===== Dream Log =====
I've come up with various exercises to try and improve my memory
retention, and one of them is frequently recalling dreams I've
had, in the order that I had them. I'm getting to the point where
it's starting to become difficult to remember them all, so I
figure I should probably start writing them down somewhere. This
seems like as good a place as any.
(Newest at the top - I'll eventually fill out the backlog though I
can't recall the dates on them)
===== Dreams =====
--- 2025-06-06: Exploration: Space & WoW ---
First dream was in some kind of big conference hall, part of a
group that was involved in space exploration. I remember feeling
like I had been part of a team that had made some significant
discoveries in the past, but for our next expedition only three of
us were going, while several others were opting out. It seemed
like one of the previous team members was upset with me over
something and wouldn't even speak to me, but the others seemed
like they just weren't interested anymore and wanted to do
something else, and I felt pretty bummed about that.
Second dream, I was playing WoW, or rather I was a WoW character:
a troll paladin, which as far as I'm aware isn't a possible
race/class combination in the game. Started out with me and some
others in a minigame race to see who could reach the top of a
mountain first. I managed to get there first but many others were
close behind. The other side of the mountain was just a sheer
dropoff but it looked like there was something in the valley far
below. We were all supposed to leave the area at that point since
the minigame was over, but I asked the gnome mage (of course there
was a gnome mage) to cast Feather Fall on me so I could jump over
the cliff without dying (why didn't I just jump and bubble, if I
was a paladin?). A few others followed and it was an extremely
cold and icy place down there, and it felt like we were out of
bounds and somewhere we weren't supposed to be able to reach. I
put up a resist frost aura that kept us from freezing as we
explored a what seemed like a village that wasn't finished being
developed. (Thinking about it, this dream was probably inspired by
a video I watched yesterday about writing for a story vs writing
for games, and the subject of LitRPGs came up (which I've never
really been fond of.))
--- 2025-06-05: Plumbing Park ---
I was in a yard that felt like it was part of some very old large
grounds: rough weathered stone with ivy climbing over it and all
that. For whatever reason there were some pipes out there and I
was trying to figure out a plumbling problem, and I kept asking my
dad for advice but he would only say that it wasn't his area of
expertise (which it very much wasn't - he never was much of a
handyman). The location then shifted to one that had the same kind
of overgrown old stone structure vibe but it was like a theme park
based around learning about plumbing. Bizarre, but it was actually
a lot of fun. I remember running around (amidst crowds of people,
the place was clearly popular) to various exhibits and workshops
that were there to teach people how to be better at plumbing.
--- 2025-05-31: "Submarine" ---
Everyone (myself included) kept referring to it as a "submarine"
but it definitely was not. More like a battleship. It also did not
go under or even on the water: The people who owned it offered to
take me for a ride on the "submarine" and it proceeded to somehow
scoot along some large busy multilane highway. The whole time I
was worried that we were going to squash people who were driving
their cars far below us (because the deck was so high up on this
large vessel).
--- 2025-05-25: Big Church ---
I was in a big church/chapel, and it was one of those ones that's
all fancy and ornate. There was some kind of big performance going
on, I think it was someone's birthday or something? Afterward,
some sort of big square outdoor pool in the middle of a grassy
field (felt like a defaut flat Minecraft world or something)
--- 2025-05-20: The Sacred Bear ---
A rugged snowy landscape. I would occasionally see a bear. A man
that for some reason I knew was some kind of ancient immmortal
being kept trying to convince me that I should hunt the bear,
though he had a pretty obvious "sinister trickster" vibe about
him. I tentatively agreed to at least stalk the bear around a bit
just to observe it. Nothing much happened until I then met a
similary somehow-obviously-immortal woman with a more genuine and
kindly feel, and she told me I must not hunt the bear. I woke up
before finding out why either of them were concerned with whether
or not I would hunt this bear.
--- 2025-05-25: Pancakes with Dad ---
Not much to this one: I was making some pancakes with my dad. Very
mundane.
--- 2025-05-13: Banished (also an earthquake) ---
I was in some kind of more rural-ish community, almost had an
old-west-y kind of feel. At some point someone was chasing and
shooting at me, and I eventually shot them back in self-defense.
This resulted in me becoming ostracized by the community, and I
remember going around to all my friends trying to convince them
that I was just defending myself, but constantly being told that
it didn't matter and that by shooting that person, the entire
community was going to turn on me and probably hunt me down.
Then various scenes of trying to gather some essentials and get
out of the community before I got turned on and shot at some more.
Didn't know where I was going, just knew I had to get out. I felt
awful about it the whole time, having to give up the community
that I once felt a strong connection to.
As I'm writing, now I remember that I woke up after that dream,
felt melancholy about it but was still really tired and went back
to sleep. Next dream was about a big catastrophic earthquake.
Maybe inspired from a video I watched the other day where the guy
mentioned how terrified we all were as children in Southern
California, constantly being told that "the big one" was coming. I
remember those earthquake drills and preparation courses quite
vividly, now that I think about it.
--- 2025-05-09: Potions ---
My secondborn was making potions that all tasted like kool-aid
(mostly orange flavor), but had various fun effects like super
speed and super strength and whatnot. I can't remember at this
point what I actually used any of them for. I think I may have
just been trying them out. Hang on ... vague memory of being in
some kind of elementary school setting, but I was there as an
adult, probably on staff as the IT guy (which I've done in the
past for work). Hmm ... and some kind of competition was going on
in the large cafeteria room at the school among the kids, but I
can't remember more than that. That's what I get for not
immediately writing this down in the morning. I've been slacking
the past week when it comes to the dreamlog.
