d r e a m 1 . . .
The dream took place present day in Eugene. So I was in Eugene visiting but a lot of my friends and family were busy, so I decided to go shopping. I started off at Walmart....I walked up to the first register and greeted my friend Erin (who does not work at Walmart in real life). I said hey and we chatted a bit but then her bosses showed up to ask her about something, so I left. I crawled through a tiny cubby looking door and when I got to the other side, I was wearing this really amazing couture dress and saw my friend Isabella. She was there with 4 of her friends, all in gorgeous gowns as well. They acted all sleepy when I came in and said that I had just woken them up....I said "but it's 7pm...have you guys been sleeping all day?" and they nodded yes. I told them it was good to see them but that I was headed to the mall. I crawled through another tiny cubby door and ended up in the mall...in regular street clothes. I walked into one of the stores and began looking around. I walked passed a station where some guy was spray painting clothes for an additional charge. Two girls waited there while he spray painted some mini skirts they had just bought....one getting tiger stripes in green and the other getting them in blue. I walked towards the back of the store where I knew all of the clearance racks would be. I began rummaging through the clothes when I found the most amazing swim suit bottoms EVER. they were electric lime on front and had the face of a red goomba from mario brothers on the butt. I saw that they were on clearance for only $3, so I decided to get them. As I was looking through the rest of the racks, my boyfriend appeared, holding a few items of his own. We looked through some other trinkets and things at the store....deciding to get a poster of Virginia and a few other odds and ends. We went over to the check out and he handed me a $25 gift card to buy the stuff. After we went through the check out I realized that I hadn't gotten what I had come there for which was some craft supplies to make Christmas crafts with. I asked him how much was left on the gift card and he said 80 cents. So I said ok and that I'd just pay for the crafts with my own money. I gave the bags to him and headed the direction of the craft department....that's when the dream ended.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
The Dreaming Events of 10/10
d r e a m 1 . . .
I don't remember much of my dreams from that night but the one I do remember was short and really cool.
So I was with my boyfriend and I noticed that my left eye had a bunch of bursted blood vessels in it. When I took a closer look, I noticed that the blood was in the shape of a cat. I think the perspective of this dream was my favorite because I was seeing my eye as if it were magnified and held in from of me....so I could see through my eye through my eyes....hard to explain but super cool. Anyways, when I noticed that it was shaped like a cat, I called over my boyfriend and showed him. I started pointing out its ears and tail and showing him how it looked like a cat but he kept saying "Sam, I just don't see it." After several minutes of trying to show him, I noticed that the blood changed...this time it moved around into the shape of a dog. I said excited "Look! It's a dog now!!". My boyfriend took one look and saw it "oh hey, that's really cool"...that's when the dream ended.
I don't remember much of my dreams from that night but the one I do remember was short and really cool.
So I was with my boyfriend and I noticed that my left eye had a bunch of bursted blood vessels in it. When I took a closer look, I noticed that the blood was in the shape of a cat. I think the perspective of this dream was my favorite because I was seeing my eye as if it were magnified and held in from of me....so I could see through my eye through my eyes....hard to explain but super cool. Anyways, when I noticed that it was shaped like a cat, I called over my boyfriend and showed him. I started pointing out its ears and tail and showing him how it looked like a cat but he kept saying "Sam, I just don't see it." After several minutes of trying to show him, I noticed that the blood changed...this time it moved around into the shape of a dog. I said excited "Look! It's a dog now!!". My boyfriend took one look and saw it "oh hey, that's really cool"...that's when the dream ended.
The Dreaming Events of 10/9
d r e a m 1 . . .
