Scenes from my Dreams

Foods Eaten: A couple jalapeno-pickle chips as a midnight snack and a cup of chai tea. Notes: I had this one between 8:00 and 9:00 am, after my alarm went off. The Dream: I was in a small house, more like an old trailer with wooden walls, floors, and decorations from the 80's. My family was there, I had just given dad a gift. It was a large photo print, though I don't remember what it was of. He had sprawled it across the floor and as he was looking at it he asked if I could get some paint to fix some spots. When I went to look at what he was talking about, I saw that some areas that should've printed green had printed with pinkish-red spots instead. I blamed it on the printer... I know there was more to this snippet of dream as I remember being in a parking lot full of cars with my sister and I remember being on a bed in a bedroom with someone but I don't remember any other details... ...Next thing I know,  I was at a party in a familiar house (I now recognize it to...

Notes: The repetitively appearing deodorant element has me questioning my hygiene today. The Dream: I was in a house with an unfamiliar layout. I was standing on a platform area of a T-intersection of stairs (I could draw it, but no idea how to explain it with words...) . There were wide banister railings on them. At the top, there was a container of pear scented deodorant sitting on the banister (probably my subconscious imposing a dose of reality in there, seeing as I really do have a stick of deodorant on my banister right now) . I don't know why it caught my notice so much. I don't remember the upstairs layout, but I ended up in a bathroom. There were three more sticks of scented deodorants on the counter. Aimlessly, I walked back downstairs, and went down to the right at the T-intersection. As I did so, my ex, TJ, came walking out of a closet. He was wearing a large baggy shirt, and pulling a wife beater over the top of it. I laughed a little bit, as he looked so ridi...

The Dream: I recall being at a large amphitheatre, and there was an obstacle course on the stage set up with stairs. There were races being held, to see who could run fastest from the back of the amphitheatre through to obstacle course and to the end first. Apparently I was involved in this race. Before starting, one of the other participants pointed out some stairs that I hadn't even seen. I said, "Ugh, we have to run through all this? No way I'm gonna win.." One of the organizers responded, "It's not just getting through, when you..." (I've failed to finish transposing this dream until months later and I don't recall the precise details anymore - only the concept, which is as follows...) I ended up running through the obstacle course at lightning speed. I remember the exit of it went through a garage, and there was some sort of fight for a key. I also recall their being fire pits, but inevitably, I did win the race.

Notes: Really odd one this morning... I was definitely in the middle of some deep REM sleep when the alarm clock went off. I still haven't shook off the grogginess. Foods Eaten: Chicken Parm Dream Location: Unsure The Dream: I know there was some sort of prelude to this, I had witnessed (or possibly participated in) the killing of someone (unsure who). I fled the scene with a few others who were there, but ended up with a handful of other people that had not been at the killing. My dad was driving our Jeep, I'm pretty sure Melissa and TJ were also in the car, though we had just arrived at a location I'm not sure how to explain. It was a light wood platform with stores connected to it. There was an octagonal shaped picnic table that we walked over to sit down at. As I approached the table, I noticed odd indentations in the shape of bottle caps. Within each indentation was a coin. I said out loud, "Hey, look at the tables." But everyone else was already takin...

Notes: I'm now pulling dreams out of the backlog I have in my phone. Sometimes when I wake up, so I don't forget the dream, I write a note to myself in my phone with just brief words or sentences to spark my dream memory. Unfortunately, this method is only half effective, as I never can remember the dream in full detail, just what the keywords were referring to. Dream Location:  Some sort of park The Dream: I was walking around in a beautiful grassy field. There were trees scattered about, with parking benches and dirt pathways here and there. There was a pond in the distance, and people walking around. I stumbled across my cousin, Josh, and one of my hair dye inspirations, who I only know as Urs. There were some wooden barrels nearby, filled with paints. On the ground next to the barrels, were large rolled out pieces of white paper. The three of us got into the barrels of paint, and began finger painting.

