So, Christmas is over, which means our holidays are over, which means that after two glorious weeks of sleeping late, I have to set my alarm again which, of course, is something I hate doing, but the pain of which is somewhat mitigated as of late since my parents gifted me with a special alarm clock in which I can dock my iPhone, so as to wake up to something I have carefully selected to be engaging and energizing, rather than the bad news and obnoxious DJ chatter that usually pipes cheerfully but depressingly and annoyingly out of my alarm clock at the top of the hour. I’m currently in the process of selecting the Perfect Song To Wake Up To, and so far the best I could come up with is Eye of the Tiger, but I think it leaves a little something to be desired and I’d be happy to entertain suggestions or recommendations from interested parties.
At any rate, the one strange thing about this alarm clock, as I discovered on Monday morning, and then again yesterday, and finally had to check the manual to confirm, is that each snooze cycle (the amount of time I get to fall back asleep after hitting that most wondrous of buttons) is only 5 minutes, rather than the standard 9, and it has an upper limit to the number of times you can make use of it on any given morning. I hit it a handful of times on Monday morning, as is my habit, and finally roused myself, only to discover it was much earlier than I anticipated. The same thing happened yesterday, and this morning I just raised the white flag and got out of bed pretty much immediately, so it seems to have the desired effect, but I can’t help but feel that I’m being reprimanded or judged a little by Sony, as if they’re saying that yes, I SUPPOSE we’ll give you a few extra minutes of sleep, but you should have been up an HOUR ago, so we’ll check in with you again in 5 minutes to see where you’re at. I mean, REALLY.
The Circle of Life is good, if you put it loudly enough, but not so loud that you’re jolted awake in terror. Or Pop Goes the World, but that may be just because I really like that song. Heh.
Circle of Life would probably work, but I dunno, dude, that Pop Goes the World is just a bit too aggressively cheerful for first thing in the morning.
YOu could go with ‘Jump” from the Glee soundtrack or any number of other peppy songs from either Volume. Just knowing it is from “Glee” should give you a “Gleeful” start to your day(insert dripping sarcasm) Good luck. I would have an equally difficult time trying to choose something.
Oooh, something from Glee might just do the trick. Better than the Indigo Girls, who I set it to this week and who are a bit too angsty for first thing in the morning.
I don’t know if you happen to have this song on your iPod, but I have quite enjoyed waking up to Fireflies by Owl City as of late. Not that I have the fancy iPod clock, but it happens to be on my radio alarm just when I am waking up on a good morning. It’s the perfect combo of soft and kinda weird plunky background music and happy yet wistful and catchy/ silly lyrics.
As far as the snooze button goes, I too would feel judged by Sony. My solution to this problem is to set my clock 17 minutes fast, and then say to myself ‘one more song . . . one more song’ to myself repeatedly until I really can’t stay in bed another minute.
Thanks for the suggestion, Amy! I will have to find that song and check it out.