Okay, so I have this small problem....I'm an insomniac. I have been for a long time...and it sucks. I don't have an aversion to sleep. I love sleep! But the thing is, my mind doesn't seem to like it as much as my body does. Because every night, when I'm dead tired, I'll get in bed, snuggle under the covers...and lie awake pretty much all night long!
I have this little problem with my brain...it never wants to shut down. My brain and I have had serious discussions over it's overwhelming desire to run at a frantic pace, and never shut down. I tell it it needs rest, it laughs at me, and keeps doing what it feels like doing. Not very considerate, if you ask me. And the thing is, I could be a little more understanding towards my brain if it were running full speed contemplating ways to solve world issues, like poverty, hunger, the environment...etc. But, no. My brain isn't as lofty as it should be. It keeps me up over the most ridiculous things! I mean, I know I'm creative, and imaginative...but even I wonder where my mind comes up with some of the things that deprive me from some much needed slumber. So, I figure if I have to think about these thing...well, then you do too! Enjoy...
I'll start off with one that really made me wonder about myself...I mean, I agonized over this for hours! I couldn't stop thinking about it, and I lied in bed for a long time going over and over this. Some of you have heard this one, but for those of you that haven't...well...I'll let you come to your own conclusions.
Okay, so I'm in bed. Completely exhausted, and all I want is to slip off into dreamworld, and get some much needed rest. Every night when I go to sleep, I try to clear my head, and not think about anything...well, my brain has a-ha, ha-mind of it's own, and decided to plague me with this craziness:
What would have happened to society(yeah, sounds important so far, doesn't it?? Keep reading...) if the inventor of the Teddy Ruxpin, and the guy that discovered the bones of the T-Rex were switched? Would we have a massive, fierce dinosaur named Teddy Ruxpin? And a cute, snuggly teddy bear named T-Rex? And if that happened, would the dinosaur still be considered fierce? And, for that matter, would the personality of the talking teddy bear be a little more rough? Seriously, people, I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried...
For hours, and hours, this is all I could think about! And then I started seeing what might have been, in this alternate universe that my mind created. We'd have this big ol' dinosaur, a hunter, with huge massive teeth, and we'd call him Teddy Ruxpin...not very threatening, huh? Would we think he was cute and snuggly? Would we think his short, stubby arms were adorable? Would we want to find a way to recreate this cute harmless thing, and make him our pet(only to end up being devoured...)? And what about the talking teddy bear? I mean, gone would be the sweet little best friend for you child. All of a sudden, he'd be this rough and tough little guy, that totally wore a leather vest, leather pants, a bandanna, and dark sunglasses. He'd probably have a little scruff on his face, and his voice would be all rough! And he'd be like "Yo, I'm T-Rex!" And all of his stories on tape would have been about him and his teddy bear biker gang. And his friends would be as tough as him, and there'd even be a female teddy bear(his "old lady"), and her name would be Tara Dactyl. And she'd have a smokers cough...Yep...this is what I saw.
And I even imagined how kids would be impacted by this. I mean it's a total game changer! Little boys that were fascinated with the dinosaur would be considered little mommas boys, and mocked. And anyone who was all about the talking bear...well, you just better stay away from them! All night long, I let this scenario play out in my head. I agonized over it, and tried to consider all of the angles...and I don't know why! Why did this matter so much to me? And why wouldn't my brain let it drop?
There's lots of theories out on that one...I'll keep ya posted....
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