Scenes from my Dreams

Notes: ... Foods Eaten: Steak and potato Dream Location: In a strange classroom and somewhere at a very pretty outdoors location The Dream: I was in a rather vacant and desolate seeming room. The floors were old and mangled hardwood, the walls were in rough condition too. There was a crappy rust color cough in the room, that I was sitting on with TJ. There were a number of other people in the room, though I'm not sure who they were. TJ's mom appeared in the room and started lecturing everyone about Sex Education. I immediately began feeling awkward, and fortunately TJ quickly complained about how weird it was for her to be telling us about this stuff and how he's already heard it a million times. I remember his mom arguing back briefly... Then somehow I ended up in a very lush field of thick green grass. There were picnic tables set up (note to self: just triggered a dream memory about walking around a strange version of my grandmother's house?) , and there w...

Notes: ... Dream Location: My Front Yard The Dream: I don't recall much of this dream... I know I was in my front yard, and my dad was with me. There were bombs/explosives being dropped from the sky all around us, and when I looked up, there were hundreds of red UFOs. I knew I needed to head for cover, so I ran to our porch to go take cover in my house. As I turned the handle to go inside, I discovered the door was locked. I had my purse on me, which I started to dig through for my keys. As I was digging through it, another bomb exploded close to the porch. Somehow I came to the semi-realization that I must be dreaming, though I didn't seem to be fully in control. I just remember knowing that all I needed to do was get inside my house and I would be safe and the dream would end. As far as I know, I finally got in my house and that's exactly what happened.

Notes: This one was the most vivid I've had in quite a while. I've forgotten some of the details already though, unfortunately. Dream Location: Around Charlotte, NC The Dream: I had just entered a large and classic style building with my coworker, John. The building seemed rather upscale and hotel-like, except there was a very classy Subway Restaurant inside of it. Apparently John and I were grabbing a bite to eat together for lunch. I remember ordering some food, a Turkey Sub, I think. And when I went to pay for it, the cashier seemed very secretive and on-a-mission like. He had a somewhat evil grin on his face, and he told me something important, though I don't know what it was he said. I promptly got up to leave, I don't recall whether I ate my sandwich or not. Right as I was about to walk out of the doors, I noticed TJ leaning on the right wall and almost glaring at me. He called me over and began a serious questioning of me, asking why I was getting lunch w...

Notes: Dream memory failure... Foods Eaten: Steak Dream Location: No clue The Dream: I don't remember much at all... I remember looking in a mirror and seeing my face covered in a terrible case of acne. And I remember my cousins Josh and Chris being around.

Notes: I was so excited I actually went lucid in this dream, even though... as usual, I couldn't manage to make anything cool happen. Dream Location: Somewhere random, outside. The Dream: I have no idea what was going on leading up to this, however I very distinctly remember standing across from an old friend (now murderer in jail...) , Matt Johnson. I'm not sure how it clicked, I think I thought something like, "Wait, Matt is in jail, am I dreaming?" After the thought that I might be dreaming, Matt's face turned into a smile in response, and then it clicked that I really was dreaming. I remember thinking "Oh cool! I'm actually having a lucid dream." I think I tried to ask Matt a question, though I'm not sure if he responded with anything other than a facial expression. And then my mind started wandering, eventually it came across the thought of what I have really been wanting to lucidly dream about for a while, but of course as I was c...

Notes: So the night before last, I took a B-vitamin, drank orange juice, and ate a banana - all which are supposedly helpful inducing lucid dreams and dream recall. In case you didn't notice, yesterday I didn't remember having a single dream, much less lucid. However I definitely had one that was all over the place last night! Foods Eaten: Greek Salad, Ice cream Dream Location: Some sort of apartment room, in a car, a downtown somewhere... The Dream: For some reason, my first memory is inside of a sort of distraught disheveled room. The carpet was a murky brown color, and it had that really fuzzy shag texture. The walls were a lighter sort of brown, and they were paneled. There was an ugly sofa in the room. My parents were sitting on it. I'm not totally sure what the situation was, but I seem to recall accidentally pushing my dad or leaning on him and him responding in pain. I asked what was wrong, and he said, "Internal bleeding around my chest." I asked ...