--- 2025-05-05: Annoying Superman ---
I was sick or injured, resting in some kind of hospital bed. For
some reason, Superman kept showing up and talking about random
nonsense, and wouldn't go away when I told him to leave.
--- 2025-05-03: Nick is Missing ---
My friend Nick and I were looking for jobs in what seemed like a
nice little area of town (not any town I've ever lived/been in).
Like what you see when you watch those videos on "walkable
cities", or what Disneyland Main Street felt like as a kid, where
every building I walked past had its own pleasant look and
personality instead of a bunch of identical boring blocky office
fronts. After a while Nick went missing, and I started trying to
find where he'd went as increasing hints were dropped he'd been
kidnapped for some reason.
Jump ahead a little to hiring mercenaries to help me break into
some sort of stronghold where he was being kept. The entrance was
a submerged tunnel and I nearly ran out of breath getting through
it. My sister was on the other side saying she knew I'd make it.
There were various disjointed scenes of searching different rooms
in the underground compound. Dream ended before I found Nick.
Sorry, buddy.
--- 2025-05-02: City Council and Concert ---
A bunch of people were gathered to see who won seats on the City
Council. The location was unfamiliar and didn't seem to resemble
my current place of residence in any way, and I didn't recognize
the individuals who got elected. Then while the location stayed
the same, the dream shifted to some kind of local concert being
put on. I was supposed to be performing but was sick, so a friend
went on stage in my place and started singing rather badly. The
audience took it in good humor.
--- 2025-05-01: Dreams of Dreaming, Water Park, NigelKart ---
Both yesterday and today I remember having moments trying to
commit a dream to memory so I could write it in this log, but by
the time I woke up in the morning all I could remember was the
effort of trying to commit them to memory. Or was I dreaming about
wanting to remember something to put into this dreamlog? Hmmmm.
Also, this morning I distinctly recall worrying about feeling
"self-important" when it came to writing down a dream. Wonder what
that was about.
Some dreams are coming back now as I'm writing this. Being at some
kind of outdoor water park with my family, and the kids hitting
each other, my wife, and I with those foam pool noodles, because
of course. Then a cut to a scene of ... I think it was like
someone narrating over some kind of Mariokart-like game, but Nigel
Thornberry was one of the drivers, and the narrator was talking
about a part where he (Nigel) sabotaged another driver and then
covered up evidence of the sabotage. Nothing so direct as red
shells in NigelKart, I guess.
Huh, and now an old dream about a kind of park with tall
playground equipment, several being like those UFOs you'd see at
old McDonald's play places, but bigger. And being a dream, the
interiors of them were much bigger than their exteriors. I know
this is an older one because I recall recalling it in the past, if
that makes any sense. It's interesting how thinking about recent
dreams can sometimes unlock memories of older ones you'd
forgotten. Or maybe I just recently dreamed about having recalled
it as an older dream. Things get kind of twisty if you go down
that line of thought, though.
I think that's it. Interesting morning that started out as just "I
know I had a dream but I can't recall any of the details." Did I
end up recalling dreams I'd actually had, or was the dream part of
my brain generating some on-demand to try and satisfy the need to
have recalled a dream? Man. I think I'm just going to get some
breakfast.
Still don't know what the "self-important" dream was, though.
Guess that one's going in the mystery file.
The word "dream" is sounding funny in my head after writing it so
many times in this entry. "Dream." Yeah, it just sounds goofy now.
--- 2025-04-29: Snowy Lodge ---
I was driving a twisty narrow road through a wooded mountain
canyon in heavy snow and made a stop at a rustic lodge to check on
the people there. One of them told me how he and one other person
had been keeping an eye on a camp of potential troublemakers
nearby that seemed like they were getting up to no good. I asked
if there was anything anyone needed me to bring them next time I
stopped by, and the answer was: oatmeal chocolate-chip cookies.
--- 2025-04-28: Sardine-Class Flight ---
Ended up mistakenly in some kind of extension to an airplane that
was pretty much a human sardine can where the occupants were all
laying down and secured in place, and there was no room to stand.
There were windows in the sides, at least. Started getting to know
some of the "passengers" as I told them I wasn't supposed to be
there, and one mentioned we were about to stop somewhere before
taking flight again.
I exited the "sardine-class" plane extension and found myself in
some corporation's extended storage/processing property. Found an
employee and asked for help getting out of there. "Of course, just
let me see your debit card and we'll get you out." "My debit
card?" "Yes, so you can pay the exit fee." "No thanks, I'll find
my own way out." Cue movie-like chase scene where I'm trying to
escape the area while being chased by corporate guards who are now
shooting at me because I didn't pay the exit fee. Dream ended when
I got hit by one of them who was using some kind of stationary
chain gun turret.
--- 2025-04-27: Immortal Campus Staff ---
Dream started at some kind of empty classroom in a college campus
or the like, and I was talking to a friend (resembled my friend
Mike) about how we were glad to be done with classes, but sad to
be parting ways and wondering if we'd see each other again.
Then a significant shift to a room full of what I'm assuming were
a pantheon of godlike beings or their avatars. There was a lot of
bickering going on and I can't remember the details except that
there were a good number of oceanic-themed beings. The one I
remember most might be described as some kind of mix between a
jellyfish, a mythical siren, and a banshee - power through voice,
song, and a loud shriek that would cause all others there
significant pain (because it happened a few times during the
bickering).
--- 2025-04-24: Snoop & Aubri's Music Video ---
Had a dream that my wife and Snoop Dogg were working on putting
together a music video of the song "Angel" by Shaggy. It was
hilarious. Then for some reason the dream shifted to me and my
wife and kids at some kind of Willie Nelson convention in a
parking lot that suspiciously resembled the parking lot of my old
high school.
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