Dream 812

'New Lover'

Date: 20 April 2017

Time: 19:00 - 06:20 (I woke up from this dream naturally)

Type of dream: Normal dream
Dream recall: Normal recall 

Scene 1: My Nan's House, Sheringham - Time Unknown
I was in my Nan's house in Sheringham, although in the dream, it was not actually my Nan's house - I am not sure what the location was supposed to be, but it was situated 'in London'. I only saw the kitchen, which looked like a slightly bigger version of my Nan's actual kitchen, with the furniture/appliances in different places. I cannot recall fully what happened in this scene, only that it involved a male dream character (unrecalled) who was trying to woo my ex-boyfriend's (PS), CJS. There was some doubt as to whether he was suitable for her, or had bad intentions, and I was trying to decide on her behalf if it was safe. While I was talking about whether or not CJS should date this man, I was preparing spaghetti - it was already cooked and I was doing something to it, before putting it in a big messy pile in the back of a fridge, behind a large pumpkin.

Scene 2: Location Unknown - Time Unknown
I was then meeting with a Facebook friend (who I have never to my knowledge met in person, but who is known to me through the music scene and having mutual friends in common). He looked different to how he does in real life (in the dream he was less attractive and I wondered why he was suddenly balding and much taller than I know he actually is). I was very strongly attracted to this male, who I will refer to as TPD and I was hoping that he felt the same way about me. He was lounging casually in a chair, while I was standing in front of him, talking to him about something (unrecalled), but I realised that he was interested in me during this conversation. We decided to have sex - I straddled him and rode him while he was sitting in the chair - there did not appear to be any undressing and no foreplay. This was not a 'wet dream' as in I did not have physical sexual arousal/sensations nor orgasm (in the dream or real life), but I did feel  fulfilled by the experience (i.e. I enjoyed having sex and was glad that it happened, in contrast to Dream 811 - 'Bad Sexing', which was my most recent dream). TPD and I decided that we would continue to have some form of sexual relationship, primarily by phone/online, as we do not live in the same area. I had to go and do something which meant I had to leave TPD, which was annoying as the thing I had to do (unrecalled task) was boring and annoying.

I left TPD and he rang me on my mobile phone. For ages, I was talking to TPD while performing the boring, monotonous task I was responsible for, which involved me sitting at a desk and at some points interacting with other dream characters in a more active role (I cannot recall anything other than the fact I was sitting down at a desk in a brightly-lit room and at other times I was walking around and talking to other dream characters). I was surprised to keep checking my phone and seeing TPD was still on the line. This happened a number of times. I said to him (on the phone): 'You're still on the phone' and he said: 'I like to hear you and be with you when I'm not really there'. This was a really nice thing for him to say - it was like he wanted to 'keep me company' even when we were physically apart - and I appreciated it a lot. I decided that when the task was finished we could have phone sex and I would send him nude photographs. I felt excited by this new, unexpected sexual interaction with a guy I had known online for a while.

* Note: This dream does not reflect real life events involving either TPD or anyone else I know online, it's just dream content. 

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• Sex

Dreamsigns: 

• My Nan's kitchen was located in a different place
• I was involved in CJS's dating/relationships
• I was involved sexually with TPD

Day Residue: 

• I had seen a spaghetti donut/bagel online on the day of this dream and thought it sounded disgusting and unnecessary
• I had read an online article on the day of this dream which was about Michelle Obama's successful organic vegetable garden when living at the White House - it mentioned how one Autumn the garden had only managed to produce 5 pumpkins
• I had seen TPD post something on Facebook the day of this dream

Waking Reactions: 
This dream was very strange as I have never had sexual feelings or attraction to TPD - he is an attractive guy and I have mentioned in passing to other people that he seems to be a really cool person, but I have never thought about him in a sexual way, so it was a surprise that my subconscious mind made him my new lover in this dream. This is the second sex dream I have had in 2 days - however, neither dream was a 'wet dream' - so it wasn't a sexual experience. For me, sex dreams fall into 2 categories: a dream about sex where sex happened to be part of the content and a dream about sex which has sexual arousal and physical sensation, replicating actual real life sex or masturbation (i.e. a 'wet dream' or potential 'wet dream'). Neither of my recent dreams had physical sensations of sex, but I did masturbate on both days, so I don't think i had pent-up sexual frustrations to release via the dream in that sense. I think these dreams are more about wanting to actually interact with a man as opposed to being a conduit for sexual release. 

If I recall anything else about this dream, I will record it below.

Dream 811

'Bad Sexing'

Date: 18 April 2017

Time: 03:30 - 11:15 (I woke up from this dream naturally)

Type of dream: Normal dream
Dream recall: Weak recall 

Scene 1: A Domestic Interior, Location Unknown - Time Unknown
I was in a house, but it was not my house in the dream, nor any house I recognise from real life. I was being forced into completing some kind of vague (unrecalled) task, which was set by a dream character who I also cannot recall, other than it was a female and someone I think I know from real life. 

The task involved me going into a bedroom in the house. The bedroom was very dark, indicating that it may have been night. I could only see a double-bed with white sheets on it. The task involved me having sex with a male dream character. I do not know who he was, but he was white, with blonde hair and wore a white T-shirt. We had sex on the bed in the missionary position - I put my legs on his shoulders. 

The sex was very bad quality - unsatisfactory and unenjoyable for me. I wanted it to end so that I could go and have better sex with someone else. This was not a 'wet dream' as I did not experience sexual arousal at all - I cannot recall any physical sensation related to the sex in this dream. The male dream character seemed to be enjoying it and this annoyed me. Afterwards I wanted him to immediately leave - which may have happened, as I cannot recall anything else about this section of the dream. I saw this scene in third-person perspective, from above and behind (so as a 'viewer', I was positioned above the bed, at the pillow end.

There was a scene involving me looking at some architectural plans and some reference to milk or white liquid which was spilled all over the floor. I think there was also action involving my ex-boyfriend, PS. 

There was an anchor or reference to an anchor.

I cannot recall anything else about this dream.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• None of note

Dreamsigns: 

• I was involved in a task which meant I had to have sx with a male dream character
• I saw myself in third-person perspective, from above

Day Residue: 

• I had been playing Sim s 3 - designing a home, I also was taking screenshots from my game, which involved me angling the camera from a downwards-facing position to capture the best perspective of the image. My sim is a master of seduction, but in his first sexual interactions with other sims, the mood motives indicated that it was a negative, unsatisfactory experience for both parties.

