A different kind of troika   
02:34pm 03/10/2003
  Dreamt that joylyn and N were in the car with me and we were gonna go shopping. We pulled into a parking light and my car just kinda died. It had enough momentum to slowly roll into a parking space. We assumed the battery died . . . again. The lights and raido were still working, so we put it on a gospel station and listened to this song that was comedic gospel or something. (It's kinda vague now, but imagine, if you will, a Jeff Foxworthy/Bill Engvall song but instead of it being country, it's gospel.) Anyway, joylyn or I came up with the idea that the three of us should form some kind of trio and make a comedy-gospel album. N made this big gasp and turned and looked at us with a face I can't even begin to describe, but damn, it was funny.

Then, I pulled out some generic maxi pads I'd bought real cheap and gave one to N. We were all excited over how thin they were . . . We decided to just say "screw it" with the car and go shopping anyway. So, we get out, but I have to check and see if everybody locked their doors. N didn't and I went and locked it. joylyn did - can't remember if I gave you any affirmation for that.

*** Odd, odd little dream, but I guess it was due to joylyn talking about N coming to visit. BTW - she should get a blurty or LJ account. I've got more codes. ;-) ***		  
     

(2 hallucinations | dream a little dream)
 
Angel panic   
09:37am 01/10/2003
 
mood: anxious
Dreamt that it was Wednesday evening and I was out shopping with J. Realized I left my purse in J.C. Penney's and was trying to find it. J and I got seperated and then I looked at the clock and found it was 9pm and I hadn't set my vcr. I was in an all-out panic, calling people and begging them to tape Angel for me. I just wanted to sit down and cry.

*** So sad that I'm this into a show, but I don't care . . . And, I'm setting my vcr NOW! ***		  
     

(2 hallucinations | dream a little dream)
 
Dream updates   
10:36pm 29/09/2003
  1- Dreamt that Aunt P was killed. She was raped and mutilated and left in my some type of church sanctuary located in my mother's house. I found her body and just remember crying. Ran outside and saw Annie (from B's party) - so odd to dream of her. She was crying as well and yelling at the neighbor as if she thought he'd done it.

***Must have been the influence of Law & Order: SVU.***

2- A few girls I went to high school with and I were getting ready to perform in indoor guard. Everybody had their equipment but me. I was missing my rifle. So, we marched onto the floor and I was panicking. Somehow I got ahold of a rifle and when the music started I realized I couldn't remember the routine. I wasn't the only one. We were so horrible that one of the judges stopped the music and said "Maybe you'd like to try that again."

3- I was sitting in some class and Stockard Channing was beside me. She leaned over and showed me a picture of a dress the "original" dress Rizzo had worn on stage in Grease. Then, she gushes "She was the best lesbian, ever."

4- I called the power company and they said there were guys working on restoring power to my neighborhood, but they left, 'cause somebody bribed the to leave the area and restore power somewhere else. The operator talked to me for a while and had restored the power wthin 15 minutes. I woke up the next morning and watched Buffy reruns on FX.		  
     

(8 hallucinations | dream a little dream)
 
Dreams before I go   
08:29am 17/09/2003
 
mood: rushed
music: Buffy - Wild At Heart
1. Dreamt that my studio had two different doors with access to the hallway. It was the middle of the night and I woke up to find one of the doors cracked open. I just assumed the wind had done it. Right. So, I went to close the door and found my neighbor's dog had come into my apartment. I scooted him out the door, closed it and went back to bed. Only to find that the other door was open and now both of the neighbor's dogs were in my apartment. This time I had no luck in getting them to leave, so I just gave up and decided to let 'em stay a while. Then, before I knew it they'd turned all growly and started biting my ass.

2. I was in school or something and we were in some sort of advanced P.E. class. I remember being made to put on life vests. Homemade lifevests that Xander (from Buffy) had made. Way to go, handyman. After we put them on, we were told we'd be floating down a little path (kinda like a Water Country ride) and then it would spit us out into the sea. Into the sea?!?! I was all "Hell no - I don't know how to swim. No way I'm getting into that." The teacher tried to tell me I'd be just fine, 'cause I had on a life vest. I basically just took off the vest and walked away. Hmphh - fine, my ass. Unless her interpretation of fine was DEAD, I think not!

