Late Nighter's. - Page 2 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Mänwe · 12-28-2006, 05:16 PM

Naria, yes, I call that second wind 'Barrow-down' syndrome. However I think it a wonderful affliction, something I think The Might should embrace.

I long ago gave up resisting the alure of the Downs.

Rune how could you loose the bug!?!

Rune Son of Bjarne · 12-28-2006, 05:25 PM

I don't know. . .It just happened

The Might · 12-28-2006, 05:30 PM

well it's 2 o'clock again, and I'm here looking at the Downs...which is GREAT as far as I'm concerned...

well I am actually online only 50% of the time, the other 50% I spend looking for quotes

Rune Son of Bjarne · 12-28-2006, 05:39 PM

I am watching comedy while having a democracy talk with Formendacil!

quite the mixture, everybody should try it

The Might · 12-28-2006, 06:24 PM

well...one hour, and 2 South Park episodes later, I am still on the Downs, and I am starting to ask myself when I'll go to bed...
At least I haven't ended up as bad as in my last summer holiday when I sometimes happened to go to bed at 5 or 6 AM...the birds were already singing outside

Rune Son of Bjarne · 12-28-2006, 06:36 PM

I decided to see my comedy DVD again and replace Formendacil

The Might · 12-28-2006, 07:07 PM

well, it's 3:38, and I finally decided that I must go to sleep...it should probably only take about 30 minutes till I'll do so...
I really dunno why I do this...I mean, I could just as well go to sleep earlier and then wake up early and stay longer online on the downs in the morning
I guess I like the darkness outside or many maybe not being disturbed while typing...dunno

Rune Son of Bjarne · 12-28-2006, 07:14 PM

I have been thinking the same thoughts, but for some reason I am just more comfortable sitting infront of the computer during the night.

plus at this time I can chat with american/canadian downers

The Might · 12-28-2006, 07:40 PM

well, at 4:13 I finally decided...I am turning off my PC and goinf to bed...NOW !
see you tomorrow...I mean today

Mänwe · 12-29-2006, 02:53 PM

Rune, Might, I thoroughly enjoyed your running commentary..and the birds are an excellent way of judging the time of morning! I tend to be on the Downs in the evenings but am distracted by the films.

At the moment I am watching "License to Kill", Dalton has to be one of least favourite bonds, but there we are...on a side note Casino Royale was voted Britain's movie of the Year 2006...I do feel sorry for Formendacil. What was the comedy DVD you replaced him with?

Durelin · 12-29-2006, 05:57 PM

It's Rune's late nighting that enabled me to learn about his not-so-secret-now fear of turtles.

The Might · 12-29-2006, 06:13 PM

Fear of turtles ?
I remember I had that once after I saw the ninja turtles...it's forunately gone now
I just realised that by staying up so late each night I'm getting in pretty good shape for the New Year's Eve party on Sunday...so yay to the Downs !!!

Rune Son of Bjarne · 12-30-2006, 09:40 AM

I did not replace Formendacil with a dvd. . .I was watching it while chatting with him and then again when he had been replaced with Di.

Thanks Durelin. . .I tell you one kind-of-secret and you blur it out!

I actually loved the ninja turtles, especially Raphael.

The Might · 12-30-2006, 05:07 PM

I however always found their adversaries quite strange...
Turtles are nice...I wonder if any are mentioned by Tolkien?

Anyway...I just realised that today (no longer tomorrow) is the last day of the year...

So before I forget to do this I'm going to wish a "HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!" to all the late nighters around here, and may we spend many sleepless hours together on the Downs in 2007.

Rune Son of Bjarne · 12-30-2006, 05:12 PM

Oh well at first he had written Shelob and Ungoliant as giant turtles, but decided that speed would be a problem and therefor chaged it.

Once again I am sitting up late, it is almost 4 am and I was planing on being in bed by 3 am the lates. . . .

The Might · 12-30-2006, 05:16 PM

don't worry, you're well trained for tomorrow...er....today
but when you stay up so late I guess New Year's Eve isn't so special anymore...

I now just realised we have the same time zone

Rune Son of Bjarne · 12-30-2006, 05:27 PM

well, you still get to blow stuff up!

I really should be in bed as I need to get up relatively early tomorrow. . .

The Might · 12-30-2006, 05:52 PM

So do I...if 13:00 can still be considered early (it is to me)

And yes, that's it, blowing stuff up is still special about today !

I enjoy doing that, I would probably have made a good Orc.

Mänwe · 01-05-2007, 06:10 PM

I am sure all these late nights are addling your brains, fear of turtles, blowing things up!?!