Waking Reactions: 
After Scene 1, there was much more to this dream and it seemed to go on for quite some time. However, I woke up very confused and was unable to recall the rest of the dream.

If I recall anything else about this dream, I will record it below.

Dream 810 (PRECOGNITIVE DREAM?!)

'Nuclear Disaster in the Ocean'

Date: 16 April 2017

Time: 05:30 - 11:00 (I woke up from this dream due to an alarm)

Type of dream: Vivid dream/Pre-Lucid Dream/Precognitive Dream
Dream recall: Strong recall (some aspects forgotten due to length of dream)

Firstly, I want to state that I am not a believer in extra-sensory perception - at least I would describe myself as a sceptic. I have written various articles 'debunking' or critiquing some of the less-scientific aspects of lucid dream culture and plan to do more in the future. My aim is not to impose my worldview or perspective on anyone (atheist, humanist, liberal), but to provide my own study on a topic and present it in a way which considers both angles and then draws a conclusion reached using my skills as a researcher and lawyer. If readers do not agree with my opinion, that is fine - I have friends of all faiths and beliefs, we just interpret our existence differently. 

So, when I say this was a precognitive dream, I am not actually suggesting that this dream is predicting the future. I have written very briefly on precognitive dreams in relation to another theme. I do believe that sometimes dreams foreshadow real world events, because I believe that humans pick up so many more subconscious cues about their waking reality. These subconscious cues may be projected in our dreams, mixed up with other dream content. Therefore, when events happen - in the dreamer's personal life, or the world at large - it seems like we might have predicted them in our dream. I will write more about this subject at a later date. 

In this dream - which was a Pre-Lucid dream - I was telling myself that this was a precognitive dream. That does not necessarily mean that it is. It was my subconscious self telling me this. This was a Pre-Lucid dream in that I did not become fully aware that I was in a dream, but I was questioning reality as implied by me saying 'this is a precognitive dream'. I should have used this as a dreamsign to trigger full lucidity. 

I have forgotten some elements of this very vivid dream, due to the fact it was such a long dream and I simply could not process all of my recall effectively upon waking.

Scene 1: Exterior - Day
I was watching a scene unfold. I cannot quite recall how I was watching - it seemed as if I was there at the scene. At first I felt like I was my younger self. I saw myself in third-person perspective, and thought: 'this is a school photograph', but I was only looking at my chin up close. I had some conversation with DL and I realised I was actually an adult. 

I was aware - through watching and listening - that a massive disaster was happening on a global scale. The reports of the incident were not clear at first, and then seemed to come from a variety of sources, so it was as if I was watching various news channels, or trying to piece together the story. The disaster was a nuclear event - some kind of spillage. I saw this via a video of the ocean, which was on a stormy day - from the perspective of someone standing on the beach. The report of this incident told me that a man had gone into the sea and been contaminated by the nuclear spillage, and he washed up on shore looking like a block of pink jelly. I saw an image of this - it was like a block of large wobbly pink jelly on the beach. I said to DL: 'He is like a real life version of that character from X-Men'. DL said: 'You can't say that about an accident' but I just laughed and said that I could say what I wanted. Th character from the X-Men I was referring to Senator Robert Kelly (I just looked this up, I did not know this in the dream). 

I then saw a new report, which looked like it was filmed from space - some distance away from Earth, so that it could be seen as a sphere - but still close enough to be able to identify all the countries very easily. I saw a pink slime start to descend across the globe - like someone was pouring this substance on top of the planet. This was the nuclear spillage and the report was saying that this disaster was going to wipe out all life on Earth - it would soon be affecting the UK. Everyone was going into panic mode. I felt calm, but confused as why this was happening. DL said: 'It's because of the war' and I thought: 'This is a precognitive dream' - by this I meant, World War III is coming and this nuclear disaster in the ocean will be part of the conflict. I thought to myself: 'I need to warn people'.

Scene 2: A Beach - Day
I was then standing on a beach - I knew I was really there, not simply watching it because it was cold and I was aware that dusk was approaching. This was in the UK I think, because I was aware that I was watching the local volunteers who had signed up to help solve the nuclear disaster before it affected the UK. These people were all going to sail out to sea and try and clean up the nuclear spill. I only recall one person who was there - Anakin Skywalker as a 9 year old (as he is in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) - played by Jake Lloyd). He was the best chance of success - all the other dream characters (there were less than 20) were adults and I think they may have all been male. These men got into a rowing boat - this was what they were going to sail out into the middle of the ocean in. I thought: 'This better work'.

Scene 3: A Bedroom - Night
I was aware that I was supposed to contact R3A and tell him about the nuclear disaster because the way the slime was dripping down the Earth it would affect Scotland before England and I knew he had not heard about it yet. I was laying in a bed in a bedroom, which was mine in the dream, but not a room I know from real life. I decided that I should try and make myself look beautiful, so I started rubbing cream on my face and then started to apply makeup in a dressing table mirror. I was listening to some music which I was enjoying - but I cannot recall what music it was. 

I wandered into another part of the room, where there was a wardrobe with mirrored doors, showing my entire reflection. I could see that the carpet was beige. I was wearing a black dress with many lace sections, which showed my skin through it. I decided that I would go out to a nightclub, but I wanted to dance to the music first. I started bellydancing and admired my body, which seemed to be in good shape. I remembered I needed to tell R3A about the nuclear disaster, and got my mobile phone out to call/text him and warn him he needed to find a nuclear shelter. However, I became distracted by the idea of taking some photographs of myself. I started to adopt some sexy poses and took some photographs. I then realised that I shared the room with an ex-housemate from the days of my first undergraduate degree in the University of York. This girl - SFC was a nightmare to live with and displayed numerous unusual personality traits. I have not seen her since I graduated from York. SFC was sitting at a desk just to my right side. The desk was an old-fashioned writing desk. She was working on something. She said: 'Turn this music off and put on Arbage Garbage [this was not the name of the band she said, but it is the best approximation based on my memory]'.