The dream took place in Virginia present day. My boyfriend's sister was at a band competition all day and for some reason none of the family was going, so my boyfriend's mom and dad said they wanted to go do something fun. So the four of us went out to this club (something that my boyfriend's family would never do)....and to those of you who live in Eugene, it was kind of like Jameson's. With people playing pool and music all around us, we found a place to sit - two couches facing each other with a coffee table between us. We chatted a bunch about random things when my boyfriend's dad asked what we should do next. His mother suggested that we go to the zoo and I got really really excited. There is this zoo in Lexington, VA that is a drive through zoo where all the animals run free and you can feed them. My boyfriend and I wanted to go just a week before but didn't end up going, so I was stoked when his mom suggested that we go. My boyfriend immediately shot down the idea, saying that he really didn't want to go and spouted off all the reasons why. I looked at him confused as just a week ago he was psyched to go. I interrupted the debate about going when I realized that it was around 11 at night and that the zoo was closed. So then my boyfriend's dad asked, "well what should we do then?" and his mother made another suggestion to go get something to eat. She said she was really hungry for Carl's Jr. As we were deciding what to eat the dream flashed forward to my boyfriend trying to wake me up (still in my dream). When I woke up, my boyfriend's parents were gone but we were still in the club...we had fallen asleep on the couch. The club had apparently closed because we were the only two left there, all the lights were off, and the music was no longer blaring. I sat up confused as to why his parents would leave us there if we had fallen asleep but my boyfriend quickly suggested that we leave. So I stood up and saw that one of the ladies who worked there was behind the counter counting money in the register. I walked over to her and we apologized for sleeping on her couch...she said it was no big deal. I asked her if his father had already paid the bill and she said yes and that he had given her a $40 tip. When she said that, I noticed that next to the counter was a display of shoes and handbags....as if they were for sale there. So I then said..."well since he gave you such a big tip, I think that you should give me some of these shoes." I reached over and grabbed these particularly gorgeous purple suede boots (they don't sound cool but they were pretty badass in my dream). I tried them on but they were too big....I said, "I want these ones...in my size please." She said..."but those are $75 and he only tipped me $40". I said "so, you should give them to me anyways". She said that the boots did come in my size but that she'd have to go check with her manager to see if she could do that. While she was gone, I wore the boots around the store, looking around at all the rest of the random merchandise. Just at the end of the display my boyfriend and I found a door to another room of the club. So we went inside and it was soooo cool in there. It was an indoor room meant to look like it was outdoors. the ceiling looked like the sky with the sun shining and there were real trees and fountains everywhere....and cobblestone walkways. That's when the dream ended.
The dream took place in Virginia present day. My boyfriend's sister was at a band competition all day and for some reason none of the family was going, so my boyfriend's mom and dad said they wanted to go do something fun. So the four of us went out to this club (something that my boyfriend's family would never do)....and to those of you who live in Eugene, it was kind of like Jameson's. With people playing pool and music all around us, we found a place to sit - two couches facing each other with a coffee table between us. We chatted a bunch about random things when my boyfriend's dad asked what we should do next. His mother suggested that we go to the zoo and I got really really excited. There is this zoo in Lexington, VA that is a drive through zoo where all the animals run free and you can feed them. My boyfriend and I wanted to go just a week before but didn't end up going, so I was stoked when his mom suggested that we go. My boyfriend immediately shot down the idea, saying that he really didn't want to go and spouted off all the reasons why. I looked at him confused as just a week ago he was psyched to go. I interrupted the debate about going when I realized that it was around 11 at night and that the zoo was closed. So then my boyfriend's dad asked, "well what should we do then?" and his mother made another suggestion to go get something to eat. She said she was really hungry for Carl's Jr. As we were deciding what to eat the dream flashed forward to my boyfriend trying to wake me up (still in my dream). When I woke up, my boyfriend's parents were gone but we were still in the club...we had fallen asleep on the couch. The club had apparently closed because we were the only two left there, all the lights were off, and the music was no longer blaring. I sat up confused as to why his parents would leave us there if we had fallen asleep but my boyfriend quickly suggested that we leave. So I stood up and saw that one of the ladies who worked there was behind the counter counting money in the register. I walked over to her and we apologized for sleeping on her couch...she said it was no big deal. I asked her if his father had already paid the bill and she said yes and that he had given her a $40 tip. When she said that, I noticed that next to the counter was a display of shoes and handbags....as if they were for sale there. So I then said..."well since he gave you such a big tip, I think that you should give me some of these shoes." I reached over and grabbed these particularly gorgeous purple suede boots (they don't sound cool but they were pretty badass in my dream). I tried them on but they were too big....I said, "I want these ones...in my size please." She said..."but those are $75 and he only tipped me $40". I said "so, you should give them to me anyways". She said that the boots did come in my size but that she'd have to go check with her manager to see if she could do that. While she was gone, I wore the boots around the store, looking around at all the rest of the random merchandise. Just at the end of the display my boyfriend and I found a door to another room of the club. So we went inside and it was soooo cool in there. It was an indoor room meant to look like it was outdoors. the ceiling looked like the sky with the sun shining and there were real trees and fountains everywhere....and cobblestone walkways. That's when the dream ended.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
The Dreaming Events of 10/8
d r e a m 1 . . .
