Dream 791

'Unrecorded Dreams'

Date: 9 March 2017

Time: 21:30 - 05:45 (I woke up from this dream naturally)

Type of dream: Normal dream/Pre-lucid dream
Dream recall: Normal recall

Scene 1: A Public Toilet - Time Unknown
I was in a public toilet which was familiar - it reminded me of both public toilets at my University and also those in The Forum, Norwich - although in the dream, the toilets were different from both of these real life locations. I was feeling the back of my front lower teeth with my tongue and realised there was a rough patch which should not be there. I wondered if I would be able to get it removed by the dentist (of which I have a huge phobia, not having attended since I was a young child). 

Scene 2: A Shop, Location Unknown - Time Unknown
I was then in a shop - the shop mainly sold books, although there were other items on display. It was a large shop - more like a department store and I had a strong sense of deja-vu, despite not being able to recognise this shop from real life. I was wondering (within the dream itself) if I had ever been in this shop before as it felt so familiar. I then wondered if I had 'dreamed' of the shop before and that was why it seemed recognisable. Despite this wondering, this was not a lucid dream as I was not consciously aware that I was dreaming - it felt like real life with me thinking about dreaming. I assumed I was awake. I still cannot recall why this shop felt so familiar.

Scene 3: My Bedroom, Norwich - Time Unknown
I was then standing in my own bedroom in Norwich, looking at my desk, on which there are a number of notebooks, both for my academic and creative writing. I thought: 'I have 2 dreams to record' - in the dream I knew that these dreams were jotted down in my notebook and needed to be recorded onto this Blog. In real life, there were not 2 dreams in that notebook which needed to be written up. 

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• None of note

Dreamsigns: 

• None of note

Day Residue: 

• None of note - I cannot recognise any specific Day Residue

Waking Reactions: 
This was a very interesting dream as it seemed to be a Pre-Lucid dream - I was not yet lucid/consciously aware, but I was thinking about dreaming within the dream. 

Dream 790

'Bad Children's Home'

Date: 6 March 2017

Time: 23:00 - 05:30 (I woke up from this dream naturally)

Type of dream: Vivid dream
Dream recall: Strong recall

Scene 1: An Interior - Time Unknown
I was in an interior with my ex-boyfriend, PS - I am not sure what house we were in, but in the dream it was where either PS or I lived. I was aware that I was pregnant and PS was the father. I asked him if I should hurry to get 'an abortion pill' but he said that we should get back together and raise the baby. This decision was welcome to me within the dream and I was happy. There was more conversation.

Scene 2: A Children's Home - Night
I was then outside - it was night, but not very dark. In front of me was a building - which was grey concrete and low, reminding me of a small prison or a very ugly building of some kind. It reminded me a little of some of the older residences on my university campus - Wolfson Close (see image, below), but at the same time the area looked very difference and familiar in another way. It reminded me strongly of somewhere I have been before in real life, changed slightly by the dream. The entire area was very run down and destroyed. The ground was concrete and I could see weeds growing and planks of wood/bricks/rubbish laying around. The windows of the building were smashed and everything was dismal, in a state of disrepair and neglect. Around the vicinity was a high chainlink fence. I could see that it had been raining recently, because there were puddles on the ground. 

I was aware that this was a children's home and that it was a bad place. Inside the dilapidated building there was some evil lurking. I was also aware that MK (a Facebook friend who is also a webcam girl) was stuck in the children's home and was at risk of some kind of danger. I saw her kneeling on the floor, crying in fear. I went into the children's home. It was so dark and there was no furniture; it looked completely abandoned. I knew that the 'evil' would come for me if I did not get out quickly, so I went outside again. My Mum was standing there. She threw a cigarette towards me and it fell into a puddle at my feet. I picked it up - there was some kind of intricate design (like a tattoo) drawn on the side. I threw it back to my Mum, who started smoking it (despite the fact my Mum gave up smoking over 15 years ago). 

My Mum then told me that she was going to adopt MK. We went back inside the children's home and my Mum was standing beside what looked like a table. I asked what she was doing and she said she was sorting out some rings - I could see that she was gathering up a number of gold rings with skulls or devil's heads on them. My Mum told me they belonged to MK and we needed to make sure we took them with us when we adopted her.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• Pregnancy/motherhood - see Dream 789 - 'Special Tartan'
• My Mum as a dream character

Dreamsigns: 

• I was having a baby with my ex-boyfriend
• The events of Scene 2

Day Residue: 

• Scene 1 may have been influenced by my dream from the previous evening, Dream 789 - 'Special Tartan'
• On the day of this dream MK left a comment on my status. The day before I had noticed her post a status of her own where she referred to childhoods being damaged by bad/inadequate parents

Waking Reactions: 
I really enjoyed this dream as it felt very strange while actually dreaming it - there was a very odd, disconcerting quality about the dream. It was also interesting to note the recurrent dream theme of pregnancy/motherhood.

