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04:21:2002 Entry: "A most disturbing DREAM, and a very long one at that."
A most disturbing DREAM, and a very long one at that.
Stan and I were visited by someone we used to know who we don't want to see anymore (who I'll call "Norm" for the sake of this journal). He brought a theatre troupe with him to visit us, and they also brought props like lights, cameras, and those umbrellas they use at photo shoots. Norm also brought a girlfriend with him that he was going out with about 8 years ago. He was mentally tormenting Stan and I, and the theatre troupe and girlfriend were all on his side and didn't see through to his underlying madness at all. We kept asking him to leave, but he wouldn't. I was fearing for our lives. I also remember some other things; one of the theatre guys looked similar to him, but was better looking and perhaps a film star, and I was running around partly undressed. I couldn't understand why they were all supporting him, unless they were all mad (er, daft) too. There was one guy, however, who was making eye contact with me. He reminded me of someone I used to know from Colorado--blond hair, Scandinavian-American with facial hair. He reminded me of someone I've seen in movies or on TV, but can't remember the actor. He was rolling his eyes and smirking when Norm would say something creepy. So I had a feeling that this guy was onto Norm and in support of Stan and I. I was pleading with these people to leave our house, which looked very large and dark, BTW. Then our house turned into my parent's house. My dad burst into the room and started getting very mad at me because of all the people there. I noticed a jar with some caterpillars on the table, and one was turning into a Monarch chrysalis. My dad was saying that the commotion these people were causing was disturbing the caterpillars and that they were dying. I was trying to explain to my dad that they weren't dying, but they were metamorphizing. I looked at the jar and one of the caterpillars appeared to be one of those Baroque kind with fleshy spines and horns coming off its body in a randomly ornate manner. However when I looked closer, I realized that those weren't caterpillar embellishments, but small caterpillars that were sucking the life out of a larger one. It freaked me out. There was another person who was there who I remember from CSU art school, and even though I think of him as a semi-jerk, he was actually being supportive in the dream in trying to get rid of the theatre troupe. Then the front entryway of our house fell off--it just completely separated from the rest of the house by a few inches, and the support fell into the ground. I was totally panicked and didn't think that Stan would be able to fix that himself, that it would be too heavy for him to lift. (I'd say that calls for a contractor...what do you think?) I also remember looking at floor plans of a Victorian house, trying to explain to someone (maybe someone who would fix our house?) how our house looked, but they kept telling me no, that's not the way the house looked. Then I remember watching the Damned in concert and they just totally sucked; none of the original members except Dave Vanian were a part of it. He kept saying stuff like "I'm 64" and I thought they did look pretty good for being that old, but I didn't realize that they were that much older than myself. Black and white crudely drawn cartoons were also images from that part of the dream. I also remember seeing Iggy Pop on TV or something...all he was wearing was underwear and he was being beligerant.
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Sometimes I wonder if I am Norm - and no, don't ask why ;o]
Posted by Nico @ 03/12/2002 04:59 PM CST
Well, I won't ask why, but I do wonder why you would think such a thing. This dream is based on real life previous experiences with someone Stan and I have known for a long time. And hopefully no one will read this who knows the real "Norm" (not his real name), so I will stick my neck out and give a little bit of insight on the matter without going into too much detail:
Pacific Heights. Plot somewhat different, but pretty close in personalities (hey, I'm played by Melanie Griffith?!? (before she got those stupid lip implants, I hope) And Stan's... Matthew Modine?! And you can guess who "Norm" is!)
I might've mentioned a certain "bad houseguest" in my old blog a long time ago. Yes, that was him.
Posted by Ann @ 03/12/2002 05:23 PM CST
Why? Because you have dreamt about Norm a few times and when I read it I think wow, that guy is very much like me at some psychotic points ;o]
Posted by Nico @ 03/13/2002 11:49 AM CST
Gee, I hope he's not like you! You don't get upset when other people are having a silly conversation about sex, do you?
Posted by Ann @ 03/13/2002 12:05 PM CST