Such distinguished company..I have found i've been going to be relativly early, usually 2am, though I am not on the Downs. I think it's the terrible adverts I have to put up with between programs that just puts me off staying up late, that and a terrible home connection

Whereas at uni I don't have tv, so no adverts, and Uni broadband connection, I am looking forward to getting back.

And a "here here" to many more years of sleepless nights!

The Might · 01-05-2007, 06:16 PM

Unfortunately...or maybe not I have to stop with the late nighting, and tomorrow will be the last day I can be on so long, cause on Monday, it's back to school...
Fortunately I'm not having such a hard time there yet so staying active won't be a problem for me

Mänwe · 01-05-2007, 06:22 PM

You will be sorely missed at the "club".

But please do continue to visit even if it is early.

The Might · 01-06-2007, 12:07 PM

I definitely will...the first two weeks are really easy since this is the end of the first semester and since all our marks are already ready we're not going to do much...but afterwards it's back to the books for me

Mänwe · 01-07-2007, 07:55 PM

Well good luck with the work, I myself have a few weeks of revision till exams and in that time the lecturers are not going to bother us, which is nice of them..2:10am and i'm working on some new avatars, unfortunately the avatar restrictions are slightly annoying, however I know that it is necessary.

Kath · 01-07-2007, 07:57 PM

I'm just taking the freedom of a full week off to hang around on here late at night! A post for the Mead Hall is slowly taking shape, but with how lazy I'm being at the moment there's no way it'll be done before I go to bed.

Mänwe · 01-07-2007, 07:59 PM

No doubt it will be a perfect post then, the longest thought over and taken are always the best.

Kath · 01-07-2007, 08:04 PM

Or terrible because I've over-thought it!

Rune Son of Bjarne · 01-07-2007, 08:07 PM

A full week dedicated to the Downs!?

Is there not laws against that?

Kath · 01-07-2007, 08:09 PM

Probably! But still, time for bed now. Til tomorrow all.

Mänwe · 01-07-2007, 08:09 PM

Well when it's posted, I'll read it and tell you.

The Might · 01-08-2007, 07:09 AM

hmmm...my plan didn't really work, and because I was used to going to bed so late I wasn't able to sleep much last night (3 hours) resulting in a not very nice first day of school...but I guess I'll eventually have to get used to it

Mänwe · 01-08-2007, 08:45 AM

Lol, I know what you mean. I'm sure you will get back into the swing of things, though it helps if you have an interesting timetable for the day. There is nothing worse at times then being extremely tired, stuck at the front of the class being spoken too about various effects of globalisation for example, or the 'ins and outs' of primacy, or the fourth lecture on deuterosomes..
How was your timetable that day?

The Might · 01-08-2007, 08:54 AM

it was ok
since we wrote our tests right before getting our holiday we didn't get them back last year so today we didn't do much, just got our marks and the tests...
I was personally satisfied with my results

but I know what you mean...some classes are ok, but sometimes, like in German, I feel like falling asleep

but I'm sure the late hour visits on the Barrow-Downs will soon disappear (unfortunately) and everything will go back to normal...

Mänwe · 01-08-2007, 09:22 AM

Ah yes, the best start to the term, marks. Mhm, I should be getting some marks back, however the majority of our exams are in just over a weeks time. The old semester exams being at the start of the new...

Glad you did well.

Mänwe · 01-09-2007, 08:28 PM

How are the nocturnal haunting spirits this early morning?

Rune Son of Bjarne · 01-09-2007, 08:45 PM

Are you talking to me !?

Mänwe · 01-09-2007, 08:51 PM

Anyone who listens, a distinct disadvantage about being an etheral spirit is that noise just passes through you!

Estelyn Telcontar · 01-09-2007, 11:17 PM

Careful, guys, this thread is getting chatty. No personal conversations, please - take those to PMs. Thanks!

The Might · 01-10-2007, 06:47 AM

Oh no!!!
The skwerlz are upon us...!!!

Sorry for the chatty posts my lady, will not make that again.

Though I must ask myself...are we the only 3 who are late nighters...seems like a minority on the Downs...probably because most others don't have the possibility to do this in the first place
But it is nice to sometimes have the possibility to be online with people from the other side of the world...

Rikae · 01-20-2007, 07:28 PM

Not necessarily, Might. I, for one, have written some of my best essays at 4 am (the day they're due, natch.)

Brinniel · 01-20-2007, 09:14 PM

I often write my papers around 4am as well. I am always amazed how I usually manage to receive A's and B's on them. I also write my RPG posts around 2-3am.

I suppose I tend to be more creative around the wee hours of the morning.