I said: 'This is the first song on the album and it's the first time I've heard it'. I wanted to keep my music on. SFC insisted that we listen to Arbage Garbage, because they were better. I was not convinced. I made her promise that we would listen to my music as soon as we had listened to the Arbage Garbage album, which SFC agreed to. I then realised that the nuclear disaster might reach the UK and kill us before this could happen, so I was not happy. 

Scene 4: Outside a Building - Night
EB was involved in the dream, but I cannot recall what happened regarding him.

I found myself outside a building. I saw a number of dream characters, 3 of which were 'protesting' by the entrance to the building, which looked like a commercial premises. The protest involved 2 male dream characters (unrecalled) and a female who I recognised from real life, but cannot recall. They were standing behind something which looked like an ironing board. The 'protest' was about the name 'Honor'. They were chanting the name, and I was aware they were trying to say that it was not a 'real name'. I approached the female and said: 'I used to work in a hotel where there were 2 females named Honor' (this is true, when I worked with my Mum in a hotel in Sheringham, there were 2 colleagues, one named Honor (and older woman) and another named Oner (a young girl at the time).

I cannot recall anything else about this dream at present.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• DL as a dream character

Dreamsigns: 

• The nuclear incident - everything about it
• I was with SFC, who I have not seen in years

Day Residue: 

• On the day of this dream I had been involved in a debate on a Hip Hop Debates page on Facebook. One man was criticising Kendrick Lamar and another said he needed to give him another listen and let him 'resonate'. I agreed, saying if you love something on the first listen/watch/read - i.e. you have an immediate response - it's not challenging you or changing/transforming you in any way and art should be challenging and transformative

Waking Reactions: 
This dream was so fascinating as it was pre-lucid and was described by my subconscious self as being 'precognitive'. A nuclear disaster is one of my greatest fears, and it was very surprising to note my incredibly self-absorbed and nonchalant response to my waking fear within the dream. I very much enjoyed having this dream.

If I recall anything else about this dream, I will record it below.

Dream 809

'Smoking Cocaine'

Date: 15 April 2017

Time: 22:30 - 03:30 (I woke up from this dream naturally)

Type of dream: Normal dream
Dream recall: Weak recall 

Scene 1: A Domestic Interior, Location Unknown - Time Unknown
I have forgotten almost all of this dream, other than one scene. I was aware that DL had a large quality of cocaine (DL does not use cocaine in real life, and neither do I - we are not interested in Class A drugs of any sort, regardless of illegality). I was annoyed because DL did not seem to want to share his cocaine. I saw him standing beside a window, using the windowsill as a surface for chopping up lines of the cocaine. I realised he was putting the lines of cocaine into cannabis joints. I persuaded him that he should share these cocaine/cannabis joints with me and he reluctantly agreed. 

I cannot recall anything else about this dream.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• DL as a dream character

Dreamsigns: 

• DL and I were cocaine users

Day Residue: 

• A couple of days before this dream I had watched 2 documentaries on Michael Alig and the Club Kids (Party Monster: The Shockumentary (1998) and Glory Daze: The Life & Times of Michael Alig (2015)) - one of these documentaries (I cannot recall which specifically) showed a scene where huge lines of cocaine were being prepared 

Waking Reactions: 
I didn't especially enjoy the small amount of this dream I was able to recall upon waking - I am not interested in cocaine use and both my behaviour (demanding DL share his drugs) and DL's behaviour (initially refusing to share his drugs) were negative and annoying to me. 

Dream 808

'Phil Mitchell's Confession'

Date: 14 April 2017

Time: 20:00 - 02:00 (I woke up from this dream naturally)

Type of dream: Normal dream
Dream recall: Weak recall 

Scene 1: A Large Building, Location Unknown - Day
I was walking through a large building, which had a huge open room with a polished floor, and glass doors at the end, leading outside. I had to walk through the big room to get to the doors. I was with a male dream character - I think it may have been DL. I was carrying a polythene shopping bag and had some sort of head injury, right on the centre of my forehead, which was bleeding. The injury did not hurt and was not bothering me especially. As we walked through the room, I saw LW, a lady who I work alongside at university. She was with a large group of adults, who were all standing in front of her. I think she was teaching them dance or martial arts, because they were raising their arms and moving at the same time, copying LW. When LW saw DL and I she started screaming at us: 'Shut up! Fuck off!' (this is so out-of-character for the real LW, who is extremely friendly and calm). I shouted back: 'We weren't making any noise!' (we were not), but LW kept on shouting at us to 'shut up' and 'fuck off', incredibly angry and aggressive, like she wanted to attack us. As soon as we reached the glass doors (I could see that it was sunny outside) I turned and shouted at her: 'I have a head injury and I'm just trying to get outside!'

Scene 2: The Fowler/Beale Lounge (EastEnders) - Night
I was then in the lounge which in the BBC soap, EastEnders belonged to the Fowler family and later the Beales (their relatives). It was dark and I was not an active part of this scene, it was more like I was observing the action taking place, although it felt like 'real life', not actors in a TV soap. I saw Phil Mitchell (played by Steve McFadden) enter the room by the door which leads from the front hall. I could sense he was in a bad mood, or was upset/angry about something and there was a feeling of tension and unease. He sat down at the table in  the dark and wrote a letter, which was a 'confession letter' although I am not sure what the content was. A short while later, a male dream character summonsed Phil to the window behind him, which was partially open. This dream character wanted the confession letter. Phil handed it to him, but was reluctant, saying: 'Keep it a secret'. The male dream character said that he was going to make the confession letter public and an argument broke out between him and Phil. I only ever saw the hand of the dream character which came through the window, nothing more. Eventually, it was agreed that the male dream character would only take one page of the letter and returned the rest of it (written on A4 paper) back through the window to Phil. 

