Dream Diary: Day 23

Yadda Yadda .. so our supposedly "fancy" hotel doesn't get Internet - well, it does - for ten dollars a day - so I decided to have an electronics withdrawal. I have forgotten all of my dreams from the past few evenings, but last night I remember the dream. I have a recurring dream that I consistently forget to go to KBIA. Because of this, they choose to (understandably) let me go. But, this means that I am no longer on my parent's health insurance, but this wasn't the problem last night. The problem was that my convergence group was presenting the story we reported on to a large group for some kind of prize and the staff of KBIA didn't want me to present because I was a terrible employee/student. I spent the entire dream trying to get the position back. I don't know why I always have this dream. I then had another dream. I don't remember much. All I know is there was wine involved.

Toodles.

Most common dreams in America

I was curious as to what are the most common dreams that people report. In my research, I came across an MSNBC article (5 most common dreams and what they mean). Here are their results:

Top Five:

1. Falling
2. Being chased
3. Teeth falling out
4. Spouse cheating on you
5. Back at school

Now, I will look at these more in depth.

Falling:

• Many dream interpreters take this to mean that something in your life is going wrong and that you need to fix or change the situation soon. These are also apparently common for people who suffer from depression.
• I don't usually have falling dreams per se, but I usually feel like that as I start to fall asleep. Then, I jerk and wake up scared.

Being chased:

• Being chased typically means that you are avoiding something. The advice the article gives is to "Get it over with, otherwise the issue will continue to follow you."
• I have a lot of these kind of dreams. When I was a child, these happened to me on a daily basis and I don't know that I was avoiding anything. I always dreamt that a wolf was chasing me by my house, and now I dream that people are trying to harm my family and then proceed to chase us.

Teeth falling out

• According to dream interpreters, this is a common dream if you feel guilty about gossiping, or sharing information that you should have kept to yourself.
• I have this dream a lot, but once again, I don't know that I agree with the interpreters. I have this dream a lot when I hit a tooth and fall asleep worrying that it will require surgery. I think I just worry too much.

Back at school

• This dream typically means that you have an abundance or pressure at your job.
• I cannot attest to this, since I am still in school. However, I have dreams that I miss class, am late for a meeting at KBIA, etc... on a regular basis. I think this is the perfectionist in me.

Spouse cheating on you

• The cheating dream usually occurs when you feel that your partner is spending too much time without you. Use this as a wake up call to fix your relationship.
• I have this dream sometimes. It usually is a variation though, and involves me finding out that RSE or another boy used me to get to my friend. Self-conscious, I guess?

The article also covers figuring out what your dreams mean. Dreams are important. You may find an answer for your waking life in your dreams. Tips from the article include:

• Sum it up into a movie title.
• Figure out the main conflict of the dream.
• Compare that conflict in the dream to your real-life day before the dream.

Interesting. Something to think about.

Airplane Sleep

A pondering: Surely the airlines could find something better. There are other options, I'm aware, such as first class, but I am not wealthy (unfortunately). I have heard rumor on VH1 of airplanes that have a sleep 'pod' for you with a bed and they simulate the daylight hours of where you are going so that you don't experience jet lag. (ingenious!) O I wish. As I ponder this pondering, I am about to fly to San Francisco - via coach. Wish me luck and hope I don't get the back unreclining row.

My birthday is Sunday - so I am in San Francisco and Napa for a few days celebrating the big 2-1. I will post when I can, but it may not be regularly. Never fear - I shall return.

Dormir.

I love to sleep - (It sounds especially amazing right now) - and apparently I am not alone. While perusing Facebook today, I found a page called "dormir," which means 'to sleep' in French. (Looks like my four years of French classes paid off). There are over two million fans of this page.So, I started looking around and I found that "Sleeping," another page, had almost an additional two million fans. Sleeping posts photos and comments and each one has thousands, upon thousands of comments and "likes," while Dormir has no wall posts. Despite this fact, this page, which has nothing on it - has an astounding number of fans. I found this to be interesting. Thoughts?

Dream Diary: Day 17

Strange dreams last night. I had a dream that all alarm clocks were reformatted and lied to you to get you up earlier and I was confused whether or not my clock was still in the old format or in the new one. I couldn't decide when to get up. Then I woke up - it was about 8 a.m. and I was scared to go back to sleep in case I didn't get up. I always have dreams about missing class, school, exams, etc... - I think I care too much.

Poems

I have already spoke about some sleep and dream poetry, but here are a few more classics.

1. Edgar Allan Poe: "A Dream Within A Dream"
   O God! can I not save
   One from the pitiless wave?
   Is all that we see or seem
   But a dream within a dream?


2. Paul Celan: "O Little Root of a Dream"
   O little root of a dream
   you hold me here
   undermined by blood,
   no longer visible to anyone,
   property of death.
   
   Curve a face
   that there may be speech, of earth,
   of ardor, of
   things with eyes, even
   here, where you read me blind,
   
   even
   here,
   where you
   refute me,
   to the letter.
   


3. Robert Louis Stevenson: "The Land of Nod"
   From Breakfast on through all the day
   At home among my friends I stay,
   But every night I go abroad
   Afar into the land of Nod.
   
   All by myself I have to go,
   With none to tell me what to do--
   All alone beside the streams
   And up the mountain-sides of dreams.
   
   The strangest things are there for me,
   Both things to eat and things to see,
   And many frightening sights abroad
   Till morning in the land of Nod.
   
   Try as I like to find the way,
   I never can get back by day,
   Nor can remember plain and clear
   The curious music that I hear

Enjoy your poetry-cation.

Found on Poets.org

An attempted all-nighter

This weekend was Relay For Life. It was quite successful - there were over 1,500 participants and over $100K was raised. Many participants were able to stay up all night, but some had to get a little shut eye. Here are some photos by Matthew Hibbard: