PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE

Hi everyone :D  Have you ever felt nostalgic for the past, or wondering what the future could be like?  This one's a bit rambly and long, but hopefully it makes sense and is coherent enough.  There are two parts, but I think they both share the theme of time and change.  What do you think?  Enjoy!  

*Old Dream - April 12 2018

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First Part:

It was really dark, and I was barely able to see anything but could tell it was nighttime, that I was indoors and sitting on something.  After taking a bit of time to orient myself and let night vision kick in, it turned out I was sitting on a toilet, and I had my pants down :O  This wouldn't have been so worrying except for the fact that I was in the middle of one of my neighbour's living room :O

I pulled up my pants in a panic and flushed the toilet (why did I do that?!).  Then I started hearing my neighbours talking about a "strange noise".  I ran out of the front door as fast and as quietly as possible.  Halfway down the hall (I lived in a condo), I realized I needed to lock the door.  I had their spare key so I went back and very, very slowly pushed the key in and began turning the lock.  I heard my neighbours fully awake and talking, and then heard the toilet flush.  I took that opportunity to finish locking the door hoping they couldn't hear it through the flush.  Phew!

I ran back to my suite as fast as possible, but before going in I wanted to check my clothes closet which was located in the hallway just to the right of my suite door.  Though, after rifling through for a bit, I was very confused because I didn't recognize any of the clothes.  Then my immediate neighbour to the right came out and asked what I was doing in his closet, and I told him it's supposed to be my closet.  He's like, "No no no, your closet is on the other side", referring to the left side of my door, then I told him that's not right because then my left side neighbour wouldn't have a closet due to space limitations.  The guy firmly said, "That's just how it works 'now'".  I was so confused, because I knew everyone was supposed to have a closet, but I just thanked him for the info, and went inside.

My husband was sleeping, but I woke him up hastily because I just had to confirm something.  He was quite groggy and in shock.  I asked him what year it was and he said, "1998, no wait, it's 2002.  Yeah, 2002".  He even went to a calendar and showed me it was indeed 2002.  He tried going back to bed but I was so confused and kept asking him how that could be?  In my mind it was 2018 (present time at the time of dreaming), so any date that far back seemed ridiculous.  He thought I was just being crazy and needed some sleep.  I told him about the closet, and he said "yeah, what about it?".  He didn't remember the closet system the way I did.

There was no helping it, somehow I went back into the past, even though I don't remember it ever being like that.  So I had no choice but to go to sleep, and then...

 

Second Part:

I was in a mall I'd frequented in real life, but everything looked different, it was more high tech.  It was still 2002, I could feel it was the same time period as the first part, but things seemed way more advanced. The store displays, doorways, lighting, and so much more were controlled by gadgets.  

The mall was under renovations though so there were some barrier walls and unfinished areas.  I was there to meet a friend, Nadia, for lunch, but she wanted to see one of her other friends first.  Her friend worked at a jewellery/chocolate shop.  Yes, quite the strange combo, but it seemed like it was working since there were many customers so we had to wait until things quieted down.  

During the busy time, I wandered around to nearby shops and encountered a young lady.  She was on a bench eating some really yummy-looking food.  I asked her where she got it, she said it was from the food court.  I was going to say thanks and leave, but she continued talking.  She wasn't really a fan of the high-tech setup, she liked things the way they were before; more engaging and more personal.  I agreed wholeheartedly.  She looked happy I felt the same way.  Then I saw Nadia signal for me so I left the bench-lady.  

In the jewellery/chocolate shop now, Nadia was talking with her friend while I looked around.  I saw some chocolates in a display case and asked about the prices.  Her friend opened up the case and I looked at the bottom of a small square box (could fit about 4 pieces), it was $19.99... :|   Then I saw a few loose pieces beside the boxes and asked, "how much?".  The friend said, "twenty-five cents".  I got one, as I was quite hungry at the time.  The friend looked at me like I made a bad purchase, but compared to $19.99, it was a steal.  It wasn't special chocolate, but still tasted fine, it was like a round chocolate ball with a smooth filling inside.  

Nadia wanted to chat with her friend longer, but I was getting really hungry so I suggested that I go ahead.  She was okay with that so I made my way to the food court, and funny enough I saw the lady from earlier.  The lady saw me too and smiled.  I asked if I could sit beside her and she said "yes".  

