Games, planes and purpose

I dreamt that I was getting ready to go see a movie with a group of my brother's friends. They were all going to see Sex and the City. Before the movie, everyone was playing board games (something my brother is in to). Then it went from being there to me catching a plane. I was trying to get to the plane, but there were some issues with enough space. Finally this man let me on the plane with my friend from Philli. We had to climb up a pile of gold couch cushions to get to the door. Then once on the plane, it was kind of cramped and uncomfortable. I was next to this older woman. She was still attractive and took good care of herself, kind of classy. She asked if I had a boyfriend and I said no, I just kept meeting guys that I would help get to their next situation. She said that was my lot in life. I left feeling partly relieved and partly upset. Nice to know the reasoning behind my life, but at the same time sad to think I would never be with anyone.

Nice dresses and sex offender

Ok.. first had a dream that I was with some girls and we were in our late teens/early twenties. We were all preparing to go to some event that was girl related and/or association realted. We were all in nice dresses but more like from the 40s or 50s. I was wearing some flowery green and blue dress. We had some sort of head mistress person who was in charge of getting our group together. We stopped some where on the way (I think we were traveling by bus) to get some breakfast or something. The building was very white inside. Everything was white... that is about all I remember.

Next dream was involving women again but older. I was in some sort of hospital and we found out this one guy was a sex offender. All these women in the hospital had been his victims (coincidentally enough). One doctor was gathering all the women in this one hallway. She wanted him to be confronted by all the woman at once to see if it would shock him or change/fix him etc. They finally all gathered in one spot and the doctor had them all go in a room to wait. Then I woke up...

gallery

I had a dream about a friend of mine last night. I was in this big shopping center and she had a gallery in it. It was small, but open space, so felt larger. It was after hours and she was doing two huge paintings. The canvases were both on the floor and that was how she painted. She was talking about some gal that had a store next door. Kind of an artsy/nature-ee/whimsical type. She was about to have to close down her shop. My friend was saying, ... really, all you have to do is the basics, show up, be dependable, etc. and you can keep a shop alive, but she wouldn't show up to her shop half of the time. Anyhoo.. one of my friend's paintings was purple, red and black and the other was blues, yellows, greens and white - both abstract.

Fish....

Had a dream last night that I was sitting on the floor with a group of women. One was asking everyone their signs. I felt like I had just joined their conversation, so was the last to be asked, but I also knew that most of them that had answered had said pisces. She asked me and I said my sign as well as dob and time.. since this seemed to mean something to the woman. She wasn't very friendly... kind of assuming and ?? wasn't how you might normally feel around a bunch of fish.

I had another but it was that I went to the gym (have been trying to get myself out of bed to go)... so only really went in my dreams. :-s

New Office

Ok.. in reality, the company I'm working for is moving office in a week. So last night I had this dream that I was going to some warehouse, although some of it felt like a place maybe you would have a half outdoor/half indoor wedding or festivity/corp. workshop. Everyone was going to station #1, which was kind of set up like the odds n ends department at Ikea. They were all running around getting the parts they needed (screws, washers, tools, pieces) and it was like they knew what they were doing. I felt a little out of it, not even knowing I was supposed to be there, let alone what I was supposed to be searching for. Clarence (love that name), one of our youngest engineers asked me what the other thing was he needed with a bolt and nut, and he needed a 5/7ths size (??)... I was like washer? Yeah, that's it. At that one moment I felt helpful and that maybe I could catch up to everyone else on their unknown project. I still had no idea what to search for, so I was looking for a reference list or something and followed my coworkers into the next room. Two of my old officemates were in their own section building desks. (in reality, we just learned how our desks would be in the new place, and honestly, it stinks...). They had those things mechanics use to roll under cars with and they were under their desk hammering and screwing in bits. I felt even more lost at this point and it was getting close to evening where people were leaving so I figured I would work on it another time.

