Charlatan's Diary

charlatan: (noun); a person claiming a skill or knowledge he does not have; quack; imposter

Sunday, November 14, 2004

My Sleep Deprivation...or something like that...

My sleep pattern's F***ed up!
That's the best way to put it really.
Since I finished my contract on the last job, I've had all the free time in the world. I don't have to wake up at 6:45 a.m any more. (Not for the foreseeable future at least.) No more setting the alarm for 6 a.m and hitting the snooze button six times every eight minutes to wake up on time for work. This is one of the few perks of unemployment. (Till I start my next contract!)

So since I don't have to wake up early anymore, I don't have to sleep early anymore.
That finally gives me the freedom to catch up on all the late night television I've missed in the last 7 months. I am a late night television freak. So now, I can switch between David Letterman, Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, Jon Stewart and Jimmy Kimmel. (not necessarily in that order)

So here is my usual pattern:
11:05 pm....Watch The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
11:35 pm to 11:45 pm watch Jay Leno's opening monologue.
11:45 to 11:50 Watch David Letterman's Top 10....(whatever the topic is on the night!)

[for about 30 minutes from Midnight to about thirty after, it gets tricky!!!]
At midnight, Jimmy Kimmel starts. So its a toss up between Dave, Jay and Kimmel.
And it's hard to keep up with all three of them. So I just see who has the most interesting guests on.

Then, at 12:35 a.m, Conan O'Brien has my undivided attention for the most part of the next hour.
Conan, you are the best late night show, yais, for me to poop on!!!

Once, Conan is done, begins the real fun. Full-fledged channel surfing. God Bless the man who invented the remote control. And god bless the person who invented cable television. 72 channels, one remote control. That's something else. Between now and 4 a.m, I shamelessly switch between the 72 channels and with great virtuosity, and avoid the French channels with such elegance, I surprise myself.
In the unlikely event that there is nothing interesting on television, there is always the Internet. I love high speed internet. I love the fact that I can watch streaming videos, or listen to music online, or just download whole episodes of my favourite TV shows and not to mention Movies!
I have almost downloaded all the episodes of the first three seasons of my new favourite sitcom 'Scrubs' and the first season of 'Arrested Development' (the greatest show on TV right now!). Oh, I am such a television Geek.
Also, another new obsession, is Stick Cricket. Check it out at www.stickcricket.com , its good fun!!!

This usually takes me to close to 4 a.m. Then I read a book, till I fall asleep.
Only to wake up around Noon.

So here's the skinny,

My sleep's f***ed up!
My New Best Friend is the Remote Control.
I need a new Hard Drive to accomodate all the new Video files that are queued up on Kazaa.
I need to get my life back in order.
Someone please help!!!
Get me a job, or at least sleeping pills!!!

Thanks for listening, as always!
Its 3:20 a.m now, must go read the book!





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