Dream 789

'Special Tartan'

Date: 5 March 2017

Time: 00:30 - 08:45 (I woke up from this dream naturally)

Type of dream: Vivid dream
Dream recall: Strong recall

Scene 1: An Unknown Interior - Time Unknown
I was with my Mum. I was worried that I might be pregnant (no indication of who the potential father-to-be might be), and kept saying that I hold do a home pregnancy test, but my Mum was stopping me, telling me that I could do it later. I was very keen to take the test now and find out - my anxiety was strong, and I was frustrated that every time I mentioned that it would only take me a few minutes to urinate on the test, my Mum was preventing/persuading me from doing so. The only thing that I can recall about this location was that there were some navy velvet sofas in quite a dark room.

Scene 2: An Unknown Interior - Time Unknown
I was then in a different location, entering a room in which I found R3A and a white female dream character with light brown hair. She reminded me of someone - maybe a female I went to high school with, but it is not possible for me to identify who, In the dream, this female was called 'Charlotte'. R3A was sitting on a chair or some other surface and Charlotte was straddled him, in a sexual way. I said something to the effect of I would leave them alone, but R3A told me to stay. I assumed that he was trying to get me to have a threeway (threesome/menage-a-trois) with them. I found Charlotte to be very unattractive. I said something to R3A about me not thinking Charlotte was pretty and R3A ended up telling her to get off his lap so that he could speak to me. 

It then felt like we were watching a scene set in the hallway of a high school - there were a lot of dream characters walking down a hall with lockers on either side. There were a number of girls in with their backs to us - each of these girls was wearing a kilt/skirt made of a red tartan material. Each of the skirts was a different style/length. I pointed to the girl wearing the shortest miniskirt and said to R3A: 'That's the one I would have worn'. I then asked R3A if (given he is Scottish) he has a family/clan tartan. He said: 'No, my family only moved here to farm potatoes'. I accepted this answer and we continued to have a conversation.

Scene 3: Unthank Road, Norwich - Day
I was in a car - I may have still been with R3A, because it felt like I had gone somewhere with someone I had just been with. It felt like we were parked in the street on Unthank Road, near a turning into another road, by the laundrette, although this area looked very different from usual - I think that the actual place I have associated with this spot may be further down the road from where the laundrette was, and on the opposite side of the road, so my waking consciousness is just as confused as to the place my dreaming mind was imagining the laundrette used to be. It was just that it reminded me of this location. This location was a place we were visiting 'on holiday' - it was a bright sunny day. Looking at the building which gave me the thoughts of the Unthank Road laundrette (see Google Maps image, below), I noticed that it was bright white and on the second story, there was a huge window which stretched from ceiling-to-floor for the entire length of the building. Inside was a scene involving a female dressed in red. I am not quite sure what we were looking at - it seemed to be some kind of living advertisement. Just underneath this window scene, where the sign for the laundrette would normally be, was the word: 'AMERICA' in huge bold lettering. I realised that we were actually in America, and the scene was the 'airport welcome'. We moved down to the road a very short distance away and parked again. I was not driving the car, I am not sure who was. The street was very busy with traffic and pedestrians walking on the pavements. I was glad to be on holiday 'in America'.

Scene 4: A Computer Game
I was then watching a computer game, as if I was inside the game itself. The game was like the complex interior of something  - it reminded me of the tesseract in Interstellar (2014), but more brightly coloured and cartoon-like. The 'character' looked a lot like 'Buzz Lightyear' from Toy Story which I have not actually seen. This character flew on his side, with one arm stretched out in front of him, like Superman. I am not sure of what the aim of this game was. 

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• R3A as a dream character

Dreamsigns: 

• The events of Scene 1 - there is no way I could be pregnant currently and my Mum was acting in an unusual way
• The way R3A and I were able to see 'into' a school hallway
• Unthank Road, Norwich was suddenly 'America' - the entire events of Scene 3 were a dreamsign
• I experienced a computer game from inside

Day Residue: 

• On the day of this dream I discovered a new show, Camping (2016) from Julia Davis (who I love). There is a scene in which Julia Davis' character wears a red tartan plaid shirt - and I wondered if they had a similar design in Primark where I get my other plaid shirts as I liked the red pattern. In this dream, the red tartan (on the girls' skirts) was exactly the same as that on Julia's plaid shirt
• I had mentioned the phrase 'potatohead' to DL in a conversation shortly before this dream (in relation to my 'Scottish Bae', Ewan McGregor)
• My last dream, Dream 788 - 'Nigella on a Horse' was illustrated by an image with an American flag in the background
• I saw a reference to Matthew McConaughey in an online article on the day of this dream

Waking Reactions: 
I really enjoyed this dream as it was so vivid and easily recalled. I thought the bizarreness of this dream was very interesting and the one thing I noticed about this dream (more so than a lot of my other dreams) was the brightness of the colour - everything was very saturated and uplifting to look at. The amount of Day Residue (in particular the red tartan) and how it was woven into the narrative of my dream was very interesting. 

