Late Nighter's. - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Rikae · 01-20-2007, 07:28 PM

Not necessarily, Might. I, for one, have written some of my best essays at 4 am (the day they're due, natch.)

Brinniel · 01-20-2007, 09:14 PM

I often write my papers around 4am as well. I am always amazed how I usually manage to receive A's and B's on them. I also write my RPG posts around 2-3am.

I suppose I tend to be more creative around the wee hours of the morning.

Laitoste · 01-23-2007, 01:06 AM

It's 1:30 here. I'm writing a paper and trying to read for class tomorrow. I try to avoid late nights, because I don't have time to nap during the day. But it doesn't work very well, so here I am.

Mänwe · 01-23-2007, 08:16 PM

It seems we are all more productive late at night or early morning! Laitoste, don't we all try and avoid them! Just too damn hard to avoid completely. For once I am up late "against" my will. Revision for an exam this morning (

) at 9:30am.

I intend to have no sleep, thus completing 16 hours of revision. Anyway, back to it, any other late posters out there on the Downs who have evolved nocturnal habits for answering the great threads I am missing in the Books fora, while I am away!?

Lhunardawen · 11-23-2007, 10:59 AM

I hate to double-post, but I just realised that the Downs is actually more effective in keeping me awake than coffee is. Not that I would know, since I don't drink, and don't intend to learn drinking, coffee.

PS. I also noticed that a good number of the posters in this thread are (was, in the case of Celuien) Biology -- Biochemistry in the case of Farael -- majors. Ironic that those who are supposed to be studying life seem to end up having less of it...

Lush · 11-23-2007, 01:31 PM

I just checked my initial posts in this thread...

Right now, I have a new job (as editor of two webzines - holla and I'll drop you a link sometime if you want to write for me, btw), and so my schedule is... ridiculous.

It's very free, and very unstructured, and I often find myself talking to someone in China while it's 4 a.m. wherever it is that I'm at.

It's a Barrow-Downs kind of schedule...

The spooky, walking-dead schedule.

I'm enjoying it while it lasts.

Thinlómien · 01-04-2008, 08:43 PM

Holidays make me a hopeless night owl. Not nice, considering that school starts on Monday, I'm up and awake and it's soon 5am... I bet I won't be able to recover my normal "sleeping rhythm" before the holiday ends...

McCaber · 01-04-2008, 10:10 PM

I know how you feel. That was me for the past four nights. Can I continue the streak?

Thinlómien · 01-24-2007, 03:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brinniel

I suppose I tend to be more creative around the wee hours of the morning.

I at least really am. When there was the Great Golden Hoard game, I wrote my definitely best post a bit before 2 AM after even falling asleep of being too tired...

Roa_Aoife · 02-09-2007, 02:01 PM

I've done my share of late nights on the Downs, especially during werewolf games. Of course, now that I have to get up at 6 AM to face a classroom of 3 yr olds, that's faded. Still, don't feel so bad if you're the only on the "Who's On-line" page. Remember, there are those of us who never come out of invisible mode.

We're there- you just won't know it until we post.

Nogrod · 02-09-2007, 02:29 PM

Funny to notice that I probably have'nt yet written to this thread as I should be the one to really call this mine...

If I don't have an early wake up call and there's something interesting going on, like RPGs or WW-games, I can hang around and participate to early morning hours (I guess I once played a heated ww-game up to 6 or 7 AM!). Happily that doesn't happen too often.

But what's much more normal is that the bedtime gets streched with an hour or two. So if I have thought that I should try to get to sleep around midnight (that's my normal rhythm), a game, an RPG post or an interesting discussion pushes that to 1.30-2 AM. That's more than commonplace.

But that's also understandable. My days are normally quite packed so the only time I can hang around here is basically the evenings or late nights...

Nice to see others share this condition.

The Might · 02-10-2007, 08:49 AM

Well, I haven't had the chance to stay up late on the Downs for a long time now that school started...but next week I have a short break so I might consider not going to bed so soon

Mänwe · 02-25-2007, 08:53 PM

Well now that I see you as a participant in the new WW game, I should imagine you'll be trying to stay up later? I know I'll be popping in much more often and far longer now. Well both of you are participants, Nogrod, Might, I look forward to seeing you here more often.

