Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Double Feature: Ghost Hunters and College People

Dream 1

I'm with Gen and a bunch of other people in this really big church at night. We're all part of the Ghost Hunter's team. We're sort of volunteers because the place is so big.

We get divided up and sent off with our own cameras to see if we can find anything. I catch a couple of shadows and some sounds, but nothing really obvious that it's a ghost.

Everyone meets back up. I'm late in getting back and realize that the main team has edited some of the footage. I learn that they have staged a lot of 'sightings' to make it look haunted. With clever editing, they make it look like a "ghost" walks through one of the team members.

Then they tell us that we are all going to be part of a big staged ghost sighting. We all fill the pews of the church. The back doors open and one of the team members comes through like he's the ghost of a pastor.

I'm mad that they've faked everything.

Dream 2

A friend and I go to visit Emily (from college). She lives in a converted loft, the outside is covered in plywood and the stairs are made from wood scraps. We knock on the door and she answers.

We talk about where we want to eat, we walk by some restaurants and stop at a Kettle Corn place. I have to go to the car for something.

I walk to the parking structure, the ground is covered in about an inch of slush. It's really slippery and I'm not quite sure how to get down the ramp without falling. I end up doing a sort of crouch, slide thing that works pretty well.

At the bottom I see Matt and Betsy (more people from college) I talk to them for a while, it's cold out.

The end.

Monday, July 19, 2010

Double Feature: Fire Drills and Parade Day

Dream 1

There is a fire simulation in the apartment building I live in. The building is about 11 stories high. It's also not so much of a simulation as it actually is on fire. I have to go and get as many people out as I can, but I can never get to the 10th floor, everyone up there dies. The fire starts there and by the time the alarms go off, there is too much smoke and flames for me to get there. I go through and keep telling people to get out and helping people out. I know that I can't save everyone, but I have to try.

Every time I get to the street after getting as many people out as possible, the simulation starts over. Half way through each simulation, something explodes on the 6th floor and I am then no longer able to go above it.

On the main floor I find a secret room, like a club. Inside are a bunch of Nerdfighters. I get them out, they didn't know about the fire.

I run through the 'simulation' two times and then it starts over.

This time, I know how it's going to happen. I go up to the 10th floor before the fires starts and discover that it is full of people that I love. A lot of my friends and people that I like. I have to find a way to save them.

I find Yuri, he introduces me to his fiancee. I'm a little hurt that he didn't tell me before, but I don't have a lot of time. I ask him, "What would you do, if you knew something that could save people, but you weren't supposed to know it and you definitely aren't supposed to tell anyone?"

He says that I should do what is right, whatever that means for me.

I tell him that he should get out of the 10th floor before 10:15 and that he should get as many people to go with him as he could. That's all I tell him.

I have 20 minutes before the fire drill starts again. I go in search of where the fire starts so that I can try and stop it or at least have a little more warning to save people.

Dream 2

It's the 4th of July and it's raining and cool. The parade has just ended. My wallmate, Kara, is there with her parents and brother. It's my street (the one I grew up on) but the houses are different. Kara and I switch shirts for some prank or plot that we have. It's important for some reason.

I just want some place to sleep, so I go to my friend's house on the street.

Yuri comes in to fix something, he is wearing a disguise because my dad (not my real dad, but my dream dad) doesn't like him.

My dream dad comes in and asks him for his cell number, Yuri starts to tell him and dream dad already has it and Yuri's cover is blown. My dream dad doesn't like Yuri because of a prank or soemthing that he things Yuri was a part of.

The end.

Double Feature: Cooking and Shuttles

Due to busy and internet fail, these dreams are from Thursday night.

(there were parts of dreams most nights, but I don't write it down if I can't remember most of the plot of the dream)

Dream 1:

A friend and I park on a busy street. We walk up a twisty driveway on a hill. What I think is landscaping rocks on either side is really wrapped home-made caramels. I pick one up. My friend says that they're delicious and the best tactic is to shove as many as you can into your pockets as you are leaving.

We reach the house. It's all modern and homey and perfectly decorated. My friend, Morgan, lives there and she is in the kitchen preparing delicious things to eat.

