Twisted Fairy Tales

Doof told me about a dream that he had, which reminded me of a dream that I had this morning.

There's a theory that we subconsciously remember every face we've ever seen, and we sometimes see these people in our dreams. If that's the case, I'd love to meet the bloke I saw in my dream!

He was well fit, and we were just chatting. I remember we leaned closer, and then we kissed...and it was such a lovely kiss...

and I woke up.

Forgotten Dream

I know I had yet another really interesting one, but I can't remember it at all. I do know that I was waking a lot though.

I think I just got up too quickly this morning. The past three mornings, I'd lain in bed a while just recalling my dreams and committing a few aspects to memory. This morning, I woke up too late to do that.
If I do have the same dream though, I'll know.

But for now...it's time to focus on my waking life. Which isn't nearly as exciting, but pays a hell of a lot more of the bills.

Repent! The End Is Nigh!

In the past three nights alone, I've dreamt of zombies, the apocalypse and someone putting explosives in my house. In that order.

I can't remember, but what I do recall:

Zombies
Exactly what it says on the tin. Similar looking to the Infected in I Am Legend, most of these zombies were lying at the bottom of a pool, seemingly asleep.

Side note: water in my dreams tend to reflect my general state of mind. In this case, it was calm...but full of undead people. Hmm.

Anyway. I was part of a volunteer group to kill zombies. I remember walking across a bridge, looking down at all the zombies at the bottom of the pool. At one point, there was a human who had been trapped somehow, and managed to escape via a tunnel that was under the pool. But by swimming towards his escape, he awakened the sleeping Undead, who then started to crawl and claw their way up and out. As soon as they broke the surface, one of us volunteers would shoot it.

And that's all I remember.

The Apocalypse
Well, I don't know what else to call it. I was in a deserted suburban area. I was with a group of survivors, and scenes alternated between running for our lives, and hiding out in a makeshift shelter.

I recall that there was fire and explosions, and I felt that something was perpetually coming after us.
Another huge worry we had was dissension among ourselves; there were a few arguments.
Oh, and I was worried that my phone was dying, and I didn't have a charger for it.

In my defense, if I needed advice on how to survive the apocalypse...well, there's prolly an app for that!

The Explosives in the Empty House
This one was really strange. Even though I had two strange and vivid dreams two nights consecutively, I found this the oddest of all. And perhaps that's what's really odd. But anyway.

My POV started off as that of a bloke, breaking it off with his (my) girlfriend. And then I switched over the girl's POV.

I remember there was a small lawn, and a car in the driveway. Why is it that I often live in the suburbs in my dreams? But anyway. The house was a crime scene, and police were leaving. As I walked through the front door, I focused on bits of grass and dirt on the carpet. You know how in Psych, Shawn Spencer focuses on a clue that lights up? Well, that's what happened. I leave it, and continue walking in. I walk through the house, and it's empty. It seems to be somewhere I lived with my (non-existent) boyfriend/husband, and he wasn't there.

I try pushing open the kitchen door, but it seems to be jammed. I don't notice it, but seeing as how it's MY dream, I'm also omniscient, therefore I know there's a rubber hose leading from the outside into the kitchen.

I walk away, and notice that there's a message on my answering machine. I hit play, and the message is for me. A bloke called Godfrey? Geoffrey? was reminding me that the show starts in five minutes. Omniscient me knew that it was an usher calling from the theatre. At this point, I'm slowly starting to lucid-dream, and I'm lucid enough to realise how silly that phone call was.

That's when BabyGirl woke me up.

I went back to sleep, and managed to lucid-dream myself back to the same situation. I then realised that the kitchen was rigged to blow up the minute I (or anyone else, really) opened the door.

BabyGirl woke me up again, but it's a good thing I managed to fall asleep fast enough to call the police. Unfortunately, by that time I was a bit too awake to see the rest of the dream through, so I'm not sure what happened after.


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For those of you who believe in dream interpretation, yes. You've probably interpreted correctly. And yes, the main recurring theme is...definitely something that's going on right now. I am facing a few challenges which I can and will overcome.

In the meantime, I embrace these challenges, especially if they make the nighttime so gripping and intriguing.

What exciting situation will I face tonight? It's time for me to go find out.


