When Your Subconscious Mind Speed Dials Your Conscious Mind

I try not to share my longass dreams very often, because dreams are generally more interesting to the dreamer than to anyone else.

But in my last moments before waking, I dreamed that Tim and I worked for the current occupant of the White House. We were doing PR for a government program we really believed in and were talking to a group of people about it. A journalism professor walked into the room with a large poster and a candle. The slogan on the large poster said, “Thirty-five years ago, I carried this in protest.” Beneath that was a smaller poster that said, “GET OUT OF VIETNAM NOW.” He had crossed out VIETNAM and written IRAQ. He sat down on the floor in front of us with his candle and faced a mostly hostile group. Tim and I looked at each other a moment then, without a word, we both slid out of our chairs and sat down next to him, knowing that was the end of our employment.

My dream switched to election day, year unknown, and I was looking at results on TV that said Bush had received 8% of the vote. I frantically looked at the other candidate’s name to determine which election it was and saw, “Gore, 90%.” And in that split second before I woke up, I was happy because it was like rewinding a tape to a world before 2001.

11 thoughts on “When Your Subconscious Mind Speed Dials Your Conscious Mind”

      1. Re: Did any….

        i’m having trouble remembering…but maybe.

        seems i remember a rather masculine woman who resembled george washington…

        hmmmm….

    1. yeah, i can’t remember details really either.

      i wish i did..cos i’d be curious to know more about the white wigged people.

      i’d be pissed if i dreamt i could play guitar..cos i’d wake up and wouldn’t be able to.

      or maybe you should get a guitar, maybe you learned in your dream???

      1. The “white wigged people” makes me think of Stevie Nicks. Just like the white wigged people…

        And yeah, I have an accoustic. Believe me, I tried. Still can’t play it. *sigh*

  1. Wow, my dreams are like…

    …comics compared to yours. Your dream is thought-provoking and somewhat deep. By comparison, I wake up, turn to Lindsey and say something to the effect of, “I had a dream, and we were doin’ it.” Then I laugh like Beavis and lay my head down to sleep again, hoping I can make the dream pick up where it left off.

    1. Re: Wow, my dreams are like…

      ROFL, you laugh like Beavis… ROFL. Do you remember that I’ve always said the voices in my head sound like Beavis and Marge Simpson? Well, now there’s a third voice. Jane Lane from MTV’s Daria. It’s getting crowded in there. These are my awake-hours voices. Dreaming of serious shit must be my escape.

        1. Re: Wow, my dreams are like…

          I don’t know if they are available on DVD yet. I’ve seen every episode but one, I think, and the movie episodes, too. Tim says my imitation of Sandi, Fashion Club President, has gotten scary.

          By the way, Tim’s the funny one. I think HE should tell us what would happen if Marge and Beavis had an affair.

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