Community Forums => I'M BACK => Topic started by: NWR_insanolord on August 17, 2009, 04:35:17 AM
Title: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: NWR_insanolord on August 17, 2009, 04:35:17 AM
Howdy, friends!
Have you ever been up at night and decided to, like a coward, go to sleep?
Wouldn't it be more convenient to just not do that?
With my coaching and three easy payments of $39.95, you can learn to stay awake 2 to 3 times longer than you currently do and to keep the painful physical and psychological side effects to a minimum.
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on August 17, 2009, 04:38:35 AM
Have you ever been up at night and decided to, like a coward, go to sleep?
Wouldn't it be more convenient to just not do that?
With my coaching and three easy payments of $39.95, you can learn to stay awake 2 to 3 times longer than you currently do and to keep the painful physical and psychological side effects to a minimum.
Yeah but aren't you a walking contradiction to the side effects promise? Oh snap!
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: Stratos on August 17, 2009, 04:44:13 AM
But I like the side effects... ;D
In high school there was a short period where I almost didn't sleep at all and I drank a 12-pack of Mt. Dew Live Wire a night. Crazy. I also liked to drink a ton of coffee and those energy drinks.
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on August 17, 2009, 04:46:12 AM
When I stay up all night I feel terrible the next day even though the drowsiness wears away for a little bit. It is not a fun feeling though.
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: Stratos on August 17, 2009, 04:52:50 AM
I can pull one and work all through the next day and night. But much beyond that I need a power nap or two at the least to keep going longer.
Years of graveyard hours and crazy last minute study sessions and papers twisted me and my sleep style.
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: BeautifulShy on August 17, 2009, 04:54:52 AM
When I stay up all night I feel terrible the next day even though the drowsiness wears away for a little bit. It is not a fun feeling though.
Agreed.
If I stay up for 24 hours I get iritatible and I don't think well.
Perhaps we have solved the Morari, Brood, Ian personality dilemma!
If I recall correctly Ian is a VG programer. So he likely has long stretchs of no sleep. Broodwars is a Game tester for a VG company. Morari probably works on his CPU all day.
It all makes sense!
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: Stratos on August 17, 2009, 05:10:00 AM
Have you ever been up at night and decided to, like a coward, go to sleep?
Wouldn't it be more convenient to just not do that?
With my coaching and three easy payments of $39.95, you can learn to stay awake 2 to 3 times longer than you currently do and to keep the painful physical and psychological side effects to a minimum.
Yeah but aren't you a walking contradiction to the side effects promise? Oh snap!
I assure you, all the physical and psychological problems I have are completely unrelated to my lack of sleep *twitch*.
I had a recent stretch of getting less than 5 hours of sleep over the course of 60 hours. The weird thing is at the end I wasn't even tired and was actually in a great mood, despite the fact that the end was also where I was doing hard, physical work.
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: EasyCure on August 17, 2009, 10:29:20 AM
Have you ever been up at night and decided to, like a coward, go to sleep?
Wouldn't it be more convenient to just not do that?
With my coaching and three easy payments of $39.95, you can learn to stay awake 2 to 3 times longer than you currently do and to keep the painful physical and psychological side effects to a minimum.
Now you went and made me hungry for pancakes...and sausage and hash browns...mmm. I think I know what I'm having when I get up tomorrow.
Steak and eggs bitch. Steak and eggs..
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: that Baby guy on August 17, 2009, 10:39:58 AM
I more or less am not a steak fan, especially not in the mornings. It's always been too tough or had too much fat in it for me, and you can't stick it in a biscuit because of that, too.
Maybe some sausage, bacon, grits, biscuits, waffles, or hash browns, yeah, I'd definitely go for, but the name of the thread has "International House of...." like IHoP, short for the "International House of Pancakes." Hence Pancakes.
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: EasyCure on August 17, 2009, 11:20:14 AM
But this thread is IHOSUTDL, not IHOP
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: Stratos on August 17, 2009, 02:38:47 PM
And IHOSUTDL certainly rolls off the tongue, there.
Do you like steak n eggs or not?
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: Stratos on August 17, 2009, 02:58:45 PM
I have never tried it. I should some time. I grew up in a house where we didn't typically have that type of meal. Sounds like a crazy awesome protein meal, though.
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: BeautifulShy on August 17, 2009, 03:01:30 PM
I personally like Ham and Eggs for breakfast. Steak is too tough early in the morning.
