Quote of the Week

“He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.” - Proverbs 27:14

Have you ever known someone with whom you were good friends, but their body cycle was opposite of yours?  Personally, I am a night person, and fortunately, so is my wife.  We have, on occasion, had friends that are morning people.  I can say without hesitation, there is nothing worse than a peppy, cheery morning person when you stayed up too late the night before.  Despite how much you love your friend, it is indeed easy to experience murderous thoughts.

I’ve often wondered what it is that makes someone a morning or night person.  I know that I can function as either, but I definitely prefer a lifestyle where I can stay up until midnight or just after and not get up until 8am.  I feel like I function better in that scenario.  Unfortunately, this isn’t the hours most jobs allow you to keep (including mine).  At MetLife, we were on “flex” time, but I still had to be in the office by 9am.  I was able to get closer to my “prefered” schedule.

I also have wondered whether or not my body “cycle” would adjust if I were to move to a different time zone, or would it be the same.  So, for example, if I moved from my Eastern time zone to Pacific, would my midnight to 8am sleep time adjust back to a 9pm to 5am schedule?  That might make a move to Mountain or Pacific more enticing.  But with the obviousness (is that a word) of jet lag and the reverse, it makes me wonder.  I know the one time I flew to Hawaii, I felt great when we were there, and I needed a day in bed to recover coming back.

It is nice to know that Solomon, the world’s wisest man, was a night person.  Even with all his wisdom, he didn’t like to be woken up by a cheery person in the morning.  I guess if I were a king, like Solomon was, I would outlaw loud noises before 11am.  I don’t think it would work, after all, I can’t keep it quiet until 10am on Saturdays in my own home. :)  Such is the life with kids.

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Quote of the Week

Wow, has it really been almost a week since I posted.  I’ve been busy for a few days trying to finish my son’s room, then I started work yesterday.  I probably had some down time at work when I could have posted (while the progress bars of the installs were going), but that probably isn’t the best way to start a new job.

So, for a new topic, I’ve got a “Quote of the week” to post.  Not sure how many people who read my blog watch American Idol.  We started watching after the writer’s strike put the kibosh on our other favorite shows.  So while I was putting together a closet system for my son’s closet last night, we caught up on Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s American Idol.  That’s where this week’s quote comes from.  Seen on a poster in the audience:

“Simon is my third favorite judge.”

I found this to be very funny.  For those of you who are not aware, the format of American Idol (at least at this point) is that the contestents sing, and the three judges comment on the song.  The judges are Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul, and Simon Cowell.  Generally, Randy is a moderate judge.  Occassionally he will pronounce something as great or as horrible, but most of the time he is down the middle with a comment about the performance being good.

Paula is the positive judge.  She almost always has something positive to say, even if it doesn’t sound like it.  She is sometimes known for her inability to accurately articulate what she is wanting to say, often providing Simon and even sometimes Randy with an angle to pick on her.  But for the most part, even when she doesn’t like something, she tries to keep her comments positive.

Then there is Simon.  Simon makes the arrogant bully from high school look like a really friendly, nice guy.  Simon will often complain about how amateurish the contestent sounds, and has at least once this season said a performance was horrible.  (It wasn’t great, but horrible was an overstatement.)  To say that Simon is caustic is putting it mildly.

So that is what makes the sign very funny to me.  There are only three judges, but Simon was this person’s “third” favorite. ;)  Wink, wink, nod, nod.  Reminds me of when my parents used to tease me by saying I (their only child) was their most “favorite of all our kids.”  Or similarly when I tease my son telling him he is my “favorite son under 11 years old. 

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