Dream 788

'Nigella on a Horse'

Date: 4 March 2017

Time: 22:30 - 07:50 (I woke up from this dream naturally)

Type of dream: Normal dream
Dream recall: Normal recall

Scene 1: Location Unknown - Time Unknown
I saw Nigella Lawson sitting on a black horse - her location was unknown. Nigella was hosting a cookery programme for TV, but this consisted of her showing viewers how to put the horse's mane into a ponytail, by separating it. The horse's mane was white and spiky - standing up on end. Nigella parted the main and secured it with hair bands, leaning over the neck of the horse in a seductive way.

Scene 2: An Interior Room - Time Unknown
I was then in an interior - it was a normal room, but I cannot recall much about the decor. In the room was US President Donald Trump and his aide. The aide was an old white man with a grey beard. I realised that I was in a relationship with Donald Trump and his aide was being assigned to me for my protection. Trump instructed the aide to give me an item, which looked like a matchbox-sized computer chip. I was informed by Trump and/or the aide that this box would enable me to both call for security services and also detonate an atomic bomb if I was in any danger by 'enemies' - because I was dating the President I was now at risk of assassination. I felt very powerful. The atom bomb would be powerful enough to destroy the entire world at the click of the button.

I was then supposed to film a Youtube video with Jenna Marbles (Jenna Mourey). Balloons filled the room and Jenna and I were being filmed dancing amongst them while music played (I cannot recall the music). The atmosphere felt manic and celebratory - it was a real party environment. There was not just balloons in the room, but other party-related decorations and items which had been set up specifically for the video. I was twerking. I could see Jenna and I in third-person perspective and was aware that the video had been filmed and I was watching it back, with Jenna during the editing process. We were wearing black leotards with white tights under them and I was surprised to see that my butt looked double the size it should. 

I cannot recall what else happened.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• None of note

Dreamsigns: 

• Nigella was hosting a show which contained instructions on how to put a ponytail into a horse's mane
• I was dating Donald Trump
• I was given an object which could detonate an atom bomb and destroy the world
• I was filming a Youtube video with Jenna Marbles

Day Residue: 

• A couple of days ago I had been watching Nigella Lawson shows
• On the day of this dream I had been watching Hunderby, written by and starring Julia Davis. There are horses in Hunderby (which is set in 1830), but in Nighty Night (one of my favourite TV shows), also written and starring Julia Davis, there is a scene in S02E01, Julia's character 'Jill Tyrell' is instructed to act seductively with a horse called 'Stuart/Stewart' by parting it's fringe/mane. On the day of this dream, I had also been listening to Chris Morris' former radio show, Blue Jam (BBC Radio 1) on Youtube - this features Julia Davis
• Donald Trump is in the media every day - he is unavoidable
• I had been watching documentaries about the Goiania Accident and the Radium Girls on the day of this dream - both of which refer to radioactive incidents
• I had been watching Jenna Marbles videos on Youtube just before I went to sleep and had this dream. One of her Youtube thumbnails showed her from behind, focusing on her butt in bikini bottoms
• On the day of this dream I had seen a Facebook friend try to start an online debate about butt enhancement surgery - posting images of Nicki Minaj to illustrate

Waking Reactions: 
This dream was really bizarre and clearly influenced by a lot of Day Residue, which was combined and interlinked in some very complex and interesting ways. It was quite an enjoyable dream to have, despite the rather traumatizing aspect of dating the heinous and repulsive Donald Trump. 

I think that I may have forgotten some parts of this dream, but if I recall anything further, I will record it below.

Dream 787

'Steak Grilling'

Date: 2 March 2017

Time: 19:30 - 03:30 (I woke up from this dream naturally)

Type of dream: Normal dream
Dream recall: Normal recall

Scene 1: A Pub (London?) - Day
I was looking for a new job as I had recently moved to somewhere - I think it was London. I badly needed a new job as I only had a small amount of money left in my bank account. I was in a large, city centre pub, which was traditional and reminded me of being beside the sea. It was decorated like a typical old-fashioned English pub. I was standing on one side of the bar, talking to the dream character who run the pub. To my left was a large window and I could see out onto the street - noting that it was also day time. 

At various points in the dream I thought the dream character was an older female, and at other times I thought they were a young male. It wasn't as if they were 'shifting identities', but rather that my perception kept changing. I also got the 'impression' or 'feeling' of being in my Nan's bathroom, in Sheringham, standing beside the toilet, looking down at the bath. I cannot explain what I mean here - it was an impression without being explicitly visualised. There were customers in the pub, but they were not close by - they were scattered around the bar-room. 