While I was getting settled, she said she liked the music I was listening to.  Not sure what she was talking about though, maybe I was humming a tune...?  She said that genre of music strengthened her spirit, gave her energy, and instilled confidence. 

She then mentioned that she had a daughter whom she'd been teaching judo (or some other kind of defense style).  She said her daughter was only four but when they practiced together, her daughter was quite fearsome.  

The scene then cut to show them fighting in a ring, and the daughter jumped and latched onto the lady's (mom's) leg and didn't let go until a signal was given.  

I was like, "wow, that's one tough kid!"  Then I saw Nadia walking towards me so I said bye to the lady again.  She seemed really nice :)  

Around this time I woke up though I felt there could have been a little more to my dream.  

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Thanks for reading!  I hope that wasn't too confusing or rambly, lol. 

Have you ever found yourself in a potentially embarrassing situation and then just barely made it out?  Well, that has to happen to me many a time through my life.  Now if only I could stop dreaming about embarrassing situations, lol.

From the second part, I wonder what music the lady heard?  Music is a big part of my life too and depending on what I'm listening to, I can feel changes to my mood and energy levels.  Does music have an effect on you?  Let me know :D

PROPS TO MUSIC -- (two dreams) --

Hi everyone :D  I got a "two-for-one-er" here this week.  Sometimes I have multiple dreams over the course of the night and this was one of those times.  Sometimes the dreams are connected by theme or other, but I'm not sure if I can find any connection with the following two.  Though, maybe you guys can?  Enjoy!

 

*Old Dream - April 10 2018

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First Dream:

I was helping out with a skit for a Youtuber called RH (fake name).  He was in the planning stages and was deciding what props to buy so he asked everyone to pick something.  

There was a catalogue to look through and when I turned to a page with swords I asked him, "What about these?".  He said, "Yes", I should get one, but since there were quite many I asked him to pick.  

He pointed to a wide-bladed sword that was reddish-orange and said, "That one".  

I then asked, "Are you sure?", since the price was $5000.  

He replied, "Yes!  I'm sure." 

A little time passed and all the props got delivered.  RH and a teammate were goofing around with some props in a fenced area.  When I walked towards them with the sword, RH says I can't play with it because it's so expensive; it can only be used for the scenes and that's it.  For additional info, the sword was actually really sharp and he didn't want it getting nicked so he could return it after the skit.  I figured safety would have been the bigger issue, but I guess not :|  

RH then said he was upset I would pick such an expensive item.  When I reminded him it was his choice he didn't believe me, but thankfully the other teammates were around and backed me up.  

He didn't say too much after that, but I decided to return the sword and get a cheaper prop anyway :|

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And now, onto the Second Dream:

I was in an office workplace and finishing up some last-minute tasks.  It was pretty late so I was glad to be done.  Another employee named Jessy was there also finishing up.  He reminded me that the next day we had to pick up some supplies from a warehouse that was located far away from the city.

After a long bus ride the following day, we reached the warehouse.  It looked so weird for a place that had office supplies.  The building looked more like a farmhouse since some of the rooms had hay on the floor, and there were also cage bars on some doors.

There wasn't anyone at the warehouse so we had to look around for the supplies ourselves, but by the time we found everything we needed, the buses weren't running anymore and we were tired :|  There were no taxis either, and it was a pretty deserted place so staying the night was the safest option.  I found a nice hay spot and had no trouble getting comfy, but Jessy didn't like the setting.  

I offered him my iPod and headphones since he could try listening to music, but he didn't want to.  We ended up talking for part of the night before both falling asleep.

When I woke up the next morning, I was happy to see Jessy had decided to listen to my music after all.  He said he really liked two songs.  One song was from a singer named Brandy; the second one, I forgot the group's name but was a song I'd heard many times before.

He continued listening to the songs while we headed to town with the supplies.  Funny enough the travel back took so long it became night again, so we each ended up heading home instead of to the office (yes, we took the supplies home, lol).

The only caveat was that nighttime was supposedly really dangerous and Jessy was feeling very weary.  I suggested he borrow my iPod to help keep him calm and thankfully he agreed.

The next morning while in my bed, I heard two songs playing one after the other, and thought, "Oh, those are Jessy's songs, but why would I hear them here?".  I asked my husband if he heard any music and he said, "No", but went to the kitchen to check in case it was a neighbour.  He told me there was nothing and went back to sleep.  I also stopped hearing it and went back to sleep.  

