Insomnia, It's the televisions fault

Ok, so this isn't really journalism related but it is something that has been bothering me for a while.

Lately I've been finding it incredibly difficult to just fall asleep at a reasonable time, however I have no trouble in the mornings or afternoons. I thought it may just be a student thing like becoming a borderline alcoholic or forming an iron stomach from eating too much undercooked food. However I do have my own theory.

Television. Daytime TV is beyond bad, programs such as Come Dine with Me and Jeremy Kyle makes me want to cry. Don't even get me started on soaps such as Neighbors, Hollyoaks and Home and Away, I would do terrible things to the people responsible for such piss soaked atrocities.

Due to this reason (and having very little deadlines) I've found myself sleeping through most of the day and finally feeling awake at about 4pm, disgusting I know. This has lead to me not feeling tired until about 3 and i don't know how many of you stay up that late but there is some seriously good television on if you are prepared to commit.

Occasionally if you wait long enough you can catch obscure foreign horror films, beautiful Japanese animation and some really pointless TV shows. BBC 3 is particularly good for the latter with shows featuring middle-aged mums dressing like Thai prostitutes just to embarrass their daughters or shows about teenage girls wearing so much make-up and revealing clothes it makes you question your faith in humanity. Don't get me wrong I'm a pretty liberal guy but some of these girls are really pushing it.

Trouble is all of this TV is so easy to watch and you find yourself getting too engrossed in the seedy underworld of late night television. I just want a total overhaul where the skull-numbingly boring day time TV is shown late at night and the strange slightly scary programs are shown at a normal time.

This is a ridiculous thing to propose and to be honest I am the perfect target market for these types of shows; a student who stays up way too late. Until I graduate and join the real world I may as well enjoy it and make the most of it until tragic afternoon and evening television becomes my life when I'm old and rubbish.

Maybe I could pass this off as an opinion piece, probably not.

I HATE MISSING GIGS!!!!

I know now, more than ever, that I want to be a music journalist. Why? Because I'm meant to be going to see one of my favorite bands tonight, Architects. Give them a listen; http://www.myspace.com/architectsuk

It's no-ones fault I'm not going, sadly just lack of money all round. Unfortunately I hastily bought a ticket before anyone else, and the gig sold out. This meant that even if I wanted people to come with me, they couldn't.

So now I've spent the day sulking and being miserable, because I haven't been to a good gig in ages and I've been excited about this for weeks. What's making it even worse is that every time I sign in to facebook or twitter, Architects are ranting about how "awesome" the tour has been so far and how 'syked' they are for tonight.

I hate missing out on things in general, but this is particularly annoying me because it's been so long. I remember in my gap year when I had total disposable income, and going to gigs was a twice-monthly event sometimes. It was at a gig that I decided to study music journalism, because I was stood there thinking "wouldn't it be rad if I got paid for this, wait, I can!".

But, for tonight, I'm just going to have to man up, forget about how furiously amazing the gig would have been, and look forward to the festival season in the Summer.

I'm also missing out on buying some sweet merch, particularly the 'combat whale' t-shirt - probably the best concept for a t-shirt I've ever seen.
http://architects.bigcartel.com/product/combat-whale-shirt-new
Check that out, that's what I'm missing, bollocks.