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: I think this was the result of having to walk at least a mile last night due to parking issues at a Jimmy Buffett concert I went to. Worth it though. Foods Eaten: Chicken Salad Dream Location: Outside somewhere The Dream: I don't really recall anyone else that I knew being there, but I was walking along a light dirt path with hundreds of other people. The crowd was very diverse, and there were a number of Africans walking on the outer side of the path play instruments. I specifically recall one guy - he wasn't old, but he wasn't young. He was very thin, and sort of hunched over, but he was in high spirits. He walked next to me, never straying too far, but had a drum that he was continuously beating on. Some times he would approach other people in the crowd walking along the path, letting them also tap the drum at their leisure. I remember at some point thinking that I didn't want to keep walking, that I was tired and had already walked enough. I slowed do...

Notes: I don't remember a lot of details, just a few random things. Foods Eaten: Taco Salad Dream Location: My Room The Dream: I simply remember laying on my bedroom floor on my stomach near the door. I think my sister's friend Kendall was there with me for some reason. I was looking at the door and realized that there were three knobs on it. The normal one, then another at the top and a third at the bottom. The top knob had no lock, the middle knob had the normal lock that's actually on it, and the bottom had a push lock. I remember thinking, "Hmm, that's interesting, but also convenient." I pushed the lock in on the bottom one. The next thing I remember was being in some sort of restaurant with my old buddy, Kevin. I think TJ was also there, but I don't know what we were all talking about. I  also recall the bassist of a band called Shallow Side, Cody, being there. I think he was with me as my date or something, but he wasn't affectionate at...

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: Cruise backlog. Dream Location: I guess my old friend, Tana's house. The Dream: I was driving my 350z around, seemingly aimlessly, but I eventually ended up at my old friend, Tana's house. Her driveway somehow wrapped around her house (which actually looked nothing like her house), but it turned into another street running parallel to the one she lived off of. Unfortunately, the driveway was in terrible condition, and I decided to pull my Z off of it and into the grass on the side instead for safety. Apparently, I was bringing an unfinished puzzle to Tana. The puzzle had a picture of a mother and daughter painted on the left side of it. When I got in her house, Tana's mother had just handed her a present. Tana opened it, revealing a poster with the same mother and daughter pictured on it. She adored the poster, giving me a quick spiel on why it had so much meaning to her, though I don't recall what the reasoning was. I told her, "Well that's cool...

Notes: I had this one in a car nap on the way to SC to see the band, deepfield. Wondering why the dreams I have in cars are so amusing... though this one is slightly gross, too. Foods Eaten: Wendy's Snack Wrap Dream Location: In Richard's Mustang The Dream: I was sitting in the passenger seat of Richard's mustang. I had just woken up from a nap and was extremely thirsty. I reached for one of the cups of water that were sitting in his cup holder. There wasn't very much left in it, and I quickly chugged it down. Right after I set the empty cup back in the cup holder, Richard looked at me and said, "Ummm..." I was quizzical, responding with, "What?" He said, "That wasn't water..." Still not understanding, I gave him a puzzled look. He continued, "Don't you remember what we did before you fell asleep...? That was the cup you spit it in ..." I immediately understood and got mad, yelling at him, "Why did you give m...

Notes: ...I'm sure this one was interesting if I could remember more of it. Foods Eaten: Greek Salad (I think?) Dream Location: Not sure The Dream: I had a thought about the Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert I went to last Wednesday that triggered a sense of "dream deja-vu," but I couldn't remember anything else. The only other thing I remember was... I was outside on what looked like a road through the middle of a lush, grassy field. I was running, full of adrenalin, but I was in dire need of what I'm going to call an "estrogen injection" - I needed a straight shot of estrogen. Now that I'm in awake land, I have no idea why, what, where, or anything about the rest of the premises of this dream. Unfortunately.

Notes: Slept like crap last night, I kept waking up because of heavy rain and wind. Foods Eaten: Pizza Dream Location: Not Enough Info to Identify The Dream: The first thing I remember is looking in a mirror and pulling the front of my hair back. I had apparently just bleached that part of my hair, and I noted it looked a lot more white than it did the last time I bleached it. The second thing I remember was myself laying in my boyfriend's bed. An old aquaintence from grade school, John Holt, grabbed a sheet from the floor and threw it on top of me. The end. I know, pathetic.

Notes: To be honest, I'm not even sure if this is worth mentioning, because the title of this journal is seriously all I remember about the dream. I know there was something with underwear. I don't know why, I don't know where and I don't know why...

