Scenes from my Dreams

 Notes: This was surely induced by sleeping in the actual bed after sleeping on the couch for a week or two straight. The Dream: I was laying on the floor of a room that I'm pretty sure was indoors and carpeted. My old coworker Robyn was there with my coworker Stephanie, and they were discussing things completely unrelated to me. Stephanie had a notebook crammed full of papers, and as Robyn was asking Stephanie questions, the pages in the notebook were flipping like a gust of wind was blowing them to the next page. I moved toward the notebook and began flipping through the pages myself. Each page had a concert photo in the center of it with a paragraph or so of text above it. At first, the photos looked like they were taken from a cell phone. Simple photos from the crowd at low quality, but as I flipped through them they improved in quality, though were consistently a full stage shot with the crowd in them, taken from the back of a venue. I remember seeing my photography friend Jen...

Foods Eaten: Greek Salad The Dream: I was driving a car with Trevor and my parents as passengers. We were going somewhere called "The Domes." I had been paying attention to the road, and although my family was exchanging conversation, I wasn't absorbing any of the surroundings. At some point, I finally looked up and realized the road was going through these golfball-esque domes. At some point we stopped and got out while inside of one of the domes. There was a bunker-like building that we were walking around. My sister was now there, too. For some reason, we were walking around turning door handles trying to get into other rooms, but they were all locked. Except one, which my sister called out to me saying, "This one isn't locked!" But when we went to turn the handle, it got stuck halfway - like the feeling of someone else trying to turn it from the other side of the door at the same time. We backed away and sure enough, a tall girl dressed in a leather...

Notes: More from an active night of dreaming, and no surprise... another band involved. Foods Eaten: Taco Salad The Dream: I arrived at a concert venue I'd never been to before to see/photograph Bring Me The Horizon. It seemed like an upscale theater, there was a main level, but credential pick up and entry for photographers was on a lower level. The box office was surrounded by glass windows. I don't remember actually asking for my credentials, but I remember walking down a hallway with more glass windows and opening up a white envelope that had my photo pass inside. The hallway led straight into the photo pit in front of the stage. It was a massive pit, too. The floor was a light hardwood and there was even a small barricaded pathway through the center of the crowd to the soundboard like there would be at a large festival. I dropped my camera bag under a barricade to the right of center and went to pacing around the photo pit as I usually do before a show starts. Event...

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: Went to a bar with a couple members of Papa Roach after their show in Orlando on Tuesday this week. Foods Eaten: Shrimp, Spring Rolls, Carrot Cake (odd combo resulting in dreams. I'll take it.) The Dream: (I recall there being more before this, but my dream memory isn't clear of it...)  I was driving in my car, it was relatively late at night - dark out, probably around 11:00 PM. I had been in touch with the drummer of Papa Roach, Tony, and was on the way to his house. Somehow I knew when I got close, slowing down to a crawl as I drove by a few small townhouse/apartment looking complexes. The buildings were all on the left side of the road, one story, four houses per complex. All the buildings were painted white and definitely didn't look well kept. When I thought I got to the right building, I called Tony to verify. He told me to go one more building down and his would be the first house in the complex. He then said that he wasn't there yet, but was on hi...

Notes: We've been watching a lot of The Walking Dead lately... Also, I finally finished working on all the "urgent" things flying around in my head. I think my brain leaves room for dream memory when I have a clear mind. Foods eaten: Spaghetti The Dream: I was laying on a bed. My childhood best friend Mary was sitting on the edge of the bed next to me. We were joking and laughing like we hadn't spent a minute apart. I said to her, "I've known you over half my life." I don't recall her response... Next thing I know I was outside of a house on a street that felt familiar (I don't recognize the street at all in consciousness) .  I was staring at a house across the street with Trevor standing next to me. One of us refers to the house as "our neighbors." It had a pool behind a short fence, but the pool hadn't been used in so long that the water was greenish brown and the consistency of mud. Somehow my dog ended up in a different...

