Dreams can come true, you know.
Dec. 17th, 2001 10:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
raybearLast night I dreamt that I was reliving the day before my anniversary with MelRo. Except it wasn't how it happened in real life last year. And I was actually experiencing over again, like a Groundhog Day type phenomenon. Like I was experiencing this familiar day for the second time in a row, and I couldn't figure out why. Then my friend Martha appeared (who did my High School Best Friend's wedding last year), and she started talking about how lucky I am to have a second chance to relive the day and make sure everything happens correctly. Apparantly, it was Quantum Leap type phenomenon, where I had to fix something. I kept asking Martha what I had to fix, and she just kept reassuring me, that I would know and that she wasn't allowed to say anything, for fear of further manipulating the future. But then she went back to gushing about what a wonderful opportunity this is, and how I can make sure I find the bowl. And I said "what bowl?" She said, "never mind -- just go about your day. everything will be fine."
So I went to the Feminist Bookstore where I was still working, but had that particular day off. I was meeting De___ and Co___ for lunch and shopping. I remember the bookstore had a convenience store front, because Co___ was picking out a container of juice. Then we started walking down the street, except it wasn't Andersonville -- it was this area of New York, between NoHo and SoHo. And there were people everywhere doing xmas shopping. I was really dazed, because I kept trying to figure out what I was supposed to differently. Finally, the three of us went to this cafe for lunch, and I told them about me re-living the day, and the conversation with Martha. They didn't really believe me, but since I'm not really prone to delusions, they sort of indulged me. I asked them if they had any idea what this bowl is, because I have no memory of a bowl. They suggested that I don't have a memory because I'm supposed to fix the future, and my current memories come from a future with no bowl. Also, they said I would probably know the bowl when I saw it. But then Co___ suggested that the bowl has nothing to do with anything, but maybe Martha mentioned it to intentionally throw me off, so that I wouldn't do some OTHER incident which would "ruin" the future. The implication was that I was somehow trying to make sure that MelRo and I would still get together, but my memories which were from the future (i.e. right now) said we WERE together, so then I thought some action I took on that day would affect me even further in the future.
I woke up without any resolution to the bowl or otherwise.
Now, back to the weekend update.
On Saturday I had a great lunch and shopping venture with Riley, but unfortunately, MelRo and I's sushi date was postpone because she had a bad Chipotle burrito (now I'm REALLY never going to eat there). So we stayed in and watched one of my all-time favorite movies "Home for the Holidays." I'm seen it at leat 5 years -- pretty much every year since it came out. I even have the coming attractions memorized from renting it so much. The movie was especially poignant, because of my own family problems this year. Maybe I'll send a copy of that movie to my brother. Or parents. Maybe I'll include "In the Gloaming". That might be a bit over-dramatic though.
So on Sunday we had a sushi lunch date instead, and cheated on our usual place because they weren't open for lunch. I did some more xmas shopping, we had a short visit with Br__ & St___, and we watched "Therese & Isabelle". Which was pretty good. I might have edited it a bit -- and I'm actually usually okay with long, wandering shots. But this was a little too much. I really want to watch more Radley Metzger films. They were pretty hot, in an atypical movie way.
Oh, and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
limenal is pretty sexy. Actually very sexy. Just a reminder to myself -- not that I'll necessarily ever need it.
Also, having both attorneys at home on a Monday is a great way to ease into the work week.
So I went to the Feminist Bookstore where I was still working, but had that particular day off. I was meeting De___ and Co___ for lunch and shopping. I remember the bookstore had a convenience store front, because Co___ was picking out a container of juice. Then we started walking down the street, except it wasn't Andersonville -- it was this area of New York, between NoHo and SoHo. And there were people everywhere doing xmas shopping. I was really dazed, because I kept trying to figure out what I was supposed to differently. Finally, the three of us went to this cafe for lunch, and I told them about me re-living the day, and the conversation with Martha. They didn't really believe me, but since I'm not really prone to delusions, they sort of indulged me. I asked them if they had any idea what this bowl is, because I have no memory of a bowl. They suggested that I don't have a memory because I'm supposed to fix the future, and my current memories come from a future with no bowl. Also, they said I would probably know the bowl when I saw it. But then Co___ suggested that the bowl has nothing to do with anything, but maybe Martha mentioned it to intentionally throw me off, so that I wouldn't do some OTHER incident which would "ruin" the future. The implication was that I was somehow trying to make sure that MelRo and I would still get together, but my memories which were from the future (i.e. right now) said we WERE together, so then I thought some action I took on that day would affect me even further in the future.
I woke up without any resolution to the bowl or otherwise.
Now, back to the weekend update.
On Saturday I had a great lunch and shopping venture with Riley, but unfortunately, MelRo and I's sushi date was postpone because she had a bad Chipotle burrito (now I'm REALLY never going to eat there). So we stayed in and watched one of my all-time favorite movies "Home for the Holidays." I'm seen it at leat 5 years -- pretty much every year since it came out. I even have the coming attractions memorized from renting it so much. The movie was especially poignant, because of my own family problems this year. Maybe I'll send a copy of that movie to my brother. Or parents. Maybe I'll include "In the Gloaming". That might be a bit over-dramatic though.
So on Sunday we had a sushi lunch date instead, and cheated on our usual place because they weren't open for lunch. I did some more xmas shopping, we had a short visit with Br__ & St___, and we watched "Therese & Isabelle". Which was pretty good. I might have edited it a bit -- and I'm actually usually okay with long, wandering shots. But this was a little too much. I really want to watch more Radley Metzger films. They were pretty hot, in an atypical movie way.
Oh, and
limenal is pretty sexy. Actually very sexy. Just a reminder to myself -- not that I'll necessarily ever need it.Also, having both attorneys at home on a Monday is a great way to ease into the work week.
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therese and isabelle
Date: 2001-12-17 08:42 am (UTC)now i'm cracking up.
maybe i should watch it again?
Re: therese and isabelle
Date: 2001-12-17 08:50 am (UTC)what was up with it appearing to be dubbed? for the first half of the movie, i thought maybe they WERE speaking in french and were dubbed over in english by people who didn't translate based on what was said, but rather how they're lips were moving....
I'll let you know if his other movies are any better. the preview for "The Alley Cats" looked sorta hot, I'm afraid to say!!
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Date: 2001-12-17 12:33 pm (UTC)I enjoyed our time on Saturday, Mr. Johnson. Guitar Center was..in a word, overwhelming. The sales people were all inyerface and overly helpful. At one point I said..please..just let. me. be. You didn't miss much. I hope MelRo is feeling better.
Talk to ya soon,
Riley
P.S. Thanks for the Email. I DO know someone.. ME. :) I used to do that back in the day. I wouldn't mind getting back to it.
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Date: 2001-12-17 12:56 pm (UTC)also, hope you enjoyed your second viewing of Guffman!
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Date: 2001-12-17 05:17 pm (UTC)