The Sleepiness Game
October 6th, 2007When I can’t sleep, I play a little game whereby I choose a category, like cities of the U.S., countries of the world, movie titles, animal species, clothing label names (Stevel once played it with classic Arcade games). Then I go through the alphabet trying to come up with an example that starts with every letter. It’s pretty boring, so often I’m asleep by, like “L.” This morning at 3:15 a.m., though, I made it all the way through the alphabet playing “shades of a color”—I imagine I’m putting together a new line of specialty crayons in which there will be 26 shades of each color, and today’s color was red. So I give you your new box of specialty red crayons:
SHADES OF RED
American Flag Red
Birthday Balloon
Cardinal
Don’t Go
Embers
Flame
Georgia Dirt
Hot Stove
Inner Organs
Jolly Clown Nose
Ketchup
Lover’s Bouquet
Mustang Convertible
Nosebleed
Opie’s Hair
Popsicle
Queen’s Carpet
Ruby
Snapdragon
Tricycle
Underground Pipe
Valentine
Wild Strawberry
eXit Sign
Yard of Autumn Leaves
Zesty Salsa
October 7th, 2007 at 5:25 am
Have you ever tried one of those environmental sounds machines that play things like the sound of rain or waves or a brook? You can set them to play for 15 mins or all night and at any volume that you’re comfortable with. The sounds occupy your mind and calm it to help you fall asleep. Supposed to be good for babies, too. Not very expensive. Might be worth trying. (I love mine.)
October 7th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
Ha! Queen’s Carpet!
October 8th, 2007 at 7:11 am
Oh! I hadn’t thought of that, Dave. Hee hee!
October 9th, 2007 at 7:48 am
Queen’s carpet made me laugh too! Elizabeth 1 was a redhead . . ..