I was talking with a couple of guys at work about dreams and we got to talking about recurring dreams we had. We found that we shared some school-related dreams. Some I've had:
- I can't remember the combination to my locker. I'm usually in my high school.
- I am so far along in the semester and figure out that I've had my schedule wrong and that I've missed just about every English class (for example) all along. This one seems to be related to the fact that in high school, we had a rotating schedule that you had to keep track of. In these dreams it seems to be both high school and college, or both rolled into one.
I don't seem to have (or at least remember) any recurring dreams that many people have: falling, wanting to scream but nothing coming out... My dreams seem to be more violent. My inadequacy dreams seem to be me trying to hit someone or something but not being able to hit hard enough.
I also have adventurous dreams - trying to save the world, or a town, or friends, or myself... I used to have a recurring dream that was much like the movie The Goonies. In a basement, friends and I would find a secret passage behind some boxes and follow it on a crazy Goonie adventure.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Thursday, December 27, 2007
The One with the Earthquake
I was living in either a condo or an apartment -- the inside looked like the one I used to live in, but the outside was different. I got up to go to the bathroom and I heard a loud noise. I thought it was my fish tank when the filter doesn't get enough water.
I shut off the Golden Girls which was playing the the living room. I looked out the window and it looked like they were doing construction, like taking up the pavement in the parking lot or something.
I looked a bit closer and it was obvious there was an earthquake and there was a big crack, a fissure, not too far away. There was a bunch of damaged cars that looked like they got ran over by a huge monster truck or something, all the cars in a row.
One guy came to get stuff out of his truck, but the guy that was working nearby told him to get back. I asked them, “What's going on, was there an earthquake?” And there was an aftershock as I was standing there. He replied, “Yeah, if you're going to stay inside...” And I said, “Should I?” And he was like, “No, no, not really - go get your stuff.” I went back inside and started getting dressed and went to go pee, then I started gathering stuff up to put into a suitcase to take out.
I remember being asleep in the dream, feeling something (the earthquake) and incorporating that into my dream (in my dream).
I shut off the Golden Girls which was playing the the living room. I looked out the window and it looked like they were doing construction, like taking up the pavement in the parking lot or something.
I looked a bit closer and it was obvious there was an earthquake and there was a big crack, a fissure, not too far away. There was a bunch of damaged cars that looked like they got ran over by a huge monster truck or something, all the cars in a row.
One guy came to get stuff out of his truck, but the guy that was working nearby told him to get back. I asked them, “What's going on, was there an earthquake?” And there was an aftershock as I was standing there. He replied, “Yeah, if you're going to stay inside...” And I said, “Should I?” And he was like, “No, no, not really - go get your stuff.” I went back inside and started getting dressed and went to go pee, then I started gathering stuff up to put into a suitcase to take out.
I remember being asleep in the dream, feeling something (the earthquake) and incorporating that into my dream (in my dream).
The One with the Football and the Cigarette
I had a dream that Marc, Ellen, Jeff, Mike and I were outside, at night, in a tennis court at a school. We were having some sort of party, I think, but Marc was like our sports coach. We were taking turns doing something with balls --- like we were taking turns at bat but we weren't playing baseball. I think we were using tennis balls and definitely a football. So at one point I volunteered to throw the football for people because I didn't really like "playing" - it was like I was doing the pitching for batting practice and not taking a turn at bat. Ellen was smoking and when I decided to that, I took over from her and took the rest of her cigarette. So I was throwing a football at the rest of you, who were drinking beers and stuff, with the cigarette hanging out of my mouth.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
The One with the Recital, College and the Secret Path
I had a harp recital that was supposed to be very informal but it ending up being in a huge auditorium that was filled with people. Felice chose the pieces we played and she had me play a Joanne Newsom song I had heard in the dream like only once before, never seen the sheet music for, and never played. She announced it and I said while sitting in the audience “you want me to sight read it?” and she and the audience said “yes!” So I started playing and did very well improvising most of it and I added glisses at some good points. It was a blues-y piece. When I was done, people clapped a lot and some people were standing up. I was very happy with the performance and couldn’t stop smiling afterward. After, I talked with Felice (actually I think we were sitting at a piano), then I left…
Next I was walking through a college; I think I was a senior and a girl that was walking near me was pissing me off because she was talking about how she never got sleep with her roommate in town but she wasn't… She gave me a dirty look or something and I said something nasty to her (like calling her a bitch or something like that) but then she made a crack about me being a commuter and not knowing what it was really like to be a “real” student or something. Then we got talking about being a commuter versus a resident and how I could leave and drive places. It ended up being a civilized conversation.
Next the dream segued into a different scene… a booby-trapped area. A guy that was a friend of mine (kind of like my costar in this portion of the dream) and I were trying to dismantle the traps. I know at one point I was doing side kicks to one wall to destroy one of them. But then there was a guy standing on the roof of one of the buildings trying to shoot us, so we ran to another building that was kind of like a metal maintenance shed. He could shoot into the shed and I was crouched in one part of the shed near the door that was sheltered from the bullets.
We ended up escaping out a semi-hidden back door in the shed that the shooter apparently didn’t know about and ran down a street down to the beach were there was a special trail with false entrances and exits. There were like little arrows created naturally by the sea grass or some plant that you kind of had to know how to interpret otherwise you’d keep ending up off the path. I had been there before – it seems like I’ve had dreams about this path before. There were different stages on the path, which was very long, kind of like the Appalachian trail where people make pilgrimage-like treks along the path. The shooter was following us, and we first were in the sandy section of the path which had white sand that was very difficult to get through. The trick was to take your time – slow and steady – because if you tried to go too hard, you’d end up getting exhausted.
Next was the vertical, icy portion of the path. It was almost like rock climbing but not so steep as to need special equipment. On this portion, people would leave food like granola bars and Nutragrain bars among stumps and trees for people after then, although I don’t think there was any food at this time. There were also icicles that said “suck here” on them like they were frozen food or nutritive water. The shooter was getting closer, so we started throwing things at him to try to slow him down.
