Full House For Cutie

I decided to play in an online poker tournament for the first time in ages (freeroll, of course). I quickly realized they had completely ruined the format when i saw that the SMALL blind was half of my stack. Blinds were 60-100, and we started with 120. For some unexplicable reason, i was small blind the first hand, and then big blind the second hand. Obviously, i was forced all-in on the big blind, but i won, so i actually had some chips to work with. After i won a couple more hands, this turned into me playing in a real live tournament. Brad Marquis was sitting next to me, and we seemed to leap frog across the table somehow. I had developed a healthy chipstack, and i was stacking them like Howard Lederer (known for stacking his chips very very high), but i kept knocking them over. I got my favorite hand (QT), so i raised pre-flop. I got 3 callers, caught trip queens on the flop, so i checked. I caught the 10 on the river, so i made a small bet hoping someone would raise me. Someone did, but he raised me about 8 times my bet. He looked a lot like James Salini (random guy from high school who started working at blockbuster shortly after i quit). I was about to re-raise when i woke up.

I was on the road with Ryan Christian (buddy from church). We stopped at Denny's. He ate; i didn't. We continued on the road after i found some pixy stix. I don't really remember anything else.

I think my online poker tournament turned into a live tournament because i'm so used to playing live now. My sister thinks i should go on a road trip with Ryan before he gets married.

Back to School

Haka Pa = a Maori cereomy (we saw one the night before I had this dream)

I transferred to woodbridge high school. I was excited that there were going to be black people at my school, however they really intimidated me and I think when I got there they were making fun of me. I got a little white piece of paper that had the dorm arrangements for each quarter. Mine was really confusing and had random names on it. I went into the wrong room first, then found my room. My roomate was already living in it. The room was painted dark orange and had gothic furniture. There wasn't very much light in it because there was only one tiny window, which kind of bothered me and I said "oh well, I guess I will just have to get used to living in a hole". I was still worried though because I wasn't sure I was in the right room. Some lady walked by and told me the name of my roomate, who was apparently a guy. I was really excited that I finnaly got to lived with guys as opposed to girls.
I left the room and there was a huge monster-guy terrorizing everyone. He looked like on of the Haka Pa guys but bigger. I climbed up a bunch of bungi ropes strung between apartments like clothling-lines in order to escape the monster.
I was in a lounge with this older black guy. He had a special gun that he used to make sculptures. He would point the gun toward the ground and it would release a black and gold melted glass that would harden into wires. The statues looked like ancient-egyptian artwork. One of the statues he had made came to life and sat on the couch with me.

Complex

Night of: August 29
People Involved: Kyle, Phil, Russ (property manager)
Number of Dreams Remembered: 1
Length of Sleep: 7 hours

Me, Kyle, Phil, and possibly the other two in the band were at my apartment complex, but it looked nothing like it. We came up to a door that was always locked from the outside, but unlocked from the inside. Kyle told me to unscrew the hinges. I was afraid Russ was going to see us... and when I thought that, she walked up. I asked something like, "Why is this door here?"
I forget the rest.

Don't Forget To Save!

I was on my way to Chico for Yo-yo Nationals, and somebody told me about a "save point" (like in a Final Fantasy game or something) that i should stop at. It turned out to be an expensive hotel, so i was mad and kept going. While i was there, i saw Allison Moore for some reason (random...female person from my church). I got to Chico, and i talked to Don Harrison for a while. I saw Lynn Delanty (random lady from my church), and she was talking about how she had come to visit the weitbrocks (family from my church who moved up to Chico), but she called them something else like the Wagners or something. Then, she turned into Louise Yeilding (my old friend Fred's mom). She asked if my mom was coming, and i told her she wasn't.

I'm going up to Chico for Yo-Yo Nationals in a little over a month, and it'll be my first time going alone.

Don't Fight, Play Hockey

Some of the people from the show "Lost" were playing Hockey. Apparently, Jack had convinced Michael to play a game of Hockey to decide who would get to take the raft to get off the island. Michael and Sawyer were on one team (two of the four people who are SUPPOSED to be on the raft), while Jack and Kate were on the other team. I assumed that Walt and Jin (the other two people who are supposed to be on the raft) were on Michael's team as well, but they just hadn't showed up yet, or something. I didn't know who else was supposed to be on Jack's team, and I ended up joining them. This was odd for me because i actually wanted the OTHER team to win. In fact, i had made plans to make sure that this happened.

It's obvious why i dreamt of this: i'm obsessed with hockey, and i can't think of anything else--haha, just kidding. My mom recently bought the first season of "Lost" on DVD, and we've been watching it every day. Last night, the raft was almost done, and there was an argument over who would be allowed on the raft.

Kittens

Pedro = crazy brazilian from NZ group
Ryan = friend from work project

I was walking with the staff from the vet and a bunch of kids. I think the vet was doing some promotional thing for the kids.
I was at my dad's house and had a bunch of kittens that I needed to take to the vet. I rounded them all up and was trying to get my stuff together and get the kittens in the car. I was getting frustrated because I felt like I couldn't keep track of everything all at once. So I found the car key and put the kittens in my car, but then I decided my car wasn't safe enough to drive so I had to move everything to my dad's mercedes (my dad doesn't really have a mercedes). The car was this tangerine color, and the car key looked like a bronze house key. I got everything I needed and the kittens into the car and started driving to the vet. I realized that the vet was right across the street, and I should have just walked over there. Pedro and some other people from my group were there. Pedro asked why I didn't just walk over there, which really irritated me. So now I was like 15 minutes late for this appointment and I went to talk to the receptionist about what to do. The receptionist was this old librarian-looking lady and she was busy with another customer. I tried to follow her, and she walked into this huge toolshed. Then she climbed up this platform using little pegs that were stuck into the side of it. I tried to follow her but I wasn't wearing any shoes and the pegs hurt my feet too much. I just gave up and decided to go back home. When I came back to the car, Ryan was taking the kittens out of the car. I asked him what he was doing and he said that I shouldn't have left them in the car.

Work is For Jerks

I was getting ready to go to work, but i was like 2 hours late. In the dream, i had started working at blockbuster again. I finally decided that it was just a dream that i had gone back to work there (not realizing that i was actually dreaming at the time), so i decided not to go. Instead, i went to the store or something. John Locke from Lost was there, and he was going off on someone for using the word negro (actually, a white person referring to himself) saying that it meant killer and stuff. His story involved "Rangers" somehow, and the clerk at the store was getting fed up with his shenanigans and asked him to leave. Then, he turned to me and said, "what do you think RANGER means?" I laughed because i realized he was saying that ranger also means killer. There was talk of a fight of some sort, and i followed somebody to where it was supposed to be, not because i wanted to see the fight, but because i was bored and wanted to hang out with that person. There was a pipe suspended over my head, and i jumped up and grabbed onto it. I followed it all the way down the hill until i got to where the "fight" was supposed to be. Instead of a fight, it was actually just a football game. I had gotten to the end of the pipe, and i noticed it was emitting a great deal of wind, so i decided to have some fun. I pointed the pipe down toward the football game, and i was able to blow the football all over the place. I thought it was very funny. Nobody else seemed to think so.

My mom was trying to wake me up to get me to do some chores or something. I decided it was just a dream because it's tuesday, so she must be at work, so i didn't worry about it, and i went back to sleep.

I dreamed that i was peeing, and it seemed to be going on forever.

I woke up at 3:15, and my mom was home. This worried me for a moment because i thought maybe it WASN'T a dream earlier when she was telling me to do chores, so i almost asked her "what are YOU doing home?" But, then i decided that it was late enough that she could've gotten home from work by then, so i just snuck upstairs instead. I heard that my sister and nephew (Dawn and Ivan) were downstairs, so i decided to go back down and hang out. At some point during all this, i got a vision of an empty parking lot at the church (we share a parking lot with an office building, so it's never empty on a weekday), and i thought, "what the hell, why isn't anyone at work." This, again, got me worried that my previous dream wasn't really a dream. I decided that they had gotten the day off because it was the day after Labor Day. This is around when i woke up for real.

Jenni is a Car Thief?

Justin, Jenni, and I were hanging out at my house getting ready to go somewhere. Jenni and i were outside waiting for Justin, so i made her give me a piggy-back ride. Justin saw, and got jealous, so he wanted me to give him one. Instead, i put him up on my shoulders. I got up, and my back kinda collapsed, so i went right back down again. I decided to try again, and i did much better that time. We were walking around for awhile waiting for Jenni this time, and when we saw she was ready, i let him down. I was driving, so Jenni got in the front seat of my car, and then i went to the driver's seat. I put the keys in the ignition, but then i saw somethings that needed to be put back in the house, so i did that really fast. As i was walking to my front door, i wondered if leaving Jenni in there with the keys was a good idea. Sure enough, about a second later, i heard the car starting. I looked back, and i saw her getting into the driver's seat (Justin had gotten in the back by now). As i started to walk back to the car, she started driving down the hill. I thought, "ok, this'll be fun," and i started chasing them. I realized i wasn't going to catch them on the way down, so i stopped. Jenni hit the end of the street and turned around. She started driving up the hill cutting back and forth to try and fake me out. I got to a point where she was stopped and turned perpendicular with the street, so i thought "Ha! I've got you now!" I casually walked around to the driver's side of the car knowing she had nowhere to go, but JUST when i got near her, the car pulled a 180--err...a 90, rather, and shot up the hill. "What the Hell??? That's impossible!" I thought. That's about when i woke up. I THINK i saw the car slowing down before i woke up, but i'm not sure.

I had this dream after i had gotten up, posted my other dream, pooped, and gone back to bed.

Angry Spaghetti

I was in a huge, white warehouse with my sister, Mattie. Justin and Brian were there. There were long tables across the room where some people were sitting down to eat. Justin walked over and set a plate of spaghetti down on the table. Mattie was pissed at Justin for some reason, so she picked up a handful of spaghetti from his plate and shoved it onto his chest. Justin and I both just kind of stood there in shock.