Notes: Not that this has anything to do with what happened in my strange dream, but one of our family dogs passed away last night. =( Foods Eaten: Lots of bread and a salad Dream Location: In an upstairs hallway of a house, outside The Dream: I was roller skating around a hardwood floor that seemed to be the upstairs of a house - though I'm not sure who's. My old school friend, Tana, was with me, also roller skating around. We were talking, though I don't remember the conversation. There was a staircase to the right, which Tana disappeared down. I went to follow, but the staircase seemed to have led me straight outside - with Tana nowhere to be seen. Instead, I found my soon-to-be cousin, Debra. We began chatting, though I, as usual, don't remember what about. I do remember her pointing across the very lush lawn that we were now in, at her fiancée (my actual cousin), Josh. I then remember her talking about creating framed presentations for all of his photogr...

Notes: ...I hate daylight savings time. Slept short and like crap. Foods Eaten: Stuffed Fish Dream Location: Some version of my house... The Dream: I think I had just returned to my house from vacation, and I remember it being some time in the middle of the night, around 1:00am. For some reason there were lots of chocolates and candy bars set up in dishes on our dining room table. I'm not sure why, but I was being sneaky about taking them, like I thought they were my dad's and he would get mad if he saw me eat them. Whatever the case, one of my parents ended up stashing them away. I kept pacing through my house, I must've been unpacking my stuff. I remember thinking that I should send TJ a text to let him know I got home safe, but I decided not to since it was late and I didn't want to wake him up. Eventually I ended up going to bed, I remember looking at a clock and it being 4:00 am. I thought about how I was going to dread going to work in the morning, so I ...

Notes: Transposing this one from my dream notes the other day, I didn't remember much of it then, and I remember even less of it now. Dream Location: Some sort of depot store The Dream: I had been walking around a gigantic depot store, seemed most similar to a Target, but more empty than any store I've ever been in. The shelving was miles apart from each other. I recall playing with some random toys in one section, and talking to some random guys - though I don't know what was said or who they were. I seem to recall continually walking around the store, and it eventually turned into an outdoors area. It was a large field of grass, and in the middle there was a tree... with my sister's Jeep wrapped around it. I didn't seem concerned about this, and I think I assumed she was fine. I think I made my way back inside the big store, and ran into an unfamiliar guy who invited me for a drink. I was being my usual charming self, and laughed and accepted in a flirting...

Dream Location: On a cruise ship The Dream: I was wandering around a cruise ship with TJ. We got in one of the elevators together, and I guess decided to pick a random number and hit it. The floor we happened to pick was the 13th floor, and when the elevator doors opened up to it, it had been completely demolished, and seemed as if we walked into it, we would be sucked into a black hole. We quickly closed the doors and went back to the main floor. On the ride down, I was thinking about how strange the missing floor seemed, and the thought that I might be dreaming crossed my mind, though I didn't actually seem to process it. Exiting on to the main floor, there seemed to be some kind of award ceremony going on. I passed by an old family friend, Emily Murray, who had just won some sort of prize. My mother's name was also called, and she walked up to a podium, where she too, received an award. While receiving it, I ran up to her and hugged her and had a teary, sentimental mome...

Notes: I read my lucid dreaming book last night, the section I read about "what you expect" is what happens. Though I wasn't lucid, I can see sort of that playing in this dream. (Expect TJ to be angry, expected his mom to not know if I played innocent, expect TJ to not know if I pretended.) It's curious. Foods Eaten: Ice Cream Dream Location: TJ's House The Dream: I was at some variation of TJ's house. He had just left to go to class or some such, and I was the only one at his house. I walked into the kitchen and pulled out a plate and fork, preparing to find something to eat. I opened the fridge and set the plate with the fork on top of it down on a shelf in there so I could get something else. I'm not sure what happened with the food idea, but I guess I abandoned it. While TJ was out, some daring part of me decided I wanted to put my 350z in their garage. When I went to the garage, TJ's Trans Am was already there. I went inside and grabbed...

