Save the whale!

Last night I was saving a small (size of a dog) orca whale with my dad. This whale could talk, and he was so adorable. He was very sad and just wanted to be helped. It's all a little bit fuzzy... but I do believe we set him free.

Then the dream transitioned to this very extensive obstacle course whose leader was yelling at me for not doing anything right. I was very anxious to get back to the cruise ship we'd started on. We had to get through lots of small spaces and walk carefully on small ledges, yikes.

I have recurring dreams about plane crashes and being on massive cruise ships. The plane crash is never actually a crash- I'm always on a plane that I realize has started spinning and I know it's going down, but I never freak out, I just accept that it's going down. But then it lands somewhere strange (like in the middle of a forest) and the adventure continues from there. The cruise ship dreams usually involve things going wrong, but there's always a part of it where I can feel how fast it's going. Intriguing!!

Tuna Half-pipe

It's August, so of course I dream about a snowy half-pipe. I was with Sara and she was telling me that if you're on a sled you can make it all the way around (the HALF-pipe). In my mind's eye the half-pipe was more of a 3/4's pipe, so I didn't think she was entirely insane. She hops on her sled face first and whooshes around just fine. I give it a shot and when I stand up with my sled to go, this massive snowy half-pipe had turned into something the size of a bathtub. I knew it wasn't going to be comfortable... or be successful. Also, my sled had become a gum wrapper. Things weren't looking good.

I looked at Sara and wondered how she hadn't gotten her sweatshirt completely dirty while doing this, then I looked and her sweatshirt was smeared all down the front. I knew it! But I decided it would be okay if my sweatshirt got dirty too. I went and totally scraped up my chin. As I came back from my failure Sara retroactively told me that I was supposed to keep my head up. DAMNIT! Another crucial part to the success of this maneuver was that you had to choose a meat when sledding. Where does my brain come up with these things?? I chose tuna for my next run. But then our friend Diane (who was the real Diane at all... it was some random Asian woman who barely spoke English. I'm not racist Diane, I swear) showed up; and in the dream she was a vegetarian, so I gave her my tuna. I chose some other meat that was even better and I didn't know why I hadn't picked it first.

The End.

Welcome to my subconscious

Ever since I've known about dreams they have fascinated me. I seem to have dreams that are more bizarre than anybody else I know... but I've realized it's probably that I am aware of them while others are not. It also is helpful that I remember them. I have wanted to start a blog about my dreams for a while and last night's dream was just too bizarrely random and specific to let go. So I decided to make it happen. Anyway, quick intro to welcome you to what will be my dream blog, A.K.A. the Drog.

Last night I was... somewhere, not sure where, driving around with a friend and we were looking for the gym. Gold's Gym to be specific (that's where I go in real life). We found it, and I noticed there were signs at each parking space that said either $1 or $2. I was pissed. You do NOT have to pay for parking at the gym. I was confused, but I figured, "Whatever, it's only a dollar." So I park and then the dream transitions to the spot where I'm supposed to pay. It's something like 3 huge pieces of plywood with bright orange spray paint. The spray paint lists hints or clues for how to pay. It's a play on words and there's a drawing of purses, and then some knees... I couldn't figure it out and was so confused (later somebody explained that it meant your knees are shaking. Of course, you know, that old chestnut). Anyway, the final part there was a little slit in one of the pieces of wood and another piece of wood was positioned in/against it and the spray paint directions said to push one piece of wood towards the other. It ended up making a noise that sounded like laughing. The entire thing was set up to make everyone who tried to pay... look stupid. All a prank!! HA!!

I could not figure out why I had this dream until this very second. As I typed I realized exactly why I had that dream. Yesterday I watched the clip of Monty Python's "Silly Job Interview." Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP0sqRMzkwo&NR=1&feature=fvwp

What a trip. And I'm mad at Gold's for laughing at me.