This is topic So sleepy (again)..or...Telp's fight to stay awake..or...Telp's crazy stories in forum Books, Films, Food and Culture at Hatrack River Forum.
So here I am at work.... again... didn't I just go to work yesterday?
Pulling a double... *gag*wrech* (or is that wench?)
So sleepy.... only got 3 or 4 hours of sleep and I'm up at a "normal" time...but this strange "normal" time is like 3am for me.
Made a strange coffee drink from the building cafeteria... put coco mix in with it. Mmm mmmm... makeshift moca.
Viva la vi la Moca!
Can't seem to keep eyes open....
wha...?! Oh yah... at work... mustn't slepe....
[ July 30, 2004, 11:56 AM: Message edited by: Telperion the Silver ]
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Speaking of sleepy... I blacked out in the bathroom a few weeks ago.
Don't know why. I think there is a summer bug moving around. Spent the night at a friends house... fan was on high and was too cold. Woke up... started feeling sick... went to the bathroom ... the next thing I know I'm on the floor having missed the toilet.
It was a very unplesant time. I remember blackness and a terrible sense of doom and darkness and I remember when I started to come to that I was breathing really really fast and was a lot of pain and felt like death...
Finally foced myself to open my eyes and realized that I was on the floor! And in a strange house.
Very weird.
I'm fine now... but it got me thinking if that is was death feels like: hardly aware and in blackness and breathing fast and sickness...
wacky stuff
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
*tucks blankie around Telp*
*pats him gently on the head...*
FG
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
mmmmm.. prrrrr....
*snuggles in*
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
So I went and got some water. I nice tall styrophomne cup of ice water. I think I shall pore it on my head.
*sip*
Or maybe just sip it. This is my third glass of something...just trying to stay awayke. Ah ha! My third glass of water/coffee has led to the second trip to the bathroom! Sleep is at bay for another few minutes...
*fights the good fight*
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Well... I'm back... and I've finished what is probably my third gallon of water. How much do these styrofome cups hold anyway?
I've been munching on tictacs all morning too... the thing is almost empty and it's given me heartburn. Time for more water to wash it down.
I usually smoke to pass the time and keep me awake..... but I got shorted on my last paychecksandbalances and have no money and no more ciggies! Gah! What's a poor sleepy bohimean goth gay security officer to do??? Go to the bathroom... again... brb.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Heh, good luck Telp.
I remember my first graveyard shift in the school computer lab.
I remember thinking, "oh, I'm sliding out of the chair. I'm hitting the ground. Nice ground. Soft ground. No one will notice if I nod off."
Of course, there were four people standing around me at the time.
-Trevor
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
*sigh* The receptionist just left to make copies or something and I'm stuck up here guarding her spot when I really really really have to use the restroom.
Let's just say I'm not very sleep at the moment....which I guess is a good thing.
*prays for her quick return*
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
That is the absolute worse thing about my job too -- I'm stuck on the helpdesk phone, wired in -- and no one else is around and I have to go to the bathroom really bad. I can be excruxiating.
Our headpieces are wireless -- I know sometimes the guys have gone into the bathroom with their phones ON -- but I refuse to do that. (they just put the caller on "mute" for a minute)
Farmgirl
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Ya just need to listen to DavidSidaris about his telephone conversations with his sister.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
What kind of work is it that you do again, Telp?
FG (oh nevermind -- I see above you say security officer)
[ July 30, 2004, 10:59 AM: Message edited by: Farmgirl ]
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Hehehe.. yup.. I'm those nameless guys you seen on Alias or Matrix or CSI guarding things and running after peeps and usually getting beaten up.
I think I've started some kind of scary chain reaction...I've had to use the restroom like 5 times in the past half hour. Oh look... I've gotten another massive stirofoamy cup of water... glutton for punishment... at least my kidneys will be clean.
Fight to stay awake!
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Another stoopid post on the ongoing saga on my battle to keep my job....
Made an inspection round. This usually entrails me walking around the building looking at stuff and saying hi to people and making sure no cars are stolen or anything is leaking anything that might be bad.
I decided to see how I could reach a door down a hallway by making looping curves and right angles.. good thing no one saw me. did I mention I am sleepy?
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
I think I've gotten my second wind...
I can keep my eyes open but now I fear I'm a tad delusional...
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Here's an interesting story...
