Pippin/Kitty

Was going to see the play Pippin again, but this time, along with my friend, I brought my cat, Percy. I remember thinking it wasn't the best idea. We were early, and there was nobody in the lobby so Percy jumped up on a chair, got comfy and fell asleep. I thought it was all well and good now, but once the crowds started entering, she was going to feel anxious. Then I worried that she'd meow so loudly that it would interrupt a song. I decided to put her back in my friend's car, but realized I needed to buy a crate for her to sit in while we watched the show. 

Fraud

Was at a college sponsored event, and some singer/magician was coming to perform. It was standing room only. Rumor was that Kate Bush was going to show up. The crowd was excited. I was in the front row, and when I leaned over to tell a friend I couldn't wait to see Kate Bush, she whispered that she knew for a fact it wasn't Kate who was opening.

Suddenly an announcement came over the speakers introducing the person. I didn't recognize her name but I watched as she wheeled out in a wheelchair. Meredith (a friend) who was also nearby ran out to the stage to help the wheelchair bound woman, and all of a sudden she pushed Meredith out of the way and stood up on her own and started dancing and heading to the microphone. It was all part of her act. 

Meredith was furious and ran out of the venue, and I could see through the windows that she was upset. The performer started playing the guitar, and through the windows I could see Meredith calling out for her mother.

Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?!

I was teaching and having to scream over all the talking. Two students brought babies into class, and others were doing their art in the middle of the table. I was trying to lecture on a reading assignment. Nobody was listening. 

One of the students stood and started packing up her stuff. She walked out the door but before she officially left, she said, "Ms. Clark? Could you remind me what's due next week? I have to leave early," and I said, "It's the midterm next week." She had tons of stuff she was carrying out of the room. One thing was so giant it looked like a body bag. She was Latina. As I was lecturing her about leaving early, another student, an older guy, came up to me. She left, and he started asking me questions about the students and asking why there were so many babies in class today, and I was getting really furious at all the noise and everyone misbehaving, and then he kissed me, and I said, "Y'know, that's just part of the misbehaving, you can't kiss me." I wasn't sure if the other students saw. 

Then I went back to the table and at the top of my voice yelled that they had to put everything away, all scissors, all colored paper, all art, everything. The guy who kissed me was on one side of me, and a girl was on the other. I picked up their hands and was going to make a joke about the unions, a la Sally Fields, but then the three of us started singing, "Can you hear the people sing..." from Les Miserables and we were marching in place, singing at the top of our lungs, and the guy leaned over and kissed my cheek, and I squeezed his hand and said, "You did it again..."

An Interesting Team of Dentists

Jenny McCarthy, Oprah Winfrey and policeman were my dentists. I had to have an emergency appointment. We weren't in a dental office, we were somewhere outdoors on Santa Monica Blvd. in West L.A. Jenny was scraping stuff off my teeth while Oprah acted as her assistant. At one point the policeman had to put those little foam tubes into my mouth. They were yellow and looked like ear plugs. I was gagging as he put them in. He was getting impatient. Oprah kept cheering me on. Jenny told me there was a patch of white on my bottom tooth that I'd have to get checked out by another dentist.

Bar Reunion

I was in the Oakland/Berkeley area having lunch with an old friend (Terry) from graduate school, when I thought I noticed another friend (Cathy). I finally realized it was her, just as I caught a glimpse of her son who was peering at me through the bar. He yelled at his mom, "I think I see your old roommate" and I stood up and joined Cathy around the corner of the bar. 

We hugged hello and it turned out she had 4 kids, all boys. The one who spotted me, joined us and was explaining how he recognized me. Slowly the other three came around. They were all really cute. Two were from her first marriage and two were from her second. One of them asked her to check his diaper, even though he was too old for a diaper. She went along with him anyway and pulled back his shorts. This seemed to be an inside joke because they were both laughing. 

We were trying to figure out the last time we spoke and I said something like, "You're not on 'the book'", meaning Facebook. She said life had been really hard and that she'd divorced her first husband and then eventually married again and had two more kids. She walked me back to the bar to meet her new husband. He was cute, young and friendly. We shook hands and then I walked back to the original area. I was telling her that maybe now was the time for our tv show that we'd come up with when we were roommates. I told her about a promo for a new show I'd seen called "Black-ish", and she agreed now might be the time.

Is This a Dream?

My sister was at my home, and I walked into the kitchen and there was cat food ALL over the floor. I couldn't understand how it got there and I was cleaning it up as she walked into the hall to ask what was going on. I said I was so perplexed and didn't know how all the cat food got on the floor and then I realized it might be a dream, so I said to her: "I think this is a dream!" and she reached her hand out to help me stand up and said, "If it's a dream, you won't feel my hand" and I didn't feel her hand and then I awoke!

The Tide is High

I was looking out on the beach and saw a giant wave form and crest, knocking a wedding off kilter. The bride and her bridesmaids were running up the beach to stay dry. Some of their friends were trying to move the tent, with dinner set up, to higher ground. 

The scene became more and more chaotic. The tide was really high and waves were now crashing into my home. I couldn't believe how aggressive they were. Water was getting all over my wood floors. Neighbors were going nuts. Someone started trying to put pieces of wood planks over the windows. There were tons of people in my apartment - some strangers, some neighbors, and some people from the wedding party. I noticed a gift box, probably for the wedding. There were trinkets in there as well as someone's passport. I decided to save it and I'd hopefully call the person once it subsided. Percy, the cat, was standing on her hind legs and meowing for me to pick her up. The waves kept coming.