We arrived at a flat part of the path, it seemed like it was on a plateau on a mountain or something, with a pool of water. It was still cold with snow and ice still around it. My friend was in the water and the bad guy arrived and asked me if I knew the difference between the two ways to use his weapon – he could use it as a blow torch or a flame thrower or something like that. I told that I knew if he used it in one way, he could use it to boil the water in the pool of water. He tried to do that to kill my friend, but it didn’t work (I knew it wouldn’t) and he ended up in the water somehow and coated with ice. My friend and I were going to escape and the shooter seemed so surprised that we would leave him to die. It was like he expected me to get in the water and get coated with ice, too. Then my alarm went off and I woke up.
Next I was walking through a college; I think I was a senior and a girl that was walking near me was pissing me off because she was talking about how she never got sleep with her roommate in town but she wasn't… She gave me a dirty look or something and I said something nasty to her (like calling her a bitch or something like that) but then she made a crack about me being a commuter and not knowing what it was really like to be a “real” student or something. Then we got talking about being a commuter versus a resident and how I could leave and drive places. It ended up being a civilized conversation.
Next the dream segued into a different scene… a booby-trapped area. A guy that was a friend of mine (kind of like my costar in this portion of the dream) and I were trying to dismantle the traps. I know at one point I was doing side kicks to one wall to destroy one of them. But then there was a guy standing on the roof of one of the buildings trying to shoot us, so we ran to another building that was kind of like a metal maintenance shed. He could shoot into the shed and I was crouched in one part of the shed near the door that was sheltered from the bullets.
We ended up escaping out a semi-hidden back door in the shed that the shooter apparently didn’t know about and ran down a street down to the beach were there was a special trail with false entrances and exits. There were like little arrows created naturally by the sea grass or some plant that you kind of had to know how to interpret otherwise you’d keep ending up off the path. I had been there before – it seems like I’ve had dreams about this path before. There were different stages on the path, which was very long, kind of like the Appalachian trail where people make pilgrimage-like treks along the path. The shooter was following us, and we first were in the sandy section of the path which had white sand that was very difficult to get through. The trick was to take your time – slow and steady – because if you tried to go too hard, you’d end up getting exhausted.
Next was the vertical, icy portion of the path. It was almost like rock climbing but not so steep as to need special equipment. On this portion, people would leave food like granola bars and Nutragrain bars among stumps and trees for people after then, although I don’t think there was any food at this time. There were also icicles that said “suck here” on them like they were frozen food or nutritive water. The shooter was getting closer, so we started throwing things at him to try to slow him down.
We arrived at a flat part of the path, it seemed like it was on a plateau on a mountain or something, with a pool of water. It was still cold with snow and ice still around it. My friend was in the water and the bad guy arrived and asked me if I knew the difference between the two ways to use his weapon – he could use it as a blow torch or a flame thrower or something like that. I told that I knew if he used it in one way, he could use it to boil the water in the pool of water. He tried to do that to kill my friend, but it didn’t work (I knew it wouldn’t) and he ended up in the water somehow and coated with ice. My friend and I were going to escape and the shooter seemed so surprised that we would leave him to die. It was like he expected me to get in the water and get coated with ice, too. Then my alarm went off and I woke up.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
The One Where I Beat Up the Hiltons
I was living at my parents’ house, and our neighbor on the next street (Marlene) whose family we were close to was doing some work on their house. So, my family (Mom, Dad, Dawn and me) went over and started taking stuff from their house… like shoveling those little rocks used instead of mulch or for driveways into a big wheelbarrow or container. But we were also taking furniture and stuff from their attic. I got the impression that we had taken it before, like maybe we took it, they took it back, and back again, or something like that.
We apparently needed this stuff to make updates to our own house. There were contractors or other workmen at Marlene’s house and they were coming and going, but kind of just ignored them and they mostly ignored us. But when we were down filling up our container, we had to leave the attic (I think we had to go upstairs!) and we had to wait for a guy with a ladder to go up first. He hesitated, as if to think about letting us go first, but another guy said that we were there all the time taking stuff and to just go ahead of us, like we could wait. Marlene ended up catching us and getting mad, but I was getting mad too saying that I didn’t want to do this anymore. My mom was just kind of explaining to Marlene that we needed to do work on our own house and we needed the stuff. She was like, “Oh, we’re just going to redo our living room a little bit…” But when Marlene saw the ton of stuff we had, she was like, “A little bit??”
Then I was outside in Marlene’s driveway and the Hilton sisters were living next door. They came over and were going to kick our asses for stealing stuff or something to that effect. Nikki told me they were going to do a move on me where they both give me a headbutt to the chest (I guess like the world cup guy), and I said, “Go ahead, try it.” So they went to try it, but I grabbed them each by the back of the neck and bashed their heads together. Then I grabbed them both by the throat and lifted them off the ground and said, “Did you know I was a world champion martial artist?” Nikki kind of rolled her eyes and said yes, so I threw them to the ground and proceeded to beat the living hell out of the two of them. I remember thinking I could say that I bitch-slapped Paris Hilton so I proceeded to do that several times, just to make sure… back and forth – you know, regular slap, bitch slap, regular slap, bitch slap. I did much more than slap, though, I was punching and elbowing… I slapped Paris a lot, but I think I beat up Nikki more… as if I liked her a lot less.
We apparently needed this stuff to make updates to our own house. There were contractors or other workmen at Marlene’s house and they were coming and going, but kind of just ignored them and they mostly ignored us. But when we were down filling up our container, we had to leave the attic (I think we had to go upstairs!) and we had to wait for a guy with a ladder to go up first. He hesitated, as if to think about letting us go first, but another guy said that we were there all the time taking stuff and to just go ahead of us, like we could wait. Marlene ended up catching us and getting mad, but I was getting mad too saying that I didn’t want to do this anymore. My mom was just kind of explaining to Marlene that we needed to do work on our own house and we needed the stuff. She was like, “Oh, we’re just going to redo our living room a little bit…” But when Marlene saw the ton of stuff we had, she was like, “A little bit??”
