Another Party

I'm at a party at this older guy's house. The Bixby Brothers are there with Austin Smith. I don't think they recognize me. When the man leaves I take my car and try to escape but there is a gate and that creates problems for me.

I'm at the Park Row Mall, trying to get in, but I realize I am short on money and that it wouldn't be cool to be there by myself anyway. Sasha Jones is there with a partner. I also recall something to do with a cafeteria.

I'm tricked into helping Jerry Reid fail a test. Diane has taken some private comments I've made and has used them to hurt Jerry. I'm not real happy, and Jerry is not real happy with me.

galantamine & choline 4th attempt

This went much better than previous attempts. I was calmer - nothing quite as exciting - but I was able to drift in and out of several mini-dreams but nothing spectacular. I was mildly aware of my wife getting up to shut off the alarm and my teenage son could be heard talking loudly in the background but I was only 1/2 sure that that wasn't part of my dreaming. I awoke when the alarm went off but felt I could stay drifting in and out of dreams all morning. When I awoke, I had confirmed that my wife and teenager were engaging in loud discussion.

Another Trio including myself as the Avid Reader

I'm in my parents backyard. There is a blonde sailor changing into baggy blue pants. At one point he moons my older daughter, and ends up walking down the sidewalk with her hand and hand. I am not too happy about this.

I am at an earlier college class, I have a later 7:00 PM English class. I am wondering about my college credits- and am making a case for myself being an Avid Reader.

I am helping with a presentation for the County Commissioners with my boss, Diane. We are in a big open room with tables laid out in a square. I am disagreeing with Diane. There is a reference to "Pointing the Gun" and Diane points the gun. I say we want don't want to point the gun and point it away. William Roosevelt, the attorney, is there as well. I receive a standing ovation.

River Town Visit

One earlier dream I didn't get up to record and I forgot involved my Cousin Marvin.

I am visiting Dale Matthews at River Town County, with my boss, Diane.
We are having a discussion, while Diane is also here to observe a court hearing. Diane is excited about the outcome of the hearing. As we are going to leave, there is a storm coming in, I can see the clouds in the sky - it's not looking good. The storms starts and people are panicking trying to escape the parking garage. My car is parked at angle which is making it hard to get out- I spin around in the car. Next thing, I am fleeing - running - I escape through a garage door and an running through backyards- I am running through my neighbors yard now, and I come to an opening in the fence but there are obstacles, maybe pumpkins and chain link blocking me so I have to jump- now I am running though a field diagonally to try to get the most momentum- I see a man coming towards me- I raise my hands to show him that I mean no harm.

dreamspace realspace #3

I do not attend many funerals- I don't like them (like anybody does) but I try to avoid them when I can. I seem to make up for it my dreams....


My wife & I are in line for a funeral for a local popular musician- the funeral is being held at what used to be the church I went to as a kid. (A different church is there now.) While we are in line, I mention to my wife that maybe we should start attending here. Another woman in line and my wife both shake their heads - and disagree with me. We are heading to try to get a seat up front, but the whole front section fills up fast so we head to some chairs that have been setup in the back. We talk to a guy who knew the deceased and talks about how a DVD is coming out- and also talks about the situation with "The Lost Tapes" that were released years ago. My wife has to use the restroom, and she barely makes it back before the stampede of people leaves the funeral.

Yeah but Mom's got Good Teeth....

I am wandering down a hallway - I need to go through this restaurant to get something I need- oddly it is dark. I'm not sure if it is not open this early or what. I'm my way back there is more light, and I can see I am on an open roof. As I pass through the restaurant, I step on some things. Apparently they have this place setup for a birthday party. As I step into the light, I notice I've dragged all kinds of presents and a santa clause and things, so I need to put them back. I get lost on the roof and a guy sees me, another guy is coming for me, and I am hiding but the other guy shows him where I am. I feel brave and try the copycat routine with him

Sleep Deprivation

I've been starting to feel sleep deprived so I thought I should take a little break. I did have some extended dreams last night though, and still had some memories left when I woke up so here I go.
One involved Coby and making a thin pizza which I told him to be careful with not cooking it too long. Another involved my son and I and my grandma, we were at a hotel / mall - I know I ate something, there was an elevator, and it didn't take us where I expected. We did some shopping, I think my grandma was buying my son stuff and we were discussing stopping at a restaurant, which I was wishing I hadn't just ate something. Another point I am having a discussion with my Grandma about my marriage.