I cannot recall anything else about this dream.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• None of note

Dreamsigns: 

• The conduct of LW
• I had a head injury which did not bother me until I wanted to use it as an excuse for why I was walking through the room in Scene 1
• I was a passive observer of action involving soap characters

Day Residue: 

• A couple of days before this dream, DL and I had been walking across campus when we saw LW - who called out to me for a brief, friendly chat
• On 10 April 2017, the news was filled with reporting/photographs of an incident on an United Airlines flight which had been overbooked. When no passengers voluntarily gave up their seats for employees of the airline to take up, police forcibly removed Dr David Dao (aged 69), causing him serious injuries. Photographs showed him with blood on his face shortly after the shocking and traumatic incident
• On the day of this dream I had read an online article about Eastenders
• On the day of this dream I had read an online article about Friends (specifically the character 'Rachel Green' played by Jennifer Anniston), which cited S04E01 - 'The One with the Jellyfish' in which Rachel writes an 36-page letter to Ross Gellar (David Schwimmer)
• On the day of this dream I had been listening to the old XFM radio show (via Youtube) of Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington. In one broadcast, Karl did a segment called 'Do We Really Need Them?' where he asked experts about the necessity of certain animals which he doesn't like - the first being jellyfish. I was not aware of the link between the title of the Friends episode in which Rachel writes the letter (the article I had read which referenced this did not provide the episode titles and I am not knowledgeable enough about the series to consciously recall the titles of any of the episodes) and the The Ricky Gervais Show broadcast in which Karl talks about jellyfish - this only became apparent to me now (while writing up this dream) having searched for the relevant title of the Friends episode and having noticed the coincidence

Waking Reactions: 
At first, I found this dream to be somewhat boring, until I started considering the Day Residue aspect of it, which revealed the complex interlinking of various recent waking stimuli. 

Dream 807

'Bad Advocacy'

Date: 13 April 2017

Time: 01:30 - 09:00 (I woke up from this dream due to an alarm)

Type of dream: Normal dream
Dream recall: Weak recall 

Scene 1: A Hall, Location Unknown - Time Unknown
I can only recall one scene from this dream. I was in a large hall, which looked like a school gym - it had a polished floor and there was no furniture visible in the room other than a long bench on which I was sitting, along with a number of other dream characters, and a desk, a short distance away, adjacent to the bench, which had a group of older male dream characters sat behind it. I do not think any of these dream characters are known to me in real life. 

I was representing a young male defendant, who was on trial. All I recall about him was that he was white and dressed casually. I am not sure what crime he was alleged to have committed. The men sitting at the bench were the judges. I am not sure of what roles were being performed by the other dream characters present.

I remained sitting on the bench, while my client, the criminal defendant stood up, next to me. The judges were asking him questions - it seemed as if they were cross-examining him. I found the whole incident to be very funny and was not taking anything seriously. I cannot recall what the defendant was asked, but I whispered to him (loud enough to be audible to the judges), telling him what to answer. The answer I told him was about 'cumming' (male ejaculation specifically). He gave this answer. When asked another question by the judges, I again whispered an answer to the defendant, telling him to say something about penises or ejaculation. I could tell that the judges were getting angry with me and I was just sitting there laughing to myself, while encouraging the defendant to make lewd sexual statements. I received some form of warning from the judges, that I must stop fooling around and being offensive in court. They asked a final question to the defendant and I said to him: 'Say pre-cum. It looks like pre-cum' (I am not sure what 'looked like pre-cum') but my client repeated what I told him. One of the judges exploded in anger and shouted that the defendant was guilty - this was my fault for being such a poor advocate and I knew this. The defendant went to stand in the middle of the room - it was time for him to mitigate before sentence. He looked at me as if silently pleading for my help. I asked the judges if I could give his plea in mitigation, but they told me that he would have to do this himself because I was banned from speaking anymore in court that day. I knew that the defendant would not be able to give a good plea in mitigation and would end up getting a heavy sentence. I did feel guilty about this, but still found the whole event humorous.

I cannot recall what else happened in this dream - I know that there was more detail involved, but I have forgotten all other information.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• A school gym as a dream scene location

Dreamsigns: 

• The court and my actions during a trial

Day Residue: 

• The day before this dream I had mentioned some pro bono legal work I had been performing during a conversation with DL

Waking Reactions: 
This dream was really funny - I was amused during the dream and when I woke up from it. I sometimes think that my rather provocative personality and demeanour have affected my legal career and I think that this dream reflects this. I really wish I could remember more about this dream and I hope that some of my recall comes back because I did enjoy the very brief scene I have been able to retrieve from my memory. If I recall anything else about this dream, I will record it below.

Dream 806

'Lesbian Orgy'

Date: 12 April 2017

Time: 04:30 - 11:00 (I woke up from this dream naturally)

Type of dream: Normal dream
Dream recall: Weak recall 

Scene 1: A Domestic Interior, Location Unknown - Night
I was at a party in an unfamiliar house. It was dark, indicating that it was probably night time. DL and R3A were at the party. I was handed something (I cannot recall who by), which was a handwritten note on a scrap of paper. I cannot recall what it said.

A young black female dream character pushed me against a wall and started to kiss me - I realised I was part of a lesbian orgy. I cannot recall the other female dream character party guests or anything else about the house, other than I was in a bedroom which had a double bed in it and there was someone laying on the bed while the female dream character was kissing me against the wall. I could see the bed from behind her, indicating my eyes were open while she was kissing me.

I cannot recall what else happened in this dream.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• DL as a dream character
• R3A as a dream character

Dreamsigns: 

• I was involved in a lesbian orgy

Day Residue: 

• A couple of days before this dream I read an online article which referenced Janelle Monae's plea to women to withhold sex from men until men stand up for feminism and women's rights. I had commented in disagreement, stating that this implied only men enjoy sex and that women 'reward' them with it (and a strike would serve no practical purpose). A gender-fluid pansexual commenter started arguing with me, telling me I should embrace 'political lesbianism' if I truly believe in feminism. I said I was not a lesbian and would not allow my politics to sway my innate sexual orientation (heterosexual) 

Waking Reactions: 
I cannot recall much about this dream, but it was clearly related to the Day Residue. I was not sexually aroused during this dream, and neither excited nor anxious/disturbed by the notion of a lesbian orgy - it felt normal and commonplace.

I may have forgotten some aspects of this dream, but if I remember anything else, I will record it below.

Dream 805

'Tre & Darvius'

Date: 11 April 2017

Time: 03:00 - 11:00 (I woke up from this dream naturally)

Type of dream: Normal dream
Dream recall: Normal recall 

Scene 1: A Domestic Interior, Sheringham - Time Unknown
I was with my friend from Sheringham, NN. We were in a house, which I assume was in Sheringham. This was a large, very modern family home. Everything was shiny white and black, with very bright lighting. I cannot remember much about the decoration or furniture of the house, but there was a huge open plan kitchen with a lot of gadgets in it. 

