So, in case you didn't know, Daylight Saving Time started this morning, meaning that I magically woke up feeling like something was amiss and like the life had been drained out of me. I don't understand the point of Daylight Saving Time, and I complain about this every year, and I will continue to do so in case anyone in Congress is listening to my pleas and will consider abolishing this ridiculous habit.
Here is a little article about Daylight Saving Time, why we have it (it has something to do with Benjamin Franklin and how he was a morning person), and how a Swedish study found that some people have heart attacks in the days following the time change. I believe it. I am and always have been a vehement, late-rising, "more productive after 11pm" night person, and I do not appreciate having my nighttime delayed by one hour, then two, and then finally in the summer it's still light at 9:00pm and I'm super-depressed.
This whole "time change/ more daylight" thing makes me sad, and I really don't understand why we have to change the clocks and save daylight. Read the National Geographic article– studies show that this change actually does NOT save energy (as it was originally intended), and as I'm sure you know, some states don't even acknowledge or observe this (holla, Indiana!), and things work out just fine there. In the states where we do observe it, people are tired and grouchy and discombobulated and have to change their clocks, and this is irritating.
Also, the time change means that we are approaching my least favorite season, summer, when the bright light burns my blue eyes and pale skin, and the heat turns my brain to sludge. If there is an opposite state to "Seasonal Affected Disorder" (that's when people get depressed when it's dark and cold), I definitely haveit, and there is no "light therapy lamp" that I know of to cure my version of SAD.
In fact, I am so bothered by this time change, I have an app on my phone called "Sunrise/ Sunset," and it tells me exactly what time the sun is going to set every day as well as when it's going to get dark, and it allows me to scroll forward in time so I can cheer myself up by seeing when, exactly, the days are going to get shorter. You guys! I am serious about this problem! I know that Daylight Savings is a normal thing, and I've of course dealt with it all my life, but for some reason, it bothers me a little more every year because it just seems totally pointless, like a thing we are all doing because our ancestors did it, even though there is no good reason for it anymore, and in fact all it does is annoy and disrupt. So, "Spring Forward" makes me super cranky every year, and my mother-in-law feels the exact same way, and we will be on the phone multiple times this month complaining about how annoyed we are.
Also, if you are reading this and you are one of those "morning person" freaks that loves summer and is super happy when it's light at 9pm, just save your hating comments, because I am in no mood. Please, don't try to explain the logic to me. I really don't want to hear it justified.
In conclusion, nighttime is awesome and magical and I don't understand why you would want to cut down the amount of magic in your life. And so, now I begin my six month countdown to "Fall Back," which, in case you're curious, will occur on Sunday, November 3rd at 2:00am, which is 237 days from now. Sigh.
Also, losing an hour? Ridiculous. Unnecessary. Absurd. I'm tired all day, when I wasn't the one who wanted more daylight. I kind of want morning people to come and change all my clocks for me and put up my black-out curtains. Can that be arranged?
Finally, so I don't end on a totally crabby note, I will point you toward some amusing six-second movies we made on Vine last night.
Six-Second Guide Waiting for Godot: http://vine.co/v/bwnaF7EPhII
Six-Second Chekhov: https://vine.co/v/bwnmWeVJvdM
Six-Second Surrealism: http://vine.co/v/bwnBaVtxva6
Six-Second Guide to Harold Pinter: https://vine.co/v/bwnhWqZnwDA