Update - attempt #3

A couple nights ago I tried dreamins for the 3rd time. Still no luck but more interesting results than the first two times.I thought I'd cut the dosage in half. I got up around 2 and took the 1/2 dose. Similar to the 1st attempt, I felt motion, but this time it was faster like I was being stretched out into space. I did perceive flames to be engulfing me briefly. It was not necessarily pleasant. I tried to wait it out, but I think I may have also been trying to force myself into the dream. I ended up lying in bed awake like the 1st time, decided to try another dose, which only lead to some fake sleep like the first time- involving Tommy V. and a radio and flipping through stations and him being made because he was listinening to the disney station and I couldn't get it back.

The Doctor is in

I'm in the basement of a municipal building with the Dr. Paul Thinner. He is showing some of the poor shape the building is in, and at the same time he is doing some quick fixes which are greatly improving things. We are focused on the ceiling - there are areas that are being leased out- However, only one tenant is left, King Jimmy. Paul is talking about how we have to lease out more space, or raise the rents or something. Later, I am talking to King Jimmy, but he is trying to get a reduction or move out. I am able to keep them by giving him the same rate, but adding additional square footage. He is clear that he needs all the space under the Water Dept. and Clerk's. We work out the deal to get him to stay.

Update: dreamtime realtime

I didn't dream much last night that I can recall - but I did have a recollection from two nights ago that I had missed. I was thinking today about color in dreams - and all the sudden I recalled something I was supposed to remember but forgot - It was a bright purple or orange bowl, and it was bright, and it was at one of the restaurants I believe. Inside the bowl was something that resembled fruit loops with a very thin layer of milk, although I believe it was supposed to be for a soup or salad or something.

An interesting parallel is that in watching the latest Flight of the Conchords episode tonight- I noticed some interesting parallels, a lot of stuff that was fairly weak and very easily could be chalked up as coincidence, but at the same time there was a sort of deja vu which I've noticed in the past with dreams and real life as well, especially in regards to T.V. shows for some reason.

Mealtime

I must have went to bed hungry last night - because all of my dreams seemed to revolve around meals. I was with a group and we were going to a play- we were going to get tickets and there was quite a line - but the line was to get in the theater. I am thinking this is like will call or something, because I believe we've got good seats.... and they mention something about being able to exchange the tickets as well. Apparently we decide we have time to eat so we head across the street to Cafe Solace/Bloom. This is a restaurant that Angie and I recently ate at, so I was confused somehow into thinking it was still Cafe Solace. I was thinking that maybe it was Cafe Solace for lunch or something, and Bloom in the evenings - but we must have been there for lunch then. I had seen they had a couple of beers on tap, (Bloom had beer but not on tap, so now I think I am confused with City Cafe in Muskegon as well) - but I am not sure if they are serving. We are brought to a table in the corner, and it is dark....

I believe at some point I had some dreams about the City Cafe as well - another Cafe near a theater that closed recently.

My other dream involved a big dinner in a banquet room for my mom's side of the family. I seem to recall my grandfather being there for part of the dream. I also seem to recall an issue with my grandmother and some stairs. At one point it was just me Big Alex, and my youngest daughter. Big Alex was joking about a big joint and making signals with his hands- I didn't think this was appropriate with my youngest daughter there.

Reunion

I had a dream last night that was like a class reunion. It wasn't an official class reunion, it was similar to something my wife did recently where someone from her school was in town, so a bunch of people got together.

This "Reunion" took place in a school cafeteria. The center of attention for the first part of the dream was Linda- most of the activity and excitement seemed to focus on her. I believe it was during this part of the dream that I made eye contact with Beth, and she seemed to excited to see me. I hadn't seen her in 10 years or more, and she was quite a bit more beautiful than I remembered her. I recall that she was the first girl I had ever had a crush on way back in elementary school. I was about to mention that to her, and she just kind of nodded and "I know you were my first crush too" kind of nod back to me.

Next I am in a living room - I don't recall who I am with on the couch for the first segment, but there is a group of people and they are all playing video games. I decline to play. Later Mr Buick, me and another guy are on the couch and Mr. Buick is excited about a commercial that is going to come on. It has to with a pizza delivery chain, and he is excited to show me the invention that he developed for the pizza chain. It basically is two pieces of legos - which I point out to him and he is like "yeah so what!" - he has me put the pieces together and shows me how using the legos I can balance a pizza box on my head! He is very proud of his invention.

