i've always been mostly nocturnal, comfortably going to bed a 7am and waking up around the crack of noon (thank you daniel for the expression), but for the last few years i've been forced into a routine of waking up super-early. about two years ago that finally took effect, and i found myself unable to sleep in, even on weekends.

i recently got an opportunity to relax for a month, and the second i knew that i was out of the routine (that never happened on vacation) i suddenly found myself back in my old habits and sleeping beautifully, correctly keeping my eyes shut in the mornings but viewing the dawn from the other side :)

now that i'm back in a routine, i simply cannot bring myself to give up the best hours of the day: i'm sleeping about 3 hours a night, and i feel physically better off and mentally more alert if i don't get much more than that. i'm incredibly active in addition to my desk job, so either i'm on my way to a heart attack or i'm doing just fine. it's not insomnia, it's a gift.

enjoy it!

The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility.
- John Arbuthnot "Jackie" Fisher

"Killing the enemy's courage is as vital as killing his troops"
- Carl von Clausewitz

Soldiers shouldn't be policing. They should be wreaking havoc and crushing enemies. *Police* should do the policing. Make police-bots, make robocops, send in floating laser-droids...

But if it's not a battlefield, leave soldiers out of it. And if it is, let them have their way.
- This is one of mine

The reason for me not bringing up Aliens as a example is because of the humor part.

Although Aliens was action-packed and all it had a serious feel to it. - (personal opinion) Also it continued along with the story from the first part without cracking cheesy jokes or having to resurrect Ripley as a Human/Alien hybrid.

Its like how batman turned out. The first and second were pretty good in my personal opinion, yet from the third (actors changed from Michael Keaton (ep 1-2) to Val Kilmer (ep 3) to George Clooney (ep 4) ) one onwards it was a disaster.