Typical Night

5:10 AM. Start.

Ok, it doesn't start at 5:10AM. It's much closer to 1:30AM now. [adult swim] repeats everything it aired from 10PM on. Futurama first, Family Guy second. After that, I really don't care. (Although I'm getting into Bleach right now. It's alright.)

So, after watch the same show twice in one night, the clock says 2:30AM. I laid on my bed for a few minutes and covered my eyes. I felt tired, but then I didn't. I sat back up, and started going through my usual bookmarks. MySpace, Facebook, Netvibes, Pownce, Digg, and then I just start going through Wiki. I'll start with today's date, find an event or significant birth, and then click link after link.

This might get me to 4AM. But it's just a possibility. At this time, all of the good channels air infomercials. So, I go back to my bookmarks. Maybe I'll leave out Wiki this time though.

I go through those boring social sites again, and I've probably killed 30 more minutes. If I'm lucky. It's 4:30AM. The idea of going to bed starts to cross my mind. I brush my teeth and change into some shorts.

I start to look at my blogs, and figure out where my next step is. As an example, I thought about posting a long essay on why I'm fascinated with rap songs about violence. Rappers go on about putting people in graves, capping fellow rappers, and wanting to fight. How can this possibly be good for that "culture?" And during this show, which airs on a public broadcast channel, the hosts are smoking things other than cigarettes, making gang signs at the camera, and speaking with the grammar of a 2-year old. Oh, and there's a picture of Martin Luther King Jr. on a wall behind them. It's the foundation of a generation of hypocrites.

Then I thought about posting about a story I found on ABCNews.com. Apparently, two teenagers were arrested for patting girls on the butt during school. The boys mentioned that it had become the secret hand shake, and one of the "victims" confirmed it.

Teenagers are overfilled with hormones. They are going to do things that are very inappropriate. It is nothing new. Yes, these boys were doing something inappropriate. But they should not have been handcuffed and detained in a juvenile jail. A brief trip to the principal's office should have been more than enough. When I was in 6th grade, I remember two girls standing behind me in line and grabbing my ass. Not patting, but grabbing. You know what I did? Nothing. Didn't bother me.

Some parents shelter their kids, and this can be a very dangerous thing. I'm not saying that we should all run around patting asses. But the kid who never hears a bad word, doesn't date until he or she is 18, and is never in a confrontation is going to be extremely shocked once they are free.

I remember hearing bad words since I was 3. I was "fooling around" with girls before I got into middle school. In 4th grade, if a kid yelled at me, I intimidated him by not backing down. Even with all this, I'm not a bad person. I'm college educated, with no criminal record, and no drug addictions. I hold the door open for women and the elderly. I give everyone a chance, and almost everyone a second chance.

And now, it's 6AM. My eyes aren't tired. But if I don't go to sleep soon, I'm going to make it worse. Tomorrow, I may not fall asleep until 7AM. The day after, 8AM. And that is the only reason I'm forcing myself to lay down.