Jenni is the Devil

I drove up to Justin's unannounced (i believe) because i wanted to hang out and i couldn't get a hold of him or something, but i KNEW he was there, so i went anyway. When i got there, it was not really his apartment, but it was definitely in Anaheim. It was weird because instead of a front door, he had a curtain, so instead of knocking, i just said "knock knock" in a high pitched voice. Justin came to the "door" and said, "Oh! You wanna come over?" and he laughed. I also laughed, and said, "yes." So, i came inside and i explained that i didn't really hate him, but that i really wanted to be there ifnwhen they ever got Jenni up there, and that just didn't work out, so i was bummed about that. Lo' and behold, i looked at the couch, and there was Jenni! I went and sat down on the other couch, and we talked for awhile. I asked her what she was doing, and if she was a loser like me and sat at home and did nothing all day. This seemed to excite her for some reason (it appeared to be the case), and then she jumped up to give me a hug, so i obliged. "oh!" she said, as i squeezed really hard. We sat down next to each other on the couch, and i still had my arm around her. We continued talking, and at one point she sat on my lap. While she was sitting on my lap, i started to put my arms around her, but i ended up wrapping them around her neck. She said, "woah! what are you doing???" I explained to her, "i wanted to put my arms around you, but your boobs are too big, so that didn't really work out...orr DID it???" So i placed my hands/arms comfortably on/around her breasts. This is about when Justin came back and sat next to us. Something happened in front of Jenni, and she and Justin were examining it, but i couldn't see because she was on my lap, so i felt left out (once again). Then, one of her earrings fell out or something, so she put it on the arm of the couch, but it looked like it was going to fall, so i grabbed it. She started to pull out all of her other earrings as well, so i held out my hand on the arm of the couch so she could place them there. One of them, she went to put it in my hand, but then she pushed it into my hand really hard, so i yelled, "OW! YOU BITCH! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT???" Then, i playfully put her in another choke hold for a second and let her go. Once she had put all of the things in my hand, she wanted me to give them back one by one, but i noticed half of them were things from my pockets like my keys. I decided that she had grabbed them when i took them out of my pockets to sleep. I started to put those things back in my pockets, and that's about when i woke up.

In Retrospect: This did not actually happen, but i wish it did. That's exactly what i was thinking about before i went to bed. The first thing i said to Justin is true, and i intended to tell him that at some point somehow, so here it is. The part about sleeping and taking things out of my pockets has to do with the fact that i spent the night at Zack's on friday (presumably the night Jenni was with Justin), and i had to take things out of my pockets since i was sleeping in my clothes. Oh, and i am completely over Jenni...i swear. *shifty eyes*

Mall....rats (that was awesome)

Night of: August 26
People Involved: Kyle, E.J., Jenni Neufeld
Number of Dreams Remembered: 3-4
Lengh of Sleep: 8 hours

I was in a mall and going to pay for a friend's multiple smoothie/squishy drinks. I went up to pay, and there was an asshole-ish guy paying for his order. The cashier said that he added both of our orders together, so both of us should split it somehow to pay at the same time. The asshole told me that I needed to pay like $18, yet he would only pay about $4. I tried to tell him that I didn't that was right, but he started acting like he was in a hurry and paid for all of it. I said, "Okay... let me figure out how much I owe you" and the asshole walked away. I followed him. I kept going into my wallet to figure out how much to give him, and he walked outside. I felt like something was very wrong with this situation, like he was about to kick my ass. When we got outside, he put a tiny cylinder (that was supposed to be a gun) up to my head, and said something like, "Don't make me shoot you."
I ran for my life.

It may have been a different dream, but could've been the same because it was still a mall-scene. I was in a store with Kyle and found an awesome action figure that I used to have as a kid (it's the red figure whose head flips up from the inside of his chest and changes when you squeeze the legs together). The box said it was from He-Man. For some reason, E.J. was the cashier at the store. I brought the box up, and asked how much it costs. I then realized that the price was marked on there: $99.99. I was pissed that it was so expensive. I put it back and found a couple that were cheaper, but they weren't as cool. Some of the boxes said "X-Men" but they weren't of any X-Men characters.
Kyle decided to take the $99.99 action figure out of the box and put it into a cheaper-marked box. I didn't think that was the best idea.
I walked over away from Kyle and started looking for old Nintendo games. Even though this place doesn't exist and I've never had a dream about it, I knew where the Nintendo games were supposed to be, but they weren't there.
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I was in an apartment and supposed to watch the animals, although there were some other people there. I was allowed to sleep, so I found a bench to sleep on, but there was a turtle on it. I debated putting the turtle on the ground, because I didn't want him wandering off to his death. A couple of rats ran out on the ground, and they definitely weren't pets, so I tried to catch them by throwing a huge blanket over them. A woman that lived there helped me by isolating the rats in parts of the blanket.

In Retrospect: The only reason I remembered this dream was because I was about to type in "Mall.... rats" for the title of the previous two posts.
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Jenni had her mouth closed but was blowing air of it, to make her lips flutter. She kissed me while doing that. I didn't know if that's how she normally kisses, or if I was supposed to do it, too, so I imitated her and kissed that way. It felt weird.

In Retrospect: This kinda actually happened, but not really. Don't hate me, Brian.

What Games Should I Bring?

I believe we were going to Justin's, but we were meeting at my house for some reason. Lucas and I were the only ones there, so he proposed that we play Pokémon Puzzle League while we wait, and i agreed. The others (Justin, Kyle, and Chris) arrived, so i went downstairs to meet them. When i got back upstairs, Lucas had moved around my entire "entertainment center" in my room. Basically, all of my video game systems and my vcr were stacked up with the TV on the very top supported by a single empty soda can. I was really mad because i thought for sure something was going to break. I figured he moved everything because he was getting a glare on my tv from where he was sitting, so i decided we'd finish our game and THEN move everything back. We finished our game, and i was getting packed up to head to Justin's. I was bringing video games, and i asked Justin what i should bring besides Melee and Nightfire (which is odd because Justin HATES melee). He told me that was fine, and that he had another game we could play too. When we got outside, we were suddenly in front of Brad Marquis' house for some reason, but we were still leaving to goto Justin's. It looked like Justin and Chris were going to ride a bike together to get there, and Chris was worried he was going to fall because he was carrying a plastic bag full of stuff.

I actually know why i dreamt most of this for once. Deciding which games to bring is because i'm going to Zack's today, and i have been trying to think of what other game(s) i should bring besides Melee. Now, i realize, Nightfire (Actually, Agent Under Fire) would be a PERFECT candidate. Thanks, Dream Me. Also, the game that Justin had is similar to the Bomberman situation because he has the game for Super Nintendo, but he doesn't have a Super Nintendo. I was actually just thinking about that situation before i fell asleep last night trying to figure out if there was a way i could get my hands on another Super Nintendo (with a couple extra controllers).

Beware The Elk-Like Animals

I believe i was at some sort of movie theater with Cindy, my mom, and a bunch of random people. One of them may have actually been the guy from the episode of Elimidate i was just watching (in real life). I had bought tickets to some Christian rock concert for Cindy and me, and i was trying to find a time to present them to her. It was the same band she had bought tickets for us the previous year which makes absolutely no sense, but my reasoning was that if she bought them before, she must like them, and i was trying to repay her or something. When we got outside, i was kinda waiting for everyone to leave so i could show her the tickets, but she was like the first to leave, so i was like, "bust." By this time, i had already decided that she probably WOULDN'T like the tickets, but that i would still offer them to her first, and if she declined, then i would move on to someone else. When i couldn't get a hold of her, i kindof decided that i would offer them to someone else, but that never evolved into anything. This just turned into to all of us trying to get out of the parking lot in a very slow-moving caravan. it was rather irritating because all of the other people were drunk or stoned, or something.
This transitioned into my mom and me at my grandma's house, but it was nowhere near her actual house. Basically, it was a giant mansion surrounded by other even more giant mansions. I got the impression that somebody was not pleased with it because it wasn't big enough or something, but i thought it was awesome. I could hear Dr. Phil yelling that my Grandma deserved to have more and all this crap like, "You should have a bigger house! And you should have one of them guns!" (Among other things), but it was actually just my mom and me there. I think it was some kind of flashback that i was hearing. My mom was inside sleeping, and i was in the backyard walking around. There was a pool, and a fountain, and a GIANT grassy area. Thanks to the Dr. Phil voice, i guess i was looking around thinking about expanding, but i didn't think any of it would have worked because i felt that the place was tailored specifically for My Grandma's Sister (who lives with her in real life)'s needs and wants. I heard another flash-backy voice talking about how the only thing we had to worry about was the "Elk-Like Animals." Sure enough, an elk-like animal came toward me soon afterward. I saw it in the distance, and it charged into me and tackled me into the pool with my head in its mouth. I tried to fight it off and get out of the water, and i succeeded, but it followed me. I believe this is the point when it started talking to me, but i don't remember what it said. I had decided that i had to get inside the house, and that if i did, then i would be safe. However, if he was too close, he'd follow me in, so i had him chase me around the pool and fountain for awhile. At one point, he fell back in the pool, and i decided this was my chance. I ran inside, and as i closed the door behind me, i realized it was just a screen door, and i thought, "that's not gonna protect us at ALL!" This is the room my mom was sleeping in, so i woke her up to tell her what was going on. Sure enough, the screen door did not hold the elk-like animal at all, but he didn't burst through it like i thought he might, he just used his person-like qualities (remember, he could talk?) to open it and walk inside. Once inside, instead of attacking us, he started to steal our clothes. I was very afraid and didn't know what he was going to do next. I woke up "screaming," but it was really more like a high-pitched moan.

I think watching "LOST" is giving me nightmares. Good thing i probably won't be able to watch it the next couple days.
Also, i think the reason for the pool AND fountain was because as i was walking by the rich people's houses on the way back from the beach today, i noticed that a lot of them had fountains, and i thought that was kinda cool in a weird "i hate them because they're rich, but that's still cool" sort of way.

This is the Part Where You'll Never Look Into My Eyes Again

Night of: August 23
People Involved: Russ (apartment on-site manager), Kyle, MFB, Chris Patti, Phil Allen, Francis Allen, Korn, guitarist from Korn, drummer from Korn, singer of Korn, Fieldy from Korn
Number of Dreams Remembered: 4
Length of Sleep: 10 hours

I came home to my apartment and opened the door. A midget, or dwarf, was walking out of my room while drinking. I immediately figured that he had broke in so I pointed and screamed, "Ohhh! Ohhhhh!"
He replied, "What?"
I asked, "Do we know you?"
And he said, "No."
I could tell he had been drinking. I yelled, "Get out of my house!" but then changed my mind, because I didn't want him getting away. I said, "No, wait... stay here."
I tried to call the police without him knowing by trying to dial on my cell phone behind my back. That didn't work. The dwarf/midget somehow ended up outside the apartment with me, and he kept following me wherever I went, so that I couldn't call the police, as I wanted to report him without his knowing. Finally, I told Russ in front of Kyle and a bunch of other people, so he ran. Kyle tackled him, and then Kyle told me to keep him still by squeezing him between my legs, like a scissor wrestling move.