Notes: I mostly want to note that I watched a mini-documentary yesterday about a woman who was somewhat brutally killed by her boyfriend. She was somewhat of a hero, saving a younger girl in the process - and the video showed a photo of her post-mortem. I kept waking up last night, not because the woman was actually in my dreams, just because I would picture that exact photo in my sleep. I don't feel like she was trying to haunt me or anything, I wasn't generally scared, just genuinely disturbed and felt/feel sorry for the loss of her, despite not knowing her. Foods eaten: Stir Fry The Dream: I was in a building, it felt familiar, like a work environment (in consciousness, I don't recognize the building at all) . I was sitting at a round table when someone walked by and asked if I was coming to join the potluck. I must have agreed, but before leaving, I recall kneeling on the floor near a bookshelf. I want to say there were toys on the ground that I was playing with......

Notes: Easily the most worthless lucid dream I've had, but it was the first time going lucid in a while and the dream didn't collapse, so that's a positive. Foods eaten: Quesadillas The Dream: ...I don't remember the surrounding context ...   I was flying around, hovering over some trees outside, when I suddenly came into a line of conscious thought: "I'm flying. Wait a second, how am I flying? Oh! I must be dreaming!"  Suddenly the surroundings drop into nothingness, now replaced by white. I'm still flying, but I see a person sitting on the ground. I land and walk over to them. Although I haven't managed to identify who they are and I make no effort to ask, my immediate thought in lucidity is to try and change them into someone else. I touch the person's shoulder while concentrating on thoughts of, "Turn into Trevor."  Nothing happens. I try a different person. "Turn into James."  Still nothing. "Turn into Martin....

Notes: It's been forever... I haven't been actively trying to dream recall lately. I strangely thing it's one more thing for my brain to do, even though I'm sleeping for it. My schedule has been so packed recently... Foods Eaten: Salad The Dream: ...as usual, I know there was more than this, I just don't know what...  I was standing on pavement, in somewhat of a rush. The pavement I was standing on seemed to be outside, but not far in front of me there was an enclosure with a garage door on the other side. I ran at it full speed, and just before I would've crashed into it, jumped in the air and took flight. I started to do a 180 to flip around and get out of the enclosure, but the garage door automatically opened, so I continued straight through it. I seem to recall talking to someone else, maybe my sister. You know how when you dream and sometimes you just have a realization that doesn't really come from anywhere, but you go with it anyway...?  I see...

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: If only lucidity had clicked. Foods Eaten: Way too much fondue. Dream Location: The Beach The Dream: I was walking along a very large and very vacant sandy shore. The ocean was a few yards away, with a few droningly small waves. I passed underneath a pier or bridge of sorts, and as I was walking under it, I looked out into the ocean... and saw a large brick church. It had a huge double door entrance with a circular stained window above. The church was about a foot underwater, and though it didn't look like it had been abandoned or forgotten about, it certainly didn't look used either. I recall thinking, "That's an odd place for a church? I wonder what it's doing here?" But not giving it much of another thought. I continued walking along the beach for a minute, then sat down. TJ was now with me and I was talking to him, though I don't know what about. I reached out and drew TJ's initials (TJM) into the sand with my finger. After writing...

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: 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: I slept like crap last night, so I'm sort of surprised I remember as much as I do about this one. Foods Eaten: Eggplant Parmesan Dream Location: In an apartment building The Dream: I was outside, next to a vertically large building. There was a staircase leading up the side, which I quickly ran up. I was in a bit of a hurried panic. I don't remember how I actually got inside, but I do remember running to a corner of the first room I entered. It was an apartment building, and I don't know who it belonged to. I decided to walk around the other rooms and scout what I was dealing with... As I walked around, I noticed a bunch of windows. It was dark out, and there were no lights on inside, but I felt compelled to shut the blinds for further protection. As I was quickly running around the rooms closing every blind, I noticed a small red laser dot on the floor. I immediately assumed there was someone trying to aim at me with a gun, so I rushed through the rest of ...