12-28-2006, 05:16 PM	#41
Mänwe Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: May as well be the Arctic Circle Posts: 283	Naria, yes, I call that second wind 'Barrow-down' syndrome. However I think it a wonderful affliction, something I think The Might should embrace. I long ago gave up resisting the alure of the Downs. Rune how could you loose the bug!?! __________________ "I am, I fear, a most unsatisfactory person." - (Letter #124 To Sir Stanley Unwin)

12-28-2006, 05:30 PM	#43
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	well it's 2 o'clock again, and I'm here looking at the Downs...which is GREAT as far as I'm concerned... well I am actually online only 50% of the time, the other 50% I spend looking for quotes __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

12-28-2006, 06:24 PM	#45
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	well...one hour, and 2 South Park episodes later, I am still on the Downs, and I am starting to ask myself when I'll go to bed... At least I haven't ended up as bad as in my last summer holiday when I sometimes happened to go to bed at 5 or 6 AM...the birds were already singing outside __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

12-28-2006, 07:07 PM	#47
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	well, it's 3:38, and I finally decided that I must go to sleep...it should probably only take about 30 minutes till I'll do so... I really dunno why I do this...I mean, I could just as well go to sleep earlier and then wake up early and stay longer online on the downs in the morning I guess I like the darkness outside or many maybe not being disturbed while typing...dunno __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

12-28-2006, 07:40 PM	#49
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	well, at 4:13 I finally decided...I am turning off my PC and goinf to bed...NOW ! see you tomorrow...I mean today __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

12-29-2006, 02:53 PM	#50
Mänwe Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: May as well be the Arctic Circle Posts: 283	Rune, Might, I thoroughly enjoyed your running commentary..and the birds are an excellent way of judging the time of morning! I tend to be on the Downs in the evenings but am distracted by the films. At the moment I am watching "License to Kill", Dalton has to be one of least favourite bonds, but there we are...on a side note Casino Royale was voted Britain's movie of the Year 2006...I do feel sorry for Formendacil. What was the comedy DVD you replaced him with? __________________ "I am, I fear, a most unsatisfactory person." - (Letter #124 To Sir Stanley Unwin)

12-29-2006, 05:57 PM	#51
Durelin Estelo dagnir, Melo ring Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,063	It's Rune's late nighting that enabled me to learn about his not-so-secret-now fear of turtles.

12-29-2006, 06:13 PM	#52
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Fear of turtles ? I remember I had that once after I saw the ninja turtles...it's forunately gone now I just realised that by staying up so late each night I'm getting in pretty good shape for the New Year's Eve party on Sunday...so yay to the Downs !!! __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

12-30-2006, 05:07 PM	#54
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	I however always found their adversaries quite strange... Turtles are nice...I wonder if any are mentioned by Tolkien? Anyway...I just realised that today (no longer tomorrow) is the last day of the year... So before I forget to do this I'm going to wish a "HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!" to all the late nighters around here, and may we spend many sleepless hours together on the Downs in 2007. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

12-30-2006, 05:16 PM	#56
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	don't worry, you're well trained for tomorrow...er....today but when you stay up so late I guess New Year's Eve isn't so special anymore... I now just realised we have the same time zone __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

12-30-2006, 05:52 PM	#58
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	So do I...if 13:00 can still be considered early (it is to me) And yes, that's it, blowing stuff up is still special about today ! I enjoy doing that, I would probably have made a good Orc. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

01-05-2007, 06:10 PM	#59
Mänwe Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: May as well be the Arctic Circle Posts: 283	I am sure all these late nights are addling your brains, fear of turtles, blowing things up!?! Such distinguished company..I have found i've been going to be relativly early, usually 2am, though I am not on the Downs. I think it's the terrible adverts I have to put up with between programs that just puts me off staying up late, that and a terrible home connection Whereas at uni I don't have tv, so no adverts, and Uni broadband connection, I am looking forward to getting back. And a "here here" to many more years of sleepless nights! __________________ "I am, I fear, a most unsatisfactory person." - (Letter #124 To Sir Stanley Unwin) Last edited by Mänwe; 01-05-2007 at 06:16 PM.

