Scenes from my Dreams

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: My dreaming seemed to be pretty active last night, although I don't remember full details of many of them except the one that was going on right before I woke up. Foods Eaten: Taco Salad The Dream: I recall this dream having far more to it than I can actually remember. I was in a house and someone or something (intuition tells me it was a large dog) had crapped everywhere. There was piles of it on the floor, on the walls and even somehow on the ceiling. Something urgent was going on in the dream and I remember dialing 911. I second guessed the necessity and debated hanging up, but by the time I had decided, a responder had answered. I don't remember what I told her, but I ended up walking in a room and there was at least one (maybe two) dead bodies wrapped in black mesh bags. There was another person in the room that I can recall nothing about, and I advised them to set fire to dispose of them. We left the room after that, but when we returned, the flames were out a...

Notes: I'm almost certain this dream tried to get me to go lucid twice - first with the noticing of the clocks and secondly with falling asleep while food was cooking. Damnit brain, why didn't you catch on? Foods Eaten: Taco salad The Dream: I was in a car, I cannot remember whether I was the driver or a passenger. I was at a T-intersection with a stop light and there was a house on the right. The house looked fairly old and entirely symmetrical, with a partial concrete gate at the front and a paved (but not well taken care of) sidewalk leading up to it. I remember thinking the house must be divided, like a duplex, and for some reason I knew it was an AirBnB. Although I don't recall thinking about the house being a place where I was supposed to stay and I don't remember pulling into it, I eventually ended up inside of it. It was two stories, with a "floating" staircase. There was a bedroom on the lower floor that I went in and noticed a shelf with a dig...

Notes: I recently made some canvas art with "dream" written on it and hung it next to my bed as a morning reminder. I actually think it's help with dream recall. The Dream: I was in some sort of small restaurant, it was built in the center of a movie theater. The wings to each movie screening were around the restaurant, so if you stood in the middle and turned around, you'd see double doors in all directions. There was a bar area in the center, where I was standing when my friend/co-worker, Daniel, walked up to me as if he was meeting me. A woman bartender came up to us and asked what kind of menu we wanted. I looked and Daniel silently as if asking him if he wanted food or not and he said, "I'd rather eat after the movie." I wanted to eat at that moment, but I said, "Okay." and went along with it anyway. Instead, I tried to order a drink, asking for a "Dirty Shirley." The woman looked at me annoyed and confused and asked what was ...

Notes: For as much as I remember, I don't remember just as much of this dream. Foods Eaten: Spaghetti and like 2 bites of caramel ice cream right before bed. The Dream: I was walking down a trail that reminded me of one behind the house I grew up in. There was a group of people, I don't remember most of them, but I kept closest to my friend Josh (who I've never actually met in person) . Whatever walk we were going on was quite a long one, but eventually we got to a little gas station style mini mart. I don't recall opening any doors to get in the mini mart, but we were suddenly inside. I spotted an old high school friend, Lindy, sitting in a chair across the store. My old friend Tana was now with me as well, and I nudged her and said we should go surprise Lindy. We walked across the store in sat in some small wooden chairs that were arranged in a circle, where Lindy was. I sat in a chair that was diagonally across from Lindy. Tana sat to my right. I looked to my ...

Notes: Foods Eaten: ... The Dream: I was in North Carolina, visiting my parents. I was sitting on a bed, but I wasn't paying enough attention to recognize if it was familiar or unfamiliar surroundings. I was on the phone, talking to my friend James on speaker phone when my mom walked in the room and asked, "Who is this new guy you're on the phone with all the time?" I half smiled and replied, "Uhh... that's James." My mom gave me a condescending look and questioned, "Should you be on the phone with another man?" Annoyed, I exclaimed, "Mom!" She started to retort and I was now becoming embarrassed that James was still on speaker phone and listening to my mom and I getting heated, so I whispered into the phone, "I gotta go..." and hung up. After mom and I cooled down, I went outside. The surroundings were not my parents backyard, but more of a lake with a secluded beach. I walked into the shallows and sat down in the wa...

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:  After previous dream, and before waking up, I had this one. And don't read if you have a fear of losing teeth. Or don't like gross things. Even writing this grossed me out a little bit. Foods Eaten:  Pretzels dipped in aforementioned cream cheese buffalo crab dip. The Dream: (Previous dream was me waking up from a dream...)  I fell back "asleep" , in the same single bed in my old bedroom at the house I grew up in. I again, went into the state of half awake, half asleep. As I gained some level of consciousness, I felt some strangeness in my bottom left canine tooth. I pushed my tongue against it, only to realize the tooth was loose. Of course, this caused considerable raise for concern, and I got up to go find my mom so she could take me to a dentist. Even though I don't recall being able to justify what time of day it was, I "just knew" it was in the middle of the night, and chances of a dentist being open were low. As I talked to my mom, ...

Notes: I'm beginning to think I suffer from mild depersonalization disorder, and every now and then I will have one of those days or moments of symptoms. Yesterday, my drive home from work randomly spurred one of those moments. For some reason, I suddenly felt as if I had fallen asleep while driving - crashed my car - and was either now living in some alternate reality where I HADN'T crashed my car, but I was dead in some parallel universe OR I was in a coma and dreaming about what would be happening if I hadn't crashed my car. It's a weird sensation, because even though you are completely aware that you are still alive and in reality, everything has a surreal feeling to it. So when I got home, I immediately went to be (6:30pm) to sleep the feeling away. The Dream: I was in my living room with my boss Casey and coworker Nadia. Nadia got a phone call from a member of the band Black Stone Cherry, who she was apparently in a relationship with. She walked out my backdoor...

