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Same As The First
Jan. 25th, 2003 12:04 amI discovered a real problem with the book I just started reading last night. See, I usually read a few pages of whatever book is the choice of the moment before I go to sleep...always have and it feels really strange to go to sleep without reading.
So last night I picked up my new book - it's a book about the wives of Henry VIII. Read the prologue, took a quick peek at the family trees, turned off the light and snuggled in for sweet dreams.
But. That. Didn't. Happen.
Because at that point I discovered that "I'm Henry the Eighth, I am, Henry the Eighth I am I am" song is STUCK in my head, repeating in my brain in the most annoying loop ever created. It just doesn't stop.
So I tried thinking of some other songs. Henry the Eighth scoffs at them.
So I tried some relaxation techniques. HTE simply fits itself into the same pattern as my breathing, which is definitely NOT relaxing.
So I tried counting to one hundred. That was a particularly stupid idea on my part because what do you think happened when I got to eight?
Backward from 100 didn't help either, as the song kept wafting through the increasingly driven-insane hallways of my brain.
Finally? I had to kill some kittens. Yep, I can vouch for the effectiveness of this method for slaying HTE.
Tonight...not reading that book. I'll have to find something else to substitute for it because I so don't want that song stuck in my head again, no matter how lovely the method of extraction.
And, of course, I should have followed the first rule of Annoying Song Club. Rule #1: You don't talk about Annoying Song Club. Dammit! It's stuck again!
So last night I picked up my new book - it's a book about the wives of Henry VIII. Read the prologue, took a quick peek at the family trees, turned off the light and snuggled in for sweet dreams.
But. That. Didn't. Happen.
Because at that point I discovered that "I'm Henry the Eighth, I am, Henry the Eighth I am I am" song is STUCK in my head, repeating in my brain in the most annoying loop ever created. It just doesn't stop.
So I tried thinking of some other songs. Henry the Eighth scoffs at them.
So I tried some relaxation techniques. HTE simply fits itself into the same pattern as my breathing, which is definitely NOT relaxing.
So I tried counting to one hundred. That was a particularly stupid idea on my part because what do you think happened when I got to eight?
Backward from 100 didn't help either, as the song kept wafting through the increasingly driven-insane hallways of my brain.
Finally? I had to kill some kittens. Yep, I can vouch for the effectiveness of this method for slaying HTE.
Tonight...not reading that book. I'll have to find something else to substitute for it because I so don't want that song stuck in my head again, no matter how lovely the method of extraction.
And, of course, I should have followed the first rule of Annoying Song Club. Rule #1: You don't talk about Annoying Song Club. Dammit! It's stuck again!
