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  • Yao
    DUDERZ get a life!!!
    • Jun 2004
    • 8167

    Insomnia

    [rant]

    Great, just when I recover from that flu I caught last week:

    The premises I live in is as of beginning this week being restored. We get new window frames, new kitchen cabinets, an extra elevator (so now drunken frat fuckers can piss and puke in 2 elevators instead of one), more parking space, new floor and whatnot. That is the cool part of the deal. The shitty part is:


    They start @ 7 AM


    Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck...I usually go to bed around 1 or 2 am, but regularly later simply because I work best late in the evenings, or because when I get inspired on a design I just work until it's done. And they start banging the old frames out with damn sledgehammers, then use drills & other equip (something to 'scrape' layers off the stone, can't remember it's english name now) to resize the fit for the new one and then hammer the new one in place....and it's s? funny: they are always done at noon!



    That is some truly marvellous planning of 4 months work in a building with 170. Great thinking. Ingenuity at work. Dutch construction work at it's finest.

    I have another one: why the fuck not start @ 9 or 10 and then finish a bit later, MORONS. We already have several students getting fucked over with a lack of sleep and looking at another period of exams before X-mas. Niiiiice!!!

    4 . Fucking. Months.

    Why am I ranting? Oh, just had my 4th night in a row with less than 5 hrs of sleep. And I'm in for a lot lot more....

    [/rant]
    Blowkick visual & graphic design - No Civilization. Now With Broadband.

    There are but three true sports -- bullfighting, mountain climbing, and motor-racing. The rest are merely games. -Hemingway
  • day_for_night
    Are you Kidding me??
    • Jun 2004
    • 4127

    #2
    Re: Insomnia

    earplugs are your friend

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    • Yao
      DUDERZ get a life!!!
      • Jun 2004
      • 8167

      #3
      Re: Insomnia

      You bet I'm getting a decent pair for those 4 months too
      Blowkick visual & graphic design - No Civilization. Now With Broadband.

      There are but three true sports -- bullfighting, mountain climbing, and motor-racing. The rest are merely games. -Hemingway

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      • darkabeatz
        Addiction started
        • Apr 2005
        • 262

        #4
        Re: Insomnia

        We had this same problem where I live a few months ago, they seem to start early and then get down the pub for half two. They had one of those massive flatbed lorries unloading for about half an hour blocking the whole street, and they cant move it because it has legs to hold it still so the craine doesnt tip it over. Everyones banging their horns and shit, shouting they are going to be late for work and they just shrug their shoulders and say "theres nothing i can do"

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        • picklemonkey
          Double hoodie beer monster
          • Jun 2004
          • 15373

          #5
          Re: Insomnia

          WAKING UP AT 7AM!?




          welcome to the rest of the world, buddy.

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          • Yao
            DUDERZ get a life!!!
            • Jun 2004
            • 8167

            #6
            Re: Insomnia

            I don;t really mind waking up at 7 dude, but waking up at with drill and hammers roaring and banging straight thru the damn building is a bit much...and I just happen to work until late because that is when the best workflow comes for me somehow.

            But...I am going to try and change that, maybe if I get up earlier for a while, I can get that workflow to come earlier too. I'd like that to be honest, bring my rhythm a bit back to what the rest of the world has Oh, and i've seen the new window frames: fucking pimpin man...right now we have these really small parts that open, causing your room to choke in the summer, but now half of the window can be slid open, which in this case also means half of my wall, they're just like those big glass sliding doors you have on the backside of a house...! Maaaan, next summer is gonna be sooooo good with these ones, lots of airflow in the room. And frankly...I am kinda willing to sleep a bit less if I can have that this next summer!
            Blowkick visual & graphic design - No Civilization. Now With Broadband.

            There are but three true sports -- bullfighting, mountain climbing, and motor-racing. The rest are merely games. -Hemingway

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            • threehills
              I heart Lollergirl
              • Jun 2005
              • 3641

              #7
              Re: Insomnia

              Try a bottle of Vik's Nyquil. Does wonders for sleep.
              It's never too late to become the person you always thought you would be.

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              • picklemonkey
                Double hoodie beer monster
                • Jun 2004
                • 15373

                #8
                Re: Insomnia

                Originally posted by Yao
                I don;t really mind waking up at 7 dude, but waking up at with drill and hammers roaring and banging straight thru the damn building is a bit much..
                my roommate goes to work about half an hour before I do. he always puts his puppy in her kennel when he leaves for work... which just happens to be about 8 feet below my bed. for the past ~3 months now, i've woken up every morning to this dog barking non-stop at about 7:15am when he puts her in the kennel and leaves. because I live 5 minutes from work, I can wake at 7:40 and be on time... so I know how you feel about the waking to annoying loud shit dude.

                again, welcome to the rest of the world

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                • Yao
                  DUDERZ get a life!!!
                  • Jun 2004
                  • 8167

                  #9
                  Re: Insomnia

                  hehehe....thanks though pickles!

                  O, and he said they are going to work in two shifts...yesssss...means 40 days of noise instead of 80.
                  Blowkick visual & graphic design - No Civilization. Now With Broadband.

                  There are but three true sports -- bullfighting, mountain climbing, and motor-racing. The rest are merely games. -Hemingway

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                  • picklemonkey
                    Double hoodie beer monster
                    • Jun 2004
                    • 15373

                    #10
                    Re: Insomnia

                    ...and 80 hours of noise instead of 40

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                    • hulkhuss
                      Are you Kidding me??
                      • Jun 2004
                      • 3699

                      #11
                      Re: Insomnia

                      Originally posted by day_for_night
                      earplugs are your friend
                      bose headphones
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                      • peloquin
                        Till I Come!
                        • Jun 2004
                        • 8643

                        #12
                        Re: Insomnia

                        i used to have sleeping problems but not so much any more. wouldnt bother me anyway because i leave for work at 6:30 every morning

                        i did notice that my apartment complex has people that come and do landscaping in the mornings midweek, would be annoying as hell to get woken by a leaf blower at 7:30 every wednesday... i think the world just expects that most people will be working M-F 8-5 type deal, and fuck everyone else

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                        • palmer
                          Retired or Simply Important
                          • Jun 2004
                          • 5383

                          #13
                          Re: Insomnia

                          Originally posted by Yao

                          Oh, just had my 4th night in a row with less than 5 hrs of sleep. And I'm in for a lot lot more....
                          Try 4 weeks of 2-3hrs.......................
                          todayistomorrow
                          art direction | design | animation

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                          • bart_smastard
                            Gold Gabber
                            • May 2005
                            • 980

                            #14
                            Re: Insomnia

                            Yao I hate to point this out and all that cos ure a nice geezer .
                            But ure a fucking student , studying around 3 hrs a day you can sleep when ever you damn well please . Those guys are out there grafting getting covered in all kinds of shit in freezing weather .
                            My sympathy is with them not you on this one bud

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                            • peloquin
                              Till I Come!
                              • Jun 2004
                              • 8643

                              #15
                              Re: Insomnia

                              ^hahaha
                              my sympathy is for me, because i dont like getting up at 6 every day so i can shower and make the 20 minute drive to work to get there by 7. waaaaaaaah.

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