Had another dream I was having a get together at my place. In my dream it was sort of my mom's place too but she was on vacation or something. I had candles burning everywhere, drinks, dim lighting, lots of folks, everyone having a good time. I was a little anxious though because I felt at any second she would come home (mind you I'm 36). My brother was there too and he was messing with stuff and I was trying to get him to just visit with people, I needed to keep the place together as well as I could in case she arrived. There were 4 or 5 leather purses on this table behind my couch, all my mom's. and I was dumping them out for some reason to see what was inside... out of curiosity and boredom more than anything... Then I think she showed up.

Been a while....pirate ship

Had a cool pirate dream a while back. I was on a ship in the ocean and there were maybe 3 to 4 guys manning the ship. We were very close to the coastline (in reality, impossible) and we needed to turn the ship around quickly (also in reality impossible). I was holding on to a rope and hanging out over the ocean. The ship spun around so fast that it whipped me around and I kept swinging out and crashed through waves. I was yelling at the guys to help me, but no one paid attention. Then I saw this woman in a black dress walking on the shore. She was a ghost... and the story went that if you see this woman on the coast.. you would be the next to die. Then the next "scene" we were walking on the sand and looking for a pirate friend that had been captured. We were going to find him and free him. We walked up to some crates and he was inside.. there was a monkey too.. and in the dream I was thinking.. oh good cgi...

Anyhoo..

random ireland

Had a dream about a friend (last name ireland) last night... I'll be seeing him in London. I had a transam of all things and he asked to park it in the house. It was greasy underneath and I was worried a bit about the mess, but it seemed rude to not let him park inside the house (as odd as that sounds). His car also had an OR license plate, although he is a UK fella. Hmmm so we met, we ?? I really don't remember the rest, but that I really felt like he was in the room with me.

Dream before this, I was camping in an odd camp site. Each site had a little fence around it, a metal shed and grass. I was packing up my stuff and some guys that were macho was telling me I was ticking him off... and I needed to leave or he would mess up my stuff. He thought I was a gal named Amy (who is someone I work with in my new job). I said that I wasn't her and why was he mad at her? (she was coming to the campground next and I wanted to give her enough warning) He said he was mad at her because she made wigs... I asked what from? He wasnt' sure, so basically he was just angry. I was worried about Amy and also that Amy's brother might come too and want to beat the guy up. I didn't mind if the guy would get beat up, he just had a lot of guy friends there and her brother might get hurt. I went to go pick up some crates that were full of food and bugs were crawling all over them and I just dropped everything and tried to get out of there.

archeology....

Ok.. so was aware the dream mid-story. I had a metal object in my hand and was cleaning a groove of a wood box with it. It looked like the inside of a pen.. the metal part that holds the ink, but it was thicker and had a weird triangular shape at the end. I picked up another box... some relic... it was odd shaped, had some cut outs on it and I figured out that the metal object was a key. Although they were using it like a tool and?? a something that could be thrown away. I put the metal object down a long hole in the box and turned it.. the box openned and flat metal pieces of gold fell out. They were stamped into different shapes. They were images of gods or ?? god or ?? I was thinking it was spanish... so christian/catholic.. maybe jesus. I knew what ever it is I found, I wasn't supposed to have found. The box had been locked for a reason etc... the objects had some sort of message with them.. (not written).. but you knew what it meant. Something that would reinterpret religions of today... A mang started coming after me (think someone that looks like a musketeer)... I ran across a creek and tried to get away (oh, this all happened outside)... and that was the end.

I had another dream that I was selling my house (one I owned before) and that my ex wanted half of the $$. I was trying to figure out how much he actually paid on it, if any.... but I remembered that he helped work on it.. . it was stressful. Kind of an ... I owe someone something that I didn't feel like I owed thing.... hmmmm

couple of older dreams...

I haven't written my dreams in a while. I have had a few, but I don't remember them all. I have been jogging a lot more, getting up earlier, so maybe I'm not having more normal dream time.

