Thursday, June 28, 2007

'Shave Your Pussy' A mix tape by Eugene B. Sims


I can’t seem to get any sleep for the past couple of days and that’s just not like me. Typically, I can sleep through just about anything… Including and not limited to my own snoring. I once slept through the bad remnants of a hurricane in a mobile home.

I can’t remember which hurricane it was… But it was when I was a teenager. I was visiting family in West Virginia and I was assigned to sleep on my Uncle Donald’s and Aunt Connie’s couch. We knew the storm was going to be bad, but we didn’t expect it to be deadly in the safe hills of Southeastern West Virginia.

I remember the winds making the trailer rock and hearing the roof sound as if it were going to be ripped off at any second, but I still managed to find the whereabouts of Mr. Sandman.

My Uncle and his family decided that they would head to a safer structure… My grandparent’s house next door. At the very least, they would be able to grab a few winks before they needed to be up for the day.

I remember waking up with the sun breaking through the windows. The winds had died down considerably and were a lot calmer causing very little noise.

For some reason, I figured someone would be waking me like always. I am and have always been a night owl which rubbed raw against their bright and early country ways. Usually, I would wake to the smell of bacon cooking or my grandmother threatening me with violence if I didn’t get up soon. And it wasn’t beyond her capabilities to withhold breakfast in order to get me up and running. She adhered to the “snooze or lose” philosophy. But that morning… All was quiet except for the remaining winds.

I walked through the wet grass to my grandparents house to find everyone shouting… “He’s ALIVE!”

I couldn’t understand why no one bothered to wake me up. My Aunt and Uncle claimed that they tried to wake me, but I motioned them off. Not just once, but several times. I didn’t and still don’t remember that part. They just figured that if it got too rough for me, I would simply call a truce with the winds and head to my grandparent’s house.

So here lately, I fall asleep for about 5 hours and then I wake up with my mind ablaze with thoughts. I’ve tried everything to get those thoughts out of my mind, but nothing seems to help. It’s just a constant churning inside my head. Eventually I will crack and the Sandman will pay me a long 12 hour visit. Until then, my mind will remain white hot with thoughts.

Have I thought about some sleep aids?

Briefly… But as television has taught me… Sleeping pills didn’t work for Mary Richards (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) and they won’t solve my problem… They just made Mary a junkie much to Mr. Grant’s chagrin. And I’ve already got too many addictions that I’m fighting.

3 comments:

  1. 2 things:

    1. When I was 7, and we lived in Richmond, I once slept through the rape and murder of a neighbor. The killer, who was her landlord (and also ours) tied her up, raped her, killed her, doused her with gasoline and set her ablaze. Apparently there were firefighters and various crime scene personnel traipsing in and out of our building all night. My mom even claims to have kept them fed with doughnuts and coffee through the wee hours of the morning. My brother and I never even budged from our snoring. We left town the next day. If that story doesn't help you catch any Zs, try my failsafe number...

    2. Orgasm. Whether it's self-induced or whatever, it always zonks me right out!

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  2. p.s. what's on THAT mixtape?!?!

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  3. Well since you asked Molly...

    Side A
    "History Lesson" Living Colour
    "Turn Me On" Accept
    "Heavy Fuel" Dire Straits
    "Cool Cool River" Paul Simon
    "Subway Terror" Starz
    "Love Is Alright Tonite" Rick Springfield
    "Goin' Blind" KISS
    "Mama Kin" Aerosmith
    "Beast Of Burden (live)" Rolling Stones
    "Soak The Sun" Blind Melon
    "Summerland" King's X
    "Years Without Light" Gwar


    Side B
    "It Makes No Difference" The Band
    "Looking For Love" Ratt
    "Several Species Of Small Animals..." Pink Floyd
    "Liverpool Drive" Chuck Berry
    "What's Your Name" Boston
    "On The Radio" Cheap Trick
    "You Boyz Make Big Noize" Slade
    "Two Timer (live)" KISS
    "Black Betty" Ram Jam
    "Caught In A Mosh" Anthrax
    "Up The Beach" Jane's Addiction
    "Bad To The Bone" George Thorogood

    Thanks for asking.

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