On one of the windows was a screen, mounted at head height, which NN was using. It was like an iPad/touchscreen which was suspended on the glass of the window. She was choosing 'a husband' (she has a partner in real life). There were 2 options - both young black men, who were either brothers or best friends. Their names were Tre and Darvius. Both were attractive and I knew they were very well-connected and successful men. NN made her choice between the 2 men; I cannot recall who she picked. 

Some events happened in the dream, which I cannot recall. There was some conversation which led me to strongly believe that NN was racist towards black people (I must note here, that even though she is anonymised in this Dream Report, she is most certainly not racist and has never once given me cause to believe she has any racist beliefs at all, this was just a figment of my dream). I wanted to warn either Tre or Darvius not to marry her. The men arrived at the house. While standing in the kitchen chatting to them both, I told them that NN was racist and they should stay away from her. It turned out that she had selected both men, which was why they had both arrived together. I was enjoying their company a lot and during our discussion found that I had a lot in common with both of them, so when I said NN was racist, they immediately accepted this and said that they would rather spend time with me, because I was involved in anti-hate crime work and not racist. They said we should leave together and avoid NN. 

We left the house.

Scene 2: The Train Station, Sheringham - Day
We were at Sheringham Train Station, where there was a table set up on the small area where cars can be parked. Tre, Darvius and I sat down and started having a nice conversation - I cannot remember what we were talking about, but we were having a good time. I received a text message on my mobile phone. My 'phone' was actually a sphere of plasticine on a lollipop stick. The plasticine was the murky brown colour which occurs when all the other colours become mixed up. The 'text messages' were inscribed into the plasticine. I was 'scrolling' the plasticine sphere with my finger (the sphere was the size of a large marble or gobstopper), thinking the text message might have been from R3A - I could see the top part of some writing (scratched into/inscribed in the plasticine) which showed that the message was from my friend CG - with his Facebook username which is not his actual name. The 'text' was in messy handwriting, not type.

I cannot recall what else happened in this dream.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• NN as a dream character
• R3A as a dream character

Dreamsigns: 

• NN was ordering a husband online
• NN was racist
• There was a table in the parking area of the train station
• My mobile phone was a sphere of plasticine on a stick with words carved into it

Day Residue: 

• I had a recent dream about NN - Dream 802 - 'Incomplete Assignments'
• I have recently been (unsuccessfully) using an online dating app
• I see numerous online stories/references to racism on a daily basis, which hurts me as I have an anti hate crime role - and like any right-minded and normal person - detest racism and discrimination
• On the day of this dream my flatmate SC and I had been discussing someone we felt might have racial prejudice as they had mentioned that a complaint that had with someone was 'not because they are black' - which indicates that skin colour was in fact at the forefront of their mind as no-one else had mentioned race as being a factor or accused the person of being racist

Waking Reactions: 
This dream was quite entertaining, although I felt guilty that in this dream NN was a racist, because I know that she is not racist in real life!

I may have forgotten some aspects of this dream, but if I remember anything else, I will record it below.

Dream 804

'Autistic Spectrum Sarah Jessica Parker & Crocodile Trees'

Date: 10 April 2017

Time: 21:00 - 09:00 (I woke up from this dream due to an alarm)

Type of dream: Vivid dream
Dream recall: Vivid recall 

Scene 1: My Nan's House, Sheringham - Day
I was in my Nan's house, in the 'front room', which is actually facing the back garden of the house and is a second reception room, which is mainly used for storing my Nan's collectable items/photos. I was with RT - a former colleague from my university who used to do the same legal pro bono role as myself. We were standing by the door of the room, looking at a photograph on the sideboard, which was of my friend, R3A (who RT does not know). RT was telling me that she was in love with R3A and I was not happy about this, because I felt she had bad intentions towards him. I was trying to tell her that she did not know him and that because I know him, I wasn't going to let her ruin his life (I am not sure what she was planning to do specifically). The argument between us got heated and I was shouting at her to 'leave him alone'. RT and I then both went outside, planning to go somewhere, which felt like it might be a holiday of some sort. The transport was a white, open-topped vehicle - almost like a motorised carriage, with 2 white padded benches in the back. R3A was sitting there and there was a space beside him. I fought with RT to sit beside R3A, because 'I knew him and she did not' - she relented and I sat beside him in the back of the vehicle.

I found myself in my Nan's house again, in the 'back room', looking out of the window, with DL. It felt like this room was on the first floor, because we were looking 'down' at the garden from a height. It was a sunny day outside. We could see over the hedge into the neighbour's garden on the right. There was a gnarled and falling tree - with no leaves, just rotted and twisted branches, looking very dead - in the neighbour's garden. It looked like it had collapsed. As we watched, this tree turned into a giant crocodile/alligator, of the same colour (light brown) and texture of the tree. This crocodile/alligator (in the dream I did not know which it was) then climbed over the hedge into my Nan's back garden. I shouted out to my Nan to come and see what was happening outside, feeling scared and anxious. 

Scene 2: SJP's Closet, Norwich - Day
I was then aware that I was Sarah Jessica Parker and I was standing in a large walk-in wardrobe, which was the size of 2 adjoining rooms, separated by a small walkway. The wardrobe was filled with shelves of clothing. In the wardrobe was my 'assistant', who was a white transvestite/drag queen, wearing a blonde wig and heavy makeup. She was tall and very thin. I said something to her, and she handed me a yellow mug. 

I left the wardrobe and found that I was on the far side of the lake on my university campus, walking along the walkway, towards an area which has a bench and a jetty. Instead of the bench, there was now a picnic table. I am not sure if I was 'me' or Sarah Jessica Parker at this point. I sat down at the picnic table, joining 2 unknown dream characters who were seated there. We started to have a conversation about Sarah Jessica Parker/me - the dream characters were telling me that she was on the autistic spectrum. Confused as to who I was, I wondered if they were talking about 'me', so I said: 'I might be on the spectrum'. I was still in possession of the yellow mug. 

