08/08/01
Camaraderie
I can't remember the dreams of this night very well.
One very vague dream had to do with me being at some site that was like a cross between the defunct KP, another similar site called PA, and Yahoo! Clubs/Groups or message boards. I remember I was spending a lot of time on the computer with a community of people I knew from elsewhere and they were joking around and having fun. I specifically recall looking at the screen and seeing the titles of messages all lined up vertically, row after row after row, on a white background. Looked mostly like PA's format, but around the edges it looked and felt like Yahoo! I was at home but didn't seem to be where the computer normally is; perhaps I was in the living room or in my bedroom, and it may have been early morning outside as it was dim blue. I remember I was happy because everyone was getting along and I was one of them. Perhaps this is a wish-fulfillment dream, considering how lousy I've been with getting along with them in real life.
Clueless About Mythology
I don't remember this dream much. What I have written down is "online?, descr. Egyptian stuff to clueless guy, other answering also." So...I guess I was online, perhaps in a Club, trying to explain something that had to do with ancient Egypt (probably the mythology) to some guy who was just NOT getting it. Another member cut in and tried to explain to him also--I resented the interruption--but they weren't having much luck either. I couldn't believe this guy was so clueless, but I can't recall it very well either. :)
U2 Must REALLY Suck By Now
In real life around this time of year they start airing a commercial for the Northwestern Michigan Fair, and it has two guys dressed up like that painting, American Gothic, and one of them (the farmer) is singing to this banjo music, "Goin' to the fair, goin' to the fair, goin' to the Northwest Michigan Fair," over and over. I wait for this commercial every year because it's so funny and catchy. Okay, I have no life. :) Anyway, in the dream, they were showing this commercial, only instead of a couple of guys, one of them (perhaps there WAS only one) was Homer Simpson, dressed up, and HE was singing. "Oh," I said, "they must've redone it." Only it was sort of like a parody of the commercial, which itself is sort of a parody.
This same dream had something to do with Bono and the band U2. Perhaps I saw/heard it on the TV, but it was talking about how many tours they had been on, and it said something like they had been on a total of only two tours since some year...1990? 1992? It was the late Eighties or early Nineties, I know that, and it was SUPPOSED to coincide with the release of one of their albums--I think the one I'm thinking of is their recent one, Pop or whatever it's called, though that was much later than the early Nineties. Whatever the date was, I was thinking to myself that sheesh, their popularity must have really slacked off for them to tour so little in so long. (Incidentally I think the time before their last two tours--which didn't seem to be so important, like they didn't count--was also the release of their last ALBUM, so that had been quite a while ago--about ten years--so I wondered about their popularity now! I may be wrong on this detail, however.) Perhaps they were intent on a comeback, but I felt it would be doubly hard for them with how long they'd been out of the limelight. Oh well. Their call.
Nefertiti In The Library
This dream was the most detailed one of the night, but also one that I've forgotten the most. I was in a library--medium-sized place, pale white light coming in the windows, kind of dusty, busy but not crowded or noisy, all in medium-light grays and blues, it seemed--carpeted and kind of nice. I realized I already had a library book at home, and I should read it before checking anything else out, but I really wanted to look around anyway--even though I would feel really guilty if I checked anything out, not having finished the first book! I started browsing around according to my areas of interest, and decided to see if they had an ancient history section with something having to do with ancient Egypt. It took me a while to find it as I kept getting sidetracked or lost. I finally located it, however, and went forward to look it over. This shelf was now close to the ground, the bottom one, similar to shelves we had in elementary school, maybe only one high--long and wooden, like a bench, off ahead of me and slightly to the left. I stooped down to look at the books and suddenly this woman came up by me, a black woman, but not very dark; she was beautiful, like she could be a model, with a long neck, slanted eyes, and graceful body, maybe in her late twenties or early thirties, wearing loose, light-colored clothing that still accentuated her figure. I feel her hair may have been short or else covered/done up in a bun or something. She had noticed my interest in the Egyptian section, and had come over to talk with me.
I wasn't really ANNOYED by her presence, but I was very shy and self-conscious and had to wonder why she'd decided to talk to ME. I figured she was a member of the school that teaches that the ancient Egyptians were black--something I don't really believe. That was why she had come to talk with me, I felt, and that made me even more uncomfortable since I didn't want to disagree with her. She wasn't chatty, but seemed to speak more without words than with them. I sensed something...I can't really describe it...regal about her. Noble, majestic, graceful. Even while I was uncomfortable in her presence, due to my shyness, I knew she had only kindness within her, and seemed to be wiser than she let on. (Not that she was acting stupid, though!) Even as I felt awkward, I also felt somewhat comforted by her.
Like I said, she didn't say very much, but she did talk with me, asking me a few questions and making a few comments. All I could do was mumble and nod my head. I pulled out a book, kind of hoping she would go away--not because she bothered me, but because of my shyness. Also like I said, I felt both uncomfortable AND welcome with her near me, and didn't REALLY want her to leave! It's kind of confusing to explain. In any case, she didn't leave, and this both annoyed and relieved me. I opened the book and I remember seeing something on its pages...something strange, perhaps like the words and/or images became 3-D and started moving or something, and she made a remark about that, can't remember it, but maybe she was remarking on the magic that was present in ancient Egypt, a magic that was mostly lost today, though a few special ones remembered it. I DO remember that she seemed to know much about ancient Egypt, which was why she had come over to me, and she seemed to be trying to tell me something, albeit indirectly, by hinting at it. She had seen my interest and wanted me to know more, without giving it all away at once. This was a bit more detailed, including what was in the book I held--I may have closed it and put it back, as her presence bothered me too much to read it--but I can't remember it.
It was pretty strange, though, how I both liked AND disliked her being there at once!
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