Weird Awakenings

Lestat · Post by **Lestat** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 6:05 am

I had a fairly weird morning today. At around 7h30 this morning some loud knocking on the door of my apartment, half awake and half dressed I got to the door to find two Nigerian UNMIL* soldiers in combat fatigues and with AK-47's at the ready on my doorstep. They politely requested entrance to search my apartment for hidden arms. Which I granted, of course, no sense in making problems.
From the noise of knocking on other doors, apparently the whole building was under search.
The search was over in about ten minutes and they remained polite throughout and they didn't make to much of a mess. But well, there are nicer ways to start the day.

So I wondered anybody else some weird morning experiences to share that make that you don't feel really sure whether you've woken up?

* UNMIL: United Nations' Mission In Liberia.

penguin_king · Post by **penguin_king** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 6:21 am

i woke up at 3 in the afternoon once, and my head was at the foot of my bed, and my feet were on top of my TV

Denethorn · Post by **Denethorn** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 6:27 am

I woke up and found an inflatable sex companion outside my bedroom door once

I did not want to know who wanted/used it, or why, or if they were implying something by leaving it there

- promptly went back to bed

ik911 · Post by **ik911** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 6:30 am

@Lestat: That is a very strange story indeed.

@Penguin_king: That is a very strange position to fall asleep in too...

@Denethorn: That is... suspicious.

Magrus · Post by **Magrus** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 7:59 am

Umm lemme see here...

1. Woke up to being roughed up by a friend full of yaegermeister with household appliances when he was trying to get my cell phone for a call. Luckily I woke up before the VCR hit me. *nods* Rough night all around there.

2. Woke up 20 minutes before my at the time gf had to be to work while we were still all tangled together and erm, ready to go.

3. I woke up to screaming a few nights ago from my roommates bedroom. That was amusing.

4. I woke up in R-wing to the sound of someone singing "Break on Through" while pulling the bolts out of his door on the ward. That was hilarious, especially when the door fell into the hall and he ran like the wind through the place singing it.

5. I've woken up in the middle of a conversation regarding dirty movies between myself and my old roommate. Yes, I'll talk to you if you address me in my sleep. Very weird night...

6. I've woken up to a call from my friend Kimmy on my cellphone to "Hey, I just slept with Josh, and is it a bad thing I have this irritating rash?"

7. I've woken up to a young lady sitting on top of me with a can of whipped cream, a bottle of vodka and a grin. The rest of that day is hazy.

Umm, I'm still half asleep, more later.

ch85us2001 · Post by **ch85us2001** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 8:02 am

@Denethorn- thats just freaky.

Galuf the Dwarf · Post by **Galuf the Dwarf** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 9:15 am

Denethorn: Aside from this sentence I'm writing, I'm not going to comment.

Me, I had 2 instances last year that were definitely wierd awakenings. Both times, they were days that I had to work. I go to sleep at about 11 P.M. or midnight (can't remember). Next thing I know, I'm bolt-upright & awake at 4 in the morning. I did not take in any mind-altering substances or what-not. Something just seemed to jolt me awake that wasn't exactly there. No sounds or lights or any such like that. Not even sure if I dreamed that night.

I tried to go back to sleep but some reason, I couldn't. So, I decided to use that time to spare some work for my often-zombified grandmother and took care of breakfast for the pets.

Fortunately, I haven't had instances like that since.

penguin_king · Post by **penguin_king** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 2:38 pm

[QUOTE=ik911@Penguin_king: That is a very strange position to fall asleep in too...
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i didn't fall asleep like that, i fell asleep normally. i just woke up that way.

Denethorn · Post by **Denethorn** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:07 pm

I decide to duck out of a drinking sessions one night and my friends see fit to dump a polythene pal outside my room. No justice.

I like to think of it in a positive light, and my mates decided to find me a nice girl to wake up to... only they had the worst case of beer goggles in history

Luis Antonio · Post by **Luis Antonio** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:20 pm

I woke up with my both hands up, thinking I was working, realizing that the stress I was having during sleep was the same I had during the bank work. Three months after that I've asked to be fired.

Galuf the Dwarf · Post by **Galuf the Dwarf** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:24 pm

Another one...

About 2 months ago, I ended up waking up with my hands gripping the sheets like they were a sword, and I was positioned rather like a warrior's corpse at a funeral. The catch is, I didn't sleep like - or dream about - that at all.

Luis Antonio · Post by **Luis Antonio** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:29 pm

[QUOTE=Galuf the Dwarf]About 2 months ago, I ended up waking up with my hands gripping the sheets like they were a sword, and I was positioned rather like a warrior's corpse at a funeral. The catch is, I didn't sleep like - or dream about - that at all.

