tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19255072.post115574212467001290..comments2024-03-23T07:08:08.246-04:00Comments on Vanessa Victoria Kilmer: Sleepless in Somnia, USANessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07779269921583131094noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19255072.post-1156268228028324902006-08-22T13:37:00.000-04:002006-08-22T13:37:00.000-04:00Hi Goldennib. Great topic. Tho I don't suffer ( ...Hi Goldennib. Great topic. Tho I don't suffer ( I RARELY have trouble sleeping), I have friends that do. My best friend finds a glass of wine relaxing.<BR/><BR/>Grunt ~ if Goldie says you're nice, then you're nice darnit! :)DaBichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17526399549691822851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19255072.post-1156160665598296342006-08-21T07:44:00.000-04:002006-08-21T07:44:00.000-04:00Those strategies sound good. I must admit, though,...Those strategies sound good. I must admit, though, that i saw your title and I thought it said "Sleepless in Somalia." And I said to myself, <I>Maybe the problem is that you're trying to sleep in SOMALIA</I>!<BR/><BR/>-- davidDavid Amulethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03758977878243268087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19255072.post-1155972378958912092006-08-19T03:26:00.000-04:002006-08-19T03:26:00.000-04:00Celeste and Goldie, you two can join in the slap p...Celeste and Goldie, you two can join in the slap parade. I need more people like you two to keep me motivated without the burn out. I mean, I go, but it is a reckless drive unless I have good friends around to tell me to keep it on the road.<BR/><BR/>I am nice, BTW. I'm just having to get used to hearing it. I guess it is a good active purposeful nice versus a pathetic passive nice. I can live with that.The Grunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03845796879498225434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19255072.post-1155915694902814052006-08-18T11:41:00.000-04:002006-08-18T11:41:00.000-04:00Jenn: Sleeplessness (Jeez look at all those letter...Jenn: Sleeplessness (Jeez look at all those letters) seems to affect us all. Do you think our fore fathers and mothers had this problem?<BR/><BR/>Jadzia: Glad you popped in. Sleep tight. Hope the new job is good.<BR/><BR/>Quilly: Thanks. I like the moon one best, too, and I have an actual bruise on the top of my right wrist from clicking.<BR/><BR/>Fury: I think about that, too. If I could just do something with my insomniac hours, it would be ok, but I can't bring myself to do anything useful. It's disgusting.<BR/><BR/>Grey: Are you sure?<BR/><BR/>Logo: Sleeping pills make me have the most vivd dreams, I'd have a heart ache in my sleep.<BR/><BR/>DCMM: I love having cereal for dinner. Yes, good dreams happen with planning.<BR/><BR/>Mr. Fab: Or are you funny becasue you can't sleep?<BR/><BR/>Quilly: I reset my cache and will try that a while, but it's a pain.<BR/><BR/>Celeste: Yes, we must tell him until he believes it himself. Or we can slap him. I think he'd like that.<BR/><BR/>Andy: Reading is a good anytime snack.Nessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779269921583131094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19255072.post-1155913733686750132006-08-18T11:08:00.000-04:002006-08-18T11:08:00.000-04:00If I get restless at night, I browse the Web or re...If I get restless at night, I browse the Web or read until I fall asleep. Those are really the only two that work for me. Sweet dreams, y'all!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16448782114447286418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19255072.post-1155879367129930072006-08-18T01:36:00.000-04:002006-08-18T01:36:00.000-04:00Nessa, ignore the end of my last post. Don't just...Nessa, ignore the end of my last post. Don't just clear your cache, set it to zero. Then Foxfire won't show you any pages from memory. the draw back to that is that your pages will have to load everytime, so its slower. On my P4 the speed difference is negligible -- don't know about your machine.Charlene Amsdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15417995779960967945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19255072.post-1155878950568305652006-08-18T01:29:00.000-04:002006-08-18T01:29:00.000-04:00Great tips! I want to second the motion that The G...Great tips! I want to second the motion that The Grunt is a nice guy! (ok I don't know him in real life but he SEEMS nice :)Me Myself and Ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595701815777131025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19255072.post-1155871815442598492006-08-17T23:30:00.000-04:002006-08-17T23:30:00.000-04:00Nessa -- did you get your page reloading issue sor...Nessa -- did you get your page reloading issue sorted out? Go to the TOOLS menu, click OPTIONS, then click CACHE, then click CLEAR CACHE. I do it a couple of times a day, or Foxfire keeps showing me what <I>was</I> there rather than what is. Very frustrating. They need to fix that.Charlene Amsdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15417995779960967945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19255072.post-1155866244498170192006-08-17T21:57:00.000-04:002006-08-17T21:57:00.000-04:00Ha! I just had a bowl of whole grain cereal with b...Ha! I just had a bowl of whole grain cereal with banana slices. That was my dinner tonight... can only eat cereal if dinner is too late. Looks like I will sleep well, though!<BR/><BR/>I actually use a lot of those strategies/techniques... and they work for me. Especially the telling myself a story idea. The cool thing is that they are nice lead-ins for dreams. :-)don't call me MA'AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11439448178708339536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19255072.post-1155852705056717062006-08-17T18:11:00.000-04:002006-08-17T18:11:00.000-04:00What a great post, Vanessa, you are so good.I pers...What a great post, Vanessa, you are so good.