In retrospect: I think the midget/dwarf is because a co-worker at Souplantation during lunch at work was explaining the difference between midgets and dwarves (although I didn't hear the explanation).
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MFB had a show. We played a bit, and then the head of the party came up and said we needed to interact with the audience more. Chris agreed, so during "Hendrix in the Background," we jumped off stage and played while walking and running around in the audience. "Hendrix" was actually being blasted through a sound system, and we played along with it. I was wearing a suit jacket, and put it around a girl in the audience. The drums were way faster than normal. It sounded like a punk song. I looked up, and I could see myself playing the drums, although I was actually playing guitar.
I had a clear Ibanez guitar that got knocked over a couple times, and I was mad because Chris brought that guitar for me to play instead of my regular guitar, which I wouldn't have minded getting knocked over. I told him, "You turned a $700 guitar into a $400 guitar."
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A super hot model girl started to like me--we made out. Had sex for a second, and then she said, "This is the part where you'll never look into my eyes again," And she went to find Phil and attempt to have sex with him. Francis gave me a high five.

In retrospect: That line sounds totally emo/poetic when I write it down: "This is the part where you'll never look into my eyes again."
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I was hanging out with some people and Korn--the singer, the guitarist, and the drummer were on one side, and I was going to ask, "Where's Fieldy? He lives right around here." Apparently we were at someone's house in Nellie Gail. Before I said that, I looked to the right and he was sitting there. Someone asked him how long it took him to get there. I said, "Must've taken a loooong time," sarcastically. He kinda said the same thing. I wanted to tell him that I was his neighbor, but didn't know how to say it.

In retrospect: Camellia wrote an email about seeing Korn, so I was going to tell her that I live next to him.

SAME FREAKING DREAM AS BRIAN***

Night of: SAME NIGHT AS BRIAN (August 21)
People Involved: SAME PEOPLE AS BRIAN'S DREAM (Kyle, Brian), Akash Sehgal, my dad, my brother
Number of Dreams Remembered: 3
Length of Sleep: 9.25 hours
Special***: SAME DREAM AS BRIAN

Brian and Kyle were playing chess in my apartment, and Brian was new to the game. We explained to him that when the king is in check, the best way to get out of it is to kill the piece that's putting the king in check. We also told him that there is a special move: if you spin the king, then it can act as a queen for one turn. I was tired, and for some reason, music was playing from the chess board, so I tried to turn it down. There was a volume knob, but nothing happened when I turned it. Kyle showed me how to turn it down--apparently there was a little piece around the volume knob that could turn on its own, and THAT controlled the volume.

In retrospect: Craziest thing ever--this is almost exactly the same dream Brian had on the same night. To make it creepier, I actually wrote this dream out on a notepad the morning after--it was around 7:45-8 a.m. Brian posted his dream at 7:55 a.m.
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I was playing baseball with Akash, and my dad and brother were there. I pitched for a little bit, and Akash was impressed with how fast I threw. He was about to pitch to me, but he seemed way too close, and I knew he'd throw it really fast, so I told him to back up. We were inside a house.
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I was trying to remember my dreams in my dream. For some reason, I remembered that my contacts were bugging my eyes, and it hurt. I also knew that I had a lazy eye (I may have actually seen it somehow), so I went to a mirror and saw myself. My eye was better.

Freeways Are For Cars

I was walking home from the beach, but, for some reason, i was walking home on the freeway. For some other unexplained reason, I was not walking on the shoulder or anything, but i was walking in the middle of the road dodging cars. For a third even more unexplained reason, there were cars going both ways on the same road. That was intense. I got clipped in the knee by a semi truck and got spun around, but it didn't really hurt. I had a feeling that after i got home, i was going to be going to Fred Yeilding's (friend from elementary school who also worked at Blockbuster for a short time) birthday party. I believe i woke up shortly after coming off the freeway.

Musical Chess

I was at Justin's house (in Laguna) playing Chess with Kyle, and we could hear the band practicing in the background.

More Recurring Themes

I had been sleeping on the couch, and i was just waking up. Harmony (my niece) was standing next to me looking towards the front door, and i heard her gasp and say "Paul!" (My dad's name, also, it had been his birthday the day before, and i remembered somebody else in the family saying they had seen him) I jumped up, headed toward the front door, and sure enough, there he was, as if he were coming home from work, with lunch-box in-hand. We met in the kitchen, and i ran up and tried to hug him, but he tried to turn it into one of those weak little handshake-hugs (and succeeded). I was angry at this point, and i wanted to yell, "NO!" (but i don't think i did) as i forced him to give me a REAL hug. This is when i lost it. I was so mad because i KNEW that this was real, so i was furiously mad at my dad for faking his own death. I wanted to yell at him, "WHY ARE YOU HERE???" But i couldn't find the words as i started to cry. I broke down on the kitchen floor and just started BAWLING. Nobody else knew why i was crying. I think they just thought i was crying because i was so happy to see him. My sister, Lynae, asked me if i wanted some water. "NO!" i snapped back at her. This is about when i woke up.

This is another recurring theme for me (seeing my dad and thinking he faked his death), but i haven't had it in a LONG time. Also, this is the first time i reacted that way. In the past, when i had dreams like this, i figured he had a good reason to fake his death, and he had only been gone for a couple weeks or so, so i was just anxious to hear his story. This time, since it had been SO long, i was just so mad at him for abandoning us that i didn't care what his reasons were, and i just assumed that they were bad.
I've always felt sorry (for lack of a better term...i HATE that term...) for kids who have been "abandoned" by a parent (actually, any kind of divorce situation, but i guess abandonment is quite a bit different, as i'm finding out from this dream) because i thought that would be a lot harder to deal with than the death of a parent. Now, through this dream, i know, at least for me, this is true.

Recurring Theme

Ooh, i remembered another dream from last night. I was going camping with Dale yet again. It started out at their house (which was not actually their house), and we (Me, my mom, Derek, and Shelly) were taking turns driving the "International" around. For some reason, it was Blue instead of Brown or Yellow. At one point, we all got out of the car, and when we turned around, it was gone! We were all freaking out because we knew Dale was gonna be pissed, especially since we were about to leave on a camping trip, and he'd want to bring that car. I guess we headed out anyway, and all i remember after that was talking to Shelly in the back of the Motor Home, but it was really weird because she was blonde and didn't look like her at all. I was a little disgusted by her, actually. She just looked like a typical MTV chick or something. I don't know. It was weird.

Ok, this seems to be a VERY recurring theme of going camping with Dale and Shelly weeks after the last time i was there even. Any thoughts on this?

Steve Brown is Old . com

I dreamt that i finally saw Steve Brown at a yo-yo contest! I was very excited, so i ran up and hugged him, and then he picked me up. His hair was very...interesting (as usual, but moreso). Basically, it looked like he had an upside-down dorsal fin growing out of the back of his head. It was like he had aged so much since the last time i saw him that he had gone bald and grey, so that was the closest thing to a mo-hawk that he could grow. Of course, being Steve, he was able to pull it off. After he put me down, he said something like, "Where have you been? I KNOW you have stories," So i started to tell him about my road trip, but i got bored and woke up.

The Red Serpent

I dreamt of a series of times i was attacked by different...sea serpent...things with the same group of people. It was weird because it was like i was telling the story of each time to someone and then reliving the experiences one after another. There were three different...serpents, and each one had attacked us a few times, but i only remember what the last one looked like. It was red. It also had swirls of pinkish and orangish tones along its body. It was very pretty. Its head was shaped like a dolphin with the bottlenose. It had a long body like a snake, and it had a fin at the end of its tail. I remember this because it swam through my legs, and the fin hit me in the balls in every "attack." In each attack, the serpent seemed to get bigger and more violent. I woke up very abruptly and found myself catching my breath (as well as pulling myself out of a pool of drool). I wasn't in immediate danger of drowning or anything when i woke up, so i thought it was odd that i was catching my breath, but i decided that going through the series of attacks was causing my heartrate to rise gradually as well as making me breathe more heavily. I wasn't in a position to breathe very heavily (with my face smashed into the pillow), so it got to the point where i couldn't take it anymore and had to wake up immediately.

I Have Rebounds After Sex. Why NOT?

Night of: August 19
People Involved: MFB, Chris Patti, Francis Allen, Phil Allen, Eric Talevich, Patricia Heaton
Number of Dreams Remembered: 2
Length of Sleep: 10.5 hours

MFB was playing at the Coach House, and as usual, I was going nuts on stage. I was actually going a little more nuts than normal.
We played "Hendrix in the Background." During the soft prechoruses, I heard Francis play a rhythm on the ride that was faster than normal, so I played a guitar part to fit it, and it sounded good. During the chorus, I saw Phil jump where we both usually do, but I missed it. It didn't matter, though. That just gave me more reason to jump all the time and everywhere. I even jumped off the stage--probably six feet away from the stage.
I was apparently wearing my detective hat for this show, and it fell off, so I looked for it on stage. I found one, and put it on, but I noticed it didn't fit, so it must've been someone's from the audience.
When we stopped playing, Chris pointed out to the audience my stage presence. He was like, "See... he jumped from here [on stage] all the way over here [off stage, showing that the guitar cord is too short to go that far. He actually jumped, and landed a bit further than I landed]. You just can't do that [again, implying that the guitar cord is too short and pops out of the amp]." A few people in the crowd laughed. I then said, "Why?" pretending that it wasn't a problem at all that my cord pops out. The crowd liked that response, and a delayed applause proceeded the laughter. I wondered if I should've asked "Why NOT?" instead of just "Why?" In either case, I was happy.