Notes: I remembered the dream this morning, but forgot to write it down ASAP, and now I've forgotten. All I seem to remember is rolling balls with some other people... Foods Eaten: BBQ

Notes: Don't remember a lot of this one, which seems strange, because I swear I slept forever and like a rock. Foods Eaten: Steak Dream Location: Around a small pond or lake The Dream: I was floating in some clear blue beautiful water in a small lake or pond. There was someone, who I think was my friend Aaron, sitting to one side of the lake. I swam towards him, and he told me about some pearls in the bottom of the lake. He asked if I could get them for him. The lake wasn't deep at all, just floating around I could see straight to the sandy bottom. I swam down to the bottom and picked up a round white object that looked pearl-ish. When I brought the object to the surface and examined it above water, I realized that it was actually a small white chocolate egg candy ( I had a couple of these during the day at work yesterday so... ). I dropped the candy back into the water and swam down to look for the real pearls. I came across a very shiny purple object, it was almost l...

Notes: Don't remember a lot of this one. I kept waking up all night long... Foods Eaten: Strawberries, Cheese Dream Location: Not sure The Dream: I'm not even sure whether I was inside or outside, but whatever the case, there was a bar stool nearby. My friend from college (also old crush), Adam, was sitting on it. I walked over to him and talked to him momentarily, before our other college friend, and his ex-girlfriend, Monica, showed up. Though I hadn't been doing anything more than talking to Adam, Monica suddenly turned possessive, hopping up on his lap and telling me that he was hers still. I laughed it off... Woke up I guess?

Notes: Another dream from my excessively dream packed night. Still blaming alcohol. Dream Location: Outside on a pier over a body of water? The Dream: I was walking down a wooden pier over an unknown body of water. My mom and TJ were walking a few paces behind me. I notice there is a large, round metal tube about a foot off the right side of the pier, running parallel down the entire length of the pier. Looking ahead in the distance, I can see a bunch of people, all in similar bulky uniforms. Looking to the left, I see red lights flashing, and presume it to be a fire truck. Watching them, I can see that they are putting a fire out that had erupted in the metal tube somehow. I continue walking, and walk right past the scene. I observe momentarily, but don't say anything, the continue walking along. Once past it, I somehow end up falling between the pier and the metal tube into the water. I swam to shore, climbed up a rocky wall, and got straight back on the pier. I continue...

Notes: This one is kind of funny in retrospect. Dream Location: Skewed version of TJ's house The Dream: I was sitting on a red couch across from a TV in what seemed to be a strange version of TJ's house. TJ is on the opposite end of the couch, we are sharing a blanket. His parents are sitting in chairs across from each other in the room. There were a bunch of random cats walking around the room, one was perched on the back rest of the couch. I was petting it absentmindedly. I moved forward slightly to adjust myself, but felt something gently push on my stomach. I realized there was a tiny orange kitten that looked like a very miniature version of my cat, sitting on my stomach. TJ tells me they had found a bunch of eggs, and a couple kittens had hatched from them, but they still had the other eggs... Moments later, TJ also decides that he's hungry and going to cook something for dinner. As we go to the fridge, he pulled out a container of eggs from the fridge. At firs...

Notes: ... Dream Location: Skewed version of my house The Dream: I was at home with my parents, they were both sitting on the couch next to each other, and I noticed my mom was pregnant. I did not like this one bit, and I think I expressed it, or my dad reprimanded me for it anyway. He ended up leaving, and I decided I also wanted to leave. He disappeared first, then I went to the garage to get in my car, but realized I forgot something unidentified. I went back inside to get my unidentified object, but was disturbed by my mom horrifically screaming from the family room. I went in there, she was simply screaming "HELP!" at the top of her lungs. Somehow I get it in my head that she is about to have the kid prematurely, right there on the couch. I don't want anything to do with it, so I grab a phone and call the doctor, but as I am on the phone with the doctor telling him to come, I see the baby's head pop out of her. I dropped the phone, turned around and wal...

