Phil, I'm laughing at this entire scene!!  You describe it all so vividly
that I can even see you sitting there in your underwear!!  LOL!!  What fun!!

Helen

Earlier, Phil Scovell wrote:
>I slept about like I do at home.  I know nothing about the sleep study
>itself and won't till their report is concluded after 10 to 14 days and
>mailed to my doctor.  I will be surprised, now, if they think I have sleep
>apnea because they did not come in during the night to put the oxygen mask
>over my nose like they thought they would.  It is sort of weird, however,
>trying to go to sleep when you know the room is wired, because they not only
>can hear every single noise you make, and you can use your imagination on
>that one, and furthermore, it is an odd feeling to know that your mouth,
>eyes, lips, chin, forehead, your brain patterns, heart, chest, stomach, and
>even your legs movement is all being monitored by a computer called the
>Beast.  I'm kidding about the name of the computer, of course.  In short, it
>does everything but tell them what your dreams might be.  You are also video
>taped the entire time.  I think I'll get a copy to show during family get
>togethers.  It took the lady 45 minutes, as I sat in my underwear in a
>chair, to tape and glue all these wires and probes and belts up to my near
>naked body.  Then I had to sleep on my back at first, which I cannot do, and
>after about an hour, I could sleep however I wished.  Sure.  Go right ahead
>and try and roll around about like you do at home with all these plastic
>wires dragging around as you move.  I was tempted to die on them just to
>play a joke but I didn't figure they would think it was funny.  It seemed
>funny at the time to me but instead, I lived.  I lay on my back in the
>silence of the room, once she left, and recalled the verse Stanley shared.
>I realized I wasn't afraid, however, because I was safe as it was.  So I
>focused on the first part of the verse and finally went to sleep.  I
>awakened at 3 o'clock, about like I normally do, and then slept off and on
>until 6 o'clock when she came in and ripped off hair and skin as she removed
>all the wires and probes from my near naked body and near naked scull.  If
>you aren't awake before then, once they begin ripping that stuff off your
>body, you are then.  It could have been worse, I suppose but I lived anyway.
>By the way, I gave up water all afternoon and evening so I wouldn't have to
>get up during the night to go to the bathroom.  Aren't you proud of me?
>
>Phil.