Sunday, 31st May 2009
Insomnia
Insomnia....Warning!!! Those Who Have Not Yet Grasped the Concept of The Sarcasm in My Blogs Do Not Read This!
2:00 am Insomnia, what a killer! Sometimes I wonder if I do suffer from it...or if it's just my cold that's keeping me up. I hate colds and now its the time for them! That burning sensation in your throat, the concrete blocked nose, the red soreness...... all thanks to air-conditioning. It kills me when I walk in from the hot arid air outside into Siberian-like temperatures in shops. "Can I help you with something miss?" the sales assistant will ask, to which I feel like replying "Hypothermia, thank you."
2:45 am How much Facebooking can you possibly fit into a night? First, ‘one' changes their status. ‘One' should try to make it an original funny phrase to attract more people onto ‘one's' page and possibly get them to comment. Then ‘one' writes nonsense on people's wall. Occasionally, one wishes ‘Friends' (cause on Facebook Frenemies are many! Haha) Happy birthday, even though you don't really know them that well. Finally one may upload photos and tell others that you don't really like people spying on your so-called-private life, when in actual fact you just love the fact that people spy on you, because let's face it, you spy on others yourself.....ah the beauty of Facebook!!
3:00am A thought crosses my mind. With no fear in my heart of sounding like Paris Hilton on one of her brighter days, I ponder about the thought of the one physical defect that I embrace. I know I'm partially squint! I think it's hilarious that people actually take the mickey out of me losing my eye at times. A teacher in year 1 had pointed it out to my mother and told her I should get glasses. Then a doctor said it was cause my eyes were too far apart, "Great" I thought to myself "I'm the elephant man!" (sic) Later at 6th Form this one guy kept calling me Ronaldo, I could never ever get the joke. When I asked him why, the elaborate explanation, referred to the fact that I took on football with the women's team and I would never be able to score a goal because I was squint according to him. Funny? Nah....think I should count sheep it's better.
3:20am 1, 2, 3, 4, 5....Sheep are boring, I'd rather count instruments. Did you know that philharmonic orchestras have up to 100 musicians? Incredible, how they all play in symphony creating heavenly music. Lately my grand father was watching a DVD of Andre Rieu, the Dutch Violonist, Composer and Conductor. I was awe-struck, by his talent, but moreover by how entertaining his show is.
3:45am Finished my first bog roll and get up to get another one. My nose is seriously red and sore now and I'm starting to develop a Michael Jackson ‘Nose' complex. ‘Plastic Surgery,' I've thought about it. Not in the Lolo Ferrari way, God forbid. She was a ‘tad' too much! I guess it's just Human Nature to always want to correct here and there, if there's the chance to. As yet, to make things very clear, I have had no plastic surgery. This last phrase was inserted to stop anyone from even wondering whether I've had some.
4:00am Maybe it's the heat that's keeping me up. Obviously I don't switch on my air-conditioning, for fear of getting worse. "Time to enjoy a swim" I tell myself. However after tons of emails, I'm sorting out a pool membership this year, for fear of being ‘wounded' by those hideous looking Portugese Jelly Fish.....Geez Louise they are FUGLY! And deadly apparently. So pool it is, when I do get the time to splash around and enjoy the sun, with appropriate sun screen.
4:30am Which reminds me of that song by Baz Luhrmann, "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)". I always loved that part which went "Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't, maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't, maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary...what ever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either - your choices are half chance, so are everybody else's." The bit with the funky chicken always cracked me up, the rest made me think.....
5:00am My eyes half close I look at my alarm clock, I've done it again. Went off at a tangent. Slowly my eyes close, my breathing slows down, I fall into a sleep, Did you know that dreams last only 5 to 20 minutes?....ARRRghhhh I did it again!!!!....SLEEP!!! Good night everyone!
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I do not know you from Adam never mind about the squint, that part of my little contribution was meant for Ira. It should have been: Ira, the squint suits you, etc. etc., so there, don`t take life too serious. Ira I will say it again, the squint siut you to perfection. its the first thing I noticed on you when you came on the scene...fascinating.
That was purely my opinion and not trying to make a wreck out of Ira (as you put it in your lingo). If in your opinion baking soda is only good for baking , well I will let you do a research on that, and will not waste my time explaining. About the squint that was the first thing you noticed about me and that it also suits me, im lost so enlighten me please. When you said "Ira want (wants) to have a good night(nights) sleep not baking (bake) a cake", I agree perfectly...so we agree on that. By the way you should also try the baking soda, could do you a lot of good, its good for the mouth as well (mostly to whiten your teeth).
The squint suits you perfectly, it is the first thing I noticed about you. It brought back memories of a beautiful Italian actress by the name of Alida Valli, it was her trade mark.
Play some soft, soothing music that will lull you to sleep. There are even cassettes and records designed for that very purpose. Some are specially composed music, others simply have sounds of waves rhythmically breaking, or the steady pattern of a heartbeat. A glass of warm milk 15 minutes before going to bed will soothe your nervous system. Milk contains calcium, which works directly on jagged nerves to make them (and you) relax.
Take a hot bath,It's a great way to relax your body. Don't overdo it, however. You merely want to relax your body, not exhaust it. Too long in hot water and your body is drained of vitality.
Use bath salts, or throw in Epsom salts and baking soda—one cup of each. These will relax you and also help remove toxins from your body.
Other points to watch out for is avoid coffee before u sleep, waking up early in the morning helps as well. Excersise during the day helps as well and so on and so on.
These all worked for me.