Jeweleigha Dream

I dreamt that I was at home and I went to sleep in my room which was a treehouse and had my mom tucked me in and we talked or something. I forget about what. The next day I had to get up and go to church but I decided to go to church early without getting dressed or putting on a bra or combing my hair to do something and when I got there, Julia was there in a chef's jacket (except her's had red, not blue) and I was so excited to see her I hugged her so hard I knocked us down which was kind of awkward (see the part about "didn't put a bra on") but I don't think she noticed. Then I told her there was a little boy with a beret in Jim's office so we went to look/laugh at that. Then I had to go home and get dressed before church started. Somehow we ended up at the back of the church, which for those of you who are not familiar with it, it is shaped like a donut with the worship center in the center and classrooms all around it. But then some old ladies started coming in one direction so we had to run the other direction and it was sort of fun and adventure-y but for some reason I was also a little bit actually scared. I don't know if I was afraid of being seen all unkempt or that they would make me go to early service unkempt or what, but there it is.

Dream Journal is totally up to date now!

It starts out at Julia's house, or maybe my house but Julia's "family" is there. (In the dream, Julia's parents were not Ray and Karen, but Carmen and Dinyar, aka Anushka's parents) They are constantly going out to eat together, too. I start removing Christmas decorations. Then Julia turns into Casey as we leave. Casey and I are investigating or visitng a reality show produced and/or hosted by Donald Trump. It took place in a stair-step type pool inside a large warehouse type building with an large open doorway that led out to what appeared to be open water. When the contestants were voted off, they swam out into the watery abyss, obstensibly. In reality and after several good takes, they would go to an elimination station just out of sight. As we are standing there talking to Donald Trump, a guy silently approaches me and takes my hands and puts his bare feet on mine, as if to warm them up. Which I appreciate cause I'm pretty chilly. Then he holds on to my hand and starts to lead me away and I grab Casey and we walk like that out of the back of the pool (away from the never-ending ocean) into a mall and go down an escalator still holding hands I might add. At this point Casey turns back into Julia. We go to a place that is something like an information booth or a grocery store branch of a bank where Julia and her mom (really Anushka's mom Carmen) work. Julia is looking for something in the drawers and also fights with the guy on duty, who is possibly an ex-boyfriend. Unfortunately we don't get to explore this story anymore as at that moment, Carmen enters and starts complaining about how she's stuffed and hates energy. We turn back to the guy from the pool to find that he is actually a mentally retarded midget (MRM). We take him to a large fountain to play in cause we are pretty much at loss at what to do with him. A man is rowing a boat in the fountain yelling at a little girl. Julia and I know him and seem to have some sort of pre-existing relationship because I'm aware that he is a child talent agent. We hang out for a while still not knowing what to do with the MRM. Then we remember the talent agent's constant complaint that he can't find a child who won't grow up and decide to convince him he should adopt the MRM, since he won't really grow up. He asks us if we think he is "marketable" and we have to admit it would probably be only for a short time but we won him over anyway. We bid adieu to the MRM and left.

I Dreamed A Dream of Days Gone By

I had these a while ago, I can't believe I forgot to add them!

James and Julia
late July/early August 2006
I had this dream my first night in Paris. It was incredibly vivid. Julia was the protagonist, caught in a love triangle, torn between the Hugh Grant irresponsible play boy type and the Colin Firth quiet reserved reliable and mature guy. Initially, she picked the more exciting and romantic guy and soon became pregnant with Hugh Grant’s baby, but HG couldn’t commit. He would be in and out of Julia and James’ life. (That was the name of the most beautiful blond baby boy, even more so than Daniel, and just as smart as Christopher) One day, HG was supposed to pick up James from day care while Julia was at work. She came home to find that HG had not done this and she became so upset that she walked to the day care barefoot to get him and carried him home on a rocky red dirt path. (This image is seared into my brain, if I could, I would paint it.) She kicked HG out and finally realized that she truly loved CF and he was dedicated to her and they lived happily ever after.

Nathaniel and Me

probably 7th or 8th grade, when Rachel and I were hanging out a lot

I was swimming in an indoor pool which I had seen in an episode of Are you Afraid of the Dark? which is a show some of you old geezers may or may not remember from Nickelodeon back when had some decent kids programming, a long long time ago when tween stars kept their unwanted pregnancies private! But I digress. So this pool was used for some satanic ritual I believe but the episode never made it clear what was going on. Anyway, in my dream I was swimming in it and I see Nathaniel standing in a corner talking to an invisible dream person and I decide it will be hilarious to steal his belt. So I sneak up to him looking suspiciously like the white spy in "Spy vs. Spy". I may have even been doing that wringing of hands thing and snickering as sneaky people are apt to do then I do it. I grab his belt and run to the other side of the room. The belt is one of those nylon types with a cinch clasp, rather than a grommet. The belt buckle was Bob the Tomato, but he was a green tomato. However much to my chagrin, Nathaniel does nothing about it. He doesn't even notice! So after waiting for a while I walk up to him and say "um, hey, I have your belt." He turns around and says "Oh, did you need one? You can have it, I've got plenty."

Dreams Do Come True

Relient K dream numero uno

Sometime after November 20, 2005
I only know the date because, despite my best efforts, I never had a relient k dream until after I saw them live for the first time. In what I believe is the first in a series of relient k dreams, Julia, Katie and I were frolicking in a field with sheep. It was something like Chaffee park, part county fair. There were lots of kiddie rides and open spaces to in which to play. We got to the train and they got on but I wasn’t allowed because I was too old and it had taken off with them before they could get off (I say this only to stress that they didn’t ditch me. I would have been dream-pissed.) so I’m getting worried about how I will meet up with them again when Teri Hatcher shows up and promises to guide me through a series of tunnels which will eventually lead me to where the train ride ends, which is at a house where a pretty typical college-type party is going on. Not totally wild (not that I had or have any experience) but lots of red cups and people lounging about, ambient noise. I wander around the house a bit to find who, but all five relient k guys squeezed on a couch. In my dream, I felt like we were engaging in conversation and having a good old time but I seem to remember them more comatose. I think it was because, except for Hoopes, I really didn’t have distinguished personalities for any of them. I don’t think Matt Thiessen was there actually. If so, I didn’t notice him. Hoopes was prevalent.

Another relient k dream
Later, probably mid 2007
In this one, I am attending a relient k concert with my Dad. I’m aware of Julia and Katie and other friends being there but for some reason I am not with them. It is at a giant church, similar to the one I went to in Texas, mainly in that it had a balcony. I also believe it was geared towards children. The gist of the dream is that I missed most of the concert (opening acts and probably main event as well) because I was so obsessed with getting back stage and meeting the band. I should add that I was unsuccessful.

Yet Another

Closer to November, 2007

This dream occurred as I was getting really excited for the Nov. 2007 shows (little did I know then!) I was at a much harder concert than in the previous dream (not that these were consecutive. This journal is only loosely chronological, as best I can remember.) because I remember there being lots of sweaty people on the floor (I was at the back, not being squished) and it was dark, with a light show. Cindy was there, and so I assume her kids Matt and Cassidy. During a break, they tossed out t-shirts which apparently had the bonus of being a backstage pass. Cindy caught one but wouldn’t let me have it because she wanted to give it to her kids. Awake, I fully realize the legitimacy of this. During the dream however, I was kind of disappointed seeing as how I was right there and the kids were goodness only knows where. My waking relationship with Cindy has not been compromised. (Thanks to Katie for these actual photos of an actual concert that I was actually at. Actually!)