1/4/08
I had a dream a friend (Sascha) of mine was going to his work or class or something and he kept stalling and/or forgetting things. I was looking through a pile of papers that we had both worked on. But they were all paintings, not good. Then I turned into an invisible person.. people were going through this house that was mine and my family's (but it wasn't my "real" family). I think I was one of the parents and not sure if I was the father or the mother.

1/6/08
The last part of my dream I was choosing bread. Then a guy came up and looked lost with the bread so I was showing him the different kinds I liked. I think I had many other dreams though. Oh. I remember another dream. I was on a bus or something with a group and we were going on some field trip. There was a guy there I was in love with and he with me. Then I told him some things that I was reading about. I think they were mystical etc. and he didn't like that I was even thinking about reading these sorts of things, and he thought I was odd, so he quit talking to me. I was very upset and hurt and just ran away and hid. Then once they were gone, I just kept walking.. through the streets, then I found an outdoor market of sorts with artists and things. I walked around for a bit and then was looking at this woman's art and accidentally spilled water on the table. It didn't hurt any of the art, but it just made me feel worse. Another artist and the floor near her made glass snails. I decided to sit down on the steps...

Maggot hunting and psychic counseling.... :-s

Ok.... first the dream started out like I was watching a new romantic comedy. It was going to star Meg Ryan (older... ) with?? forgot who. It showed her as a hick-type person falling for a more pristine type guy. The beginning of the movie has her in overalls yelling down to her brother (woody harrelson) who is inside this old hollow tree that goes down under ground. She is yelling at him to get out of there and was saying to hold on, he just wanted to eat a few more... he hadn't had these in soooooo long and they tasted so good. They being maggots. :-s..... special kinda i guess. He went down there initially to see where they were hiding so they could exterminate them. The camera panned down inside the hollow tree where you see all kinds of white wriggly things.. and then the back of woody's head and overalls as he is talking and eating. Then he lights a match down there and takes off and the tree burns up. Then I'm following them back to a house. It turns into me walking behind some women that are all dressed in black. A couple in perfect black lace bodices, perfect hair, makeup and so on. They all seem pretty mean. One of them had a tattoo on her back that was hot pink and I complimented her on it (it was unusual). Then one turned out to be Reese Witherspoon. She seemed mean but then had me follow her. Her hair was blond but she had about a couple inches of brown roots. She was a psychic and so was her sister. She wanted me to go to a counseling session with them. I went into a room that was all white with white furry floors. They sat on the floor and wanted me to join them. They kept talking to each other. They were treating me like I was "special." I had picked up something and was pushing the "right" button or something. Then two guys came in and they were also wanting to ask me questions and see what I was made of. It was odd. One was really nice to me and the other one was more into pushing my buttons to see if I would break. It was kinda of strange.

Cat Icons, super power school and new house

First one, a friend of mine was flying a plane around these ruins. The ruins were huge, like tall as skyscrapers and built around rock structures. They were very amazing. then I noticed the statues. They were all of cats, very stylistic. All different kinds of cats. In my dream I was really wanting to get down there to study them and more about the significance of the cats. Penny kept almost running into the rocks and structures though and laughing, so I wasn't sure I was going to make it to ever see them. Then we landed somewhere .. there was water. I was talking to some old man and we are talking about boats. He had me take a look at three that were on the water (like go and be on them and take a close look). I went over and he asked me what I thought of them. I said well this one isn't good but these two are not bad. I could tell because the ship had teeth around the edges (actual teeth) and you could tell that the one boat wasn't cared for. In the dream I meant cared for in a deeper sense. Like not just washed and kept up, but it wasn't loved. The person who owned it was empty.

