record my dreams

I had weird often vivid and scary dreams. I remembered almost all of them. Then I got a dream catcher and they all are forgotten once I wake up.

Dreamed I found this kitten in a cat carrier on my porch and I thought ‘Oh no! I forgot about the kitten! It’s been out here for weeks with no food or water!’ I opened the carrier, fully expecting to find an icky little corpse inside, but the kitten was miraculously alive and I hustled to get it some water and tried to think of what would be the best thing to feed it in its malnourished state.

I also have a recurring dream that I’ve forgotten to feed/water this hamster, and it’s always still clinging to life too. Wonder what these dreams are about?

dreamed that I was at mass and that I started a huge fight with my mom about why I don’t want to be there and that I don’t believe in god.

But because we were fighting I missed the communion and mom made me go up after everyone else was finished and ask the priest if I could still have it.
But the priest laughed at me and threw holy water at my face.

I use a tape recorder or digital voice recorder for my dreams, located within easy reach of a headboard or bedside table, that way i don’t have to open my eyes but can just reach for it, hit record button and start talking. Sometimes I’m even too sleepy to pronounce things well, but it works. I did catch 3 dreams in a couple of hours once…

I have kept journals of my nighttime dreams for about 20 years now. As a result, I remember on average 3-5 dreams per night. For me sleeping is like having a second life. My dreams are vivid, important, and entertaining. The best way to record your dreams is to keep a blank journal (it’s tough to write on lines if you’re half asleep) and a clicker pen (again, when half asleep you don’t want to worry about uncapping a pen to write a few words or phrases down) next to your bed. Even if you only remember a few snatches of your dream sequences, something is better than nothing. Happy dreaming!

I dreamed I had my lip pierced again.
I woke up to find it wasn’t real.
I was so disappointed. :(

I’m amazed that I’m recording my third dream for this week! Before I experienced that disturbing nightmare, I hadn’t been able to recollect any of my dreams for a month!

I dreamt that my former best friend with whom I had been close to for many years, contacted me. It was most unexpected as we had a falling out over two years ago; she had decided to abandon me and befriend all the ‘white people’. Anyhow, in my dream, she requested that we meet up within the next hour and I reluctantly accepted. When we met up, I remember her acting as if it were old times again. And we visited a bookshop. Yes, weird. I personally enjoy browsing through bookshops but she doesn’t. huge memory blank The next thing I remember was my being in a sumptuous, elegant French cafe with my mother. We indulged ourselves in many delicious delicacies and the dream ends there.

It is very plausible that the first half of this dream coincides with the phone call I received from my former best friend at midnight last night. I believe she speed-dialed me accidentally because when I picked up, I heard only background noise. Very bizarre dream, indeed.

But I want to continue, and I blog everywhere so why not 43things too?

Tonight I’ve been writing like crazy and it’s flowing easily, so let me try to encapsulate last night’s crazy dream.

I’ve been enamoured with a coworker for months. I made an awkward drunken pass at him after the company Christmas party (is there a better time?) which he gently rejected. He was one of the stars of my dream. We were finally making out and had gone pretty far when he suddenly ended it because I had bad breath. I felt this was unfair, as he’s the one that suggested the stinky lunch I’d eaten. He wasn’t mean about it, just not interested, and he left. Then I was riding a bike and saw one of my exes out with a friend. He was a little older looking and had different facial hair. It’s been a while since I saw him so his looks were feasable. I circled back around on the bike so I could go by him again while pretending I hadn’t seen him, hoping he’d spot me and call out. I’m ashamed to admit I tried this a few times, and he was either oblivious or ignoring me. What a fun dream. I’m tempted to call it a nightmare.

I dreamt that a monstrous demon fell from the heavens and terrorised the planet. It brought destruction, pain and death. The beast drained the Earth of all its water by removing a “plug” before myself and several others. Oceans, seas, gulfs, bays, lakes, rivers, streams, all bodies of water ceased to exist.

I dreamed I was taking pictures of the moon. :S