I'm a cypher, wrapped in an enigma, smothered in secret sauce. Also, my name is Kev and I own this here website.
Well, well, well, Daylight Savings Time. You thought you were pretty hot stuff when you bested me last Fall. Didn’t you? What happened yesterday, big guy? What’s that? I got the better of you this time around? Bet your spring-forward-fall-back butt I did!
No doubt, you’ve bested me more times than I’d like to admit. The time I lost an entire day in college because of you comes to mind. But that’s all in the past, my friend. This year, I got you. I got you good.
My family said I was crazy when I moved my clocks forward five months ago. “You’re not supposed to do that until sometime in March,” they told me.
“I’m not letting Daylight Savings Time get the better of me again,” I told them. “With a five month head start, I’m pretty sure I’ll be acclimated by the time March rolls around.”
And guess what? I did get acclimated before March. In fact, it only took me four months to get used to the new time.
Oh sure, there were occasions during those first four months where I questioned the wisdom in having my clocks one hour ahead of the rest of the world. I kept getting to work one hour early. We don’t get overtime, so that wasn’t good.
And I kept missing my favorite shows on television. When you turn on the TV expecting to watch The Office and you instead see Judge Judy, well… it makes you question your life’s decisions.
And I missed a few dates, too. We’d agree to meet somewhere at 7:00. I’d show up seven o’clock, which was really six o’clock, not be able to locate my date, and next thing you know I’m leaving her an angry 12-minute voice mail message that inevitable ends with my sobbing, “whatever I did wrong… I’ll fix it.”
But all that was worth it on Sunday morning, when I woke up on time for church. While everyone else in the world was lamenting the lost hour of sleep, I simply smiled.
“Did we lose an hour sleep last night,” I rhetorically asked. “I didn’t even notice.”
What’s wrong, Daylight Savings Time? Feeling down? You’re not going to cry are you? Is the big baby going to cry? It won’t make you any less of a… whatever you are… if you cry.
Score one for “The Kev.” Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Daylight Savings Time. You mess with the bull, you get the horns!
Now, if you’ll excuse me, it’s time to get ready for the Fall and set my clocks back one hour…
;-) 3.10.08 at 1:21 pm:
hahahaha!!! Good one…. For the record, day light savings kicked my a$$. I’ll have bags under my eyes for weeks.
;-) 3.10.08 at 4:42 pm:
@Bex: I’ve been there, my friend. Why not show Daylight Savings Time who’s boss? Do what I did. Move your clocks now. Be proactive, not reactive.
People will say you’re crazy. In six months, you’ll be able to respond, “yeah… crazy like a fox!”
;-) 3.11.08 at 10:44 am:
I have trouble with daylight savings, too, unless I really think hard about it. This year, for some reason, I was thinking we gained an hour of sleep. So I couldn’t figure out why I was sooooooooooo tired on Monday morning…oh well.
RYC: I haven’t seen Semi-Pro, but I heard it flopped. I’ll wait for the DVD…and have you looked up The Landlord on YouTube? It’s a Will Ferrell skit…really funny stuff. I agree, though…the “cheerleader” skits on SNL…not his best!
;-) 3.11.08 at 5:18 pm:
@Angi: Did you know that Arizona doesn’t do the whole spring-forward-fall-back thing? I heard an announcer for a Chicago Cubs pre-season game say it the other day. If true, those Arizonians are pretty smart. Hey, does this change your opinion of John McCain at all?
I heard it flopped, too. It just goes to prove my theory: people of the world share my dislike of the game of basketball. Think about it. Will Ferrell in a soccer movie? Gold. Will Ferrell in a Nascar movie? Gold. Will Ferrell in an ice skating movie? Gold. Will Ferrell in a basketball movie? No one bothers to see it.
I hope for his next film, Ferrell gives baseball a shot. Or maybe cliff diving? Anything would be better than basketball.
;-) 3.11.08 at 7:36 pm:
Kev — You’re on to something here. For the first time in my life, I had problems with the changeover. Two whole days later, and I think I’m finally out of the woods. I just could NOT get my act together for two days. Coffee didn’t help. Extra sleep last night didn’t help. I’ve been a terrible mess. I hate DST. I’m moving to Arizona!
;-) 3.12.08 at 1:06 am:
this has been the funniest things ive read in ages…im digging all your one liners!! on a serious note though… we suffer day light savings time here in australia too, fortunately it is almost time for our clocks to go back to normal…but whats the point?! the damage has been done! even when time is normal again for at least three weeks, i shall continue to wake up an hour early, angrily get up look at my phone to find it is not 7 which my body clock had thought, but alas 6. then i’ll attempt to fall asleep again but to no avail. all this for an extra hour of sunlight, hardly seems worth the trouble
;-) 3.13.08 at 3:41 pm:
@Kathy: Of course, in Arizona, it gets about 200 degrees in the summer. Is it really worth it?
I propose we all simply pretend to live in Arizona. We stay at our current locations, but just never change our clocks. Let the chips fall where they may.
Sounds like a winning plan to me.
@Renno: Thank you. I agree. I’m sure it served a service at one point, but now it’s time to put DST out to pasture.
;-) 11.11.08 at 1:10 am:
I usually start a few days earlier and shift my wake up and bed time 5-10 minutes per day. Gradual change in habits makes it much easier. Plus until the time actually changes, I have some extra time before work in the morning.
;-) 3.9.09 at 10:16 am:
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