sing me to sleep....

I have been going through the worst bought of insomnia that i have ever had to deal with. not since the long nights of unemployment have i seen the number letter combo of 4:35am. i wrestle with things i have the day ahead, the things ive done before and why the hell i cant sleep. its harder having someone sleeping next to you. you hear them breath. you feel them move. when it gets real late you can almost see their dreams. T.V. holds no answers. All it provides are bad movies, awful re-runs and infomercials (sp.) and if i am lucky to finally fall asleep the new day beats on my head like an african slit drum from the Yoruba tribe. (im getting cultural on that ass!) well its 11:38 now and i feel a long night ahead of me. wish me luck.

side note: this is one type of african slit drum from the yaka tribe.


a slit drum you may have seen is the size of a shoe box, some time larger with what can be described as, well, slits on top. each arm of the "slit" makes a different sound. pretty cool and my birthday is coming up so be on the look out wont you?
here is an example of that type of drum.


this is also a slit drum, but i have no idea how it works, it just looks neat.

with a little research i found out this ablut that drum...
"In Africa large wooden slit-drums are big-bellied drums, set on four feet, of a shape not unlike that of the buffalo. The horned buffalo shape and large size of this drum (pictured) reflect high social status of its original owner. They are used by chiefs or prominent nobles to transmit the coded tones of important messages over the long distances from village to village. They produce a variety of tones, pitches, and rhythms, which convey announcements and coded messages. Drums of this type are installed in the center of the village in a special structure where they can be protected from the rain and sun.

Early 20th century slit drum from Zaire."