Soon after, I woke up again hearing the music, though this time I felt the iPod and headphones near me (the music was actually playing over the scene rather from the headphones).  I got a happy feeling that Jessy made it back home safely :) 

Then I woke up for real, lol.

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Thanks for reading!  I really enjoyed the second dream because music almost always gets me into a feel-good mood, and nostalgic (in a nice way).  I just wish I remembered what the other song was since the last time I heard it was during my high school years.  If I remember correctly, the lyrics went something like:

 "--------  -----, and I'll be there" 

I think it was an old 1990's/2000's pop song by a male singer or group.  The lyrics may or may not be like that (as dreams can be confusing sometimes).  And to be clear, it was not the song "I'll be there", lol.  If anyone has any ideas, I'm all ears :D

 

MALWARE MAYHEM 2

Hi everyone :D  I'm a little early for once with my weekly entry!  Anyway, this one revisits a little annoying bug from a previous dream (Malware Mayhem).  Thankfully this one wasn't as mind bending and was only for part of the dream, but it was still annoying, lol.  Enjoy!

*Old Dream - April 7, 2018

 

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I don't know how it got infected again, but when the virus took effect I was on a Word-like program typing something and then the words got jumbled together and none of the commands worked.  The screen got pixelated and blocky with blues, greens and black until finally settling on red.  That's how I knew it was the same virus as before.... 

My sister was with me at the time when the virus took over and instead of helping, she hindered my attempts to fix it.  When I was using the keyboard to put the computer into safe mode she kept typing stuff too and when I asked what she's doing, she said she really needed to pay her bills.  And I was like, "What the heck!?  My computer's infected, you shouldn't be doing anything personal at this time!".  But she still kept trying to type over what I was inputting so I couldn't restart my computer :|

Away from the headache of a virus now, in another part of my dream, I had to investigate an old, run-down building.  There were tall greyish, armoured monsters guarding the doors to each room, and they all had spears.  They looked kind of like the monsters in the game "Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice".

I could have snuck by some but figured it'd be better to fight and clear them out instead.  But before doing that I had to find a weapon.  Lucky enough I found a spear!  But when I started fighting, it turned into a fishing pole :|  

The monsters laughed and mocked me for choosing such a flimsy weapon so I ended up using other things around the room like buckets and concrete blocks instead.  It got the fight done, but took a while (must have been the pent up rage from seeing the virus again, yes?  Lol).  

I explored other rooms too but I don't remember too much before waking up.  

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I don't know about you guys, but dreaming about computer viruses are the worst :(  I'm already very tech-adverse, I don't need more reasons to be afraid of breaking or wreaking my devices somehow :|  And thank you all for reading!

DISSOCIATION

Hi everyone :D  I wasn't sure whether to post this dream or not since it was pretty weird and confusing.  But I figured since it got me thinking and feeling deep thoughts, maybe others might feel the same way about emotional situations in their lives

 

*Old Dream - August 27, 2017

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I found out an old friend had passed away.  The strange thing was that the friend (or a copy) of said friend was still alive...?  Supposedly it was his "brother" who passed away.  I put "brother" in brackets because he didn't have a brother in real life (at least not when I knew him).

Even more strange was that I felt someone else's presence in the body; his sister's :O  However, whenever my friend spoke, it was the "brother's" side.  Talk about confusing :|

It was a very mentally taxing and saddening experience and I got really mopey since the news was so sudden and unexpected.  Not only that, no one had told me directly; I only overheard a passing comment from someone else.  It felt so unreal that was how I found out :(

I spent most of the dream talking to my friend ("brother" side) and how the situation made me feel.  He also did the same.  

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Thanks for reading!  Yeah, I'm not sure what to make of this dream, or what it was trying to convey to me.  I just know I felt very emotional back then, and I wish now that I remembered who it was about...

MALWARE MAYHEM

Hi everyone, have you ever had one of those dreams where it was hard to distinguish between real life and dreaming?  Well, this one was quite the rollercoaster while I was dreaming that both my computer and iPod got infected with malware, and it was so annoying  :|

 

*Old Dream - April 25, 2017

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When trying to use my computer, I noticed all the desktop icons changed and the background wallpaper changed to a reddish brown gradient.  It sort of had the feeling of "inevitable doom"/"being in Hell" :|  

As for my iPod, I dreamt it was the next morning and grabbed the device from under my bed like I do in real life, but when I turned on the screen all my icons were gone and there were some new ones in their place.  