In retrospect: The little fast guitar diddly is something I was messing around with last night.
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I was in a grocery store with Chris and Eric, and Chris was acting very strange. He was acting like his mind was deteriorating; he was basically a seven year old. The three of us somehow ended up talking about pure silver coins, and Eric mentioned that if you eat one, it'll kill your mind and eventually kill you. I thought maybe Chris ate one, so I asked him, and he said he didn't.
I remember worrying about Chris, so as he was walking past aisles, I walked in line with him from the other side of the aisles. He eventually noticed and found it funny that we'd see each other for a second, then disappear, then see each other for a second, etc.
We got in line to pay and I had a feeling I'd be paying for Chris and/or Eric. I looked at my money... I had $29. I then remembered that I needed to get water, so I looked for Aquafina or Sparkletts, but of course they didn't have it, so I found a gallon of Stater Brothers brand water for $0.99. I thought that was a good deal, so I picked that up. When I came back to the line, someone had already paid for my food, and the clerk was actually giving me change back--it was a lot of change. She was also talking about weird stuff. She said, "I have rebounds after sex." I replied, "Rebounds?" and she said, "Rebounds." I had no idea what that meant, but she looked like Patricia Heaton from Everybody Loves Raymond, so that wasn't too bad.

In retrospect: I need to go shopping, especially for water. I watch Everybody Loves Raymond almost every day after work, too. I think the money thing was because 3-4 people didn't pay for bowling on Friday.

That's a Record

Night of: August 18
People Involved: My mom
Number of Dreams Remembered: 2
Length of Sleep: 11 hours

I had a dream I was late to pick up my mom from the airport.
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Sex again.

In retrospect: 2 in a row. That's a record.

That Was Easy

Night of: August 17
People Involved: ?
Number of Dreams Remembered: 1
Length of Sleep: 12 hours

Sex.

In retrospect: Kyle made me yell stuff. It works.

Inside a Video Game? or a Movie?

I was going camping with Dale, and i was the one driving his motor home for some reason. We were trying to figure out where to eat on our way there, and that went on for a long time. We eventually agreed on Burger King. Shelly was there with one of her friends (Sarah, i believe), but neither of them said anything the whole time. At some point, this turned into us being inside a video game. It was a Final Fantasy-esque game, and it had the characters from Secret of Mana, but we were riding a Chocobo so that no enemies could attack us. We got to a point where we had to get off of our chocobo and fight. I guess it was some sort of boss that we were fighting. My party turned into my family and some random kids. The opposing party (boss, whatever) was an alien-like "family" where they each got bigger and a little different from left to right. Someone or something was explaining how the battle would work before it took place, and also gave characteristics of each of the "aliens." The last one was named something like, "Big Sexy (it was not very sexy)," and its main attack was to grab you and squeeze you until you die or something. I thought it would be really funny to run up and tackle it, and then pretend like i was having sex with it, so i did (The battle still hadn't started yet). When i was done, i went back to my line, and my mom said, "That was funny as hell." The battle started, and we fought the weird alien things for a while, but then this turned into me inside the church fighting random people. I approached one guy, and he shot a balloon (one of the white balloons from the last wedding they had there which there are still remains of in the rafters at church) in front of me, and it just popped. I told him, "No, you did it wrong!" because we had seen something in a movie where a guy put gasoline in a bullet and then shot a balloon full of hydrogen, and it exploded or something like that. I talked to him about it a little, and asked if he put the gas in the bullet and stuff, and then i told him that it was the second time that had happened to me that day (because i had had an earlier dream where the same thing had happened, and i reacted the same way). Then, the guy tried to shoot me directly, so i moved out of the way, and he popped another balloon. This ALSO happened in the previous dream, and i pointed that out as well. At this point, the guy started running away, and he used one of the balloons to try and float away, but it didn't really work. I followed him and killed him or something. Then, i went back to my table (i don't know why i had a table all of a sudden, but it looked like a wedding party or something with lots of tables), and my mom wanted to tell me a story, so she gave me a sip of her water (from the kind of water bottle she used to use like 15 years ago), and then i think i woke up before she got to tell me.

I Hate Fat Kids

I was at Justin's, and there was this really annoying fat kid that goes to all the yo-yo contests there. I was kinda mad about that because i hate that kid. At one point, i noticed that he wasn't wearing any pants, and i thought, "what the hell? why isn't he wearing any pants?" Then, i noticed he was sitting next to Kyle, and it all made sense.

Burn...The...Game...?

I dreamt that we were getting together a huge game of Catch Phrase with like 28 people (mostly family and random people from church). We were about to start playing, but my sister, who had the game, decided she needed to answer her cell phone, so i took this opportunity to explain the rules to anyone who hadn't played before. Unfortunately, i woke up while we were still explaining the rules.

I'm Not a Prostitute

More lucid dreams.

Pam = leader from my work project
Tommy/Ariel/Ryan/Kathryn/Anthony = people from work project
Leigh = where I did my work project in warkworth, NZ

I was planting trees with another girl under Pam's supervision. some of the things we planted were in much smaller bags than usual and were just little clovers that we put around the trees. Pam or Ariel started to tell my fortune using a deck of cards. She shuffled them a few times and then used to desk to even them out, and in doing so she hit them on the desk a couple times. (After she did this a couple times I wolk up to Anthony knocking on my door and realized that was providing the sound for the cards).
I left the planting site for a munte and went into the tool shed/work room thing from Leigh. In the dream, the shed was actually a general store and there was a woman working in it. I explained to her that I didn't know this was here, and I was bummed because I could have bought meals there in stead of at the grocery store. I walked out the back and found Tommy and Ariel making a top-ramen kind of soup. I was trying to get the soup into a bowl and it kept slipping out and sloshing around everywhere. Tommy and I walked away and were walking through a parking lot when these two cops came up to me and told me I was under arrest. I asked why and kept walking. They explained that I was being arrested for prostitution, which really confused me. They started trying to handcuff me and I resisted. I really didn't want them to arrest me, so I willed myself to get away from them, then realized I was dreaming.
I shot up into the air, breaking through the roof which was made of greenhouse plastic. I soared way up into the sky and felt a very strong command of this dream. I was flying way in the air over the North Island's East coast. It was partially cloudy and as I flew I had a really warm feeling. I went higher up into the clouds and then shot back down toward the ocean at full speed. I was going to try to swim but as I got closer to the ocean I realized that swimming would be difficult. I got into the water and it kind of freaked me out so I forced myself to wake up.
I went back to sleep and dreamt I was sitting in a bunk room. I was sitting on a bed with Ryan and debating weather or not to put my head on his chest. I think Caleb was there for a minute. I was supposed to go snorkeling with this guy named Eric but his name just wouldn't stick in my head for some reason. Eric handed me a paper to look at and I set it aside, saying I would look at it later. He got really pissed and stormed out of the room. Somehow Kathryn suddenly replaced Ryan. I asked her how that happened and she didn't know what I was talking about. This really confused me, and eventually Kathryn got mad at me too.

Old MFB

Night of: August 16
People Involved: My Favorite Band, Adam Plost, Francis Allen
Number of Dreams Remembered: 1
Length of Sleep: 9.25 hours

Adam came over for band practice, and we were explaining that Francis isn't good at the drums, and we wanted to see how good Adam was.

Buzzer Beaters

I believe i was on some sort of camping trip with my parents. We had our camper again, and i think we were somewhere in New Mexico. I got the impression i was hanging out with people from Raton, but i didn't know any of them from the last time i was there. There was one girl that was hot, but i didn't really get to talk to her. The guys were telling me how their school (which they called El Camino [Real]) was only 2 years of High School, and then they started taking college classes. One of them, i discovered was a big Duke (College Basketball) fan, which i thought was cool, because it's pretty rare to find one of those. Most people specifically hate Duke. Once i found that out, i decided to give him a hard time by saying "Yeah, too bad they suck since Battier left" (Last time they won a championship was Shane Battier's senior year). Mostly, i just said this to see how he'd react, and i hoped to spark a conversation out of it, but he said nothing, so that was a bust. That's all i remember except something about all of our food being covered in lighter fluid. I think my mom put lighter fluid on all of our food because it was supposed to help preserve it better in our crappy fridge. Of course, when she told me that, i just wanted to throw it in the fire to see what would happen (i believe we were talking around a fire pit).


I dreamed that i made TWO buzzer-beaters in basketball. It wasn't like a sanctioned game or anything, but it was more like a school setting. That actually made it even cooler for me at the time because there was no countdown to the buzzer. I just had a feeling that time was running out, so i heaved it from half-court, and the buzzer went off just as it went through the net. I think the buzzer was like...an end of class thing, but we kept playing anyway...or maybe it was another time, i don't know. Anyway, i got the same sense of urgency again, but this time i counted down "3...2...1...," shot a leaning 3-pointer, and once again, it went in just as the buzzer went off. I basically just fell on the floor in extacy because it was the greatest thing ever. One of the guys i was playing with noticed that i had made the countdown right before the buzzer went off, and he realized how amazing that was, so that made it even cooler for me.

Of course, now that i know it was MY dream, of COURSE the buzzers went off when i thought they were going to (lucid without knowing it?), so that kinda takes the charm out of it, but it was definitely the coolest thing ever at the time.

Pink Dolphins

I was in a group at an aquarium. There were dolphins on a beach that had a pinkish color and a flower print on their backs. I was in a room with some people from my group and some creepy old man who was supposed to be working outside kept showing up in the room and it was freaking us out.

Shaney Is a Jerk

Shaney = old friend (not Shayna = roomate)

I had just returned from New Zealand and was at SC to start the new school year. I was in my room, which was a huge bedroom bathed in gold light and I was getting dressed because Theo was on his way over. During my trip I cut my hair short and I was excited for Theo to see it so I was trying to make it look nice. Theo came in and even though he was trying to be nice I could tell that he didn't like my hair. I looked in the mirror and noticed that my hair looked stupid and I had also gotten really muscley. I was sad that I looked like that.
I saw Shaney in a parking lot. She was wearing a tie-dye shirt and had really long hair again that was pulled back in a pony tail. I called out to her or she saw me out of the corner of my eye or something and started walking faster to avoid me. She also changed the direction she was walking and started to go over to a different car. She was walking up to a black mercedes with chrome detail and wanted to make it look like this other car was hers. She sat down in the driver's seat and just as she was about to leave I caught up to her. I told her I knew that wasn't her car.
I went to In-N-Out and they kept messing up my order. I asked to use the bathroom and it was in the back of the store. In order to get there I walked through five or six other rooms.

