Dream Journal - 08/29/04

Another Disney dream. I dreamed I had somehow sneaked or slipped into Walt Disney World, or possible EPCOT Center. I remember standing around inside what (in my mind) was the "It's A Small World" ride, although it actually wasn't. More of a generic dark ride - cars on a track, people get in, travel up small hills and into tunnels.

I also remember wanting to ride, but I knew I needed to exit the park and come back in with a ticket, or my FastPass wouldn't work (a special line-cutting feature now available at Walt Disney World).

That's all I can recall. Usually my Disney dreams are more "epic" and vivid, but I must've woken from this one in the middle of it.

Dream Journal - 08/28/04

Pardon me if this seems a bit graphic. I had the first truly sexual dream last night that I can remember, especially since I started recording them in this journal. When I say sexual, I mean there was sex between me and a woman in the dream.

All I can really remember is it was me and yet another old friend of mine from high school. I haven't seen her in twenty years, probably, but I do remember being attracted to her in school. We were in bed in my old room at my parents house, and strangely enough my wife was asleep in the bed next to us.

I don't recall a lot about the actual, well, details, although I do know there were a variety of positions. It was also both oral and regular as well.

At one point, her face changed to the face of another woman I didn't quite recognize, but it changed back later.

What was odd was that while I remember the sensations somewhat, I don't recall getting physically stimulated in my sleep (you know what I mean). While I recall it being pleasurable, it was more like I was disconnected - watching myself and her on a movie and experiencing it vicariously, rather than actually being there "in the flesh".

I woke up pleased that I was able to "break through" that barrier, but at the same time disappointed I wasn't really able to enjoy it :(

Dream Journal - 08/27/04

I really wish my dreams would stick with me at least for a little while, so I can capture them on paper or this online journal.

Last night I had a pretty epic dream - I'll get to what I can remember of it in a second. But even moments after I woke up and began to recall it, whole sections had already begun to drop out of my memory. Ever watch a movie, and something happen to the reel so the film stops spooling through the chamber, but the light is still on? The light is so hot and bright, it immediately starts to melt the film. That's what my memory feels like on waking - like the movie of my dream is spooling along, and the hot light of waking up melts the memories away.

I think Sam and Al on Quantum Leap said it best - Sam's memory was "swiss-cheesed" because of his leaping through time. That's what my dream memories feel like sometimes.

Anyway, what I can recall:

I was shipwrecked with a group of people on an island. Running through my head was that I was in the middle of a modern-day "Gilligan's Island" remake, but it was a drama. As we fanned out to explore the island, we came upon what seemed to be a small school campus of buildings. All were deserted, and had been for some time. I remember the buildings containing school supplies, papers, etc.

SWISS CHEESE - SWISS CHEESE

I had started to watch "Raptor Island" on the Sci-Fi channel earlier in the evening, which starts off with a plane crash on a desert island, then later a group of soldiers land on an island. The movie was so bad I turned it off ;)

Dream Journal - 08/23/04

Two dreams recalled.

The first I was with a current coworker that I've dreamed of before, and she and I were working in a computer center of some kind. Eventually she leaves and begins IM'ing me through the PC, using an old kind of chat application - like Whoopi Goldberg used in "Jumping Jack Flash". Another co-worker was needing something to do with power cords...

The second dream was clearer. I had just finished attending a social event of some kind downtown in a large city. It was night time, and cool and damp as if it had just rained recently. An old female friend of mine - whom, strangley enough, I've also dreamed of before...and even more strangely has the same name as the girl in the first dream - was heading out and I offered to give her a ride home. She agreed, but needed to stop by her hotel downtown first and would be right back.

I dropped her off in front of the hotel and she got out. For some reason, I didn't want to, or was not allowed to idle on the street and wait for her so I began to circle the block.

I pulled into what seemed to be a parking garage. I could see the front of the hotel through the open spaces of the garage. I apparently wasn't paying attention to what I was doing and sideswiped one of two cars that were parked near the entrance.

I got out and began surveying the damage with the owners who happened to be nearby. For some reason, I was adamant that my friend not find out I'd done this.

The second dream was sparked by recent events. I actually did attend a social event with this old friend of mine, and we did ride together to and from the event.

Dream Journal - 08/16/04

I was with a group of college-age people, apparently out at a ranch or cabin in the woods. We were all friends, and a couple of the women I could tell were attracted to me. Several of the guys and I were out in the field playing frisbee, or football or something, and I had taken my shirt off to play. I could tell that I was getting some appreciative looks...