I was asking the dream character about available jobs in the pub. I was told that there was a job in the kitchen, grilling steaks and cleaning. I would be working with one other person. I was asking a variety of questions about the job - and these were answered by the dream character. I was told (in answer to my questions) that the job would be for 3 - 6 days per week and each shift would be 10 hours or less. The customers in the pub were 'Conservative types' (I interpreted this to mean politically Conservative i..e Tories, not merely morally conservative). I asked the dream character how much I would earn per week and whether it would be '£300'. The dream character did not know, so we tried to calculate the wages. We were both unsuccessful. I said I would get out my phone and use the calculator on it - it was my work phone, so a cheap 'burner-style' Nokia phone. The dream character they got out their own mobile - which was black and yellow and the size of a house brick, with various attachments, which made it more cumbersome and bulky. The dream character told me that this was the only phone which could do the calculations. However, the phone could only use . - decimal points, not numbers. I was getting frustrated seeing the dream character trying to work out maths sums using only decimal points, so I decided to work out the sum myself using pencil and paper. 

I cannot recall what else happened in this dream. I know that there was another scene - or perhaps more - which I have forgotten.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• None of note

Dreamsigns: 

• I had moved to London and was looking for a new job
• The identity of the dream character kept changing in my perception and I also had the impression of being both in the pub and my Nan's bathroom at the same time
• The actions involving using phones to calculate wages

Day Residue: 

• I have recently been applying for part-time jobs and on the day of this dream found out that I had been rejected for an position of Research Assistant which I had applied for within my university, and that R3A had got a new job - a short while before (a day or 2), ML had suggested applying for jobs in a local pub or trying the Sainsbury Centre (the university art gallery space) which has a cafe, sometimes used for formal dining by the Vice-Chancellor of the university
• On the day of this dream I had been reading/making notes for my PhD chapter on identity/identification
• On the day of this dream I was on duty for my job in student welfare, so was in charge of the duty phone
• A short while before this dream, DL and I had been discussing technology of the 1980s and specifically, the earliest version of mobile phones

Waking Reactions: 
This dream was highly influenced by Day Residue - and reflects my anxiety that I need to get a part-time job which pays me enough, while giving me sufficient free time to write up my PhD. The most striking thing about this dream was not the action, but rather the way in which my perceptions kept shifting. This is very difficult to explain, but the way this dream was experienced was very much more 'dream-like' than some of my other dreams, where I am not aware of how I am perceiving events. 

I know that I have forgotten some parts of this dream, but if I recall anything further, I will record it below.

Dream 786

'Bunkbed Gifts'

Date: 27 February 2017

Time: 23:00 - 04:30 (I woke up from this dream naturally)

Type of dream: Normal dream
Dream recall: Normal recall

Scene 1: Location Unknown -Time Unknown
I had applied to do a second PhD in Literature - based on the impact of Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting (1993) novel. I was very pleased that I was able to do a second PhD and that it would be based on one of my favourite books. I wondered how I would complete the write-up of my first PhD while starting the next one. 

I was with my Nan who was telling me that the best/cheapest way to get to a certain location in the UK was to take an internal flight. I was telling my Nan that I did not have a current passport and was asking what kind of ID I would need to take an internal flight,  but she was not answering my questions. 

R3A was also present and I was discussing the 'internal flight ID' issue with him while we tried to decide how to get from A to B in the quickest/cheapest way using public transport. We may have been sitting on a train during this scene, as I had the impression of sitting opposite him on some seats with a large window to my right side, which is reminiscent of how train seating is organised. I think it may have been daytime as well. I cannot recall what else happened in this scene, but it seemed to last a long time.

Scene 2: A Bedroom, Location Unknown - Time Unknown
I was then in a bedroom with my Mum. I am not sure whose bedroom it was - it may have been a hotel. There was a bunkbed in the room, which has shelving running from up the end of the bed. On the shelves and the top bunk there were a variety of objects - small items and trinkets - for example, small toys, ornaments, makeup products - a wide variety. I was moaning to my Mum about why someone - I cannot recall who, but I did know in the dream - would have left all of their items in the bunkbed. I was halfway up the ladder so that I could see what was on the top bunk and higher shelves. My Mum informed me that the items had been left by that dream character (who was female) as gifts for me. I then started to see them differently - instead of being a mess which we would have to clear up, they were a thoughtful gesture which I appreciated. I started to write - in 3D white plastic lettering, using a special pen - on the front of a blank greeting card - which was simply a piece of folded card, for my own design. 

