Ancient Native American Alarm Clock

(Transferred from my old blog on 18 August 2008.)
Last night I was thinking, if this normal alarm clock thing isn't working, I need to use that ancient Native American Alarm Clock. Here is the recipe for success: Drink three or more glasses of water before going to bed. Go to bed. When your alarm clock goes off in the morning, turn it off. Instead of feeling like getting into bed, you will feel like running to the bathroom, where the lights of the house will wake you up. Then, you will waste precious homework time cleaning up your room. (Oh wait, that last part might just be me.) Hee hee. I think the original idea is that your full bladder wakes you up, but in my case, it just keeps me up.