This could be the reason + King Kong (teaching + random)

It is currently 5:38 am and my brain has pushed me awake again. Yesterday, I was thinking about the bulletin boards in my classroom (a source of a great range of emotion for many a teacher). Today, it was my count of the day (just realized I did not designate a space while simultaneously deciding to use coins to reinforce money equivalents). These thoughts are not exactly rocket science but currently they are a pretty big deal in my world. But really, 5 a.m. is not the best time to be doing this thinking. To me, this seems like very good mid-afternoon thought. You know, that time of day you almost could take a nap; your mind is open to loose connections that may bring you to an unexpected idea. It seems, while at school, my brain is so preoccupied by other things, I need to wake up early-early to think. I spent the first two years of my teaching life in a state of moderate-to-severe sleepiness. I think this idea of using sleeping time as thinking time could very well be the reason.

On another note, I walked past the Empire State Building last night (it was between my friend's house and the subway I decided to take home). It was a very cloudy night. Because NYC is lit up like Christmas all of the time, it was very bright outside. The top of the Empire State Building was alternating between actually covered by clouds and seeming like it was closer than it actually is because the clouds caused some crazy back-lit deal. During my walk, I decided that the combination of these effects would have been perfect for the old-school King Kong to do his thing.