hula hoops and hampster wheels

I suppose this method will also work to cure insomnia.

There are couple things you need in order for this to be funtional.

A tv
dvd player
old dvds that you've seen a million times.
bed or couch where you can be comforatable facing away from the tv but still able to hear it.


Last night's movie choice was My Best Friend's Wedding.

I know I swore of chick flicks but nothing was on TV and I had this brilliant idea of how to fall asleep to make my headache go away.

Pop the dvd in - turn the tv on - all that highly technical mumbo jumbo that I will not explain because a) you know how to do it b) I'm not able to upload a fancy flow chart to explain it so why bother? c) you don't really care that much.

Ok go to the set up features and most have the option to change the language of the audio to a language that you are not fluent in - spanish and french seem to be the top contenders in this area of optionability. (yes i just made that word up)

I selected French - since I know a little, but choose whichever is available or tickles your fancy.

I start the movie.

I watch part of it - i.e. the first 20 minutes or so - with english subtitles at the bottom so I can see how much editing they had to do to make the mouths match the french words vs the english ones.

This gets annoying after awhile. Even in it's native tongue any tv or movie that's sound doesn't correlate properly with lip movement drives me a little bonkers and enduces a vertigo like symptom - well the solution is to roll over and away from the tv

Now just listen to the funny french words -- see if you can picture where in the movie they are. Sneek a peak once in awhile if you must. But if you can stay strong the babble in the background is sure to put you to sleep or alternatively drive you mad. It's 50/50.


My next test is to find out if the directors commentary on steel magnolias is also tri-lingual.