3. Then, for another class we had a substitute and she made us watch "The Color Purple" for the 5th time. (Apparently, our regular teacher was fond of the movie and had us watch it every time we had a sub.

*** Probably dreamed about the dogs, 'cause I was worried about what J was gonna do with her dog if she had to evacuate tommorow. I'm sure the whole swimming in the sea thing also has to do with the impending hurricane (and the minor flood I caused in my apartment yesterday). No idea where "The Color Purple" came into play. I did watch Oprah yesterday and I distinctly remember dreaming about a scene with her in it. ***		  
     

(dream a little dream)
 
Milk, milk, what goes with beans?   
04:31pm 15/09/2003
 
mood: thirsty
Had a dream that I drank some milk. Soy milk. 32 ounces of soy milk.

Now, don't get me wrong. I love soy milk. It's the only milk I buy. But, I don't drink milk. Ever. Can't stand the taste of it, 'cause it's all . . . well, milky. And, even skim milk (which I used to drink) just seemed like watered down milk. *shudders* When I was a kid, the only time I had milk was in cereal. And, it was only "Life" cereal because that soaked up all the milk. The last time I probably actually drank milk was when I was a baby.

Ok, got way off track there. In the dream I drank this carton of milk, save a few sips, because joylyn was there and she wanted to try it.

Then, this morning I was working out and could hear my ankles cracking. Methinks I need to find sources for more calcium, 'cause I ain't drinking any milk.		  
     

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Hmm - interesting Buffy con   
11:40pm 10/09/2003
 
mood: tired
Okay, I had a dream last night that I went to a Buffy convention and there was a concert going on. Who was singing, you ask? The Temptations. LMAO. I've no idea why they would be musical guests at a Buffy convention. And, I met siamangmom there, too. Unfortunately, I didn't see any of the Buffy/Angel stars. No Spike. *pout*

*** I know why I dreamt this - I read siamangmom's post/comment last night about the convention and then went to the website to read about it. And, I saw a commercial for a movie starring Cuba Gooding, Jr. and I think it has something to do with The Temptations. ***		  
     

(2 hallucinations | dream a little dream)
 
Slave class   
12:48pm 05/09/2003
 
mood: thoughtful
I had a dream that I was taken hostage and put in a classroom full of Arab women. There was some blonde porn-star looking teacher who explained that we were all there for training in how to serve our master. (She wasn't talking about God.) Apparently, we were in a school where women were taught to be completely submissive to men.

She had guards around the room with shotguns and she threatened to send us to the "naughty room" if we acted up. It was a room with the floor covered in ants. Anyway, she left all of us alone in the room for a bit and I decided to lead our escape. I pried open a window and shoved this skinny girl through to go get help. Then, the headmistress came back and before she could shoot me, I broke a vase over her head and knocked her out.

There were no guards to be found, so we all ran out the door and into the night. We got separated and I was by myself. I remember walking up to a car in a McDonald's drive-thru. The guys in the car looked at me and screamed something like "WOMAN ON THE LOOSE!" and then hundreds of men were chasing me.

***Wish I could figure out where this was coming from.***		  
     

(dream a little dream)
 
Massacre at B's   
12:04am 03/09/2003
 
mood: discontent
I don't know what this new theme is all about with the horror scenes being played out at B's house.

In this dream, I was at B's with some other friends and we were running around the barn, trying to escape some psycho. We got separated and somehow I realized that the killer wasn't really after me, 'cause I was a vampire or something. Then I stumbled upon the dead body of Anya (yeah, the one from Buffy) and her body had been drained of most of it's blood. Not by a vampire bite, but it looked more like she'd been put through that machine in "The Wish".		  
     

