Well I think it's totally fine to go from less serious to more and back again, as long as it pisses some one off. And internet neutrality is growing as one of the most important topics to discuss.
Clowns definitely both creep me out and piss me of at the same time

Lying in bed for hours waiting for Mr. Sleep to come and let me sleep. Get hungry after a couple of hours. Get out of bed. Little sleep I had lost. Again go wait for hours.
Well you are doing it wrong then, try counting sheep or maybe in your case fabulous men

personally I envision going down an fantasy-esque stairwell witch spirals down the walls of an endless tower.
The other classic tip is reading preferably something boring a schoolbook of some sort might do the trick. Or a really nerdy space opera that goes in to extreme detail on a orbital city's gravitational engines or the sort.