We were down at my farm in Ohio (our farm has been in the family since the Civil War). We had corn and beans growing...standard. Beans put nutrients back in the soul for other crops to grow in. Did I say soul? I ment soil.
Anyway, our nieghbor who live a half mile away came by with a back-ho. He's just driving his huge machine through our yard into our field.
We walk over a tad confused and ask..."um, why are you on our property with a back-ho?"
He replies "Oh, just looking for my dead horse".
????? *boggle*
"What??"
We follow the farmer back to the place he mysteriously knew where his dead horse was. And yup... there was a dead horse. (I though of bringing it to Hatrack)
Well aparently his horse had gotten out and ran to our field and started eating the corn. Horses can't burp and corn makes gas... so the poor horse's stomach exploded.
It was just a wierd event. We had been there already for days and hadn't seen anything...and coudn't guess how this farmer knew exactly where the horse was in the field.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Hey, Telperion...try to count sheeps. It always work with me...
Hey, wait! You want to keep yourself awake! So, please, don't count she... Telp? Telp? Are you still there?
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
You evil evil Maiar.... no .. must not......
one.. baaaa... two... baaaa..
dkjk,x;oajredv
*sound of head hitting keyboard*
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Yep, Telp -- that's right. Gorging on corn is a good way to kill a horse --- they can't handle it. And horses seem to be missing that little part of the system that says "I'm full - quit eating"
Farmgirl
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
You know what?
Aule and Yavanna don't really have the best marriage.
I mean, it was a match made in heaven but they had issues. And I mean ISSUES.
I think they might have resolved some things but I know for a fact they cheated on each other in the beginning.
Aule and his illigitimate kids, the Dwarves... talk about self love at best...but just think of the rumors that he and his father did that together... talk about sick.
And then Yavanna goes off and has the Ents with Manwe... but how can we blame her. She was just getting back at her cheating husband.
It's just wrong I tell you. If the heavenly Powers won't follow the rules what kind of examples are they putting out there?
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
When all those TicTacs make it to your bladder...
tingly dingly
My wife makes her own soaps, and sometimes adds peppermint oil...great if you want to sing soprano in the shower.
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Telperion...your message about the Valar is hilarious. I guess the lack of sleep really help people (or trees) to think in different patterns. Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Thanks!
The sleepyness is coming back.... drats.. Where is Danger Mouse when you need him?! Or Bannana Man??
I think I'm even beyond their help... I need to go straight (no pun intended) for the Cities of Gold and Arkadia. Need some serious Terah rainbow dawn action...
And now I'm hungry. I shouldn't be hungry. I had two pounds of salmon last night with 4 serving of rice. I know you shouldn't eat right before bed but I couldn't resist the call of the salmon.
Now all we have in the cafeteria is some icky smelling vegan lasania. Bleh....
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Well... just finished lunch. They had fried chicken too so it wans't so horrible.
And now I plan on stealing a ciggy from the housekeepers and I should be complete.
Just 6 more hours to go!!
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Try to think abour fluffy white clouds and a very calm mu... Ops...wrong again Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
I LOVE the movie Minas Tirth. Ahhh... *drools* Love the way it resembles Constantinople.
But sometimes it just gets to me that the City is just too damn tall! It should have been more squat and city-like, instead of climbing up like a triangle. But that's just me. I'm sure they were trying to show the evolution of the City from military outpost to fort to city to capital city.
Thus having the majority of the civilian buildings in the "newest" part of the lowest circle with the outermost wall the shortest and least advanced. (Even though Tolkien said that the outermost wall was the most advanced and made of the same indestructable stuff as Orthanc.)
The same thing happened with old Roman bases and forts, cities would grow up around them and they would have to build more walls to include the growing population.
But actually when you think on it itn't not really the height that's the problem... since I think it's right, it's how it is not wide enough.
And the city walls and buildings fell apart too easily when hit.
As for the architecture of the City, I think it's brilliant. They created an art history for the Gondorians that cleverly matched our own... the emblem of Gondor is the White Tree, and they have images of the White Tree as an icon with the domed fan... so the domes of the city are an architectural salute to the national symbol!
And that brings us back to the look of Constantinople and the applicability to LOTR. The Eastern Roman Empire and Constantinople were the lesser offspring/survivors of Rome and the old empire, just as Gondor and Minas Tirith are the lesser offspring/survivors of Numenor. The movie makers were trying not only to show the art history of the fading Numenoreans and their relation to the Tree but to make a connection with our real history...giving it more impact in the process. Tolkien I think did this too.