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• Me doing a second PhD - on Trainspotting
• R3A as a dream character

Dreamsigns: 

• None of note

Day Residue: 

• My last previous dream involved me doing a second PhD on Trainspotting - see Dream 785 - 'Green Glass Needles'
• At the time of this dream I was applying for a new ID card as my passport (which I usually use) was expired
• I was considering making a trip to Scotland to visit R3A
• A short while before this dream I had watched my favourite Youtuber, Grav3yardgirl (Bunny Meyer), test a 3D modeller pen, which allows you to 'draw' 3-dimensional objects using a heated 'pen' which 'writes' in melted plastic. I also watched her do a tour of her filming room, which is filled with collectable knick-knacks, ornaments and baby dolls etc

Waking Reactions: 
This dream was partially influenced by Day Residue, although it was a fairly boring dream upon recall, with no very obvious Dreamsigns. Pretty much everything which too place in this dream could have occurred in real life. 

Dream 785

'Green Glass Needles'

Date: 23 February 2017

Time: 18:00 - 22:00 (I woke up from this dream naturally)

Type of dream: Vivid dream
Dream recall: Strong recall

Scene 1: A Classroom/Office -Time Unknown
I was excited because I had been offered a place and funding to do a new PhD on Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting (1993). This was a literature PhD and I was standing in either a classroom or an office at a university, telling an older white female dream character, who was a member of staff about how pleased I was. 

Scene 2: Coronation Street. Weatherfield, Greater Manchester (Fictional Town from Coronation Street) - Day
I was then in the fictional town from the British ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. I could see the streets which appeared to be in a northern town, with the red brick terraces, which would be similar to the actual sets in the soap. I could see a male character, wearing a brown jacket. He was an older white male, and although he did not look like the real life actor/character, I knew him to be (in the dream) 'Ken Barlow' as played by William Roach. I was watching the scene as if I was actually there, standing a short distance away. 'Ken' had found a missing child - a small white female with brown hair, approximately 8 years old. She had run away from an orphanage and 'Ken' was now wanting to look after her. They sat on a bench with some bushes behind them, while I was standing on the corner of a street (leaning against a corner shop wall), watching them. 'Ken' had his arm around the little girl and his face was close to hers - I thought his face looked distorted and creepy from the profile view. The little girl had a package with her, which was from her 'real father'. 'Ken' opened the package and inside was a homemade greetings card, which had a very shiny front cover and words (I cannot recall what) written in glitter text. Underneath this was a photograph of 'the father', who was 'Ken's' son in the soap - 'Peter Barlow' played by Chris Gascoyne. This meant that 'Ken' was her paternal grandfather. I was not shocked by this revelation,  but it appeared that 'Ken' was and he was saying that 'it didn't matter who her father was' and it was clear that he was not going to tell the little girl who it was or how she was related to the Barlow family. 

Scene 3: A Snowy Scene - Night
I was then watching a scene which was of a snowy location - it was night and very dark. I was not actually there - this was an active depiction of a movie I was involved in making, which was to be set in a very snowy place and involved some form of warriors/knights on horseback who were going to be fighting against rival warriors/knights. I was trying to decide what weapons should be used in my movie, as it was not set in any particular time or location (other than 'snowy location'), so I was free to be as creative as possible. Currently, the warriors/knights (there were about 3 in view) were holding swords, but I was debating if there was a better weapon they could use, as I wanted the fight scenes to be dramatic and well-choreographed and I thought swords were too boring. I considered guns, but also realised that these would be too boring. I was then trying to work out if it would be possible to design a weapon which was powered by crystals and worked in the same way as lightsabers, but was aware that this would plagiarise/copy Star Wars, so was probably a bad idea. I saw the swords - held downwards by the warriors/knights sitting on horseback - glowing a bright white colour, and was disappointed that I could not borrow the lightsaber idea. I was getting bored of trying to design my movie at this point as I could not think of an appropriate weapon to make the fight scenes and plotline exciting. 

Scene 4: An Interior Scene, Sheringham - Evening
I was then in my home town of Sheringham, in a domestic interior which appeared to be my family home (living with my Mum and Stepdad), but was not one from real life. Judging by where I exited from the house (at the sea end of the high street) a short period of time later, I was able to locate the position of this dream house as being near the amusement arcades and sea front pubs (where I did used to live as a young child, although our home was right on the promenade, not on the actual high street in real life). I was talking to my Mum and was aware that it was carnival day. I cannot recall what task I had to do, but it involved me leaving the house to go out into the street. It was dusk. 

