Plucking Plastic

I was at a beach party and there were little things poking out of my hands, the back of my palms, and as I plucked them out, they were long, toothpick-sized plastic and metal things. The more I plucked them, the more appeared. Some had blood on them. I kept standing them up in the sand. My friend Chrissy was nearby, sitting with friends. I called her over to see what was coming out of my hand. She said she'd look eventually. One of the pieces I plucked was bigger than the rest and had ornate paper cut-outs. When I got it out of my hand, I jostled it around a bit and found that it expanded into a paper lantern.

Baby in a Cereal Box?

I was visiting friends. The woman was feeding her newborn baby on her bed and the baby slipped down the bed, which was tilting at an angle. The mom caught the baby by the collar and we were all laughing about it. She continued feeding the baby and we were talking about what had just happened, when the baby slipped again, but this time out of sight. The husband and I were searching all over for the baby but could t find him. The mom kept saying "oh my god, the baby's dead, I killed the baby". I was beginning to think she was right and was starting to panic but then at the foot of the bed there was a cereal box and I grabbed it and shook it and all of a sudden the baby's head popped out confused but laughing.

London Calling

Was in London and I had a very rich grandmother. Jen Kagan and her mom had just bought a rental property there and I was telling my grandmother about it and she said I'll buy you one and you can rent it out. I was so excited. I told her it didn't need to be too big. The home we were staying in had 6 bedrooms.

Confusing Chemistry

Was instructed to come up with a lesson plan explaining certain engineering facts to students. I was very confused and wondered if I could somehow do a presentation using the periodic table and focus on hydrogen gasses, of which I know nothing about but was willing to research. I was thinking something along the lines of hot air balloons and then was thinking about helium and how to explain how it worked.

Meow, Meow...

I was in Hollywood and it was late and I had to use the bathroom. I knew my friend Katie was out of town, so I decided to sneak into her apartment to use the bathroom. When I walked in, her cat was sleeping in its bed near the kitchen, and barely batted an eyelash at my appearance. 

After I used the bathroom, I noticed another cat - it was tri-colored, really big and had fur like a sheep. It also had a blue, large patch over it's eye. It was extremely affectionate. I didn't understand what it was doing in her house, but then I remembered that she said she had been interested in adopting another cat. I figured she got it right before she left. 

I looked around and noticed there wasn't much water left in the bowls, so I filled up a water bowl, but then noticed on the kitchen counter was all these plastic containers and I got confused as to which one was the original water bowl  Some of the containers had tomatoes growing out of them. I realized I'd have to tell Katie that I snuck into her apartment.

Hologram Failure

I was at some sort of fair with my mom. The most popular attraction was a hologram depicting a bunch of people eating at an outside table. We ran over to that exhibit. There was a long line but we finally made our way to the front. We wanted to see the girls at the head of the table, which I think were Obama's daughters. By the time we got there, it wasn't working; the girls weren't moving. I pressed the buttons next to them, as did my mom, but no luck. My mom asked me to go back to the ticket counter to explain it wasn't working, but I said, "No, there has to be a way to figure this out."

A Trip to the Hospital

 

I had to get some sort of medical testing done. Went to the hospital and the nurse was Marni (colleague) and she said I had to do a 2-hour test that would test levels of depression. She said doctors were finding that depression was the link to many illnesses. I rolled my eyes and sarcastically said "Really?!" They would put a patch on my palm. Initially, she made it sound like they were going to have to put a clamp on my jaw, so I was relieved when I heard otherwise. We had to pour olive oil on my palm for the patch to stick.

I said I wanted to go get something to read, and we all headed outside to Jennifer’s (sister) van. I picked up 2 books from the floor of her front seat and as I was doing that, a guy was moving his car and drove it into my car, which was parked nearby, and then into Marnie’s. He looked at us before zooming away. I caught his license plate number: 4FV 2N2, I kept repeating it. I spilled some olive oil on my blue shirt. Jennifer’s van had changing colored lights inside.

Mane Line

Dream #1

I was navigating some sort of subway system in another country. I knew there was going to be a bombing and I was trying to find a train to get home. I think I was in Russia. I was frantically searching maps from an underground tunnel, and I remember there was a blue line and a red line.

Dream #2

My brother-in-law was in need of a publicist and I was scrolling through my emails to find names that I'd been given. One was Michael at M.A.N.E Productions, but when I looked closer I realized it was M.A.N.D Productions. I gave him another name from my list, too. I wasn't sure what he needed them for.

No New Tale to Tell - 5/1/14

Last night I dreamed I grew a long tail. Then I cut it off with scissors.

I believe this is because I started a new novel, a new tale.

But I think Freud would have a different take.