All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream
-- Edgar Allan Poe

Bits and bobs

Today's affirmation made me grin:
I am organised and productive. I have lots of energy, and I enjoy getting my life in order.

Moi? Enjoy getting my life in order? YOU DON'T SAY.

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Had a really weird dream last night. Won't go into detail, mostly because I'd rather forget it. Not a nightmare per se, but just...strange.

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Heard Mac Daddy and Daddy Mac on the radio this morning. One of the two songs that I actually remember.

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Federal judge Vaughn Walker this morning overturned California's Proposition 8, which had denied marriage to same-sex couples. This makes me happy and warm and fuzzy.

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Stayed at work til 10pm last night. Managed to get quite a bit done. Still full of energy today, and will be home late after class. How do I do it? I don't know! To celebrate my duck-like qualities (i.e. calm and unruffled on the surface, paddling like crazy underneath), I'm wearing yellow today. Also, it's a happy colour. Also, I look amazing in yellow.

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Today is Psych day. Yesterday was White Collar day. I look forward to watching both episodes on the weekend.

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Wearing a white bottom when Aunt Flo's in town. Brave or brainless? You decide. But I do so love my Thai silk trouser-skirts. So comfortable, yet looks so good. I have them in white (wearing it today), dusty rose, turquoise and purple. Was thinking of wearing the white one tomorrow, with a red top, in celebration of National Day...but...nah. I'll save the patriotic outfit for the weekend, and decided to go with the white one today, visiting relatives be damned.

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My sinuses are acting up again. Right now, it's not so much an infection as my body trying to tell me to get more sleep already! Have popped two Clarinase tablets in the past couple hours, but to no avail. Hopefully I feel better soon. And fingers crossed, I might be able to get a quick nap in at lunchtime.

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It's taken me about an hour to write this between bouts of work. Going to focus on work proper now.

But here, have a video. Hopefully this song gets stuck in your head too.

Everything's Better With Ninjas

Had a really strange dream last night. Let me see how much of it I can recall...

I was going to meet JL for some reason, but she was running late so asked me to just go over to her place first. I went over to hers, and Kay and her siblings were there. They were all lying on mattresses on the floor for their nap, and their grandmum put her finger to her lips as I walked in.

I went into the bedroom, and started getting dressed to go out. Again, this was strange for it's not my bedroom, but of course, I thought nothing of it. JL called again, this time telling me that she can't pick me up, and asked if I would meet her there instead.

Where 'there' was, I have no clue. But I went there anyway. After waving goodbye at grandmum and Kay (the other kids were still asleep).

It wasn't a mall, and yet there was a Giordano outlet there. Odd.
And JL still hadn't arrived.

Instant scene change: All of a sudden, I'm in the middle of some ninja action. There is a bunch of ninjas sneaking around, looking for important documents that they're going to steal. Of course, these documents are hidden. Where are they hidden? Above the doorway. They're rolled up. And duct taped to the wall above the doorway.

Duct taped. To the wall.

The ninjas burst in and see me. I look at them, then look at the documents and roll my eyes.

I say "Seriously. Worst hiding place ever."

And I wake up.



Now that dream didn't make any sense at all...but hey, ninjas!

iCaved

I'm now the proud owner of an iPhone 3GS. White, 32gb.

It's so purty! Got it delivered today. So yet another reason today was a lovely day. For starters, I got to stay in today, and had time to myself. Watched a couple movies on HBO, one of which was the film adaptation of the book I'd just read - The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards. The book, of course, was more detailed and explored the characters a little more, but as film adaptations go, this one was quite decent!

Other things that made me happy today include, but are not limited to:
- Calis, as always
- frozen yoghurt
- listening to Drake Bell music
- cheesecake

Hmm. What was that other movie I watched today?
I don't remember now.

In the meantime, I gotta go to bed.

Oh, and I had a dream that had VK the Bastard Ex in it. It was strange - he was dressed in a suit, and his hair was greying. He actually looked rather good, in a distinguished way.
But I was still avoiding him out of fear. I think that's very telling. But then I was at a beach, and the water was calm. I dream of water a lot, and the water is always a reflection of my emotional state. So yes. Peaceful, calm, relaxed and beautiful. :)


Edited to add:
I remember now. It was Ten Items or Less. And made the grammarian in me go "It should be FEWER."