The friend I came with goes to help her, but since my inability to cook is known by everyone in the room, I am told not to help and I agree. I sit at the counter and watch them make amazing food.

Morgan's boyfriend/roommate comes home and he goes to help cook. I go over to the shelf of music to act as the DJ so that I can be a part of things.

Dream 2:

I have a four year old boy and a one year old boy with me. I am taking them to visit their dad. We are on a bus. We pass by this big open field where space ships (like in Star Wars and Star Trek) are crashing into each other in what looks like this epic battle. The bus stops at the space shuttle station. We have to take a shuttle to get to their dad.

The four year old is mad at me and not behaving. I am doing my best, but he just won't listen.

We get onto the shuttle and I'm a little wary because of all the ship crashing I saw earlier. Then I realize that the ships are part of a demolition derby event, and not actually crashing because they are unsafe.

The shuttle ride is rough, and the four year old calms down and listens to me. I'm holding the one year old on my lap. We stop on one planet to refuel.

The stop is at the base of some mountains. It's spring and the snow is melting. I point out snowmen standing in the field to the boys and they are amazed because they've never seen snow before. We get out of the shuttle and I teach them how to make snowmen.

After the shuttle is refueled, we get back on and continue our journey to see their dad.

The end.

Monday, July 12, 2010

Double Feature: College Creepers and Tornadoes

*Sorry it's been a while. I was internetless for about 10 days and was so tired those nights I didn't dream, or I didn't remember them anyway*

Dream 1:

I'm in college and this guy, mid 40s probably, comes up to me asking where a dorm is. I look to the guy friend that I'm with, we're both a little wary of this older guy. The older guy explains that he is looking for someone, tried to go in a dorm to find her and was kicked out of the dorm.

I explain that because of the day (Monday) guys aren't allowed in the girls dorms and girls aren't allowed in the guys dorms.

He says that he needs to find this girl because she is working with him on her student film.

My friend and I then notice that he's holding a camera and has a sound guy behind him. My friend and I look at the film equipment to make sure that he isn't lying. The film stuff is legit, so we direct him towards the dorm.

We wonder if we should call campus security anyway.

Dream 2:

I'm in a car with my friend, Janice. We're driving down farm roads. The weather is bad, there are tornadoes springing up all around us. We keep driving, because there is no place that would be safe enough to ride out a tornado in.

We get to this house and run inside. It's the place we were trying to drive to, so that Janice can get her car's oil changed. The house/auto shop is run by this guy who is an ex-cop. There are a bunch of other guys that live there as well.

We all go down into the basement. One of the guys comes over and says that he was out driving too and his car got pushed off the road because of the tornadoes. His hands are still shaking.

We're all taking (Janice, I and like 6 guys) and waiting out the storms. I notice that I'm getting an aura, like before I get a migraine. I get up and go into the bathroom to look for advil or something.

The ex-cop asks if I'm okay. I tell him I should take some advil before the migraine hits full force. He leads me back to the couch, gives me the advil and the puts an ice pakc on my head and on the back of my neck.

I'm half asleep and sort of lean against this other guy on the couch. He pulls me closer so that I am leaning on him.

We start to joke a bit about how this is the best way to first meet someone, just some witty banter as a distraction.

The end.

Friday, July 2, 2010

High School Math Nightmare

I'm back in high school with my friend Katie. I couldn't open my locker because the lock had a million numbers to put in and I couldn't remember which way I had to turn it. I was going to be late for class, so I tell Katie to go to class so she at least won't be late.

Twenty minutes later, I get my locker open so I can grab my math book and go to class. I get yelled at for being late and sit down. I've missed a lot of the notes on what we're doing, which is apparently really, insanely complex calculus.

Then we get a quiz/test on the math problems, and I have NO IDEA what to do. The way I want to solve the math problems is way to simple and doesn't actually work. I turn in my paper and get them all wrong because I didn't know how to do anything.

The teacher hands back the quizzes, all graded and we have to fix the ones we got wrong...which is all of them in my case. I try, but have no idea what I'm doing and I can't figure it out. I get frustrated and trow my pencil across the room. I get up and leave class.

I'm outside, by a group of parked golf carts. Someone comes out to try and explain the math to me, but I can't get it. I felt dumb.

The end.