Scenes from my Dreams

Notes: Been talking dreams with some people in the Evennia Discord recently and I believe the conversations caught up with me. Foods Eaten: Salad with southwest cauliflower bites, chai tea. The Dream: ...I don't remember exactly what was happening, just that it wasn't something wildly unbelievable and I intensely did not like whatever it was. (Part of me wants to say it was something like my dog dying...). Usually my brain defaults to "this has to be a dream", but I think because of the plausibility of whatever it was,  my dreaming brain said, "I want this to be a dream."  The thought did not cause anything to happen, I did not wake up, the scene did not change, and I was still stuck in the same situation. But, desperately not wanting it to be real, I continued telling myself, "I want this to be a dream," and proceeded to convince myself that it was.  Suddenly, I was shot back in time, to some average every day memory of life ten years ago. I was i...

Notes: Short dream, but the one particular scene was worthy of memory. Foods Eaten: Greek salad The Dream: Trevor and I were together, somewhere the seemed sort of dark and damp. When we rounded a corner, it opened up into a room, and the walls made it apparent that we were in an underground cave. The room was massive and set up like a cheap movie theater, with fold out plastic chairs in rows in 3 sections. There was even a projector and a screen. We opted to sit at a row fairly close to the screen, and the lights dimmed and a movie began to play promptly after we took our seats. I remember a handful of other people being there, but not who they were and it certainly wasn't a full room or like a traditional movie screening. When the movie started, the dream zoomed in on the screen, and revealed that I was in the movie. All I remember is one scene, being in a very fantastical world with vivid green, blue, teal and turquoise colors. There were massive, vibrant butterflies flyi...

Notes: Not feeling great, took a random afternoon nap... The Dream: (I'm pretty sure the beginning had to do with a conversation at my boyfriend's parent's house last night... his dad wanted us to check on his sister because she hadn't replied to any texts that day.)  I don't know where I was to start, but I had my phone in my hand. I just received a text from Trevor's dad asking us to check in on his sister Sandy. I had this terrible feeling in my gut, like something was really wrong, so I did a quick Facebook look up and saw people were commenting things like heart emoji's and "We'll miss you," on her profile photo. I decided I needed to go check on her. Although I don't know how I got there, I ended up walking down a long gravel road, clearly in the middle of nowhere and surrounded by forest. I could see a small little house through the woods in the distance that resembled Sandy's house, but something got jumbled along the way. ...

Notes: Went to a CKY concert last night, had someone creepily staring at me through the car window for nearly an hour afterward. Got home at 3 AM. I dunno if any of these things actually connected to the dream, but this is the only journal I've kept semi-consistently in life, so it seemed worth noting. Foods Eaten: Salad The Dream: (I'm certain there was more before where my memory kicks in.)  ...Looking around, I was in a large hallway with white tile floor and white brick walls. The kind of hall you see for concession stands in an arena. There was a girl on the floor with one of those plastic containers you use to hold paint in when you're using a roller... except hers was filled with water. And a lobster. I recall thinking that was an odd choice for a pet, but when I got closer and was watching it move around, I could see how it could be kind of cute. I walked away, probably made a circle around the presumed arena. I may have even gone into a seat, it felt like I ha...

Notes: It's getting annoying that I can remember so many different parts of a dream, but not the bridges that connect one part to the next. Foods Eaten: Greek Salad The Dream: (Everything is out of order, I don't know what came first in the sequences, going off intuition...) I was standing in a dirt parking lot. There didn't appear to be any major buildings around, and didn't look like anyone had parked in the lot for years. I was with a group of people (friends, I think) and one of them was leading a horse. My sister was standing far opposite us, on the other side of the parking lot. She was riding one of her horses and a few of the other girls that work at her barn were with her, also on horseback. The person near me that had a horse wanted to let it go check out the other horses. Somehow my sister heard and advised that it was a bad idea and not to do that. The person let the horse off its lead anyway and it bolted across the parking lot toward my sister. There ...

Foods Eaten: Apparently Mint Cookies & Cream Milkshakes make for some impressive dreams. The Dream: There's a lot I seem to remember, and a lot I don't seem to remember, and some parts that are out of order or I don't know if they were connected to the same dream or if they were completely different. I'm starting at what I think came first, and would make sense in logical world. Trevor and I were in my car. He was driving and I was trying to use my phone as GPS and relay the directions to him. The GPS image had done that thing where it flips you around before it knows what direction you're really headed, and because of that I told him to turn the wrong way. I didn't immediately realize my mistake until we were a mile down the road and I said, "I think we went the wrong way." Trevor made an annoyed sound and gave me a frustrated look to go with it, but I told him to just keep going. He argued with me for a minute, but I urged to just go the new...

