tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post4491339931565770266..comments2024-03-29T02:43:11.575-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: OWLS AND LARKSJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-42329833596949111702012-05-08T23:59:54.890-04:002012-05-08T23:59:54.890-04:00Been an owl from the day I was born - who came up ...Been an owl from the day I was born - who came up with the crazy idea of setting an alarm to wake you up to start your day???? <br /><br />Don't they realize days go much better when you wake when your body is ready :O)<br /><br />Confirmed Night Owl and proud of it!!!<br /><br />hugs<br />marRosie123https://www.blogger.com/profile/11528374618939863598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-83732650218484938092012-05-08T20:31:37.227-04:002012-05-08T20:31:37.227-04:00Debs, I'm with you on the owl. Spent my life a...Debs, I'm with you on the owl. Spent my life adjusting to lark schedules for work and now that I'm able to write full time, the owl is here to stay!Marnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18356717353308912189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-58473625597320868122012-05-08T17:42:55.600-04:002012-05-08T17:42:55.600-04:00Ro, I love "a parliament of owls"!
I co...Ro, I love "a parliament of owls"!<br /><br />I consider myself fortunate that all my animals like a lie-in. Usually I have to wake the dog up.<br /><br />I'd better start adjusting my body clock if I'm going to walk the dog in the morning however, as we are moving into Texas summer where if you don't get out before 8 am, you roast.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11519514786198185277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-72048376939202827752012-05-08T17:12:01.423-04:002012-05-08T17:12:01.423-04:00....exaltation. And a group of owls is a parliamen.......exaltation. And a group of owls is a parliament of owls.Rosemary Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08033747422699443024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-5935374199537871862012-05-08T16:57:29.605-04:002012-05-08T16:57:29.605-04:00I loved that book An Exhaltation of Larks!I loved that book An Exhaltation of Larks!Rosemary Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08033747422699443024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-38526173012560054542012-05-08T16:38:35.560-04:002012-05-08T16:38:35.560-04:00May I just say, I LOVE TO SLEEP! And isn't it ...May I just say, I LOVE TO SLEEP! And isn't it nice to see so many fellow larks, a downright exaltation.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-69555536603072439592012-05-08T16:23:35.020-04:002012-05-08T16:23:35.020-04:00Lucy, my cat, Buffalo, is a lark, too. He (his 22l...Lucy, my cat, Buffalo, is a lark, too. He (his 22lb Maine Coon self) does chest compressions on me if I'm not out of bed and dressed by 7:00. Once I'm up he takes off to watch the birds eating in the courtyard. My husband, who is an alternating-intermittent chronotype, says I'm lucky Buffalo gives me till 7.Maureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-59109951112712705932012-05-08T15:48:03.646-04:002012-05-08T15:48:03.646-04:00Owl. Which,as I am a teacher is pure hell. My stud...Owl. Which,as I am a teacher is pure hell. My students know not to ask me complicated questions untill the end of first period.<br /><br />I hated the job, but for by body clock my job as the evening manager of a large department store was the best. My employees thought I was weird because I was more awake closing the shop at ten than I was when they turned up at 6.Zeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11504105694800511170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-10948047961280669312012-05-08T15:27:36.720-04:002012-05-08T15:27:36.720-04:00Deborah, are you saying that I, an owl who was rai...Deborah, are you saying that I, an owl who was raised by very annoying larks - The Beastie Girls - can relax and stop trying to emulate their wonderful herselfs? May all the blessings of the universe head your way, then.Maureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-39946640126989679852012-05-08T14:10:11.671-04:002012-05-08T14:10:11.671-04:00You all seem to have found your rhythms, and I thi...You all seem to have found your rhythms, and I think it's fine. I used to be a lark-taking care of children and pets,but now I am an owl. I find I like the silence, and I can do what i want (read), and there is very little outside noise to bother me.lil Glucksternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288522126331817172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-46904247791653966002012-05-08T13:56:15.111-04:002012-05-08T13:56:15.111-04:00Debs, I am totally an owl. I, like you would do we...Debs, I am totally an owl. I, like you would do well on a Mexican (or any of the siesta countries) schedule. It's exacerbated now by my lupus and fibromyalgia. If I have to get up early, I must set the alarm for 3-4 houra than most would have to. My body has to have time to wake up and begin functioning. I have to be up for an hour or two before I can take a shower, which requires a lot of reaching and stretching to do properly.<br /><br />By 9 or 10 pm, my body's warmed up and in as good a shape as it will get all day (if I didn't get up early and wear it out), and my brain and creative juices are cooking on high. We're in a lark's world, though, and owls are seen as lacking in moral fiber.Linda Rodriguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11913741596693442469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-38237250493879730312012-05-08T13:39:53.892-04:002012-05-08T13:39:53.892-04:00Definitely an owl! Drove my mother crazy when I wa...Definitely an owl! Drove my mother crazy when I was young - she is such a lark! Fortunately, my freshman year, I was assigned a roommate who was also an owl. When we awoke for an early class, we would get ready, go to breakfast, and go to class - all without talking, until after that god-awful early class!