# Up all night – anyone else out there? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 24, 2008, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-all-night-anyone-else-out-there/461084 "2008-08-24T04:01:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2008, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-all-night-anyone-else-out-there/461084/1 "2008-08-24T04:01:25Z")
Hey look, it’s another “whose pulling an all-nighter?” thread by Rhythmdvl! Oh boy oh boy oh boy! A client sent the first draft of a report on Friday night. It’s a great document in spirit, but it’s almost entirely in the passive voice and needs a lot of structure/cohesion (I’m only on page ten and in addition to general corrections, I have about thirty or so comments). They need to send it to the printer by Wednesday afternoon, so they’ll need at least a day to make decisions and incorporate changes, I’ll need a day to review/proof. That means I have to have this back to them by Sunday evening. That means I’m up through the night. So who else is out there? Anyone? Beuller? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanTigerTamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@SuntanTigerTamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanTigerTamer)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2008, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-all-night-anyone-else-out-there/461084/2 "2008-08-24T04:04:53Z")
OH THANK GOD! I will be up until 5am central at work. I work for the local NBC affiliate and have to be here to man the Olympics replay. I was minutes from scrawling a suicide note in coffee grounds spilled on the counter… ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-all-night-anyone-else-out-there/461084/3 "2008-08-24T04:11:18Z")
Ah, misery and company! ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2008, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-all-night-anyone-else-out-there/461084/4 "2008-08-24T04:19:52Z")
I’m here, but I don’t have any work that needs doing. I’m just vegetating. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SuntanTigerTamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@SuntanTigerTamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanTigerTamer)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2008, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-all-night-anyone-else-out-there/461084/5 "2008-08-24T04:20:12Z")
Agreed. I will be taking copious amounts of smoke breaks and enjoying some recently purchased music, all whilst watching the olympics. You have to do actual work though. I’m probably not making you feel much better, am I 😃 ---
**Author:** ![beanpod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9adbd/32.png) [@beanpod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beanpod)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2008, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-all-night-anyone-else-out-there/461084/6 "2008-08-24T04:20:40Z")
Sympathy for you guys. I just finished a task I’d been procrastinating on for no good reason. No all-nighter for me, thank goodness, but I’ve been there before and I’m sure I’ll be there again. I’m jealous that you guys have legitimate reasons to stay up all night. Mine are always caused by my own fuckups. ---
**Author:** ![WomanofScorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@WomanofScorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WomanofScorn)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2008, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-all-night-anyone-else-out-there/461084/7 "2008-08-24T04:21:43Z")
I might not be up all night, but I was feeling miserably low at being home on a Saturday doing nothing. Still am actually… SIGH. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2008, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-all-night-anyone-else-out-there/461084/8 "2008-08-24T04:25:39Z")
I’m chillin’ in between renders… working on my short film in which I will never finish. I might pack up and go to bed, after all. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SuntanTigerTamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@SuntanTigerTamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanTigerTamer)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2008, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-all-night-anyone-else-out-there/461084/9 "2008-08-24T04:27:29Z")
How bout this, one of you guys watch the olympics, and then send me a text message or give me a call when it’s time for a commercial. That way, I get paid to sleep, and you guys have something fun to do! Don’t you see? Everyone wins! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2008, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-all-night-anyone-else-out-there/461084/10 "2008-08-24T04:27:31Z")
[QUOTE=WomanofScorn] Still am actually… SIGH. [/QUOTE] [Performing monkey antics] … [/Pma] Did that help? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2008, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-all-night-anyone-else-out-there/461084/11 "2008-08-24T04:28:52Z")
It’s still early here, so hopefully not an all-nighter for me tonight. But I just wanted to stop by and say hi. I hope you have a pleasant evening despite all the work. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2008, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-all-night-anyone-else-out-there/461084/12 "2008-08-24T04:29:07Z")
I work the second shift, so being up right now is par for the course for me. ---
**Author:** ![WomanofScorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@WomanofScorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WomanofScorn)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-all-night-anyone-else-out-there/461084/13 "2008-08-24T04:31:29Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] [Performing monkey antics] … [/Pma] Did that help? 🙂 [/QUOTE] Actually yes. It helped that I filmed it and am preparing to put it on youtube. Dance monkey boy dance! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2008, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-all-night-anyone-else-out-there/461084/14 "2008-08-24T04:32:29Z")
[QUOTE=WomanofScorn] Actually yes. It helped that I filmed it and am preparing to put it on youtube. Dance monkey boy dance! 😉 [/QUOTE] Alas, the film only caught me eating curry. ---
**Author:** ![WomanofScorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@WomanofScorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WomanofScorn)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2008, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-all-night-anyone-else-out-there/461084/15 "2008-08-24T04:34:23Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] Alas, the film only caught me eating curry. [/QUOTE] Good thing you weren’t flinging poo. This went down the toilet fast, eh? Ba dum dum. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2008, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-all-night-anyone-else-out-there/461084/16 "2008-08-24T04:39:24Z")
Hi everyone! [QUOTE=beanpod] Mine are always caused by my own fuckups. [/QUOTE] But coping with them can be a great asset. I used to be all about procrastination and whatnot, then either pulled miracles out of my behind or worked like a dog through the night. Now, it helps me get clients. The two that are going to keep me up this week (gender and carbon trading) are both new: they both have sensitive rush projects that couldn’t be handled by their usual contractors, so they asked around for a recommendation–hence they came to us (Mrs. Dvl and I are partners). Um, SuntanTigerTamer, I haven’t actually seen any of the Olympic coverage. Think you could narrate? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanTigerTamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@SuntanTigerTamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanTigerTamer)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2008, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-all-night-anyone-else-out-there/461084/17 "2008-08-24T04:40:54Z")
I could, but then I’m closer to the whole suicide-note-in-the-coffee-grounds thing. As an aside, I just went out for a smoke break with our local weatherman, and he told me I should “look into Jesus”. Way to ruin a smoke break, weather guesser ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2008, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-all-night-anyone-else-out-there/461084/18 "2008-08-24T04:48:05Z")
[QUOTE=SuntanTigerTamer] “look into Jesus”. [/QUOTE] Could be good for a laugh. Do you have a [colposcope](http://www.riversideonline.com/source/images/image_popup/w7_colposcope.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanTigerTamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@SuntanTigerTamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanTigerTamer)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2008, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-all-night-anyone-else-out-there/461084/19 "2008-08-24T04:50:17Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] Could be good for a laugh. Do you have a [colposcope](http://www.riversideonline.com/source/images/image_popup/w7_colposcope.jpg)? [/QUOTE] Thanks. Now I have to watch the Olympics in piss filled pants. Good on you sir 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2008, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-all-night-anyone-else-out-there/461084/20 "2008-08-24T04:55:33Z")
I’m up! I’m up! Just got home from a party and just chillin. No Olympics for me tonight. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-all-night-anyone-else-out-there/461084.md?page=2)