Later, I am back at the cafeteria and Tony comes in late. He is dissapointed because he has missed a lot of people. He has a list of everyone in our class and is going through it asking me who was there earlier and who wasn't.

Galantamine / Choline 3/13/09

My second experience with Galantamine / Choline was not as interesting as the first. Again I went to bed after 10 PM, and was up after aprox. 4 hours. I took the same dosage as last time. Similar to last time I found myself very alert through most of the rest of the night... I was aware of most of the stages of sleep, but had few freams or even imagery. I finally found myself dreaming that I was sleeping at my old bedroom at the house at Royal Oak, and I could hear my son cursing and swearing upstairs. I may have had a false awakening which lead to half-dream involving me and a car in front of an unfamiliar house. I may try melatonin next time as well just to see if that improves anything.

3/11/09

The first dream I originally recalled much more- it seems like this dream was pretty detailed, but by the time I woke up I could only remember a small part.

I am at a bar or pool hall, I believe. I am going to choose my pool stick but I am left with slim pickings. I am considering a few very unusual pool sticks - one is some kind of a gun, the other may be some kind of an aquatic spear with fish fins and fur and other similar decorations. I can see quite a curvy blade is affixed to it as well.

The next several dreams I believe were all while I was waking up this morning.

I was driving down Hilltown, I believe on the main street, or maybe the side streets as well because I pass what I believe to be my Aunt Hillary's house - I see a a group of people surrounding someone passed out on the ground. At first I think it must be my Aunt Hillary, that she has been drinking and maybe she's passed out or dead. My Aunt Leona is there as well, and that's when I realize that it is Big Alex, that maybe he had been visiting my Aunt and I am hoping he is ok. I just pass by though because I figure they would be embarrassed if I stopped.

(This is my second recent dream featuring my Aunt Hillary- it is also one of many recent dreams where I am in a car.)

I recall having a dream where Toby and I are getting ready to go out but I realize I forgot to call Mr. Camino so I leave him a message. It is possible this dream was in connection with the first dream or it could be one of the later ones.

The neighbor kid, my daughter & my wife are all at the table in the morning. There is also a gentleman there to appeal his taxes or something. I am joking around with the neighbor kid as I usually do, and I go to pour some cereal, and some falls onto his shirt. Apparently the neighbor kid takes quite an offense to this and storms home to his mom. They other guy is frustrated and leaves. My wife says something about how the neighbors are going to be mad at us. I go over to apologize, I run into the man in the hall and try to calm him down as well.

We Three Dreams

I am climbing through some hills, and come across this clearing. My Aunt Deb and some of her family are there. They are feeding some animals, I believe these are doglike creatures. They put down some alive rat-like creatures and the animals start feeding away at them while they are alive. I am not surprised or shocked at this, and it is not real messy either. One of the animals comes near me.

I am in line at this store. Toby is in line with me. The place reminds me a little of a print shop. When I get to the front of the line, the owner mentions an amp that I have there, and how he isn't going get to it, if I could please pick it up because it has caused some issues with water in his room. I believe the expectation is for me to take care of the water as well. I am concerned about how I am going to take care of this.

I am in a room with Toby, it reminds me of a place I used to hang with Brad. There are some televisions up towards the ceiling. Toby is trying to watch something he brought, he is skipping through- but he is having issues. I mentioned the new HD television embedded in the ceiling. He gives me some brochure indicating the HD is finally starting to pick up. I may have offered him a beer.

Spooky Electric

Well, last night was the night of the time change.
I went to bed before 10:30 and I woke up before 3:30 (that's only 4 hours because of the time change)

I decided to take a couple of the "dreamins" which equals 8g Galantamine, 400mg Choline.
I waited aprox. 5 minutes before returning to bed to make sure I was awake- I didn't want to fall asleep to soon. I rested on my back for less than twenty minutes. I switched to my right side, and was still awake after aprox. an hour so I switch to the left side. I ended up unable to fall asleep for a couple hours. Eventually some imagery started coming to me, but it was brief. I believe it was around 5:30 when I found myself half-asleep and in a dream:

My wife and I were riding down a long dark road at night. I was the passenger. She was talking about having found a book downstairs tucked in the side of the bed that was mine, and how I should have been more careful hiding it, because the kids might have found it. I'm not sure exactly what the book was, although I realized I had not finished it, and had forgot about it, and was sort of excited that my wife had found it. Next, I am staring at the road ahead as it is coming towards us... sort of like that clip in David Lynch's "Lost Highway"- there are these kids, or perhaps supernatural creatures in the road ahead... I am concerned we are going to run into them, but Angie just keeps on driving right through and around them. I see a creature in a white robe- and I am concerned. I try to use my power over the dream to bring light but the next thing I know I am just staring down at an empty barren dark road as it passes by me. Everything goes black and I feel entire body flying through space in a 360 degree spin- like a dive..... I feel that I am about to go into a dream, but I open my eyes while I am spinning. I am thinking I shouldn't open my eyes, because now I am awake... and I am awake and my wife is in bed next to me. At first, I think she may have been talking to me in bed, but then I realize it was just the dream.

I was lying on my right side when I entered the dream.

Kingdom Enlightenment Lies Inside (K.E.L.I.)

I only had 1 drink with dinner as I was considering using the dream supplements last night.
I went to bed at 10:30 but slept lightly. Although I intended to sleep until 3:30, I was up already at 2:30. I dreamt some in the morning hours. I was in a car driving down to Norton towards the intersection at Henry. The interior lights in my car were dim and erratic. I was stopped at the stoplight and concerned about the car behind me - if my vehicles lights were on or not. I believe I played with the switches and was able to get the lights to come back on. There was also I believe a related dream that involved a song and a woman named Keli. The song had her name in it, but on the lyrics or CD they had it misspelled Kelly. I was trying to come up with an acronym this morning to remember the name as it seemed significant. The best I can come up with is "Kingdom Enlightenment Lies Inside." although the first thing that came to mind was "Kingdom Existential Lies Inside."

I woke up at 3:30 and could recall my dream well. I wrote the dream down, and the returned to bed. I shifted back and forth, and was uncomfortable, until 4:30 before falling back asleep. I did not sleep well for the remainder of the morning. When the alarm went of at 5:30 I was awake at that time. I stayed in bed until the alarm went off at 7:00 but did not recall any further dreams.

Dream:

I'm driving down Royal Oak to head to Chip's house to look for my brother- it's icy, snowy. A car is coming so I pull over to the side to let it pass- it's very difficult driving. I turn at the corner and the car in front of me is sliding like crazy. I am driving very carefully.

I figure I'll turn down a side road and come back around so I am "sneaking up on the house" so that I can kind of peak and see if I see my brother, but it is not a side road it's a sidewalk to the big white house on the corner there, and I can see someone plowing there driveway as I get closer. I turn around and park at Chip's house. I can't see Kayle so I start walking on to the property, kids are running around. I reach the backyards of a two neighbors so I turn back - I ask if anyone has seen my brother. They say he was there Monday. I am worried about him and wonder what he is up to!

Dreamworld Realworld #1

Earlier this week, I dreamt that I was in a library to get some books and that I had to look around because they had to my surprise rearranged things. Yesterday, I stopped in Hackley Library to get a book and the section of books I was looking for had been completely and surprisingly moved to a different area along with some other rearranging as well. Although the specific details were different in the dream my mental state echoed my state in the dream almost completely.

Little Stepper

I woke up at 4:30 Am this morning and thought it would be a good time to do some experimentation. The alarm is set for 5:30 and I wanted to see how long it would take me to fall back asleep. My alarm is a digital one that projects on to my ceiling, which in theory should be nice for reality checks. Even better is the fact that it projects upside-down, which encourages me to give my reality check a little extra scrutiny than I normally would.

I started out lying on my right side until sleep paralysis kicked in. I did some visualizing but not much else seem to be happening, so I switched to my left side. I very quickly entered a semi-dream state, although remaining conscious for the most part. I may have switched sides again at another point or two. At some point I could feel a floating sensation. I had a couple of dreams involving a phone conversation with a woman from a realtor's office. Phone conversations are one of my common dream signs, especially when there is something odd concerning the voice on the other end. I don't recall anything particularly unusual about the voice, but the situation was kind of odd. First of all, I was in the middle of explaining something, and I dropped the phone. I then went into an office, similar to my Dad's home office where my bedroom used to be when I was growing up. There may have even been a bed in the office. At first, I believe I used caller ID to try to call them woman back, but the phone just kept ringer. I then called the realtor's office and I talked to a guy buy I think I could hear her talking in the background. I finally was able to get back a hold of her, but my Boss, Diane, was acting like I was wasting my time and trying to get me to end the call. I felt the call was important.

