Dream 6, last night

Hannah, Ellie, and I are all in this hotel for some big reason. Maybe a Josh Groban concert. Or maybe a lecture on lymphocytes. Whatever the reason, it's big. My parents and Barium are in a rather large rented house. Maybe we're all staying there, but that's fuzzy.

So, first part of dream: A woman on the roof of a building won't sell something (stuffed animal, maybe) to a girl who has Down Syndrome. Being the righteous people that we are, Ellie, Hannah, and I are angry. Hannah phones the manager a complaint. Then we go through this long and boring process of how to ship that thing to Sweden, which is where the girl lives. Maps galore; it's very yawn causing.

Second part of dream: I'm in that rented house on the top floor in a bedroom, and I have this huge JOSH GROBAN! package. It has DVDs, CDs, books, etc all related to Josh Groban. I put on a music video and watch it. There's a girl with silvery-white hair that looks a bit like me. As I'm laying there watching, I realize it IS me. I think, "OMG, I'm in a Josh Groban video! I don't remember being in it, but I was!" Then I run downstairs to tell my mom and dad. They say I was, and I had to get my hair dyed.

Third part of dream: I'm on the computer checking my email. I find out I got a bad grade on an essay.

Dream 5, sometime within past 2 weeks

This is the dream with Josh Groban. Sorry, it wasn't you, Vadskye.

Barium and I are in a small car. Josh Groban is in the front. He is being rather dad-like - he's going to take us camping. We're in California and we drive into a small town in a forest. Josh gets out and walks into a store, looking for some more camping supplies. Well, waddya know, his newest album "Awake" (which is fantastic, btw) is in the store, and there's a cardboard model of him. All of us think it's really funny.

While he's looking at supplies, Barium and I watch his promotional "You Are Loved (Don't Give Up)" music video from a screen in the store. Ooo, aahhh.

Then Josh buys something, but nobody seems to recognize him as THE Josh Groban. We're all sad and puzzled. Until an alien walks up and asks for his autograph. (J/K about the alien.) Eventually, Josh says to the cashierette, "Do you know who I am?"

"Umm..." she replies, looking confused. "Wait... you look like that guy on the CD cover..."

"I am Josh Groban," Josh Groban says. (Ha ha ha! I love it when that happens. Of course, Josh probably wouldn't just go around trying to impress people in RL.)

Then we all get out of there before the ladies start asking for autographs and hugs.

Dream 4, last night

I was in my old house and my cousin Zebra was there. (She's sooo cyooot!) For some reason, the people in the house were being really abusive, and Barium and I decided to run away. We took Zebra with us.

So we were running and running towards the Broheem. I was carrying Zebra in my arms. As we approached the Broheem, it wasn't a river, but the Pacific. We stopped at the beach and hung around for awhile.

Then this guy was giving free haircuts, so we all got a haircut.

(Not a very well remembered dream. There's more, but it's lost.)

Dream 3, last night

I was at some sort of performance venue, with a stage a little smaller than Orchestra Hall. There were lots of people - the place was packed. Performers would come onto the stage, do their thing, then exit to let another performer do something. I think Josh Groban sang a song.

I was a person that helped the performers with their stage props or finding their way backstage. I remember helping a fiddler. When the show was over, I went backstage, where Jason, of all people, was also a stage hand. I think we helped the fiddler clean up or something.

As Jason and I was walking in the hall, these two famous people were saying, "I think I've seen you before. That shirt looks familiar."

"Yeah, it's the MYS shirt. You might've seen them around performing," I replied. (The MYS shirt was featured on the New York Times a few weeks ago, too! Osmo was wearing it. That's non-fiction.)

Then all of the performers and stagehands got on buses, and drove away to the next touring place. We must've been in Arizona or a south west state because there was cacti and lots of sand. We stopped at a place to take a break. Jason and I were talking, and we saw these huge, weird birds. One was like a black flamingo with yellow eyes. Another was sitting on a wall at the edge of a cliff. It was as big as a Newfoundland, and dark brown. Jason said something along the lines of, "Those birds scare me." And I said, "You're afraid of a brown bird??" He laughed. I'm not sure why he laughed, because it wasn't very funny.

