i was in a slobbering stupor when my alarm sounded this morning. i reached over to punch the snooze button, but instead managed to mash everything BUT the snooze button. therefore, in addition to the annoying buzzer, my quiet was invaded by a combination of the Titanic soundtrack, National Public Radio, The Edge, and 3 other sleep-unfriendly stations. i finally managed to stop the madness, but instead of "snoozing" it, i had turned the thing off altogether. so i had to reset the alarm manually for 10 minutes later. all of that for 10 measly minutes. but i couldn't even enjoy those 10 measly minutes because i was fretting over whether i had reset the alarm correctly. and of course i hadn't, so good thing i fretted myself into semi-consciousness.

maybe even worse than the snooze fiasco was the fact that i woke up in the middle of a dream where my former roommate (a texan) had just won a gaming competition in the scandinavian division, my cat had just thrown up on me, and i was in a red snow cone stand on the freeway eating a slushy snow cone for which i paid $6.02 (outrageous!). as it turns out, a school bus full of physically handicapped children had crashed in front of the snow cone stand only hours before, yet i still wanted the snow cone. i'm sure dream analysis would reveal me to be a deranged individual.

worse still was when i staggered downstairs to make coffee and accidentally put in decaf instead of regular. hello monday.