COMA

it's freaky. i just realized that the books i bought recently had this common theme going. they talked about sleep/unconsciousness. last sunday, i finished reading 'asleep.' [read my 'banana' entry a couple of days ago] right now, i am enjoying the dark mystery by liz jensen.. 'the ninth life of louis drax.'

this book talks about 9-year old louis drax. an accident prone boy whose birth and life was filled with mystery, he fell into a ravine one bright sunny day as his family went out on a picnic. he went into a coma, his mom was a nervous wreck, and his dad went missing.

'the ninth life..' is a very fascinating book. totally gripping and wonderfully suspenseful. oddly enough, though.. i'm not 'hooked' by the book. i can put it down anytime.. do other things.. and just go back to it much later. but i do not forget the story. it runs on in my mind as i do other stuff. that's how gripping it is for me.

because i've been thinking about unconsciousness a lot for the past weeks. i've often wondered what it would feel like to be in this wonderfully deep sleep for months.. even years on end. like that chemically-induced coma that greg house requested he be placed in to get through the severe pain in his leg [i just looooove house, m.d. wonder when season 2 is coming up?!]. hmmm.

sleep. sweet, uninterrupted sleep. where i can more or less choose what i dream about [yes.. that happens to me a lot. i am able to choose my dreams most of the time]. where i can 'switch off' what i see whenever things get too messy. where i can imagine a better scenario and i'd be living in it in a matter of seconds. it's like watching my life on tv.. and not only can i choose the channels, but i can also rewrite the script, change the actors and mix programs. hahaha.

too bad i'm fully awake now. and feeling totally sick. it's 10.30am and i can't wait to go back to bed..