You can even make this connection without Numenor only using Osgiliath, aka: Old Gondor.
So that's why I think the look of Minas Tirith's architecture is perfect.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Ciggy....tee hee. Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Ok... so I'm kinda dating this dude. His name is Russ.
He's the older cousin of my good friend Neal who I've had a crush on for years, but have finally gotten over. Well...at least to functional levels....
Russ is bi and divorced for a few years and has two young girls. He's not out to his family either.
Can we say strange? I sure think it's wierd. We've had a few serious conversations about "the future". He doesn't plan on coming out to his homophobic family or friends and doesn't see the need for it.
I put forth that "what if" we stayed together what would happen. Part of a relationship for me is someone I can take home to meet the folks. Russ can never do this currently. And of course if we were to "marry" or whatever I would expect to be a part of his family too... especially if I'm going to be a step-dad to the children.
Again, Russ, though not defiant about it, still has no plans for me to become involved if we stay together for the long haul.
Needless to say our relationship has probably reached as far as it will ever go....
I guess I'm just maintaining it because there is nothing better presenting itself. *shrugs*
I dunno... I like him and his company and I feel really comfortable around him and we have great...um...fun...together...
Who knows.... life is weird. Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
La la la... feeling better... 2:30 and four more hours to go. Feeling more awake... but bored. I need some cheap entertainment.
*dials 1-900-LATINOB*
Hello? Cheap entertainment? Yes... yes... in one hour? Very good.
*click*
Well... that should do it.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
*balances tall unicycle on a giant rubber ball*
*spins plates*
*spins and tosses pizza dough with big toe*
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Ooooooo! Cool!
now take off your shirt! Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
Telp, from the way you described your episode at your friend's house, it almost sounds like a panic attack (i.e. sense of doom, etc.) Has this ever happened before?
space opera
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
*takes off shirt, revealing another shirt*
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Drat! Foiled again!
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Hey Space O...
Nope... first time. It first hit me when I went outside with the others to smoke... started feeling dizzy...then nausious and then like I had to use the toilet really bad.. that's when I went back in.. feeling sicker with every step and like my body was going to purge EVERYTHING from everywhere at the same time...
I've had a bout of food poisoning or flu before where my body wanted things to come out of both ends at the same time and I though I might have been poisoned again...
I was trying to figure out how to bend myself into a U or just climb in the bathtub went I woke up on the floor.
I don't even know how long I was out... could have been a few seconds, could have been 10 minutes.
[ July 30, 2004, 02:47 PM: Message edited by: Telperion the Silver ]
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
Ok, just checking.
space opera
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
Telp, I have no idea why you might find a guy named "Neal" appealing. Really!
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
[ July 30, 2004, 05:15 PM: Message edited by: Telperion the Silver ]
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
quote: I need to go straight
quote: posted July 30, 2004 01:19 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I LOVE the movie Minas Tirth. Ahhh... *drools* Love the way it resembles Constantinople
Even if I didn't know you Telp, I would look at those two statments and say..."Not a chance in heaven or hell..."
I liked your Silmarillion story too...
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Whooo hoooo!
It's time for another double with only 3 hours of sleep!
Yay!
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Telp...why don't you try to sleep when you know you'll have to do double shifts? Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Because I can't fall alseep... It would be one thing if I just stayed over...but I'm coming in a whole 8 hours EARLY. Ugh...
But today I'm doing better then last time. I got a bunch of sleep over the weekend. Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Oooo... I'm popular today. A special class is going on and all the peeps are coming to ME for directions instead of the secretary today. Here comes a cute one... brb...
[ August 09, 2004, 07:55 AM: Message edited by: Telperion the Silver ]
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Wel...then, stay awake!
And protect your goatee at all costs Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Hungry...
food?
FOOD!
Must find the lasanya that mom made... I put it somewhere...
And then I must find a way to save the goatee...KamaCon is this Friday and my boss is coming by on Thursday! How can I save the goatee??
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Say you use it for religious reasons. People hate to mess with religious reasons. Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
I can't... this has been a running issue with my boss for like 3 years... I really hate his policy on this. So stupid. Like neckties... dumb cultural holdover "eeh...if you have facial hair you're not a Gentleman" "Eeehh... if you have facial hair you have bugs"
Stoooopid.
