For something different, I thought I would write an entry about me, or, rather, one of my dreams. Though the subject is not typical (they are usually quite varied) the fact that it followed a reasonably lucid story-line is.
I dreamed that I was downtown in my city, at some sort of festival. The late actor Steve McQueen was there, playing a musical instrument made from a brown bottle with an extremely long neck, to which strings were tied; he was playing it like a bass in a band. Instead of a bow, he was using a saw. The festival ended and Mr McQueen departed (not for the first time, of course), leaving his instrument behind. I undertook to return it to him.
My journey carried me to an older part of my town which I don’t think exists anymore (similar to other dreams when I go food-shopping; I always go to the same grocery-store that no longer exists.) In that neighbourhood, I visited a dog-rescue shelter, where I promised to take in a dog named Cecilia, who wasn’t at the shelter just then. Afterward, I continued my search for Mr McQueen, saying to myself, “I can’t have a dog in my apartment; they’re not allowed. What was I thinking?”
I was still pondering this question when I woke. I explained the dream to Hector. He remained silent about the whole thing.
(Steve McQueen’s appearance is due, I believe, to seeing recently a picture of him from the film The Great Escape, in the scene in which he and two other Americans re-enact the Spirit of ’76 picture. Why he didn’t have a fife or drum in my dream, I don’t know. And how fostering slipped into my dream is anyone’s guess…)
I always enjoyed Steve McQueen movies, and I can see the beginnings of a new plot in your dream. But musical McQueen, hmmmm. Hector is just thinking "NO DOGS ALLOWED" no doubt.
ReplyDeleteI think I can interpret that look on Hec's face as "You dreamed of taking in a WHAT?!"
ReplyDeleteI think Hector found your dream interesting, but the expression on his face says, "You're going to adopt a what?? Just try it and see what happens!" BTW - "The Great Escape" is one of my favorite movies.
ReplyDeleteHere Here! Exactly what I thought as well.
DeleteI can't imagine why fostering would slip into your dream.
ReplyDeleteI think Hector is mimicking an expensive analyst, by not speaking and letting you work it out in your own head. :-D
WOW!! That is quite the dream!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a fun one though ;)
Goes to show, our brains are crazy places when we are asleep!
ReplyDeleteWe watch a fair amount of Steve McQueen, in reruns of "Wanted: Dead or Alive". "The Great Escape" had quite a cast, kind of like "Ocean's Eleven".
Love "Wanted: Dead or Alive". He portrays the several sides of a Bounty Hunter...and does it very well.
ReplyDeleteHector said tell me more about this Steve McQueen fellow! :)
ReplyDeleteHe has that "I'm not too sure about you " look ;)
ReplyDeleteMOL!!!!!!!
Purrs, Julie
Dreams are interesting and so was yours, right Hector?!?!
ReplyDeleteHaHa! I dream those sort of dreams to...
ReplyDeleteAnd l have vivid dreams, mostly every
night, something to do with my stress
and anxiety...so l've been told...! :).
Though last night l slept like a log......
Woke up in the fireplace....! :O).
And I, with two pups that are rather prey driven, despite the fact that Pipo was here when they came...keep wanting to add a feline or two to our menagerie.
ReplyDeleteThat's an interesting dream. Too bad it ended before you got the dog. I wonder what would have happened then. :)
ReplyDeleteI hesitate to think...
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