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Re: The Dream Journal
« Reply #25 on: July 17, 2014, 10:44:13 AM »

I was back in high school, and it was definitely the high school I attended. The student office admin was the same no-nonsense grey-haired lady who knew which kids were okay to let loose and which needed a leash. I was the former. Dream-me showed up in the office on the first day of school to get my class schedule, and she saw me in line and said, exasperated, "Catrina, you know where to go." She nodded her head over to a second file cabinet and I went over and found my file. There were about 15 copies of my schedule, along with stacks of expired coupons and a letter I never got to read. I took my schedule, threw out the coupons and went to find my classes.

Time is a tricky thing in dreams: so maybe an hour later, I went outside to get something from my car, only to find it'd been towed because I'd parked in a no-parking area (which was only two carlengths long, in the middle of a block). I returned to the school angry and trying to find my car's location on some less-than-helpful app the city provided for such occasions. I'm stomping around the school, because I realize I have no idea where my locker is or what the combination might be, and I run into a former coworker [with whom IRL there'd been some unrequited sexual tension and mutual affection]. He's struggling with his sport coat. I reach up to his collar to help straighten it. He recoils and says, "Actually, I don't want you to touch me."

I woke up immediately. Fucking Thursdays.
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Re: The Dream Journal
« Reply #26 on: July 17, 2014, 10:49:43 AM »

"Actually, I don't want you to touch me."

Oh boy, I gotta remember to use this one.
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Re: The Dream Journal
« Reply #27 on: July 17, 2014, 11:05:34 AM »

"Actually, I don't want you to touch me."

Oh boy, I gotta remember to use this one.

Glad you find it useful, because it punched me in the gut.
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Re: The Dream Journal
« Reply #28 on: July 17, 2014, 12:57:11 PM »

What a fool that guy is.

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Re: The Dream Journal
« Reply #29 on: July 17, 2014, 10:29:06 PM »

You probably gave him the "fuck you look" instead of the "fuck me look". It's an easy mistake to make in dreamland.
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Re: The Dream Journal
« Reply #30 on: July 18, 2014, 11:57:29 AM »

What a dream jerk.
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Re: The Dream Journal
« Reply #31 on: July 19, 2014, 11:57:23 AM »

I less-than-three you guys.
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Re: The Dream Journal
« Reply #32 on: July 20, 2014, 06:45:44 AM »

I'm sure there's joke in there about... something... touching... something... AND my 10' pole


Anyway, tonight's was noir as fuck:

It's the far future, and Earth is a wasteland. Superior technology, including super solar and anti-gravity, came too late to save the planet; so we saved ourselves.
All that's left of humanity lives in a massive cube city floating in the sky above the constant dust storms, polluted air, and acid rain.

Crime, gangs, and corruption are rampant throughout the society. There is one "hope" though; a sister city still under construction. It promises to relieve the tensions of overcrowding, and offer many (presumably the rich, powerful, and well connected) a fresh start.

There's been a murder.

It's in the lower levels where justice is expensive and the people are poor... but the victim wasn't from the lower levels.

The police don't go down there, and normally I wouldn't either, but someone really wants to know what happened. Simply put, the pay for this job was too good to turn down.


Long story short: Conspiracy.
Turns out there's a new gang in the city. But this one is different, and not just because it seems very well connected across the entire socioeconomic spectrum. It's more of a religion or cult than a gang. They've usurped key positions that will allow them to populate the new city with only their adherents and ideology. After which... well, they keep talking about how the eighth age ended in poison, and the ninth age will end in fire.

In the end. Nothing I did really changed anything. Their plans weren't stopped by my investigation; no, I was too small and inconsequential. However, their plans were interrupted by the revolution.

As the old city tore itself apart I managed to hitch a ride with my employer over to the unfinished new city. Everything is so green, and bright owing to the use of decorative lenses that playfully focus, scatter, and bend the sun's light around the many gardens...

Then the dream segues into an unrelated bit about me and some "uncle" I've never met (reminds me of the lawyer from Breaking Bad) sitting in a very high end restaurant where the wait staff are ignoring us hoping we'll give up and go away (They dislike the uncle since he's nouveau riche)


you know... I might try to flesh this one out into a genuine story.
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Re: The Dream Journal
« Reply #33 on: July 20, 2014, 10:05:35 AM »

Had a dream where 4 other friends of mine were always talking about these books they were reading, and they were trying to get me to check them out too.  Turns out they were Batman novels.  And there were like 30 of them.

They even had this log book that listed each chapter in each book, and you had to initial next to each one after you read it.  That way nobody could talk about any chapters in front of anyone else who hadn't read that one yet, so as to avoid spoilers.

Weird Tingly Feeling, brain.  Whatever you're trying to tell me, I'm not following it.