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
I was kidding, Telperion. But sure...if I think about something, I'll let you know.
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
I know you are... But I decided to be serious anyway.
Ugh...still hungry. Need salad with the newly found lasagna.
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Well for those of you who are following along with my crazy posts...
I found my lasagna and had a nice brunch with a donut (weird eh!) and now I'm getting sleeeeeeepy...
Thus begins the struggle to stay awake.
*sings* Wake up, little Karl, wake up!
Posted by from Cythera (Member # 6749) on :
Haha, never found a salad? How are things between Russ and you, BTW? Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
Does Big Karl often sing to Little Karl?
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Meow!
yup...that's me!
Russ and I are ok... still dating... still going nowhere...
[ August 09, 2004, 04:15 PM: Message edited by: Telperion the Silver ]
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
AAARRRRRRGHH!!!
Here I am... sucked back into the hellhole that is my work... forced to work two weekends in a row.
I'M SO BORED!!! Which...is good...means no crime or anything...
But my freaking brain is leaking out my ear!
ugh... so bored... and three more hours to go...
Posted by Phanto (Member # 5897) on :
I love it when people call me Big Poppa!
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Start debating a topic from both sides of the fence.
People will think you're nuts, but you'll get plenty of practice arguing.
-Trevor
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
YAY! It's time once again for "Telp is forced to work with little to no sleep"!! Yay!
So... I knew I had to get here early. It's not my falt I didn't get to bed till 3am. I had to go help my dad move anvils and tractor parts all night! I DID! And it wasn't my fault I stayed for food and one too many rusty nails... a very nice drink btw... Ugh... so sleepy.
AND I have to work a stupid double shift tomorrow! Will the suffering ever end??
Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :
Telp, are you allowed to listen to music at work? If so, you could bring some Bauhaus to keep you company. Bauhaus rocks. Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
Nah, I think Telp needs to take Dark Tower to work.... all four thousand pages!
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
No, he needs to play Settlers and Knights of Katan PBEM.
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Telperion, try counting your own leaves
Porter, where can I learn more about such PBEM?
[ September 30, 2004, 04:11 PM: Message edited by: Eduardo_Sauron ]
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Wow, the delights of discovering a new thread by Telperion. WAASADQWDZSRF2EW3REWRWEFWEFW4 R335T3535T4WRETWTEWREEEEEEQRYSY UHAJZHAHQZUASWTCYW STYTSYAQ
That's a message to you from little Mr. Pook.
[ September 30, 2004, 08:04 PM: Message edited by: pooka ]
Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :
Hey Telp, I sent an email to the address in your profile. Is that the best one to use?
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Awwww... little Mr. Pook! *hugs*
And guess what... I'M WORKING A DOUBLE TODAY!!
Yay! Much sleepies! I'm doing ok atm... and I have my primary defense of coffee with coco mix at the ready.
And yes Derrell...that's a good way of getting hold of me... if my spam blocker doesn't get you that is... Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
I'm going absolutely crazy!!!! I need to get home and get to bed... I can keep my eyes open but I'm getting all hyper and stuff...
only one more hour!
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Testing testing....
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Ah ha!! They are not completely lost! The last day currently is October 3rd... the last post here was October 1st! I did a search and found this...the first page would open...but not the second...
Thus the test... and it worked!! Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Telp, you have it set so you can see the last 45 days worth of posts, yes? (on the page of threads, top right) If you change that to Show All Topics, you will see that we currently have topics that date back to early August, 2003.
Actually, quidscribis has a couple memorable threads that are about to fall off the forum. Might want to bump those, quid!
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
No WAY!
Thanks baby!! Talk about what's right under my nose...
LOOK at all this history! *happy dance*
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Oh my... here we go again... I'm so sleepy.
But at last I'm at home.
I haven't gone to sleep since Saturday. Had to work a double and then at 8am dashed off to visit this Unitarian Universalist church with my friends Sarah and Scott...and they did this cool May Day pagan celebration with a May Pole and everything... but then I had to work the afternoon shift right after... Just got home.. it's a bit after midnight... time for sleep
after some Hatrack postings of course...
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
I'm drunk. I'm happy. I'm hungry!!! I'm going to Ram's Horn because my Denny's is closed. And maybe I can get some platonic snuggle-time with a straight friend of mine.
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How can I save the goatee??
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