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I'll recommend playing fallout instead of BG for a week or two, then returning full power to BG

I used to wake up frustrated cause I couldnt turn on the TV with my thoughts, as I could in dreams...

Locke Da'averan · Post by **Locke Da'averan** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:33 pm

earlier this year, i woke up strangling my floor-lamp(a lamp located on a "pike" about 6ft tall(180cm) it's never been the same and i removed the lamp to my comp so i wouldn't break it.

another one, i woke up and wondered why my cellphone hadn't recharged itself and i found out the wire had been cut off and i'm the only resident in the apartment...

Galuf the Dwarf · Post by **Galuf the Dwarf** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:35 pm

[QUOTE=Luis Antonio]I'll recommend playing fallout instead of BG for a week or two, then returning full power to BG

I used to wake up frustrated cause I couldnt turn on the TV with my thoughts, as I could in dreams...

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Well, I've been a medieval/ancient history buff all my life, so I think it's WAY more than BG.

Chimaera182 · Post by **Chimaera182** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 4:28 pm

Hrm.

1.) I was in hospital for a procedure involving my being drugged so I'm unaware of what's going on but am still wide awake (i.e. I was conscious and alert and yet the entire process between the moment when the stuff they pumped me with got into my system and the time I snapped out of it do not exist in my memory). I woke up after the camera had been shoved down my throat (I was having an ECG of my heart done) and found myself deep in conversation with my mother. When I snapped out of it, I was like, "Whoa, wtf?" She didn't believe I was out of it yet because she said I'd been talking to her the entire time. I'm afraid to know what about.

2.) I woke up at some point in the middle of the night to my phone ringing across the room, but I was so dazed I began slapping at my alarm clock and wondering why the heck it wouldn't shut off.

3.) This was actually the reverse of 2. I was house-sitting for my parents while they were on vacation this summer, and I had left my cell phone off (I was expecting a call from someone the night before but didn't get it, so I was going neurotic). Well, I woke up in the middle of the night because the power flickered and sent the UPS beeping loudly a few feet away from my head. Dazed, I really don't remember what happened; all I know is that when I was finally awake enough to be aware of what was going on, I was clutching my cell phone for dear life.

This was actually something that happened to a friend of mine. We went on a trip to Orlando for my 21st birthday a few years ago, and he had just woken up (he has sleep apnea, and trouble sleeping aside from just that) just in time to see me--in my sleep--jump out of my bed and sprint across the room. After a couple minutes, I crawled back into bed; the entire display nearly gave him a heart attac. I, of course, remember nothing.

VonDondu · Post by **VonDondu** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 4:42 pm

My weirdest awakening went like this: I woke up, turned off the alarm, got up and got ready for work, and then started driving to work. But then I woke up and realized that I was dreaming. (The funny thing is, I don't have to drive to work.)

Kipi · Post by **Kipi** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 2:28 pm

Well, what happened to me last autumn wasn't actually funny (to me when that happened, today it has got several good laughs)

I was in Nightwish's concert in other town. The concert ended about 03.00, but cause my hometown was so far away, I had to use train to travel. Well, the last train left about midnight, and the first train at the morning left something like 05.30 in the morning, I was at home about 7.30, fell asleep around 7.50 (and it took about 10 minutes to take the shower. yes, I was VERY tired). 8.00 one of those guys who decides which referees go to which game (I'm basketball referee) called to me and said something like "We have shortage of referees so you have game today, 9.00. You are expected to be there 20 minutes or more before the game." After that game I found out I was going to have not 1 but 4 games that day.
I was feeling like zombie whole day

Magrus · Post by **Magrus** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 4:02 pm

Another one for you, happened this morning. I woke up to "OW! Crap, I think I just passed a kidney stone!" and then a little while later "Hey, I'm taking Rachel to the hospital, keep the rabble out of the place while we're gone".

*nods* Last night I had to chase an ambulance down drunk too.

CopperWater · Post by **CopperWater** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 10:21 pm

A few nights ago I had a dream that I won a drum set full of nachos from a radio show and when I woke up that morning I was freaking out, thinking that someone broke into my house and stole my drums.

Chimaera182 · Post by **Chimaera182** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 7:55 am

Oh, here's another one I just remembered.

One night, I had a dream where I had taken a bazooka and tried to blow up my school--which was conveniently just outside my balcony and there was no screen blocking me. And after I attacked my school and hid the bazooka, I started freaking out thinking that there was no way they couldn't track the blast back to me. When I woke up, I freaked out for a further 10 minutes before my brain finally caught up with itself (and btw, there's a parking lot outside my balcony; the univeristy is in the opposite direction and like a 5 minute's drive away).