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*yawn* dont bother asking me why im up at 9:50 in the moring, im just really weird that way. That, and my dad woke me up an hour earlier.

Try to imagine this: A little 8 month old baby, lying on a pillow on the floor, listening to Led Zeplen on full volume, enjoying every minute of it. That baby is me. And later my brother. I can name three things that did to me.

First and best, it developed my undying love of all things rock and roll. Sure I've had typical phases of rap, pop, hip hop,and I even liked Shania Twain for a while (for which i heavily regret). But all my dad had to do was pop in a Van Halen CD in the car and i was once again hooked.
The second is I'm almost completly impurvious to loud noises. You know how at school the fire alarm with suddenly ring and instantly everyone, sometimes even the teachers, will clap their hands over their ears? I didn't. The sound just doesnt bother me. And although i find this a plus, my brother got the complete opposite effect and is now hearing sensitive in one ear. Not enough for pain, but enough for my mother to do what she does best: fret and worry.
And the third thing, is not nessisarily a good thing. I can't stand sitting on the floor. When I was lying on my comfy little pillow listening to Jimmy Page's many famous guitar solos, i would often get so excited I would roll clean off the pillow and find myself lying face down on the floor. Not one to cry, I would often have to wait a while for dad to come and change the CD before her found me and returned me to my place, but not any less happier.Music had that effect on me, and even now, I find it impossible to be anything but content in the presence of good music.

Oddly enough, sleeping on the floor, I do often. Recently I have taken to falling asleep in my bean-bag chair in front of my T.V. with my sketchbook still on my lap.Once I found my pencil had somehow intangled itself in my hair. That took a while to fix! Oh, well.

So, I guess beacuse of the positive effect this old ritual had on me, mabye one day my own babies will have the chance to gurgle softly along with Robert Plant, looking up and the ceiling, and hopefully, be able to stay still on a pillow longer than i could! smile