Now, I'm not buff by any stretch of the imagination. By the same token my upper chest region is probably one of my better features - so I've been told - so it wasn't that strange a thing to have happen.

When we finished playing, I went back to the cabin and laid down outside against a wall. Two of the women came over and laid down on either side of me, leaning on me. Both were beginning to get rather amorous - at least, until, I lifted my hand to show them my wedding ring and told them to remember I was married...

They stopped. And I woke up.

I also recall at one point I had lost a tooth - a canine, apparently - but it was long and pointed, almost like a very thin snake fang. I remember holding it in my hand and wondering why it was ever in my mouth...

Even in my dreams, my values are prevalent.

Dream Journal - 08/15/04

All I remember from a dream snippet is that I was arguing with my wife, and she was crying uncontrollably. I don't know what we were arguing about, or discussing.

I didn't like this dream.

Dream Journal - 08/12/04

I was watching an episode of Friends on TV. I don't recall the particulars of the episode (it may have been a memory of an actual episode, since I'm a fan, or it may have been made up entirely). At some point, Chandler (Matthew Perry), who is my favorite character on the show, gets a closeup and is looking at the screen and talking.

But his voice isn't coming out of his mouth - it's a dubbed voice, and whatever he's talking about has been re-dubbed to mention several locations in my town where I live. I got the idea that it had been done all over, so whereever people were watching, "Chandler" was talking about their town.

If that wasn't weird enough...

I dreamed I was robbing a house. I had gotten stuck in the house when the owners returned, so I sneaked in a door - turns out there were stairs leading down. I went down the stairs into an apartment below, fully furnished.

I messed around a little down there for a while, waiting for the owners to leave so I could escape when the door opened and someone started coming down the stairs.

Next thing I know, I'm dressed as a clown.

Yes. A clown.

And I'm leaning against the refrigerator in the kitchen, trying to appear as if I'm a mannequin or a dummy and belong in the room. I stand perfectly still while the owner (a male, same age as myself, but I don't recognize him) wanders about the downstairs. Eventually he comes over and looks at me (hey, doesn't everyone have a clown in their apartment?) And he realizes who I am. Curiously, he's not angry and we joke about it.

Soon after, my (real life) wife and a coworker of mine (female) come down the stairs into the apartment. I freeze again, and the three of them chat for a few moments. It appears my wife and co-worker are preparing to go somewhere, for they're gathering their purses together, etc. My wife comes over to me, studies me intently (I'm still trying to appear frozen) and pokes me on top of the head. She smiles slyly for a moment, walks away and starts to looks back.

I'm now writing in a checkbook (???) and suddenly stop again, freezing. She walks back over and says something to me that reveals she knows it's me. I relax, laughing, and in that flood of relief and emotion I wake up.

Dream Journal - 08/06/04

I really wish I had better dream recall. I just don't have the time to write detailed notes down in the morning... it's just impossible with the way my family goes about their morning business. I have to be dad too quick. I know sometimes I have very elaborate dreams that slip away like sand too fast...

Last night I dreamed something about riding in a car with people who had guns, and there was a shootout. And the back left tire blew. That maybe nothing more than my paranoia, because the back left tire on my car keeps leeching air.

Then I dreamed I was playing a video game - something like Asteroids, but in color.

????

Dream Journal - 08/02/04

Well, the dry spell has taken at least a temporary siesta. Last night's was fun, if confusing...

This dream seemed to have a reset button.

I dreamed I was in a large building with high ceilings like a huge Target or a supermarket. A crowd of people were inside, some sitting at tables, others lounging around. There seemed to be a lot of futuristic equipment inside. Oh yes, we were also being attacked by aliens.

Well, attacked is a strong word. Outside the building aliens were talking to us, making threats and demands. I and my trusty R2 unit (from Star Wars) were among the folks in the building.

Well, that's the background. Apparently I dreamed this part earlier in the dream because the part I actually recall is this:

I'm in the same location, at the beginning of the "scenario" - the aliens have yet to appear and start threatening us. But as it begins, I recall it having happened before and I realize it's a scenario - a live role playing game, or a holodeck. The action is not real, but I'm free to take part in it and play my role.

I recall getting up, grabbing what alternately became either a Laser Tag gun or a squirt gun, and disappeared into a maze of corridors where we all ran and shot at each other. The "James Bond" aspect was very life-like and very exciting.

At one point, I recall running into a medium height, dark-haired woman who was shooting at me as we passed each other. We then turned around to look at each other quizzicaly, as if we knew each other or there was some odd connection. I continued on through the corridors playing Laser Tag/water gun tag.