Then I was in another dream where I was walking in the town I grew up in. I was walking near this park (which is actually where my grade school was). It was really pretty. It had a rock formation and was covered in ocean (although it was all confined to a park). People were out on boats and playing in the water. It was really nice. Then I saw this seal and her pup. They came over to me and hung out with me. Then I had to walk to school. It was a high school of sorts, but the teachers and students had powers or special skills. I was in a prep meeting for the teachers. One of them was new and she was invisible (she was also Glen Close). There was another instructor there that was invisible and as she walked by, he snipped off a piece of her skirt so he could study it and see how she was doing it. Chevy Chase was an instructor there too and he was at the front of the room with all the kids. He was filling his head with air and making it big and small to the beat of some music to make the students laugh. The students all had powers too but were learning to bring them out and/or refine them. I could float around everywhere and knew what everyone was thinking and doing.

Then I had another dream that my mom bought a house, but a wreck of a house. She sold a brand new one she had to buy one less expensive thinking it would be better and she could pay off debts. All it really did was make it so she had to spend more fixing up this place and/or buying things to make her feel happy because she wasn't.

Kitty hugs and 2-story tents

One I was with a little boy and he gave me a hug sort of. But it is like what a cat would do where they rub their face against yours. So he came up and rubbed his cheek against mine. It was sweet.

Then I had a dream that I was going to the beach or camping or... Well first I was on some farm, then a party was going to be held there for my birthday. My dad was there and he said he had a surprise for me. Then all these horses came and he said I could pick one for myself. There was a beautiful horse there that was gray, so I picked that one. Then came the camping thing... I was helping unpack the car. My dad/stepmom etc. were there and some friends of the family... a mexican family. They had two little girls and a boy. The tent was actually a house that you blew up like a balloon or a raft. It was two stories. The bottom floor had a couple rooms and a kitchen and the top floor had 3-4 bedrooms. The floor of the top floor in the landing/hallway was made of clear plastic and so was the roof, so light could be let into the bottom floor. Was kinda neat.

No idea what to call this one... long

was taking some boxes to this antique's estimator person.. and I had one box that was light blue/pink/lacey... kind renaissance-ish with odds and ends in it.. another very plain black box with an old flag and some things in it. She was going to see what everything was worth. Then I thought what a neat job to find old things and do the research of their history. Then I was seeing some guy. We were at the pool behind the house and there was white wool shag carpet all around the pool. The guy I was seeing was blond. He walked over with a bottle of red wine and poured a spot on the carpet near me on purpose to see if we could get the stain out (to see how careful we needed to be with the wine). Then I was telling him how to get the stain out. It finally all came out. Then we were swimming in the pool and there was a cartoon movie playing on the wall next to the pool (huge) and he was going on and on about how special this cartoon was to him and what the real meaning was behind the cartoon (which I don't remember). Then he had two kids all of a sudden and I was watching his kids at the pool. They were saying (now the pool had people all around it) that this lady had taken my towel, adn some other things of theirs. So I went over to confront the lady and she said.. boy that movie you were just watching.. that is worth hundreds and hundreds now.... I would sure like to borrow it. (she was really creepy and manipulative). Then I went into the house to get my boyfriend and in looking for him to tell him to make everyone leave the pool, it started another part of the dream. The house was huge. It used to be his parents. Lots of antique type things. The kitchen was really old, but the finest of everything at that time -type old. THere was an updated part of the kitchen and then I went around the corner (I was going to steam some potatoes) to look for a big pot and there was even an older kitchen with an aga (one of those ovens that stays on all the time). I came back out and there was an old man sitting and eating w/ the llittle boy kid. The little boy was eating bacon and sausages. Then there was a knock on the door and it was a woman wanting to be hired as a cook/maid/nanny. She seemed nice enough but there was a woman behind her that was miming her every move and at first had weird clown clothes on but then they turned into renaissance clothes. She was kinda like the woman at the pool. She was really cooky and we wanted her out. Ends up she was my bf's sister (which my bf changes later too). THen the next part the kids are walking home from school from across the street. There is a woman again (I think the same just dressed different) and I think she is like a cross walk attendant of sorts and a mom or teacher from the school. I see her daily and then one day the kids come in crying. This woman was telling them that if they don't find jesus and promise themselves to god they would go to hell etc. etc. So I went out and gave the woman what for...etc. Then there is sort of a gathering/party in the livingroom. All you guys are there and my brother and jean-luc and and and... and my bf is now a longer haired Tom Cruise ( I probably feel about tom cruise how you do about bill pullman). So everyone is sitting on this big couch (kinda like the ace hotel) and there is a huge almost imax screen in front of us and we are watching one of those "earth" nature films. It was really cool on Imax because it felt like you were falling off the edge of teh water fall.... or bobbing in the river and stuff. Jean Luc had us all stand on the couch so we would feel even more "there." and he would bump us in parts where it seemed appropriate. My bf went in the kitchen and I went in after him. He seemed to have the same affliction of his sister and he started going a little nuts and was trying to stab me with porcelain knives and then about any one he could find. No one was coming in to help, but then this old black man did. I ran to get more help and then the black man came out and said everything was ok. He had punched him in the stomach which woke him up a bit. THen he came back out in the living room trying to be all normal again, but he gave me the creeps. Whew.. that's it.

