Journey into my psyche...

[plunkybug]

I am watching The Adventures of Baron Munchausen; I love this movie. There was a scene where the ship is going to the moon, and Sally and the Baron are sleeping with their hands/arms over the edge. Anyhow, it reminded me of something. There is a habit of mine, something I am always aware of.

Since I was a child, I was always aware of my hands and arms when I was sleeping, well, in the process of falling asleep anyway. See, I had this fear, or superstition that if my hands or arms were over the side of the bed, that a monster from under the bed and eat them. Of course, I *know* now that there are no monsters that will rip my hands or arms off, yet I still keep them close to me, and away from the edges to this day. Is that not silly?

Comments

[lorelei-aisling.livejournal.com]

Hahaha! I don't like to have anything dangling over the bed either. I'm afraid of something grabbing them, even though I know that's silly.

[greencow.livejournal.com]

i was the same way when i was wee. however, i used to think a man in a SCUBA suit lived under my bed....

Retro Reality

[quizatsatterak.livejournal.com]

FANTASTIC THEN

Yeah, this film really turned me on, Uma was Magnificent in it...Terry Gilliam based alot of his other films on the production style of this Film

Have a Great Evening

Sig/Sivar

The Quizatsatterak

They Were Lovers in the Shadows

[plunkybug.livejournal.com]

Yes! That's it, it is the whole dangling thing. Grabbing, etaing, whatever. I know nothing will happen, but yet I retract my limbs and keep them on the bed close to me.

[plunkybug.livejournal.com]

I think most children thought something or other was under the bed and grew out of it as they got older, but I wonder how many people still keep to that habit as an adult like I do?

[greencow.livejournal.com]

probably more than would like to admit...

Re: Retro Reality

[plunkybug.livejournal.com]

I hadn't actually seen it until I was married, but have seen a great number if movies, including this one,since then. I think you could say that it on the level of Burton's films. I think the Lemony Snickett movie would have been much better if Burton or Gilliam had done it, though they did do a fantastic job on the sets. Too bad Scary Carey had to hog the limelight...the story is about the kids. Olaf is a part, but not the main attraction. :(

[plunkybug.livejournal.com]

I think a lot of people have more repressed childhoods, or childish things, deep down, and those that let it surface get scolded for not "acting their age" and such, so we bury that stuff further, to try to be cool with society, and not get picked on by it.

[greencow.livejournal.com]

hence the fact you don't normally see adults skipping thru the parking lot...

[plunkybug.livejournal.com]

Note to self: Must skip through a parking lot soon. :P

[inannamaiya.livejournal.com]

I do the same thing with my hands and arms, but especially with my feet! I will not sleep with my feet hanging over any portion of the bed. I also have to keep at least a sheet of some kind over the majority of my body (even if it's hot) to keep them monsters from finding and eating me. :P

[plunkybug.livejournal.com]

Lucky for me, my shortness prevents my feet from falling over the edge, though my legs are usually partially bent anyway. I am glad I am not the only one that still does this for those reasons. :)

[inannamaiya.livejournal.com]

Yah. Me being Amazonian tall and all probably accounts for my feet being the main focus of that fear. :)

[plunkybug.livejournal.com]

Heh heh. :)