That's it, folks.

Dream 2, Last Night

I was at a STAR-like place. The dream started with everyone from Teen Discussion (minus the "Die! Die! Die!" person) walking down the stairs into a hallway. We turned right into a small room with a bunch of cots lined up against the wall. On the cots were winter gear, which we put on while talking and laughing. Then we went back out into the hall and continued to walk down a short distance until we reached a door to the outside. (Similar to the 2nd floor door at the real STAR place.) We walked passed Ellie's mom and jumped off of the platform into snow. There was at least 6 inches of snow everywhere, and huge mounds lining the parking lot.

(Other boy in Teen Discussion besides Vadskye I'll call Zebra.)

"How are you, Zebra?" I asked.

"Fine," Zebra answered curtly. I tried to catch Hannah's eye, but failed.

Then we all took off running away from the building. For some reason I was holding a Sprite can, and I dropped it into a snow bank. We continued running to this place where the hill dips a little. I've seen it before in a couple other dreams. There wasn't any snow, and the sun was shining brightly. I could see farms, and tall, but very small hills to the left. (Normally they're cliffs.) Vadskye and I ran up a hill and pretended to be "King and Queen of the Mountain." I know, really lame. Then we ran down the hill and up another one similar in shape and size. And then we went to another one.

At the third hill, the scenery changed. The small but tall hills became rocky, like the tide pools at Sea Ranch. I started climbing on one, and found a huge crab, which pinched me with its claws. Vadskye had to hit it with a stick to nock it off my fingers. In my dream it didn't hurt, but it was uncomfortable.

We went to another "hill" similar to the previous one. I did the same thing - poking around and getting my fingers pinched by crabs. Finally at the third hill Vadskye said, "You probably shouldn't go on it again - look there's a crab." Of course, being the rebellious person that I am, I went on it again and got pinched. Vadskye rolled his eyes.

Then, I can't exactly piece it all together, but somehow all five of us got back to the building. I had to use the restroom, but there wasn't any privacy. There were two bathrooms, one with a couple of toilets (you really don't want to know this, do you? :P ) and the other with about five. Each had a "churchy" glow about them, probably from the stained glass. Finally I decided to go in the one with five toilets, and prayed no one would come in.

Anyway... moving on. That's all I can remember now. I'm pretty sure there was more, so if I remember it all I'll do another post.

Dream 1, last night

I am at a museum similar to the Walker in Minneapolis. At the top floor there is an auditorium, in which I will be playing my violin with my orchestra. My dad and brother are taking me, because I am sick. My brother, Barium, is eight and I am fourteen.

We arrive at the top floor. It is an odd shape, like a modern glob.

There are windows all around the reception area and it feels like you are in the sky. The building goes high enough to be covered in clouds on a rainy, foggy day.

Anyway, we get to the auditorium and sit down. I see Jason sitting in the brass section of our orchestra. They are playing a song, and it sounds awful. (First remembered dream where I hear music.) I give Barium purple squishy earplugs and get a couple for myself. However, the brass sound better as they reach the halfway point of their piece.

When it ends, Barium says, "I think they were nervous, but they got better." I nod.

I unpack my violin and go on the stage to play. I don't actually remember playing anything, but I do remember packing up, and I meet a famous violinist in a pale green suit. As I exit the auditorium I meet a famous violist in a pale green suit. Apparently they're going to be holding a few sectionals next week. The violist as frizzy white hair.

I enter the reception area, where there are large tables of food and drink and even larger crowds of people from my orchestra standing around them chatting. I spot Barium and my dad, and we walk over to the elevator. There are odd buttons that represent where you want to go. There's a flower, an exclamation mark, and a couple others. My dad explains what they mean, and we step into the elevator.