Hey Baby... It's 3 A.M. I must be Lonely

Anyone who knows me, even a little, knows that I have a bit of a problem with insomnia.  Sometimes I just can't seem to get to sleep at night, however  I never seem to have an issue if I try to sleep during the day.  Unfortunately, most of my day... seems to happen during the day.

That brings us to the title of this post.  Every night/day when I end up still awake around 3:00 a.m. I can't help but think of this exact set of lyrics.  At least at first...

The problem is that by 3:00a.m. no one else is awake. All my friends are asleep, and my acquaintances on Facebook are usually asleep.  As per a previous post, we don't use Facebook to connect anyways, we use it to showcase our own lives in front of an audience.

So, at least a few nights a week I end up awake and alone at 3:00 a.m.

Around that time of night that random songs begin to pop into my head.  Tonight's song is courtesy of 'How I Met Your Mother' (Season 1, Episode 10, The Pineapple Indecent).

Granted this song has been stuck in my head for awhile now, but I had actually never heard it before watching that particular episode of HIMYM.  (thank you Netflix)

 In any event, it's another night where I find myself awake, alone, and bored.

When I'm alone and bored, I get nostalgic.

Oddly enough I get nostalgic about my teenage years.  This is odd because I hated my teenage years.

I was awkward and dorky as a teenager and I didn't have may friends.  Why I would ever be nostalgic for those days is beyond me.

Still...

I sit, and I think for awhile.  Maybe I recall a few good moments, worth remembering.  I watch a few episodes of my favorite T.V. shows.  Then 4:00 a.m. rolls around, and I finally get tired and go to bed. *

*Confession; once or twice I've been up to 5 or 6 am.

What's In a Name

Originally I had planned on writing posts mostly about knitting, with a few other topics thrown in from time to time.  Apparently though, while I am good at knitting, I am not good at writing about knitting.  It's hard to stop in the middle of a row to take a picture or write down some notes about the pattern.  While there may eventually be some posts about knitting, that won't be the main focus anymore.

To that effect, I am changing the name of my blog.  'Knitwizer' is now 'Miss Nomers'.  Thank you to my friends who assisted with my thought process with suggestions, and by just listening to me as I rambled.

Nothing ever goes as planned, but I think that by going with the natural flow of my random thoughts and writing, I can make this even better than I had initially anticipated.

...Where Everybody Knows Your Name...

To begin... I Love T.V.

I mean it.  If I listed activities in order by the amount of time I spend on them, it would be sleeping, work, watching T.V., and then everything else.  And when I'm sleeping, I tend to have a lot of dreams about the T.V. shows I watch.

I can quote lines from episodes and movies that I've only seen once or twice.  I get completely wrapped up in the imaginary lives of the characters.  I get more nostalgic thinking about shows from my childhood, than I do about my actual childhood.

So, there it is... I Love T.V.

I know this might be a weird thing to proclaim, but I've been thinking about it a lot lately.  Why?  Why do I Love T.V. so much?

To answer that I'm going to quote a T.V. Show:

"But most importantly, when I didn't have any friends, it made me feel like maybe I did"
~Fry, Futurama-Where No Fan Has Gone Before

Of course T.V. life isn't real, but I think what fascinates me so much is the kind of friendships and connections the characters make with one another.  I want friends that are ready and willing to have wacky adventures with me, and older I get, the harder it gets to make new friends, at least in real life.

I saw a video about a week ago that had something to say on the subject.  You can view it Here.  Skip to minute 7 of the video where he is discussing the impact of the internet on friendships.  I have to say I especially agree with the fact that we use social media more as a way to showcase our lives, rather than using it to connect on a significant level with others.

Even when we are using the internet as a way to connect, we tend to seek out groups of people that are like ourselves.  We seek approval and reinforcement of our ideas, rather than welcoming different views and the kind of intense discussions that can be had when we are explaining and defending our viewpoints.

I know I'm guilty of it.  I rarely post anything to my facebook page because my views and beliefs differ greatly from that of most of my friends and especially my family.

So, I suppose I love T.V. so much because I wish life was more like a good T.V. show.

"It was just a matter of knowing the secret of all TV shows: At the end of the episode, everything's always right back to normal"
~Fry, Futurama-When Aliens Attack