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41. Well, that was sort of an over-simplification.

Mon Sep 15, 2014, 02:07 AM

Sep 2014

What I SHOULD have said was, "What got me through the first night after watching the Shining was An American in Paris."

Because, I actually didn't sleep for three nights after watching "The Shining."
I checked out every innocuous movie I could think of from the library to comfort me during the hours of darkness.
The two stand-outs I remember particularly are "An American in Paris" and Disney's "Beauty and the Beast."

I was house-sitting (alone) at my great-aunt's house while in college.

I finally had to have my boyfriend at the time come over during the day just so I could sleep.

It is truly a masterpiece of terror.

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