Dreams are so weird

[dondigitalia 0]

I have really crazy dreams sometimes, and I like sharing them for entertainment purposes. Hearing about other people's gives me a good laugh sometimes, too, so share yours!

Last night I dreamed that a girl I used to date off & on back in DC joined a cult, which was engaging in a conspiracy to take over Christmas. They would pass covert messages to each other CIA-style by having a meetup point and using some sort of attire for recognition purposes. Their particular attire wasn't very covert--they wore chicken hats, complete with feathers. It had the tone of an old film noir mystery, and I was the detective trying to get to the bottom of things. After much clue gathering (I wish I remembered the clues, they were probably just as bizarre), I discovered that their plot was to get rid of the idea of a Christmas Tree and replace it with the Christmas Emu. The closing visual of the dream was the sight of a huge Christmas Tree lot with the word "tree" crossed out, and the word "emu" written under it, with the lot-ownder gagged and tied to a chair, and a group of chicken-headed cultists standing around him with guns.

My conclusion: Dreams are weird.

[Betsy Speicher 0]

I have really crazy dreams sometimes, and I like sharing them for entertainment purposes.

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My conclusion: Dreams are weird.

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What were you reading, watching, and eating before you went to bed?

[dondigitalia 0]

What were you reading, watching, and eating before you went to bed?

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I was watching Dune--not David Lynch's weird distortion, but the Sci-Fi channel's version. The last thing that happened before I went to sleep was Jessica Atreides drinking the water of life to become a Reverend Mother.

[Stephen Speicher 0]

I have really crazy dreams sometimes, and I like sharing them for entertainment purposes. Hearing about other people's gives me a good laugh sometimes, too, so share yours!

Last night I dreamed that a girl I used to date off & on back in DC joined a cult, which was engaging in a conspiracy to take over Christmas. They would pass covert messages to each other CIA-style by having a meetup point and using some sort of attire for recognition purposes. Their particular attire wasn't very covert--they wore chicken hats, complete with feathers. It had the tone of an old film noir mystery, and I was the detective trying to get to the bottom of things. After much clue gathering (I wish I remembered the clues, they were probably just as bizarre), I discovered that their plot was to get rid of the idea of a  Christmas Tree and replace it with the Christmas Emu. The closing visual of the dream was the sight of a huge Christmas Tree lot with the word "tree" crossed out, and the word "emu" written under it, with the lot-ownder gagged and tied to a chair, and a group of chicken-headed cultists standing around him with guns.

My conclusion: Dreams are weird.

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Hmm. That's a pretty involved dream. Rather imaginative and entertaining. I think it would make a great children's book. I'll take one copy when it's published!

[dondigitalia 0]

lol, maybe I should send a synopsis to J.K. Rowling in case she's looking for ideas for when Harry Potter is done.

[The Tortured One 0]

I have strange dreams too. Like I still live in the room from my old house, but I somehow commute 8 hours to college. I've had a dream that Jesus Christ came back and the rapture happened (I told you these were far fetched ) Of course, there's always the dream about your folks dying that always forebodes a bad day. Generally they're so random I just wake up shaking my head.

my mom actually told me that eating and sleeping habits determines dreams. I wonder how a bag of salt and vinegar potato chips makes me dream I am being chased by a horde of Vikings, or getting into a shouting match with my dad over the existence of God (I'm resisting the Oedipean lesson in that one )

I've actually solved a puzzle in my sleep. I was sitting there trying to figure it out and went to bed to stumped. I dreamt that I was still working on the puzzle and figured it out in my dream. The next morning I went to check it out, and it worked! I wish I had more dreams like those

Has anyone had a lucid dream? Those are when you actually realize you are dreaming while you dream. I've had that happen once; it's like being able to visit a primacy of consioussness reality. Things like flying and being a billionare are a lot easier when you can convince your brain that it can actually happen. I was disappointed when I woke up from that one.

[dondigitalia 0]

Has anyone had a lucid dream? Those are when you actually realize you are dreaming while you dream.

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Several.

[Go 4 TLI 0]

I wonder how a bag of salt and vinegar potato chips makes me dream I am being chased by a horde of Vikings...

Has anyone had a lucid dream? Those are when you actually realize you are dreaming while you dream...

Funny you should mention Vikings, but the most lucid dream I ever had in my life gets categorized as a nightmare whenever I describe it to people.

In it I was walking in a shallow stream with, well, a bunch of Vikings. They had all the garb and all the weapons. But I didn't. I was wearing everyday clothes when we walked next ot a clump of bushes. Just as I was thinking, "They shouldn't walk here because it's a great place for an ambush..."

Another horde of Vikings lept from the bushes. The next thing I knew I was surrounded by a melee of men hacking themselves literally to pieces. Within seconds the stream at my feet was filled with lopped off limbs and blood.

And I remember thinking in my dream, "I know this isn't real, so I might as well enjoy the show." And that is exactly what I did until the fade to black. And I felt perfectly relaxed the next morning.

