Early Bedtime Breakdown: In The Suburbs > City

Early Bedtime In The Suburbs Is Easy
I have spent two nights in Short Hills, New Jersey and both times I have been in bed before 11 PM. This worked really well as I was tired and needed to wake up early in the morning.

Early Bedtime In The City Is Terrible
Trying to go to bed before midnight in New York City is almost a crime. I felt like I was doing something illegal by telling friends I had to go home, especially when I had the next day off and had no plans on waking up early. This however, was not the terrible part.

The thing about going to bed early in this city is that you are one of the few actually doing so. This seems to be a big problem when you have been sleeping for a few hours and then a noisy neighbor (who happens to be a neighbor that likes to watch movies like the Wrestler at full blast around midnight, posted about here) comes home with a girl. It is 5:33 AM and I am awoken to some creaking coming from the ceiling. That creaking also involves some grunting. Then I hear a woman yell, "give it to me!" This is then followed by what sounds like my neighbors bed crashing through the floor and falling into my room (if this had happened then I could have at least watched the performance, but no I was just left with loud noises keeping me awake). There are sometimes when you pretend not to hear these things and try not to pay attention to them, but this was not that time. I listened until it was over then tried falling back to sleep, which I believe took another hour.

Next time I decide to go to bed early I am going to chug a bunch of alcohol and make sure I sleep through everything.

I Woke Up Today At 7:37 AM

I might have slipped up and stayed out til 12:30 Wednesday night for a friend's birthday, but last night I was in bed by 10:45. I then woke up at 7:37 to hear my cousins shouting.

Even though I have been up for seven hours I do not think I have done much with my daylight. I have been in two states and taken a train and six subway trains, but I do not think of this as much of an accomplishment. Oh well, on to an exciting rest of the day.

I have just over nine hours left, time to get busy (or watch Fringe).

Not Enough Time

Okay, okay... I know I am supposed to be in bed right now, but this just is not fair. Going to bed at midnight does not leave enough time in the day to do the things I need to do. I had to quit watching Biggest Loser when they were going to vote someone out. Do not tell me who got voted out, hopefully I will have enough time to watch it tomorrow. I only have like 500 other things that I wanted to do today that are also put off until tomorrow.

On that note, goodnight.

My Midnight Curfew's First Battle In The Ring

So here I am lying bed shortly after midnight. I figured I would read a book (I co-founded a book club, you should join Dude, Let's Read Books), because reading usually makes me fall asleep. While I am reading, I start hearing a crystal clear conversation:

Man's voice - "You look good."
Woman's voice - "Hey. Hey..."
Woman's voice - "You buying?"

[Okay, so maybe it wasn't crystal clear. The guy was a mumbler and it was not much of a conversation, because it ended abruptly with blaring club music.]

Woman's voice - "Hairband party."

::Woman aaaahhhhing:: (not seeing this led me to either believe she was getting attacked or having an orgasm)

At this point, it was obvious the sound was coming from my neighbor's TV directly above me. Some how from only hearing this much I knew he was watching The Wrestler (if you have not seen it you should, especially if you like movies with boobs... which I am not saying I do, but just in case)... or I was almost sure and was then convinced when I heard a woman yell, "you are a living breathing fuck-up."

I want to thank my neighbor for inviting me to listen to the movie, but I was in bed and not being able to see Marisa Tomei naked really makes the strip club music incredibly annoying when pounding on your sub-woofer.

[I eventually fell asleep after (SPOILER WARNING!!!) the wrestler gets really injured in one of his matches and I ended up sleeping for eleven and a half hours; there is something about my internal clock that does not like to wake up before noon.]

Challenge: Be a Good Boy and Go to Sleep!

This weeks challenge is similar to coffee and will hopefully promote more energy in the morning. I will fight to be in bed by midnight every night. That means I need to get in bed right now...