How you start your day ?

@shewolfnm,

I might try to save time and resources by brushing my teeth, and shaving in the shower.

Peeing in the shower saves a lot of water as well. Combining morning items is good however...

shewolfnm wrote:

toddle to the bathroom
rinse out coffee pot and filter.

If you are doing this in the bathroom, I don't want anymore details.

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@failures art,

Can Mark Twain teach me about USA Today ?

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@Pepijn Sweep,

Pepijn Sweep wrote:

Can Mark Twain teach me about USA Today ?

I believe that man can teach you about a lot more than the USA. Brilliant, says I. However I won't attempt to hide my bias.

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The man was so ahead of his time.

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@failures art,

failures art wrote:

Pepijn Sweep wrote:
Can Mark Twain teach me about USA Today ?

I believe that man can teach you about a lot more than the USA. Brilliant, says I. However I won't attempt to hide my bias.

Afterwards we can say:
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The man was so ahead of his time.

Any book in particulairy U can recomment ? Something with not too many words, please...I have little patience with reading. Watching moving images is even worse ! What is IUO the best living performer ?

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@Pepijn Sweep,

Start with Twain's short stories and essays.

I like "The War Prayer."

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@failures art,

failures art wrote:

I put eye drops in the coffee, then I switch the power on the toilet.

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you have a power toilet?

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@GoshisDead,

GoshisDead wrote:

failures art wrote:

I put eye drops in the coffee, then I switch the power on the toilet.

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you have a power toilet?

We'll duh! Geez Grandpa! Welcome to the 90's!

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Toilets

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@Dutchy,

Dutchy wrote:

Look out the window and check the weather. If good, have a quick breakfast and had out to sea for a spot of fishing.

Now that's my idea of a great morning.

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listen to the brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrnnnngg alarm
stagger over
turn it off
turn on a light
get back into bed
put pillow over head to block out light
listen to the clock radio til the second sports report
hear Set holler upstairs asking if I'm getting up
put the pillow back over my head
listen to the radio til the third sports report
get up
to the bathroom - shower, brush teeth, all the usual stuff
scramble into clothes
spritz some perfume around the room - run through it
zoom downstairs
find my watch
find my glasses
find my transit fare
grab my knapsack
put on my shoes
run out the door and down the street to either the bus or subway (depends on the weather)

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@ehBeth,

What, no breakfast?

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@George,

no breakfast til about 3 hours after the first alarm goes

then I pick up something near work - the other day it was an egg-white omelette with veggies - today it was an apple fritter - yummmmmmm

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@ehBeth,

I'd have a major rumbly in my tumbly if I waited that long.

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@Pepijn Sweep,

Pepijn Sweep wrote:

What you do the very first thing when you get up ? I went to the toilet and then swiched my computer on. Not even a coffee yet !

Fag and a coffee

Then another fag

And another coffee

At which point I begin to be able to formulate coherent thoughts

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@stevecook172001,

I remember that, I'm an old cheerful smoker.
Which is why, after I turn the coffee on, I grab the book I fell asleep with and reconsider, but, it's mostly a review.

As may be clear, I've no present lover. So it goes, as vonnegut would say.

I do rise and shine. Just not as fast as in my laboratory or architecture days. I'm f'n tired of getting up on someone else's hour.

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@ossobuco,

I get up on the dogs' hour, feed the 2dogs, feed the cats, wait until the cats are finished with their ittybitty bit of smelly catfood then allow the dogs to lick the two dishes, put the dogs outside. Drink 2 glasses of water, let dogs in house 'cause they're waking dead people. Plug in coffee, go back to bed. About half hour later husband and I get up together, drink coffee and read newspaper allthewhile telling each other what we're reading.

I don't need to tell ya'll when I pee, and stuff, right?

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@Pemerson,

Nods.

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4:59AM fricking radio blares a Spanish station.
5:00 Rise up. Turn on light. Stare at reflection in window, completely surprised to have made it through another night.

5:01 Walk to bathroom while shucking off shorts and tee-shirt.
5:02 Toss soaking wet shorts and tee-shirt into laundry bin
5:02:30 Take a wicked piss.

5:03 Weight in. Write down result on bathroom calendar. Berate self for still being a fat overweight middle-aged man. (There at least three categories there available for improvement or change.)
5:05 Walk naked in the dark through the kitchen (flip on espresso maker as I go)and into the computer area of the apartment. Turn on light. Press start button on computer. Check to make sure shade is drawn. Pull on shorts and tee-shirt I put out on chair last night. Get socks/shoes on. Make sure there is a cold water bottle ready.