Transitions

Night of: August 15
People Involved: Chris Church (co-worker in my depts. who trains me/sits next to me), Chris Chuch's mom, my mom, my dad, Uncle Sehgal (family friend since I was born), Kristin (girl from Chapman University that reminded me of Jodie Sweetin/Stephanie from Full House), AFI, Brian, Kyle, Greg Kwok (metalhead from high school who made himself over by wearing fancy clothes in late high school and then became popular--I found that/him irritating), Josh Levine (popular kid in high school), Chris Tsutsui, Caitlin Hanson (in a couple of my business groups at Chapman University), Chris, my brother
Number of Dreams Remembered: 1-7
Length of Sleep: 7.75 hours

I was going to have some sort of birthday party, so I wanted to invite people. I asked Chris Church if he could come, but that turned into me talking to his mom on the phone to ask if he could make it. She was hesitant, and had the excuse that she had passed out in a truck before.
I vaccuumed the house in preparation, and heard people having sex, which I assumed were my parents. Luckily, it didn't last long.

I believe this somehow transitioned into me driving with Uncle Sehgal. I was giving directions, and explaining that the location we were going to was on the right side, and that it's a pretty obvious turn. We were on Paseo De Valencia, heading north, and going to pass Alicia Parkway. The turn was going to be somewhere across from Laguna Hills High. He saw a turn and was about to go for it, but I interrupted. That turn looked like the gigantic hill in Laguna Beach that goes up the Jehova's witness place. We went into the next turn and the dream changed again.

I was with my dad now, and we were in a long line. It appeared that we were at an amusement park. I saw Kristin with another girl, and they were holding a survey--Kristin looked at my dad and me, then proceeded to give the survey to everyone but us. I was bummed because I wanted her to talk to me. I heard her ask to the people next to us something along the lines of, "What band has accomplished the most recently?" I immediately tried to think of bands that might make me sound cool, but then I changed my mind and thought about how AFI has become huge. My dad and I eventually got to the front of the line, and the girls thought we cut in line since they hadn't asked us the question. I was happy that she was finally talking to me, and she wasn't upset about "us cutting."

This transitioned into me walking into a movie theater with Brian or Kyle--possibly one and then the other, changing. The theater looked like the Star Tours ride at Disneyland. It was small and the screen was about the size of a widescreen tv. We were happy that we were first in, and tried to find the best possible seats. We went straight for the middle, but when I realized how small the screen was, I thought it would be a good idea to sit in the very front.

I think that another transition happened here. I was on some sort of trip now; I appeared to be in a Las Vegas hotel. I was in a restaurant, walking around by myself. There were booths on both sides of me. I saw Greg Kwok standing in the middle, talking to himself. I thought that was funny, because I didn't like him in high school, and I was kinda glad that he ended up being a loser. However, I then realized that he was talking to popular kids from high school, one of them being Josh Levine, who were sitting in one of the booths. That kinda pissed me off. Across from the popular kids was Chris Tsutsui and some of his friends, too. I wondered how he got in with the cool kids. I walked by.
I came up to a booth that my friends were at, and I had to pay the tip for some food. Instead of paying to a waitress, we had to pay to two very drunk girls. They kept trying to grab the money out of my hand when I was counting it, and it took me forever because I had mostly five and one dollar bills, when I was supposed to give them about $200. I ended up paying them way less than I should've (around $50), and I felt a little bad that they didn't get the tip they should've. We walked away.

This turned into me walking around a place that looked like Dave and Busters. I was with two girls; one of them was Caitlin. She wanted to play an arcade game with me, so I did. My perspective changed into me driving a car, racing. I was making a lot of left turns, and my car was skidding off the dirt track. After skidding multiple times away from the road, it looked like I may have found a shortcut. I wondered where the side path would go.

Another change. Chris was challenging me. The side path was now a water slide, and Chris wanted to get to the end before me. I tried to go quickly, but he barely made it before me. He celebrated his victory with sarcasm. At this point, Chris became my brother, and he was wearing goggles. In a fit of rage, I pulled at his goggles. My alarm went off.

In retrospect: I woke up from my alarm clock right after that last dream... it was still very, very fresh in my mind. From there, I kept remembering more and more, thinking backwards.

Stop Sign Stealer

I was at the beach, and i noticed there was a stop sign that was all beat up there. To make it worse, i watched a little kid jump on it and bend it up even more. So, i decided they needed a new one anyway, so i'd steal this one. I just took the sign part and left the post part there. It was weird because it wasn't metal or anything. It was just some kind of rubber or something, and i could roll it up and stuff it in my shirt (otherwise, i wouldn't have done it because i had to walk all the way back to the car or something, and i didn't wanna get caught with it). Another weird thing was that in order to get back to where our car was, we had to ride this weird treehouse-esque elevator...thing. I think i woke up while we were still on that.

Jewelry Arranger

I was at some sort of restuarant/concert hall with my dad. The lighting on stage was pink and there was a girl up there playing a guitar. I was helping her by arranging her jewelry in front of her. I got the feeling that my dad was somehow involved with the girl.

Saving People

Erin/Tommy/Nicole = people from work project

I was in my dad's backyard. Erin was there and I had a huge box of cigarettes. Erin and I were backed up against the fence and I was hoping my family wouldn't see the cigarettes, some of which were lit. Yashar was there.
I was in New Zealand with my family. We were at the beach and I left for a minute to get something. I noticed how beautiful everything looked. There were big brick, ancient-looking buildings behind me and a tree with gold leaves over a black gate with the ocean behind it. I decided to go get my camera so I could take a picture of this stuff. I ran into my mom and she asked where I went and was all confused. We went back into this shop where we were going to rent snorkel gear. I was putting my clothes back on over my bathing suit. Tommy was there and he had been in a fight or something. He was laying on the ground with his arms crossed over his cheast and I was telling him not to go back to the fight.
Nicole had gone snorkeling by herself in dangerous water. My project group went after her. We walked over a huge bridge and the current had carried her toward it so that we could grab her. We succesfully pulled her out.

Whose Hand Is In My Pants?

It was thursday night, time for poker. I had just got a call from Tony or something, and he was supposed to come pick me up. Someone came to pick me up, and we were on our way, but then i remembered that Tony lives in Valencia, so there was no way he could have picked me up that fast. I later realized that he had never played poker with this group before. I don't think i ever realized that he does not play poker until i woke up. I noticed that i was riding in Paul Marquis' truck, so i decided he was the one that picked me up. We stopped at "Kappauff Insurance" which is on the way, so i said, "oh, is Don [Kappauff] coming?" (He had played with us once before). He kinda mumbled something, but i don't know what it was. The insurance building turned into Don's house, and as we walked in, "Paul" turned his head, and i realized it was actually his son, Brad (my best friend growing up; has never played with us, at least, not while i was there). It also turned out that Don wasn't actually coming, but Brad was just dropping something off for him or something. We never made it to the poker game, and i think Brad actually brought me back to my house and dropped me off.

I was on the couch in my living room with Eez, one other girl, and one other guy. I think i knew who the other girl was at the time, but i don't remember now. I'm pretty sure i never knew who the other guy was, but he KINDA resembled Nathan Waller (random guy from my church). I THINK we were playing poker, but there was no actual poker playing going on. At one point, i went to..."scratch myself"...or something, and i realized that somebody else's hand was already there! I said, "Whose hand is in my pants???" (it wasn't actually IN my pants, it was on the outside, but i thought it would be funnier to say that) Nobody answered, so i looked around and tried to figure it out. This took a surprisingly long time, but i eventually realized that it was eez. I think I was a little disappointed that it wasn't the other girl at first, but eez made me forget about that shortly afterward. After getting me thoroughly "excited" (God, it's a good thing Eez never comes on here), she came and layed next to me under the blanket. I was a little worried that she wouldn't be able to breathe under there, especially with me hugging her head. She got out, and then i was setting up my computer on the couch. No idea why i was doing this, but apparently, we needed it for "poker" for some reason. While i was doing this, the other guy called Mr. MovieFone, and put him on speaker phone. That was about it.

I slept on the couch last night. That's the only explanation i have for ANY of that.

I also dreamed that i was listening to Change by My Favorite Band.

The Band and Russia

Night of: August 14
People Involved: Adaeze, My Favorite Band, Francis, Chris, Chauntel (from work)
Number of Dreams Remembered: 3
Length of Sleep: 8.5 hours

I was riding in a car with the band, and Adaeze called Francis. He didn't pick up the phone, so she tried calling me to see where he was, but I didn't answer... so then Adaeze's friend texted me, "Who are you with?" to see if I was with Francis.
Francis said I should mess with her [mind].
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The band was recording. The studio was in a really strange place... it's difficult to describe, but I remember hearing Chris sing, and his voice was cracking.
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Chauntel was going to be going to jail in Russia, but she was going to visit her family first and travel around Russia.

Waking Up and Peeing

Night of: August 13
People Involved: My brother, Minnie, my mom
Number of Dreams Remembered: 1
Length of Sleep: 4.75 hours

I was sleepy, and my family was waking up at the same time to go to work/school. I kept wanting to sleep in, but I finally got up. I thought the idea of all of us leaving at the same time was kinda cool. When I went outside, I saw my brother putting his stuff in my car (it happened to be my old car: the Eclipse). Minnie was also there. I ran over there and asked my mom why he was going to drive my car. By then, he was getting into the passenger seat, and my mom said that she was going to drive it. I didn't like that idea, because then I'd have to drive someone else's car.
Then I saw my brother try to drive the car back to me, but since it's manual, he could barely drive it.
After that, I really had to pee, so I went into a public one-person restroom on the outside of my house (my old house). I started peeing, and my mom came in and said that my pee was really yellow. She then took my nephew into the other bathroom, so that he could go, too.

In retrospect: I had to pee when I woke up.

