Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty
There are two things you have to know about me: I’m a sucker for sleep and I hate bright, sunshiny mornings.
If there’s one thing I cannot stand it would be sunlight. It’s quite a shocker, even to me – having been born and raised in sunny California where people soak in the heat of the raging sun like dear life depended on it. It was in middle school that I practically dragged the entire family out of sunny-land and move to Washington where nary a ray of golden light could seep through the thick blanket of clouds.
Vampire – people’s first impression of me. It’s most probably my pale complexion as I bathe myself with SPF 70 sun block. Well either that or the mad mushrooming of young adult books about numinous bloodsuckers make people question my mortality. Had I been a vampire, I wouldn’t be able to sleep unperturbed for three whole days – by far the longest I’ve gone out cold. Maybe they can call me sleeping beauty instead of vampire and I wouldn’t mind at all. I’m able to sleep through loud noise and even disrupting movement but never ever through bright light or immense heat.
Up to this day I wonder how I managed to live to tell the tale of my life in the State of sand, beach and surf. I have but a slight recall of my childhood, spent mostly indoors nonetheless. My room had custom-built wood shades and blinds – nothing but the thickest, most heat and light absorbent shutters in Southern California. I was the number one fan of California Shutter, this manufacturing company that provides wood blinds in CA that block out even the harshest summer light. To think of it, maybe I slept through most of my younger years.
The best day for me would be waking up not knowing what time it is. It’s like being in a bubble, albeit thickly covered by wood shutters California shutters and not the usual flimsy, see-through type. There was a time when I was down for the count that my family had to leave me behind to go on a trip out of town. I lived ala Kevin McCallister in Home Alone for about a week just because no one could get me to budge. Mom fondly calls me Grease or Oil because I can stay still and undisturbed for long. My brothers would say that I wouldn’t even know if the house was on fire once I’ve crawled under the comfy duvet.
I consider it a gift to be able to get as much as 96 hours and as little as 12 hours of sleep. I pity those with insomnia who fuss over sleeping pills, psycho-therapy, what-have-you just so they could get some shut-eye.
About the Author
Pacific Shutters and Blinds is a company offering Wood blinds CA and Wood shutters California. For more information, visit http://www.pacificshutterblind.com/Home.aspx
Do you think the movie Sleeping Beauty holds up well in today’s world?
I’m writing a movie review for Sleeping Beauty and I am having trouble wording my thesis. I’m trying to explain that Sleeping Beauty is a charming depiction of innocent young love long ago, but in today’s society it doesn’t hold up well because it’s cliched and fairytale relationships are few and far between.
it doesn’t just relate to love. it holds a lot of deeper meaning that’s relative today. don’t look at things so literally.
Sleeping Beauty – Once Upon A Dream
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