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Dream fragments from last night.

I’m going somewhere to meet somebody. As i walk up a long, wide corridor i realize i’m cold and forgot to wear the jacket to the suit i’m wearing. The suit is made of light blue brushed denim. The jacket that goes with the skirt is the same material but also has silver studs on it. [this is like a pantsuit i had when i was in middle school – very seventies style that made me feel like i was Sgt. Pepper or a character in the yellow submarine movie. Large roundish lapels with a semi-military cut] I realize i don’t remember where the jacket is but just then Tee approaches me in the corridor and tells me i should follow her back to her office because i left my jacket there. I wonder at that because it’s been years since i’d seen her but as i think about it more i realize that it really has been years since i’d worn that suit. We get to her office. Outside of her office are school desks lined up in rows. Four across and six or seven deep. I know some of the people sitting at the desks as systems co-workers from a long time ago. Tee shows me a large cardboard box and tells me i’ll find my jacket in there. The box is full of articles of clothing, like some kind of lost and found box. I remove several items before i find my jacket. I pull out the jacket wondering it i’ll be able to wear it still or will it too wrinkled to wear. Then i wonder if it’ll even fit me after so long. I put it on and it seems just fine.

I’m walking along a sidewalk with Scott. We’re going to a shopping mall (not my usual shopping mall though) to have dinner and see a movie. We reach the bottom of a long escalator and ascend. As we’re going up i realize i’m chilly and wonder how i could’ve forgotten my jacket (leftover bit from the previous suit dream). When we’re about half way up to the top i see a couple on the other escalator descending. I mention to Scott that ? and ? are just leaving. [i think it was Scott and i descending on the other side too]. He doesn’t seem interested. We get to the top of the escalator and there’s the movie theatre window. I want to buy tickets for the next showing of Harry Potter but the times aren’t listed. As i say something to the woman ticket seller about not being able to see the times, Scott says something sharp to me about waiting or being patient. I realize the ticket window is just now being opened and the woman is getting things set up. The times appear on the electronic board in front of me and i see that the first time (3:25) has already passed. I start to buy tickets for the 4:40 show but realize it’s already started (the current time on my watch is 6:30) so i asked Scott if the 7:30 show would be okay. He says yes and that we could get something to eat before hand. We leave the ticket box and walk across a bridge like structure into the mall. The first restaurant looks like a good place but when we step inside it’s really a casino and there are lots of people at round tables. It’s dark. Each table has a candle in the center and the light makes the faces of all the gamblers visible although every thing else is in shadow. I think the cards are Tarot but can’t really see what they’re playing. I don’t want to stay so Scott and i go into a cafeteria style restaurant next door. I don’t really like cafeteria style and wished it was a sit-down restaurant but i know we need to eat so we take our place in line.

I loved that suit! I thought i was very hip when i wore it. Circa 1972 i guess.