Ethan Marcotte now blogs at Unstoppable Robot Ninja.


Weblog entry:

A day in the day of.
3.43am
Awake.
4.12am
Still awake. A few choice (and yet unsatisfying) swears are muttered.
4.23am
Fatigue is like a lead fringe, tugging at the edges of peripheral vision. Frustration gives way to resignation.
5.13am
E-mail, newsfeeds, and web surfing work about as well as warm milk. Quiet music yields a faint but insistent rapping from the other side of your wall.
5.39am
Books are leafed through, the pages blur in the lamplight.
5.53am
Outside, the sky begins to brighten.
6.30am
Sleep.
7.00am
Alarm. Snooze button.
7.09am
Alarm. Snooze button.
7.18am
Alarm. Snooze button.
7.27am
Alarm. Snooze button.
7.28am
Resignation. A few choice (and yet unsatisfying) swears are muttered. Legs swung over side of bed, motion.
7.30am
The water runs, scalding hot and steaming. Forehead rests against the tiled wall. Inhale.
8.10am
Out the door, heading into the office. Gray skies, a quiet neighborhood. In the park nearby, a man in lime green jogging pants does a few squats, then begins to stretch.
A handful of people are out at this hour. None of them are smiling.

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