EDIT: LOL, I'd totally forgotten about the "W.T.F." filter!   :-D
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Re: The Dream Journal
« Reply #34 on: July 20, 2014, 11:24:07 AM »

Weird Tingly Feeling? There's a Sweet Lovin' here for Weird Tingly Feeling?
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Re: The Dream Journal
« Reply #35 on: July 21, 2014, 09:39:53 AM »

My ex-girlfriend and I were in a magnificently-appointed and enormous mansion - almost reminded me of a castle out of an "Amnesia" game, though slightly less dark and scary. The reason we were there was somewhat of a mystery but she wanted to play some kind of game - the details are fuzzy on what exactly the rules were. Either way, I didn't mind because we were hanging out and I was enjoying myself.

We walked through the mansion and eventually down a large flight of stairs into a wide-open, finished basement area filled with white pillars. Looking around, I noticed several friendly dogs running around and generally playing about. My ex began chasing one while I watched.. Eventually, I saw her run behind a pillar in the distance and disappear.

After running around looking for her for some time, I noticed that the stairs that brought me to the basement were gone; I was trapped. Wandering around, I noticed other people who were no help and just kept asking me strange questions like "where is my plastic?"

I was stuck in the room for days (in dream years). My ex would appear randomly, 7-foot tall and dressed like a medieval queen. She would walk around with a malevolent smile for a while not saying anything and then disappear. I never was sure if it was really her as I couldn't believe she was capable of trapping me here.
As far as I can remember, I stayed in this room until I woke up - trapped in my own mind!
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Re: The Dream Journal
« Reply #36 on: July 21, 2014, 07:47:51 PM »

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Re: The Dream Journal
« Reply #37 on: July 24, 2014, 02:47:36 PM »

Definitely made out with Joel McHale again last night in my dreams.
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Re: The Dream Journal
« Reply #38 on: July 25, 2014, 07:31:00 AM »

Last night my name was AJ. I lived in a colony travelling through deep space, though we were docked at an earth-like planet at the time.

Mainly I spent the dream trying to get a blonde to pay attention to me. I was doing well and finally got a date! When the time came, I decided I would play video games instead. Needless to say, she was not happy. She took a vote of the colony and 500,000 people voted me an asshole.

What the hell, AJ?

I've yet to understand why my brain sabotages my attempts at dream make-outs.
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Re: The Dream Journal
« Reply #39 on: July 25, 2014, 08:44:17 AM »

Forgot them both in detail upon being awakened by the radio alarm, but I had two separate dreams last night and both were ultraviolent. Not usual for me.
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Re: The Dream Journal
« Reply #40 on: July 25, 2014, 10:32:18 AM »

More dreams about school. It was the last day of classes and I seemed to be a senior. I went to clear out my locker and discovered that it'd moved over one slot and someone had left a note saying they'd sold all my clothes and gotten $5,000 for them. I was hugging random people goodbye, and most were walking around with blueprint-type paper that had totally random shit written on it in chalk. A guy I went to elementary (but not high) school with had a piece that said something about sushi in a heading at the top, but was otherwise empty.
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Re: The Dream Journal
« Reply #41 on: July 25, 2014, 03:11:31 PM »

If you get Joel McHale, I get Allison Brie.

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Re: The Dream Journal
« Reply #42 on: July 25, 2014, 09:08:20 PM »

I'm holding out for Christina Hendricks.



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Re: The Dream Journal
« Reply #43 on: July 26, 2014, 09:14:30 AM »

I finally remembered one dream:

The earth was being invaded by aliens. They were flying around on motorcycle-like craft and were looking for any humans to kill.

Then I woke up. Seemed like forever though.
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Re: The Dream Journal
« Reply #44 on: July 29, 2014, 09:47:52 AM »

Aforementioned former coworker and potential FWB+ showed up again last night, this time with his IRL girlfriend. We were all playing hockey (a thing they actually do in pickup leagues). He was goalie (as he is IRL) and was putting on some giant red partially-metallic contraption, like a suit of armor -- but was borrowing my skates. I was asking his girlfriend to teach me how to hockey stop, as I've never learned how to do that.

STOP IT, BRAIN.
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Re: The Dream Journal
« Reply #45 on: July 29, 2014, 10:04:34 PM »

...We were all playing hockey (a thing they actually do in pickup leagues)...

"Pickup League" - I imagine a group of people who drive their trucks around fields playing automotive versions of various sports... most of the time it'll end up as a variation on the demolition derby... only with goals.
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Re: The Dream Journal
« Reply #46 on: July 29, 2014, 10:18:58 PM »

This sounds like Foot Hockey Porn Ball....
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Re: The Dream Journal
« Reply #47 on: July 30, 2014, 12:04:02 AM »

Calvinball ... with live ammo!
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Re: The Dream Journal
« Reply #48 on: July 30, 2014, 12:43:04 AM »

This sounds like Foot Hockey Porn Ball....

waitaminit, Lacerda is a dude?
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Re: The Dream Journal
« Reply #49 on: July 30, 2014, 09:50:54 AM »

"Pickup League" - I imagine a group of people who drive their trucks around fields playing automotive versions of various sports... most of the time it'll end up as a variation on the demolition derby... only with goals.

I assume that's what Quidditch would look like if it were played authentically.
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