What have you been dreaming about lately?

[Gadget nee Jemcheeta]

Ahhh Chochiyo, your pun is like my cup of coffee in the morning My subconscious is giving yours crepes right now, with strawberries. It's not my fault if your subconscious isn't sharing

[ChoChiyo]

Darn subconscious, hogging all the crepes to itself. I'll fix it!

I won't take my medications or report in for my shock treatments! That'll show it who's boss!

Bwa ha ha!

(kidding--kidding, I wouldn't miss my shock treatments! They are the highlight of my day!)

(seriously, kidding)

[Reisheiruhime]

Self shock treatment: Lick an electrical outlet.

[ChoChiyo]

I dreamed I was in some kind of military compound. This was like a huge building. With lots of hallways that you could see when doors opened, but you weren't allowed to go outside of this one hallway and the few rooms that opened off it. There were a lot of soldiers there, but they were very young, as if it were a military academy rather than an actual military facility.

There were a whole bunch of civilians there, mostly old men, women, and children. We had all been brought there, but we were only allowed in one hallway and three or four rooms off of it. I had no memory of getting there. (They probably drugged us and brought us there--stupid military). I don't know how long we had been there, but it seemed as though it had been a significant amount of time. Days, at least.

I kept asking why we were there and this soldier who wasn't the top ranking soldier, but was like a middle rank dude, said, "It is for your own protection, ma'am."

And I said, "Protection from what?"

And he said, "I can't tell you that, ma'am, it's classified."

And I said, "So, in other words, we are kidnapped by you, and held hostage."

And he got kind of pissed and said, "Not at all. This is a matter of national security."

And I said, "This is a matter of horseshit. I want to know where I am and WHY I am being held here."

And he said, "I cannot divulge that information."

And I said, "Well, who CAN divulge it?"

And he said that his superiors were unavailable.

And I said that they damn well better GET available or I was going to sue the ass off of everyone.

Then they made me go into a room all by myself and sit on the floor.
After a while a whole bunch of people came in and this young soldier dude passed out paper and pencils and started lecturing us about a whole bunch of stuff. I was pissed and refused to listen.

Then he asked people to write down some information. I saw everyone was writing, but I had no idea what they were writing about. And I picked up my pencil because he was watching me to see what I did, and I could tell by the look on his face and the way he was sitting that he was extremely pissed because, I suppose, I had challenged his authority.

So, I started scribbling something on the paper, and he came storming over and demanded to know why I wasn't writing the responses to his questions.

I said, "DUH! I'm contemplating my answer! This is serious, isn't it? Don't you want me to write the CORRECT information?" (Of course, I had NO IDEA AT ALL what I was supposed to be writing). So I started writing a bunch of B.S.--convoluted stuff like: "And so the nature of this issue, being as serious as it is, needs careful consideration....."

And he knew I was just B.S.ing, and so he called two other guys in uniform over and said something about me being "insubordinate" and I said: "How can I be insubordinate!? I'm not even in the stupid, sucky military, you morons!"

Which, of course was a very stupid thing to say.

So, they dragged me into this really tiny room and slammed me into a chair and told me to sit there and shut the F up.

And I said, "I am an American citizen, and I have rights. You have no right to hold me without informing me of the reasons for it! And I should be allowed to contact an attorney if I am being held for something criminal. Which is impossible since I haven't done anything wrong."

So, the original guy comes in and says that this is serious, and I damn well better take it serious, and if I didn't, they were going to have me caned!

And I said, "I don't think you have the authority to do something that barbaric."

And he said, "Look around. Do you see any lawyers or civil rights activists in here?"

And I thought, "Holy Shit! These guys are insane. And I have pissed every one of them off!"

They left me alone in that room for a long, long time. And I just sat there wondering if they really would attempt to do that to me, and how I could fight back (not much, I'm afraid) if they tried.

The dream went on for a while, but I don't remember much about that. I don't think they ever caned me though.

[Loredoctor]

I dreamt Brinn went to a Thai restaurant and wrestled with a giant boa-constrictor in a glass cage.

[CovenantJr]

I dreamed that I was in a Catholic church, at the front, near the priest. The congregation seemed a bit like a Jerry Springer audience. Beside me was a grey stone statue of a woman who appeared to be Mary. A woman in the congregation leapt to her feet, pointed at the statue and yelled at the priest, something to the effect that having it there was blasphemous. Directly behind the priest was a life-size hollow statue of Jesus, possibly ceramic, with a disproportionately large head and Weeble-esque body, painted clumsily in skin tones and white robes, with a very poorly daubed moustache. The priest gestured at the Jesus and said "But you don't have a problem with Bob" then took up a staff and starting performing random miracles. After a while, the strain of the miracles caused the roof to collapse.

