Your average week day

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What are all of your average weekdays like? What's your daily grind or routine?

Mine goes something like this:
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Get up at 6:45. Shower. Brush Teeth etc.

Feed fish.

On Road by 7.

Get into the Boston Traffic line and start off towards work. Listening to either howard stern on radio or cd.

Get road rage. Use horn atleast once or twice. Occasional use of middle finger.

Commute lasts anywhere between 35 minutes and an hour depending on traffic for the day.

Arrive at work around 7:30-8.

Logon to computer.

Check all email accounts. Check apolyton and civfanatics for interesting threads, replying if appropriate.

Catch up on the latest local and world news.

Eating a bowl of cereal throughout my daily
"catch up".

Pop in a cd or listen to MP3's.

If there is work to be done, I'll try doing this in the morning and getting it done. If not, I screw around all day on the internet.

Do some work in photoshop or write some code.

Drinking a soda that has caffeine, preferably COKE
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Checking every once and awhile for new messages on forums or email.

Listening to more cds (average about 6 a day).

Have lunch. Usually a microwave dinner or leftovers from night before. Once a week is Chinese food day.

Get back to either doing work or screwing around. More likely than not the latter.
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Get out of work around 4-4:30 or so. Get back on the highway. Reach gridlock. Get more road rage. However it's less angry, as the day is over and stress levels have subsided a bit (my job stresses me out so much
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Get home around 5-5:30. On hot days get another shower because of hot ride home.

Get something for dinner.

Go for a walk or jog with woman.

Either watch TV, play civ, visit relatives in town or see a movie.

If watching tv, movie or playing civ, usually have a beer or two.

Get ready for bed around 10, get in bed, hopefully get lucky
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and get to sleep around 11 or so.

Repeat.

So what's your average day like?
 
[*]7am GMT: waking up.
[*]8am GMT: walking to work
[*]8.30 am GMT: logging on, checking email and browsing on CFC when my internet access works.
[*]9am GMT: work. Yeah yeah I work, sometimes...
[*] 5 minutes after, Kira's calling me on MSN. Chatchatchat.
[*]10am GMT: Kira, I'm supposed to work! Ok bye.
[*]11am GMT: worked 1 hour, now 1 hour break. Kira where are you? Offline. Hey Shadowdale. He's always online (cable connection). Chatchatchat. Stormerne joins in too.
[*]12pm GMT: out to lunch

switching to NY time...
[*]after lunch = 7am NY: Alci is online. Chatchatchat. Border Patrol might be somewhere online too. Joins.
[*]8am NY = 14.00 GMT: workworkwork
[*]14.30 goto 10am
[*]16.00 goto 14.30
[*]17.00 GMT = 8am in California. G'morning Arash. Chatchatchat.
[*]17.30: end of the (very hard) working day.
[*]17.30 till 21.00: chatchatchat, tetrinettetrinettetrinet with CornMaster and SunTzu. Also Java games (chess, cards with Kira and Shadowdale), and Graal with Thunderfall. Yeah I play with him.
[*]22.00: sh** it's 22 and I'm still at work. Ok byebye.
[*]22.30: home, cooking for myself (I know I'm not a great cooker but I can eat what I cook so...)
[*]23: bedbedbed
[*]zzzzzzz while (time != 7am) goto zzzzz

PS: exception for all fridays. I come home at 23.00. Yep I stay at work late to chat coz in California, it's only 14.00

PS2: I come back to office also on saturdays and sometimes Sunday. Yeah I know my case is desperate. Last level addiction to CFC
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[This message has been edited by GenghisK (edited June 22, 2001).]
 
Originally posted by drake:
Feed fish.

What kind of fish? I miss my Oscars dearly
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- but I move around so much that having a fish tank is a major drag...

I am going to start a new thread on pets!

 
I've got two big, beautiful fancy goldfish and several tropicals.

Oscars eh? Don't you have to feed them live fish? I couldn't do that! Seeing how sometimes, we buy the feeder goldfish for pets
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I've had one of my goldfish for almost 3 years and another for about 2 and a half. Big long flowing tails.

Ahh, I love goldfish
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Hmm. Interesting. GK keeps hours just as I suspected.
Well, I will now proceed to shock you with the life of an Aussie student/academic with about 3 or 4 contact hours.
0500: Get up, go for run, do some exercises and weights. Wash
0545: Break ones fast with orange juice.
0600+: Read paper, get in touch with news.

