I'm attending an outdoor concert in a large open theatre (like the Greek in Berkeley). As i'm walking up some stone steps i see Eric Clapton standing at the top of some aluminum type bleachers. The 'bowl' is filled with people sitting on blankets on the grass and more aluminum bleachers behind them, filled with people. My goal is to get as close to the top as i can without being in the crowd so i can hear without distraction. I look further up the steps and see a large white tiger coming down the steps towards me and i freeze. It steps into the grassy area behind the 'stage' bleacher. I continue climbing, my goal is to get to a hedge that separates the 'stage' from the place where the tiger went. Before i can take another step though, another large cat - i think it's a lynx or a bobcat - comes walking down the steps past the hedge towards me. My heart is pounding. I don't think it would hurt me but i don't really know.
Wake up.
My first impression upon waking is that that venue is the same place i saw Stevie Ray Vaughan play once and i was trying to remember if that really happened or if it only dream happened. I'm pretty sure it only dream happened but really, what difference does it make? If i see a concert 'awake' or i see a concert 'asleep' it's still good. I've seen the Beatles in concert a dozen times asleep. Burned into memory just like it was real. It's like having extra bonus life where everything is free. ;o)
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