So I have always had this weird obsession with The Shinning. Everytime I see it on TV I HAVE to watch it...its like nicotin, once you start it is almost impossible to stop. I sit on the edge of the sofa stopping anything that I was in the midst of. I have sink of dirty dishes, homework I need to check or even dinner I need to cook. Does not matter when I see the Overlook Hotel. Everytime I am sucked into that movie I ALWAYS end up not being able to sleep. I'm up visulaizing those twins holding hands in the hallway..."Come and play with us Danny".

If you have read ANYTHING that has been made into a movie you know that the book is always beter then the film. More charcter develpment...more background...just more better. I decided that I MUST know more about room 217!

I just picked up my copy of The Shinning and am about 80 pages in. I usually like to read before bed so I read a bit last night, thinking hey...I'm way to old to be afraid of a book. Sleeping..no problem.

12am I put down the book and then the tension sets in. I hear our new puppy Rufus T. Firefly move in his kennel..is that a wasp?...I look at the stack of unfolded laundry...is that a rouge mallet? Yes, I got about 40 minutes of sleep until around 2am at which time there stands my 6 year old wanting to get into our bed. AGGG!

No, I did not scream but it took quite a bit of self control not to.

No matter how old you get you learn new things....that is why I am now currently writting this instead of reading. My day book is now The Shinning, my night book is now the soft pron of Dancing Queen.....it is alway better to go to sleep to soft porn instead of REDRUM! REDRUM!