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Solitaire Rose as Tom Servo
19:21 / 17.08.02
Here's the sad, sad, story...at the group home I work at one of the staff who was scheduled for a 16 hours shift skipped out on it to go see Tiger Woods play without warning anyone. That means that I, the figurehead boss, had to get in here at 8:30 in the morning and I get to leave tomorrow at 7:30 in the morning and HAVE TO STAY AWAKE THE WHOLE BLOODY DAMN TIME.

I've got some comics, but what can I do on the overnight to keep myself awake in a house with my laptop, 7 sleeping teenage criminals I can't pull pranks on because I am their "therapist", and a TV that has no satellite dish to keep me connected to Iron Chef and CNN?
 
 
w1rebaby
19:24 / 17.08.02
if you want some self-hypnosis and you're using Windows, try here. Download a program that simulates fish schools confronted by whales or predator fish. Watch the fish. Change the number of fish. Watch the fish. It's brilliant. There's a screen saver, too.
 
 
MissLenore
19:49 / 17.08.02
Masturbate. A LOT.
 
 
Utopia
04:51 / 18.08.02
y'know, from the stories i'm hearing, you work with a bunch of fucking pricks! seriously, it's not like a part-time job stocking shelves at k-mart! do the people who work there even care about the young scoundrels in their midst?...

sigh. and anyhoo, i suggest finding the desk chair with the slickest wheels and skating around the place all night. it's fun, an easy way to excercise, and (unless you're a really bad pilot and keep bumping into shit, which, come to think of it is half the fun...) makes very little noise.

the masturbation idea isn't appropriate though. imagine one of the lil buggers catching you...
 
 
Solitaire Rose as Tom Servo
05:25 / 18.08.02
Yesh, I work with a FEW pricks and a few great people. It's just that here, if you are a prick who calls in or doesn't show up, it's not like we just have a longer line at the register or turn on your voice mail.

I look at the clock and see that I have about 6 hours left and I'm amazed that I'm still awake. The place is pretty fucking clean tho.

The fishies are great and are now my screen saver, the only mag I have for wanking is the WWF Divas mag from last year that I confiscated from a resident, and if I do so, I'll fall asleep afterwards....

I have also discovered after reading other comic book message boards that the other people who share my hobby scare the ever-lovin' shit out of me.
 
 
Utopia
05:35 / 18.08.02
"yesh"? SR, you're slurring your words now, and i pray, for your sake and for that of the residents that you're not hitting the bottle! dammit think of the children! the tiny little lucifer-bred tots awake to find you downing a fifth of jack, spinning around on an office chair, furiously jerking off to a year-old copy of WWF Divas and talking to us freaks! you'll make the "tiger woods" guy look like a pillar of the work place! okay, slow down, go have some coffee, put the willy away and fill out some paperwork. you know you have some paperwork to fill out! or make copies of your butt on the xerox machine. either way.

"wow rose, you're a pretty cool mom!" heh heh...
 
 
aus
12:21 / 18.08.02
Obviously, alcohol would be the wrong drug if you're trying to stay awake throughout a 24 hour shift.

Too late now, but I'd like to extol the virtues of nicotine gum as a legal stimulant. It works better than coffee unless you're already a nicotine addict. Just be careful to follow the instructions and not chew it quickly.
 
 
Tom Coates
12:34 / 18.08.02
I know you're probably not going to be able to do this, but I would always suggest making something on the web or trying to learn something - like how to play 'Go' or something. Time flies by if you're completely absorbed in something - however banal it is...
 
 
pointless and uncalled for
16:02 / 18.08.02
masturbation is probably not a good idea, there's a biological reason why people fall asleep after sex.
 
 
moriarty
16:06 / 18.08.02
"I have also discovered after reading other comic book message boards that the other people who share my hobby scare the ever-lovin' shit out of me."

Dear Lord, yes.
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
16:13 / 18.08.02
Next time, may I recommend non-drowsy allergy pills? The sort that contain pseudoephedrine, like Sudafed.

If you're in the States, you could go one better and get an epinephrine inhaler from your friendly neighbourhood pharmacist.
 
 
pointless and uncalled for
16:31 / 18.08.02
Mainlining crack will also keep you awake and entertained for hours.

Or you could come up with a theory as to just how it is that crack became a comedy reference.
 
 
Margin Walker
17:11 / 18.08.02
Learn how do to something interesting, like Origami. Better yet, learn how to do Origami Porn.
 
  
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