Thursday, April 23, 2009

Nightmarish qualities

When I was a kid I had a dream dictionary. I used to have some very vivid dreams, so I thought deciphering them through the dictionary was a great idea. I would wake up after dreaming and write every detail I could remember, before the dream slipped, into a little notebook beside my bed. When I was finally awake for good, I would decipher what my dreams held and write the interpretations below the dream in the book.

I came across that notebook this weekend and brought it with my to NJ to read over and have found it quite amusing.

On July 8th, 2000 I had a dream about riding elephants through the rain forest after quite some time, and getting unusally wet, the elephants started to turn colors, and run fast. We abruptly stopped in the forest by a winding river only to have the forest floor drop and me and my sister fell like Alice through the rabbits hole. things whizzed by our heads as we fell, but my eyes caught only the glittering gold of items that were passing. I felt like I was in a tunnel of gold, as I started to get wrapped by a glittering cloth. I fell asleep as it happened, and right into a normal bed.

the interpretations of this dream was that my life lacked adventure, I was struggling with my identity, things were going to change in my life, and I was scared of facing parts of my future.

I think it is funny because that was a generic description for everybody's life, and as a teen I thought it was the most insightful thing ever. I have ordered my mother to find the book and burn it. Crazy people trying to make money off a sucker like me!

2 comments:

Murphy's Freshman Composition Blog said...

What a great dream though. I'm kinda jealous of those who dream. I don't, or don't remember them. What's the word on the job?

Jessica said...

he will find out soon, we have to wait for an interview to finish up this afternoon, and then he can find out what their decision is. Probably by Early next week.