two from the next, and so on
- write a letter
- decorate upcoming pages in your journal
- wrap yourself up in Christmas lights and settle yourself in front of your RSS reader
- play Guitar Hero with the sound off
- take advantage of the empty streets and go for a bike ride/longboarding
- if you have a bathroom scale, drink lots of tea and watch your weight go up and down over the course of the night
- memorize a poem or Shakespearean monologue, and resolve to find an excuse to launch into it sometime during the next day
*copies list into a word document for future reference*
ReplyDeleteI especially like the dress up, the book's worth of pages, and the Shakespeare monologue.
Don't the Christmas lights get rather hot after a while?
oh cuileann, your list makes me smile! you see, i'm a night owl too. but unlike you, i'm still bitter about it. this list inspires me to embrace my night- owlishness. um, except that i have to wake up early to work so that might not work out after all.
ReplyDeleteI really thing I need to wrap myself up in Christmas lights sometime. Just for fun. But probably not in my underwear with a fork sticking through my bun.
ReplyDeleteYou are amazing. No question about it.
ReplyDeleteThat. Is. Awesome.
ReplyDeleteAlas, I am a boring person and have only ever taken advantage of those glorious hours to do #3. Perhaps I shall add the rest to my List Of Things To Do Before I Die.
Christmas lights--sounds prickly.
*likes #1 and #13 particularly*
just discovered your blog through chuck and liking it quite a bit. i am a secret fashion photo addict and lover of lists myself.
ReplyDeleteNice list, Cuil :)
ReplyDeleteI love these ideas, thank you. :)
ReplyDeleteSpider - They do, yes. I think that's why I was in my underwear last time.
ReplyDeleteOdessa - Society can be rather inconsiderate of night owls. It is a shame to have one's style cramped by classes or work early in the morning. I hope you still get to embrace your nocturnal tendencies some, though. :)
Q - Hey, good memory. Heh heh.
Alyosha - Hot, yes; prickly, not so much.
Tobey - Thank you! It's nice to see you over here and commenting. :)
I am a fellow insomniac (posting a poem, indeed, today on that, before I found your posting here).
ReplyDeleteYou are far more creative in using your dark hours. I love your list, Cuileann.
Your list was cool. I love the swing one.... the last one made me laugh hardest though.. haaaa :)
ReplyDeleteNo oops I meant the 2nd last one! About drinking lots of tea and watching ur weight go up and down..
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