Then I was outside in Marlene’s driveway and the Hilton sisters were living next door. They came over and were going to kick our asses for stealing stuff or something to that effect. Nikki told me they were going to do a move on me where they both give me a headbutt to the chest (I guess like the world cup guy), and I said, “Go ahead, try it.” So they went to try it, but I grabbed them each by the back of the neck and bashed their heads together. Then I grabbed them both by the throat and lifted them off the ground and said, “Did you know I was a world champion martial artist?” Nikki kind of rolled her eyes and said yes, so I threw them to the ground and proceeded to beat the living hell out of the two of them. I remember thinking I could say that I bitch-slapped Paris Hilton so I proceeded to do that several times, just to make sure… back and forth – you know, regular slap, bitch slap, regular slap, bitch slap. I did much more than slap, though, I was punching and elbowing… I slapped Paris a lot, but I think I beat up Nikki more… as if I liked her a lot less.
The One with the Evil Sara
I lived on a huge estate - with multiple buildings and gardens and squares everywhere. I was chatting with some friends on IM but through chatting, somehow we were hanging out together in real life as well.
There were a bunch of us hanging out outside and this woman Sara that I used to see out clubbing was there and people were commenting that it's not going to be fun with her there. I didn't think anything of it at first.
But then we were all sitting on the grass in little lawn chairs in a big circle, I think we were going to figure out what we were going to do when she started taking charge and dictating what everone was going to do. They kept taking pictures of me and the girl sitting next to me - I think it was Katie.
Then they had me open my mouth to show a piece of hard candy that I had in my mouth so they could take a picture. So, I stuck out my tongue and showed it but they said they couldn't see it and wanted it back further in my mouth, but that obviously didn't make any sense. It didn't make sense to me in the dream, either. That's when I commented to Katie that this wasn't any fun - kind of like Monica on friends when she was forcing everyone to 'have fun' doing mad libs but making them put the pen caps on correctly and choosing words that only made sense.
At that point, I logged onto into another session on the computer, therefore removing myself from that situation and going somewhere else in real life - to a different part of the estate. But I wasn't supposed to do that and Sara got mad. I hid out for a little bit and took a golf club with me when I left one building, but she came up behind me and was yelling at me and hitting me in the back with what seemed to be a long piece of grass that was like a whip. So I whacked her with the golf club a couple of times.
Then she was with a kid who was kind of like the annointed one on Buffy, and the kid had a knife but didn't use it, he just carried it with him. They were both chasing after me in a building with stone walls and floors, like a castle, but I jumped over this little channel of water but Sara couldn't cross it because she had her period - as the kid pointed out. I went further down the hallway and it turned left up into stairs, but to the right (across from the stairs) there was an alcove with a statue or someone in it who was going to try to help protect me.
Then somehow I gave up on that process and I was back in the circle on the grass as if I never left. This time I stayed and kind of just followed the group, almost zombie-like.
After a while, we all got up and she wanted to go somewhere, but I think some people thought we were breaking for lunch, or were just annoyed with her and the situation and went off in a different direction. Some people were going to try to escape. People were saying that she was a witch. I didn't go, I just followed along.
When Sara saw some people were leaving, she screamed in this cosmic, banshee-like scream, 'AHHHHHH! GET BACK HERE AND GO TO THE BLACK DIAMOND!!!!' It was ear-piercing and I woke up with the sound still in my ears - it was like the scream Siren did in the X-Men movie. She was talking about an outside garden square that was in the shape of an elongated diamond.
There were a bunch of us hanging out outside and this woman Sara that I used to see out clubbing was there and people were commenting that it's not going to be fun with her there. I didn't think anything of it at first.
But then we were all sitting on the grass in little lawn chairs in a big circle, I think we were going to figure out what we were going to do when she started taking charge and dictating what everone was going to do. They kept taking pictures of me and the girl sitting next to me - I think it was Katie.
Then they had me open my mouth to show a piece of hard candy that I had in my mouth so they could take a picture. So, I stuck out my tongue and showed it but they said they couldn't see it and wanted it back further in my mouth, but that obviously didn't make any sense. It didn't make sense to me in the dream, either. That's when I commented to Katie that this wasn't any fun - kind of like Monica on friends when she was forcing everyone to 'have fun' doing mad libs but making them put the pen caps on correctly and choosing words that only made sense.
At that point, I logged onto into another session on the computer, therefore removing myself from that situation and going somewhere else in real life - to a different part of the estate. But I wasn't supposed to do that and Sara got mad. I hid out for a little bit and took a golf club with me when I left one building, but she came up behind me and was yelling at me and hitting me in the back with what seemed to be a long piece of grass that was like a whip. So I whacked her with the golf club a couple of times.
Then she was with a kid who was kind of like the annointed one on Buffy, and the kid had a knife but didn't use it, he just carried it with him. They were both chasing after me in a building with stone walls and floors, like a castle, but I jumped over this little channel of water but Sara couldn't cross it because she had her period - as the kid pointed out. I went further down the hallway and it turned left up into stairs, but to the right (across from the stairs) there was an alcove with a statue or someone in it who was going to try to help protect me.
Then somehow I gave up on that process and I was back in the circle on the grass as if I never left. This time I stayed and kind of just followed the group, almost zombie-like.
After a while, we all got up and she wanted to go somewhere, but I think some people thought we were breaking for lunch, or were just annoyed with her and the situation and went off in a different direction. Some people were going to try to escape. People were saying that she was a witch. I didn't go, I just followed along.
When Sara saw some people were leaving, she screamed in this cosmic, banshee-like scream, 'AHHHHHH! GET BACK HERE AND GO TO THE BLACK DIAMOND!!!!' It was ear-piercing and I woke up with the sound still in my ears - it was like the scream Siren did in the X-Men movie. She was talking about an outside garden square that was in the shape of an elongated diamond.
