Sunday, December 14, 2008

My world upside-down.

When I was younger, one of my favorite things to do was to be upside-down. I would sit in my room or in the living room hanging backwards off the couch. The ceiling (the floor in upside-down land) seemed so neat and tidy. Space and openness just seemed to flow like eggnog from and eggnog carton. Lights hanging from the ceiling would become lamps sitting in the middle of the room. Doorways had to be stepped over, because most doors (as we all know) don't go all the way to the ceiling. They stop about a foot-and-a-half short of it, resulting in a lip that must be stepped over in upside-down land. It was an exhilarating feeling, being upside-down. I felt like an astronaut, defying gravity. Or like some sort of explorer, discovering a new dimension of the world.
I still sit upside-down occasionally in my room, but now I recognize the force of the blood rushing to my head a lot faster, so It's not quite as frequent of an activity. I don't know if anyone else ever did this, or still does, but I thought I'd just share and fun pastime of mine.

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