real estate

I had a dream last night that I was being driven around to look at homes for sale. This one was supposed to be magnificent and somehow in my price range. I went to go look at it and it was in a nice old neighborhood, up off the street and old and beautiful. Then we went inside and the whole thing had been gutted and turned into some sort of spa but.... not in a pretty way. I was kind of disappointed and was looking to see if I could turn it back to its original condition. A business was still going on in there and so I was also thinking maybe I should just leave them there and rent it as before and hold on to the property. They were all talking about the biz owner there and how wonderful she was. Like she had a magical personality and was an excellent manager. I saw her and she was a bit hippy-esque. Sparkles on her cheeks, a bit of a bud-induced-grin and she was in a dreamy state cleaning all the glass surfaces. It seems that she was checked out but she was actually going with the flow and her gut on most of her decisions and not worring about a thing and that is how it all went so successfully.

Inner Outer

Ok.. before I went to bed last night, I was thinking about how sometimes with people I don't know well, I can knee-jerk into people pleasing mode. Not in a servant, what can I do for you - kind of way, but in a... I can see how they think, know what they like, put myself in their shoes... and so I put my opinions on hold and kinda see their way for a while. In doing this, no one really meets "me." That is not why I do it, but that is an unfortunate result of it, besides spending a lot of time not being me.

Soo... my first dream I was in the late 17th century (going by clothing etc.). I was not low society, but not high society... I could mingle with the higher ones, and was friends with the lower ones. It seems in this dream I left my lower ones and grabbed the hand of a man that I would meet only to gain social status. But when I walked with him and talked, he was wearing scrubs and he ended up being someone I was very close to. He said things to me that were things we used to talk about years ago. It really touched me to where I started crying (and it actually woke me up). It was the kind of thing that was so touching and sweet that it made you cry.

The next dream I was with all these actor types. We were at some fun park of sorts or resort. All of us were staying in hotel rooms. I was the "dork" of the group. I wasn't as pretty, thin, witty, etc. etc. I was reacting off everyone and so was bobbling around never quite feeling myself. Was kind of a miserable feeling. Trying to see what they might like or want and catering to it... while on the outside, being myself.

So these dreams were kind of photo-negatives... the first one - my actions where against who I was, but I was completely steady on the inside. The next dream - my actions were who I was (in the dream) keeping to myself etc... - but I was all a jumble trying to see where I fit - on the inside.