The One Where I Die
I had a dream that I died. I was in an elevator with this guy I think I knew, his name was ‘Rom’. I was teaching people to jump when you’re at the top of a building just as the elevator starts to go down and you kind of free-fall for a second. Somehow we found out in advance that we knew we were going to die.
We tried to get off another floor but it opened onto the same floor anyway (the one that we were going to die on) like you couldn’t avoid it once you found out. I think I knew that I was going to be killed by a helicopter, like we would walk out onto a roof and the helicopter would crash into us and I actually would end up getting cut in half by the blades.
And then I remember going back to kung fu and watching some of the kids do forms and the was one little girl that was talking through the form, she was like, ‘grab and step and shuffle and step and step.’ Then I remember seeing my dad and I was surprised that he could see me, but it was like I was getting a chance to say ‘goodbye’ to everybody and so I did that but then I went back home and it’s like I was like a ghost – like I wasn’t leaving anywhere. And it was like they knew I was there, and they would even set a place setting for me at dinner and at one point I was like, ‘Can I have a blue soda?’ and they gave me a blue soda. It was like I wasn’t really dead.
And then I remember in another part I was with friends and they didn’t know I was dead. I was like, ‘well, Rom and I have to get going…’ and I looked at one friend and thought it was someone like Marty (or maybe it was Scott?) and I said ‘Oh, I’m probably never going to see you guys again blah blah blah.’ And I looked at Scott and said ‘Oh, I’ll try to visit, don’t be scared, OK?’ I left and I think Rom was going somewhere else. I think we were going somewhere like purgatory, but I’m not sure. And we got these like whistles I think someone was about to try one, but then I woke up. I was thinking after I woke up maybe they called you to go wherever it is you were supposed to go. I also remember looking at the back of the kung fu building and kind of realizing I’d be drawn back to that in another life. Like, we always come back to the same places and hang out with the same people every time.
We tried to get off another floor but it opened onto the same floor anyway (the one that we were going to die on) like you couldn’t avoid it once you found out. I think I knew that I was going to be killed by a helicopter, like we would walk out onto a roof and the helicopter would crash into us and I actually would end up getting cut in half by the blades.
And then I remember going back to kung fu and watching some of the kids do forms and the was one little girl that was talking through the form, she was like, ‘grab and step and shuffle and step and step.’ Then I remember seeing my dad and I was surprised that he could see me, but it was like I was getting a chance to say ‘goodbye’ to everybody and so I did that but then I went back home and it’s like I was like a ghost – like I wasn’t leaving anywhere. And it was like they knew I was there, and they would even set a place setting for me at dinner and at one point I was like, ‘Can I have a blue soda?’ and they gave me a blue soda. It was like I wasn’t really dead.
And then I remember in another part I was with friends and they didn’t know I was dead. I was like, ‘well, Rom and I have to get going…’ and I looked at one friend and thought it was someone like Marty (or maybe it was Scott?) and I said ‘Oh, I’m probably never going to see you guys again blah blah blah.’ And I looked at Scott and said ‘Oh, I’ll try to visit, don’t be scared, OK?’ I left and I think Rom was going somewhere else. I think we were going somewhere like purgatory, but I’m not sure. And we got these like whistles I think someone was about to try one, but then I woke up. I was thinking after I woke up maybe they called you to go wherever it is you were supposed to go. I also remember looking at the back of the kung fu building and kind of realizing I’d be drawn back to that in another life. Like, we always come back to the same places and hang out with the same people every time.
The One with the Queen of England
Melany came over and we went to see someone she knew from work that had just moved into a new place. On the way there I saw Kathy F. from college and she was mad that I hadn’t called or returned her calls. I think I used to be her roommate. We kind of just went by her and she was yelling that she had something in her purse and was yelling that she was going to dump it in the first stiff wind once she got to Arizona.
We were going up the stairwell into a room that was empty and smelled of varnished new floors and there was a woman on the porch putting stuff around (moving in). We got to the living room and Melany introduced herself to a guy – the guy she knew. She introduced me and he asked me if I was up all night partying and I said ‘no’. He said that everyone else was. I asked why. He said because of Linda. I asked who Linda was. Everyone seemed shocked that I didn’t know and said ‘The queen, silly.’ I asked if she was the queen of Canada, and someone scoffed and said they don’t give parties for the queen of Canada.
I turned and it was the Queen of England (Elizabeth, not ‘Linda’), on the couch, kind of lying on her side, resting. Melany said ‘they got your monitor set up, huh? It looks better (like it saved space).’ There was a cake pan near the monitor and apparently it didn’t work out well because it and a triangular shaped cake jutted too much into the room, not like the square monitor.
We ended up talking about a legend or something that guy who did something in one era was also the same guy that did something in another era (by traveling in time?). It was a big deal and when I woke up I felt like it was some kind of religious revelation but I can’t remember that part!! It was almost like the same guy that killed Caesar (Brutus) was the same guy that killed Jesus (Judas). They used lemon cake or something to do it. We were talking about it and I think they said they had heard something like that and I said I thought they (meaning Christians) didn’t believe in past lives. The queen said something that Ukrainians thought that the lemon cakes worked.
We were going up the stairwell into a room that was empty and smelled of varnished new floors and there was a woman on the porch putting stuff around (moving in). We got to the living room and Melany introduced herself to a guy – the guy she knew. She introduced me and he asked me if I was up all night partying and I said ‘no’. He said that everyone else was. I asked why. He said because of Linda. I asked who Linda was. Everyone seemed shocked that I didn’t know and said ‘The queen, silly.’ I asked if she was the queen of Canada, and someone scoffed and said they don’t give parties for the queen of Canada.
