An alternative to counting sheep

I've been an insomniac all my life, albeit to varying degrees. It's not too bad at the moment, but there was a time, six months ago or so, when I was lying awake for ages every night. That was until I discovered a way which so far has succeeded in getting me to sleep every time...

It has a few variations, but the one I use most often is to try to think of WoW locations starting with each letter of the alphabet in turn. e.g. Auberdine, Booty Bay, Chillwind Camp, Darnassus... This would be much too easy if unmodified, so I usually restrict it to places I've visited that day, or in the last few days (depending on how much I've played). The idea is, you see, for me not to actually get to Z - I need to get stuck on one, because that's when I generally fall asleep. If I made it to Z I'd have to think of something else to try!

Now of course most letters are easy and have many options. But there are a few that aren't. P has been a frequent problem, unless it's one of the days when I've been through the Plaguewood in EPL. I can hardly ever think of anywhere else that starts with a P. J is OK if I've been in STV (Jaguero Isle, Janeiro's Point), Felwood (Jaedenar, Jadefire Run) or the Hinterlands (Jintha'Alor). I can always remember that there's Jerod's Landing in Elwynn Forest, but since I never go there, that's not much use. But there aren't many others. X is only Xavian (NE Ashenvale) as far as I know, but I'm usually asleep before I get to X. Which is just as well, because for Y I can only think of the Yorgen Farmstead and Yojamba Isle, and although there are quite a few for Z, I can only usually remember Zoram Strand (possibly because if I've got to Z, my mind is in Ashenvale anyway after Xavian).

Most of the others are easy enough, although when I spent a few days playing only Madmargaret (my only Horde character) I discovered that the only place I can think of starting with an I is Ironforge, so I got stuck earlier than usual! I did find O and U easier than on Alliance days though, because of Orgrimmar and the Undercity.

(I have spent quite a while searching for a complete listing of WoW locations, but so far I've been unsuccessful - this one is the best I've found, and it has quite a few omissions.)

Variations on this theme... sometimes I am strict with myself and only allow settlement names and not zone names, but then I end up relaxing this when I can't think of an H other than Hinterlands :p (I know there's Honor Hold and Hellfire Citadel, but since Iolanthe's been stuck on everything for ages now, I've hardly spent any time in Outland, so I can't use them.) Sometimes I try to think of NPC or quest names, but that's much too hard. I got quite a long way with herbs once, but I don't think I've tried that since, although I did try the more general version: items I might have in my backpack.

Hopefull all this will help to explain to my guildmates why I sometimes get giddily excited when visiting places like the Jagged Ridge :-)