Your new phone is playing, no, blasting that one Killers song. You are dazed and confused. You might wake your roommate. You begin to fumble under your covers.
[[It's 7:30. Reach over to your desk and flip your phone over]]...
[[It's 7:30. Reach over to your desk and unlock your phone]]...
[[Turn off your alarm and get ready for breakfast]]...
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(set: $time to '7')
"Smile Like You Mean It" stops with the thud of your Android phablet. You imagine that it's now 7:31. Jimmy Denton from LA or Oakland stirs in his sleep across your dorm room.
[[Stare at the ceiling and muse until your alarm goes off again]]...
[[Get ready for breakfast->Turn off your alarm and get ready for breakfast]]...
There are 3 tabs you left open from last night. "19 Ways Your Parents Failed You," a VICE article you stopped reading half way through when you realized it was built on gross generalizations and dumb logic in the context of <i>British</i> culture, to which you can't relate. The second is a Kickstarter for a web-enabled toaster. The third is a Slutever article about the impact of dating apps. Or the rise. Or the fall. You're unsure.
[[Tinder]]...
[[Facebook]]...
[[Maybe your parents did do you wrong?->Finish that Vice article]]...
(transition: "dissolve")[Congratulations, you have rolled out of bed!]
(if: $time is '7')[You really look forward to a long shower. It's been a long week and you figure a little 'you time' will do good.](if: $time is '8')[You'll probably get to use the waffle machine. (You have the whole morning to do that, as your first class was cancelled, but it's something.)](if: $time is '9')[Sometimes, you wish you could just put your phone down.](if: $time is '10')[It's okay to get a lil extra sleep.](if: $time is '11')[//Geez//. Something could have come out of this morning. A lot of empty time lying down. Time you could have spent all of it sleeping](set: $p to (print: "It's a little after " + $time + "."))
Welp, it's time to shower. It's only been a few days since you did last.
$p
[[You gather your things, slipping your phone into a pocket of your bath robe.]]
You can't remember why you're getting up this early. You're reminded of early mornings after infantile nights spent over purloined bottles of beer. Blue Moon. Scott's older brother wouldn't buy anything else.
You know that's not what's going on. You have not touched the vodka in your mini fridge in nearly a month.
<i>[[bzzzzzt]]</i>...
[[I wonder who'd be at the dining hall?->Turn off your alarm and get ready for breakfast]]...
(set: $time to '8')
There goes Mr. Flowers again.
(set: $time to '8')
[[Leave "Smile Like You Mean It" on a lil]]...
[[Turn your alarm off. Your first class was cancelled, remember?]]
[[Get up->Turn off your alarm and get ready for breakfast]]...
Uh, that's your RA...
[[Facebook]]...
The app's been long deleted, as you figured it was bumming you out. Unfortunately, the mobile site runs really well.
(set: $time to '8')
[[Look at the album from your little brother's soccer game]]
[[Look, there's "19 Ways..."->Finish that Vice article]]
[[Get up->Turn off your alarm and get ready for breakfast]]
He looks really good in this clip, kicking the ball so far and whatnot.
You end up digging through memories. You're not homesick, or sad. You just know you should call Kenny.
You close Facebook.
[[You want to read something->Finish that Vice article]]...
[[You don't want to get out of bed just yet->Finish that Vice article]]...
[[You know you should get out of bed, but hey->Finish that Vice article]]...
[[Get out of bed->Turn off your alarm and get ready for breakfast]]...
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(set: $time to '8')
"Dude..."
"Oh, shoot, sorry Jimmy." You turn off your alarm.
[[Unlock your phone->It's 7:30. Reach over to your desk and unlock your phone]]...
Squinting in the light that leaks through the space between your shades and your windowsill, you turn your alarm off in a few deft taps and swipes. You'll feel some shame when you wake up, but who are you really hurting?
(set: $time '10')
[[Back to sleep->Waste of a day]]...
[[Nope, you're getting up->Turn off your alarm and get ready for breakfast]]
You're awake again. It's almost 10.
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(set: $time to '10')
[[Stumble down the Vice rabbit hole->Read more?]]
[[Get out of bed->Turn off your alarm and get ready for breakfast]]
It's not very good. The author uses that weak and rambly tone that you don't notice until you've finished the article and realize it didn't say anthing. The book they cite in the opener sounds 800% more interesting, but you can't be bothered to even copy-paste the name into a Note or a page on the app you use to track your mood.
(set: $time to '9')
[[Read more?]]
[[Breakfast, buddy->Turn off your alarm and get ready for breakfast]]...
You wish you had the attention-span or the time to take in this little comic. You're not sure what the artist meant by having the anthropomorphic alligator shit herself in a Wendy's.
Your morning is slowly and surely slipping away.
[[Another?]]
Ugh.
(set: $time to '11')
[[You're done->Turn off your alarm and get ready for breakfast]]...
(if: $time is '7')[You swallow a little toothpaste by accident and catch yourself very much scrolling through Instagram and very much not brushing your teeth.
[[Get in the shower]]...]
(if: $time is '8')[You swallow a little toothpaste by accident and catch yourself very much scrolling through and Instagram and not brushing your teeth.
[[Get in the shower]]...]
(if: $time is '10')[You swallow a little toothpaste by accident and catch yourself very much scrolling through and Instagram and not brushing your teeth.
[[Get in the shower]]...]
(if: $time is '9')[You spend a little too long picking an album to play while you shower. It's been 10 minutes since you washed your face when you realize you've forgotten your towel.
[[Go back to your room]]...]
(if: $time is '11')[You spend a little too long picking an album to play while you shower. It's been 10 minutes since you washed your face when you realize you've forgotten your towel.
[[Go back to your room]]...]
Door's shut. No keycard.
(if: $time is '9')[//You have to knock hard to wake Jimmy, who seems not too happy about the situation. His first class is at 4. Later, you find your card shoved behind the Listerine in your shower caddy. Oh, well.//]
(if: $time is '11')[//You have to call security. The twenty bucks the school charges you could have bought important things, like two hummus bowls back home. Two!//]
[[Do-over->Wanna do it again]]?
Sometimes it feels like getting here, standing and scrubbing yourself down, is the hardest part of your day.
(set: $s to (text-style: "rumble"))
(if: $time is '7')[$s[good job buddy i guess]]
(if: $time is '8')[$s[goooood job]]
(if: $time is '10')[$s[nice]]
[[Wanna do it again]]?
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