Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Thanks to Daylight Saving Time, this can happen

I seem to be posting mainly humourous and/or mostly pointless posts lately.... I find that humour doesn't take a lot of effort and is a lot quicker for me to post about. Serious issues, although thought-provoking, take lots of time to think through, and I seriously (haha) don't have that time currently to write the buttloads of things that are floating, whizzing, and sitting on my mind.

So... here is a humourous conversation that I had through an instant messaging program. This took place on Sunday "night" (technically its Monday morning). The night before was Saturday night, the time that we push our clocks back one hour because of Daylight Saving Time. I've changed the name of the person I spoke to as well as edited some of the conversation so that it makes sense. I think its funny.

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Calencairion says:
ok anyway i should go to sleep, i wanna get that extra hour from DST

this is what Tim says:
.....that was last night. i don't think you can save it......

Calencairion says:
i woke up this morning not knowing about it, so i woke up at my usual time. technically i can still have it right now

this is what Tim says:
.....

Calencairion says:
if i go to sleep now.....no?


this is what Tim says:
um....no

Calencairion says:
what... yes, of course

this is what Tim says:
time doesn't work like that. time has already passed. right now its 12:36am

Calencairion says:
i thought about that, too...but i think i still have the extra hour.......

this is what Tim says:
...well... tell me tomorrow if it worked ok?

Calencairion says:
even though it's 12:36, for me it currently feels like 1:36am

this is what Tim says:
ok.....

Calencairion says:
since i woke up at my usual time today...

this is what Tim says:
this is too funny

Calencairion says:
ur confusing me. i was excited about my extra hour until u questioned it

this is what Tim says:
stop it! my stomach is starting to hurt! [laughing]

Calencairion says:
hmmmmmmmmmm, let me think about it again.....................................
here's my reason, logically:
1) i didn't adjust for DST last night
2) i woke up at my usual time today, realizing that time is 1 hour behind. i set my time properly. time is correct now.
3) i proceed my day as usual
4) i sleep 1 hour earlier than usual now
5) so i gain 2 hours of sleep (1 more than everyone else from DST)

this is what Tim says:
so you normally sleep at 2:30am?

Calencairion says:
at 1 or 1:30

this is what Tim says:
i'm sort of confused by your logic... maybe cause i'm not focusing on it [and because its almost 1am], so i'm going to let you go to sleep, and tomorrow, you tell me if it worked ok?

Calencairion says:
i guess my logic doesn't make sense

this is what Tim says:
i'm kinda tired myself

Calencairion says:
i'm going to wake up tomorrow feeling like i've slept 2 extra hours

this is what Tim says:
hehe ok…

Calencairion says:
oh wait, u might be right....i'm goign to get the same amount of sleep

Calencairion says:
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
but.........i'm really confused
ok whatever

this is what Tim says:
wait lets just count the hours then. what time do you plan on waking up?

Calencairion says:
hmm, 10am

this is what Tim says:
so just say you fall asleep in 15 minutes, by 1am.... then you'd get 9 hours of sleep

Calencairion says:
yeah, which is 1 more than i would normally get

this is what Tim says:
hmmmm ok

this is what Tim says:
so, yeah i guess that works [shrugs] enjoy!

Calencairion says:
because my body currently operates at the near-2AM state, since i woke up earlier today...

Calencairion says:
bye then

this is what Tim says:
bye!

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Elven pseudonym courtesy of the Barrow-Downs, just as last time.
And in case you're wondering, Calencairion woke up the next day after having a nice, refreshing sleep the night before. The End.

(Based on a true story)
(May not have happened)

2 comments:

Johnson said...

heh

i totally forgot about DST, too

Johnson said...

i was able to wake up early for church though, and even have breakfast!