Altered states

Between 6:30 am on Wednesday and 11:00 pm on Thursday I slept for approximately 2 hours. It was exciting. A whole hour of that was on Thursday afternoon. The rest of it I took in less-than-20-minute-long naps. At around 5:00 on Thursday morning I went to the Library. It was a very beautiful and strange time. The sky was a mysterious dark blue, just beginning to lighten on the horizon. All the lights of night-time were still on, and down the hill I could see the orange lights of the city still shining brightly. The birds were shouting out their good mornings. I could hear a riot of robins and the slightly quieter song sparrows. I also heard a loud bird that I didn't know. It sounded like the chitter of a Steller's jay, but it was higher and brighter, less harsh.

When I got to the library there were a few people who had clearly been there most of the night. I took comfort in the fact that one of them was there writing the same Chinese Film essay as I. I wandered around the library looking for sources for my essay, with moderate success. By the time I got out, the sun had already risen (though I couldn't see it yet), at 5:50. I was sorry I had missed most of the good part of predawn. It had reached that time of morning that is gray and cold. However, a while after I got back to my room the sun broke through the trees with bright sunbeams. It hit the rhododendrons outside my window, and almost made the sleep deprivation worth it. At least I have that incentive to start getting up before dawn, just to see it. I'm aways from that yet, though.I more or less finished my essay as well. I hope that what I learn from this experience is that it's really really stupid to procrastinate that way, and not that I can write my essay with an all-nighter. I'm afraid that it might be the latter. Argh.

Anyway, I'm home now, and sitting on Lola's chair in my mother's living room. Alec is on the couch, playing WoW, and the dogs are outside on the deck. I can hear a lawnmower somewhere in the neighborhood, the sound of summer. We are going to go see Star Trek this evening. Life is good.

Oh dear. I've gone a whole post without making a reference to Doctor Who. How can I remedy this? Here:

"And so it came to pass that the human race fell, and the Earth was no more. And I looked down upon my new dominion. As Master of all. And I thought it... good."
--Master No. Six

Meh. It's vaguely related. It'll do.

Update: It Goes Ding now shows up on a google search! Yay!