Parts of four different dreams:

1. I was on a cruise and was at a big water park with friends. The cruise was so huge I didn't like getting lost on it, so I was sitting watching some kind of performance. But I was also a spy or something, so I had to go... after a long journey that I don't remember,  I found myself in a maze with large halibut swimming around in the air - like a video game. I had a little shoulder-mounter laser, and when I shot the fish, I could see a score. At the end of the maze, I got dumped out through a hole... back to the water park.

2. Merry and I were taking Lia to a store, when we saw what seemed like a new Asian market across the street, the Sandpiper. I was excited because we don't have an Asian market too close by. So I excited said we should go, and Merry reluctantly agreed. One inside though, we saw it was extremely limited. It was Thai, I think, and their big attraction was a huge fresh produce section manned by a dozen people that sold... artichokes and pineapples. Everywhere we looked on the shelves were canned artichokes and pineapples, and related toys and merchandise. But the place was packed. Everyone wanted some! I don't really love either so I was really disappointed. Merry loved them though, and Lia seemed to be having fun so...

3. I was on my way to one of the big Chicago museums, and parked far away so I could take my "scooter" through the nice parks. Well my scooter turned out to be this huge black stick with a rolling platform on the bottom, which I now recognize as one of the floor sweepers we used to have. Anyway, I hopped on and was skating through the hilly park no problem. It was really beautiful, the scenery rolling by and feeling like I was flying through the breeze. But I realized the scooter was too big to carry through the whole museum (I didn't think of checking it in or anything), so I sighed and thought to myself "ok well I'll just practice for a while, bring it back to the car, and walk all the way." But suddenly I could feel mosquitos everywhere around me and my whole body was covered in itchy bites, especially my neck. I frantically skated back towards the car, scratching everywhere the whole while. When I woke up, I could still feel the itches! I told myself, it was just a dream, so it should subside soon. Took a long while to wake up 100%, I couldn't believe how strong the power of suggestion was!

4. We were exploring a dungeon like in a game, and we came to a part that looked kind of like a cathedral. Men in pinstripe suits, looking like mafia, were seated in the vestibule and waved us inside a room. I took Lia in, and there was another little Chinese girl there that looked a lot like her, just maybe a bit younger. To my surprise, they started dancing a little, and soon fell asleep together on the couch that was in the middle of the room! It was so cute, I wrapped them up in a blanket and lay down beside them. A woman who seemed to be the nanny smiled at me from the other side of the room and went back to knitting.

Next thing I knew, a huge mafioso loomed over me and grabbed my arms! I struggled and tried to kick him, but he rained down punches all over me. Though they didn't hurt, I didn't want to see how far he would take and, and I gave up struggling. I could kind of see everything reflected somehow, and I was dressed like man in the yellow hat from Curious George. Anyway, the guy pulled me up and hit me a few more times (still felt nothing) and told me to stand still or else. He got a call and walked a ways off, turning his head slightly to talk. I quickly but silently rounded the couch and launched a punch at his face - it worked somehow even though it felt really weak. I picked him up! Very cartoonishly... And smashed him face-down on the ground. Two goons came in and I grabbed a pair of scissors. But instead of "actually" stabbing them, I "imagined" stabbing them, and somehow that was good enough; they went down fast. I grabbed Lia and was super relieved... until I realized it was the other girl.

posted by Larry at 8:25 AM