<BR/>I personally go drugs, doesn't always do the trick but I am too groggy to care.Logophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05791617221187190709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19255072.post-1155809906391666242006-08-17T06:18:00.000-04:002006-08-17T06:18:00.000-04:00Yep coffee does work on me when I need to sleep. N...Yep coffee does work on me when I need to sleep. No i'm not psychotic :PGrey Shadeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17518029358989769804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19255072.post-1155799858963310822006-08-17T03:30:00.000-04:002006-08-17T03:30:00.000-04:00I have no useful advice on combating insomnia but ...I have no useful advice on combating insomnia but have discovered if I look at the lack of sleep as the great recovery of otherwise dead hours, I’m so horrified in the face of all that empty time that retreating into unconsciousness suddenly becomes the better option.furyouhinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03301539434465263221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19255072.post-1155799081584433972006-08-17T03:18:00.000-04:002006-08-17T03:18:00.000-04:00Ack! I did this at Nea's, too. I was so busy pad...Ack! I did this at Nea's, too. I was so busy padding Jenn's votes I couldn't think of anything else. Sorry, Nessa. <BR/><BR/>I did plant a couple votes for you, too -- couldn't let my friend finish below 100. That just wouldn't be right. There is no way I've got the time or the wrist to catch you up, but I loved both your stories - -though I think the moon cheese one is best.Charlene Amsdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15417995779960967945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19255072.post-1155793761185925452006-08-17T01:49:00.000-04:002006-08-17T01:49:00.000-04:00Jenn, left you a surprise at my place. Arm hurts ...Jenn, left you a surprise at my place. Arm hurts now so I can't type.Charlene Amsdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15417995779960967945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19255072.post-1155793323834886312006-08-17T01:42:00.000-04:002006-08-17T01:42:00.000-04:00Sweet! I'm going to Heaven!!!Sweet! I'm going to Heaven!!!The Grunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03845796879498225434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19255072.post-1155789626783281542006-08-17T00:40:00.000-04:002006-08-17T00:40:00.000-04:00Hi! I have to confess, I Didn't even read the post...Hi! I have to confess, I Didn't even read the post. I'm falling asleep as I type... but I wanted to say hi and I know I've been kinda absent lately. New job = no time! I'll return soon, I hope. Cheers!Jadziahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13003478692174486418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19255072.post-1155788117789977712006-08-17T00:15:00.000-04:002006-08-17T00:15:00.000-04:00Hah Nessa! This was strange. As you know, I have b...Hah Nessa! This was strange. As you know, I have been sort of falling off the edge with insomnia too. And no real reasons like Grunty has. Just a sort of catastrophic aimlessness which I am trying to counter by doing various things on schedule.<BR/><BR/>How serendipitious was this post, huh?Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14359604151544863025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19255072.post-1155745703541728432006-08-16T12:28:00.000-04:002006-08-16T12:28:00.000-04:00Lisa: Learning the alphabet backwards is a great i...Lisa: Learning the alphabet backwards is a great idea. I'll have to try that one.<BR/><BR/>Quilly: Yeah, I know what you mean. All of my best ideas have dissolved into nothingness.<BR/><BR/>Grunty: I made light of insomnia here, but I know from personal experience that it really isn't funny. You have allot of shit to deal with. Taking care of someone who is ill is hard work and when it is someone you love it is even harder. One of the best sanity tools I have ever found is writing a letter to someone and then destroying it. I write with the intention of giving it to the person. Then I hold on to it for a while, re-read it and to it, clarify my feelings and thoughts, but never send it. It does work.<BR/><BR/>Also, you have my email, if you want to vent to someone. I haven't forgotten what you sent me, but I really liked it and I admire people who can write music and songs, so I want to do it justice.<BR/><BR/>You really are a good person and deserve to take care of yourself, too. And you make me laugh, which will get you into heaven.Nessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779269921583131094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19255072.post-1155743920336369762006-08-16T11:58:00.000-04:002006-08-16T11:58:00.000-04:00Thanks Goldie. There has been so much going on wi...Thanks Goldie. There has been so much going on with me and the last thing that I want to do is really lay it out there. I already tried that briefly and it got people upset. Sometimes I don't know what to do because I've always had to be the son who never spoke up, kept his emotions in check, and not talk about problems, so that the afflicted didn't worry. I guess I do that with just more than my family sometimes. <BR/><BR/>Well, I can't sleep. Some people in my life want me to be cool with them, but apparently they can do whatever they please. I got a really ill loved one to take care of. The other members of my family are having problems. My personal life is pretty much sad. My professional (ha, what professional life) life sucks. Love life, please. On top of this I can't sleep.<BR/><BR/>Yet, I sack it up. I try to maintain friendships even when I'm truly hurting and feeling rejected. I don't give up on my loved ones. I'm going to see if I can get a better job. I don't care if it all kills me, but it would sure as hell be nice if it didn't.<BR/><BR/>So, I am going to take your advice and try to get some sleep.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Goldie, this was truly nice of you.The Grunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03845796879498225434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19255072.post-1155743479749191422006-08-16T11:51:00.000-04:002006-08-16T11:51:00.000-04:00My cure for insomnia? Get comfy, relax, and try o...My cure for insomnia? Get comfy, relax, and try out novel plots in my head. About the time I get a really good one and want to write it down -- I fall soundly asleep never to remember it again.Charlene Amsdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15417995779960967945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19255072.post-1155742984666142822006-08-16T11:43:00.000-04:002006-08-16T11:43:00.000-04:00hahaha loved it! I periodically battle the inso...hahaha loved it! I periodically battle the insomnia demon and periodically take OTC sleep meds. Might think about counting 'til I bore myself to sleep. I once had a bad bad bout of sleeplessness and taught myself the alphabet backward during it. Now, I have an amusing party trick! :)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the giggles.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010635183616220660noreply@blogger.com