5:07 Slice grapefruit in half, then one half into slices. Get milk ready to foam. Foam Milk. Eat grapefruit slices and put two slices of bread into toaster.
5:10 go to living room and do twenty five crunches and one set of whatever dumbbell thing is for today. Do some yoga~~~~nice and easy~~~~
5:15 go to computer w/ espresso and toast. Put weight on desk calendar and on Weight Commander program. Punch up Doonesbury. laugh. Punch up New York Times, sip coffee, eat one piece of toast. Punch up Spark People- do check in and answer frigging trivia questions.
5:20 Do second set of whatever weights and second set of crunches.
5:24 got to the roof to take sunrise picture.
5:33 try to think of something uplifting to say about today.

5:39 Get water bottle, get keys, get phone and headset, put on heart monitor, put on Garmin watch, re-tie shoes. Decide if I really need to 'wait for the coffee to have it's effect."
......
5:55 Look at Facebook to make sure sunrise photo is there.
"Today, someone's dream will come true. Hey. Be that someone."
Not too cheesy.

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5:59AM: punch button on elevator. Check to see that Pandora is ready on the Blackberry, Garmin is ready, shoes are tied tight, have water bottle and keys. Must have keys.
6:00AM plus or minus four minutes.
Start six mile or ten mile or fifteen mile run.
See you in one hour
or an hour and a half
or two hours and twenty minutes.

Joe(I'll be a wet, fat, middle-aged man even then)Nation

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Good Morning All ! Saturnus'Day 11th of the Month
Julius not Augustus

Oh, I AM ster Dam

07:45 wake up in Amsterdam
07:55 1/2 sigarette > pit stop
grinding coffee; love the noise
08:00 first smell of fresh coffee
08:05 another pit stop > medic stuff, 1 pill drops in toilet
08.06 Coffee break >
> go to complain Very, very Bad Soft-wear<
Quartz clock Hall tells me Time
Quarter past eight

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@Joe Nation,

Joe Nation wrote:

4:59AM fricking radio blares a Spanish station.
5:00 Rise up. Turn on light. Stare at reflection in window, completely surprised to have made it through another night.

5:01 Walk to bathroom while shucking off shorts and tee-shirt.
5:02 Toss soaking wet shorts and tee-shirt into laundry bin
5:02:30 Take a wicked piss.

5:03 Weight in. Write down result on bathroom calendar. Berate self for still being a fat overweight middle-aged man. (There at least three categories there available for improvement or change.)
5:05 Walk naked in the dark through the kitchen (flip on espresso maker as I go)and into the computer area of the apartment. Turn on light. Press start button on computer. Check to make sure shade is drawn. Pull on shorts and tee-shirt I put out on chair last night. Get socks/shoes on. Make sure there is a cold water bottle ready.

5:07 Slice grapefruit in half, then one half into slices. Get milk ready to foam. Foam Milk. Eat grapefruit slices and put two slices of bread into toaster.
5:10 go to living room and do twenty five crunches and one set of whatever dumbbell thing is for today. Do some yoga~~~~nice and easy~~~~
5:15 go to computer w/ espresso and toast. Put weight on desk calendar and on Weight Commander program. Punch up Doonesbury. laugh. Punch up New York Times, sip coffee, eat one piece of toast. Punch up Spark People- do check in and answer frigging trivia questions.
5:20 Do second set of whatever weights and second set of crunches.
5:24 got to the roof to take sunrise picture.
5:33 try to think of something uplifting to say about today.

5:39 Get water bottle, get keys, get phone and headset, put on heart monitor, put on Garmin watch, re-tie shoes. Decide if I really need to 'wait for the coffee to have it's effect."
......
5:55 Look at Facebook to make sure sunrise photo is there.
"Today, someone's dream will come true. Hey. Be that someone."
Not too cheesy.

5:59AM: punch button on elevator. Check to see that Pandora is ready on the Blackberry, Garmin is ready, shoes are tied tight, have water bottle and keys. Must have keys.
6:00AM plus or minus four minutes.
Start six mile or ten mile or fifteen mile run.
See you in one hour
or an hour and a half
or two hours and twenty minutes.

Joe(I'll be a wet, fat, middle-aged man even then)Nation

I think I quite like the cut of your jib Mr Nation

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Can we synchronize our routines ?

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