Posted 5:10 PM by John A. Seafisk

John Seafisk's 114th Dream

Last night, I had a dream. Technically, everybody has dreams when they sleep, except not everyone remembers them or they're too dull & boring to be worth remembering. Was mine worth remembering? You be the judge:

It began at a motel near a mountainous desert region, maybe Arizona or the Mojave. A group of us were about to leave for a hiking expedition, and the people in the group were the same ones I went out dancing with last weekend for someone's birthday. (sidenote: Happy Birthday, Anna!) Before we left, I ran back to my hotel room to grab something...maybe sunglasses or a canteen or sunblock, I don't remember. Anyway, when I returned to the lobby, everyone was gone. I walked into the hotel restaurant, where I found the group I was just with. And they were working...some were waitressing, some were cooking, some were maitre'd-ing. I was told that the expedition was cancelled, and I should go find something else to do.

So I went for a walk...and somehow ended up in the gray-skied envions of Northwest Indiana....the gray skies coming from the steel mills nearby. I walked up a bridge over an interstate highway, and when I got to the top, I encounted members of the music group No Doubt.

Then I quickly realized that the top of the bridge was very, very high. There was only one way down...by parachute. A line formed for people to jump. After Gwen Stefani made her leap & started floating down, I was set to go. Just as I began floating down, music started playing....I soon realized I was in the start of a No Doubt music video. (Has No Doubt even made a music video involving parachutes?)

However, I was floating down in the other direction away from Gwen & her pals...with the music also fading away. I finally landed on a city street. But, there was something strange about this street....It was brightly colored, and the people seemed unreal & talking very quickly.

I looked around quickly, then realized where I was....I landed in a Japanese animated cartoon! Not one of those violent, "Akira"-type toons, but something along the lines of Tokyo Pig & Lupin The Third. The weird thing is I've only seen 1 episode of Tokyo Pig & 2 episodes of Lupin The Third in my lifetime. Don't get me wrong, they were pretty amusing...but why would I remember it?

Then I woke up.

I lay there in bed for a good few minutes, thinking to myself....

"What the hell was all that about?!?!!?"