Notes: So I've had the flu the past couple days and been getting tons of extra sleep because of it, which has started to build back my dream memory somewhat... Foods Eaten: Tea? Dream Location: Some house or building or something. The Dream: My memory starts at me being in a room, it is in an old building or house... very rickety in structure. Everything is made of wooden planks that look worn and creek whenever you walked on them. There was a washing machine and drier in the back right of the room. There were two beds towards the middle, with two doors exiting the room, one on the front wall and one on the left wall. It seemed I had an objective of taking pictures of some clothing on top of the washer and drier in the room. I opened up the drier and an assortment of clothes and towels fell out, which I promptly arranged on top of the washer in a fashion I thought would make for a nice photo. I pulled a fancy camera out of nowhere, and was about to start taking photos of...

Notes: This was the most vivid dream I've recalled having in a couple days. I had one the day before this, but I forgot to update and that dream has now been sucked into the memory void. Foods Eaten: Salad and Onion Soup Dream Location: It was on some sort of gorgeous mountain, I remember it with great detail. It was tree-less, but covered in brilliant green grass, except for the snow-capped top. The Dream: I was standing next to a path that leads to a creek in my backyard. I was with a couple of my relatives (though I don't remember which ones specifically), we were waiting for my parents. Apparently they were on a bike ride, because we were only paying attention to people that biked past on the path, announcing "not them" as each one passed. After a few moments, I finally see my mom and dad on the path in the distance. They talked to each other for a minute, but it was odd. I could see my mom as two people, they both looked exactly the same, but they represe...

Notes: I woke up and remembered this, but I feel like I knew more about what was happening while I was in the dream. Foods Eaten: Salad, Macaroni and Cheese Dream Location: Parking Lot The Dream: I was inside of a tall building, it was all white, with a few glass windows. There was a glass elevator. The floors of the building were spiral shaped, there weren't actual stairs anywhere... it just gradually went up. I was running up the spiral building, and looking across from me I could see the members of the band, Chevelle, following me. We were all running away from something, but I don't know what. I found a door that led outside into a parking lot. The lead singer of Chevelle, Pete Loeffler, pointed at the band van and told me to run for it. We all ran across the parking lot and jumped into the back of their van... I heard loud noises, like explosions, but I don't remember seeing them.

Notes: A bit of this dream was merger with reality, as my boyfriend did get a bunch of text messages from work last night, and kept having to get out of bed and deal with them. (He is a network admin, so if any of our servers goes down, he gets a text message telling him to go fix it.) My boyfriend also said he wanted Mexican food last night... and he and I usually do go out to eat with our coworker. Foods Eaten: Orange Chicken Dream Location: Boyfriend's Bedroom, Post Office, Mexican Restaurant The Dream: I was laying in bed with my boyfriend. He kept getting text messages from work, having to get out of bed and fix the servers. While he was in his office fixing the servers, I dropped my phone between the crack where the headboard and the mattress meet. No idea why. My boyfriend came back to bed, but I guess I decided I had some errands to run. I grabbed my phone from under the mattress, stuck it in my purse, and left. My transportation method of choice was a bicycle. I ...

Notes: No clue where this one came from. Foods Eaten: Pepperoni and Banana Pepper Pizza, Salad Dream Location: Airplane, Buildings floating in the Caribbean The Dream: I know it started on an airplane, though I don't know how we ended up sitting on some steps of a building that was literally in a Caribbean ocean. I don't remember the premises of the dream either, all I remember is that my entire family was there and my mom and dad were having an argument. I don't know what they were arguing about. I do recall my mom reminding me of Lucille Bluth from "Arrested Development". And I remember my sister and I swimming around this strange ocean city. When I woke up, I recalled having the previous two dreams I posted about, so I came up with a quick method to remember all three of them (Car Crash, X-files, Caribbean). Unfortunately, I didn't manage to remember any of them in very good detail. I'm just surprised I managed to have three dreams that I ev...