Never again.

[robinbloke]

Or not until the next time anyway. Ahem.
Which is, by way of explanation, my D&D online subscription ending (after a payment last month I didn't mean to make - grumble).
I have a love/hate relationship with online games; I have discovered I have little or no willpower whatsoever for stopping them intruding on my real life, which is a bad thing. When you wake up at 4 am on Wednesday morning because you brain is screaming "Skill change" for EVE this is not a good thing.
However, given my internal alarm clock it will only be a little bit out. I have discovered, through the years, that I can wake up pretty much when I want to - if I want to. I just need to want to wake up then - that's the tricky bit. Because frankly waking up at any time before 7 on a Saturday is not going to happen, I need a reason for my brain to wake me up. And MOORG's were annoyingly proving to be it.

All this roundabout wibbling leaves me to wonder; internal clocks - is yours any good, or do you need some new batteries?

Comments

[twentypence.livejournal.com]

I have a very well developed internal clock, provided I'm not overly tired it'll wake me up 5 minutes before my alarm clock will.
Even when both my alarm and Vicky's failed, we were still up only half an hour later than normal.

The downside to this is when you've got a day off work, waking up at 6:25 is no fun. :o)

And I've deliberately avoided MMORPGs because I know I'd lose my life to them. :o)

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

I quite like waking up early on a holiday; means I can go back to sleep again with a "Ahhhh no work" feeling. Very therapeutic :)

[whiskeylover.livejournal.com]

Internal alarmclock is generally switched off. When I have the time to sleep, I can sleep for up to 20 hours without waking up.

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

Twenty hours?? Then again I wouldn't put narcolepsy past you with the sheer number of hours you put into work!

[belak-krin.livejournal.com]

Curb those MMORG cravings with pointlessly puzzly and free
20 minute shots of Puzzle Pirates Yaar! ye can buy bandanas!

My internal clock has problems, I think maybe someone dropped some cheese in it. It wakes me up at random points in the night (hiya 4am!) or not at all. Usually it wakes me around the right time then goes "No! you must sleep again silly human!" and I have to wait for the 'oh hey, I have to leave in 3 minutes' adrenaline to move me from bed.

[ev1ldonut.livejournal.com]

I sleep between 4 and 6 hours a night, more often towards the 6 end of the scale. ;)

My internal alarm clock is spot on and has never failed me. Though it doesn't have a snooze function, if I don't get up when I first wake up, then when I re-awaken will be random. :/ Very rarely an issue though as my internal alarm wakes me up 15 minutes before I need to get up, so I always just... get up. :)

[whiskeylover.livejournal.com]

Ah- it's quality, not quantity- I may put the hours into work, but my free time is of a far higher quality...

*snore*

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

I don't wake up if I want to, but I do wake up if I have to.

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

Oh dear; that looks dangerously addictive!

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

You're just far too motivated!

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's just set on 'permanant snooze' :)

[belak-krin.livejournal.com]

its the most fun you'll ever have bilging...

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

Far higher snoring volume?

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

Sounds like me trying to get up.

[derekct.livejournal.com]

Thats way I am in the bad way I am, the addiction to WOW is under control. Only another hour before I can play! Know the feeling with games. Also wake up early even when on holidays.

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

Ewwwww!

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

Then sir. Stop! Just say no! Or limit your gaming to certain days.

[briggsy.livejournal.com]

I can fairly reliably wake up at around 7am every day.

Unfortunately I only really need to get up at 8 to 8.30 every day, so I go back to sleep.

Then I wake up at 9 or even later, and feel far more tired than I did at 7.

I'm going to try and just get up at 7am and see if I can do it for an extended duration of time, and merely do stuff in the morning before it is too hot to do anything. By "i'm going" I mean, like, next year or something.

[dmh.livejournal.com]

Abandon the online gaming! Join us back in the real world! We have ocelots!

[razornet.livejournal.com]

Mines bloody awful. I'm just not any good at getting up at all, but then you knew that.

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

I only play battlefield 2 online now really :)

[dmh.livejournal.com]

... and you can give up any time you want. ;o)

[wyrdness.livejournal.com]

People get obsessed over the skill change thing in EVE and act as if the world has come to an end if they let it run over a little bit. I'm glad to say I've never been that bad, but then I rather enjoy my sleep, though I am capable of waking up when need be.

Which also brings me in a roundablout way to internal clocks. Mine is quite good and will wake me up usually on or before I need to get up. Sometimes it's even better than I think it is and has been known to wake me up and make sure I don't go back to sleep for things I've completely forgotten about until I get up and eventually check emails.