(5 hallucinations | dream a little dream)
 
I should not be left in charge of children   
11:48am 01/09/2003
 
mood: calm
Last night I dreamt that I was watching a scene from a movie - a mother put her baby daughter on the kitchen counter in front of the window. She left a dish of water (like for an animal) and a straw in the baby's hand. The mom was outside working in the garden. The little girl could see her, but the mother couldn't really see inside.

So, I observed the baby find some random pills and then dissolve them in the water and start to drink through the straw. All of a sudden I was no longer watching the movie, but I was in the movie. I was apparently supposed to be babysitting and had obviously not done a great job. So, I tried to find the number for poison control to see what to do about the child. Meanwhile, the mother walked in and I pretended like nothing had happened, 'cause I didn't wanna get fired. I kept looking and looking for the number for poison control and I remember not being able to spell poison. I kept trying to spell pollution. Anyway, by the time I found the number and got in touch with them, years had passed and the "baby" was walking and going to school.		  
     

(dream a little dream)
 
A trio of dreams   
04:44pm 30/08/2003
 
mood: bored
1. I was involved in some type of threesome (non-sexual, but kinda freaky) with this couple I know. We were hosting a party and people were smashing plates in celebration.

(That's what I get for watching the Seinfeld "threesome" episode right before going to bed.)

2. I was back in school. High school, I think. Apparently, I had to take a class over again in order to get my degree.

(T and I were just talking yesterday about how we've both had dreams where we didn't really graduate and have to go back to school to repeat classes.)

3. I was at B's house (not talking about Buffy either) and all of the cats were little kids. So, we were playing a game of hide-and-seek when someone burst through the window on fire. "Fire guy" turned out to be some type of horror film villain and our little game quickly became "hide-and-hope he doesn't seek".

(No clue where the hell this came from.)		  
     

(2 hallucinations | dream a little dream)
 
I've been watching too much tennis   
05:14pm 29/08/2003
  I can't remember all of the dream, but Pete Sampras was playing against some woman. And, Pete was in a wheelchair. He pretty much kicked her ass and she was whining about how the ball hurt when it hit her. She said something about guys in wheelchairs shouldn't be so damn strong. Whatever.

Again, very odd. I've no doubt that Pete would kick ass, wheelchair or not. 'Cause he's Pete.		  
     

(dream a little dream)
 
Shifty little dream   
10:47am 28/08/2003
  First dream: Very short. I was back home and my mother hadn't sold my car yet ('72 Ford Mercury Comet - loved that car). So, my mom, Dale Gribble and I were getting into the car. Yes, I said Dale Gribble as in crazy, paranoid dude from "King of the Hill". He was such a gentleman - opening doors and saying "ma'am". Can't remember if he was a real person or just large cartoonish figure . . .

Second dream: Very shift
1. I was in some sort of flea market with a couple of people (from church, I think) and I was desperately searching for some type of ball - similiar to a volleyball but called something else. Anyway, one of the women found one for me and it was this dark blue and black - very nift.

2. Then the flea market turned into JMU's dining hall and suddenly joylyn and ?Nicole? were with me. We were all dressed up and talking about how we needed to take pictures of everything, since we didn't know if we'd ever get back to the campus. (I'm assuming we were graduating.)

3. The dining hall was really fancy (not like the real D-hall) and there was a hostess and everything. Turns out she was Tara from Buffy. bizarre

4. We were waiting for a table and we saw some kids wave us over (as if they were saying "Hey, there's a table over here") - one of the kids was the I see dead people kid from the movie with Bruce Willis. (Can't remember his real name or what the movie was called. Bad memory, I know . . .)

5. So, Joy, ?Nicole? and I start walking and they're ahead of me and I kinda fall and do this semi-split on the floor. They pretend not to notice but once I catch up with 'em, joylyn can't even talk 'cause she's laughing so hard.

6. We turn around a corner and these 4 "gangsters" start hitting on us and for some stupid reason I start insanely flirting with two of 'em. (I suppose my horniness did not discriminate.)

