alternate reality

I think this dream is a result of the Orca incident at Sea World a few weeks ago. The setting is a type of water park but there are just lots of open swimming pools and people milling about. Each pool has a sea creature in it but there aren’t any signs so you don’t know what’s in the pool until you get right up close. I’m concerned that the great white is going to leap up and grab somebody from the side of the pool. I stay nearby taking pictures and to try and alert people about the shark. A girl goes up to the edge of the pool and the shark jumps up just as i snap the picture. It doesn’t eat her though. The scene morphs into a kind of rustic restaurant. The roof is made of banana leaves and all the inside walls are giant bamboo. Me and Blade and several other people are sitting at a wooden picnic table waiting for the food to come. I pull out the picture of the girl and the shark (it’s the traffic girl) and show her how good the picture is. In the picture she’s looking directly into the camera and the shark face (with all its great white teeth) is right behind her shoulder so it looks like the shark jumped up to pose for the picture and has a big smile. I hand the girl the picture and says “This would be perfect for a father’s day card” and immediately feel very sad i said it and pull her to me in a hug.


A bunch of classmates from high school have planned a field party for the end of June and i’ve been thinking about the logistics so this dream is a direct result of my fretting about whether i’ll trust my car to get me there. In the dream, i’m in a room full of people, like a class, and it’s just letting out. I can't see. Everything is blurry and i'm worried that i'll need glasses but then i remember to take off my reading glasses and can see clearly again. I leave the room and realize i’m in the mall i go to sometimes in dreams. As i walk down the corridor to get to the elevator i find myself window shopping and thinking about how i’m going to get to Virginia and worrying about my vision. I find the elevator and get on. It’s got a bunch of well-dressed business women riding in it. They’re all around my age but i feel completely out of place like i’m a kid. When the doors open i’m in a new car lot and decide i need to buy a new car to drive to Virginia. The man in the suit shows me some cars but i only want the small blue car with a white racing stripe. It might be a mini or some kind of VW. It’s pretty tiny. Smart car? I buy the car and i’m excited to be flying down the highway knowing my car won’t break down. I arrive at the field party feeling good about myself and my new car and i’m happy when Jimmy and Sharon admire my car.


A simple wish fulfillment dream. I’m sitting on a very comfortable armchair within a round, sunken living room. There’s a large stone fireplace on the wall that makes up one side the sunken area and a crackling wood fire is burning within. Is this place a ski lodge maybe? It’s very homey feeling and a bit “western” seeming with deer horn lamps. A ranch? A Bear Rock?! A man (?Blade) is sitting across from me on the matching couch, telling me a story that is funny and we’re both laughing so hard that tears are coming out of our eyes. Some other people join us in the sunken living room. I don’t know who they are but the man seems to and greets them. We continue to talk and laugh and the fire is just right. I feel completely safe and “at home” in the dream.