Notes: I had an excessive number of dreams last night, and amazingly remember them all. I'm going to say alcohol helped induce these. Foods Eaten: Can't remember what I had for dinner, but I had a snack of Jalapeno chips and a good number of rum and cokes... Dream Location: My bedroom. The Dream: I was laying on my bed in my room, though my bed wasn't in it's usual spot. TJ was in the room with me, standing near my door. He took off his shirt, then announced he'd be back in a second, presumably going to use the bathroom. As he turned to walk out the door, I saw his bare back, and noticed he had a tattoo on his right shoulder blade. It was very fine-artsy, inked in all black. It was a lighthouse with a landscape drawn in front, and to the right, was just a black box... like a small house for the lighthouse keeper or something. Examining the tattoo, it looked brand new, the skin around it red with irritation. I was puzzled, trying to figure out when and where T...

Notes: I don't remember terribly much about this one. Foods Eaten: Pasta, Salad Dream Location: On a road The Dream: I was in a car, driving along an empty road in the dead of night. It was drizzling rain out, which didn't bother me. But as I continued to drive, the rain got heavier, and I decided to turn on the windshield wipers. I flicked the switch, and noticed that I accidentally pushed it too far and had turned my windshield cleaner thing on. I moved the switch back, so that just the wipers were going. As I kept driving, I realized that even though I had turned the cleaner off, it was still spraying on my windshield, and it was spraying so much that between the rain and it, I couldn't see the road at all. I hit the switch a couple times again, frustratedly trying to turn it off... but every time I hit the switch it just kept coming out faster. And suddenly it kicked in that something wasn't right and I was dreaming... and unfortunately woke myself up.

Notes: ... Foods Eaten: Cheesey stuff Dream Location: Mostly in a parking lot The Dream: As far as I can trace my memory back, I am sitting on a hardwood floor somewhere with TJ. He is holding a bag of Starburst, which he opens up and proceeds to eat one. Now I'm in a car with my parents, I think it's our Jeep. My dad is driving, my mom is in the passenger seat. I am sitting in the back with TJ. I look out the rear window and notice my friend, Wes, is driving behind us. Though I don't remember the conversations that were taking place, I do remember that we were on the way out to eat - and for some reason, I feel like it was probably going to be at an Italian restaurant. Looking to the right, I saw my sister filling up a car (not sure which one) , at a gas station. She waved at us, and my dad turned right into the gas station. Wes followed. We all got out of our cars to talk about where we were going to meet. The conversation some how turned into my mom breaking ...

Notes: ... Foods Eaten: Spaghetti Dream Location: Airport, Car The Dream: I am in a large building, which I just know is an airport. I am with a handful of friends, including TJ and Tana - there were more, but I don't know who else. We were walking  through the airport at a leisurely pace, when suddenly my phone rang. I answered it, and it was an old freelance client of mine, Linda. I told my friends to hang on one second, and proceeded to walk to a quiet nearby corner in the airport. Over the phone, Linda wanted to know if I would like a job as an art sales representative. I tried to explain to her that I already had a full time job and wasn't really interested in a sales job, but I was being too nice about it and not getting the point across. I could see my friends getting impatient with me taking too long on the phone, so I waved at them to signal they could move on and I'd catch up in a minute. I ended up telling Linda that I was too busy for another job and I...

Notes: I'm going to attribute the fact that it was stormy out last night to this one... Foods Eaten: Steak Dream Location: Outside, but no where identifiable. The Dream: I was outside in a field, it was extremely windy and there were tons of clouds. I immediately started looking for signs of a tornado (whenever it storms, part of me hopes to see a tornado) . I wandered aimlessly around the field for a few minutes, until I suddenly saw a small tunnel of clouds drop only a couple yards in front of me. I decided it was probably a good time to go. I turned my back to the tornado and bolted towards nothing in particular. Fortunately, I found a small, round hut to take shelter in... Upon entering the hut, I found TJ, Casey, Alex, and Robyn chatting to each other. None seemed to be aware of the tornado that appeared to be following me. In a slight panic, I informed them and directed everyone to get down in that strange position they teach your to hide in during tornado drills ...