I turned and it was the Queen of England (Elizabeth, not ‘Linda’), on the couch, kind of lying on her side, resting. Melany said ‘they got your monitor set up, huh? It looks better (like it saved space).’ There was a cake pan near the monitor and apparently it didn’t work out well because it and a triangular shaped cake jutted too much into the room, not like the square monitor.
We ended up talking about a legend or something that guy who did something in one era was also the same guy that did something in another era (by traveling in time?). It was a big deal and when I woke up I felt like it was some kind of religious revelation but I can’t remember that part!! It was almost like the same guy that killed Caesar (Brutus) was the same guy that killed Jesus (Judas). They used lemon cake or something to do it. We were talking about it and I think they said they had heard something like that and I said I thought they (meaning Christians) didn’t believe in past lives. The queen said something that Ukrainians thought that the lemon cakes worked.
The One When Charissa Tried to Kill Me
I had a dream during a nap that this woman (she looked like Charissa from work) was trying to kill me – shoot me with a gun. I ended up killing her after she got the police (who had come to arrest her) to put the right handcuffs on her that allowed her to shoot me. The cuffs had the right letter or writing or something on them that matched up with either my middle name or my middle initial. They had to match before she could shoot me.
Somehow I managed to hide and miss getting shot and somehow got the gun and shot her. I shot at her once, I think it either hit her in the head or missed her or hit her in the head AND didn’t really hit her, and then I got her once in the face hear her nose and a policewoman was like ‘oh [ew] look at the hole.’
I ran upstairs to where my mom was (somehow I get the impression that she was sick and had to stay in bed but don’t remember anything specific about it). I looked over the balcony (I think we were in a hotel with this weird play-type of equipment and I recall seeing photos of her and a friend playing on this water equipment – it was like air filled plastic balloon like play set type of things similar to McDonald’s equipment) and saw them putting her in a body bag. I was so unsure if she was really dead.
Then I had to get ready to go to some function – Veronica’s baby shower I think. I was going to call Jeff to see what he got her because I didn’t have time to shop for a present like I was planning on. (Lisa’s baby shower is coming up in real life). I woke up discombobulated - it was a really long nap – I went to take a 20-minute nap at like 5:30 when I got home and woke up at 8:08 (my alarm said 8:15). I thought it was the morning but was confused because it was dark out so I thought it was just before my alarm usually goes off. Since I thought I was late, I was going to call in sick to work, but then realized it was night and still Thursday.
Somehow I managed to hide and miss getting shot and somehow got the gun and shot her. I shot at her once, I think it either hit her in the head or missed her or hit her in the head AND didn’t really hit her, and then I got her once in the face hear her nose and a policewoman was like ‘oh [ew] look at the hole.’
I ran upstairs to where my mom was (somehow I get the impression that she was sick and had to stay in bed but don’t remember anything specific about it). I looked over the balcony (I think we were in a hotel with this weird play-type of equipment and I recall seeing photos of her and a friend playing on this water equipment – it was like air filled plastic balloon like play set type of things similar to McDonald’s equipment) and saw them putting her in a body bag. I was so unsure if she was really dead.
Then I had to get ready to go to some function – Veronica’s baby shower I think. I was going to call Jeff to see what he got her because I didn’t have time to shop for a present like I was planning on. (Lisa’s baby shower is coming up in real life). I woke up discombobulated - it was a really long nap – I went to take a 20-minute nap at like 5:30 when I got home and woke up at 8:08 (my alarm said 8:15). I thought it was the morning but was confused because it was dark out so I thought it was just before my alarm usually goes off. Since I thought I was late, I was going to call in sick to work, but then realized it was night and still Thursday.
The One With the Lab and the OB/GYN
Took elevator to the 13th floor but there were only like 10 buttons. I figured out how to get to secret levels. At one point near the end of the ride, the elevator went sideways - but rotated on its side and was still going up.
I got to medical lab where Roger from work was trying to do something – he was like professor X. I knew that in order for it to work they had to be on the same frequency. There were two psychic things that needed to communicate or something. Roger was one. The lab was working on some drugs to enhance psychic powers.
So I and Tom Sizemore - who was up there two and like my partner, started looking around. The door opened and I said 'hide!' and we dove down and hid behind one of the beds - like hospital beds but futuristic. A huge tall guy and another guy (I think he was a childlike old guy kind of like in Akira) came in. I thought they were bad guys but I'm not sure. We got up and kept looking. Apparently time starting running out and they started moving faster. I was going around opening drawers and stuff trying to find a liquid that was the proper color to inject into him.
When I was near the door something happened and someone dropped a whole bunch of these little things that were like the tips of needles, but they were small, like diabetic prick needles. It was like a tall filing cabinet tipped and knocked into someone, like someone was doing something on the other side of the cabinet.
I started to help them pick them up. I knew someone was there who was causing more harm than good and they wanted them to leave. I said that I would leave if they want, but this woman said, 'Dan, I'm an OB/GYN and I'd like you to stay and help if you could.' I agreed and she asked me to paper the beds.
I found a big roll of paper like for the hospital beds, but not attached to one of them, and pulled out a big sheet and wrapped it around a pillow. I said I thought it looked like carbon paper and the OB/GYN said it was carbon paper. I noticed there were rolls at the foot of the beds for papering them. I laughed and said, well we'll get imprints of this person's head at least. I used the regular paper to paper the bed (the pillow still had the carbon paper).
That's all I remember.
I got to medical lab where Roger from work was trying to do something – he was like professor X. I knew that in order for it to work they had to be on the same frequency. There were two psychic things that needed to communicate or something. Roger was one. The lab was working on some drugs to enhance psychic powers.
So I and Tom Sizemore - who was up there two and like my partner, started looking around. The door opened and I said 'hide!' and we dove down and hid behind one of the beds - like hospital beds but futuristic. A huge tall guy and another guy (I think he was a childlike old guy kind of like in Akira) came in. I thought they were bad guys but I'm not sure. We got up and kept looking. Apparently time starting running out and they started moving faster. I was going around opening drawers and stuff trying to find a liquid that was the proper color to inject into him.