A Tour of the Kitchen

Night of: August 12
People Involved: Brian, Chris Church (co-worker in my depts. and sits next to me), Chris, Kyle, Kyle's mom
Number of Dreams Remembered: 4
Length of Sleep: 10.5 hours

I was at work, and I wanted to get up and away from the computer. I walked into the cafeteria. Two girls came in, and one of them was new. The new girl wanted really specific food, as if she was allergic to a lot of things. The other girl was there to help her order. This was pretty interesting to me, so I kinda stood around, wasting time, watching what was going on with the order. They tried to place an order for a quesadilla, toasted at zero temperature, and with some sort of special cheese.
That's when the head chef came in. He explained that they'd have to use a very old machine to do this, and that he couldn't guarantee that it would work. He took us to the back, giving us a tour, and showed us what it looked like. The back area was huge, and very industrial looking. The older machine was tall, and had a sort of dynamite/syringe device on the top. I looked around, and noticed that there were pictures of the workers. I found the head chef in one of the pictures; I guessed he was about 24 in the picture, and he was now about 55.
I realized that I had been away from my desk for a long time, so I walked back, and noticed that a huge group of other workers were walking in the same direction, so I joined them to pretend like I was with their group and had just got back from doing something important. I could see Chris Church looking at me walk with the big group.
When I got back, there was a big movie presentation, with the employees sitting on the ground. Someone said something, and I said a joke in return, and kinda laughed to myself. No one else laughed, except Brian, who basically laughed uncontrollably. Everyone could hear him.

In retrospect: I don't know if it's coincidence, but I really think the machine having that syringe/dynamite look was because Brian mentioned that he was trying to draw that with his eyes closed when playing Cranium one time. Dreaming about walking away from the desk makes sense to me, because whenever I get up to walk around, I feel like the people next to me wonder where I'm going and what I'm doing, and if I take awhile, then they really wonder what was going on.
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I was driving with Chris in the passenger seat, and Brian was following us. There was music playing in my car, and we were playing a game--whoever could sing the harmonies closest to the real parts in the song would win. Brian was somehow in control of what songs were playing, and was acting as the judge. He played System of a Down for basically every other song, which was good for me because I knew the harmonies well. Chris seemed to be guessing the harmonies, so I knew I was going to win. Even though Brian was in a different car, he would somehow know who won.
While we were driving, Brian kinda got sidetracked and split away from us, but he eventually found his way back.

In retrospect: BURN IT!
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Kyle asked me if we're hanging out on Thursday, and I asked, "Aren't you going to Arizona with your dad?" He said that he cancelled, and then I saw his mom upset with him for cancelling.

In retrospect: Kyle said he might not be around this weekend because he might go to Arizona with his dad.
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My hair was falling out in long strips. It was pretty disturbing.

Lucid? or Not?

I was watching a movie...with my mom, i think. It was a horror movie that had something to do with the number 10. It could have been that there were 10 murder victims or something, i don't really know. It was weird because it seemed to be begging for audience participation, like we were supposed to try to solve the mystery. I also got the impression that there was some sort of prize involved if you DID solve the mystery. I think this turned into me being IN the movie. However, i wasn't scared that i was in a horror movie or anything, i guess i didn't really think about it. I was in some sort of lagoon, and there was someone else sitting on the shore. I came across a girl in the water, and at some point, we started making out. This led to "other things," but i stopped it because i thought i was sleeping next to my mom in real life. This was very strange because, apparently, i was aware that i was dreaming, AND i was even aware of my physical body, but i still don't think i really went lucid. I thought really hard on where my physical body was, and i finally realized that i was NOT sleeping next to my mom, so i tried to get back to the "other things," but by that time, the dream was slipping, and i just kinda faded out.

The whole thing about sleeping next to my mom was really weird. It may have had something to do with the (possible) fact that i was watching the movie with her, and now i was inside the movie. It also probably had something to do with the fact that i slept next to my mom for a week when we went to New Mexico.

Magic Car Taxi Service

We were playing poker on thursday night, but we quit early due to weather. Todd was giving out prizes, and i noticed they were kites that my mom had given him, and my mom was THERE at the time. I did not think that this was very wise. I ended up hitching a ride home with Larry French even though i had my own car. When i got home, i realized that i forgot to cash out, so i had to drive back. I had the Forces of Evil CD that my nephew burned for me, so i dropped it in a dirt lot near my house, and it instantly turned into my car. I don't know why, but i knew that would work somehow. Unfortunately, this caused quite a scene, so i got about 5 drunk people that decided to climb into my car wanting a ride to another club. Of course, NONE of them knew how to get there. I believe i was driving from the back seat some how for part of this. I got to the END of El Camino Real somehow, and i told them that i'd give it one more pass, and if they didn't see where they wanted to go, i'd kick them out. Nobody saw it, so i kicked them out, but i think i got out as well for some reason. Eventually, it turned into me driving an even more drunk group of people somewhere. I believe THIS was the group that wanted to goto a place called "Ginkgo." Once again, nobody knew how to get there. Somehow, i got the feeling i was being punished for kicking the other people out of my car. That's about when i woke up, and now i hope i can get back to sleep for another hour as it's only 6:25 AM.

Reunion

Night of: August 11
People Involved: Randy Wahler (popular kid in high school), Bryan Weber (" "), Patrick Kane (best friend in early elementary school)
Number of Dreams Remembered: 2
Length of Sleep: 12 hours

There was a 6 year elementary school reunion, so I went. I was walking with someone I remember from elementary school, but I can't remember his name. The reunion was going to take place in a classroom, and we were a little late; the classroom was packed.
I squished by some people, and noticed that there were a lot of seats open in the back row, but a lot of people were still squished. I didn't understand why people wouldn't just sit in the back row. I thought that maybe they were reserved or something, so I squished with everyone else.
People would stand up and talk about who they are and what they were doing now. I noticed that there was a group of popular kids from school dressed in tuxedos. One of them was Randy Wahler. It was announced that Bryan Weber just got married. Bryan was about 3 feet tall, and marrying an average size girl.
I looked around some more, and noticed that my best friend from elementary school, Patrick Kane, wasn't there. I was a little disappointed.
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There was a get together with random older people at my old house in Laguna. It was really dark. I only remember weird details: I played Super Mario Brothers on my computer, and I also was watched a girl play Pac-Man. I also remember seeing a recliner that had a horizontal cut in the back of it, and I was trying to put the soft, white stuff back into it, since it was coming out.

Pepsi Guitar

I was in a theater watching a movie that turned into a play at some point. I was irritated the whole time because i thing they "forgot" to turn off the lights in the theater, so the house lights were on during the show which made no sense to me. I saw my mom walk by, and then some strange man sat next to me. He noticed a small guitar filled with Pepsi underneath his chair and asked me if he could have it. I said, "sure, knock yourself out, but i'm not sure if you can trust that Pepsi. I THINK it's from today, but i'm not sure." The guy smelled it and said he thought it was from two weeks ago. This didn't stop him from tasting it and confirming his suspicions. THAT didn't stop him from drinking some more, but he didn't drink too much of it before he gave up on it. He then decided he was going to make a puzzle or something out of it, and he started putting different kinds of blocks inside it with the pepsi still inside. That's all i remember.

At first, i thought this dream was COMPLETELY nonsensical...and it was, but i actually know why i dreamt certain parts. The problem with the lights is definitely because i was taking a nap after going to a little training session on the lights at the church. The smelling and tasting of the two-week-old pepsi had to do with being at Justin's last night while they were mixing drinks and deciding that certain things in their repertoire were bad and had to be poured down the sink.

The Argument Rages On

Last night, Justin, Kyle, Chris, and i had a rather large argument about a game we played. Chris left with Kenley, and Justin, Kyle, and I continued the argument a bit while Eric was passed out on the couch. Today, i dreamed that the argument continued on:

I was at Justin's apartment. Kyle, Justin and i were talking, and Francis was passed out on the couch. Someone else was there, but i don't know who. Chris came in (it was about 4:30 AM at this point) and said he was sleeping over. I said, "didn't you leave?" To which he responded with something like, "no, YOU left." I concluded that he had left to take Kenley home, and then decided to come back to spend the night. Chris, then, basically apologized for the huge argument that we had had before he left and admitted that he was in the wrong. This sortof annoyed me because i was on HIS side of the argument, so that now meant that III was wrong as well. Chris explained to me WHY we were in the wrong by saying, "Justin and Kyle were making arguments about me based on things that they knew to be true (he was referring to his competitive nature which was discussed between Justin, Kyle, and me after he had left) and you did not. I argued against them because i didn't want you to know those things about me, and i wanted you to argue on my side." I think there was a little more to the explanation than that, but i don't remember what it was. I heard someone (who i thought was kyle, but could have been Unconscious Francis) mumble "Let him play." This got me to start chanting, "Let Him Play!" (referring to Chris and ultimately hoping it would result in us playing the game again). Chris joined in, and i BELIEVE Justin and Kyle joined in as well, and we continued even though Justin and Kyle were the ones we were trying to convince. As we were chanting, Chris began chanting, "Let Him WIN!" (Letting his competitive nature come out, albeit jokingly, supporting Justin and Kyle's argument) instead. Justin turned to him and said, "ooooooooh." Chris laughed and said, "Oh yeah, that's probably a bad one." This resulted in us NOT playing the game. After a short awkward silence, Francis started to get up. He sat up with his eyes closed and his shorts pulled down to his knees which i didn't notice until i accidentally glanced over and saw him...pantsless. "Awwwwwww..." I exclaimed, and added, "Is it just me, or did i just see a vagina in Francis's pants?" (because that's really what i thought i saw) Everyone laughed, but then it got turned around on me when "the other guy" (who i didn't know) made fun of me for looking, and started acting out a horse eating out of a trough. I believe he was trying to make a joke about some sort of euphemism for having my head down someone's pants, and i didn't get it at first, but i eventually conceded to it. He then handed me a cup of rice so that i could "eat out of the trough." That's about when i woke up.

This was a very interesting dream to me because it was really like a continuation of real life. What made it even weirder is that i had woken up this morning, done some things, and then taken a nap at which point i had the dream, so the dream took me back in time a little bit as well. It was like it put me right back in that moment and then showed me another side of the story. Another slightly strange thing is that Eric obviously became Francis in the dream, but "the other guy" really doesn't fit at all, and he only appeared in order to make fun of me at the end there. Also, i think the outcome of the dream had a lot to do with the fact that i had continued the argument in real life listening to Justin and Kyle's side without Chris there. I wonder if the dream would have been severely different if i had left with Chris and continued the argument with him instead.

