The Origins of the Sleep Goblin

Once upon a time... there was a girl who had two friends. These two friends went to the far away land of Madison, Wisconsin one weekend, where they met some boys. Together, these three boys and three girls made the notorious groups of L3 and BMR. The girl had never met el capitan of BMR, and as they had been designated the secret weapons of the groups should the revolution occur, the girl decided that meet they must. So later that week, the girl im'ed said boy, and they talked for hours. A "geek contest" ensued, which the girl won hands down.

The girl and boy talked everyday after that night, and the boy stayed up until the wee hours of the morning, entranced with her witticisms and anticdotes. Anyone who knows the story of the origins of the Dragonslayer will already know that the boy never stays up past 9:30 pm. Surely you can tell what a feat this was for the girl, keeping up the boy all night. Once, they even talked on the phone until they had to go to work the next morning.

As a result, the boy began calling the girl, "The Sleep Goblin." In a letter to the girl, the boy drew a little figure, as he had decided that the name required an image to match. It wouldn't be long before the figure and the name became permanent institutions for the two.

Slowly, over time, Sleep Goblin came to represent both the girl, and also her inner demon. Whenever the girl would do something "wrong," she said, "The Sleep Goblin did it!" Eventually, Sleep Goblin took on a life of his own, and became the mean little demon we all know and love today.

The End.



Today's Highlights:

1: My mouth has become adjusted to Splenda enough that Diet Coke with Splenda now tastes as good as real Coke! Yea!! (also, Pepsi One continues to suck as bad as regular Pepsi... BOO!!)

2: A flicker of the oil light followed by a quick investigation led me to the startling realization that I had lost 4 qts of oil in under a month... BOO!!!!

3: Upon driving home from work, I had the opportunity to drive through one of the fiercest (though small in area) storms I've seen in over a year. Yea for the wannabee storm chaser!!