lastnite: a dream journal

Break-in, flowers, workshop, and 'oh, girl'

Matt came over to my apartment and told me that my trash "smells like ass." So I had him give me a ride to the trash dumpster. Three Arabic guys (one looked like the manager at IHOP and another looked like an Arabic version of Michael Ironside, the drill sergeant from Starship Troopers) broke into my apartment while I was throwing away trash. I didn't lock the door behind me, but I still felt incredibly violated. I could see one of them serving as a look-out while the others tore up the room. They weren't there to steal from me, just to find some certain mysterious item.

At the playground in my old neighborhood, I found a flower arrangement (red roses and baby's breath) sitting in a swing. A boy with a larger floral arrangement walked up and asked me if I'd give him mine. I said no and pointed out that he already had some flowers. I took them home and gave them to Mom. Mom told me to be nice to that boy because "he doesn't have nice clothes or furniture." While we were putting fresh water in the vase, we found a tag that changed every time I read it. The main message was "If you donate $100 to us, then [unknown]. If you deposit $100 you get [unknown] free. Write your address and pass it on." There were about four other addresses from homes in the neighborhood.

Johnny Depp had released an album in his pre-21 Jump Street days, covering songs like "Oh, Girl" and "Party Goin' On Tonight."

I was leaving for a trip, but I didn't pack any music. I wasn't going to be able to listen to anything.

I took a workshop on something, perhaps writing, but I had a terrible time keeping up and finding my books. Somehow, my papers and books kept ending up on the teacher's desk, so I'd have to walk up and get them. I was in a room that I used to teach in, so I was familiar with it and hard a somewhat hard time being a student again. After the workshop was over, I patted the table and thought about how I used to sit on the desk while I taught (I don't think I really did in real life, but it wouldn't surprise me). I went out into the hallway and saw Zach; he didn't see me. Jon and Priya were there and we decided to go to lunch; we'd have sub sandwiches. On the way there, we walked past Bam from Jackass. I looked at Jon and he winked, so we both were in the know. "Who would have thought he'd be on a college campus?" I asked. Priya then demanded who I was talking about, but I didn't say anything else. I knew Jon knew. We got to the sandwich line and I almost lost Priya and Jon. I finally did lose them, although I didn't really mean to do that.