If you are prone to disdaining self-involved, literarily vomitous blog posts, you should stop reading now (I would if I saw that disclaimer.)
| 22:04 | Contemplate the relative benefits of the speed of a taxi home versus the exercise and potentially fatiguing merit of walking |
| 22:09 | Decide instead that another beer would be a better sleep aid |
| 22:10 | Continue pecking at laptop at the bar |
| 23:04 | Feel first yawn of the night – a reasonable time considering the average of 2.35 hours sleep per night – and make decision to leave bar |
| 23:08 | Yes, public transportation and the corresponding walk will be good for sleep habits and wallet |
| 23:51 | Arrive home, determine that walk home was more invigorating that tiring |
| 00:02 | Pour myself a bourbon nightcap before undressing |
| 00:36 | Convinced that sleep is coming, settle into softer clothes, and brush teeth |
| 00:42 | Take another sip of bourbon and realize that Crest Pro Fresh does not aid the taste of single barrel bourbon |
| 00:55 | First attempt at lying in the still bed in the lightless room with the dulcet tones of the ocean from the too expensive and non-functional sleep machine |
| 01:23 | Accept the temporary futility, rise from bed, go to desk |
| 01:26 | Crank up the internet machine |
| 01:28 | Attempt to write something for which payment is expected |
| 01:48 | Realize that insomnia and writers block are evil and generally conjoined twins |
| 01:51 | Attempt to write something for the blog you have not particularly loved lately |
| 01:59 | Consider the therapeutic benefit of more bourbon but decide against it |
| 02:24 | Accept the futility of attempting to write and start reading other people’s words |
| 02:37 | Realize that if I continue reading newspapers I will have a hole in my day tomorrow, fuck, later today; switch to blogs |
| 02:46 | Tire of music and decide that late night replay of The Liberal Trinity on MSNBC will be better |
| 02:51 | Wonder if advertisers really think that men are so stupid that we fall for these cheesy pre-Valentine’s commercials |
| 03:37 | Experience yawns that feel real this time, make second attempt at sleep, actually drift off |
| 04:41 | Wake for no good reason – like there would be a good reason to rise at this moment, besides a good reason |
| 04:49 | Resist the urge to rise, pretend that repositioning and being still will hasten sleep’s return |
| 05:03 | Curse the gods of sleep for mocking me and suspect that they’re laughing at me in the voice of Fran Drescher |
| 05:12 | Stay still because doctors have said that rising will not help. |
| Drift off | |
| 06:25 | Wake again, cranky and refusing to be mocked any longer, rise get day started |
Posted by restaurant refugee 