7. Joy and ?Nicole? turned into two people I didn't know and they were getting all nostalgic about leaving JMU, when suddenly I realized that I wasn't done with college yet and had at least one more semester to go. But, somehow I'd forgotten to register for it and I was panicked if I'd still be able to go.		  
     

(dream a little dream)
 
Houseguest from hell   
02:32pm 25/08/2003
 
mood: hungry
I had a little dream this morning that my cousin, Annie, came to stay with me for a while. (Now, Annie is about 50 years old, used to live with us when I was a kid and has a host of mental illnesses. She goes through what my mother would call "spells" and was never someone I'd really hang out with, due to the age difference and lack of common interests.) I was still living in my studio, but the building seemed more like a hotel complex rather than an apartment building. My mom was staying in a room downstairs and Annie was with me. Go figure. I just remember being extremely uncomfortable having her stay with me.

So, Annie wakes me up and wants to do something, but I really don't. Then, I decide to workout and she tries to go back to sleep, but in my bed. And, I wasn't having it. (I'm picky about who sleeps in my bed.) So, I try to get her to exercise with me.

***Odd dream, seeing as how I haven't thought about Annie much lately. She still lives close to my mom and they talk every week or so, but I only see her on major holidays.***		  
     

(dream a little dream)
 
Woohoo - not morbid   
01:13pm 21/08/2003
 
mood: awake
But, it still makes no sense

1. I was talking to joylyn on my cell about an amusement park and then we got into some stupid argument over who was spending what on long distance. (Joy, I'm startin' to wonder what this running them is all about - are we gonna get into a fistfight or something?)

2. I was working on animated movie - had to deal with creating realistic elephants (remember using a lot of shading principles).

3. Then the movie turned into live action and I was a sound crew member - had to attach microphones to leaves and insert them into the rocks in a waterfall. (Nevermind that I should be scared to death of being in a waterfall since I can't swim.)

4. Then the waterfall became desk drawers and the microphones were little bookmarks. Don't ask. *shrugs*		  
     

(dream a little dream)
 
Where did all the flowers go?   
12:04pm 20/08/2003
 
mood: weird
Not sure what this disturbing dream trend is. What's happened to all my shiny, happy dreams? Or the crazy, fun ones that just made me laugh? Perhaps I've watched too much CSI and Law & Order: SVU. Guess it's a good thing I no longer have HBO with that "Autopsy" show . . .

( Enter at your own risk )		  
     

(2 hallucinations | dream a little dream)
 
Dude, where's the toilet?   
06:00am 17/08/2003
 
mood: thoughtful
( This a little on the eew side, so be forwarned . . . )

Now, if that's not enough to end my idiotic crush on the boy, I don't know what is.		  
     

(dream a little dream)
 
This memory thing is gonna land me in jail   
03:45pm 11/08/2003
 
mood: energetic
music: tennis . . . again
Had this dream that I was in a grocery store shopping for condoms. (don't laugh) So, I picked up some Aleve (I think) and finally found the condoms. My mind starts to wander and I'm walking around the store looking at people and things. Finally, I realize I need to get a move on, so I leave. I get a few miles from the store and it hits me that I just walked out without paying. I completely forgot. (The thing that scare me is that with my horrendous memory, this could actually happen to me.)

So, I turn the car around and go back to the store. I walk in, look for a manager - find a heated "discussion" that looks like they caught some other shoplifters. *whoops* I go to take out the stolen merchandise and realize that I forgot to bring the goods into the store. (That's it - I've got some form of Alzheimer's.) So, I walk back out of the store and this friend of mine comes out after me. Apparently, she's an assistant manager there and tells me the management knows I stole the stuff and I'm in big trouble. I was all panicked and didn't know whether to just take off and hope they didn't come looking for me or try to explain to them what really happened and pray I wouldn't get arrested.

