February 3, 2006
I guess I'm a tea man.
It seems that just about every person in the Western world drinks coffee. At lest everyone but me. In one of my recent, fever induced, deliriums; I was out with friends at a coffee shop. After everyone placed their orders for their "Double-Ristretto-Venti-Nonfat-Organic-Chocolate-Brownie-Frappuccino-Extra-Hot-with-Foam-and-Whipped-Cream-Upside-Down-Double-Blended," I politely declined to get anything because I dislike coffee. However, no mater how much I declined, they would not stop pestering me. It was like refusing to drink coffee was like refusing to breath air. The disagreement escalated to a shouting match. Soon thy started questioning my sanity and threatening to have arrested on charges of being a foreign espionage agent who wants to destroy the American way of life. Eventually the police did arrive and setup a blockade around the shop. They shouted in over the megaphone That I would have to "order a hot beverage or endanger innocent civilians in a crossfire".
Side story:
If the title of "Most Elaborate Coffee Preparation" existed, It would no doubt go to our very own Pappel64. His intricate coffee preparation can take longer then 15 minutes per cup. The result is something that only Pappel himself can drink. But I digress.
Then I noticed, at the bottom of the menu board behind the counter, partially obscured by one of those overly tall coffee makers, it said "Tea." I say "Oh, I'l have a Tea please." and devastation is narrowly averted.
I do not know what this dream means other then I should be drinking more tea. I do rather like tea.
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August 25, 2005
What to do with a spider dream?
(Then I reached for the albino tarantula... continued)
I did a little research on the following subjects in dreams: albinos and spiders.
Spiders:
The spider is usually symbolic of an unkind and sneaky individual ... A spider's web represent[s] entanglement and the general complexities of life" and "The spider and his web may be calling for an integration of the dream[er]'s personality leading to greater self-awareness and resulting in feelings of completeness.
source: http://spiderdreams.tripod.com/spiderdreams.html
Albinos:
To see an albino in your dream, represents purity or eternal life. You need to be more accepting and tolerant.
source: http://www.dreammoods.com/dreamdictionary/a2.htm
The second part of the dream involved a allegory of being bitten for attempting to help. Then I prepare for the next one and am bitten a second time, repeating the same mistake.
I think somewhere in my life there is a albino tarantula. A person who is both sneaky and evasive who I pursue as pure. I am intolerant of their faults this person has and attempted to help them. But in return they hurt me for my actions. The second tarantula is a premonition of the future. This time I will be prepared for the fangs, but it will prevent me from being bitten again. Someone I want to help will be the one to hurt me.
I think I know who the first albino tarantula is, but I have yet to find the second one. So how do I fix this? I could wear thicker gloves to stop the bite. Or I could stop picking up tarantulas.
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August 14, 2005
There is nothing more boring then listening to other peopls dreams.
Dreamy Saturday Afternoon continued.
I do not know if I will be posting any more dreams. Everybody says that is is boring to read about other peoples dreams, and I do not want a boring blog. I am taking a vow to never post a entry containing just a dream description. If I do post about a dream, it will be part of some other message or contain some critical analysis providing insight to my personal psychology.
Now to find out what that last dream meant.
The dream its self appears to be a standard lycanthrope(Werewolf) archetype. It has all the elements of losing ones humanity and taking on beast-like physical and mental attributes. But I did some searching around the internet to see if other people had similar experiences and found that my dream lacked one common element: fear. Many people dream about being chased by werewolfs, others dream about becoming werewolfs and being afraid of own animal nature. These are synonymies with the Eastern European version of werewolfs. In these regions, wolfs and other larger predators are feared and associated with evil.
My dream is contextually closer to the Native American view of wolfs and other large predators (coyotes, cougars, bears, hawks, etc. ). This was probably because the natives had to share resources with their predatory neighbors. In this relationship it was most important to understand them and learn from them. Instead of fearing them, they respected wolf's predatory skills. They became objects of admiration and respect.
Perhaps this is the the meaning of this dream. I believe myself to have some type of inner power. Not physical power, but the power to travel across the world and effect the individuals I come in contact with. As master of my domain, I move without fear of conseqences. Perhaps I seek admiration from other people who witness my actions.
But one dream interpretation is just as valid as the next. I will have to get other peoples interpretation and see what they think.
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August 13, 2005
Dreamy Saturday Afternoon
Sometimes when I have noting important to do, I like to spend the day just dreaming. I just lay in bead with some unobtrusive music and let my mind drift. I think of all kinds of things, but eventually I slip into that area between sleep and awake where whatever I think of becomes real. I call it recreational dreaming. It is a ability that I have worked on for quite a long time. I find it can only do it if I am completely relaxed and have urgent need to do anything, so I usually save it for slow weekend afternoons.
It is like traveling into ones own mind where reality can be constructed and played out like a game. It starts out as a idea, then that idea manifests its self visually, and then the world takes on a life of its own and I am just a part of it. It is a lot of fun really.
I remember one I had to day: I was thinking about running and soon found myself running along a road. I still new it was a dream, so I wanted to know just how fast I could run. I ran faster and faster until I could not push hard enough angst the road surface to propel me forward any faster. My shoes just could not get the traction and slid across the road.
So took my shoes off and dug my toes into the road surface. It was like I somehow had the strength to push right into the asphalt like it was soft soil. I kneeled over like a sprinter on his mark. I then dug my finger into the asphalt and grabbed hold of it. Then like a sprinter starting a race, I leaped forward at amazing speed. It was as if I was not the one moving. Instead, I had grabbed hold of the ground and was now pushing it beneath me.
On hands and feet, I galloped, grabbing hold of the ground pulling it beneath me. But it was not just the road I could run on. Walls, buildings, cars, anything I landed on I could dig into with my hands and feet and push behind me. I traveled for miles, down roads, through houses, across buildings. I traveled down a crowded highway, the car roofs crumpled in my hands like tinfoil as I leaped from one vehicle to the next.
By now I had forgotten it was a dream and I was caught up in a reality where I was stronger and faster then anyone else. No longer a man, I was a beast driven by instinct and hunger. I was being chased (probably because of the trial of destruction I left) but I felt no fear. I could keep moving for ever without tiring. No one could ever catch me.
Dreams about having personal power are nice.
(Update:2005-08-14)
I would just like to say; that was a weird entry.
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