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 17, 2009, 03:05:39 PM
If your steak is too tough in the morning then you should probably not cook it the night before only to microwave it the next morning. Or you shouldn't overcook your steak. Try turning the heat down a little bit. Or you need to check what kind of steak you are cooking for breakfast. Choose a better cut.
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: vudu on August 17, 2009, 03:11:19 PM
I'm confused--is 'steak' code for 'man-love'?
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: Stogi on August 17, 2009, 03:38:26 PM
Turkey bacon or turkey sausage, eggs, a small salad (with homemade olive oil based dressing), fruit, a slice of bread and some OJ or milk is what everyone should wake up to.
Delicious and nutritious.
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: EasyCure on August 17, 2009, 04:13:22 PM
I have never tried it. I should some time. I grew up in a house where we didn't typically have that type of meal. Sounds like a crazy awesome protein meal, though.
We rarely ever had it at my house growing up, but it was never the same as going to the small diner down the street and having it cooked fresh. It was part of their "Hungry Man Meals" which they had a big poster for in the back, it was two thin cut steaks and 2 fried eggs. Yummy.
For anyone who thinks it'd be too toug to eat in the morning, i think you're thinking of the wrong kinda steak.. not that a big juicy t-bone should be hard to chew anyway.
I haven't been back to that place in years.. their head cook was a friend of the family and he died of heart complications (too much steak and eggs?). Going there without him cooking up our meal would just feel wrong.
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: Mop it up on August 18, 2009, 01:35:01 AM
I suffer from some kind of insomnia so I'm often up late into the night. Weekends are when I make up for the lack of sleep throughout the week. Trying to go to sleep wouldn't be the coward's way out, that's the challenge.
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: EasyCure on August 18, 2009, 10:40:57 AM
I suffer from some kind of insomnia so I'm often up late into the night. Weekends are when I make up for the lack of sleep throughout the week. Trying to go to sleep wouldn't be the coward's way out, that's the challenge.
how rude
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: nickmitch on August 18, 2009, 01:32:23 PM
What you should have for breakfast. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN21z7ov_2Q)
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: Stogi on August 18, 2009, 02:24:24 PM
Having steak for breakfast is awesome, but why do you need the eggs? I'd rather have some fried potatoes.
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on August 18, 2009, 02:39:39 PM
Its only gluttony if you have it daily. I've had steak and eggs + french fries on rare occasions, and even though i know its not healthy for me.. its god damn delicious.
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: NWR_insanolord on August 22, 2009, 03:16:28 AM
Why, oh why has my whimsical naming choice converted this thread into Official Breakfast Discussion? This thread is supposed to be about my insanity and the similar insanities that others in this community may or may not share.
In case you don't have access to a clock or never learned how to tell time, I'm going to point out that I am indeed up all night again. Tonight's been pretty boring apart from getting in trouble for being in the girls dorm past curfew and now I have to be awake through my tough physical community service tomorrow morning. I give my current insomnial state 27/40, using the traditional Famitsu grading scale.
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: Khushrenada on August 22, 2009, 03:41:28 AM
Why, oh why has my whimsical naming choice converted this thread into Official Breakfast Discussion? This thread is supposed to be about my insanity and the similar insanities that others in this community may or may not share.
In case you don't have access to a clock or never learned how to tell time, I'm going to point out that I am indeed up all night again. Tonight's been pretty boring apart from getting in trouble for being in the girls dorm past curfew and now I have to be awake through my tough physical community service tomorrow morning. I give my current insomnial state 27/40, using the traditional Famitsu grading scale.
Which reminds me, why hasn't anone mentioned Eggs Benedict? I love that. At one restaurant coles to my place, they serve a benedict omelette with the most delightful hash browns. I order it every time. It is one of the few breakfast foods I don't mind eating later in the day. I have this funny mindset that breakfast foods can only be eaten before 12:00 noon. After that, it is too weird. I don't know why. I just can't seperate the time from the meal. Same with things like soup or Kraft dinner. I can only have that by 11:30 am or thereafter. Too early and it seems wrong. Anyone else like that?
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: EasyCure on August 23, 2009, 01:55:26 PM
I don't eat foods that remind me of traitors
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: vudu on August 23, 2009, 02:49:35 PM
Oh ****--I just realized that Insanolord is a 21-year old freshman. You've got to be the most popular guy in the dorms! ;)
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: Stogi on August 23, 2009, 03:09:59 PM
LOL no doubt.