Notes: The Butcher Babies have been interactive with me on social media lately and I wonder if seeing a notification from them before falling asleep influenced this one at all. Foods eaten: Quesadillas The Dream: ...There was context prior but my memory isn't sharp on what it was...  I was sitting outside at a picnic table - there was a group of picnic tables, maybe six of them together. It must've been a pool party or BBQ of sorts, people were in bathing suits and towels. Heidi of the Butcher Babies was dancing around on top of the picnic tables, bouncing from one to the next. I also recall the guitarist, Henry, being there. I vaguely remember someone offering me a can of coke to drink, and me accepting after some argument and discussion, insisting that I don't drink soda. At some point, I needed to use the restroom. I don't recall walking there, I just remember being in a very elegant mansion that I just knew belonged to one of my family's longtime friend...

The Dream: I was standing in a hall with a guy figure that I could not see in detail, but I knew was not my fiance. Though I don't directly recall it, my brain wants to say  he was "holding" me in a romantic manner. The guy gently took my hand and walked me up to an elegant bar down the hall. He took a seat at a bar stool, and I sat down next to him, noticing that his figure now looked like a real life version of the cartoon character Cyril from TV show "Archer". Though there were no other physical interactions with him, our togetherness was assumed to be a date. My phone was now sitting on the bar counter, and it vibrating gently, signifying a text message. I opened the message, and it was from my mom. The text read, "Is his [presumably referring to the guy I was with] car at the house?" I gave the question a significant moment of though before coming to the conclusion that we had driven "his" car, so I responded with an nondescript, ...

Notes: I swear I remembered more of this... I forgot to write it down earlier today. The Dream: I was standing in a wooded area. There was a four door car parked near us, though there was seemingly no road for it to have traveled on. Nate (an ex-boyfriend) was with me, as was my mother and an old friend, Leroy. The atmosphere seemed very lighthearted. Nate was chit-chatting with my mom and I was catching up with Leroy, but suddenly I noticed Nate kiss my mother on the neck. I stopped focusing on anything else and just watched for a moment. I wasn't feeling jealous or even angry, even as he kissed up her neck and got closer to her lips. When he finally started to go for a full on lip kiss however, it suddenly occurred to me that something was very weird and I interrupted by saying, "Hey! What are you doing?" (I notice in my waking state that this is a form of semi-lucidness, but I didn't get quite there...)  The way it came out was still quite casual and non-accusat...

Notes: Well, I guess this is since I just bought a house and was having my first vacation away from home since then. Thought it was strange. Dream Location: In a twisted version of my house. The Dream: I was standing upstairs in a house that belonged to me. The area I was standing on was carpeted, sort of loft-like, overlooking the bottom floor. There was a set of stairs near me. (Once again, this is all I left myself saved as a draft, so I've forgotten most of this dream...) I seem to recall various people showing up at my house, which was going well for a little while, until everyone seemed turned against me. I remember the house suddenly feeling eerie, as a large black creature came out of no where and attacked me. Fortunately I was able to escape, but as I was running down the stairs, a vampire-zombie creature knocked me to the ground. The thing was on the verge of biting my throat when I abruptly woke up.

Notes: I half wonder if me wearing TJ's hoodie to sleep last night had any effect on this dream, since his ex gave it to him. Foods Eaten: ACP Dream Location: In a fancy house, and on a gravel road The Dream: I was in a very fancy and large, but old victorian style home. It was white, with columns in the front, and TJ was there, along with my exes, Richard and Nate. Each were there with girls, though they were unfamiliar girls. And all of the guys were passing around the girls - including me! I don't recall actually doing anything with either Richard or Nate, but talking to them and asking them how they were and what they were doing. But when I got back around to TJ, he was sitting with a new girl - who I recognized promptly as his ex, Helen. He had his hand on her thigh, and she was kissing his neck. Even though I was angry, I was strangely calm. I asked him what he was doing, and why. I don't think he gave me an answer, before I ran out of the house. I was runni...

Notes: Really, really odd dream. In better news, at least my memory is starting to work though. Foods Eaten: Taco Salad Dream Location: Inside a dining room and in an unfamiliar outdoors area. The Dream: I was sitting in a cold and dark room, seemingly abandoned. TJ was with me, and an old elementary school friend, Erin, was also there. The room was made completely of cement, and only had two narrow rectangular windows with the glass broken out of them. I have no idea what we were doing there, but we ended up leaving without issue. Outside seemed pretty abandoned, too, if not for the well kept grass. There was a paved street, but no other houses or buildings near by. We decided to walk along the road, and after a few minutes I paused to look behind us. I saw a very small, dark cloud floating low to the ground, and pouring rain out of it. I paid it no mind and continued walking, but turned around again after a few more minutes. The cloud appeared to be following us, in a rather c...

Notes:  Going to have to attribute this one to having dinner with TJ and his parents and half the discussion revolving around pranks involving fireworks... Even though it seems mean, the entire dream had a very playful and fun nature to it. Foods Eaten: Eggplant Parm Dream Location: A road and then in a field... The Dream: I was in motion going down a one way asphalt road, I don't know if I was in a car or running or what. I saw my dog running down the road ahead of me, and I was chasing after him. He veered off the road onto a sidewalk in front of some old town shops. I know for sure I was running on foot at this point, jumping over plants and various extrusions in the sidewalk. My dog approached a busy corner at full speed, and ran straight across the road with no regard for the cars around. He ran into the outside patio area of a McDonalds, and I was cursing under my breath at the dog for not listening to me. There was a line of small hedges surrounding the pati...