01-20-2007, 09:14 PM	#2
Brinniel Reflection of Darkness Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Polishing the stars. Well, somebody has to do it; they're looking a little bit dull. Posts: 2,983	I often write my papers around 4am as well. I am always amazed how I usually manage to receive A's and B's on them. I also write my RPG posts around 2-3am. I suppose I tend to be more creative around the wee hours of the morning. __________________ Nolite te bastardes carborundorum

01-23-2007, 01:06 AM	#3
Laitoste Wight Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Behind the hills Posts: 164	It's 1:30 here. I'm writing a paper and trying to read for class tomorrow. I try to avoid late nights, because I don't have time to nap during the day. But it doesn't work very well, so here I am. __________________ "If we're still alive in the morning, we'll know that we're not dead."~South Park

01-23-2007, 08:16 PM	#4
Mänwe Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: May as well be the Arctic Circle Posts: 283	It seems we are all more productive late at night or early morning! Laitoste, don't we all try and avoid them! Just too damn hard to avoid completely. For once I am up late "against" my will. Revision for an exam this morning ( ) at 9:30am. I intend to have no sleep, thus completing 16 hours of revision. Anyway, back to it, any other late posters out there on the Downs who have evolved nocturnal habits for answering the great threads I am missing in the Books fora, while I am away!? __________________ "I am, I fear, a most unsatisfactory person." - (Letter #124 To Sir Stanley Unwin)

11-23-2007, 10:59 AM	#5
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	Time check: 1 AM I hate to double-post, but I just realised that the Downs is actually more effective in keeping me awake than coffee is. Not that I would know, since I don't drink, and don't intend to learn drinking, coffee. PS. I also noticed that a good number of the posters in this thread are (was, in the case of Celuien) Biology -- Biochemistry in the case of Farael -- majors. Ironic that those who are supposed to be studying life seem to end up having less of it... Last edited by Lhunardawen; 11-23-2007 at 11:12 AM.

11-23-2007, 01:31 PM	#6
Lush Fair and Cold Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the big onion Posts: 1,770	I just checked my initial posts in this thread... Right now, I have a new job (as editor of two webzines - holla and I'll drop you a link sometime if you want to write for me, btw), and so my schedule is... ridiculous. It's very free, and very unstructured, and I often find myself talking to someone in China while it's 4 a.m. wherever it is that I'm at. It's a Barrow-Downs kind of schedule... The spooky, walking-dead schedule. I'm enjoying it while it lasts. __________________ ~The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories. This is one of mine~

01-20-2007, 07:28 PM	#1
Rikae Mellifluous Maia Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A glade open to the stars, deep in Nan Elmoth Posts: 3,489	Not necessarily, Might. I, for one, have written some of my best essays at 4 am (the day they're due, natch.)

01-04-2008, 08:43 PM	#7
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Holidays make me a hopeless night owl. Not nice, considering that school starts on Monday, I'm up and awake and it's soon 5am... I bet I won't be able to recover my normal "sleeping rhythm" before the holiday ends... __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

01-04-2008, 10:10 PM	#8
McCaber Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Skyrim, again. Posts: 820	I know how you feel. That was me for the past four nights. Can I continue the streak? __________________ Werewolves vs. Fishmen. The battle of the century.

02-09-2007, 02:01 PM	#10
Roa_Aoife Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Someday, I'll rule all of it. Posts: 1,696	I've done my share of late nights on the Downs, especially during werewolf games. Of course, now that I have to get up at 6 AM to face a classroom of 3 yr olds, that's faded. Still, don't feel so bad if you're the only on the "Who's On-line" page. Remember, there are those of us who never come out of invisible mode. We're there- you just won't know it until we post. __________________ We can't all be Roas* when it comes to analysing...* -Lommy I didn't say you're evil, Roa, I said you're exasperating. -Nerwen

02-09-2007, 02:29 PM	#11
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	Funny to notice that I probably have'nt yet written to this thread as I should be the one to really call this mine... If I don't have an early wake up call and there's something interesting going on, like RPGs or WW-games, I can hang around and participate to early morning hours (I guess I once played a heated ww-game up to 6 or 7 AM!). Happily that doesn't happen too often. But what's much more normal is that the bedtime gets streched with an hour or two. So if I have thought that I should try to get to sleep around midnight (that's my normal rhythm), a game, an RPG post or an interesting discussion pushes that to 1.30-2 AM. That's more than commonplace. But that's also understandable. My days are normally quite packed so the only time I can hang around here is basically the evenings or late nights... Nice to see others share this condition. __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...

02-10-2007, 08:49 AM	#12
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Well, I haven't had the chance to stay up late on the Downs for a long time now that school started...but next week I have a short break so I might consider not going to bed so soon __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

02-25-2007, 08:53 PM	#13
Mänwe Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: May as well be the Arctic Circle Posts: 283	Well now that I see you as a participant in the new WW game, I should imagine you'll be trying to stay up later? I know I'll be popping in much more often and far longer now. Well both of you are participants, Nogrod, Might, I look forward to seeing you here more often. __________________ "I am, I fear, a most unsatisfactory person." - (Letter #124 To Sir Stanley Unwin)

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