If you are like me, you'd take the opportunity to NOT buy people beer for free, but instead charge compensation and delivery fees. I made about 70 bucks a week. That may not seem like much but it was the perfect amount of excess cash I needed.
So ya...don't be a chump.
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: NWR_insanolord on August 23, 2009, 06:44:58 PM
As stupid and arbitrary as 21 being the drinking age is, I decided not to buy alcohol for these kids for the selfish reason of not getting in trouble with the law. That probably makes me a chump, so I'm sorry, Kashogi. Also, alcohol is strictly prohibited in freshman housing, so it wouldn't have worked too well anyway. Thankfully, even though I've made that clear with a good bunch of people I still seem to be somewhat popular, which is something I never was in high school. It still bothers me that everyone knows my name but I only know about half the names in my class.
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 23, 2009, 06:59:51 PM
Its because they are all hoping to win you over so that you will eventually buy them alcohol.... even if it is for a profit.
You could be the goto guy. Just think of all the benefits that come with that.
If not you, then someone else, but why not you? Thats the line of logic you should be using.
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: Stogi on August 23, 2009, 10:31:57 PM
Meh...to each his own.
I had a legit fake (my brothers ID's) and my RA was cool as **** (to the point where he'd ask me to buy him alcohol). I setup a system where I only left once to the liquor store, every night (except Sunday) at 7:00 pm. If you wanted alcohol, you had to be at my room then or you'd be fucked.
I took peoples orders, their cash and their numbers if I didn't have it already. I'd then fish out a couple empty roller duffel bags that I had and hit up the store.
Once I was back, I went straight to my room. I'd take my share of beer and money, then send out a mass text to everyone else.
There were times where I would buy $200 worth of alcohol almost every night. When I had those orders, I was making damn near 160 a week, not including the free beer and liquor.
The whole year I didn't pay for a drop of alcohol or a bag of [EXPLICATIVE]. Plus, I was damn near a celebrity, with people shouting out my name from across the courtyards, in the dining halls, or just randomly on campus.
That could be you. Though playing it safe ain't a bad option either.
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: NWR_insanolord on August 23, 2009, 11:02:36 PM
My RA seems like a decent guy but he also seems like the kind of guy that will enforce the laws without exception and he's right across the hall so it would be hard to pull it off behind his back. Some girls still wanted to go drinking with me to get to know me better after I made it clear I wasn't supplying it so I'm going to see if I can do this without breaking the rules. If BNM's right and people are just in it to try and change my mind and I lose ground I'll have to consider re-evaluating my position, but for now I'm sticking with the original plan.
To stay true with the original purpose of this thread, since class is 6-9 PM tomorrow and I didn't learn this until dinner today I'm going to have to be up for 32 hours straight to get through it. And I seriously need to do this research paper this time.
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: that Baby guy on August 23, 2009, 11:16:37 PM
He probably just wants you bribe him, insanolord. Ever thought of that? I'm pretty sure that's how most RA's operate.
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 23, 2009, 11:18:23 PM
They may originally be hanging around trying to change your mind, but you could be a really cool guy that they like regardless and stick around whether you do or don't. It won't be hard to figure out.
But if you do go with a well executed plan to get paid(like Stogi's) then you don't have to run it out of your dorm. Run it out of one of those girls dorm and their benefit is getting to drink with you for free. You have options if you choose to explore them. ;)
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: Stogi on August 23, 2009, 11:38:57 PM
lol this is hilarious.
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: NWR_insanolord on August 23, 2009, 11:52:32 PM
I don't want to talk down on my RA because I've barely talked to him 5 minutes, but he doesn't seem with it enough for bribery to have ever crossed his mind. Like I said, alcohol is strictly prohibited in the dorms, and I know that that is definitely enforced. The plan certainly has its upsides, but it also has a lot of potential to backfire and if it backfires things can get very bad.
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: Stratos on August 24, 2009, 04:02:31 AM
Hey, I have the same standard, Insano. I refuse to buy alcohol for minors as a rule of thumb. I just don't think it is worth the risk of me getting in trouble to satisfy other people's personal desires. All it takes is one mistake like that and big trouble can come your way. I knew a guy that happened to so I just won't chance it.