The iPod background also changed to a reddish brown, kind of like the computer screen, but there were My Little Pony ponies in the background too (that was unexpected!).  I remember seeing at least three ponies; a blue one (standing), a purple one (standing), and a white one (in a sleeping position with its head resting on the front legs).

I freaked out and told my husband about it.  He found it amusing, but knew it was a big problem.  I also told him about the computer and it seemed like he knew what needed to be done. 

Then I "woke up" again, and thought, "phew!", just a dream.  I grabbed for my iPod as usual, but it was the same pony image as before :(  .... This time, I was prepared and said to myself "it's just a dream, this is not real".

Then I "woke up" yet again, and of course I grabbed for my iPod to confirm it was just a bad dream, but to my sad discovery, the pony background was still there!  Same image and icons; I even tried connecting to the internet, but I couldn't type in any website as the letters didn't register properly (because of the malware).  

I couldn't believe my eyes :O  Was this for real?!  I was starting to believe it really happened, and I told my husband again and showed him how it's all ponies when I try to do anything on my iPod.  

I also showed him the computer which was still infected.  He kept asking me about the sites I went to and I told him I didn't visit any weird sites and that I had no idea how it could have happened.  He was skeptical, but had no choice but to believe me since I'm a really paranoid person and wouldn't visit strange sites except maybe by accident.

Then, once again, I "woke up".  This time I made sure to check for "realness".  Like touching the bed, and walls, and anything I could get my hands on.  Everything felt good to me and my thoughts seemed normal.  I was relieved to be finally "awake", so I grabbed for my iPod and to my horror, there were ponies everywhere! :O  

Then I saw my husband, and asked him if I had told him anything about my iPod recently and he said "no, what about it?".  So with that, I really believed it was indeed real life and accepted the fact that I would have to factory reset my iPod and computer (as I figured it'd still be infected too) :(

Then I woke up, for real, for real.  I almost didn't want to check my iPod in case it really was infected :|

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I did not enjoy all those false awakenings at all since I was repeatedly faced with infected devices (one of my worst nightmares).  I've had to factory reset my computer at least three times in the past, and it never gets any easier to deal with :| 

Thank you all for reading and may all your devices stay safe from malicious intentions!

DON'T LET GO!

 Hi everyone :D  

This one is a bit long, and may get confusing at a point, but hopefully I explained things enough to make sense, lol.  Also to note, I am more of a viewer  rather than participant of this dream until close to end.

 

*Old Dream - February 5, 2017

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A friend and I was watching a TV show about 2 police officers; one was a woman and the other was a man.  They went to a financial agency to discuss borrowing a large sum of money which got approved.

In the next scene the policeman who borrowed money was frantically telling his colleagues that he saw on the news that the policewoman got shot through the head.  A colleague of the policewoman was devastated and wished she never referred the money loaning place.  Then she started wondering whether the policewoman could have survived.  Since the bullet went through from below the eye and out the back of the head on the right side.

Next scene showed the policewoman lying on a wooden floor in handcuffs but alive and without any bullet wounds.  There was also an unknown man beside her who was also in handcuffs.

Both of them started waking up and orienting themselves.  The policewoman and the man introduced themselves to each other and started chatting.  The policewoman told the man that she is a cop but that she wanted to start a new life away from the crime and danger so she faked her own death and hired people to "bury" her.  The man sympathized with her story.

Then one of the hired guys came in and took the handcuffs off saying they were on for safety purposes during transportation away from their hometowns since they were in coffin boxes.  Both the policewoman and man got up and started following the hired guy to talk to the boss who was supposed to give them instructions on how to proceed.

When they got to the boss's room all the hired guys seemed really friendly and thorough; dusting off wood chips from the policewoman and the man.  

Then the boss started talking to them saying he understood why they chose to run from their circumstances, but really in his mind, they were just abandoning responsibilities without the willingness to face consequences.  

At that point the boss motions to the hirelings and they started putting the handcuffs back on the policewoman and man and they were dragged out of the room. 

Next, we see the two of them in a room hanging for their life by the skin of their teeth, literally!  Because they were being hung above a very deep well full of alligators and the only thing between them and falling to their deaths was a piece of rope they were biting on.  However, that wasn't even the worst part.  

