Dreams November 2003

"Free Meal Ticket" I was a student along with Gloria and Ursula in a late-night class taught by Ms. Dale.  The classroom was relatively dark except for scattered candlelight.  The room reminded me of an expensive restaurant.  Ms. Dale asked our class a question, so I raised my hand to answer.  After answering the question I was told that I had just won a coupon for a free meal.  I inspected the coupon immediately after Ms. Dale handed it to me.  It was a piece of tan marbleized paper with "free meal" written on a line in the center in black calligraphy.  As I was wondering how to redeem it Ursula began making jealous comments while Gloria congratulated me. "Depression Treatment Center" I walked into a large building that somewhat resembled my grandmother's house inside except all of the rooms only had three walls and were lacking doors.  They also had large blue chenille couches that looked very inviting.  I realized that I was in a depression treatment center.  The owner came over and began explaining the purposes of the center when I saw that Paloma was one of the children who was a patient there.  I felt so sad that so many children were depressed that there was a need for depression treatment centers just for kids.  Paloma said that she needed shoes but couldn't afford them.  I asked the owner if it would be ok if I took Paloma to Payless.  So Paloma and I went to Payless, but she seemed amazed by the concept of the store.  It was as if she had never really been to a shoe store before. "Aliens Invade a Small Town" My mother, grandmother, and I were at an outdoor roller rink in a small town.  As I looked up at the stars in the sky I saw a large, round, blue and magenta figure move across the sky and then curve downward as if it were flying along the surface of a sharply concave surface.  At first I just thought it was my imagination, but then I saw several of these figures.  I tried to point them out to my mother, but they were moving so fast that I don't think my mother could actually see them.  Suddenly a booming male voice spoke from above and announced that the figures were alien spaceships and that they were landing on Earth to take over.  The voice assured us that if we all cooperated, then no one would get hurt.  Most of the people at the rink began taking off their skates, running away, and screaming, but I just stood in the middle of it all and watched. "Stalking Louis Online" I was browsing the Internet when I came across an online diary written by Louis.  In it he wrote about how he and I had been on several dates, but he just couldn't get me to fall in love with him.  I wondered what dates we had been on and wondered why he would want me to fall in love with him. "Jillian's Cheating Lesbian Girlfriend" Jillian and I were out shopping when she got a call on her cell phone.  At the time I didn't know who had called, but Jillian later told me it was her girlfriend.  She said her girlfriend had called to say she wouldn't be able to make it for their date because something had come up.  I realized that I had seen the girlfriend earlier in the day and that she had been on her cell phone planning a date with someone other than Jillian.  I figured it wasn't my business to tell Jillian that her girlfriend was cheating, so I suggested she think of her girlfriend's true motives behind the cancellation, but I don't think Jillian really wanted to see the truth.  "Almost Lucid: Smoking with Frito and Fabiola" I was sitting outside with Frito and Fabiola while they were smoking cigarettes.  Frito began peeling apart his cigarette and the fibrous insides spilled out.  I wondered why he did that, but he was talking as he did it, so it seemed like maybe it was just a nervous habit or something he did out of boredom.  When I saw the inside of the cigarette I told Frito that was exactly what the insides of cigarettes looked like in my dreams.  I realized I might be dreaming, but then I was distracted when Frito lit up another cigarette and offered me one.  I declined because I realized I had never smoked before and would probably experience unpleasant coughing/choking. "Date from Hell with Frito" I hadn't seen Frito for a while, so when he invited me to go out to dinner with him I accepted the invitation.  It was very late at night when we went out.  When I got out of the car Frito was already standing in the parking lot, except he was wearing a white lab coat.  I greeted him, but then I noticed that he was putting on latex gloves.  He picked up a scalpel and I saw that his lab coat was already covered with blood.  He flashed me a deranged smile, and I realized that he was going to attack me and that he had already committed other murders.  Some young boys were playing in a very tall banyan tree in the parking lot, so I climbed it, hoping that Frito wouldn't be able to reach us.  Unfortunately, Frito was able to climb the tree.  I realized that because the boys were swinging on the branches I had no choice but to descend the tree because if I tried to swing from the branches the weight of me plus the boys would be too much.  I got back down to the ground and ran into the restaurant, screaming.  It was completely empty inside except for a lone busboy.  The restaurant was very dark, creepy, and tacky inside.  It reminded me of what a South Beach Pizza Hut might look like if it didn't have to conform to corporate standards.  Frito entered the restaurant shortly after, only he was no longer wearing the lab coat or gloves and tried to comfort me.  I kept screaming at the busboy, but he didn't believe me because Frito now looked completely normal.  Frito said that since I was so upset we should just plan to meet for dinner on another day.  I told him I felt bad for ruining our date.  Then he asked me if he could kiss me and for some reason I agreed.  After the kiss he undressed me and suddenly I was lying naked across one of the tacky restaurant tables.  I began to feel terrified again, but by this time the busboy had disappeared.  He began torturing me with bondage gear  and then asked me if I wanted to go bowling, but I was trembling so much that I couldn't answer.  He got up and walked into an attached room.  I wanted to run for my car, but I realized that he would definitely be able to catch me if I tried to escape.  I put my clothes on and followed him.  We were now in a brightly lit bowling alley complete with a snack bar and arcade games.  I felt so much safer, especially when I saw that Drusilla was there.  She came up and greeted us.  I decided to play one of the claw arcade games as we all talked.  I put in a quarter, but then I was distracted by our conversation, so I never actually positioned the claw the way that I wanted to.  Nevertheless, the claw picked up a pink and white fuzzy stuffed animal that looked like a ferret.  After retrieving my prize from the holding area I told Drusilla that I wasn't feeling well and that I was going to go home.  She and Frito said they would also go home.  Frito left us in the parking lot and then Drusilla asked me if I wanted to go to the Lodge.  I had no idea what she was talking about.  Then Fabiola passed by and asked me what I was doing to celebrate my birthday on Saturday.  She said it was only two days away, but today was Monday, so I realized that the days of the week must be running backwards. "Weighty Issues" I was at school when Jillian called me on my cell phone.  She told me that she called because we hadn't talked in so long, but I felt as if we had just spoken a few days ago.  As she was talking to me a friend from high school came up to me wearing a green Nehru sweater, a skull cap, and sunglasses with iridescent lenses.  He pretended to walk with a limp and asked me if he looked cool.  I told him that the way he was walking made him look like a senior citizen trying to look cool in the latest fads.  My cell phone battery was dying, so I told Jillian that I'd have to call her back.  We hung up, but then I realized that there was no way for me to call her now that my cell phone wasn't working.  I decided to just drive over to the house where she lived, even though it was somewhat out of the way.  When I got there F answered the door.  I realized that she had lost a lot of weight and was just about to compliment her when she said to me, "You're looking a little bit weighty."  I didn't realize what she meant at first, but then I realized that she was telling me that I was fat.  My feelings were hurt.

 

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