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: that Baby guy on August 24, 2009, 04:10:33 AM
The sad part is that I didn't see anything beyond the mention of the RA when making my post. I don't exactly condone the action of buying alcohol for minors, but I also don't condone long-term application of drinking age law that may-or-may-not be applicable. I believe that legal drinking for 18-year-olds could prevent some of the binge drinking tragedies we have today, but there's too many politics that get in the way of a study like that, or it's relevance.
Regardless, yeah... You should bribe the RA, just because you never know when it might be useful to have a favor, but not about the alcohol, you don't want anything to mess with your status as "enrolled" in the school.
That said, a dorm room would probably be one of the safest places for a minor to have alcohol: They live on the premises, have a supposedly responsible adult also living there that has met the resident in person, if there's a mess made, said person can leave without driving/clean themselves up/clean up the mess, and that's just skimming the idea. To me, it seems like it could even be a good place to teach responsible drinking, but that's not how things go, it seems.
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: Stratos on August 24, 2009, 04:31:56 AM
To me, it seems like it could even be a good place to teach responsible drinking, but that's not how things go, it seems.
But we can't expose our children to alcohol at all! It would damage them! We need to keep it like a forbidden fruit tempting them so that when they turn 21 they go crazy! /sarcasm
I do agree that it is odd that we allow 18-year-old people to go to war and die for us yet they can't share a beer with their friends, family and comrades. But them be the breaks.
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 24, 2009, 06:09:48 AM
It's funny how you can consider someone 18 to be an adult, but not adult enough.
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: EasyCure on August 24, 2009, 01:03:51 PM
adult in training wheels
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: Stratos on August 25, 2009, 02:58:09 PM
I had a psych prof who spoke of a problem he called 'perpetual adolescence'. Back in the day, you were a kid until a certain point and then you were an adult. Some African tribes had a tradition where the men steal their sons away from the mothers and after that point the boy lives with the men and does not live with their mothers.
Look at how the progression is now: Kid 15 or 16 - get drivers permit 18 - can sign contracts and smoke 21 - can drink 25 (in many places) - you can rent a car
We've stretched out this idea of adolescence to the point where there are people 25-35 who have not fully 'grown up'. We are losing the clearly defined transition point.
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: EasyCure on August 26, 2009, 09:12:38 AM
I had a psych prof who spoke of a problem he called 'perpetual adolescence'. Back in the day, you were a kid until a certain point and then you were an adult. Some African tribes had a tradition where...
I read up to that part and remembered how I happened to catch Ace Ventura 2: When Nature Calls on TBS a few weeks ago, and my immidiate thought was "SHIKAKA!"
as you were saying?
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: NWR_insanolord on August 28, 2009, 02:50:48 PM
I'm losing my touch. I finished my first college course yesterday (1 down, 39 to go) and even with that excitement I couldn't manage to stay up all night. I suppose it's for the best, because a fire alarm went off earlier this afternoon and that probably would have woke me up, but still, I'm losing it.
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: NWR_insanolord on August 29, 2009, 05:32:54 PM
<This is a double post but I'm doing it anyway because it's nearly completely unrelated to the previous post.>
I just learned that I'm older than my R.A., who isn't 21 yet. As soon as I learned that Stogi's plan came back into my head.
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 09, 2009, 08:48:27 AM
It's 5:43am and I need to go back to sleep.
I fell asleep on and off while trying to watch Mutant Chronicles on Netflix, starting around 1am. I was wide awake by the last 40 minutes of the movie. Then I woke my girl up so that she could ummm get some sleep. Then I finished watching An American Werewolf in Paris (last 40 minutes). That was over 1.5hrs ago.
But now I'm wide awake, there is nothing on TV, and I don't feel like rewatching Mutant Chronicles right now. Back to looking for TV shows on Instant watch I guess.
edit: NOooOOoOOooo Netflix is down temporarily!!!
Title: Re: Insanolord's International House of Staying Up Too Damn Long
Post by: EasyCure on September 09, 2009, 09:02:56 AM
I fell asleep on and off while trying to watch Mutant Chronicles on Netflix, starting around 1am. I was wide awake by the last 40 minutes of the movie. Then I woke my girl up so that she could ummm get some sleep. Then I finished watching An American Werewolf in Paris (last 40 minutes). That was over 1.5hrs ago.
But now I'm wide awake, there is nothing on TV, and I don't feel like rewatching Mutant Chronicles right now. Back to looking for TV shows on Instant watch I guess.
edit: NOooOOoOOooo Netflix is down temporarily!!!
It's 9:04am here and I've been at work for 3 hours..