The dream took place present day in California. It was night time and I was with my boyfriend. We were walking around the streets of my hometown (though much of the town was very different). We were walking to these two townhouses that were up for rent. We were very interested in renting both of them, one for us and one for our friend who we referred to as "Dennis the Menace" because he got into trouble a lot. We showed up at the homes and they were forest green with white trimming. We went up to the first house...all the lights were off and we tried to peek in. We couldn't see much but Blake said..."This one should be for Dennis the Menace....we don't want him living on our left"....(don't ask me what this means haha). So then we moved on to the second house...that's when our friend showed up to join us. The house wasn't quite vacant yet and the previous renters were actually moving things out right then. We went up to one of the guys there and told him we were all interested in renting the townhouse...he introduced himself as Christopher and told us we could have a look around if we wanted to. He seemed cocky, arrogant, and snarky but also very inviting and friendly. Christopher had many guy friends over who were all hanging out, mostly helping him move, laughing and making jokes as they worked. When we entered the home to look around our friend disappeared quickly into the house and my boyfriend and I chose to go look upstairs first since nobody was up there and we didn't want to disturb the tenants. The upstairs was tiny...and very odd. There was a really little kitchen which held a fridge from the 70's (in that burnt orange color palate)...some counter space, a sink, and a few cupboards. Connected to that was Christopher's bedroom which was absolutely tiny...just big enough for a twin bed and perhaps a nightstand if you were strategic. The bed was awfully hideous.....pink and white with flowers on it....sort of resembled an old women's trundle bed. The only perk to the upstairs is that the room had railing instead of walls and you could see the entire bottom floor if you looked over it. We chose to look at the rest of the house this way as we didn't want to rummage through a stranger's house. Right then the friend whom we hadn't seen since we first arrived at the house came rushing up the stairs....out of breath he said "we need to leave". My boyfriend and I looked at each other confused and then back at him "why?" we asked. He told us to just trust him and that we needed to leave NOW. So the three of us rushed down the stairs and out the front door...my boyfriend and I were going to say thanks to Christopher for letting us see the place but his friends said he was in the bathroom and our friend was too frantic to leave for us to wait. Soon the 3 of us are running down the street when our friend finally admits..."I knew that guy and I did something really terrible to that guy's bathroom"...haha don't ask what it was because he wouldn't say. All he said next was that the guys from the house were probably figuring it out as we spoke and that it wouldn't be too long before they were chasing after us. We decided to split up, thinking that it would be harder for them to track us all down, so my boyfriend went left, our friend went right, and I stayed straight ahead. We had planned to meet at a house that belongs to a friend of my family....I was running as fast as I could, trying not to take glimpses behind me. Much of my hometown was different in the dream and after a long time of panic and running, I realized that I was going in the wrong direction to get there. Suddenly it was day time and people were out and about. Busy like a downtown area with lots of people walking around. As I panicked to figure out where to go I turned around and saw Christopher's friends winded from running. They were within a block of me but hadn't spotted me yet through all the people. I quickly ducked down behind a huge potted plant, hoping that they would start running another direction. They got closer and closer to me....all but about 10 feet when one of the three friends stopped the others to talk about what they were going to do next. I saw Christopher's eyes and they looked angry...whatever my friend had done to his home was worthy of revenge and I could see it in his face. His eyes wouldn't stop searching for us in the crowd. His eyes peeled away from my direction for a few seconds and I seized the opportunity to run out of hiding. Directly to my right there was a big parking lot...it was not paved....gravel and dirt mostly, like the sort of parking available at the County Fair or something. There were cars parked there but they were sporadic and spread far from each other. I ran towards each clump of cars to try to hide myself from them but they had seen me and were already running in my direction. Just outside of the parking lot was a small creek.....abandoned logs and shrubbery lined the sides of the creek. I climbed over one particularly rotten log and up this little hill to cross a small bridge that went over the creek. When I crossed, I was suddenly on the top of a very steep hill and began to fall. Falling falling falling, then I woke up.
