Sleeping seems to be a sort of straight forward, normal person thing to do, along with breathing in and out, not falling off the earth and eating through your face. Generally at the end of the day people lay on a sort of comfortable soft version of the ground, with a squooshy softer thing under their heads and fall asleep, adding or subtracting ingredients like foot out of blanket, cuddable bear/unicorn/Jesus/partner.
The following is an account of how I do things.
V1. Scene: I am in bed, having felt very tired. I read till I can’t keep my eyes open any more.
Enter brain:
Brain: You are tired.
Me: Yup.
Brain: You should sleep now.
Me: Well, yes. Ha ha. That’s the idea. So…uh… G’night!
Brain: Night! … … Doo doo doo..
Me: Um. Is there something wrong?
Brain: Oh, heavens no. Just thinking. You sleep. Go on!
Me: O… k, night..
Brain: Oooh. What are you doing tomorrow again?
Me: University. I have TV and Popular Culture.
Brain: Oh Yeeeah! You didn’t do the readings for that did you?
Me: … no.
Brain: oooh. Hope that’s not a problem.. no, you know what? It won’t even matter. You’ll hear the lecture, so.. yeah. You’ll be fine.
Me:… ok.
Brain: So, what are you going to wear tomorrow?
Me: Oh my Lord.
Brain: I think it’s going to be warmish, so maybe a dress? Your red dress? Although.. it’s tight across your boobs. So maybe your black one? Although.. that is very short. So maybe your green one? That is so cute. Although.. you should probably shave your legs first. So you need to make sure you get up in time to do that. Ok?
Me: Sure. Whatever.
Brain (presumably lying on its stomach, twisting its hair around its finger with one leg kicking back and forth by now): You know, tomorrow, you should really hit the library and get some books. Really get going on those assignments. You always leave them till the last minute.
Me (glaring at pitch black ceiling): yeah. I know. I will. Just shut up.
Brain: Ok, ok! Don’t need to tell me twice… Do do doooo… hmmm…
Me (I utter a sigh of frustration that comes from my very soul): What. Do you. Want now.
Brain: Hhmmm? Me? Oh nothing. Just thinking about how much time you wasted today. You wasted a lot of time. A lot. A lot lot lot lot lot. Yeeeerp. A lot.
Me: Dude. I know. I’m sorry. I’ll do stuff tomorrow.
Brain (sounding considerably brighter): yeah! Cos tomorrow is a new day! Yay! Although, to be fair, you said that yesterday as well.
Me (sounding like I’ve ground my teeth into oblivion): Yeah, but tomorrow will be different, ok?
Brain: Wait a minute. Oh man. You’re not going to be able to get up are you? You’re going to sleep through uni again aren’t you?!
Me: What? No! Of course I’m going, if I can ever get to fucking-SLEEP!!
Brain: Oh, right. Ok. Say no more. I’ll be quiet as a mouse. Ssshhh. You sleep now.
Me: Ok! Good night!!
Brain: …
Me:…
Brain: Dude. Do you remember when you had that dream about the whirlwind of leaves that morphed into a faun and the faun had the upper torso of Ryan from the OC?! That shit was AWESOME!!
Me: … It was pretty cool.
…..
V2. Scene: My bed, around four in the morning. I am suddenly Awake. I am more Awake than I’ve ever been ever before in my life. I am aware of all things and a part of all things.
Me: what.. the hell..
Brain: MORNING!!
Me: oh.. dude.. What time is it?
Brain: I don’t know, but hey, you’re up! Ready to go?!
Me: .. I.. I just.. (checks time)
Brain: That was a weird party you were at in your dream. There’s not usually rollercoasters at parties, right?
Me: WHY AM I AWAKE? IT IS FOUR IN THE MORING!
Brain: Hmm? Oh I don’t know. Maybe the rooster next door or something. Anyway, about that dream, who was that guy? He was nice. Did you make him up?
Me: … I hate that effing rooster.
Brain: Maybe you should just get up, yeah? Make use of the early morning? You could write! Or go for a run!
Me: Are you high? If I get up now in fifteen minutes I’ll feel like I’ve died and I’ll sleep all day and I’ll never wake up again. And run?! Who did you think you’re talking to?
Brain: Fine, we don’t have to run, you could just-
Me: I’M GOING BACK TO SLEEP!
Brain: Ok, ok, geez. Calm down. No wonder you can never sleep properly. So uptight. … Hmmm… Do de doo…
Me: WHAT?!
Brain: Do you think it’s one rooster, or many roosters? What is a bunch of roosters called anyway? You should definately google that.
Me: I just.. I just hate you so much..
…..
V3. Scene: My bed, I have just awoken, having presumably been in a sleep coma for several hundred years.
Me: buuugghhwwhh…
Brain:fuugg?
Me (attempting any sort of body movement at all): Ugh. Uuuuugh.
Brain (speaking through several dozen cotten balls): Mangh.. Muungh.. jjyyoush..
Me: I.. eeeiiuu.. I yaamm uppp …
Brain: Duuuude. What time. Is things. Oh DUUUDE.
Me: that air is loud and stingy.
Brain: I are too not sleep now.
Me: I am too not sleep now also.
Brain: I. I think we sleep through clesses.
Me: Shit.
SO get v1. Oh mannnn.. that doo de dooo-ing the brain does makes you wanna punch it in the teeth. *s*
how do u deal with that crap day in day out or more like night in night out. I mean I do and thats probably why i have gone a bit psycho and take medication. WOW! I certainly feel I know you better now Carlynne. My heart goes out to you.
ahhh Carlynne you make me laugh! I’m so going to imagine dialogue between inanimate objects the same as between you and your brain! No! I mean, I’m going to imagine conversations between a person and a personified body part the same as between you and your brain. yay.
Sophie: I want to rip my brain out through my nose and stomp on it sometimes. This morning another classic- a slideshow of Thursday and All That Happened There. Thanks brain.
George: Ha! I’ll be ok, my brain and I have come along way together! Thanks for reading!
Lou: Thankyou! Glad you like it, indication that my mind is an inanimate object aside.
Consider yourself added to my RSS feed. Thanks for a laugh. My brain seems to be much more prone to sleep-reducing anxiety, but the doo-de-doo thing still makes me want to punch yours! 🙂
Hazah! And punch away. It’ll never learn otherwise.
Oh and I’m trying to have a lookie at your blerg, but the internets won’t let me..