Eventually I emerged from the corridor maze back into the main area. People still all around. I sensed someone with me, behind me - another presence but I didn't look around to see and it didn't bother me. In front of me were several beautiful young women, and one started talking to me in an Irish accent. I said, in an Irish accent of my own, "Ah, you're Irish lasses?" They smiled and invited me to join their choir.

Yes, choir. I walked around behind where they were standing, and there were guys there too. One of them handed me a piece of sheet music, and they started to sing.

Now, this is wonderfully odd. I am a singer and musician, and an excellent sight-reader (meaning I can sing a song very quickly just by reading the music). I am also in a choir. What's amazing is that, although it's gone now, upon waking I could recall the tune of the music, and what the sheet of paper with the notes on it looked like. I even recall a particularly difficult couple of measures - but I don't recall ever hearing of seeing the song or the music before. Apparently I am composing my own music in my dreams. Awesome!

After the singing was finished, I moved on around the front of the room. I recall taking my R2 unit (which was smaller than life-size, actually it was the same size as the 3D Puzzle of him I have on my computer desk) and crouching in front of a table of people eating dinner, near the front of the building. They watched me quizzically as I listened to the aliens talk.

That's the end. What an interesting dream...

My interpretation: is this the beginnings of lucidity? In the dream, I live through the experience once, then live through it again. The second time I recognize it's not real but a role-playing game. Does this mean my subconsciousness is recognizing that dreams aren't real, and I can begin to participate of my own free will and not follow a "script"? More hope for the future...

Incidentally, I got in bed about 12:30 and slept like a rock until 7am.

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Interpretations:

Building: Dreaming of a building, represents the self and the body. How high you are in the building indicates a rising level of understanding or awareness. If you are in the lower levels of the building, then it refers to more primal attitudes and/or sexuality.

Invasion: Dreaming of an invasion, represents your need to be more assertive. Stand up for yourself and let your voice be known.

Aliens: When you dream that you are surrounded by aliens is an indication that you might be finding some difficulties ajusting to a new environment, new people or a new job.

Maze: Dreaming that you are in a maze indicates that you need to deal with the task on hand at a more direct level. You are making the situation harder than it really is. Alternatively, the maze may symbolize your life and its twists and turns.

Foreigner: Seeing a foreigner in your dream, represents an aspect of yourself that is unfamiliar or strange to you. You may be neglecting or ignoring some important feelings or talents.

Choir: Dreaming that you are singing in a choir, symbolizes spiritual harmony and balance. It also refers to your ability to work and cooperate with others.

Table: Seeing a table in your dream, represents social unity and the potential for a meeting or gathering. It refers to your social and family connections. If the table is broken or not functional, then it suggests some dissension in a group. Perhaps there is something you cannot hold inside any longer and need to bring it out in the open.

Dream Journal - 08/01/04

We were to pick up someone this morning for church. She lives at our local university, where I went to school some *ahem* years ago.

I dreamed I was driving down the main road that passed the residence hall where I used to live on campus (the same one she lives in now). The road was not exactly the right road, but in the dream I knew it to be correct. The sun was shining, the scene was idyllic - a sort of downtown small-town Americana, one of almost pristine cleanliness. As I rode down the street, I saw walking down the sidewalk one of my best friends from that time of my life. We waved cheerfully at each other and I drove on.

I passed the residence hall for some reason and continued driving down the road. At the end of the road, I encountered the "town square" and there was a traffic circle in the middle. As I drove around the circle, intending to head back the way I came I noticed the road that went back in the opposite direction I had just traveled was a different road. I looked down it and saw the buildings weren't quite as lovely, and were unfamiliar. I don't know if I then woke up or my dream changed because I refused to continue on down that road but that's all I recall.

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Interpretations:

Road: Seeing a road in your dream indicates your sense of direction and pursuit of your goals. Seeing a smooth road bordered by green trees and flowers indicates a steady progress and steady climb up the social ladder. If the road is straight and narrow, then it means that your path to success is going according as planned. If the road is dark, then it reflects the darker or more frightening choices which you have made or are making.

Friend: Seeing your friends in your dream means aspects of your personality that you have rejected, but are ready to integrate these rejected part of yourself. The relationships you have with those around you are important in learning about yourself. Additionally, this symbol foretells of happy tidings from them and the arrival of good news. Seeing your childhood friend in your dream means regression into your past where you had no responsibilities and things were much simpler and carefree. You may be wanting to escape the the pressures and stresses of adulthood. Consider the relationship you had with this friend and the lessons that were learned.