The Dream Post (otherwise known as "My dreams can be so surreal at times")

I've always known that you can have a monkey on your back, but in my dream last night, I discovered it was also possible to have a lion on your back. I dreamt that I was in my car running some errands when I saw a man in his early twenties bicycling with a lion riding behind him. The bicycle looked like it was built for two people and the lion was on the second seat holding on to the guy with his paws. Later, I went to the guy's house and discovered that he lived with his grandparents. They had a bunch of male and female lions on their property, just lazing around as if they were giant housecats. I was afraid to approach the house, but I did. I was about to ask the grandparents what the guy's story was and why he was bicycling around town with a lion when the alarm clock went off and I heard Click and Clack on "Car Talk" guffawing about somebody's amusing car problems.

I guess that was better than what I was dreaming about earlier. In that dream, Chicago area was being bombed by some unknown country and some bombs fell not far from North Avenue. I was also trying to hide a sacred object. That particular part of the dream came from the book I was reading, The Bone People.

Some of my other dreams seem to be influenced by fandom. Several nights ago, I was woken up by a large thunderstorm with lots of wind. I was hopped up on Ambien, but I remember that my husband had to get up and move the cars away from our tree out in front so they wouldn't get dented by falling limbs. I had finished reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows either that evening or the evening before and at some point, I seemed to get the impression that the thunderstorm was caused by two wizards dueling it out up in the sky. After I was awake, I thought that it would be a good story to tell small children that were frightened by storms and didn't understand weather phenomenon. When I was a small kid, my parents used to tell me that thunderstorms were caused by God bowling in heaven. While it may help soothe a frightened kid, it doesn't do anything to describe the science of what's going on during a storm. What you should really tell them is that thunderstorms are caused by two wizards dueling in the sky. One controls hot air and the other controls cold air. The wizard of cold air always wins and that's why it always cools off after a thunderstorm. Yes...I know...shut up, nekosensei.

Let's see...in my dream from two nights ago, I dreamt I got thrown in jail. We were in a full blown depression because the economy had really tanked. I was thrown in the slammer for stealing food so that I could eat. The sad thing was that I was actually happy to be in prison because at least I was getting fed. Also, there were many other women there who were locked up for either stealing food or for political reasons. We had a lot more autonomy than you would normally find in prison, and we could wander around a couple of rooms without being monitored. I made friends with my cell-mate and she found a tardis (from Doctor Who). She figured out how it worked and we often used it to have adventures. You think we would have escaped to a different place and time and I remember suggesting to her at some point that we should, but we didn't. We often ended up back in jail after we came back from joy-riding.

Anyhow...long story short... I attribute these strange dreams to a mixture of Ambien, an overactive imagination, and too many movies and books.

Books I've read so far this year...

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17. The Bone People by Keri Hulme -- This novel is set in New Zealand and is a bit unconventional. For one, it uses Maori words that are well known in the New Zealand dialect of English, but not in other English speaking countries. It is also written from the point of view of three main characters: Kerewin, Simon, and Joe. It begins when Simon-- a seven-year-old boy who is mute, has emotional problems and according to a wikipedia article I read, probably has Asperberger's Syndrome-- sneaks into the house of a hermit, Kerewin. She eventually befriends his adopted father and learns that Simon is the sole survivor of a shipwreck that occurred off the coast during a storm. Simon forms a close friendship with Kerewin because she makes an effort to understand him. She discovers that there's an underlying reason for his acting out, and the best way to work with him is to understand what those reasons are...not to merely punish him when he is being difficult to manage. As a whole, the novel describes how the trio-- Simon, Kerewin, and Joe-- come together and eventually break apart. It's a good book, but at the same time very sad.

Books I've read so far this year... (Otherwise known as "Yep, I plowed through another one")

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18. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho -- The author tells the story of a boy named Santiago, who dreams about finding treasure among the pyramids of Egypt. After consulting with a gypsy and a king, he decides to make the arduous trek from Spain to Giza. The moral of the story: listen to you heart, pursue your dreams, and don't let anything persuade you to do otherwise. It was a short novel and the language was pretty simple so it was a fast read. It was also kind of sappy.

Flowers

I know lucy_burb will appreciate this one. Yesterday, I had nothing better to do so I ended up taking pictures of some flowers in my garden...

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I wish I had taken pictures of the lilac bushes and the honeysuckle in the spring. They were pretty...

cosettemonster

And of course, no picture post can be complete with a picture of cosettemonster. She makes cute faces when she sleeps.

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