When I was near the door something happened and someone dropped a whole bunch of these little things that were like the tips of needles, but they were small, like diabetic prick needles. It was like a tall filing cabinet tipped and knocked into someone, like someone was doing something on the other side of the cabinet.
I started to help them pick them up. I knew someone was there who was causing more harm than good and they wanted them to leave. I said that I would leave if they want, but this woman said, 'Dan, I'm an OB/GYN and I'd like you to stay and help if you could.' I agreed and she asked me to paper the beds.
I found a big roll of paper like for the hospital beds, but not attached to one of them, and pulled out a big sheet and wrapped it around a pillow. I said I thought it looked like carbon paper and the OB/GYN said it was carbon paper. I noticed there were rolls at the foot of the beds for papering them. I laughed and said, well we'll get imprints of this person's head at least. I used the regular paper to paper the bed (the pillow still had the carbon paper).
That's all I remember.
The One with the Gorilla
Apparently I was staying at the school for a Martial Arts tournament because I had some bags that indicated that I was staying over for about a weekend and I had my weapons with me. I had a roommate - some guy that I did not recognize in the dream. Heather, Aimee and Mia were like one person that morphed into each other.
The Gorilla would lock the bathrooms at night and slept in the hallway near my room. If I had to go to the bathroom, I had to use the bathroom down the hallway, escorted by Heather. You didn't HAVE to have the escort, but it was safer that way. My roommate and I were waiting for Tina to come in and sneak us out - to escape. She was helping people escape, but could only take a couple of people at a time.
I went to the bathroom with Heather, using the girl's bathroom at first. I thought it was the only one. Then I had to use the bathroom again (I think I went back to my room first for a bit) and went to the boy's bathroom. I went for a very long time and then once I was done I had to go again. I had to go into this big sink that reminded me of a sink that would be in an art class for some reason. Heather was standing really close to me and she switched to Mia. I yelled at her for standing so close while I was going and she kept trying to look.
We started walking back to the room and I saw Tina and my roommate and maybe one or two other people with backpacks on like there were going to leave without me. My heart started pounding because I was scared I wouldn't escape, but they said they wouldn't leave without me. I asked if I should go back and get my bags, and Tina said maybe I should so I would have a weapon. She was carrying something like a tire iron. I thought about my stuff and said 'f that' I could get new stuff. If I got caught the gorilla would kill me/us. But all of a sudden I had my steel fan, which I was showing to Aimee for a minute while we were waiting for Tina for some reason. I was showing her how it could be used as a weapon.
We started to leave and I asked where the Gorilla was and Heather said 'In the cell checking the bathroom.' I wasn't worried that the Gorilla would notice we weren't in the room, but if it caught us outside the room, it would kill us. We got near the bathrooms and I saw the shadow of the Gorilla behind a door (had like frosted glass) and knew it was coming out so I ran toward the bathroom but didn't hide there because I knew it would check the bathroom. I whispered to a kid 'hide!' and went into another room - kind of a big empty room with some tables against the wall - kind of like a band room with no stuff, or a banquet hall room.
Then I woke up.
The Gorilla would lock the bathrooms at night and slept in the hallway near my room. If I had to go to the bathroom, I had to use the bathroom down the hallway, escorted by Heather. You didn't HAVE to have the escort, but it was safer that way. My roommate and I were waiting for Tina to come in and sneak us out - to escape. She was helping people escape, but could only take a couple of people at a time.
I went to the bathroom with Heather, using the girl's bathroom at first. I thought it was the only one. Then I had to use the bathroom again (I think I went back to my room first for a bit) and went to the boy's bathroom. I went for a very long time and then once I was done I had to go again. I had to go into this big sink that reminded me of a sink that would be in an art class for some reason. Heather was standing really close to me and she switched to Mia. I yelled at her for standing so close while I was going and she kept trying to look.
We started walking back to the room and I saw Tina and my roommate and maybe one or two other people with backpacks on like there were going to leave without me. My heart started pounding because I was scared I wouldn't escape, but they said they wouldn't leave without me. I asked if I should go back and get my bags, and Tina said maybe I should so I would have a weapon. She was carrying something like a tire iron. I thought about my stuff and said 'f that' I could get new stuff. If I got caught the gorilla would kill me/us. But all of a sudden I had my steel fan, which I was showing to Aimee for a minute while we were waiting for Tina for some reason. I was showing her how it could be used as a weapon.
We started to leave and I asked where the Gorilla was and Heather said 'In the cell checking the bathroom.' I wasn't worried that the Gorilla would notice we weren't in the room, but if it caught us outside the room, it would kill us. We got near the bathrooms and I saw the shadow of the Gorilla behind a door (had like frosted glass) and knew it was coming out so I ran toward the bathroom but didn't hide there because I knew it would check the bathroom. I whispered to a kid 'hide!' and went into another room - kind of a big empty room with some tables against the wall - kind of like a band room with no stuff, or a banquet hall room.
Then I woke up.
The One with the Coffins
I was helping the guy that did my home inspection prepare some coffins (well more like wooden crates) for a family that died. I was helping him with the kid’s coffin – I was helping him remove burned-on lettering like on lumber from the store. We were using paint thinner and Q-tips. The kid’s clothes, a tennis racquet and some other plaything to be buried with him were in a paper bag. I saw cockroaches coming up from a hole in the ground and I was freaked… I didn’t know what they were at first and my Mom identified them. The inspection guy wasn’t going to bury the kid – he said that was an old law (that they actually had to bury him). I think he was going to sell the body? The cockroaches were huge – like 4”. I don’t really know what a cockroach looks like, but these kind of had these little shield things behind their necks.
When the inspector first came, he drove a pickup truck, and starting putting duct tape around the bottom edge of it, saying they were supposed to have measured it – like he was going to run out of the tape. He didn’t.
