Where Has All The Love Gone, And What Have We Become? Storm Clouds Full Of Thunder Move Silent As They Drum...

Don McLean - Till Tomorrow


I think I should let you all in on something. I've become a total insomniac. Now I generally go by the rule that there's always something better to do than sleep, so I try to keep myself to no more than five hours a night. But this is by choice, or because I have work to do, not because I cannot sleep. This has all changed.

I just can't sleep anymore. I don't know what to do. But over the past three nights, I figured this out during football today, I've gotten just over five hours combined. About three hours three nights ago, and maybe one each of the past two nights. Now two nights ago, I was in a hotel, so maybe I just didn't sleep as well because it was an unfamiliar place. But as for last night, I'm at a loss. I'm barely functioning.

And it's not that I'm not trying. Last night I lay in bed for hours before I finally passed out sometime this morning. Alas, I had to wake up early to go to football.

But I am using this extra time to get in lots of studying, which is good, as I have two exams tomorrow. God damn. I hope I don't fall down on my way to them. Thank goodness tomorrow is my day off from football.


Anyhoo, I'm done whining. Well this might count as me whining, but this is the saddest shit of my life.


Oh, and I learned something about my age group today. Apparently, on the whole, we know nothing about motown. So at football today, our GA was singing "Stop In the Name of Love" by the Supremes. Here's the conversation that took place, with my own thoughts as on observer in italics.

GA: "Stop! In the name of love..."

oh Diana...

Student Trainer 1: "I love the Temptations!"

Wait, what?

GA: "um...but..."

ST2: "You dumbass. It's Aretha Franklin."

But...no...

ST1: "Oh right. Because the Four Seasons sang it." (I swear)

But Frankie is a boy too...

GA: "No, guys..."

ST3: "They just don't make music like that anymore."

DON'T YOU PEOPLE HEAR YOURSELVES?!?

(this is the part that killed me the most)

ST1: "I also love that one Supremes song. (singing:) Sugar pie honey bunch...I can't help myself."

GA: (walks away)


On the whole, I was honestly embarassed. I mean, really? It's as if they know a few motown groups, and a few songs, and just mix and match as they so choose.

No need to worry, I called them out on it eventually.