Ten things to do before 9am (in no particular order :P)

1. Wake up (this is preferable, but probably not necessary to do the other 9 things)
2. Have a long hot shower
3. Go for a walk in the rain
4. Do three hours of solid study
5. Clean room
6. Have a decent breakfast (i.e. not instant noodles!)
7. Grab a cup of jasmine green tea
8. Brush teeth at least twice
9. Get burnt at least twice
10. Listen to the same Chili Pepper's song at least 4 times
(11. Post on blog!)

I put an "at least" in there for people who aspire to be, but just aren't as hardcore as me :P For the record, I've brushed my teeth 3 and a half times now (the half was when i thought "WHY am i brushing my teeth again" and stopped.), burnt myself repeatedly on the heater in my room (that i've been sitting with my back against all morning) and got hot jasmine green tea on myself (fortunately my hand was too cold/numb to notice too much or the rest of the tea would have gone), and listened to "She Looks to Me" 6 times now (and counting) - the reason for this bizarre and possibly insane behaviour follows:

In a twisted kind of reverse nocturnalism, my plan to study until 4 (am) and wake up at 2 (pm) backfired... with me going to bed at 10:30 and waking up (not intentionally and definitely against my will) at 4:30am!!!!!!!! - actually, that's not even reverse nocturnalism, that's just not sleeping. Conceding that further attempts at sleep were probably not going to work (after several nights of not sleeping properly), I decided to make the most of the unexpected consciousness and do some work, taking breaks to brush my teeth and listen to the same chili pepper's song over and over again (abnormal behaviour is a direct consequence of not enough sleep/being up at imaginary hours!) - hence i've had the most productive 3 hours of study since... a long time ago...

So now I'm sitting here watching the rain and drinking this evil but yummy mug of tea thinking i'd rather be in the rain again but the washing and more study needs to be done :( I love the way it rains in Newcastle - it's that nice drizzly rain that you can stand outside in all day and the sky even managed sun and blue patches at the same time as rain yesterday! Definitely looking forward to a morning/afternoon nap hopefully i'll start getting sleepy soon... *sighs*

-- Now playing - Anberlin - Time and Confusion

live for today we'll dream tomorrow we've got big plans in sight
we'll take this city and by nightfall...
the bright lights are calling