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06495937280335984726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-1083597415028312002012-05-08T13:26:08.630-04:002012-05-08T13:26:08.630-04:00My mother used to tell me that when I was an infan...My mother used to tell me that when I was an infant I was wide awake in my crib quite late at night. I was the first child,and she was sure that she was doing something wrong if I did not immediately fall asleep. She talked to the pediatrician about it. He asked if I was fussing in my crib. Mom told him that I seemed quite content,and didn't fuss at all. I just did not get sleepy until later on. The wise pediatrician told her that that was just my own sleep pattern and that I was probably a night owl. He told her about an older child who was a patient of his; she stayed up late reading until she felt drowsy. Maybe that would happen to me. What a prophetic statement! No matter how early I go to bed, I can rarely fall asleep until after ten. I keep a stack of books at my beside and read until I feel sleepy.<br /><br />I have had to get up before dawn for a gym program that my doctor wants me to follow. It is NOT easy! I do it, but have had to work at it. There have been days when I think I fell asleep driving there, which scares me. I am working at modifying my exercise so I can sleep later. I do all the gym type exercises at the gym,and the other things later in the day.<br /><br />I wonder if the fact that I was born at 9:30PM has something to do with my being a night person!?Deb Romanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-15707151759047882622012-05-08T12:39:18.425-04:002012-05-08T12:39:18.425-04:00I am SUCH an owl. Writers tell me, oh, I get up a...I am SUCH an owl. Writers tell me, oh, I get up at the crack of dawn and write. (RO!) I am so impressed. If I got up at the crack of dawn, my head would klonk on the computer screen.<br /><br />But at 11pm? I am going strong. Maybe its all the years of working for the 11 pm news..Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-58885348684680861952012-05-08T12:14:18.832-04:002012-05-08T12:14:18.832-04:00I was an Owl until menopause now I am a Lark. Both...I was an Owl until menopause now I am a Lark. Both have positive points.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-32372910280936295052012-05-08T12:00:44.841-04:002012-05-08T12:00:44.841-04:00Debs
I could LIVE in your house. I am an owl, even...Debs<br />I could LIVE in your house. I am an owl, even though I am definitely of Northern European stock. <br /><br />I can always be prevailed upon to stay up later and I always want to sleep late in the morning. I force myself to get up at 7:30 and think that's the crack of dawn. <br /><br />And why is it that Larks get all the good PR? And owls get associated with drug use?Jan Broganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11323983086318138814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-92166660572114210372012-05-08T11:46:45.232-04:002012-05-08T11:46:45.232-04:00Lark. Rhys and I must be twins switched at birth, ...Lark. Rhys and I must be twins switched at birth, right down to the tea. And I can't do caffeine after 3 or 4 in the afternoon or I'm up until the wee hours.Laura DiSilveriohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603655651769232107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-74887712965870941822012-05-08T11:40:00.124-04:002012-05-08T11:40:00.124-04:00I'm an absolute lark (so maybe we should never...I'm an absolute lark (so maybe we should never share a room at a convention, Debs). I need to fall asleep by around 10. Then I wake when it's light and I start writing right after a cup of tea. <br />If I stay awake watching a good program until eleven, I could be awake all night. My brain just won't switch off.Rhys Bowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06663634889908752121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-6021490055282646522012-05-08T10:13:20.756-04:002012-05-08T10:13:20.756-04:00I've been an owl since childhood, as are most ...I've been an owl since childhood, as are most of the women in my family, and in my husband's family. <br /><br />The funny thing is that we are all married to larks.Karen in Ohionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-36250523307195018382012-05-08T10:12:44.153-04:002012-05-08T10:12:44.153-04:00I'm a lark, always have been. My sister is a b...I'm a lark, always have been. My sister is a born owl. The Munchkin is very much a lark. How many teenagers think staying in bed until 7AM is sleeping in?Sofie Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16830230500527705589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-84201538898832621812012-05-08T07:42:00.866-04:002012-05-08T07:42:00.866-04:00LOL, Ramona! I become a crow if someone keeps me u...LOL, Ramona! I become a crow if someone keeps me up at night! But it's my cat Yoda who's the real lark...we've perfected the art of throwing the dog out of the bedroom with him at 5 so he can't rattle the door with his paw...Lucy Burdettehttp://www.lucyburdette.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-58603648024688420492012-05-08T07:23:12.153-04:002012-05-08T07:23:12.153-04:00Lark, in a house with owls. If anyone disturbs my ...Lark, in a house with owls. If anyone disturbs my happy morning time, I become a crow.Ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627775403015684868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-5340658219684823262012-05-08T06:19:06.517-04:002012-05-08T06:19:06.517-04:00Totally a lark, always have been. That said, I don...Totally a lark, always have been. That said, I don't usually get to bed early enough for how early I get up, so have perfected the art of power napping, even in my car during the work day. Recline the driver's seat. Check the time. Take off the glasses. Fall asleep. Wake up almost exactly 15 minutes later, refreshed. Reverse the steps and head back to my desk.<br /><br />But I don't feel any virtue in my system or in yours! It's just how our bodies work.Edith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-68454155858746170232012-05-08T06:02:47.306-04:002012-05-08T06:02:47.306-04:00I'm an owl living in a lark's world. I'...I'm an owl living in a lark's world. I'm now up all odd hours, but left on my own would be doing all the good stuff at 2 am.Marehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04009150624387696786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-12356496924354844812012-05-08T05:57:49.608-04:002012-05-08T05:57:49.608-04:00Can I be both? I just like being up when no one el...Can I be both? I just like being up when no one else is. I'm writing this before 6 am, but I've already been up for over an hour...Rosemary Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08033747422699443024noreply@blogger.com