[MrGoodCat]

man i must subconsciously be terrified of my alarm not going off...i ended up waking up naturally at 4:45, so i turned the 4:50 alarm off. but the 5:20 one went off to wake me up. so i guess it was as simple as allowing the htc clock app to continue running. well glad it was a simple fix. however i feel that is a feature that should never been allowed to be "killed" by any task manager...anywho, thanks again guys for all your help and suggestions