I think there may have been more content to this dream, which I am unable to recall at present.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• R3A as a dream character

Dreamsigns: 

• Almost all the events of this dream are dreamsigns

Day Residue: 

• On the day of this dream I had watched an episode of Masterchef on which there was a Russian contestant - RT has Russian family and one of the last conversations I had with her was about Russian food
• On the day of this dream I had seen an online photograph of 2 dead-looking trees which had grown into one another, forming a single intertwined tree with 2 trunks
• A short while before this dream, DL and I had been discussing popular/common dream themes and I had mentioned that crocodile/alligator dreams are very popular/common, even though this is quite unusual. Many people search my Blog looking for possible interpretations for this dream theme - I have an article - Interpreting popular dream themes (4) - Crocodiles & Alligators (click on this link and page will open in a new window)
• A short time before this dream I had read an online article about a tourist who had his leg bitten off after swimming in an African lake which was infested with crocodiles
• On the day of this dream I had read an article about Sarah Jessica Parker - and a few days previously had read an article about the 'Russian Barbie' (Valeria Lukyanova) in which she criticised Sarah Jessica Parker for being ugly. I am currently in the process of writing a separate column, slightly parodying that of Sarah Jessica Parker's character ('Carrie Bradshaw') in Sex and the City. In Sex and the City, season 6, Carrie dates an artist who she refers to as 'The Russian'
• On the day of this dream I had been watching a documentary about Michael Alig and the Club Kids and another about Leigh Bowery - both of which contained images of transvestites/drag queens
• DL often tells me that I seem like I am 'on the spectrum'

Waking Reactions: 
This dream was so weird, yet enjoyable. Analysing the content, it is really interesting to see how my Day Residue combined in this vivid and complex dream, where I seem to be questioning my own identity and getting confused. 

I may have forgotten some aspects of this dream, but if I remember anything else, I will record it below.

Dream 803

'Chinese Pagodas & Jedi Padawans'

Date: 8 April 2017

Time: 21:00 - 09:00 (I woke up from this dream naturally)

Type of dream: Normal dream
Dream recall: Normal recall 

Scene 1: A School, Sheringham - Day
I was sitting next to my Mum on a sofa or long seat and we were trying to plan something, which I cannot recall.

I then discovered I was in a school, which resembled both my former primary and high school at the same time. There was to be a Jedi training module which we were going to be all participating in. The other students were my peers from real life, who I would have gone to school with, although I cannot specifically recall who they were. I was worried, because we were expecting the arrival of a Padawan from China, who was also a 'gangster' and very dangerous. I was anxious about confronting this new Padawan arrival at the school. 

I discovered that I was sitting in the canteen (which resembled a larger version of the one from my primary school), which had long desks (the width of the room, so more like benches) lined up, filling the whole room. I was sitting towards the back of the room, in the middle of a row, next to a dream character, who was someone I know from real life and a friend in the dream. We had paper in front of us, so it felt like a lesson or an exam. My friend and I were discussing the Chinese Padawan arrival and the Jedi training. I the became aware that the new Padawan was standing at the front of the class, having just arrived. I wondered what I had been scared of, because I was no longer anxious. This dream character was a young Chinese male, wearing a white T-shirt.

I went outside and saw a traditional Chinese Pagoda, which was white, red and black. The sky indicated it was day.

I cannot recall anything else about this dream.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• Star Wars as a dream theme

Dreamsigns: 

• I was back at primary/high school
• I was going to take part in Jedi training
• A new Padawan was arriving
• There was a traditional Chinese house in Sheringham

Day Residue: 

• I see online references to Star Wars every day
• 'Pagoda' rhymes with 'Yoda', who is commonly thought to be of Asian descent (despite being an alien species)

Waking Reactions: 
I cannot recall much about this dream, so there is not much I can say about it. It was unusual how anxious I felt about the new Chinese Padawan arriving - this was the most vivid part of the dream. 

Dream 802

'Incomplete Assignments'

Date: 5 April 2017

Time: 06:00 - 09:40 (I woke up from this dream due to being disturbed by a window cleaner)

Type of dream: Vivid dream
Dream recall: Normal recall 

Scene 1: Location Unknown - Time Unknown
NN and I were both given an assignment to do as part of some course we were both on. The assignments were similar, but different and we had the information on pieces of paper. I think the assignments were related to precious stones of some sort, as there was a drawing of a gemstone on the piece of paper I had. I was a little confused as to when the assignments needed to be handed in. 

NN and I had to travel to a new location (I do not know where) - it was a very nice location which appeared to be a small town where we would be staying until we had completed the assignment. We did some things in this town, which I cannot recall (as I was woken suddenly from this dream). I think we ate some cake and talked to some of the local people. I think my stepdad, GM may also have been present in this town. I think there was a cake involved in part of this dream.

NN prioritised completing her assignment. I think we had to go somewhere specifically so that she could do this, meaning there was not enough time left for me to do my own. I was really angry and was arguing with NN about this, but she was nonchalant and did not care. I asked her when the assignments were to be handed in and she said: '26th June' which in the dream was some time away. She then changed her mind and said '2nd May', which in the dream was the very next day. This made me even more angry as I felt that she just didn't care. I was telling other people how she was being selfish and also lying to me about the deadline for the assignment. 

I had a phone call from R3A. He told me that he was in the same town as NN and I and wanted to meet me. I was telling him that I did not want to meet him as I was too angry about the situation with NN and the assignment, and R3A was surprised that I would not meet him. He shouted at me down the phone and I was trying to remain calm and not get angry at him too. 

I cannot remember what else happened in this dream.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• R3A as a dream character

Dreamsigns: 

• NN and I were on the same course, doing an unusual assignment
• It was May

Day Residue: 

• On the day before this dream I had seen an online article about birthstones
• On the day of this dream I had seen NN post something on her Facebook
• On the day of this dream I had been discussing the holiday my flatmate had just returned from
• I have not completed an assignment I had set out to do

Waking Reactions: 
This dream was very vivid, long and complex - so it is a shame that I have forgotten large amounts of the detail due to the manner in which I was suddenly woken by the window cleaners. The entire dream seemed to be about the assignment and my annoyance at working with NN and not being able to do my own assignment while she completed her own. I am an academic person and NN has never been academic or interested in further education. Due to the fact that this was such a vivid dream, I may recall further details about it throughout the day, as often happens when I have a good initial recall of my dream. If I remember anything else, I will record it below.

