Monday, April 5, 2010

Fur Hat; Married

4/5/10

I'm in the country in the dead of winter at night. I'm going from house to house, looking for somewhere I can crash. I'm not too concerned. I remember my friend J is staying at his parents' nice place and said I could come by. I do. It's kind of stodgy and dark, and full of overstuffed furniture and books. I come in for a while and feel a little awkward but it's not bad. There are pets. Dogs and cats. J comes in. He's come back from a trip. He's wearing a big fur hat, like the Orthodox Jews in Williamsburg. He's wearing a fur coat too, so I know he must have come from somewhere cold.

We discuss plans for the future. I realize I don't have things planned out very far and that we should probably get married. I know I'm not too excited about it but it won't be bad. I wonder what it will be like to sleep with him. We kiss and it feels kind of mushy, like wet bread. I'm not impressed.

We're on a boat with lots of his friends. They're nice but I'm mostly thinking I'd like to go back to sleep or be alone.

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Travel Lodge; Cat; Dream Journal Sketch; Phone Scam; Quiet Train

4/4/10

Traveling and exotic places

A vacation lodge with european or touristy families around. I'm there with my southeast asian boyfriend. I rough up his hair and he looks at me bemused and a little annoyed. There's a skinny lost cat there. I pick it up and it clings to me piteously. Its claws dig into my sweater and skin.

Trying to read messages on my cell phone. I know they're coming from scammers.

I look in my dream journal. There's a very accurate pencil sketch of a dream I've had where I'm an old woman, in the colonial past, doing some work. I'm older but pretty and I'm wearing my round glasses.

On the subway platform. Someone is playing a familiar but annoying song. Billy Joel? Grateful Dead? I see old shopping bags around and I know I left them behind. I look inside and see a bunch of grapefruits. I think to myself, I love grapefruits! Why would I leave them behind? But the train pulls up, and although it's not my normal train I realize it's a special that's going to whisk me back to Greenpoint. At the last minute the doors open again to let an old lady on and I leap on too. The woman in front of me turns around and asks if I find it noisy. I say yes, and offer my ear plugs. I'm surprised and a little annoyed when she takes me up on the offer. I rummage in my linen bag and finally find them. As I'm handing them over, a piece of plastic sticks to one and I gently peel it off. The old lady looks disgusted and hands them back. I'm annoyed but gratified to have thwarted her. She wipes her hand on one of my grapefruits.

Successful Lucid Dream

4/2/10

Very powerful lucid dream. I'm in bed with C. I can direct his kisses on my neck and face.

This is the most successful lucid dream I've had. I was able to:
*Recognize I was asleep
*Control the action in the dream
*Feel everything vividly