# Why are you awake right now? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 19, 2002, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-awake-right-now/143750 "2002-12-19T06:00:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Igloo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Igloo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Igloo)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-awake-right-now/143750/1 "2002-12-19T06:00:57Z")
I’m just interested. Personally, I am awake because I cannot fal asleep. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-awake-right-now/143750/2 "2002-12-19T06:07:24Z")
I signed up for a late slot at open mike tonight, so didn’t get home until midnight-ish. Then a few friends and I watched some Tenacious D episodes. They just left, and I should be going to bed, but decided to check the boards first. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-awake-right-now/143750/3 "2002-12-19T06:10:06Z")
Well… the nite is young … The beer is cold… Plus I gotta get the Dope !!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-awake-right-now/143750/4 "2002-12-19T06:11:52Z")
Because I’m never tired at midnight. Tomorrow afternoon, on the other hand, I will barely be able to keep my eyes open. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-awake-right-now/143750/5 "2002-12-19T06:14:46Z")
Nocturnal. I’m usually up until at least 6 or 7 am. If I go to bed before 3am I’ll wake up within two hours and wont be able to get back to sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-awake-right-now/143750/6 "2002-12-19T06:14:52Z")
Because it’s only 11 and I hardly ever sleep before 1, unless I’m really tired. Lovely insomnia. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-awake-right-now/143750/7 "2002-12-19T06:16:15Z")
Because it’s 3 in the afternoon and I just woke up. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-awake-right-now/143750/8 "2002-12-19T06:16:20Z")
Let’s play a game then ! ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-awake-right-now/143750/9 "2002-12-19T06:20:47Z")
**you people** are keeping me up!! \<\<\<\<—TM slams the door and leaves the room ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-awake-right-now/143750/10 "2002-12-19T06:28:12Z")
Up late studying for tomorrow’s final because three hours that were supposed to go towards studying instead went to The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-awake-right-now/143750/11 "2002-12-19T06:34:06Z")
I… don’t know… 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-awake-right-now/143750/12 "2002-12-19T06:35:07Z")
It’s all because of the crack. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-awake-right-now/143750/13 "2002-12-19T06:35:34Z")
I’m always up this late, but tonight I have homework that’s due. I’m not doing it, but for some reason, that never seems to matter. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-awake-right-now/143750/14 "2002-12-19T06:42:20Z")
Homework never matters at this time of night! I always seem to forget about it… And Hastur, it’s not the crack it’s the speed that does it. Careful not to get too wired! ---
**Author:** ![xcheopis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bc8723/32.png) [@xcheopis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xcheopis)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-awake-right-now/143750/15 "2002-12-19T06:47:25Z")
Because I have a Physiology final at 8:00 am tomorrow and I’m reviewing my notes. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-awake-right-now/143750/16 "2002-12-19T06:51:35Z")
Actually, it depends on who’s crack it is. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![snermy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@snermy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snermy)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-awake-right-now/143750/17 "2002-12-19T07:04:08Z")
Because I work nights sometimes and days sometimes so my body has no freaking idea what time of day it is. Possibly it thinks it’s about 4 pm, since I’ve got this hankering for sammiches and tea. :goes to make tea, and possibly, a sammich: ---
**Author:** ![Primaflora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Primaflora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Primaflora)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-awake-right-now/143750/18 "2002-12-19T07:14:01Z")
I’m cooking dinner. Then my partner is going out to see friends and I’ll have a thrilling evening with me and the offspring, after my thrilling day with me and the offspring. Now if I could just figure out what to do with pound of mince and a tin of beans that people would actually eat, I’d be a happier woman. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-awake-right-now/143750/19 "2002-12-19T07:25:29Z")
This is why I think that everyone who does not have listed where they are needs to be beaten with a stick. \*looks at OP and prepares beat’n stick" ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-awake-right-now/143750/20 "2002-12-19T07:39:01Z")
I just got home from work. I’m eating dinner and reading the boards. Then I’ll watch some TV for a while and go to bed in time to go back to work at 1 pm tomorrow. Tra-la. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-awake-right-now/143750.md?page=2)