Four in the Morning

Waking up at four in the morning has been an occurring theme in the last week for me. You may ask, "How do you monitor your sleeping habits, Manny?" And I will tell you that, "No, it is not only because I sometimes awake and look at the piercing indigo time on my alarm clock; but it is also because I have the help of a certain iPhone application named Sleep Cycle (thanks DMS). It monitors my movements when I sleep and ultimately, in a 30 minute frame, wakes me up in my lightest pattern of sleep!" Yes... I do use this $0.99 scientific wonder most nights, and the statistics show that I have indeed been awake at four in the morning for the past week. The iPhone's sensitive accelerometer picks up my movements as I sleep and graphs them out according to whether I'm awake (because of extreme amounts of movement), asleep normally, or in a deep sleep (little to no movement). Don't worry I've configured it to my bed and have tested it on the floor. I'll have all you doubters know that it works!

Actually, I was told that I was talking and laughing loudly around 4 something during the night last week. I was curious because I had no recollection of that at all. I checked Sleep Cycle and BOOM, there was an extreme spike of movement exactly at 4 a.m.

So I've been thinking... why 4 a.m.?! And what is the purpose for these strange awakenings?

It is also strange that I would post two long videos in a row like this, but thanks to my friend Britta, there is a video explaining the significance and an exaggerated conspiracy of the specific time: 4 a.m. Pshh, you thought 11:11 was special. Take a look at this...