Notes: Very random celebrity appearance. I must be excited for his new album? Foods Eaten: Salad, a few rum and cokes The Dream: I was at my office, in a room with my boss and coworker, Nadia. I recall asking permission to take an extended lunch hour, which my boss was fine with. I somehow ended up sitting in my car in a parking lot outside of a mall. Mark Tremonti (guitarist for Alter Bridge/Creed) was now in my passenger seat. There seems to be a large gap in my memory but this is what I can recall... It had gotten late, and I'd forgotten about work until I got a text message from my boss that read something like, "When are you coming back? There's a lot to do and I'm really stressed out..." I replied to her with a lie of, "Sorry! We are on the way." But at that point,  Mark got out of my car and turned his attention to a crappy white car parked next to me - which was apparently his car. It was having troubles starting, and he had the hood up ...

Notes: ... Foods Eaten: Shrimp with Rice The Dream: Obviously there had to be some sort of prelude, but I don't recall anything until... I was outside, it was probably around 8:00, right after the sun had gone down. I was walking down a very lush grassy field that had two college basketball teams playing on it (one of the teams was UNC, but no idea on the other). Though they had a basketball, there was a second one sitting idle in the middle of their grass court. I was apparently on a mission to get this basketball ( though I don't recall it being mine, I guess it was ). I stealthy walked around the outskirts of the court, so as not to get in the players way. As I was about to run in and get the ball, one of the players got to it first, accidentally kicking it to the opposite side of the field. I began my long walk back around the court to the opposite side... Halfway to the other side of the court, I ran into my old friend, Tana. She asked if I was able to get the bal...

Notes: I made some notes on this one, but never came back to finish the details until now... oops. Dream Location:  In a concert hall, and for some reason I seem to recall a train. The Dream: I was walking around a dark building, holding a yearbook, that was apparently only filled with members of bands. The three of the five members of the band, Adelitas Way, were hanging out nearby, so I decided to go see if I could get the 'yearbook' signed by them. The first two casually signed their names, then the lead singer, Rick, wrote the names of the other two missing members of the band underneath his signature. Next to their names, he wrote their personal phone numbers, and told me to give out their numbers to as many people as I could. The present band mates were laughing at the bad joke (this was actually a rip off of one of the member's real facebook status messages, about some fan girl that kept spam calling his phone) . After having them sign it, I ran over to the band...

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: ... 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 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: This is really bothering me because I can't remember my web designer teacher's name for the life of me. Foods Eaten: Eggplant Parm Dream Location: Somewhere tropical The Dream: I was walking around a very decorative looking fountain/palm tree area. It was bright out, there were stepping stones all over the ground. It was a beautiful location, obviously tropical or Caribbean. While I was standing at the fountain, I absentmindedly pulled out my cell phone and checked my facebook (I find it sad that I actually did this in my dream...) . I started scrolling down the list of recent news and noticed that my web design teacher from 9th grade (who's name I can't remember and I'm not even friends with on facebook) had posted on my wall. It read something like "You haven't designed my web page for me yet! I tried calling you but you haven't responded!" As soon as I read it, I put my phone away, and set on a search for the teacher... who conve...

Notes: ... Foods Eaten: Eggplant Parmesan Dream Location: A strange version of my boyfriend's house The Dream: I was in what was obviously my boyfriend's house, though it looked nothing like it. I was sitting on a couch when my boyfriend walked in the room. He had my cell phone in his hand, which he promptly handed to me, and then said, "I just read 200 text messages in your phone." I got extremely paranoid and afraid he had read something that he shouldn't have, even though there is nothing incriminating in my phone.

Notes: This is some continuation of yesterday's scatter-brain-ism. There was some sort of plot in the dream, but it didn't make it to my memory. Foods Eaten: Buffalo Chicken with Bleu Cheese Sammich Dream Location: A unfamiliar neighborhood, unfamiliar body of water, and my house The Dream: I was in a moving vehicle (I'm not sure if it was a car or what, and no idea if there was someone driving it) . My buddy from high school, Matt (aka Penguin) , was in the car with me, along with another unidentified person. I distinctly remember driving down a hill in an unfamiliar neighborhood. It had recently snowed, the roads in the neighborhood had none stuck to them, but all the lawns of the houses were blanketed in snow. We drove outside the neighborhood, and I specifically remember taking a right turn. We went down another hill, but I looked behind us, and at the top of the hill was a very fancy looking house. I saw someone behind the house somehow making a vertical snow...

Notes: Ugh, I hate these kinds of dreams. Foods Eaten: Wild Carolina BBQ Wings Dream Location: In my bed The Dream: I was laying in bed when my phone rang. I answered it, and it was my boss. I remember her specifically asking me to make a change to the coding of our website's search area on the homepage, and I had to explain to her how the page was set up and why I couldn't change it until last minute. That's all I can remember, but it sucks when you wake up by alarm clock and have to go to work and deal with those kinds of questions and explanations all day.

Notes: I'm going to guess this was my pre-Halloween dream... Foods Eaten: Chicken Fajitas Dream Location: No where in particular The Dream: I was back in high school... but it didn't look remotely close to my high school. It was the first day back, I was carrying around a schedule with my classes written on it. I think I was sitting in an Earth Science class... looking at my schedule, my next class was with a teacher named Mr. Davis (this was actually a gym teacher I had in middle school) . When the science class ended, I didn't want to go to Mr. Davis' class because I thought it would be boring. A few other kids with the same class had the same opinion, so we all just stood around the science room trying to decide whether to go to the next class or not. Finally, the Earth Science teacher came up to us and we asked him if he knew what the next class was called. The Earth Science teacher said, "Verizon." We wondered what on earth a class called "Ve...