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My dreams are an integral part of each 24 hour
cycle. I don't view them in a voyeuristic sense, I see them as direct
experience. They are lived, not watched like TV. - Nick Bantock
Monday, December 31, 2001
I was testing out a new search function, and I searched for AK, and what
I found was a page of photographs of DK. The two that looked the most
interesting were in color, the size of postcards, and when I clicked on
them, I found that they were advertising postcards of some sort, but
they were, when I looked at them, like movies.
DK and a young Chinese man were in a swanky Chinese carry-out restaurant
where the food was displayed in clear glass cabinets like jewelry. They
were looking into the display cabinets, bending over and peering in. The
first "postcard" had audio that said the food was kept either cold or
hot depending on what it was, and the second said that, "A serving
plate comes with every meal. You'll want to eat here every day!"
Friday, December 7, 2001
I was going to a restaurant to eat with Misty and a couple of other people.
When we got there, we were told that we were going to eat "upstairs," and
someone handed us our food to carry up ourselves. That didn't make sense
to me, and didn't sound right--it made me think that something was wrong.
While the others went upstairs, I wandered around downstairs in an empty
part of the building, looking for clues, and in the process accidentally
spilled some yellow paint on the carpet. I tested it, and it was latex,
so should come up fairly easily--I went and got a wet rag and started
working on it.
While I was cleaning up the paint, a man came to me and told me in a
resigned, kind voice that I was going to joining the "lithium brigade."
That frightened me, obviously, and I knew that meant I was going to be
imprisoned. I asked, "What about the kids upstairs?" and he said,
"They'll be put to work in the kitchen," so I figured they could fend for
themselves since they weren't going to be drugged, and I was.
I improvised an excuse. I said, "I have to run and get
an emergency prescription filled, and I'll be right back." I felt in
my pocket for my wallet, which was there, and my keys were in the other
pocket, so I ran out the door.
I thought, what a dumb excuse, surely he'll see through that. An "emergency
prescription?" And they wouldn't let me have prescription medicine,
I was pretty certain. I kept thinking the man or someone else would follow
me and catch me, and I kept looking behind me, but no one ever came.
Wednesday, December 5, 2001
I went to the clinic for a doctor's appointment, and there was an aquarium
on the receptionist's desk with an animal sort of half-in it--something that
looked like a huge ant the size of a small dog or a cat. It looked like it
was made of some kind of distressed, or rusted, metal coils. I didn't know
what it was, and I asked it, and it said it came from a mining planet, and
it showed me (in my head) an advertisement that said, "Get one! They never get
sick or die!"
In the advertisement, it showed video images of flying over the planet,
and there was a castle there, and I almost said, "Look, it's Disney World,"
then I realized that the castle was sitting all alone on a little island,
like in the middle of a swamp.
The ant-thing told me that it ate carrots and milk, and I considered petting
it, then thought better of it.
Sunday, December 2, 2001
Bob came home after having gone to the boats, and said that he had won. I
asked him how much, but wasn't really listening, then did a double-take--he
had won $4,500.00.
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