Thursday, December 07, 2006
96 Tears in 96 Eyes
Knee deep in reindeer, snowmen and Santa's from unpacking Christmas decorations, my daughter made an interesting observation...
"There's too many eyes in here."
Normally after a comment like that I'd have her immediately tested for drugs, but in this case she had a point. There were a lot of eyes in the room.
In the two weeks that passed since that conversation, I've found myself noticing eyes everywhere. I used to have stuff, now I have stuff with eyes. I decided it was time to take inventory.
Computer Room/Spare Bedroom - 70 full-time eyes (Action figures, cat calendar, candles in the shape of Frankenstein, the Wolfman, etc.). 2 Christmas eyes (Snowman nightlight). Total: 72 eyes
Bathroom #1 - 10 full-time eyes (Devil Ducks, various photographs). 6 Christmas eyes (Mr. & Mrs. Claus Pez dispensers, Snowman nightlight). Total: 16 eyes
Living Room - 24 full-time eyes (Tiki heads, masks, cow skull - for the sake of this survey, eye sockets count, various gargoyles and photographs). 136 Christmas eyes (Ornaments, snowmen and Santa candles, various nutcrackers.) Total: 160 eyes
Bathroom #2 - 8 full-time eyes. 0 Christmas eyes (Bathroom #2 is something of a Grinch). Total: 8 eyes
Bedroom - 28 full-time eyes (Photographs, bovine piggy bank, duck box). 4 Christmas eyes (more nightlights). Total: 32 eyes
Kitchen - 74 full-time eyes (Magnets, Lola Falana cookie jar, pictures, various animal vinegar/vegetable concoction decorative bottles). 4 Christmas eyes (A couple of nutcrackers). Total: 78 eyes
Total full-time eyes: 214
Total Christmas eyes: 152
Total eyes: 366
Three hundred and sixty-six peepers. Two hundred and fourteen of which stare back at me twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Up until a couple weeks ago I never noticed, now it seems...excessive. And just a touch creepy.
Ironically, I have a framed WWII propaganda poster hanging in my living room. It's title?
He's Watching You
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