Saturday, February 9, 2008

TVLand Infiltrates My Dreams



The first dream I had was a semi-recurring dream. I feel sure I've had it before. I'm at Katie's house, somehow I know it's Katie's house even though it doesn't look anything like her house. I'm in a jacuzzi style bath for most of it. How I know what is going on in the rest of the house, I'm not really sure. I know Andy Taylor and Opie also live there but no Aunt Bea. Helen Crump and Thelma-Louise, who is now her sister, come at Andy's invitation to dinner but they make fun of the Taylor's simple, country ways because they think they are most sophisticated. Opie overhears and tells me about it in a mildly upset way. Then the Golden Girls show up, as well as Maude who falls in love with Dorothy, even though they are slightly disturbed to find out they are lesbians. Upon waking, I realize they are actually the same person but, in my defense, Bea Arthur is so mean and cranky that she should really only be married to Bea Arthur. Then, Helen realizes she's fallen in love with Andy and is sorry for the being a bitch.




In the second dream, I was home from school and had decided for some reason, I believe on behalf of my brothers, to infiltrate Cal High and pretend to be a student. I dressed in the navy sweater and blue plaid skirt that was the new uniform for Cal High. My brothers and a whole bunch of other kids (new siblings?) got in a long, old-fashioned convertible to be driven to school by our chauffer. Literally a chauffer. We get onto Palmer and I realize, I will probably be recognized by teachers like Kinavey. So, I tell the chauffer to stop and get out. I tell him that he's to tell my parents that I went to school, so they would think I was at Cal High when really (for who knows what reason!) I had decided to sneak to Fresno and back. So while not technically a lie, I was still sneaking out. I think the chauffer was pretty ambivalent about the whole thing and drove the rest of the kids to school.

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