2 Dreams, or 5?

Night of: August 10
People Involved: Kyle, Shanielle Howa, Marissa M., Neal, Carlos
Number of Dreams Remembered: 2-5
Length of Sleep: 7.75 hours

Kyle got a job with me. When I was showing him around, we saw Shanielle and Marissa. Kyle said Marissa was hot, and I said, "That's the one I've been telling you about!" enthusiastically. I started training him on some parts, but I felt like I wasn't the one that was supposed to. I felt like he was just going to me because he knew me, when in fact he wasn't doing what the schedule said he should. I also felt like he was behind. He felt the same way because he went and talked to a senior analyst about feeling behind.

I believe this turned into Kyle lobbing computer parts and N64 video game controllers at me in the mountains. We were in a cabin, which was dimly lit, and my brother was there. I was trying to catch all the parts that Kyle was throwing, and trying to plug them in to wherever they belonged at the same time. I didn't know why Kyle was doing that... I guessed he was just being his usual-weird-self. There was an issue about food, but it's kinda blurry now. I think I wasn't eating enough or something.

A couple of girls called us. They must've been someone we met on the internet or something, because we didn't know what they looked like. I'm not sure if the dream changed or what, but the purpose of being in the mountains now was to meet these girls.
I was driving a big SUV in the snow by myself and drove by the girls' houses. It was beautiful, although it sucked because it was difficult to drive. The houses looked like laguna beach houses, but they were all made of wood, and on a nice, big, windy street. The area was foresty and snowy... it was an awesome location. When I saw the girls' house, I got nervous that they might see me drive by.
I think this turned into me and Kyle visiting the girls. They kept calling us and begging us to hang out, but I felt like I hadn't shaved or showered in a long time, so I kept hiding my face in front of one of the girls. Through my hands, she looked kinda cute, which made me not want to show my face even more. She appeared be short and had blonde hair. The girls must've been sisters, because their brother came out and was being a bit defensive, but he seemed cool at the same time.
I finally gave in, took my hand away from my face, and turned around, but now the girl was a fat, short, brunette with freckles, and to make it worse, she looked to be actually 8 years old. I was sad and confused. I kinda knew inside that this would happen. There was no way she'd end up being attractive. Even though she was 8 years old or whatever, I gave her a piggyback ride.

I think the dream turned into a chase or something here... like the brother was mad or something, but now it wasn't the brother, but two homeless guys. They were quite scary, and I started running. I called the police, but the number didn't work, so I called the operator. The operator was a woman, and was a huge jerk. I asked if I could get to the emergency line, and she asked why. She wouldn't transfer me to the police and was really mean.
The homeless guys were always really close to finding me, and when they got even closer, the dream turned into a comedy movie with a fade out ending. It's impossible to explain.

In retrospect: This could be 4 dreams, or 1 gigantic dream, etc. It's impossible to know now. But in either case, the part about Kyle working with me is obvious because he's supposedly going to have an interview with the company. Deep inside I probably fear that he won't be up to par; I fear that because I referred him.
The chasing might be because I watched The Fugitive on tv right before going to bed.
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I had some sort of nightmare that someone got murdered; I believe it was Carlos. I was in bed waiting for the murderer to get home, possibly as a trap.

In retrospect: I remember being half-awake, lying on my side, and facing the wall. But next to me, I felt someone, and it felt like they touched me. I didn't want to move, and was scared out of my mind. I fell back asleep within 15 seconds.

Asian Girls Like Snakes?

I believe there was some sort of American Idol competition being held in my backyard, but all of the contestants were asian girls. One of them was obsessed with snakes and had a pet snake. Most of the others seemed to approve of this, but i did not. There was some sort of Buddha statue/chair thing that the girls had to stand on for some reason, and it kept growing and shrinking to accomodate. I was sitting in the middle of it for some reason. I don't think i was supposed to, but i was doing it anyway because i'm awesome. The statue had to be moved for some reason, so a few people moved it around while i was sitting on it. I thought that it would probably be a lot easier if i was not sitting on it, but they didn't really give me time to get off, so i figured if they wanted to be gay, it was there fault. I finally got off, and we were all just kinda hanging out. Then, a giant snake approached us. I'm not sure if it was the girl's pet snake: it looked like it, but i don't think it was. The snake came up to me and snapped at my right hand. He got a hold of it and just latched on sinking his fangs deep into my hand. This really hurt, and i was pissed. There was some old guy sitting next to me, and he seemed to think this was normal. I just kinda sat there waiting for the snake to let go, but he didn't, so then i decided to grab his head and see if i could make it let go. I guess someone had told me you had to squeeze his head, and they'd let go, so i tried that. I guess it worked eventually, but when he let go, i couldn't move my right hand for a few seconds. Once i regained feeling in my right hand, i grabbed the snake with both hands and squeezed. Nothing was really happening, and the old dude pointed this out. He also said something like, "His brains haven't popped yet." This gave me a great idea, so i grabbed him with both hands: thumbs underneath his jaw, and fingers on top of his head. I dug my middle fingers into its skin with my nails and started to pull them apart. I heard a slight popping sound and then the sound of air being released. Then, i saw the snake's brains spill out on the floor. I was satisfied. I threw the snake to the ground in victory and got mixed reactions from the girls. Then, i woke up.

Too Short to Title

Lucid Dream. Some stuff happened before this, but the only part I remeber is the part that I could actually control, and unfortunately I wolk up almost right after I realized it was a dream... lame.

I was flying down the hill from my work project toward the ocean, I was going to try to dive in and swim but I wolk up.

The Coach House x 2

Night of: August 9
People Involved: Phil, My Favorite Band
Number of Dreams Remembered: 1
Length of Sleep: 7.5 hours

I was in a house in a gated neighborhood with Phil. There were some other people there hanging out. The Coach House show was a couple hours away from starting, but MFB wasn't playing it. I was, though. MFB was going to play a different show a few hours after that, so I had two shows to play in one night.
I met some girls and talked with them, and the Coach House show with "my other band" was getting close. I asked Phil for directions, and he started explaining them to me.
This turned into me driving and Phil telling me where to go. It was hard to follow his directions--I remember him trying to tell me to take the on ramp to the toll road, but it was hard to see.

In Retrospect: Again, this is hard to remember because I didn't write anything down. The freeway was a toll road most likely because Chris called yesterday asking if he should take the toll road to my house to get there quicker... and he did get there quicker, but everyone else was late, so it was pointless. Why did I dream about the Coach House? If you don't know, then you're not my friend, and you should probably get tickets, 'cause the show is tomorrow.

She Came In Through The Bathroom Window

I think we were on our way home from New Mexico again, but this time, Cristi Whelan and her daughter Shauna were kinda with us (I think they were in a separate car, but they were kinda moseying along with us). I think we were stopped somewhere to go shopping or something, but i had to poop. I found a bathroom in a building that seemed like a mix between a frat-house and a department store. When i got in, i heard a cell phone buzzing. I looked down, and i realized Shauna had left her stuff in there. After i sat down, i noticed a girl was starting to kneel under the door of the stall, so i assumed it had to be Shauna coming back for her stuff. I asked her if she wanted it back, and she kinda hesitated and said, "yeah, of course." As i was handing it to her, i realized that it wasn't Shauna at all, so i had to grab it back. The girl crawled into the stall with me, and i exclaimed, "what are you doing??" She started, "I have to go--" but i cut her off and said "I have to go too! and I got here first!" She said, "No, i have to go to sleep." For some reason she liked to sleep in this bathroom stall, i guess. I thought, "whatever," and i continued with my business and let her get situated. When i was done, i crawled under the door, but i forgot to grab Shauna's stuff! I didn't realize this until i got outside, and i found a place outside where i could see into that stall, but the openning wasn't big enough to pull the backpack through, so i decided i had to get back in. I had a lot of trouble finding my way back into the bathroom, and i kept going outside and inside to try to navigate my way in. One time, when i was outside, the girl saw me looking in, and she started laughing at me or something. She waved like she was going to "bed," and i blew a kiss to her for some reason. This seemed to catch her off guard, and then she said, "i'm in stall 1 of room QB, come see me!" I was excited because that actually really helped me to find where that bathroom was. I realized that i had been entering the wrong door the whole time. There were a bunch of doors marked Q1-Q8, and i had been going in Q7 for some reason. I decided she must've meant Q8 when she said QB, and sure enough, i found her. However, by the time i got there, she was sleeping on top of Shauna's backpack. I was kinda siting there in the stall thinking about what to do, and i noticed her blinking. She woke up, but she didn't get up. Then, i heard her friend talking to her over the stall door. I thought, "uh oh, this is not going to look good." I tried to hide, but the stall was very small, so we were kinda cuddled together. When the friend saw this, (suddenly there were about 4 of them), they all said "oooooooooooooooooh." (scandalous!) I was kinda turned away, but they had already seen me, so i figured, "whatever." THEN, one of them said to the girl, "Hey, this is Dorine." Then i was REALLY worried, and i tried desperately to hide my face. Sure enough, i heard my mom's voice shortly afterward. Her voice boomed louder than the other girls', and i had a strange feeling that she was going to wake me up (strange, at this point i seemed to know i was dreaming, but i didn't go lucid). She actually didn't wake me up, and they all left, and then i left with Shauna's backpack shortly after. Unfortunately, i didn't find Shauna, and we left to continue on our way. I figured we'd meet up with them again eventually, so i didn't worry too much about it. On our way, i guess we had tickets for a soccer game, so we stopped to go see that. There were some more random people with us at this time. One of them, i believe, was Rommel Inguilo (random guy from school, but in the dream i thought he was a yo-yo person). Another one was Greg Norris (still fat). We got inside, and Greg was spinning a basketball on his finger (much to the amazement of my mom) after throwing a football away and refusing to go retrieve it. On our way inside the arena, it looked more like a basketball court, and there were people practicing basketball inside. I was stoked because i'd much rather watch basketball than Soccer. THEN, these animals took over the court. One of them looked like a ferret, and another one looked like a...6 headed mongoose? It was really fat, but it had the face of a mongoose, and then it had another head at the base of its tail, and another head at the tip of its tail. It also had a few heads growing out of random parts of its fat body. This is about when i woke up.

I think the mongoose thing actually started out with another mongoose BEHIND the first one, so it just LOOKED like the first mongoose had a head at the end of its tail, and then my brain just went nuts on the idea, and it evolved into that giant creature.

In retrospect: I have to poop.

I Hope it's Locked

Night of: August 8
People Involved: ?
Number of Dreams Remembered: 1
Length of Sleep: 6 hours and 45 minutes

I had left the door (in Laguna) wide open, but nothing seemed to be stolen.