Dream 801

'New Puppy'

Date: 5 April 2017

Time: 21:00 - 03:30 (I woke up from this dream naturally)

Type of dream: Normal dream
Dream recall: Normal recall 

Scene 1: A Street, Location Unknown - Day
I was with PS (my ex-boyfriend) and we was asking me to go to his home so that I could be introduced to his new puppy, with was black and white. We were walking down a residential street during the conversation about the new puppy, and it was a sunny day. A feeling of dread came over me and I asked if N the Dog had died (hence replacing him with a new puppy). PS told me that N had died and I was angry, asking why he had not called me to tell me this when it happened. PS told me that his new girlfriend had prevented him from doing so. 

Scene 2: Location Unknown - Time Unknown
I was looking at myself in third-person perspective. My hair was dyed a bright yellow blonde colour (the roots were grown out black) and if I moved my hair, you could see bright red streaks dyed into it. I wondered if I could bleach out the red and be left with blonde hair. I was impressed as this was the lightest and brightest my hair had ever been bleached and I wondered why I would have 'ruined' this effect by adding in the bright red. 

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• An ex-boyfriend as a dream character

Dreamsigns: 

• I was with PS
• I could see myself in third-person perspective

Day Residue: 

• On the day of this dream I had been talking about N the Dog with a Facebook friend on his status about dogs
• On the day of this dream I had seen a woman wearing a bright red jacket and a fluorescent backpack and thought those 2 colours worked well together
• On the day of this dream I had been talking to DL about finding the hex-code for the 'perfect red tone' - which to me is an orange-red/ We had discussed that this was not a pure red and it would have yellow mixed into it
• On the day of this dream I had read an article about hair dying online 

Waking Reactions: 
I hate dreams about N the Dog, even positive ones, as I still miss him so much. This dream was even worse, due to the fact I had to find out he had died. 

I find it interesting that this dream involved 'dying' in terms of death and 'dying' in terms of changing the colour of hair. This is an interesting play on words. 

Dream 800

'Stealing Cannabis from Someone's Father Figure'

Date: 3 April 2017

Time: 22:30 - 08:10 (I woke up from this dream naturally)

Type of dream: Normal dream
Dream recall: Normal recall 

Scene 1: Location Unknown - Time Unknown
Unfortunately, although I only woke up about 45 minutes before now (the point at which I am starting to record this dream) and had a vivid recall of this dream, I since then received some messages on my phone and was distracted by someone talking loudly right outside my bedroom window, so I have forgotten some aspects of this dream. 

I cannot recall the location of this dream. At one stage it seemed as if we were in a room which was similar to the living-room in my Nan's house, Sheringham. 

At various points in this dream I recall that the main dream characters I was with were SL, my ex-boyfriend and AP, a friend from high school. I saw SL, dressed in very bright shorts and trainers, straddling a wall, trying to get over it. I also saw SL laying on the floor of the room we were in, he was messing around.

While in this room, AP - and another female dream character were present. There was a male dream character who was nearby, but not in the room. He was an older man with longish black hair and a beard. His skin was darker than my own, but not darker than SL's. I would say he looked mixed-race. He wore sunglasses and was tall and skinny. I am not sure how I know what he looked like, as he was not in the room at the time. It was just knowledge, not something I witnessed physically in the dream. 

This 'father figure' had left his belongings in the room. I knew that in one of the bags (a khaki-green duffel bag) he had a large supply of cannabis. I decided to steal the cannabis from his bag and pretend that it was my own. I rummaged through the bag, in full sight of SL and AP. I found the cannabis, and put it in my own bag. Subsequently, I took some of the cannabis and rolled a large joint with it, feeling pleased that I had managed to get away with stealing it.

I think something was going to happen and we were preparing for it - but I cannot recall. I think there was something involving learning or education - attending a class? I have a vague recollection of me wanting to sign up for a class, or change the subject I was due to study, because I was jealous of the subject AP or another dream character was going to study. There is the vague memory of a family function as well - and my Mum as a dream character.

I cannot recall anything else about this dream.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• None of note

Dreamsigns: 

• I was with SL and AP 

Day Residue: 

• I recently saw SL announce his engagement on Facebook. My last interaction with him was him drunk asking me to send him nude photographs and asking if I would ever meet him
• The 'father figure' was based on a man I had been talking to on the internet. He was slightly older than me and was kept assuming that one day I would have kids, which I told him was not going to happen. I blocked him after he kept asking me what my 'dating dysfunction' was and whether I was 'crazy like all other women'. This real life man was of Jamaican heritage, but in the dream, the dream character was light-skinned and possibly mixed-race
• I had been discussing cannabis with DL on the day of this dream
• I had made broccoli and blue cheese soup on the day of this dream and had consciously thought 'blue cheese' is a weird name for a strain of cannabis
• I had been discussing my education and family functions on the day of this dream with online friends
• I had a phone conversation with my Mum on the day of this dream

Waking Reactions: 
It is very frustrating that I have forgotten the majority of this dream. However, since it is so early in the day, and less than an hour after I woke up from this dream, I still have vague memories which feel like they might solidify into more concrete recollections at some point throughout the day. I have experienced this before. It is analogous to the feeling when you are searching for a word/phrase which is just out of reach and you refer to it as 'being on the tip of my tongue'. 

If I recall anything further, I will record it below. 

Dream 799

'My Friend, Hayden Christensen'

Date: 1 April 2017

Time: 21:30 - 00:30 (brief period of wakefulness) & 00:45 - 06:00 (I woke up from this dream naturally)

Type of dream: Vivid dream
Dream recall: Strong recall 

Scene 1: My Bathroom, Norwich - Time Unknown
I 'woke up' (this was a False Awakening, but I was not consciously aware of this at any stage in the dream). I was in the bath in my home in Norwich. The bathroom door started to open and I shouted out something such as: 'I'm in the bath!' but the person coming into the room did not stop. It seemed to take quite a while for the door to fully open. My flatmate SC came into the bathroom and calmly approached the side of the bath. He was joined by his girlfriend, ML. I kept expecting SC to say: 'We better leave her alone', but he did not. I felt my privacy was being invaded. 

I then woke up briefly.

* After I recorded this dream, I took a bath. I noticed that in real life, the door to my bathroom opens inwards, with the handle on the right side as you enter the bathroom. In my dream, the handle had been on the left, so that the door blocked my view of who was entering from my position in the bath. This contributed to the fact it seemed to take a long time for the door to open inwards and the person entering (SC and later ML) to be visible from behind it. 