[I'm Murrin]

I dreamed that I was in a Catholic church, at the front, near the priest. The congregation seemed a bit like a Jerry Springer audience. Beside me was a grey stone statue of a woman who appeared to be Mary. A woman in the congregation leapt to her feet, pointed at the statue and yelled at the priest, something to the effect that having it there was blasphemous. Directly behind the priest was a life-size hollow statue of Jesus, possibly ceramic, with a disproportionately large head and Weeble-esque body, painted clumsily in skin tones and white robes, with a very poorly daubed moustache. The priest gestured at the Jesus and said "But you don't have a problem with Bob" then took up a staff and starting performing random miracles. After a while, the strain of the miracles caused the roof to collapse.

[dennisrwood]

my dad, a lot. the best?

my wife and had split up for some unknown reason.
i was desperate to prove my love for her. so i went about the city. (my hometown of Concord, NH crossed over with NYC) i don't remember the first two items i had to find, one might have been a poem. but two women, who i can't remember, helped me to find them. i had to find our rings as i had pawned them. but i searched every pawn shop in the city. the deadline to find them was at midnight. and that was fast closing in. i sat on the curb sobbing, i was going to lose my wife. a cab pulled up, my dad was driving. i was shocked, he said "dennis, get in" he took me to a little pawn shop i had missed. he gave me money and told me to go in, our rings were there! i got back into the cab and he took me to our highrise. i told him thank you and that i loved him. he said he knew and that he was proud of me. then he drove off. i raced to our apt, gave her the 1st two items, then the ring. i said i was sorry, she did as well. we told each other that we loved each other. we kissed.
and then i woke up.

[Myste]

That's a lovely dream.

[Leonard Nimoy]

I wish my dreams ended that nice, but they have been dark lately. I can't remember any details right now, but I do know they have been full of hurt. It's probably just the divorce I'm going through.....

[Thomas Covenant]

I have been having the same dream for about 4000 years now... it's not very nice... I'm dead.

[Queeaqueg]

I had a dream

[Furls Fire]

I dreamt of Zia last night while I dozed in a chair. She was with a beautiful woman that I knew instantly as her biological mother who died of AIDS soon after Zia was born, a woman who I had never met. Zia was older, standing next to her mother and holding her hand. The light around them both was pure white, and that was all there was.

Zia smiled at me then and said in a voice that rang with music.

"Look who I found, Mommy. Stephen led me to her. I'm happy that I'm here."

Words failed me, I just cried tears of joy. And then, her mother spoke, "ke a leboga" which means thank you.

Zia then said "tsamaya sentle"...goodbye.

They faded from view then and my brother's voice whispered. "peace, Tracie. They suffer no more."

I woke with tears of joy running down my face. My baby has found her mother and they are happy.

[Loredoctor]

I dreamt of Zia last night while I dozed in a chair. She was with a beautiful woman that I knew instantly as her biological mother who died of AIDS soon after Zia was born, a woman who I had never met. Zia was older, standing next to her mother and holding her hand. The light around them both was pure white, and that was all there was.

Zia smiled at me then and said in a voice that rang with music.

"Look who I found, Mommy. Stephen led me to her. I'm happy that I'm here."

Words failed me, I just cried tears of joy. And then, her mother spoke, "ke a leboga" which means thank you.

Zia then said "tsamaya sentle"...goodbye.

They faded from view then and my brother's voice whispered. "peace, Tracie. They suffer no more."

I woke with tears of joy running down my face. My baby has found her mother and they are happy.

That's so beautiful.

[Furls Fire]

"We meet again the souls lost to us in life. And they are more than familiar, they embody the love and light of the Lord. That is Heaven." --Stephen

[Gadget nee Jemcheeta]

NOW wrote

I wish my dreams ended that nice, but they have been dark lately. I can't remember any details right now, but I do know they have been full of hurt. It's probably just the divorce I'm going through.....

I know it's not the same, but when my girlfriend of 2 years had a temporary split, I was having the most awful dreams, and waking up feeling like I was more exhausted and unstable than when I had fallen asleep.

[SoulQuest1970]

I had a dream last night that I had to take my new puppy outside 4 times during the night and most of the time she only played instead of doing her business.

No... wait...

That was NOT a dream! lol

Mommy was not a happy camper. Thank GOD for toddler play yards and cotton balls (for my ears).

Oh and Clorox clean up.

[Leonard Nimoy]

I know it's not the same, but when my girlfriend of 2 years had a temporary split, I was having the most awful dreams, and waking up feeling like I was more exhausted and unstable than when I had fallen asleep.

Yeah, I think it's like that. I'm unstable emotionally, but not in a criminal way; just wild mood swings.

[Gadget nee Jemcheeta]

Ditto. And Boy, do I hate winter. Everything gets worse in the winter time.

Especially my girlfriends delusions and mood swings. But oh, but oh, what we do for love.

[Alynna Lis Eachann]

I had a dream about someone else screwing up - not showing up to class all semester and then making a last-ditch effort right before exams. I don't know who it was, but it wasn't me, and that is all that counts. I've had enough dreams about me doing stupid things.