What that says about me, I have no idea. But I spent most of my life never having had what I would define as a nightmare.

[dondigitalia 0]

Just as I was thinking, "They shouldn't walk here because it's a great place for an ambush..." Another horde of Vikings lept from the bushes.

Go figure!

[Cbaoth 0]

Speaking of sleep and vikings, anyone remember Ralph Wiggum on The Simpsons? "Oh boy, sleep!....thats where Im a Viking!"

[Elizabeth 0]

I have really crazy dreams sometimes, and I like sharing them for entertainment purposes. Hearing about other people's gives me a good laugh sometimes, too, so share yours!

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That is hilarious! Do you keep a dream journal?

I write them down if I remember.

Last night I dreamed I was dreaming and I reminded myself to tell my friend something very important when I woke up. I woke up in my dream and began to tell her but realized I hadn't actually woken up yet. The whole thing seemed to be a mix of real life, probably tv news and the fact that I am re-reading Anna Karenina right now.

My favorite dreams are flying dreams. As I child I experienced night terrors , but rarely have nightmares anymore.

You really should think about creating some stories from dreams like your Christmas Tree dream. They would be completely original and very entertaining!

[ChristopherSchlegel 0]

I have really crazy dreams sometimes, and I like sharing them for entertainment purposes. Hearing about other people's gives me a good laugh sometimes, too, so share yours!

You really should think about creating some stories from dreams like your Christmas Tree dream.

I very rarely dream (or remember them if I have them). On the extremely rare occassion I do, it's really off the wall. I few years ago I wrote a short story based on a dream. I didn't remember all of it at once. But it was so involved and detailed I wanted to get as much of it down as possible. Once I started writing I started remembering more and more of it.

Some of it was very hard to describe. In the end it was surprising how little editing I had to do in order to structure it as a story. Mostly, I changed the order of a few events then added a short beginning statement and a shorter ending. But all the wackiness in between is what I remember dreaming.

It's called Sleepytown.

[dondigitalia 0]

That is hilarious!    Do you keep a dream journal?

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Hmm... maybe I should start. I've always had really vivid, complex dreams, but not all are this off the wall. Dreams are kind of like movies to me; I even had one with closing credits!

[Rational_One 0]

About a year or two ago, I was thinking to myself not that everything that could be invented was, but that we could at least predict what will be invented. For instance, artificial intelligence or a holographic television, etc.

That night as if to refute my own foolish thought I had a dream where I walked in to a kitchen and grabbed a special metal bowl and what looked like pourable pancake mix in an oversized plastic container with a large top from a nearby cupboard. I then proceeded to a tiny bit of the container's contents into the bowl. The second it touched it underwent a lightning quick chemical reaction that turned it into a freshly "baked" loaf of homemade bread.

Trust me "pourable" bread is not something I had considered within the realm of possibility till I had that dream to correct my mistaken premise.

[Elizabeth 0]

It's called Sleepytown.

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What a fun read Christopher! I can visualize a whole Tim Burton type production on that one!

[Elizabeth 0]

About a year or two ago, I was thinking to myself not that everything that could be invented was, but that we could at least predict what will be invented. For instance, artificial intelligence or a holographic television, etc. 

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Dave, you must be an artist. I think I did read that you are back in school and hopefully pursuing something on creative lines.

Eric, your post of dreaming about future inventions reminds me of the fact that I woke up the other morning thinking, "I don't know the history of steak knives!"

So later in the day I found the need to do a little research about the history of table utensils. I think it's funny how our subconscious works.

[dondigitalia 0]

Dave, you must be an artist.  I think I did read that you are back in school and hopefully pursuing something on creative lines. 

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lol, you couldn't be farther from the truth. I'm studying Physics.

[Aurelia 0]

The second it touched it underwent a lightning quick chemical reaction that turned it into a freshly "baked" loaf of homemade bread.

I swear I've seen that before, except it was spraycan brownies. Wherever it comes from, I like it!

I don't often remember dreams, either. But yesterday I had a good one that was unusually vivid.

I was a professional treasure hunter, specializing in 'dungeons' (any sort of impenetrable fortress), and heard about this really spectacular treasure in a forboding tower which no one was able to get, I was so there! But when I started working my way through it I noticed that this dungeon was not behaving normally, it was contrived somehow. Like when I was crossing a pool, a depressed mummy-monster attacked me. I went straight for his jugular with my sword, but he put up his arm in defense and I slashed that instead. A door opened and he stopped to explain that I had solved the Mummies Riddle by spilling the blood of his right arm into the water. When I finally got to the end I found a man and he explained to me that he set up this dungeon to lure and test the greatest woman. Since I had 'rescued' him and proved myself we could now live happily ever after; so, I told him he was insane and left through the funhouse.

I'm not entirely surprised, though; I've been preoccupied with Zelda lately.