I was walking up the high street towards the 'top' of town - I think I had to go to a shop, but I cannot recall the details. I passed by a waste bin on the side of the pavement (outside a shop) which had some white glass lamps stacked on it. I then saw that on the ground in front of me was a small green glass bottle. I would describe the shape as an 'elixir bottle' (see image, below - the most similar image was available under the description 'green glass decanter bottle') and it was about half the size of a Coke can. I threw this bottle into the road and it smashed beside a parked white van. I felt a stabbing pain in my foot and looked down to see I was bare foot and a long needle-like shard of green glass was piercing through the inner side of my left foot - in the instep/arched part. This was very deeply embedded and I was worried, so stopped to remove it. A female (dream character) pushing a child's pushchair walked past on the right side of me (the road side) while I was standing removing the glass from my foot. She said something (unrecalled) to me and I replied that I was 'making my foot safe'. After I removed the glass in one long piece I realised that I had some kind of clear plastic valve attached to my foot in the exact same place that the green glass needle had been imbedded. This had not been there when I had been pulling the glass needle out of my foot, as other than being impaled by glass, my foot had definitely appeared as normal when I was looking at my foot. The presence of the valve did not bother or concern me - it seemed normal and natural. I pulled the end of this valve outwards, seeing that there was a black nozzle on the end - the clear plastic tubing extended for about 5 cm from my foot. It was like the kind of valve you use to blow up an airbed/paddling pool - or some other form of inflatable item (see image, below). I adjusted this valve/nozzle on my foot so that I could continue my journey up the street.

I cannot recall what else happened in this dream.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• Star Wars as a dream theme

Dreamsigns: 

• I was going to do a second PhD
• I was watching a character from a soap opera in the fictional location where the TV show is set
• I was watching a live-action of a plan for a movie I was making
• I lived with my parents on Sheringham High Street
• My foot had a valve/nozzle growing out of it

Day Residue: 

• I have recently been reading Trainspotting
• 2 days before this dream I had been reading a magazine in the waiting room of the medical centre - I read an interview with a cast member from Coronation Street in which she referred to William Roach/'Ken Barlow'
• A short while before this dream I watched a Grav3yardgirl video on Youtube where she was using glitter to customise a MAC lipstick
• On the day of this dream I had read an online conversation in a Facebook comment thread where a young woman was telling other people that her baby 'did not have a father'
• In Dream 782 - 'The Omen' I had made reference to After Last Season (2009) which is set in a snowy location
• I had a recent dream, Dream 773 - 'Kylo Ren's Lightsaber' - in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) there is a scene in snow. I see numerous Star Wars references on a daily basis as I follow a number of fan/meme pages online (Facebook)
• A short while before I had this dream I had to go and speak to some students in my capacity as a Senior Resident. I had a frustrating conversation with 2 males who were trying to argue against the action being taken in relation to the behaviour of one of them. I then randomly recalled an email from another student in this flat who had (separately) complained of broken glass being smashed outside the flat a few weeks ago. She had informed me that her friend had nearly stepped on the broken shards of glass and was asking me who to contact to get it safely cleared up

Waking Reactions: 
This dream was highly influenced by Day Residue, some recent and some more general. I feel that analysing the influences that come from my Day Residue really help me to become more conscious of my waking thoughts, memories and feelings and also improve my ability to recall waking influences I have been exposed to, some of which are quite subtle. 

Dream 784 (NIGHTMARE)

'Knife of Ice'

Date: 22 February 2017

Time: 18:30 - 22:00 (I woke up from this dream naturally)

Type of dream: Vivid dream
Dream recall: Strong recall

Scene 1: My Nan's House, Sheringham - Time Unknown
I was in my Nan's house, Sheringham, in my bedroom. Laying on my bed was a white male, with medium brown hair. I recognised him to be a boy from my year at high school and someone I knew in real life, but I was completely unable to recall who it was when I woke up - so it may have just been a dream character who I thought I knew in real life within the dream. I was in a new relationship with this male and I was finding it hard to believe, because I had never been attracted to him before and I was wondering what other people who knew us would think about us unexpectedly ending up together. It seemed weird to me - in the dream - that we were in a relationship and I was not sure if this was what I wanted. I laid down on the bed with him and we started to engage in some foreplay, which was enjoyable in this dream and I was assuming that we were going to have sex. 

The next thing I knew, I was in the bed by myself, laying on top of the covers. It seemed to be very light, so it may have been day time. Out of the ceiling above me, a figure started to emerge through the plaster. It was a small (child-sized) being - I think it may have been female, although it was difficult to tell because the entire being was dressed in a white lacy shroud which looked like a white outfit, with a hood. I did not see it's face and assumed it might be a ghost of some sort. Everything looked pointy and floaty at the same time. The being was holding a knife which appeared to be made from ice (and slightly resembled a unicorn's horn) and I knew that it was going to stab me to death. I was terrified and could not move from the bed - the being was lowering itself down, ready to stab me, so in fear I managed to eventually fall off the side of the bed and run out of the house.

I ran down the road, right to the bottom, where I came to The Dunstable Arms pub. It was now night. There were a number of dream characters - locals in the dream - in the car park outside the front of the pub. They were mainly male and I was pleased to see that the pub was open and busy, as I assumed that this meant someone would help me. The being was not behind me right now, but I knew it was coming for me and I was in a state of shock and panic. The men outside the pub were shouting in a jolly way and started calling out to me as I entered. I approached the bar - the room was very busy with customers. I approached the female dream character who was serving behind the bar and said: 'I need help, I'm going to be stabbed!' The barmaid laughed, as did the rest of the customers in the pub. I tried to say that it was no joke, but the female grabbed my purse and keys and threw them in a large dumpster behind the bar, meaning I could not get home and had not access to any money. I quickly realised that the people in the pub were also my enemies and were trying to make things impossible for me to escape or reach safety, which is why they took my purse and keys from me. I was now even more scared.