Notes: ... Foods Eaten: Wheat Thins with Cream Cheese Dream Location: My house The Dream: I was standing outside my neighbor's house. Glancing across the street, I could clearly see a young girl in my driveway, looking at a cat. I walked back to my house to talk to her. She more or less ignored me when I got to her, she was just focused on intently watching the cat (not even sure if it was my cat). I got distracted when my ex-boyfriend, Nate, showed up. He walked up to me and asked me to go get him food from Wendy's. I, in an annoyed tone, told him no. A few minutes later, my current boyfriend showed up. I was still outside, but Nate had gone inside. My boyfriend and I exchanged our usual greetings, then we walked up on to my porch to go inside. I noticed there was a receipt taped to the outside of the door, and I could tell it was a Wendy's receipt. For some reason, I started getting paranoid that my boyfriend would think something was up between Nate and I,...

Notes: I swear this dream felt like it just kept going and going forever... Foods Eaten: I've forgotten... Dream Location: Hotel? Beach? House? Ocean... The Dream: I'm laying on a hardwood floor in a sleeping bag. Looking around, I see my sister in the room and my cousin, Rachel. I get up and walk into another room, there are more people there, all relatives. I notice my cousin, Dave, and my Aunt Sue. We appear to be in a hotel room. The door to the room opens, it's my dad. He tells us all to be quiet, something about the guy on the floor below us wanting to kill somebody. I'm not sure how I ended up where I was next, but I was standing in waste deep ocean water with my mom and dad. They were talking to me, maybe arguing, but I can't remember. I decide to walk into shore. When I get there, I notice an upscale looking beach house. There is a set of stairs outside, leading to a porch and the entrance of the house. Behind the stairs is a small pond of ocean w...

Notes: For some reason, the thought that triggered this memory was my best friend's name, Mary. But I can't seem to recall her being anywhere in this dream. Weird. Foods Eaten: Apple... I think that's all I really had for dinner Dream Location: In a car, at an unfamiliar lake house The Dream: I was in a car with my boyfriend, my ex-boyfriend, John, and my Dad driving. We were talking about pets, particularly me wanting to adopt a Pomeranian. When I mentioned adopting a Pomeranian out loud, my boyfriend made a face at me, so I appended my statement - changing Pomeranian to American Eskimo - the kind of dog my boyfriend wants. My boyfriend and Dad didn't seem overly enthused by the conversation, but my ex offered some support, talking about how his parents let his twin sister adopt a dog, and also let him adopt his own dog as well. Transition... I was now standing outside in the backyard of a small lake house. My dad and boyfriend were still there, now accompan...

Notes: ... Foods Eaten: None, had a bad headache Dream Location: Hotel... Somewhere The Dream: (I don't think this is where the dream started, but this is where my memory starts.) I was standing inside a giant room - it seemed sort of like a cafeteria... except not quite. On the wall I was standing closest to, there were tiny showers - like slightly bigger than locker size rectangles with shower heads in them. The doors on them were clear though... people that used them to shower were hanging towels on them so that people couldn't see through the doors. I was in the room to take a shower, but realized I had forgotten my towel. I walked out of the room, into a large hallway with doored rooms on each side. I realized I was in a huge hotel. While I was walking down the hall, I bumped right into my boss. She was with my other coworker, Jenn. They told me our manager, Robbee, was working further down the hall at the gift store. I decided I would go say hi to her before g...

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: Wish this dream would really happen! Foods Eaten: Hot Buffalo Wings Dream Location: Some concert venue (outside), A record store The Dream: I was walking into an outdoors concert venue to see a Sick Puppies concert. I walked down towards the stage, noting how small the crowd seemed, considering how well known Sick Puppies are. As I walked towards the stage, the lead singer, Shim, starting announcing the names of the winners to a contest they were apparently having. The first name he called was mine. I walked up to the stage, where Shim congratulated me, and told me that I would get to hang out with the band after the show. He also explained that I would get a magazine later, and gave me instructions to take a photo of someone at the concert, then find the person afterward and take three more pictures of them. I was told to report to the band when I was done. After Shim finished announcing the winners, they began the concert. Shim only sang the first verse to the song, ...