the ohter day, i woke up late. no big deal, because more days than not, i wake up late. i tend toward the late nights, and when left to my natural devices, usually go to bed around 2 or 3 a.m. but, that, in and of itself, is for a later story.

back to the other day. i woke up late. and despite getting what i would consider a fair amount of sleep...i felt like garbage. as though i had gone out drinking, dancing, and who knows what the night before. since i am not particularly prone to go out drink and dancing and who knows what, i knew something had to be wrong. "why am i so beat up?" i asked myself. then it hit me, DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME! this year, there was no warning. it just crept into the night at 2 a.m. and stole a precious hour of sleep from me. an hour i will never get back. (some would argue that you get this hour back in october, but by then, it's far too late) as i lay there in my bed, fists clinched at this oppression that we've all come to accept, i thought. "nope, not this year."

so, i am here to say that i am no longer observing daylight savings time. my watch and alarm clock read exactly the same as they did one week ago. those who know me, will just have to accept the fact that if they need me somewhere, i will either be an hour late (to them), or they can tell me to be there an hour earlier. i will not bend to this tyranny. i don't see why this can't work. for most of my jobs, i fly. i see this as a serious bonus. i won't miss any flights, but rather hack an hour off of the time that i have to waste before each flight. i will show up at the airport and laugh at their archaic system, as i am waltzing oh-so effeciently on to my plane. think of all of the time i will save. no more showing up 2 hours ahead and reading every magazine in publication just to pass the time. i can actually get things done at home. i tend to eat lunch in the middle of the afternoon anyway, so there is no adjustment there. it's perfect.

think about this: the people in indianapolis and phoenix have been getting along just fine for years without setting their clocks back. a friend of mine told me i should just move there if i felt this strongly about it. and i say "no!" the good people of indy and phoenix already get it. why should i move there to preach to the perverbial choir? it is my calling to dwell in the land where my message can be heard. besides, i can simply adopt the practice used in these enlightended parts indiana and arizona. so, for this and every summer from now on, i will be living in the mountain time zone.

why do we feel the need to "spring forward" every year? does anyone really care whether it gets dark at 8:30 or 9:30? i personally think that there is nothing better than a warm, clear, star-filled summer night. why postpone that? and who doesn't love getting to watch your favorite televison show a whole hour earlier. get on board now, people.

even as i'm writing this i feel the effects of fatigue from lack of sleep over the weekend. my mind is most certainly made up. this secret society that has set out to inconvenience us since the dawn of time has ruined my last april. never again will i wake up on a beautiful spring morning and wonder why 2:37 a.m. never happend. what if that was my birth time? do i just roll over and not get to celebrate my birthday? all because we want to sit on our porch at 9 p.m. and marvel at "how light out it is." you can keep your porch. i'll be inside, making local calls to my friends in denver.