Another weird thing: Today I read CNN and there was a story about a man that was arrested in Atlanta for not actually cremating/burying people!! He kept them behind the crematory.
When the inspector first came, he drove a pickup truck, and starting putting duct tape around the bottom edge of it, saying they were supposed to have measured it – like he was going to run out of the tape. He didn’t.
Another weird thing: Today I read CNN and there was a story about a man that was arrested in Atlanta for not actually cremating/burying people!! He kept them behind the crematory.
The One When My Family Goes Out to Eat / The One Where I’m a Vampire
I went out to eat sushi with my family - My Mom, my Dad, my sister and my Aunt Susie was there. It was Sakura but it was in Northampton on kind of a hill and we had to drive up a really steep road to get to the parking lot. Once we got there, the parking lot was small and we had to park illegally. We were the first ones there for the whole day - it was because it was Chinese New Year and sushi is Japanese food. We sat at a round table and ate a ton of sushi - it was the first time eating it for everyone except me and I think Aunt Susie. The guy that owns Sakura was there too. We got a jar of tobiko and there was a price sticker on it for $2.99. I was surprised it was so cheap.
There were kids sitting at a nearby table playing with chopsticks and one flew over to our table. They kept switching people's chopsticks and the one that ended up at our table had little notches in it like they were making lincoln logs out of them. On top of the sushi bar was a plate of sushi - like samples - that people could go up and smell to make sure it was fresh. I did this.
We talked about how we haven't spoken to Aunt Susie in a long time and how Dawn and I used to call her 'goo goo' (which means Aunt in Chinese). She and my mom almost got into an argument about how they stopped talking. Susie said Mom used to say stuff about her boyfriend, Peter. They were civil, but there was definitely tension between them.
For dessert we had a big plate of Oreo cookies on the table but my Dad had a piece of cake.
Next thing I remember I was a vampire and going around killing people in the restaurant. The family was gone at this point. I went outside and continued. At this point it was night and dark out. I had fangs and sharp claws and remember feeling invincible.
Sometimes I would feed (although I do remember biting necks, I don't remember sucking any blood), sometimes just kill. I was looking for someone specific, a guy (Bryan maybe?) – I think I wanted to kill him, but he went to some mountain/hill. A monster that resembled the sewer monster from X-files told me. There were other monsters in the dream but they were on my side. I was definitely a 'bad guy.'
There were pills in the dream that made me/monsters stronger or made humans strong like vampires. One girl that was similar to a slayer but not as powerful was chasing me for a bit. I had to run from her at first but then I took a pill and picked her up and threw her off a balcony. She was the only one that threatened me - otherwise I still felt invincible.
At one point I remember being in a public bathroom, sitting on the floor across from the sinks, leaning back so they couldn't see me in the mirrors (apparently the vampire-mirror thing didn't apply). I was going to kill the kids (a lot of the people I killed were teenagers or young adults - like 16 - 23 years old) as they came in the bathroom. I couldn't tell if was a guys or girls bathroom - but there were both guys and girls in it.
I didn't recognize most of the people in the dream except for my family and the guy from Sakura. All the other people were people I didn't know.
There were kids sitting at a nearby table playing with chopsticks and one flew over to our table. They kept switching people's chopsticks and the one that ended up at our table had little notches in it like they were making lincoln logs out of them. On top of the sushi bar was a plate of sushi - like samples - that people could go up and smell to make sure it was fresh. I did this.
We talked about how we haven't spoken to Aunt Susie in a long time and how Dawn and I used to call her 'goo goo' (which means Aunt in Chinese). She and my mom almost got into an argument about how they stopped talking. Susie said Mom used to say stuff about her boyfriend, Peter. They were civil, but there was definitely tension between them.
For dessert we had a big plate of Oreo cookies on the table but my Dad had a piece of cake.
Next thing I remember I was a vampire and going around killing people in the restaurant. The family was gone at this point. I went outside and continued. At this point it was night and dark out. I had fangs and sharp claws and remember feeling invincible.
Sometimes I would feed (although I do remember biting necks, I don't remember sucking any blood), sometimes just kill. I was looking for someone specific, a guy (Bryan maybe?) – I think I wanted to kill him, but he went to some mountain/hill. A monster that resembled the sewer monster from X-files told me. There were other monsters in the dream but they were on my side. I was definitely a 'bad guy.'
There were pills in the dream that made me/monsters stronger or made humans strong like vampires. One girl that was similar to a slayer but not as powerful was chasing me for a bit. I had to run from her at first but then I took a pill and picked her up and threw her off a balcony. She was the only one that threatened me - otherwise I still felt invincible.
At one point I remember being in a public bathroom, sitting on the floor across from the sinks, leaning back so they couldn't see me in the mirrors (apparently the vampire-mirror thing didn't apply). I was going to kill the kids (a lot of the people I killed were teenagers or young adults - like 16 - 23 years old) as they came in the bathroom. I couldn't tell if was a guys or girls bathroom - but there were both guys and girls in it.
I didn't recognize most of the people in the dream except for my family and the guy from Sakura. All the other people were people I didn't know.
Sunday, September 9, 2007
The One with the Toilet That Saved the Town
I was jogging outside in a place that seemed familiar in the dream with Tim, John and Tina (I think) from work. I remember commenting that I wished I had worn pants because I didn’t like the feeling of things touching my legs when I ran (like tall grass and twigs and stuff). Tim starts running faster and I speed up to kind of race him – John and Tina fall behind, going at their own pace.
We get to this big building with these big aqueduct-looking things. They were kind of water-slide shaped – but bigger and made out of concrete and painted blue like the bottom of a public swimming pool and the paint was cracked and peeling – like the place was old and not kept up. The plant growth in the area indicated the same thing.
One of the aqueduct things acted like a water slide into a large pool and Tim slid down it into the water, which was fairly far down. I stood at the top and watched Tim and noticed when the wind blew, when it rustled certain leaves on this one tree right near the edge of the pool, it would make this warbling sound.