Scene 2: A Large Room - Time Unknown
I was then in a large room, but I do not know what kind of room this was, although it did look a bit like a school hall or gym. The room was dominated by a large structure, which was made of stainless steel and looked like a climbing frame or scaffolding of sorts. It seemed to be aligned with the walls/sides of the room and was made of a series of metal bars, with a ladder up the side. People would climb the steps of the ladder and then sit at the top of the structure. on metal bars, which seemed to be quite precarious, as you had to balance and there was only one safety rail, a thin rail of metal which was at waist height when you were seated on the top. 

I climbed to the top of the structure, although I hate heights. I felt scared doing so, because it felt dangerous. The top of the structure was about 15 feet from the ground. At the top, I had to swing my legs over so that I could sit down on the metal bars. At this point, I noticed that I could see grass/bushes below me on the floor of the room. At the top, I felt very unsafe and kept worrying I would lose my balance and fall. I realised I was sitting next to Hayden Christensen, who I actually knew in the dream as a friend. He was trying to reassure me that I would not fall from the top of the structure, but I was panicking - which was a reaction I would imagine I would be having in real life. Hayden kept grabbing my ankles - I was only wearing white socks, no shoes (I noticed at this point) and his actions were making me feel more stressed. Suddenly, we were joined by NB - a female friend from my hometown of Sheringham, who is on my Facebook. She climbed over my outstretched legs (which appeared to be in Hayden's lap) to get to the other side of us, where she balanced. She seemed to be very calm and used to being on top of the structure and was also trying to reassure me that it was safe. The structure then started moving around the perimeter of the room, going up and down. I could see the grass/bushes getting closer and then further away, as if we were dipping down to the ground and then rising into the air again. My stomach leaped and I felt incredibly anxious, panicking. Hayden and NB were trying to calm me down, telling me I was safe, but I kept slipping and struggled to maintain my balance and grip on the metal rail against which I was leaning. I was sure I was going to fall and there was no way I could get down. This was terrifying. 

Scene 3: My High School Foyer, Sheringham - Day
I was then in the foyer of my high school entrance. I was with a female who appeared to be CP, a former friend from my university undergraduate days. We were drinking alcoholic drinks - pink fizzy ones in plastic glasses with straws. I put my finger in my drink to stir it. I noticed CP and I were both wearing short blue pleated tartan skirts and we discussed this, but I cannot recall what was said. I was trying to decide if I should buy £20 of cannabis and could not make up my mind. I cannot recall the context of this part of the dream either, but there was some discussion with another dream character. Through the open doorway I could see that it was a bright sunny day outside.

Scene 4: Sheringham - Day
CP and I then left the school. In the car park, she had a white car and I was designated to drive it, even though I am not able to drive and have never taken a single driving lesson. In the dream, I was aware I could not drive. However, I was shocked at my ability to drive perfectly in the dream. I thought: 'It must be because I've practiced on GTA'. CP - who was sitting in the back seat, leaning forwards - was encouraging me, telling me I was doing great. We were driving on a busy road and I was continuously shocked by how smooth my driving was and how easy I found it. Even when I thought I was oversteering or steering the car recklessly, it turned out that my driving skills were perfect. I was hoping I would not have to go round a roundabout, as this was the part that scared me the most. We parked up - we were in the car park outside The Dunstable Arms Pub, Sheringham, which is very close to my former childhood home in Pine Grove. I was not sure I wanted to do anymore driving because I was aware that I did not have a licence, nor had any teaching, so I had been lucky to be so good at it to this point. I was considering if I should apply to take my test and actually get a licence given I had discovered I could drive. CP was trying to convince me to drive the short remaining distance to where we were heading (location unrecalled). It was still a bright, sunny day. 

I cannot recall anything else about this dream.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• None of note

Dreamsigns: 

• The actions of SC and ML in Scene 1 
• The metal structure in Scene 2
• I was with Hayden Christensen
• I was able to drive perfectly

Day Residue: 

• SC and ML have gone away for a short break, so I have been in the flat alone. When I had a bath on the day of this dream, I consciously thought that I would be able to leave the bathroom door open
• On the day of this dream I had been discussing a conspiracy theory (about 35 foot skeletons) which someone in Facebook had tried to (unsuccessfully) convince me were the ancient remains of Nephilim-human hybrids. I told him the photos he saw (which he would not show me) would be photoshopped and that I could not imagine a single room tall enough to house a 35 ft skeleton
• On the day of this dream I had been discussing Hayden Christensen with DL - and had been looking for recent photographs of him
• On the day of this dream I heard someone quote Ronan Keating 'Life is a Rollercoaster' (2000) - I think it may have been Rob Bryden's character, Bryn from Gavin & Stacey which I had been watching on the day of this dream
• I have recently been chatting to NB's brother, TB on Facebook
• On the day of this dream I had seen a photograph of someone (local) on Facebook - he was wearing a blue kilt and other Scottish clothing
• On the day of this dream I saw a photograph of a former friend from my university undergraduate days - like CP, she is someone I am no longer in contact with and these two friendships ended around the same time, during a bad period in my life
• A couple of days before this dream I had been talking about my Art GCSE with DL and mad a reference to the foyer/entrance of my high school 
• On the day of this dream I had mentioned to someone that I rarely drink alcohol anymore
• I had mentioned playing Grand Theft Auto on the day of this dream
• On the day of this dream I had been listening to a extract from a Chris Morris radio show where he encourages Paul Garner ('Man with a Mobile Phone') to engage in bizarre behaviour/conversations in public places. I had been listening to one where Morris and Garner prank a taxi driver. Morris instructs Garner to tell the taxi driver to go round the roundabout again because 'he didn't like the way he drove onto it'

Waking Reactions: 
This was a bizarre and complex dream which interwove so many different elements of my Day Residue. I found aspects of this dream terrifying, but I would not classify this dream as a nightmare. My responses to a lot of the action in this dream was very realistic - the kind of reactions/responses I would expect to have in real life. I found this dream to be very enjoyable due to how vivid and unusual it was. 

I feel that I may have forgotten some details of this dream. If I remember anything further, I will record it below.