the insomniac cookie is back

on the playlist:
Adele - Chasing Pavements


When I am under pressure and stressed (i.e. 2-3 weeks until deadline with a recently revived Dell laptop, having to rewrite an entire grant proposal), I get bouts of insomnia with mild where-is-my-life-going breakdowns.

Unlike normal people, I can't seem to think when I'm awake and sleep when I'm sleeping. Unfortunately for me, I end up lying awake with thoughts running a thousand miles a second and have to rush over and jot them down. I have so much going through my mind that not even my go-to sleeping drug works.

Saskia, I think I've given myself an immunity to Valerian tea :-(



And when I can't focus, I end up doing crazy things like remodeling my bedroom, going for a run at dawn, creating an acrylic copy of a favorite Boticelli, redrawing the Vetruvian Man (this I blame on Renaissance Apprenticeship), or in worst-case-scenarios, chopping up my own hair.

Case and point:

I was pretty happy with the outcome, though I did nearly cut off my own eyelashes and eyebrows in the process. I think my eyeballs only have 7 lives left.

At any rate, I think I come out looking a little older. Or even a bit more Asian? Who knows. I haven't had full blown bangs since I was... well...never. I will say that I think I look a bit like Xena: Warrior Princess now, minus the crazy Lucy Lawless persona.

Ah well, maybe instead of doing Tom Cruise in Risky Business this year, I might opt for a scantily-clad WB-mythological heroine.

Hmm, opinions? Run around during NYC Halloween in nothing (and I mean nothing) but an over-sized men's dress shirt and tube socks (with matching Ray-bans, of course)... OR leather corset goodness (chafing is a definite down-side)? Suggestions?




Though I will muster up enough courage to one day pull off the Princess Leia metal bikini slave costume!