my subconscious is weird.

Yesterday, I had a dream that I was skiing with Toby, and I forgot how to ski (which is a likely chance in real life), and we were on the edge of this steep cliff, and he was like "just go!" and and I was like "No! I can't!" and then he just shoved me off the edge... it was really scary, but it ended up being pretty fun.

I just woke up from a bizarre hodge podge of dream events... So, I was at this party at the movies where Rachel Parry was supposed to have gotten me a movie ticket, but she forget to put my name on one, which basically meant I couldn't have one. Then, she printed me out a receipt from this weird little machine, to show that I bought one, and told me to draw the plot of the movie on the back to prove that I'd seen the movie (doesn't make any sense now..). So, I drew some guy lying on the ground, surrounded by animals that looked like rocks (kind of like onyx from Pokemon), and then a word bubble out of his mouth with a scribble and the number 27 inside. Then, everyone went into the theater, but I stayed outside because I had to go meet Mikey at a convenience store because he owed me a bottle of ginger ale and a bottle of white wine. So, we go to the store, he buys me the drinks and then says he has to run, and leaves. I open both and take one sip out of each, and then get yelled at because the store keepers didn't see me buy them. However, I convince them, and then they give me a free purse to carry my drinks around in, and it looks exactly like the purse I already have, which makes me really angry. I start walking around the store and find this conditioner I really want, but it's 11 bucks for a bottle, which strikes me as ridiculous, and each bottle is only half filled, so I'm trying to mix two bottles together to get more in one. This asian store keeper keeps walking by and eying me suspiciously, but I just smile and continue on. After I finish, I decide not to buy it at all. Also, my mom and Bliss were there shopping, but I just casually waved and kept walking alone.. then I go back to the theater, where I'm supposed to meet Kellen to watch this movie. I try to get in with my reciept/drawing/ticket thing, and Kellen doesn't even have a ticket, and they guy finally agrees to let me in, but makes me pay again. I give him $20 all in change, which he takes, and then I walk through, and then decide I don't want to see the movie after all because it's almost over- plus, I tell the guy I already paid, and try to get him to give me my money back, but he refuses. We get in a huge fight, finally he gives me back my handfuls of change, and then I go to this dinner that was set up in the lobby of the movie theater. It was hummus and make your own burgers, like out of ground beef.. but you ate it raw? And a bunch of random people were all sitting around eating and it was really nice.. and then our room phone rang, and it was the wrong number.

OH- at some point in the movie, there was an announcement that Obama had brought back ALL the troops from Iraq, and everyone was all excited and going crazy. But, there was a girl eating dinner with us whose brother had been there, and apparently, when the soldiers found out they were going to be released, they all got around and did those circles you do in sports where you put your hands in the middle and shout.. so they were all jumping around shouting "USA! USA!", and this girl's brother had gotten so excited and into it that he snapped a tendon in his neck and almost paralyzed himself, and was in the hospital. And I somehow knew this guy, and it was really upsetting, but everyone was happy that he was home and alive, and it ended up being a funny story around the dinner table.

I think that's it for now...

x

change in theme.. I'll give it a go.

So, even though I'm still going to be overseas through March, my "adventuring" time is over, and a phase of my life has passed. I was going to continue to write about my time in Oxford, but I figured it would be rather boring, as it would mostly consist of me walking around, going to eat, hanging out with friends, and writing a lot about Medieval stuff. So, my "Oxford" blog failed.

However, there are other things I want to document and remember, just in general. Since this is just my blog, I'm going to start to type down things I'll want to recall someday, but feel free to read as well if you get bored, whoever is reading this. The two themes I want to document are:

A) my intensely vivid, awesome, super-fun dreams that I have EVERY night and

B) amazing, extra cool things that happen to me

to begin, I had a dream last night that I was walking through a park with Toby, and there was a giant patch of clovers. I wanted to stop and look at them, but he was in a hurry for some reason. I stopped anyway and picked one, and the first one I picked happened to be a 4 leaf clover (except the fourth leaf was small and a bit misshapen, but it was a fourth leaf nevertheless). He took a picture of me on his phone holding the clover, and he told me it was the cutest photo he'd ever taken. It was a nice, pleasant dream:)

In the real world... today was relaxing and fun, after a hectic, awesome, chaotic day/evening last night. After a VERY fun (but poorly ended..) night at Vinnies, I came back to the room and skyped some of my favorite people of all time, and when I sat on my bed, a pound fell on my head from the sky! Magic! Went to the movies tonight with awesome people and got a chicken/pule (spelling?) sandwich.. yummm. Also, thought of a fun topic for my soccer (football) paper and had fun researching. Oh yeah, and got an entire bowl of whipped cream at dinner for free.. nomnomnom.

Yesterday, went to a fun rugby match, watch some homies play (and WIN!) the tournament, then got free pins, shirts, and dinner, all with amazing company. People flew from Tokyo to attend this match, and Frances and I literally rolled out of bed and went on a whim. Life is too good.

There's still a big lit tree in the Magdalen courtyard, and little patches of snow around. Life is magical:)

Have to write 3 papers tomorrow, but I'm doing it with coffee and good friends, so I can't complain. Also, I'm getting to return home to sunny, 75 degree weather on Friday, getting picked up by two of my favorite people in the entire world (with a BURRITO!).. LOVE YOU GUYS xxx

will write again soon.. probably tomorrow, because I will most likely have a dream, and want to procrastinate.

OH, and a flashback dream from last week- I had a dream that I had a pet unicorn that was rainbow and glittery, and instead of a horse tail, it had a peacock feather tail. It was literally the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen. My unicorn and I would play a game, where it would run through the woods and I would follow behind on my bike. It's tail feathers would fall out, and I would ride behind and try to catch them in the air. I woke up and was devastated that I actually did not have this pet. Here is an image that just barely begins to capture the essence of my dream: