Spinelli

Saturday night, I dreamed about being lost in a mall (this isn't too unusual; whereas I can make my way around large cities in foreign countries quite easily, malls whip me). Within the mall was a number of concert halls as well as what I believe was a train station (not unlike Termini).

I was wandering around the mall trying to find a certain place. Apparently I was so lost that I forgot what I was looking for. While I was walking, my cell phone rang. I looked at the screen and found that Spinelli was calling (remember the show Recess, yeah, that Spinelli).

I answered the phone and found out that Spinelli was no one other than Anna Penner. She wanted me to meet her for lunch the next day, but I couldn't because the mall I was in was apparently in the Twin Cities, and Anna's in Iowa. I was really bummed because I wanted to meet Spinelli--even though I already know Anna pretty well. Finally, we agreed to supper.

Spinelli from Recess

I normally have dreams with interesting plot lines and nonsensical events.  However, I do always act in character.  Once I dreamed that there was a widespread transportation disaster and I thought Seth was dead.  I then saw him wearing a neon green shirt in the hallway and my heart leapt in the knowledge that he was indeed among the living.  I had an intense desire to run up and embrace him.  However, in our normal relationship we didn’t hug often.  As such, in my dream I didn’t.  This is odd, for there seems no better time to hug someone than when they seem rescued from the dead, yet I acted in character.

Bald

Sunday night my dream took place in two different Northwestern buildings connected by Ames' Grand Avenue. In one building I began to shave my head. I don't know why, somehow I thought it would look amazing.

In the midst of my head shaving, I had to go to the other building. My head was about 1/6th shaved, and I combed over the rest obnoxiously. When I got back to the aforementioned building, Caitlin M. was waiting there for me. Apparently I was to shave her head too.

However, in the gap of time I realized that I looked absolutely awful with a shaved head. But what was I to do with having a very noticable portion gone? Well, my brain had already come up with an answer. An answer that could actually be accessed in real life. I was going to knit a bunch of wigs for myself. In fact this very pattern came to mind: http://knitty.com/ISSUEfall04/PATThallowig.html

(I don't know Caitlin, maybe it's a premonition of next year...)

Lab, Concert, Forest

Lately my dreams have been less surreal, and more including random people I know. This may be because I am so far away from you all. Well, here's the dream from last night...

It began in a science lab set in a library. I had the feeling I was at Northwestern, but I didn't recognize anyone. There was a guy there who seemed familiar.

Next Scene: Reed's apartment (apparently I can see into the future). I was recounting the event, and Reed told me that the person I recognized was one of the band members from the concert we had seen in Rome.

My dream then did a flashback to the aforesaid concert. However, this concert was in the midst of a forest of birch trees. As my memory recalled the concert, I realized the guy in the lab was the bassist on stage left.

Then Reed and I proceeded to walk from the forest. Before me was a brown paneled wall which had two vertical columns of black and white photographs. These were various pictures of Josef B's face (and long locks of hair) and had been taken in that very forest.

Before me were those photographs having been compiled into a single frame. It was an abstracted mass of vertical lines in pastel/neon coloration. Reed and I then discussed my colorful composition. I think I then ran into Josef as I continued to exit the forest along with all the concert goers.

Cards

The first thing I remember about my dream last night was Adam R. (from high school) filing down the deck of his skateboard. I thought it was ridiculous, because how would he get any traction to skate?

The next thing I remember was a being at a campus event. Part of this was playing cards. At the table I went to was already seated Benjamin P. (from NWC) and some girl. At the next table over was Jimmy R. (from high school), and soon Ben P. (from NWC) came over to play. I don't remember much, except that whichever game we were playing, Benjamin P. has a 6 and 8 of spades, and needed a 7 of spades, which Jim slipped him under the table.

I don't recall being too upset about it.

McDonald's

Last night I dreamed that I was back in Minnesota. I was going to take out one of my ACR resident's to McDonald's. Apparently Sam H. (from NWC) also worked at the house I work out and was going along. McDonald's has this special where you won a meal if you could find parking spots of the same color arranged like an "L" tetris piece.

Sam and I were helping the resident to locate these L's. At one point the parking lot was translated into a table for the ease of the hunt. Eventually the L was found and we went into McDonald's to claim the prize. Included were drinks, a bag full of fries and a blue hot dog and bun inside a normally colored bun.

One of the women who was working there called to see if anyone hadn't received theres. I tried to tell her that I hadn't, but she didn't notice and began eating it herself. Then I realized that I had one in my hand. While this was going on, Sam and the resident were at the table. When I joined them Bre and Audra were also there.

En route, I stopped to get ketchup. It was hard to find the ketchup because squirted coffee, pineapple, and other such things were also available in pump form. I finally got the ketchup and the fries were delicious.

Fin.

Florence

Also, Sunday night I dreamed about Florence.

I was living there in the scenic mountains. Apparently there was a guy on the loose who was stealing babies and small children. I was watching my niece Kaitlyn, and he tried to take her from me. He overpowered me and got her, but I was hot on his trail to get her back. I was tromping about Florence (which was actually a mix of Florence and Rome) and I ran into Sarah, Cyndi, Jessica, and Audra (Bre might have been there too). They exclaimed, "Charity, we came to visit you!" Unfortunately I couldn't visit, because I had to reclaim my niece from a criminal.