A Couple Dreams

From Telkoth.net

I've been dreaming more than usual recently, and somehow I was just now reminded of a couple of the dreams.

One of these dreams was actually a couple days ago. I remember remembering parts of the dream that day, but I forgot to post about it. Since it's been a couple days, I've forgotten some of the details, but there are a couple sequences which stick out particularly in my mind:

[edit] A Dream From a Few Days Ago

Some sort of disaster had struck "the city", whatever city it was. It certainly wasn't Charlottesville - it was something larger. There were lots of explosions and fire - most of the buildings had been reduced to their metal frame structure, and though it was a clear day, the water level was rising all over the city, as if it were seeping up from the ground.

I was in one of these ruined buildings with several other people, and I get the sense that there were other friends of mine, and that we all had some kind of super-powers. Like, someone could probably fly, and I, at least, could cover great distances, but not by flying... maybe jumping, or gliding? And actually, I think there was an enemy in the city - perhaps responsible for the disaster, or maybe just taking advantage of it, or maybe it was the disaster itself - but whatever it was, it was threatening the civilians in this building that I was in... buildings pieces - chunks of cement and metal sheets - were collapsing in from above, splashing in the water. Most of the people were holding on to floating debris, with no real way to get anywhere. Someone had somehow bent a piece of sheet metal into a boat-type thing onto which people were gathering, but I don't think they were going to make it in time, and not everyone was going to fit. I remember moving from floating piece of debris to floating piece of debris, trying to look for a good way for people to safer ground.

I don't remember much else, except for a view of the city... there was a river running through it, over which one of those golden-gate-style bridges was built, but mostly there was just water and ruined buildings.

That was that dream. I wish I could remember more, because I feel as if there was more to remember.

[edit] Last Night's Dream

The dream I had last night I remember much better, and it was very odd.

It took place on the UVa campus (UVa is really snobbish and insists that they be called the "grounds" and not the "campus", but they can shut up). It was a little deeper into the winter than it is now - there wasn't snow on the ground just yet, but there was definitely that winterish feel to everything... people dressed up warmly, and christmas decorations, etc. Also, University/Ivy/Main street was larger in the dream - I guess it was as if it was Charlottesville in the winter, but larger, like some christmas movie which is filmed in New York. I dunno quite how to describe it. I remember this view down "The Corner", from underneath that railroad up toward the campus, with the wide sidewalks on the right, and the lamp posts with decorations on them, and that big grassy field on the left behind that short wall is all frosty...

Most of my time in this dream was spent more directly on-campus, and in the UVa hospital. Just like real life, I didn't have a really good idea of how to get around the campus, but unlike real life, I was trying to get around campus while naked. Not completely naked - I had a big, blue blanket around me that I had found. I also get the feeling that I was naked for a known reason; I was trying to get home without too many people noticing, and in fact, as long as I kept the blanket well wrapped around me, everyone just assumed that I was wandering around with a blanket around me - in addition to clothes I would ordinarily have - so it looked perfectly ordinary, and I knew people would think so, and they did, but I knew I was naked, and was trying to get home as soon as possible, only problem being that I was terribly lost on the campus.

I wandered in and out of buildings, trying to find out where I was, and trying to avoid people in case they somehow noticed that I wasn't wearing anything but a blanket. I remember going down a hall, and peeking into a room where some students were working on a lab, and waiting for them to not be paying attention before dashing in front of the door and readjusting my blanket so that it more thoroughly covered me.

Night wore on, and eventually I decided to settle down and sleep in some little nook in a hallway inside one of the buildings. Some campus police guy woke me up in the morning and told me to quit sleeping in the hallways, and of course (and to my relief) failed to notice that I was dressed only in a blanket.

I eventually got my bearings, but not before running in to three (or maybe just two) attractive college females. They really were just really cute and pleasant-looking. I don't remember why I was talking to them - there was someone there that I knew, but I don't know if it was one of the girls, or someone else nearby - but we all talked for a little while before I insisted that I needed to get on my home, and wandered off.

As I approached the church on the way up University Drive (street, road, something) - a landmark reassuring me that I was headed in the right direction, and was also made more grand and impressive in the dream than it is in real life - one of the girls I had just talked to - in fact, the one I had found particularly attractive - approached, and whatever had happened to me that had left me naked, had happened to her, and she was naked now too. She was asking to use my blanket, but she didn't know I was naked and that I very much wanted the blanket for myself, so there was this moment of her wanting to be covered and warm, and me understanding her situation fully, but also thinking "but... then I'll be cold and naked", and the idea certainly crossed my mind that we could share the blanket, but then I'd have to open it for a moment, and she'd find out I was naked, but we were close to the church, so maybe we could dash in there and figure out what to do, safe from the chilly and populated outdoors...

... and then I woke up.

[throws up arms] I have no idea what that dream was about, but there it is.

I haven't had the opportunity to meet naked girls in dreams very often, so it's too bad this one had to be under such awkward circumstances, especially since she was so damn cute :)

[edit] Conclusion

So there's those dreams I remember. I kind of suspect that all these dreams recently are due to the cats tearing around at night, preventing me from my normal sleeping habits. I'm definitely noticing a pattern where different sleeping situations leads me to remember more dreams.