01-05-2007, 06:16 PM	#60
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Unfortunately...or maybe not I have to stop with the late nighting, and tomorrow will be the last day I can be on so long, cause on Monday, it's back to school... Fortunately I'm not having such a hard time there yet so staying active won't be a problem for me __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

01-05-2007, 06:22 PM	#61
Mänwe Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: May as well be the Arctic Circle Posts: 283	You will be sorely missed at the "club". But please do continue to visit even if it is early. __________________ "I am, I fear, a most unsatisfactory person." - (Letter #124 To Sir Stanley Unwin)

01-06-2007, 12:07 PM	#62
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	I definitely will...the first two weeks are really easy since this is the end of the first semester and since all our marks are already ready we're not going to do much...but afterwards it's back to the books for me __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

01-07-2007, 07:55 PM	#63
Mänwe Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: May as well be the Arctic Circle Posts: 283	Well good luck with the work, I myself have a few weeks of revision till exams and in that time the lecturers are not going to bother us, which is nice of them..2:10am and i'm working on some new avatars, unfortunately the avatar restrictions are slightly annoying, however I know that it is necessary. __________________ "I am, I fear, a most unsatisfactory person." - (Letter #124 To Sir Stanley Unwin)

01-07-2007, 07:57 PM	#64
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	I'm just taking the freedom of a full week off to hang around on here late at night! A post for the Mead Hall is slowly taking shape, but with how lazy I'm being at the moment there's no way it'll be done before I go to bed. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

01-07-2007, 07:59 PM	#65
Mänwe Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: May as well be the Arctic Circle Posts: 283	No doubt it will be a perfect post then, the longest thought over and taken are always the best. __________________ "I am, I fear, a most unsatisfactory person." - (Letter #124 To Sir Stanley Unwin)

01-07-2007, 08:04 PM	#66
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	Or terrible because I've over-thought it! __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

01-07-2007, 08:09 PM	#68
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	Probably! But still, time for bed now. Til tomorrow all. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

01-08-2007, 07:09 AM	#70
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	hmmm...my plan didn't really work, and because I was used to going to bed so late I wasn't able to sleep much last night (3 hours) resulting in a not very nice first day of school...but I guess I'll eventually have to get used to it __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

01-08-2007, 08:45 AM	#71
Mänwe Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: May as well be the Arctic Circle Posts: 283	Lol, I know what you mean. I'm sure you will get back into the swing of things, though it helps if you have an interesting timetable for the day. There is nothing worse at times then being extremely tired, stuck at the front of the class being spoken too about various effects of globalisation for example, or the 'ins and outs' of primacy, or the fourth lecture on deuterosomes.. How was your timetable that day? __________________ "I am, I fear, a most unsatisfactory person." - (Letter #124 To Sir Stanley Unwin)

01-08-2007, 08:54 AM	#72
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	it was ok since we wrote our tests right before getting our holiday we didn't get them back last year so today we didn't do much, just got our marks and the tests... I was personally satisfied with my results but I know what you mean...some classes are ok, but sometimes, like in German, I feel like falling asleep but I'm sure the late hour visits on the Barrow-Downs will soon disappear (unfortunately) and everything will go back to normal... __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

01-08-2007, 09:22 AM	#73
Mänwe Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: May as well be the Arctic Circle Posts: 283	Ah yes, the best start to the term, marks. Mhm, I should be getting some marks back, however the majority of our exams are in just over a weeks time. The old semester exams being at the start of the new... Glad you did well. __________________ "I am, I fear, a most unsatisfactory person." - (Letter #124 To Sir Stanley Unwin)

01-09-2007, 08:28 PM	#74
Mänwe Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: May as well be the Arctic Circle Posts: 283	How are the nocturnal haunting spirits this early morning? __________________ "I am, I fear, a most unsatisfactory person." - (Letter #124 To Sir Stanley Unwin)

01-09-2007, 08:51 PM	#76
Mänwe Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: May as well be the Arctic Circle Posts: 283	Anyone who listens, a distinct disadvantage about being an etheral spirit is that noise just passes through you! __________________ "I am, I fear, a most unsatisfactory person." - (Letter #124 To Sir Stanley Unwin)

01-09-2007, 11:17 PM	#77
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Careful, guys, this thread is getting chatty. No personal conversations, please - take those to PMs. Thanks! __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

01-10-2007, 06:47 AM	#78
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Oh no!!! The skwerlz are upon us...!!! Sorry for the chatty posts my lady, will not make that again. Though I must ask myself...are we the only 3 who are late nighters...seems like a minority on the Downs...probably because most others don't have the possibility to do this in the first place But it is nice to sometimes have the possibility to be online with people from the other side of the world... __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

01-20-2007, 07:28 PM	#79
Rikae Mellifluous Maia Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A glade open to the stars, deep in Nan Elmoth Posts: 3,489	Not necessarily, Might. I, for one, have written some of my best essays at 4 am (the day they're due, natch.)

01-20-2007, 09:14 PM	#80
Brinniel Reflection of Darkness Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Polishing the stars. Well, somebody has to do it; they're looking a little bit dull. Posts: 2,983	I often write my papers around 4am as well. I am always amazed how I usually manage to receive A's and B's on them. I also write my RPG posts around 2-3am. I suppose I tend to be more creative around the wee hours of the morning. __________________ Nolite te bastardes carborundorum