Weird Dreams

[catelin]

Last night I dreamed that David's parents had decided that we were all going to live in their house in Newport Beach (not that they have one...this was only the dream) and so there we were. It was a big house and all anyone did was eat and sleep. The living room had a big sofa bed in it that people slept in after meals. There was a constant bustle of family and friends throughout the house without any lull. I kept trying to tell D. that I didn't want to live in Newport Beach, that I'd lived in L.A. already for almost a decade, that I was terrified of earthquakes and had already gone through a big one with no desire to do it again. I kept asking him why in the world he would want to move after I'd just moved across the country to the east coast. He kept telling me that it was perfect for us because it never got cold and the temperature was always the same. I would keep trying to explain to him how much I hated Newport Beach and how it was just not for me. Everytime he would start to listen to what I was saying, someone would interrupt us and the conversation would never get finished. I kept passing the sofa bed and seeing this blonde, stoner, beach bum cousin of theirs. He was sleeping and then watching bad soft porn with Shannon Tweed in it. I remember commenting, "Shannon Tweed. How fucking cheesy is that? I can't take this shit."

There was also a German maid in the house that had been with the family for years and was really standoffish to me. When I finally asked her what was wrong, she told me (after much cajoling her into talking to me) that her feelings were hurt because D. had never introduced her to me in all the hustle and bustle. I gave her a big hug and she started weeping loudly. Then it was time for a nap and I remember telling everyone that I was going outside because I was a grown woman and was not going to be told to take a nap.

Oh, and everything smelled like lemons.

Comments

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

That is quite a dream.

Do you analyze?

[catelin.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I try to, and I can usually figure out the "whys" of what I'm dreaming...but this one was just too weird.

[majorweather.livejournal.com]

But there's Fashion Island! How could you not love Fashion Island? ;)

[catelin.livejournal.com]

Hahaha!! Indeed! I bet Shannon Tweed shops at Fashion Island!

[chaizzilla.livejournal.com]

the german maid thing seems like it's abouy thigns feeling better when you find the housekeeper (tho turn down the maid/chore part of the term & turn up the homey, being home, center, place, taking care of, taken care of, etc). there's an idea in DA (heh) where all the charachters and significant *things* in a dream represent parts of yourself. it's a frame to try, tho i don't think it's the only way dreams work. if i play a bunch of gin rummy in the afternoon or evening i get wild crazy dreams that just seem like my brain scrambling to get what it wants out of a massive deluge of data from the day that the gin rummy (or math puzzles, etc) caused to stick more than usual. you know, etc. i think it's cool you met the maid, it seems like she represents a really-really-here or centering of some sort, coz, she's been in the family for years. it's all intuition/guesses, anything resonate?

[catelin.livejournal.com]

Definitely resonates in a lot of ways. Thanks, C.

You're so blessed...

[bjohnson.livejournal.com]

...by having such great dreams.

Re: You're so blessed...

[catelin.livejournal.com]

Ha! I suppose that's one way of seeing it. I do enjoy my dreams just for their entertainment value alone. The downside to my very detailed and life-like dreams, though, is that when I have nightmares they are whoppers.