"Sometimes when I'm awake, I can't tell if I'm still dreaming."
So it has been a while since I've written last. I just moved the blog back over here to Blogspot because I didn't want it on my site anymore. This should be an unusual entry. Last night, I was talking to Den online, and I was about to ask him a question. But he was just about to go to bed, so I figured I would drop the subject, and ask him later. But he suggested blogging my question. So, um, OK, here goes. Wow, five words and three commas in that last sentence. Sweet. Not sure if that was really a sentence though. An English major I am not, although I have always taken pride in my comma usage. The comma - which I also happened to invent, by the way - has always been very underrated. Anyway, onto my dilemma...
On Tuesday night / Wednesday morning, I had a dream that seemed very familiar in many ways. I've had this same feeling on several occasions, but this was different. First of all, I didn't feel like I had this exact dream before. The feeling was that this was more of a sequel to the dream I had previously. Second, the dream wasn't in the first person. I was watching the dream unfold from "above", and I was in the dream. There was also this girl, or shall I say young lady who appeared in the dream. She is the reason why the dream seemed so familiar, and yet I still can't recall what she looked like. Other than that, I don't know why this dream bothered me so much, but I couldn't stop thinking about it. It led me to think of some questions regarding dreams. Can we have the same dream multiple times? Can we have dreams, such as mine, where the dream seemingly continues where it left off last? Or is this the "deja-vu" effect, where you just feel like you've done it / seen it / dreamed it before? Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care? ... Ah, anyway, I should mention that I've been able to, in the past, "continue" my dreams after waking up to turn off the alarm clock. During my tenure of unemployment, I liked to set my alarm early so I wouldn't forget how to wake up early. In my prime, I was able to wake up, get out of bed, turn the alarm off, set it for a later time, get back in bed, and continue my dream. Sometimes I even went to the bathroom. This was great because the early morning hours are my best for dreaming. I should also mention that I'm not currently on any type of medication, although I may consume a small amount of alcohol on occasion.
The Flyers regular season opener is tonight, and I will miss it. First of all, I don't have Comcast SportsNet. Second, I have hockey practice tonight. It doesn't start until 10, but I would still have to miss the 3rd period. I guess I'll listen on the radio. How sweeeeet it is!