Hmmm....

rock house

First I had to be in the lobby to make sure people were greeted when they came in the building. This was a boring job. Then I saw this girl that worked for us (in real life, I went to first grade with her, then again in 6th grade - she wasn't a nice girl). In this dream she had a medical condition that made her stomach get big. Then I was at an outdoor ?? festival/concert of sorts, but it was at a strip mall and in the street. We were talking about concerts that we had been to lately, and I said I went to Joan Jet and the Blackhearts. Then I needed to drive in a truck somewhere and a guy in a skateboard showed up behind me holding on to the back of my truck. Ended up I knew him. He was someone I went to high school with. I saw him in my rear view mirror. We had instant chemistry, a very nice warm feeling. Then he got in the truck and wanted to show me something. So we drove kind of out in the country, but it was more like the desert hills. We drove up to this house and went inside, it was a different kind of house. It was built into the mountain and rock, so that the inside walls against the mountain side were actual rock. It was pretty. We made out a bit and then his mother and brother and little cousins (little girls about 2 and 3) showed up. We got up quickly to make it look like he was just showing me the house. The mom started talking to me about her son, and why did I ignore him when I was in high school. I told her he had a bad reputation etc. She was trying to get us together. Then I looked around the house and they had this christmas tree that looked a little scraggley. It was where the whole family would come to spend Christmas... that was it.

oil slick and shoes

I had a dream I dressed up as an oil?? well more like the rainbow colors of oil for Halloween. It was kinda pretty.

Had another dream that I moved into some sort of living situation where many people lived in one building. You had rooms, there was management, curviews, etc. My mom worked there but she and I no longer acted like relatives. The walls of the rooms were all movable (sliding) and kind of like rice paper, but a little stronger. She had moved this guy next to me who in real life liked me but turned kinda sour since I wouldn't date him. He was kind of a pain in the dream. Later my mom dropped off a pile of shoes (shoes I guess I had left at her home a long time ago). Some were pretty neat, but all of them were too small. Some kind of?? less than classy gal came by my room and wanted all my shoes. I knew they would fit her and not me, but something about her thinking she could just have them bugged me. At one point I was taking a shower and was still on shampoo mode when they turned off the water. I wasn't even able to rinse. ....

hopefully today goes better than my dreams

Foot Long Penne

I was getting ready to go on some trip. I know I needed to pack, but I had no clue what time my flight was the next morning (not very me). I had a ride.. gal from my last job. I was in the bathroom taking my last pre-trip shower. I felt something in my nose and it was some penne pasta sticking out.. took up the whole circumference of my right nostril. I pulled on it and it kept going and going. When it all came out, in one piece, it was about 1 foot long and covered in some cooked spinach (ack). Then I saw something in my eye. It was spinach again (this time fresh) and I kept pulling out lettuce leaves, enough to make a side salad. Was kinda nutty.

Then I was hanging out with this guy that was an ex-boss (and my best friend in highschool's bf). It was kind of magical. Not romantic so much, but we just could sit and talk and we got each other.

Sara Jessica Parker

Dreamt that I was either driving to NYC from the west coast or driving to the west coast from NYC. Sara Jessica Parker was my good friend and she was giving me all these going away gifts (perfumes, trinkets, clothes, etc.). I kept looking at my watch because it was getting towards noon and I didn't want to be driving so late.

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Another dream. I was at my brother's house (but not really his house). He was having a couple friends (both girls) over for dinner and games. We were talking about who we knew in common.

Babysitting

Dreamt about a family gathering of sorts. I remember my dad, step-mom, his brother and sister, a field and organizing dates...

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Had another dream where I was watching a friend of mine's dog (a little min-pin-mix that looks like a chunky chihuahua). The neighbor woman (I was on a 2nd level of a low-income apartment plex) was Mexican and a single mom who had a little girl about the age of 5. Her daughter was supposedly scared of the dog, but turns out she did it for attention. I ended up watching her daughter for a bit and she was fine with the dog when her mom left. I wanted to keep her busy so was going to have her watch a movie while she colored (what a way to promote ADD eh?). I had a video of the Parent Trap (the original version) or some Disney cartoons. I decided on the movie because I don't think I could handle all the signing on the toons. She wasn't interested in watching it but was happy with the coloring. I played with her hair a bit and was twisting it on top of her head. She had the kind of hair you find on cheap off-brand Barbies... Bangs with a lock of long hair just glued to the perimeter of the forhead. I said "I should probably put your hair down so your head doesn't get cold huh?" and she nodded. ;)