If have uni, get bus at 0730 or 0800 for 0900 start.
Get into uni, go to tute or seminar. Go to bar. Drink a little, depending on time (opens at 12). Have a pie or something for lunch. Go home. Often spend lot of time in library lost among the books.
This semester had seminar from 0900-1100 Wed, and 1100-1200 Fri. Lectures are non compulsary, and are boring, and quite useless.
This coming semester has roughly similar pattern/workload, but on different days. Have 4 day weekends, which is good
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If no uni, ie non contact day or like the moment, in the middle of 8 week break, same pattern, then read and surf during the morning, write and do research. This lasts until late afternoon/early evening, when one go's to the gym for an hour. Then, go out if Thurs, or have dinner at home and watch TV, computerize or read. Work usually falls during the evenings.
Stay up very late, till about 2 or 3.

It gets a bit monotonous after a while, but there are always those little things that provide difference or spark. I probably have left lots out, but the above constitutes the main outline.

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Drake:
I've had one of my goldfish for almost 3 years and another for about 2 and a half. Big long flowing tails.
I prefer Pirhanha. BTW, did you know that in France, a couple of old piranha were found in the Garonne river (on of the 4 biggest rivers of France). I think some collectionners released them... Now people don't have bath in it any longer.

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Goldfish are nice, have you ever seen Koi, they are the crown jewels of goldfish.

Oscars don't NEED to eat other fish, they will take 'fishsticks' just as readily, however there is a certain gross thrill to watching them hunt down and munch on smaller fishies. (but one time, the goldfish infected my Oscars with the ICK, so I stopped that sadistic practise). My two were a breeding pair, they both got to be over a foot long.

and yea, having a dog has greatly restricted my moving range, however, moving a fishtank is a ton of work, especially since everything else you just moved has to go on hold until you get the tank set up as the fish can't survive long in a bucket!

[This message has been edited by Magnus (edited June 22, 2001).]
 
some time early in the morning : go to bed...

some time around when the sun goes down : get up... sit aroud on the computer..

i have no life :_)

thankfuly.. i'll be moving next month.. and taking a 9 month coures.. then i'll be done!

today is different.. i gotta go downtown.. and stuff isn't open at 2 in the morning which to me is like 2 in the afternoon

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Blue's a nite person:

9:30-10:00AM MST: Wakeup, shower, breakfast.

10:00-12:00 AM: Chillin on the computer.

12:00-4:00 PM: Blue's free time Gym, Library, chores, chess, ladies...whatever I want.

4:00-7:00 PM: Go to work, if it's really busy I go in early, but if it's a slower day then I can stall off untill 6 or 7.

11:00 PM-12:00 AM: business slows, I grab some dinner and check up on email and forums.

12:00-3:00 AM: Close up the retaurant.

3:30 AM: Go to bed

9:30-10:00AM: Start the whole thing over again (I don't sleep much, maybe that's why I'm so edgy).

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7:00 wake up
7:45 go to school
8:15 start school
15:20 get out of school
15:30 arrive at home
16:00 homework / play on computer
18:00 diner
18:30 homework
19:00 tv
21:30+ sleep


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I know it seem hard sometimes, but uh...
remember one thing:
through every dark night,
there's a bright day after that,
so no matter how hard it get, stick ya chest out
keep ya head up and handle it.
 
7am CST- 3pm CST: I will wake up sometime during this time period.
7am CST- 3pm CST: I will have breakfast after i get up.
Usually have to work outside in my moms huge garden and yard.
Will Usually go swimming at my girls house.
But most of my time from 7am CST-8pm CST is a random thing. I never have anything planned and its all a spur of the moment thing.
Check CFC, MonK AOK Clan, Apolyton, and other sources. Talk to my online friends.
7-9pm CST: Have dinner.
11pm CST: get on computer to chill unless a party is going down.
11pm CST-5am CST: I'm a nightowl and i believe that life is precious so i like to stay awake as long as i can during the day, i'll probably get in a bad wreck and die because of my lack of sleep though
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Take a shower before i go to sleep.
Repeat and wash