The worst part was that their lives also depended on three strangers who were above them being hung upside down by their legs, and they were the ones holding onto the lifeline rope for the bottom two with their teeth! 

** Describing the scene again in a different way in case it didn't make sense. Imagine two people standing upright looking up and above them there are three people upside down looking down and all of them are holding onto a single piece of rope between their teeth, while the top three are hanging by their legs.  Now remove a circular section of the floor and add a water with a bunch of alligators at the bottom of a very tall drop (I hope that helped for visualization and sense making, lol) **

Now back to it... 

Fortunately for the bottom two all of the people on the top wanted everyone to survive so none of them ever let go.  But how were they gonna get out of the situation?  

Time passed and they devised a plan; to swing the bottom two people to one of the the sides of the well so they can get on top of the ledge.  Seemed like a risky plan but somehow it managed to work, the bottom two got out and helped the top three.  Then all of a sudden light music starts playing and I (as the viewer watching the show) recognized it as the Peter Pan theme.  

Animated characters then floated out of the well and said they will help the five people escape the place.  Then they all float away and the episode ends.

And then I "woke up" to realize I fell asleep watching the TV show and thought how silly the ending was in my dream, but then moments later, the show did end the exact same way like in my dream :| 

My friend told me that while I was asleep, I hummed the Peter Pan theme and she thought it was funny until she saw how the show ended.  I told her about my dream and she thought it was really weird how it matched the show.  Then I noticed how late it was getting and told her I needed to head home.

I hopped onto a bus and then I woke up for real.  

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Thanks for reading!  The boss's way of hanging the people over the well was quite something, no?  Sometimes I wonder if I was a criminal mastermind in a past life, lol.

  

HOME SWEET HOME?

Hi everyone :D  This one might be a bit of a confusing read, but hopefully it makes sense enough, lol.  

 

*Old Dream - November 20 2016

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I travelled to an unknown location and there was a big house.  I had to stay there for a while.  My father and sister were also in the home along with some unrelated kids.  In the beginning things were okay even tough I always had a weird feeling about the place.  

Later on strange things started to happen and it turned out there were ghosts (small haunted dolls) that were making mischief and I had to get rid of them.  I managed to talk a few of them into leaving the house but there were two that had to be put into a mini fridge to stop their antics.  One of the ghosts didn't like being in the fridge though and pleaded to be let go, it threatened that things would get worse if I left it in there.  

At first things were good, but then things got really strange.  One night my sister was talking to me and had to go to the washroom.  When I was walking up the stairs with her to the washroom I saw another copy of my sister standing in the washroom already using the sink :O  

My sister that I was walking with didn't seem phased, maybe she didn't notice and just did her business and left the washroom.  So I left the area too, and then to my right coming down the stairs from the third floor, another copy of my sister.  And then just a little ahead of me standing inside a room; a third copy of my sister :O  

All of the copies of my sister looked at me when passing by, but they never looked at each other as if they couldn't even see one another.  It felt like I was seeing my sister from different dimensions all at once.  It was a very strange feeling, and I wanted to get out of the house, but before that I wanted to check the ghosts were still in the fridge.  When I opened the fridge only one of the ghosts were there :O  The one that was gone popped up behind me and asked if I wanted to leave the house (with multi-sisters), I said yes, I want it back to normal.  

I closed my eyes for a quick second, and after opening them, I saw I was in the same house, but everything was different, like furniture, people, wallpaper.  There was a mom and her two kids, and when I started talking to the mom, it was as if I had known her a long time because she was really friendly and not afraid of me.  

She told me of her kids' obsession with robot toys and said they had a gigantic collection.  She even let me open all the closet doors and draws to see the robots which were mostly transformers.  I was thinking my husband would have been in heaven to see that collection, lol.

After looking at all the robots I had to leave the house since it wasn't my place anymore and when I left I realized it wasn't the same year I was living in before.  It was some time in the past, maybe 1960's, 70's (I saw the date somewhere but can't remember exactly where).  

After roaming around the streets for sometime I bumped into some "friends" (pretty much some teens that knew me but I didn't know them).  We hung out for a while talking about things like school and what to do next.  It was a nice time, but I knew I had to find a way back to my real home and that was when I woke up.

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Being in the house with multiple copies of my sister was one of the weirdest dream experiences ever.  But exploring the drawers with all the toys was one of the funnest, lol.

What would you guys do if you saw multiple versions of someone you know all at the same time?