It’s midnight. You’re probably asleep.
I’m not.
Assignments: many. Brain: buffering.
So I opened Words With Friends because clearly I’m a responsible adult who replaces sleep with vowels.
At first glance? Easy.
I saw myself dominating the board like a relaxed dictionary in lip gloss.
Then the board looked back and said: no.
The delulu phase (a timeline)
00:07 Confidence.
“Pfft, I’ll beat my friend fast.”
(Narrator: she would not.)
00:19 Eureka!
I found a word. It felt clever. I celebrated in lowercase and hubris.
00:20 Rejection.
And now i'm screwed..
It didn't worksssssss :"""""""""""""
App: That’s not a valid word.
Me: Then invent it, coward.
00:27 Saberly??
What even is saberly. Adverb of saber? As in “He swung saberly, Your Honor”?
My brain: beam saber go bzzzt.
The app: no thoughts, just tiles.
00:33 My opponent’s evil laugh (imagined).
He probably placed a 5-letter on a triple word like it was nothing.
I did the only logical thing: opened this blog editor.
Things keeping me awake (besides the score)
- Assignments with due dates that multiply when I blink.
- The burning question: does QI still count or did they nerf it.
- The knowledge that I could have been sleeping, and instead I learned ZA is legal while my feelings are not.
If you’re also up at midnight
- Place your S carefully; it’s the one-letter sugar daddy.
- Guard the triple word squares like your last brain cell.
- Screenshot the board, walk away, drink water, come back with a less feral perspective.
- Or do what I did: write a post so future-you can laugh at past-you (and still lose).
Status update
- I am still awake. The board is still rude.
- My friend is probably snoring victoriously.
- Me? Practicing resilience and inventing adverbs: I will sleep saberly.
What are you doing at midnight?
(Wrong answers welcome.)
Ikkel
Ikkel
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