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7am: Alarm goes off
7:10 still asleep
7:20 still asleep
7:30 still asleep
7:40 mum yells at me for not turn alarm off, i turn alarm off and fall asleep again
7:50 still asleep
8:00 brothers wake me up
8:05 get out of bed
8:06 check downloads from previos night, dissapointed only 2 worked
8:10 getinto shower
8:15 start napping while getting dressed
8:20 say 'oh ****!!! and get dressed
8:21 eat breakfast quickly
8:30 do hair
8:40 finished doing hair, start walking to school
8:45 School bell rings
9:00 get into class, get introuble for being late (again)
9am-12:50pm: school work and stuff. very boring.
12:50pm: go home for lunch, gettyelled at by mum, so i go back to school
1:50pm-3:25: boring aswell
3:25 start walking to work from school
3:40 get to work, find out that my mum has 'forgotton' to drop my uniform off there,, freak out and ring home, mum aint home, but my brother is, he says he will bring uniform donw.
3:58 recive uniform, find out that it is the wrong uniform, get dressed anyway.
4:03: clock in
4:10 get in trouble for
a. clcoking in late
b. haveing incorrect uniform
5:00 start draggin out for coffee
5:45 break time, start making coffee
5:46 remember that im not supposed to drink coffee, pour coffee down drain.
5:47 make milo
5:48 drink milo
5:49 make milo
5:50 drink milo
5:51 make milo
5:52 drink milo
5:53 make milo
5:54 drink milo
5:55 make coffee
5:56 drink cofee
5:59 start guilt tripping for drinking coffee
6:00 break ends
6:10 boss comes into staff room, get in trouble for overshooting break
6:11 boss leaves
6:15 leave staffroom
6:16 do some work.
8:00 start walking home, decide to run
8:20 arive home.
8:21 have shower
8:25 gf rings up
10:00 finished talking to gf, logon to the net, check email, CFC etc.
12:00 finished doing all that, logon to winMX, start setting downloads
12:10 finished setting downloads, goto sleep
12:15 cant getto sleep
12:16 remember that i have forgotton to do situps,
12:30 get up and do situps
1:00 goto sleep


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I'm reviving this one, because practically no one responded to it, and I think it's information that I and others would find interesting.

 
Wake up.

Thank god the wife is still there.

Kiss my son.

Go to work, waste time talking to people on the web (like Drake
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Go home.

Do husband stuff.

Sleep.

Repeat dailey.

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All times Pacific Standard

0730: Smash fist upon screaming alarm clock. Roll over and doze off.
0745: Groan, spit, shake head, elevate my leg, which is predictably asleep and numb. Cast hateful look at the sunshine outside.
0750: Make it 20 feet down hallway to bathroom. It is slow going, as I pause periodically to nap on the floor.
0800: Done showering, teethbrushing, et.all.
0801: Start cussing my head off as I tumble down stairs, having pulled a)groin b)hamstring c)neck.
0805: Breakfast. Several bowls of cereal and I'm set to go.
0825: Checking my watch and wonder where the hell the bus is, and if the Zulus have hijacked it by any chance.
0850: Beating up small friend as we hang out waiting for bell to ring. Many options, ranging from stuffing him in a locker, to duct taping his neck to a wall
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All in good fun.
0900: School officially begins, My Daytime Nap official begins simultaneously. I sleep through first block.
1025: Break time. I run over to mall for daily (over)dose of caffeinated beverage.
1145: Lunchtime. If I have tuna fish packed today, I delight in waving it around in hallway and watching as people cover their noses in disgust. Towards the end I am stationed in gym, shooting around.
1250: Drudgery.
1510: Freedom.
1550: Food.
1630: TV.
1700: Civ.
1900: Some nights I work out, others I throw pinecones at my dog and watch him go nuts trying to 'kill' them.
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2200: Food.
2359: In bed before the stroke of midnight.
0001: Remember all the homework I forgot to do.
0002: Screw it. G'night all.
0300: Sleepwalking time. I crash around house until dog attacks me and I wake up. Possible activities: food thievery, wall pounding, picking up books, clothes, etc. and moving them to different locations for no particular reason.
 
Ah, schoolkids, and people with excessive jobs. How I pity your subjucation.
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As you may all have heard from neela I don't really have a schedule.

I love to CatNap. I love the Computer. I spent 50-60% of the last two years before you ever heard of me outside. And while you've known me I've been 80-90% inside. I figure I'll keep this up until I start missing it outside - and that's about it.

Drake had asked me what my day was like, and I told him I spend all day every day being ALive -- Or Living.