The dream took place present day in California. It was night time and I was with my boyfriend. We were walking around the streets of my hometown (though much of the town was very different). We were walking to these two townhouses that were up for rent. We were very interested in renting both of them, one for us and one for our friend who we referred to as "Dennis the Menace" because he got into trouble a lot. We showed up at the homes and they were forest green with white trimming. We went up to the first house...all the lights were off and we tried to peek in. We couldn't see much but Blake said..."This one should be for Dennis the Menace....we don't want him living on our left"....(don't ask me what this means haha). So then we moved on to the second house...that's when our friend showed up to join us. The house wasn't quite vacant yet and the previous renters were actually moving things out right then. We went up to one of the guys there and told him we were all interested in renting the townhouse...he introduced himself as Christopher and told us we could have a look around if we wanted to. He seemed cocky, arrogant, and snarky but also very inviting and friendly. Christopher had many guy friends over who were all hanging out, mostly helping him move, laughing and making jokes as they worked. When we entered the home to look around our friend disappeared quickly into the house and my boyfriend and I chose to go look upstairs first since nobody was up there and we didn't want to disturb the tenants. The upstairs was tiny...and very odd. There was a really little kitchen which held a fridge from the 70's (in that burnt orange color palate)...some counter space, a sink, and a few cupboards. Connected to that was Christopher's bedroom which was absolutely tiny...just big enough for a twin bed and perhaps a nightstand if you were strategic. The bed was awfully hideous.....pink and white with flowers on it....sort of resembled an old women's trundle bed. The only perk to the upstairs is that the room had railing instead of walls and you could see the entire bottom floor if you looked over it. We chose to look at the rest of the house this way as we didn't want to rummage through a stranger's house. Right then the friend whom we hadn't seen since we first arrived at the house came rushing up the stairs....out of breath he said "we need to leave". My boyfriend and I looked at each other confused and then back at him "why?" we asked. He told us to just trust him and that we needed to leave NOW. So the three of us rushed down the stairs and out the front door...my boyfriend and I were going to say thanks to Christopher for letting us see the place but his friends said he was in the bathroom and our friend was too frantic to leave for us to wait. Soon the 3 of us are running down the street when our friend finally admits..."I knew that guy and I did something really terrible to that guy's bathroom"...haha don't ask what it was because he wouldn't say. All he said next was that the guys from the house were probably figuring it out as we spoke and that it wouldn't be too long before they were chasing after us. We decided to split up, thinking that it would be harder for them to track us all down, so my boyfriend went left, our friend went right, and I stayed straight ahead. We had planned to meet at a house that belongs to a friend of my family....I was running as fast as I could, trying not to take glimpses behind me. Much of my hometown was different in the dream and after a long time of panic and running, I realized that I was going in the wrong direction to get there. Suddenly it was day time and people were out and about. Busy like a downtown area with lots of people walking around. As I panicked to figure out where to go I turned around and saw Christopher's friends winded from running. They were within a block of me but hadn't spotted me yet through all the people. I quickly ducked down behind a huge potted plant, hoping that they would start running another direction. They got closer and closer to me....all but about 10 feet when one of the three friends stopped the others to talk about what they were going to do next. I saw Christopher's eyes and they looked angry...whatever my friend had done to his home was worthy of revenge and I could see it in his face. His eyes wouldn't stop searching for us in the crowd. His eyes peeled away from my direction for a few seconds and I seized the opportunity to run out of hiding. Directly to my right there was a big parking lot...it was not paved....gravel and dirt mostly, like the sort of parking available at the County Fair or something. There were cars parked there but they were sporadic and spread far from each other. I ran towards each clump of cars to try to hide myself from them but they had seen me and were already running in my direction. Just outside of the parking lot was a small creek.....abandoned logs and shrubbery lined the sides of the creek. I climbed over one particularly rotten log and up this little hill to cross a small bridge that went over the creek. When I crossed, I was suddenly on the top of a very steep hill and began to fall. Falling falling falling, then I woke up.
