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jackAs we all know, the courting ritual of the common english long-corded masonry drill appear to be, approximately:
(1) Creep stealthily on tippy-toes into position early in the morning
(2) Wait until about eight in the morning, and then begin the mating duet at top volume, the two harsh rasping one-tone voices sliding past each other in an endless but irregular rhythm
(3) Profit!
My point is, they seem to have some sort of symbiotic relationship with their mounts, the opposably-thumbed independently-trading true british builder. Perhaps they could train those to, preparatory to guiding their riders toward a particularly rich vein of brick for the cacophonous masonry drill mating orgy, play their native pleasant forest sounds over a large set of speakers?
On a related note, does anyone else feel less tired when they wake up gradually or predictably, than if they're suddenly yanked out of a sleep cycle? And find it more relaxing, even with something bad, than when it's out of their control? In actual fact, the drilling was brief, but I couldn't go back to sleep while keep expecting it to start up again at the moment's notice of some small noise or other.
(1) Creep stealthily on tippy-toes into position early in the morning
(2) Wait until about eight in the morning, and then begin the mating duet at top volume, the two harsh rasping one-tone voices sliding past each other in an endless but irregular rhythm
(3) Profit!
My point is, they seem to have some sort of symbiotic relationship with their mounts, the opposably-thumbed independently-trading true british builder. Perhaps they could train those to, preparatory to guiding their riders toward a particularly rich vein of brick for the cacophonous masonry drill mating orgy, play their native pleasant forest sounds over a large set of speakers?
On a related note, does anyone else feel less tired when they wake up gradually or predictably, than if they're suddenly yanked out of a sleep cycle? And find it more relaxing, even with something bad, than when it's out of their control? In actual fact, the drilling was brief, but I couldn't go back to sleep while keep expecting it to start up again at the moment's notice of some small noise or other.
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Date: 2008-02-18 11:00 am (UTC)or alternatively... wish we didn't hear.
Today though, I was woken by the phone ringing. Another mis-predicted dial; at least this one didn't have recorded pushy shrieking.
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Date: 2008-02-18 11:24 am (UTC)Today though, I was woken by the phone ringing.
*hugs* For ages I've had no landline, and my mobile is by my bed, so if it goes, I can blearily answer/turn it off then without really waking up.
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Date: 2008-02-18 11:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-18 03:24 pm (UTC)Yes to the first and I think so to the second if I am parsing it correctly. I have had a weekend of the flat next door to us starting up their hammering and drilling at 9.30 am, so am feeling rather aware of this at the moment. It takes me about 45 minutes to wake up comfortably, though I can drag myself upright much faster if need be, and will then be a zombie for a bit. Being disrupted through that or rushed in it can lead to the modules of waking self installing in the wrong order or some of them failing entirely, and "good mood" is like the final integrity check that is thrown off if any of them are wrong unless overridden by something major and external.
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Date: 2008-02-19 01:32 am (UTC)I find that waking up at an appropriate time is more important than waking up slowly. The advantage of waking up slowly is that I can drift for a little while until the 'right' time comes round, and then wake up properly.
In some ways I prefer the out-of-my-control waking because I can build up a shot of anger with which to rush round in the morning being efficient. Otherwise my body will try to send me back to sleep and I will struggle through the first half an hour.