Sunday, September 20, 2009

tanning salons?

I enter a salon, but instead of seeing women getting their hair and nails done, I see a hallway of rooms full of the strangest looking machines. In some rooms, there appear to be bed-like machines, they look like something that's used for MRI's or in a science fiction movie. An eerie glow is being emitted from the beds, and it looks like some sort of chamber. In other rooms, there are machines that look like two columns with an empty space between them, and there are small nozzles pointing towards the center. As I peer into one of the rooms that has what seems to be a bed, I see a woman laying there in a bathing suit, with weird goggles on. She looks like she is sleeping, and the upper compartment of the bed is hovering over her body. I watch her for several minutes and she does not move. It seems like she might possibly be dead, or frozen. I really can't tell. But as I enter the room, I suddenly feel a rush of heat as I approach the bed. She can't be frozen, I think to myself, but what can she possibly be doing? The woman lays there, lifelessly, as the heat scorches her body. I do not understand what is happening. She stirs and I quickly leave the room and wander into a room with the column like structure. I see a woman standing between the columns being sprayed by paint. Why would anyone paint themselves? She has her eyes closed, and has a hair net on like a cafeteria worker. She slowly moves her body and the weird paint covers her more and more. The paint is a shade of brown, and as she steps away from the nozzles, I can see that she looks orange. She then turns to face the other column where air is being shot out at her. I guess she wants the paint to dry, but I don't know why she would paint herself to begin with. Filled with confusion, I walked back towards the exit, only to see each room filled with someone laying in a chamber of heat or being painted by this loud, intimidating machine. I can't process what is going on, all I know is that I need to escape this place.

1 comment:

  1. i really like this one, its funny. tanning salons really have become outrageous amongst teenagers and it is even spreading to adults. i must admit i do occasionally go tanning during the winter, but some people take it too far and turn themselves into the ugliest color possible. it makes people look older than they really are and it is ruining their skin.

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