i think the reason i don’t plan is i’m crap at it. you know, the mice and all. i recently realized that my train won’t get into amsterdam until 2:30 june 2nd. oops. i was looking at the departure time more and didn’t look at the arrival time at all. leaving at around 17:00 seemed preferrable to 8:00. in retrospect. that might not have been such a good decision. the hotel, being a small family run place, didn’t seemed to thrilled with the idea of getting up in the middle of the night to check me in. i wouldn’t either. on top of that, the tram in amsterdam stops running at midnight. as a perceived liberal party city that seems a little early. don’t they know the fun happens late?
so, due to these issues i figure i’ll just push my check-in back to june 2nd and hang out at the train station or something for a couple hours. it’ll give me another opportunity to stay up all night and also avoid the annoyance of paying for a hotel night that i don’t get full value for. i haven’t been going to sleep before 2:00 anyway so it’s not really a big deal. the biggest hurdle to staying up all night is that period from about 4:00 until sun rise. the period after sunrise is the most interesting, partially because i’m never up at that time under normal circumstances, but mainly because you get the weird feeling that your body seems to think it’s time to be awake, but your mind is kind of wacky. if you’ve never stayed up all night, you should take the opportunity this weekend.
we’ll see.
The man with the worst circadian rhythm.
I’ve always been fascinated by the time from about 3am- sunrise. It can be very eerie but peaceful at the same time. I have not experienced it very often though.
Yeah, well wait until you’re over 40 and pull an all-nighter. It isn’t the same as in your 20s and 30s, I can assure you. For me it’s headaches and a near inability to function at all.
isn’t that the same with all drugs.