At some point, the alarm went off, but I was pretty much stuck in dreamland at that point. I remember thinking, I wonder if Angie realizes how deep I am sleeping right now. The alarm going off did not seem a big concern to me, and did not wake me up. I seem to know that it was the 5:30 alarm, and that I didn't need to get up for that one.

As I drifted in and out of dreaming, I could hear a song very clear in my head - a country song, and very contemporary. The vocals sounded like a current artist out there but I couldn't specify which one. The lyrics seemed very meaningful to me- they seemed to be about my Dad. One of the main lyrics of the song was the phrase "Little Stepper" which seemed to be a reference to my Dad. Also for purposes of the dream, it seemed like this song was a tribute to him, but that he maybe had passed away recently. Another part of the song had a phrase something like this - "Hey Daddy walking down the street." Acoustic guitar featured prominently in the song as well. I have found that when I am hearing a song in my dream, and am conscious - I become fascinated and find myself trying to over-analyze the song so that I can remember it when I wake up. Often, this will usually end up in the song stopping. I also could hear my left ear popping, I believe I was lying on my left side at the time. I've noticed this often happens when I am drifting in and out of the dreamworld. I don't believe this is an actual popping, but a dream popping, but it is pretty much indistinguishable, I don't know how I could prove one way or the other.

Another interesting dream involved me sitting with three other people in chairs at various corners of the room. I'll assume this is my parents living room. Gerald King was there, and I believe Wendy. As I was talking to Gerald, I thought this was interesting and figured out that I was in a dream. He mentioned how warm it was in the room, and I could actually feel that it was both warm and cool at the same time. I felt that the warmness of the bed that my not dream body was sleeping in was interfering with the dream. I mentioned something about there being air conditioning in this room, and that it was also quite cool. It was a odd sensation to feel both the warmth and the coolness at the same time.

I was awake at 6:30.

Mr. X’s Party

I was sitting at a table playing cards with Mr. X and a couple of his friends. I had a pile of money and interestingly enough, a pile of coupons. Don't ask me why. I was doing quite well, despite my poor recollection of the game we were playing. Also, I'm a lousy shuffler- I just move a few cards here and a few cards there and I call it good. Being such, I offered the player on my right the opportunity to cut. He just looked annoyed and gave the cards back to me - apparently my shuffling was sufficient enough for him. (Or maybe I was supposed to offer the cut to the player on my left?) Oh well, I started dealing, and I am dealing 5 at a time, but what do you know I accidentally deal 6 to guy on my left. As I start to take one of the cards back, Mr. X who is across the table from me, points out that I can just deal 4 out next time. Anyway, play proceeds, I went the big pot, and figure I better get out of the game before I try these guys patience any further....

Outside there is a lawn party going on. I'm drinking some Bell's Two-Hearted Ale, and I a few older folks seem interested in what I am drinking and I figure they're just not familiar with the brand. But later, when I am grabbing some more beer out of the fridge over in the neighbor's driveway, I realize that I had brought the Michelob and not the Bell's. I am thinking these folks were probably upset that I was drinking their beers and that's why I was getting the stares. I also note that the Two-Hearted's are in some kind of strange flasks. I figure I better not test my luck any further, and grab the last couple of Michelobs. I am a little wobbly now, and notice the neighbor staring out his window at me- so I am being extra careful not to spill any beer in his yard.

I run into my parents and grand-parents. They are playing cards on a picnic table our in the yard. I think about having them deal me in a hand, but they are in the middle of something and it is not progressing very fast so I decide to split.

As I am heading home, I am having some issues with my car. I am having issues steering so the car is swerving all over the place, and in addition to that the driver’s seat is sideways so that the back of the seat is blocking the driver’s side window obstructing my view. On top of that, as I am driving down Roosevelt, nearing my house on Royal Oak, I pass a cop car. I am almost sure he is going to stop me, and it’s not like I didn’t have a few drinks at the party….

Well, I make it home ok. But now I see someone has left the freezer open… Lisa!
“We weren’t in the freezer, I swear!” she claims, and that’s when I notice the four other kids. I’m not home so apparently that mean’s it’s party time. “Everyone needs to get out now!” I yell, and start counting down from 5. Although my countdown is effective, Lisa, is furious and won’t stop screaming at me.