Friday, October 8, 2010
The Dreaming Events of 10/7
d r e a m 1 . . .
The dream took place present day in Eugene. I was hanging around in Eugene on a visit and decided to go to Sheldon to surprise the band and say Hi. I walked into the band room with my boyfriend Blake and though there were lots of kids inside it was totally quiet and I didn't recognize any of the kids from last year. All of the kids were sitting quietly with their attention drawn to a blank white board at the front of the room. Despite the odd nature of the students, I walked up behind the band director and tapped her on the shoulder. She slowly turned around clasping her hand to her chest..."Holy crap you scared me." After a pause of realization, she retorted excitedly but still in a bit of a whisper, "What are you doing here?". The kids still didn't seem to notice anybody had entered the room. I explained to her that I was there on a visit just for a few days and that I wanted to come and surprise the band...she asked what I was doing in town and I told her that I was applying for some jobs at Sheldon, one as an Assistant Principle and the other as the Director of Financial Aid Assistance (don't ask me why I would be applying for either of these jobs or why the hell a high school needs a Director of Financial Aid). She seemed irritated at my reason for coming and proceeded to yell at me for applying for the jobs. This obviously left me feeling quite awkward and I left my boyfriend and her there to search the room for kids that I had recognized from last year. I kept going up to kids thinking that they were the ones I knew but when they looked up at me, I knew none of them. Feeling really confused, I looked away for a split second and when I looked back, my boyfriend Blake had taken over the classroom teaching a math lesson. He had the equation "4+1=?" on the whiteboard and was eagerly waiting for an answer from the crowd of students. The great part (and also the totally weird part) of this scenario is that there was a hand movement that all of the students were doing while they were thinking of the answer. (Raise your forearm so that it's parallel to your torso, bend your wrist 90 degrees so that your palm is face down, and then move your hand left to right....THAT was the movement that all the kids were doing). There was a pulse to everyone's movement with a complete lack of music. As students shouted out incorrect responses, they shouted them with the rhythm of the movement. All of the lights were dimmed except for a handful of different colored stage lights were beaming around the room flashing and changing with the pulse as well...as expected this only added to my confusion and the dream ended....
d r e a m 2 . . .
The dream took place in a warehouse.....I was helping to host a bachelorette party for one of my friends and the party was supposed to be catered. The party got started but the caterors were late and when they showed up they were completely unorganized and understaffed. Instead of getting upset, I helped. I threw on an apron, told them where to set up all of the food, and helped serve it. After the party was over, the lady in charge of the catering came up to me and mentioned that I had done a great job and that they had another gig the next night that was also understaffed. She asked if I wouldn't mind helping them out again the next night. I said sure since I didn't have anything else going on. The next night I showed up to the catering office and after suiting up into my uniform, I went to the kitchen to wash my hands and ask the boss what I needed to do first. While washing my hands the owner was talking with the lady who asked for my help....they kept whispering and pointing at me, nodding their heads in agreeance. Noticing their whispers, I turned around while drying my hands and asked what they were talking about. The boss turned to me and said "You're really good at this and we want to ask you to work for us. We're currently looking for someone to work catering shifts Thursday - Monday....are you willing to do that?" I looked at them confused and stated the obvious..."But I don't have ANY catering experience" and laughed softly. Their silence after my statement meant to me that they apparently didn't care about that, so I agreed to work for them. Quickly after that I became lucid in my dream and immediately remembered that I already have a job. I quickly started problem solving how to tell them that I was mistaken and actually couldn't work for them after all. That's when I woke up.
