Dream journal
I recently woke up from an interesting dream.
When this dream started out, I was some type of investigator—I think a rogue investigator—who was trying to locate some woman’s guard dog, because by capturing the guard dog we could then capture the woman. I don’t know why we wanted to capture the woman, but she was some type of stripper or prostitute who worked in a bad part of town.
The woman was someone I knew from high school, I think, but I can’t give a name. I highly doubt it’s anyone who has ever read this blog though.
At some point during this investigation, I signed onto MSN Messenger. Instead of two contacts, I had about five—including people I don’t talk to anymore. I could also see people’s MSN names, which I don’t have Adium set up to do.
In another part of the dream, I was a Japanese ship’s captain, and I was ordering a bagel with lasagna on the side. (I know this makes no sense, but whatever). Then the lasagna disappeared, but it turned out it was eaten by the crew during a trip into the past. Okay.
In the next part, I time traveled into the past to help some blond woman (possibly Starbuck from Battlestar Galactica, or just Katee Sackhoff, or maybe it was some other girl from high school) on some type of mission. I don’t remember much, except she decided to go back a year, or live out a year during the past in order to accomplish the mission.
The final part of the dream took place during the Civil War. I was a Confederate from Missouri who spent all his time in a Virginia bar ranting about how Virginia and Missouri together could take on the whole world. (Except I pronounced it “Missoura”). Among other things I think I dumped out a bootful of Missouri soil onto the floor, or something. As far as I can tell I was well-accepted. Interestingly enough, I didn’t remember during the dream that Missouri didn’t join the Confederacy.
Tags: dreams, time travel
Okay, I’ll bite. I do find dream interpretation fascinating. I do not believe in ‘psychic’ interpretation, btw; I just give it my best guesses.
Here goes:
The (rogue) investigator - Someone who is outside of the mainstream, a seeker, a thinker.
Guard dog - Symbolizes an obstacle or problem in the woman’s life.
Woman - She is prostituting her values in some way, and going in a bad direction in life.
You are trying to help a woman who has a big problem, by trying to figure out what is going on?
MSN Messenger - This might represent communication and connection. You want to understand, so you talk to these contacts. Some are links to the past. Their names are visible perhaps as a subconscious desire to know more about the people you interact with?
Japanese ship captain - The captain might represent direction, steering, control of your life and destiny. The unexpected, the unpredictable.
Being Japanese represents being foreign, a stranger in the land. Being an individual, not in sinc with the mainstream, different drummer mindset.
The crew - Took a trip (and your food!) into the past. Looking to the past connects to the direction you steer the ship. Destiny.
Time travel - The theme of looking to the past, reliving the past to correct or change a current mistake. Something that has happened needs to be corrected, or forgiven, or accepted. Something unresolved?
Civil war - (fascinating dream, btw!) You are a soldier, who passionately believes in his cause. This might represent a personal battle, or internal struggle going on.
You speak of two states (two friends perhaps) who can be powerful together.
Wartime signifies great losses, human suffering. Looking back on the past. Mistakes, conflicts. Heroism.
Something new emerges, a country defined and transformed. Transition. Vctory at a cost.
Or maybe it was the spicy tacos you had for dinner, lol.