In retrospect: After I came back last night, I worried that I left the door unlocked.

Playing for the President

Night of: August 7
People Involved: Jerry Cook (president at HQ), My Favorite Band
Number of Dreams Remembered: 1
Length of Sleep: 9 hours

I was with the band, and playing my guitar. Jerry wanted to hear us play some cover songs.

In Retrospect: This dream is hard to remember because I didn't write anything down, and I'm finally writing it 15 hours later.

Drive Me Crazy

I was on some sort of trip with some people, but i don't remember who was there. It was my mom, me, and then like 3 other random people. I think we were in Arizona about to goto a baseball game, and we were outside having a picnic at our car before going in or something. While we were there, we found out one of the guys there got a ticket to ANOTHER baseball game, and his ticket was for Wrigley Field which i thought was in the same city for some reason. We finished our picnic or whatever, and were about to head in to the game. We had a couple doors open on the car for our picnic, and everyone started walking away leaving ME to close them. I was a little annoyed by this ESPECIALLY when i noticed the older guy that was with us who was RIGHT next to one of the doors started walking away in the WRONG direction. I started going to close the doors, and the guy started walking back, but instead of helping, he just POINTED to the doors like he was commanding me to close them. This pissed me off even MORE because i was doing it already even though i felt i shouldn't have to, and he was just being a dick about it. For some reason, after those two doors were closed, like EVERY door was suddenly open on the car, and there was all kinds of weird stuff we had to do to pack it in. Other people finally came back and helped, but when that dragged on, i lost it. I started screaming and running away because i hated everyone there except for my mom, and the chore of packing the car in was pissing me off. I think it had something to do with the fact that i didn't want to have the picnic in the first place or something for that exact reason, and then i ended up having to do most of the work. While i was running and screaming, i heard a faint laugh, and i thought someone was laughing at me, but i didn't care. I was chewing gum the whole time, and i went to spit it out, but every time i spit it out, another piece of gum appeared in my mouth. That was kinda weird, and while i was walking around doing that, i saw Talar Moy (random lady from church) standing there, and that's about when i woke up.

Dreaming About Carley While She's Gone

I was somewhere with my mom. It seemed rather Arizona-ish except the weather was really nice and cool. I don't know why we were there, but i decided i was gonna leave without her (we both had our own cars). This turned into me walking toward a parking garage with Carley. My mom would also pop in at random times and then go back to where she was. While we were walking, there were these two people in front of us: a guy and a girl. They were talking really loudly, walking slowly, and just being a general nuisance. I guess i didn't really notice it at first, but my mom pointed out that they were holding us back or something. I thought that was kindof silly because we could just walk past them at any time, so we did. As we were coming up behind them, the guy said something like "Oh man, something smells BAD!" I told him it was probably me because i hadn't showered in three days, and i had been jumping on a trampoline all day yesterday (this is kindof a mixture of last week because i didn't shower for about three days when we went camping from monday to wednesday, but i didn't go on the trampoline until this sunday). This is when he got REALLY obnoxious. He started making fun of me for it, but all of his insults were poorly constructed and just made him sound REALLY unintelligent (which was surely the case anyway). After listening to that for a little bit, we started to pull away, and i just started laughing, and i said something like, "Man, that guy's a PERFECT example of someone Carley can't stand." Carley agreed, and we laughed at him for being stupid. I thought they had turned a different way and we had finished with them, but all of a sudden they were back, and they asked something. They actually weren't being obnoxious at this point, but Carley had had enough, so she decided to snap back at them with some rude remark. This made me a little uncomfortable because i was hoping to just let it go, and i was afraid they might come after us and fight us or something if she was too mean. They went back and forth for a bit, and Carley said something really weird, but all i heard was "Why don't you go shove my platypus..." I got the distinct impression that she was using the word "platypus" as a euphemism for "vagina," and i thought that was really funny. When we got to the parking garage, i saw my mom walking around inside. This kindof irritated me because i wondered how the hell she got there before us when we left so much earlier. Then Carley and i said the same thing at the same time, but i don't remember what, and i woke up.

Scary Puppy

Ryan = friend from my work project

I was walking with Ryan and we came across a puppy with really crazy irridiscent eyes. Ryan thought it was really cute so we stopped and he knelt down to pet it. I just stood there and watched.

Work and Women

Night of: August 6
People Involved: Kyle, Chauntel (co-worker), Mallory Leveille (co-worker), Greg Rood, Colin Farrell
Number of Dreams Remembered: 3
Length of sleep: 4.5 hours

I was at work and showing Kyle how I do things--I showed him that I was way behind and explained that I needed more training on that and some other stuff. I felt like the other employees who started at the same time as me were having an easier time, but at the same time, I felt like I just had a bigger workload because I am taking care of more departments. I explained that to Kyle.
There was a part of the work dream where my arm spazzed out and hurt really bad.
There was also a part where a girl was lying in what looked like a coffin, or something shaped like it, and was ready to fall asleep. She didn't look familiar, but in the dream, she worked with me. She said she would give me and Kyle a ride home, even though she was barely awake.

In retrospect: Kyle and I were talking right before I went to bed. Work was probably brought up. Women were brought up. It all makes sense.
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I was driving and barely stopping at red lights--it was hard to see, and the car was difficult to control. I was going to turn right, but saw that the light was red, so I tried to stop, but went way over the line. I then saw a cop, but he didn't pull me over. I thought to myself that I better drive safer so that I don't get a ticket.
The dream then switched to me riding a bike in the rain. For some parts, I was riding really slowly, and it felt like the bike might tip, but it didn't. I rode into a gated neighborhood and saw Chauntel and Mallory. I wanted to talk to them, but I kept riding. I ended up inside of a classroom, and we were watching a movie. Greg Rood was there. I couldn't tell what the movie was, so I asked someone, and he or she said it was Finding Nemo 2, although it looked nothing like it. The movie was very strange looking--it was basically very 2D (which is normal, but in the dream, it seemed wrong--like it should've been 3D) and semi-cartooned. Some parts were drawn, and some parts weren't. Colin Farrell made a few appearances in it. I had trouble following what was happening in the movie.
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There were lots of people in my apartment; it appeared to be some sort of party. A girl asked me if I was drinking, and I said no, but that I had vodka the night before. She seemed upset. Kyle and I rated some girls on our scale, and then two sisters went to take a shower with Kyle. I believe one of the sisters was the one that asked me about drinking. From far away, I heard one of them say that my shower was gross.

In retrospect: See the first dream's retrospect.

Need For Speed

I was playing a game called California Speed (a card game that i ironically learned in New Mexico from Shelly's friend Toni who looks like Naomi Watts) with Tiffany. I seem to remember arguing about something, and now that i think about it, we were playing wrong. We were also playing with two decks for some reason.

Apparently I'm Into That

Dana/Jerek/Travis = guys from SC who lived in my college

I was having sex with a random hispanic guy wearing a faded green baseball cap. His girlfriend or ex-girlfriend showed up and was pounding on the door. The hispanic guy told me to hide. The girl somehow knew what was going on, and was really pissed so I was scared she was going to hurt me. I was also irritated with the guy because he never told me he was involved with someone.
I was with my dad and my sister, Sam. We were going to have a race through the hotel we were staying at. We were doing a practice run of it, and Sam and I kept getting upset with my dad for going too fast. We got to the door of our room.
I was in a grocery store but the back of it was a skate park. There was a guy on a ramp but sometimes he would change into a girl, or back into a guy. I thought this person was attractive, and wrote him/her a note telling him/her so. I gave the person the note and Then Dana, Jerek, Travis, and someone else showed up and had brought birthday presents for me. They gave them to me and seemed embarassed about it. I lauged and thanked them.

Wacky Masturbation and the Queen of England

Night of: August 5
People Involved: My Favorite Band, the Queen of England, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Number of Dreams Remembered: 2

I was walking around in what I thought was my family's house. As I was walking past a room, I could see that there was someone in it.... naked. She looked to be about 29, and was lying on the ground on her stomach; however, she was grinding on the ground back and forth.... naked. I didn't have my glasses or contacts in, so it was difficult to see, and at the same time, I didn't want her to know that I was totally looking. We definitely made eye contact, though. I continued walking, then turned around and walked past the room again.
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The band was going to record the e.p. again, and like last time, it was going to be in a mansion. I was driving separately and giving directions. We found the place, and it was the biggest house I've ever seen. It looked like the White House, except a bit more awesome.
We were greeted out front, and the men who came out all had British accents. They showed us a few things, but none of it had to do with music. There were a ton of people on the property walking around doing who knows what.
I start walking on my own a bit because the place was so awesome. I turned around to see where the band was, and I saw the Queen of England. Apparently there was a ceremony going on and I had walked right into it. The Queen smiled and said hello, and I didn't know what to do, so I took her hand and kissed it. She was wearing white gloves. I then bowed awkwardly. She said "Thank you" and everyone else was looking at me like I was retarded, so I ran quickly back to the audience section. My running back was also bad, because one of the men said, "Don't run so fast." So I power walked.
The studio/house had many garages, each with something special in it. In one, the Queen ceremony was going on, and a big part of that was bringing in a caged tiger. The tiger was freaking out and running along the walls of the cage super fast. I was worried that it was going to escape, and this actually created a visual of the tiger breaking through the cage and attacking everyone. This part of the dream was really weird, because it was like my mind knew that what just happened wasn't real, so it just ignored it, and moved on.
Some kid, a helper of the house/studio, was in his room, and I went up to his window to ask what we were supposed to do that day. He said they didn't have much planned, so he'd make us some food and then we could get ourselves a new wardrobe from one of the garages. I was super excited about that. Everyone ate what appeared to be vegetables that looked like sushi, but by the time I was going to eat it, the band was leaving to check out the wardrobes. I followed.
On the way there, the kid talked about how they have a large selection of shoes, and that made me happy since mine are falling apart. He showed me his and said that the band shouldn't get that kind because it's not our style.
We ended up in a garage that had a ton of movie memorabilia. One of the items was the outfit Arnold wore in Terminator 2, and the guns, although the guns were plastic dart guns. The kid pumped the guns and fired some darts at my face. I don't think that really bothered me, but I didn't think it was a good idea to be playing with the memorabilia.