I left the pub and went back up the road. I was joined by DL and I was telling him that we needed to find a place of safety because the being was coming for me. I then saw the being, and as soon as I looked in it's direction saw that it also saw me. It seemed to be floating above the pavement (we were on the road just a short distance from my Nan's house) and was always holding the knife above it's head, ready to bring it down to stab. I told DL that we should hide in the telephone box which is a short distance from my Nan's house, on the side of the road where there is a bus stop (and behind this, the woods). We went into the phone box. Suddenly, the being's arm - with the ice knife - was coming through the metal roof of the phone box. I screamed and DL and I got out of the phone box, and climbed down the small bank onto the path which runs adjacent to the roadside and the forest (known as 'the woods path') - this is runs opposite my Nan's house (see Google Maps images, below). On the woods path, there was a group of young people - they all seemed to glow a very light colour in a strange way (it did not seem strange in the dream however, only on waking recall). There were about 4 of them, both male and female, with backpacks. These young people were 'on a visit' and suddenly I realised that in order to save ourselves (DL and I) from being stabbed by the being, we could transfer it onto these new victims. This seemed to be possible somehow. I then noticed a very bright, low-flying flashlight above us, illuminating the area. I realised that this was a police helicopter flying very low and the searchlight was intended to find us - the police were also working on the side of the being. This was incredibly scary, but I told DL that we should get back into the phone box, because the police helicopter searchlight could not see through the metal top of the phone box or see through the glass sides. We got into the phone box and started discussing how we could transfer the being onto the new victims, who were just walking past the phone box at this moment. 

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• I have had previous dreams where I have been pursued by an enemy, intending to stab me with a knife - most of which have taken place in the exact same location - the road on which my Nan lives

Dreamsigns: 

• I was in a relationship with a dream character who was supposedly someone I went to high school with
• The nightmare being with the ice knife
• The persecution by the local community/police in Sheringham

Day Residue: 

• The day of this dream I had been reading Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting (1993) and in particular the chapter where Mark Renton is going through cold turkey and hallucinates that the dead baby Dawn, who died of cot death due to the negligence of the heroin addicts supposedly caring for her, is crawling on the ceiling of his childhood bedroom (in his parent's home) while he is laying in the bed below
• I seem to recall having a random memory of being in The Dunstable Arms pub - or someone in real life referring to an event/incident in the pub while I was falling asleep
• On the day of this dream I had been telling SC that when I was a young child my Nan would go to the phone box across the road to make a phone call, rather than run up a charge on the landline in the house
• I had been discussing 'crime' and my lack of fear for authority with SC and ML the day of this dream
• On the day of this dream I had seen a girl I went to school with in Sheringham write a Facebook status about being chased by a drone
• On the day of this dream I had seen an online discussion about horror movies, which included references to Ring (1998) and the US remake, The Ring (2002) - this movie involves passing the 'curse' onto another victim before 7 days is up to prevent the Sadako/Samara from coming to kill. The person subject to the curse is notified by a phone call

Waking Reactions: 
This was a horrible nightmare, although looking back on it, it doesn't seem quite as scary in content, something which is common with nightmares. I just felt so helpless and persecute in this dream. It is odd that the majority of my persecution/stabbing dreams involve a small/short being pursuing me/stabbing me on the very same stretch of road/area of town in Sheringham. It is usually on the road where my Nan lives or at the very bottom of that road, near The Dunstable Arms pub, where my Mum used to work when I was a child (her friends were the owners of that pub at the time). I wonder what the significance of this is. I used to live in this house - throughout the majority of my childhood and for a period as an adult, but cannot recall any real life memory where I have been followed/pursued by anyone or felt in danger. It is a very quiet community. 

Dream 783

'Rule-Breaking Shark'

Date: 21 February 2017

Time: 14:45 - 17:15 (I woke up from this dream due to an alarm)

Type of dream: Vivid dream
Dream recall: Strong recall

Scene 1: An Exterior - Day
My Facebook friend, BD was now in a relationship with my cousin, HM. In real life HM is married with a child, but in the dream she seemed to be much younger. She was wearing a white dress. I realised that now BD was not interested in me as a person, as he had moved onto HM. I was looking through the window of BD's car. He was in the driver's seat and HM was laying down in the passenger seat. I wondered how they had met.

Scene 2: My House, Norwich - Time Unknown
I dropped my phone - only a short distance onto the carpet in my lounge. I realised that the screen of my phone had cracked and I thought this was strange, as my phone had only fallen a matter of inches onto the soft floor. I was annoyed and wondered how much it would cost to fix the glass screen. I then realised that my phone screen was not actually broken.