The dream took place present day in Eugene. I was hanging around in Eugene on a visit and decided to go to Sheldon to surprise the band and say Hi. I walked into the band room with my boyfriend Blake and though there were lots of kids inside it was totally quiet and I didn't recognize any of the kids from last year. All of the kids were sitting quietly with their attention drawn to a blank white board at the front of the room. Despite the odd nature of the students, I walked up behind the band director and tapped her on the shoulder. She slowly turned around clasping her hand to her chest..."Holy crap you scared me." After a pause of realization, she retorted excitedly but still in a bit of a whisper, "What are you doing here?". The kids still didn't seem to notice anybody had entered the room. I explained to her that I was there on a visit just for a few days and that I wanted to come and surprise the band...she asked what I was doing in town and I told her that I was applying for some jobs at Sheldon, one as an Assistant Principle and the other as the Director of Financial Aid Assistance (don't ask me why I would be applying for either of these jobs or why the hell a high school needs a Director of Financial Aid). She seemed irritated at my reason for coming and proceeded to yell at me for applying for the jobs. This obviously left me feeling quite awkward and I left my boyfriend and her there to search the room for kids that I had recognized from last year. I kept going up to kids thinking that they were the ones I knew but when they looked up at me, I knew none of them. Feeling really confused, I looked away for a split second and when I looked back, my boyfriend Blake had taken over the classroom teaching a math lesson. He had the equation "4+1=?" on the whiteboard and was eagerly waiting for an answer from the crowd of students. The great part (and also the totally weird part) of this scenario is that there was a hand movement that all of the students were doing while they were thinking of the answer. (Raise your forearm so that it's parallel to your torso, bend your wrist 90 degrees so that your palm is face down, and then move your hand left to right....THAT was the movement that all the kids were doing). There was a pulse to everyone's movement with a complete lack of music. As students shouted out incorrect responses, they shouted them with the rhythm of the movement. All of the lights were dimmed except for a handful of different colored stage lights were beaming around the room flashing and changing with the pulse as well...as expected this only added to my confusion and the dream ended....
d r e a m 2 . . .
The dream took place in a warehouse.....I was helping to host a bachelorette party for one of my friends and the party was supposed to be catered. The party got started but the caterors were late and when they showed up they were completely unorganized and understaffed. Instead of getting upset, I helped. I threw on an apron, told them where to set up all of the food, and helped serve it. After the party was over, the lady in charge of the catering came up to me and mentioned that I had done a great job and that they had another gig the next night that was also understaffed. She asked if I wouldn't mind helping them out again the next night. I said sure since I didn't have anything else going on. The next night I showed up to the catering office and after suiting up into my uniform, I went to the kitchen to wash my hands and ask the boss what I needed to do first. While washing my hands the owner was talking with the lady who asked for my help....they kept whispering and pointing at me, nodding their heads in agreeance. Noticing their whispers, I turned around while drying my hands and asked what they were talking about. The boss turned to me and said "You're really good at this and we want to ask you to work for us. We're currently looking for someone to work catering shifts Thursday - Monday....are you willing to do that?" I looked at them confused and stated the obvious..."But I don't have ANY catering experience" and laughed softly. Their silence after my statement meant to me that they apparently didn't care about that, so I agreed to work for them. Quickly after that I became lucid in my dream and immediately remembered that I already have a job. I quickly started problem solving how to tell them that I was mistaken and actually couldn't work for them after all. That's when I woke up.
Little Miss Lucid Dreamer
"A lucid dream is a dream in which the sleeper is aware that she or he is dreaming. When the dreamer is lucid, she or he can actively participate in and often manipulate the imaginary experiences in the dream environment...."
For me, I like to think I have two lives....this one on earth and one in my dreams. Since I was very little I've been blessed with the inventive and wicked mind that even when it's time to sleep, won't stop creating. Usually my dreams are wildly vivid and often times I am lucid enough to react to the dream world as it exists around me. Anybody who knows me well knows that I am a person who loves my sleep....and perhaps you didn't know why until now. The adventures that I partake in during sleep are likely events that my earth life will never get to experience. The mind is a powerful thing and it's amazing where your imagination will take you if you let it.
For me, I like to think I have two lives....this one on earth and one in my dreams. Since I was very little I've been blessed with the inventive and wicked mind that even when it's time to sleep, won't stop creating. Usually my dreams are wildly vivid and often times I am lucid enough to react to the dream world as it exists around me. Anybody who knows me well knows that I am a person who loves my sleep....and perhaps you didn't know why until now. The adventures that I partake in during sleep are likely events that my earth life will never get to experience. The mind is a powerful thing and it's amazing where your imagination will take you if you let it.
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