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you'll like the way we meme ([personal profile] memeswearhouse) wrote in [community profile] bakerstreet2012-08-09 12:17 am

THE INSOMNIA MEME BEGINS


the i n s o m n i a meme


It happens to everyone - sometimes, you have nights where you just can't fall asleep, no matter what you do. It could be for a number of reasons, or no reason at all. And this is what's happened now: you've been laying in bed for what feels like hours, just tossing and turning, and nothing seems to help. So what's left to do? Get out of bed and go wake someone else up, of course. If you're not getting any sleep, then why should they?


i n s t r u c t i o n s

• Post with your character (note the name and fandom in the subject).
• Other people reply to you by generating a number from 1 to 10.
• Have fun!


o p t i o n s

01 • FEAR. Maybe you're hearing strange, indeterminable noises; maybe there's a severe storm happening outside; maybe you watched a scary movie before bed? Whatever the reason, you're terrified and it's keeping you awake. You just want to wake someone else up so they can protect you from the monster in your closet.
02 • HUNGER. Your stomach is growling and it just won't stop. Or perhaps your throat is so dry you could cough up a tumbleweed? Well, you've gone to the kitchen to remedy this and hey, that was a pan that just dropped on the floor. It was loud enough to wake the dead! Oops.
03 • PAIN. Your body is completely worn out, be it from exercise, battle, sickness, or what have you. Either way you're in enough pain to keep you from sleeping, so maybe someone else has a home remedy or something, or can at least help you take your mind off of it.
04 • SOLITUDE. For some reason, your bed just feels so empty at the moment. You're feeling terribly lonely and really just want someone to keep you company for a while. Maybe it'd be easier to fall asleep if you're with them...
05 • DISCOMFORT. Your room is an oven. Either that or a freezer. Or maybe this bed is just really uncomfortable? Who knows why you can't get to sleep, it feels like it could be anything. Why even bother trying? Maybe someone else can preoccupy you until you feel tired enough to ignore your discomfort.
06 • PENSIVE. Something's on your mind, and no matter how hard you try to focus elsewhere, it's just not going to work. Your body may be tired, but your mind is incredibly busy and it's virtually impossible to get to sleep. Surely, talking it out with someone else will help?
07 • SADNESS. Something terrible has happened that day, perhaps; or you could just be severely depressed. Either way you're trying your hardest not to cry yourself to sleep, and it's not working at all. Better find a way to get it out of your system somehow; you need a shoulder to cry on.
08 • ANGER. You are just... fuming. Who knows why - that annoying dog is barking again, or maybe the people next door are getting busy and keeping you awake. Whatever the reason for your ire is, you'd better put an end to it so you can get some damn rest already! Go wake up a friend so you can complain to them.
09 • RESTLESS. You're far too energetic to sleep right now. Maybe you're just trying to do so out of necessity - you have to be up early tomorrow! But you just don't think you'll be able to fall asleep for a while now, so why waste the time trying to sleep when you could be doing something else? Namely bothering someone else - you're totally jealous because they're getting more sleep than you.
10 • WILDCARD. Choose one of the options above, or make up your own scenario.


retrieverchef: content (content)

[personal profile] retrieverchef 2012-09-09 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
One girlfriend and then a lot of dates. We thought it would go somewhere but... [He shrugs.] Life happened.
whattingawhat: (I'm listening)

[personal profile] whattingawhat 2012-09-15 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
It always kind of seems to get in the way. [She knows exactly what he means.] It could be worse though, right? At least there were a lot of dates.
retrieverchef: content (content)

[personal profile] retrieverchef 2012-09-15 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[His smile is bittersweet.]

Yeah, could be worse. I take it youve been there, too?
whattingawhat: (All roads lead here)

[personal profile] whattingawhat 2012-09-18 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I didn't really do the lot of dates thing 'cause...slaying, not conducive to dating but I had a few boyfriends. It didn't work out so well. [She pauses a moment, going for honesty there.] For me or them. It's not easy being my boyfriend, I don't think.
retrieverchef: content (content)

[personal profile] retrieverchef 2012-10-08 02:25 pm (UTC)(link)
It's generally not so easy bein' my girlfriend. [There's no way that's not an admission. It's too sad not to be.] I ain't around enough of the time and if a job goes wrong... [He shakes his head as if chasing away bad memories.] I never know if I'll make it back home. Most of the time, there's no safe way for me to call home and say the job's takin' longer than it was supposed to.
whattingawhat: (Face Scrub)

[personal profile] whattingawhat 2012-10-08 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
That sounds...fair. You're a bad boyfriend. Not by choice, just by circumstances. It's like I can't exactly not so slay a vampire 'cause it's gonna make me late for a date.
retrieverchef: worried (glasses side)

[personal profile] retrieverchef 2012-10-09 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that's exactly it. Although I'd guess stakin' that vamp won't take up to three months.
whattingawhat: (Super good)

[personal profile] whattingawhat 2012-10-09 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[Buffy laughed a little at that.] Probably not. I'm doing it wrong if it does.
retrieverchef: worried (laugh)

[personal profile] retrieverchef 2012-10-10 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
[He can't help a laugh.]

I guess you'd be takin' food breaks and he'd take blood breaks if ya did.
whattingawhat: (Face Scrub)

[personal profile] whattingawhat 2012-10-11 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
[She laughs a bit in return.] It'd really mess up the flow of the battle too.

[She swirls the last of her pancakes through syrup.]

Really, it's more that dating me makes you a target. They figure out they can hurt me through other people and it never turns out well.
retrieverchef: content (content)

[personal profile] retrieverchef 2012-10-15 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[He nods sadly.] And that is why I don't usually stay in one place for too long. Too much chance they'll track me down and hurt people I care about to get to me.