Sleeping with the TV
Sometimes I purposely fall asleep with the television on. At times, the constant flow of noise in the background is more soothing than the silence of the night. Prior to falling asleep, I will check the programing of the various channels in say, the next four hours or so. I do this to avoid waking in two hours time to the sudden increase in volume of the National Anthem blaring or the alarm-like tone of the Off Air signal.
In checking the channels, I also avoid specific programing. Basically, I don’t want anything on television during my sleeping hours that I wouldn’t have on during the hours when I’m awake. Considering that I’ll be asleep and that I can ususally sleep through just about anything, it shouldn’t matter what is being televised during that time. I know this, but it’s still one of those little things that somehow matters. I suppose that similar to certain kinds of music, some television programing is more conducive to sleeping to.