Sweltered Selfie


What does one do when one awakes at one twenty-three in the morning and simply can’t sleep?

Does one lie there and hope to drop off?

Does one put some relaxing music on?

Does one do that pile of ironing?

Does one vacuum the rooms (or get the staff to do it anyway, when they can be found)?

Does one toss and turn, and turn and toss, in the hope of finding that magical, COOL, comfortable sleep position?

Or does one do something else?

This one, he does something else.

He grabs his mobilius phonius, switches on the camera, takes a trip to the sauna bathroom (which is usually a lot cooler than anywhere else as it has no windows) and decides to take a warts and all Selfie, there and then. Only, from the back.

Have you ever tried to take a Selfie of yourself from the back, without getting any extraneous fingers and thumbs in the shot whilst also attempting to get some kind of decent picture to capture the moment? It isn’t as easy as it sounds, although I managed this one first time. What can I say?

I blame it on being very tired and very hot.

Not that you can tell from the Selfie. Oh no, that’s an image of coolness, that is. The shine’s just erm… reflection from the… yes.

And I really thought it would have been from the back, but it appears I’m not as much the contortionist I thought I was after all. I shall be sticking to my regular style of Selfies in future. There’s too much face in the ones from the back.

25 responses to “Sweltered Selfie”

  1. prenin avatar

    Hi Tom! 🙂

    Yes, it IS bloody warm isn’t it??? 😦

    My friend Nikki is suffering 32+ ‘C temperatures in Sweden, so we’re getting off lucky! 😦

    I’m expecting 26’C here in Middleton Manchester and it is already 26’C in my flat, so sleep will be ‘interesting’ as I’m still awake during the night! 😦

    Try to get a fan and set it up so it blows air over you as you sleep and you’ll be a bit better off.

    I have one and it’s a Godsend!!! 🙂

    I also make a point of keeping a wet flannel handy to wipe myself with to help with cooling down, but the good news is that by Sunday things will be a lot cooler!!! 🙂

    Monday they are predicting rain, but you can’t have everything…

    Stay cool my friend! 🙂

    Prenin.

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Yes, the weather is set to change, which is good news, unfortunately, Prenin. We don’t have it like we used to, the temperatures gradually increasing and decreasing to get us used to the changes… one day we can be freezing, and the next we’re melted dribbles.
      I have a fan, but the noise wakes me. Maybe I should get a new one…
      Stay cool, Prenin!

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  2. The Laughing Housewife avatar

    One could always try writing one’s blog post 🙂

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      One hadn’t thought of that, Tilly.

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  3. Let's CUT the Crap! avatar

    “There’s too much face in the ones from the back.” 😀 😀 😀
    Since you’re up already, you have time to try as many selfies as it takes to get one that satisfies. You’re a riot!

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      🙂
      Very true, Tess… I now have a couple of hundred spare Selfies!

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      1. Let's CUT the Crap! avatar

        In a shoe box or an album?

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        1. Tom Merriman avatar

          Scattered, Tess, hither, thither and every whither!

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  4. Diane Henders avatar

    Lately I’ve been wondering what would happen if I just slept when I felt sleepy and got up when I was awake instead of lying awake in bed at 4 AM and refusing to get up because “if I don’t stay in bed I’ll be tired during the day”. Granted, it might be tricky to coordinate my life with the rest of the world, but it would be fun to see how my natural sleep cycle turned out. I might get a lot done in the wee hours when there are no interruptions… 😉

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      I think you’d probably get into a rhythm quite similar to your current one anyway, Diane.
      I have to get up at 5.30 Monday to Friday, so set my alarm. Saturday and Sunday, I don’t need to get up at that time, but wake around then anyway.
      That’s the odd thing about working into the night, though, you do tend to get more done!

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  5. Visionkeeper avatar

    Only you TL would think to get up and take selfies and then write a post about it! Always thinking ahead you are…Better heat awakening you than Coyotes! Three nights running I have been awakened by them going after the sheep next door. Talk about a hair raising sound! Now that would make a great self with hair standing on end 🙂 VK

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Luckily, we don’t have Coyotes around here, VK… but I slept through a ferocious thunder storm the other night, so I’m wondering if they were here, whether they’d wake me anyway. Possibly, if it’s as hot has it’s been lately.

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  6. The Writing Waters Blog avatar

    You’ve got some good alternatives and I’ve tried several though not the selfie. A preferred one of mine is to get a drink (hot, cold, fortified or not depending on mood) and step out into the heat to enjoy dark quiet of night (unless neighbor forgot to turn his flood light off). Many variables.

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      A drink sounds good, Rebecca… I’ve just realised I haven’t had one for a while, so I’ll go and get one shortly. Thanks for the timely reminder! 🙂

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  7. europasicewolf avatar

    Lol…yes…that’s me too…every 2 hrs it would seem right through what seem like very long nights! One must however remember when one runs downstairs to the bathroom for a sneaky selfie lol that one is currently not wearing anything but one’s birthday suit and it might be an idea to throw on a dressing gown no matter how sweltering it already is, just in case other tenants have the same idea…albeit 3am 🙂 Actually it usually ends up with half dressed body hanging out the back door trying not to wake up too much or risk even more frequent visits to the fridge and the bathroom…and still no selfie this end!!! Good to know I’m not alone…I think your sweltering selfie surpasses even my shiny potential sweltering selfies but you never know! 😉

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      I couldn’t hang out of the back door here, Icewolf, what with those night-creatures out in the Grinds. The bathroom is as far as I get!
      Hope your selfies start to appear soon.

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      1. europasicewolf avatar

        Your night would become very interesting though! You wouldn’t be worrying about cooling off for sure!!!

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        1. Tom Merriman avatar

          That’s true. Even more so now, what with the dragons…

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      2. europasicewolf avatar

        As you will notice from the delay in my online presence and the sudden bout of overheated catch up lol I’m not getting much chance to do anything online of late…the selfie situation is in hand however…it’s just not progressing very far right now so far as being “handed” over to the internet connection for actual selfie posting! I will get there eventually…I’m sure I should have something to post by now but it’s one of those tiresome stretches when the real world is seriously interfering with what is really important ;)!!

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        1. Tom Merriman avatar

          You’ll do it, Icewolf, eventually. You’ll find a ‘howler’ of a Selfie, and use that one. I guarantee it!

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          1. europasicewolf avatar

            I have been working very hard on this subject tonight! It’s been fun…but putting a half decent post together may prove a little more tricky 😉 But we’re getting there…me and my selfie!!

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            1. Tom Merriman avatar

              Well keep at it, Icewolf… after all this work, it’s bound to be good!

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  8. lameadventures avatar

    As you may recall, Tom, I don’t have a/c so on particularly hot and humid nights, sleeping is brutal. The last thing I would ever do is take a picture of my sweat-soaked self. You are brave to do that! But, I recently did post a picture of the type of selfie that I do take: the unintentional type.

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      I saw your unintentional selfie, LA, you can see the concentration in your face! Unintentional selfies are far better than the intentional ones.
      I don’t have air con either, but usually sleep isn’t a problem. Usually! Tonight should be good as today was a lot cooler. Lovely!

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