shaken awake

At work, we used to have this thing called Rewarding Action, which allowed managers to give out "points" for performance, which you can then use on the website to get prizes and stuff. Since the program recently got phased out, I had to use up all the points I had received over the last few years and buy random stuff before they closed down the site. One of the items I claimed was this thing called the iLuv, which is a pretty cool alarmclock ipod dock thing (though it seemed kinda sketchy since it started at 75pts and dropped down to 20). The coolest thing about this alarm, aside from the fact that the face doubles as a night light (which I don't need, cuz real men sleep in the pitch dark - so I'm told), is this little feature called the bed shaker.

Now, you may roll your eyes and say pshh, that's just a marketing ploy, that's not really gonna work. Wrong. It may be a marketing ploy, but it shook my jetlagged butt out of bed in a jiffy. See, this alarm comes with an attachment that you can put under your pillow or next to your face (probably not advised), and at the designated time, the alarm on the nightstand will blast 107.3 at the same time that your bed-shaker beeps and shakes the wrinkles out of your pillow (or your face - again, not advised). The shake (albeit slightly violent) helps motivate you to whack the snooze button with a little extra zip, and the speaker/shaker provide a little bit of david crowder to wake you up slowly (or Bublé, whatever floats your boat).

Weird? Sure. But I guess whatever gets me out of bed in the morning eh?