***I have so many memory issues. Maybe I should try exercising them. I think quitting teaching has made it way worse. I mean, when I taught, I remember learning all 60 kids' names (from just one of my classes) within the first couple of days. Now, I can't remember crap! On a good note, last night joylyn and I were talking and she mentioned that the actor who plays Freddy Kreuger is 50-something now. And, I said "Oh, isn't that Robert Englund?" Stunned her and myself.***		  
     

(dream a little dream)
 
I need some happy-go-lucky dreams   
02:31pm 10/08/2003
 
mood: tired
music: tennis
I was outside at some weird kind of parade. People had floats dedicated to jazz singers. I saw the Etta James float, Billie Holiday and I think one was even for Nina Simone. *sigh* Then, I realized it was some type of funeral and I was given flowers and sent off to march in the parade.

I took the flowers to someone's house. A girl answered the door, very flustered - I think her mother was dying.

Then, I was in a school and observing (from the back of the room) some type of choreography or acting. And, Joe Rogan from "Fear Factor" was in the class.

I just wrote in my LJ a few days ago about my ?irrational? fear of my mom dying, so that's probably the reason for most of this. Oh, and I saw Joe Rogan on Comedy Central yesterday - he's kinda sexy in a weird sort of way.		  
     

(dream a little dream)
 
Elephant's Revenge   
11:57am 09/08/2003
 
mood: bored
Last night, I dreamt that I was back in the town I grew up in and joylyn was visiting me. We got in her car and she'd made a whole bunch of food and kept saying she wanted to feed the animals. So, she's driving along and pulls off the road and into the little country woodsy area (with somewhat of a path, so we could get the car through).

I look around and see some elephants standing around, but they're still (with eyes closed). They look kinda waxy, so one would figure they were "fake", but I assume they're all dead. (Although, why they'd be standing up is still beyond me.) So, Joy says that she wanted to look at the elephants and they won't hurt us, 'cause they're not real or something. About that time, I see one of the elephants slowly open his eyes and they're all bloodshot. I start to wonder if we're in some kind of horror movie and this is gonna be attack of the killer elephants - maybe they have the rage from "28 Days Later" (btw, very creepy movie - loved it).

So, I scream for her to get us out of there. However, she decides that it we be a good idea to feed the scary-elephant that's just standing "in the wild". She grabs a pie, runs out of the car and cuts up half of it for the elephant. (Because, we all know that elephants just love pie, but a whole one is just too much.) The elephant starts to move, I'm yelling for her to get her ass back in the car, so she hurries up and we high-tail it outta there.

***I think I dreamed about this, because joylyn and I were talking about horror movies last night and I saw an episode of "While You Were Out" where they made this "elephant-head deck chair accent", but then didn't like it so they destroyed it . . .***		  
     

(dream a little dream)
 
A stepmother?!?!   
11:58pm 08/08/2003
 
mood: awake
I was in PA (shopping at the place that Bethie and I went last week). I wanted pizza, but was terrified of walking over this rickety bridge (in RL, it's not really rickety, but it's wooden and long and I was kinda panicky walking over it.)

I was walking around with my camera and I wanted this Turkish rug, (that, in RL, I'd "oohed" and "ahhed" over) but I didn't have $150, so I checked out some cheap scarves and cute little dresses that wouldn't fit.

I went outside to take pics and saw a kangaroo-type animal, but bigger and sorta hunched over. (I forgot what they called it and don't know if it even exists in RL.) I was taking pictures and some huge feline comes up behind "pseudo kangaroo". I wasn't scared for me, but but for the kangaroo. So, I was taking photos while people were running and screaming for me to get away. I slowly walked around the feline stalking his prey and left the area.

I went into a playground where a little kid deliberately kicked me in the face while swinging. I scolded him (after the mother gave him a little "well, sweetie - that's just not nice"). Then i got another little girl (who i find out later was my step-daughter) and put her on the swing and started giving her a push, but the swing seat was so high that she was sitting about 5' in the air.

I don't remember much else, except it seemed like i was on some type of school field trip with other parents and kids and some parents were upset and i was trying to bond with my step-child (who, ironically was about a 6 year old, RED-head with adorable freckles. (I guess it could happen, huh?)

And, as joylyn just pointed out (we're on the phone), I had a red-headed stepchild. Wonder what that's all about . . .		  
     

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