“Lately, I’ve been hearing this... sound. Everywhere I go. Like a... tick. Tick. Tick. Like a time bomb in some cheesy B-movie or Saturday morning cartoon. The fuse has been lit. The clock counts down the seconds as the flame gets closer, and closer, and closer, until all at once—”
-Jonathan Larson, Tick, Tick...BOOM!
EEE! EEE! EEE! The shrill piercing choir of your bedside alarm clock zaps your slumber and mercilessly slices your morning open. You launch upwards from your sleep in a bitter panic. Glancing at the laser LED display, you center a chunk of reality as your groggy brain catches the pace of your already active body.