Notes:  I've been very slack on my dreaming lately... I have too much going on, which is a poor excuse considering how little effort it *should* take to dream. I've been trying to coax my dream memory into working properly and regularly again. Dream Location:  A large brick house... familiar, but not my own. The Dream: I was wandering around some lush grassy field in front of a very large and beautiful brick house. The house had a small front porch with three brick steps leading up to it. My dad was standing nearby, I think he was gardening or landscaping or something of the sort. My sister suddenly also appeared in the yard, holding a large brown cardboard box. She appeared to be in a state of urgency, as she ran over to me and very quietly exclaimed at me, "Liz! Help! I got this box from the next door neighbors, it's full of 200 snakes! They were going to kill them all but I felt bad for them and took them. But how do we get them inside without dad noticing?...

Notes: ...don't remember most of this one, but it was probably interesting. Dream Location: My bedroom The Dream: I was laying on my stomach in my bedroom, on my bed. My crazy dog bolted high speed into the room, then sat down right at the edge and looked up at me. I don't remember exactly what words were exchanged, but the dog opened his mouth and asked me in plain English if he could get on the bed.

Notes:  ... Dream Location: The top floor of my house The Dream: I was in the top floor of my house, which used to be my old bedroom. It was laid out exactly the same. My sister and friend, Rachael, were laying on my bed. TJ and I had built one of those intricate tent things using blankets and chairs across the floor. We were camping under our blanket tent, laying next to each other underneath another blanket. I'm not sure if any of us were talking, but suddenly the room was swarming with lady bugs. Rachael and my sister ended up crawling in the blanket tent with us, and we were all hiding under blankets waiting for the lady bugs to go away.

Notes: None really to speak for... Foods Eaten: Garlic Noodles and Kahlua Cheesecake Dream Location: I have no idea. It was outside and in a building, no where I recognized. The Dream: I was in motion (I'm not sure whether I was walking or driving, or some other mode of dream transportation) with my sister. She was kind of down in the dumps, I think she had broken up with her boyfriend, Mike. We drove past a large metal building, and she told me to turn in there. I did, and then we were just standing in a large, mostly empty room, with a cement floor. There was a tattered couch and there was a cage nearby. I walked over to the cage and saw a small fuzzy animal pushed up against the edge of it - but it was outside of the cage instead of in it. At first, it looked kind of like my dog, but as I bent down to pick it up, it turned more into a cat looking animal. It developed distinct black stripes on a dark burnt orange color. My sister noted, "He's a tiger cub." I ...

Notes: My experiment of setting an alarm clock one hour before I need to get up seems to be giving actual results. I am having more and more lucid moments in my dreams, it would seem. Foods Eaten: Chicken Alfredo Dream Location: Not really sure The Dream: It was sort of in my old bedroom and sort of not, as it was outside. But there was teal carpet on the floor, like in the old bedroom. I was sitting on a futon that also was in that room. TJ was standing underneath what appeared to be some sort of shed with a porch. The porch had a structural support bar running horizontally under it. As I was examining it, I noticed a large patterned snake had coiled itself around it and was slowly migrating in TJ's direction. Knowing TJ doesn't like snakes, I told him "Uhh, TJ, you should move." He looked up and the snake was now in his face. It appeared to be a copperhead, and I could tell TJ was considerably concerned. He ended up moving next to me on the futon, but the sna...

Notes: I'm just going to assume that this is due to the recent outbreak of tornadoes in my lovely state of NC. I want to see a tornado, but the closest I seem to get is miles away... Dream Location: A hotel, my house The Dream: I was outside taking my puppy for a walk. I distinctly remember walking along a black paved path with lush grass surrounding it. I seem to recall the ground being very moist, as if it had just rained recently. The sky was definitely dark and looked like it was going to storm soon. I think my mom was walking with me, though I don't remember any specific conversation, I seemed to acquire the knowledge that we were at a hotel. I don't ever remember being inside the hotel, but my next distinct memory was back at home. My family was a bit frantic, as it was extremely windy and rainy. I knew we were about to be in or near a tornado. My dad asked me to make sure the garage door was down. I quickly ran to the garage, and the door was in fact NOT clos...

Notes: Aww! I'd be so sad if this happened, even though my puppy does have his annoying moments. Foods Eaten: Way too much Brie cheese. Dream Location: In an unfamiliar house. The Dream: I was in what seemed to be an unfamiliar house. I had just come home and went to go greet my puppy, but I couldn't find him. I asked my mom where he was, and though I don't think she answered, I came to the conclusion that he had been taken to an animal shelter and put up for adoption. (Surprising what dreams will convince you of...) I came to the conclusion that mom was probably right, that my puppy was a nuisance and we weren't able to give him enough time and the love that he needed... Fortunately, it didn't take long for me to get depressed about it and start thinking about how big of a mistake I was making just giving my puppy up like that. I started crying and freaking out. I ran up a flight of stairs that lead me directly into my sisters room, and she was sitting on ...