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Love Ya's

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[This message has been edited by Johan511 (edited July 05, 2001).]
 
Here's my School Schedule:
Central Standard Time

7am-My alarm goes off and it ends up on the floor
710am-Mom comes in trying to wake me up, i groan and occassionally cuss like a sailor.
720am-Repeated as of ten minutes ago
730am-Repeat
740am-Repeat
745am-My dog runs into my room leaping onto my bed and onto me waking me up in a very bad mood. I shove the dog off the bed. My mom walks by my room saying i need to get up
755am-"oh ****!" I jump out of bed after falling asleep, run around getting clothes, fix hair, put on cologne. Get all spiffed up for my girls.
810am-Run out the door jump into my car and haul ass to school.
813am-I get to school, the bell rings in 2minutes. I get my backpack and books, i remember the homework i didn't do. Walk over to my friends, start talking.
815am-First bell rings. We start walking from the Parking Lot to the 1st period class. Walk through the hallway telling everyone to go to homeroom and other stuff
820am-Tardy bell rings, i make it to class at 818am. I do my work then lay my head on my arm on my desk and pass out.
920am-Bell rings to go to other class, wake up walk to class and talking to friends in hallways.
925am-2nd Period begins, ahh nap time...Damn! Work
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Nap comes after work
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I do my work get done to nap.
1015am-Bell Rings to go to 3rd period
1020am-Walk into room nearly wide awake, do work and talk to friends check on the unsuspecting foe
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and NAP
1105am-Bell Rings to go to 4th Period
1110am-4th period begins. Ah nearly Lunch Time! Do Work, nap, think about where i'm going for lunch!
1155am- Tardy Bell for A Lunch rings, announcments follow
1210pm-Bell rings for lunch! Hot damn! Walk with my friends to my car, either go; My House, Friends House or to Fast Food.
1250pm-Bell Rings to go back to class
1255pm-Bell Rings to go to 5th period. I do my work, sleep and clown
145pm-Bell rings to go to 6th period
150pm-6th Period begins, i'm late because i walk my girl halfway across campus to class
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I sleep, do work and clown.
240pm-Bell rings to go to 7th period!
245pm-7th period begins! I do my work, and start thinking about my plans after school....hmmmm 1) Go to girls house 2) Go hangs out with the guys, play some hoops ect.. 3) Do my homework :hmpf: 4) Work outside for my mom !supersaiyen!
335pm-Schools out! Fast walk to car, stutter step to talk to friends about plans. Meet my girl at my car, talk talk talk. Leave
The Rest is up to the imagination

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Elevators always smell different to midgets
 
I don't have average days...

Though 99& of my life is mucking around...so it isn't THAT chaotic.

 
Wake up & get ready for work.

Say good-bye to any combination of wife and 2 kids (whoever gets up before I leave that day). Usually around 7-7:30AM ... earlier if I get to bed early enough (see below).

30 minute commute listening to local rock radio, esp. the news segments (Kirk, Mark & Lopez on 98Rock in Baltimore ... 98online.com ... best morning show ever)

WORK DAY: start out slow, checking work-only email & voicemail over my bowl of cereal (SAME AS DRAKE! how funny) <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/goodwork.gif" border=0>

Pace picks up throughout the day: go to meetings, make progress on people's requests for help and other computer security projects

Work through lunch at the same place I had the cereal ... sometimes hit the Internet now(usually only news and CivFanatics) for short bursts if work is slow (rarely). If I make any attempt to reply at all, it takes too long (you've seen my messages) and I bleed heavily into work time (usually causing me to stay later) ... like right now.

Continue working to wrap up the work day after most have left because now they're leaving me alone and I can actually get something done! Sometimes use this time to reply on CivFanatics.

30 minute commute home (usually around 6PM)

Play/read/humor kids if I get home early enough.

Eat dinner with wife & kids. Try in vain to interrupt talkative 4.5 year old long enough to talk about the day with Mrs. Spiff. Dodge food flying from 1.5 year old.

Help put kids to bed.

Go to bed ASAP thereafter (if I can tear myself away from the TV my wife watches until 1AM).

Repeat, repeat, repeat. See? See why I can't get on the site often enough?!

Sounds like a boring life just from this, but the work is fun and rewarding and my kids are so awesome. Thanks for asking, Drake!

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