The Know: Get Your Ass Outta Bed

August 12, 2010 Posted in Cool Stuff

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Here’s a fact: If there was an award for the worst morning person, I would win. By a landslide.

I FAIL at early mornings. I set four alarms, hit snooze on all of them 6 times and then eventually turn them off. I’ve even tried setting alarms across the room… only to hop back into bed for “five more minutes.” I’m a morning disaster. If I had to describe myself in one word: Over-sleeper would probably win over ‘fantabulous’ (although I like to think I am that too. Maybe a fantabulous over-sleeper? That I definitely am!).

But last night my friend just told me about a GENIUS alarm clock that I totally dread trying but figured we all should know about because, even if you are a morning person (I will NEVER understand you weird breed of people), we all have those days when we are up studying/out drinking and have about 2 hours of shut eye before class… and fear turning off our alarm clock in our sleep.

The Math Alarm Clock phone app (available on Android and iPhone and maybe a few others) forces you to SOLVE A MATH PROBLEM CORRECTLY before the alarm will shut off. You can choose the level of difficulty (think: easy for kids… orrr math challenged folks like me, and equations you haven’t had to use since high school for the more difficult level). You can pick the song (I know Ke$ha will definitely get me out of bed) or the more obnoxious buzzing sound your phone will play until you solve the problem correctly.

Just imagine it. You’ve got Chumbawumba blaring from your phone while you attempt to solve some crazy math problem. In bed. With your hair all over the place and your eyeliner smudged under your eyes…

I might end up throwing my phone out the window but at least I will a) be awake and b) brush up on my long division skills.

Sounds like a win/win to me!

Do you have a fool proof way to get your ass out of bed in the morning? Share below!!

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Jessica says:
Thu, 12th Aug 20108:30 am

When I was in middle/high school it was my dad's job to get us kids out of bed each morning. Well, he's basically an evil genious, he would put glass marbles in the freezer so they'd be ridiculously cold, and then toss a few into the bed, they'd roll up against you and let me tell ya, that worked for me everytime.

Prolly not practical but at least I wasn't ever late!

K says:
Thu, 12th Aug 20102:28 pm

That sounds awesome and terrible at the same time. Even if the person with the clock actually decides to use it, I’m sure the roommate would be so annoyed. I suppose I would try it out and set it to have a big calculus problem but I don’t think I’d like a loud tone going off, like Ke$ha, while I’m racking my brain trying to figure it out. haha. If I set it to an easier problem, I’d probably go right back to sleep though.

Lisa says:
Thu, 12th Aug 20105:10 pm

I kind of agree like the person above me, but luckily, the BF I live with won’t care. And it WOULD definitely wake me up!

However, I can get ticked off easily when I’m groggy, and I don’t think the best way to start the day is trying to solve a math problem (which I hate) to an annoying buzzing or song. I’d probably get really pissed.

Have you ever seen clocky? It’s a clock with wheels, that starts buzzing and “runs away” from you…so you have to CHASE it down to turn it off. It works really well for some people I know, because not only do they get out of bed, but they get moving too.

eliz says:
Thu, 12th Aug 20109:42 pm

ha @jessica. i'm living back at home for the summer and my brother has to get up super early for his summer job. my father has taken to spraying him with water. psychotic, but it works.

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