I looked closer and on the leaves there were these clearish little bubble sac things with insects inside. Tim looked at them with me and as we poked at them with a stick, it became apparent what they were – but like Tim was reading something about them but there was nothing to read. He said that the purpose of the building was that when the insects were messed with (as we were doing), the pool would flood and when the water touched the insects, somehow the insects would poison the water and the water would flow out and poison everyone in the surrounding towns.
I noticed nearby there were other aqueduct-slide things, some pointing out into the forest and stuff. The water started to fill the pool and we looked around for a way to try and stop it. There was a bathroom near the pool – with just a toilet inside. I had an idea and opened the back of the toilet up and fiddled with the ball so that the toilet would never fill and it would just run. By doing so, it would keep the pool from getting full enough to poison the towns. I think next we were thinking of breaking the whole toilet but I woke up.
We get to this big building with these big aqueduct-looking things. They were kind of water-slide shaped – but bigger and made out of concrete and painted blue like the bottom of a public swimming pool and the paint was cracked and peeling – like the place was old and not kept up. The plant growth in the area indicated the same thing.
One of the aqueduct things acted like a water slide into a large pool and Tim slid down it into the water, which was fairly far down. I stood at the top and watched Tim and noticed when the wind blew, when it rustled certain leaves on this one tree right near the edge of the pool, it would make this warbling sound.
I looked closer and on the leaves there were these clearish little bubble sac things with insects inside. Tim looked at them with me and as we poked at them with a stick, it became apparent what they were – but like Tim was reading something about them but there was nothing to read. He said that the purpose of the building was that when the insects were messed with (as we were doing), the pool would flood and when the water touched the insects, somehow the insects would poison the water and the water would flow out and poison everyone in the surrounding towns.
I noticed nearby there were other aqueduct-slide things, some pointing out into the forest and stuff. The water started to fill the pool and we looked around for a way to try and stop it. There was a bathroom near the pool – with just a toilet inside. I had an idea and opened the back of the toilet up and fiddled with the ball so that the toilet would never fill and it would just run. By doing so, it would keep the pool from getting full enough to poison the towns. I think next we were thinking of breaking the whole toilet but I woke up.
The One with Dan the Vampire Slayer
I moved into this old house with like 5 floors. Some guy that resembled Wesley from Angel was my realtor and he ended up borrowing money from me ($50). I found that one set of keys was missing. Next door, the house was filled with kind of rowdy kids - like it was a college frat house or something but coed. They were smoking pot in the car and stuff.
At one point, I was walking into the house at night and as I shut the door, the latch didn't catch and the door swung open again. And instantly, in kind of bluish light, all the kids from next-door are standing in the front yard, on the porch, etc. One of them (seemingly the leader) was leaning up against a tree near the road smoking a cigarette. The door swung closed and open again and they were all gone.
I have no idea how I got from there to the next part, but all of a sudden I know that the house next door is filled with vampires and they are attacking the house. I have this big wooden stake but the end is kind of splintered from overuse. I am also with two other people that are like Wesley and Cordelia. Killing the vamps was like it is in Buffy - they kind of disintegrate. After killing the first round of vamps, I stuck the stick into a potted plant - I had a hunch that the soil was sacred soil. Because there was blood and stuff on the stake, it sizzled in the dirt. Suspicions confirmed. Apparently the house used to be an old parochial school and was on consecrated ground.
Second round of vampires. The three of us are running around trying to dodge these arrows the vamps are shooting at the house, through the windows and walls. When I moved around the house, they followed because somehow they could sense where I was in the house because I was 'the slayer.' At one point I was on the floor next to the wall dodging all the arrows and stuff crashing through the wall. Then all of a sudden, [Female Friend 1] appears for a moment. Apparently the head vampire was her ex husband, but his name in the dream was [Female Friend 1's son's name].
Then this couple comes over because they found a set of keys in their house and someone told them to come over here or something. I threw some dirt on them to make sure they weren't vampires. For some reason, I have the idea in my head that the keys were taken for some guy that is in jail that could help us out. Then the third round starts, and all of a sudden [ex-coworker 1] is next to me holding a bunch of wooden grill skewers. I grab them and stick them in the dirt so that they would be effective against the vamps.
At one point, I was walking into the house at night and as I shut the door, the latch didn't catch and the door swung open again. And instantly, in kind of bluish light, all the kids from next-door are standing in the front yard, on the porch, etc. One of them (seemingly the leader) was leaning up against a tree near the road smoking a cigarette. The door swung closed and open again and they were all gone.
I have no idea how I got from there to the next part, but all of a sudden I know that the house next door is filled with vampires and they are attacking the house. I have this big wooden stake but the end is kind of splintered from overuse. I am also with two other people that are like Wesley and Cordelia. Killing the vamps was like it is in Buffy - they kind of disintegrate. After killing the first round of vamps, I stuck the stick into a potted plant - I had a hunch that the soil was sacred soil. Because there was blood and stuff on the stake, it sizzled in the dirt. Suspicions confirmed. Apparently the house used to be an old parochial school and was on consecrated ground.
Second round of vampires. The three of us are running around trying to dodge these arrows the vamps are shooting at the house, through the windows and walls. When I moved around the house, they followed because somehow they could sense where I was in the house because I was 'the slayer.' At one point I was on the floor next to the wall dodging all the arrows and stuff crashing through the wall. Then all of a sudden, [Female Friend 1] appears for a moment. Apparently the head vampire was her ex husband, but his name in the dream was [Female Friend 1's son's name].
Then this couple comes over because they found a set of keys in their house and someone told them to come over here or something. I threw some dirt on them to make sure they weren't vampires. For some reason, I have the idea in my head that the keys were taken for some guy that is in jail that could help us out. Then the third round starts, and all of a sudden [ex-coworker 1] is next to me holding a bunch of wooden grill skewers. I grab them and stick them in the dirt so that they would be effective against the vamps.
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