Scene 3: Under the Ocean - Time Unknown
I was under the ocean - I realised that I was a male shark. I was being told by another sea animal (I cannot recall what it was) that I was only allowed to eat the fish which were swimming in the waves creating  by the bottom of ships/boats, as this was 'fair'. I saw the bottom of a boat moving through water, creating waves in which a school of small silver fish were swimming. These fish were allowed to be my prey as they were 'within the rules' but I decided that I was a shark and I could break the rules if I wanted, because I was the more ferocious, dangerous creature and could overpower any of the other sea animals in my undersea society. I was not going to listen to authority and I could eat whatever I liked.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• Breaking the screen of my phone

Dreamsigns: 

• My Facebook friend BD was in a relationship with my cousin HM, who seemed younger
• I was a shark and could communicate with other sea animals living in the underwater society

Day Residue: 

• BD messaged me the day of this dream
• I saw BD post a photo of himself sitting in the driver's seat of his car
• A couple of days before this dream ML had broken her phone screen and was searching online for the cheapest place to replace the glass
• I had seen one of my female friends on Facebook refer to 'Shark Week' (in a joke about periods)
• I had been discussing 'crime' and my lack of fear for authority with SC and ML on the day of this dream

Waking Reactions: 
It was very weird to experience myself as a shark in a dream. This is the first time I can recall dreaming of myself as an animal or at least a non-human. I found this to be a humorous dream.

Dream 782

'The Omen'

Date: 20 February 2017

Time: 21:45 - 05:50 (I woke up from this dream due to an alarm)

Type of dream: Vivid dream
Dream recall: Strong recall

Scene 1: An Interior(?) - Time Unknown
I was with DL and we were watching a scene take place - I am not sure if we were watching it from above (for example, from a balcony) or on a screen. The scene was of what appeared to be the inside of a very grand religious-themed location - a palace combined with a cathedral/church. There was a lot of white columns and a short staircase with a royal blue velvet carpet. On the platform at the top of the stairs were some thrones and the scene was luxurious and extravagant. I realised that there was a christening or baptism of a female baby taking place. The family of the baby were all 'Italian Mafia' types - which is why they were in such a fancy location, dressed in fine, fashionable clothing. I was then aware that we were watching a remake of The Omen (1976), with the main characters - the parents of the Anti-Christ being Italian gangers. The 'father' of the Anti-Christ then came into view, walking down the stairs. He was an Asian man - wearing a turban, which led me to believe he was a Sikh. I was surprised that he was Asian as he was supposed to be 'Italian'. I asked DL: 'Is that racist?'

Scene 2: A City Street (assumed to be New York City) - Day
I the found myself on a city street - it was a very urban area, with a lot of tall buildings and skyscrapers; traffic and pedestrians. I assumed that it might be New York City. It was a very sunny day, even though I knew it was supposed to be the end of winter. I went into a large coffeeshop on the left side of the street. At the counter was a white female server. I ordered a coffee and said to her: 'It's really hot outside' to which she replied: 'It isn't'. I was confused, as it was a very summer-like day, especially for wintertime. 

Scene 3: Location Unknown - Time Unknown
I do not know where this scene took place. I received a message on my mobile phone. It was from R3A saying that he had not been in touch with me for a few days. His message said: 'I haven't been in touch - or words to this effect] because I've been hanging with the bullet of Glasgow, know what I mean?' I took 'bullet of Glasgow' to mean a gangster/thug-type of person, or someone with a reputation for being a 'hard man'. 

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• R3A as a dream character

Dreamsigns: 

• The weird remake of The Omen
• I was in NYC

Day Residue: 

• The day before this dream I had been reading Wikipedia articles on The Omen (all novels and movies) - as this was a book I had bought from a secondhand bookshop when I was just 10 years old and I wanted to refresh my memory of the entire story arc
• Recently there has been controversy about white actors playing a number of non-white roles in Hollywood movies (and terms such as 'whitewashing', 'blackface' and 'yellowface')
• The day of this dream I finished watching the worst movie ever made - After Last Season (2009). This movie is set in a snowy location and there is one scene where the main characters, Sarah and Matthew discuss the fact that the day before had been hot and summery (which did not make sense, as the scene from that day had shown snow and freezing conditions)

Waking Reactions: 
This was a very strange dream, with clear references to Day Residue influencing the content. 

INDEX FOR DREAM INCUBATION EXPERIMENT - WHAT DOES MY HEART DESIRE?

This is an index page for my current Dream Incubation Experiment, so that all of the dreams and material relating to this section of my dreamwork is in one single post with clickable links. 

Here is the post which explains the Dream Incubation Experiment and the methodology I am using: Dream Incubation Experiment - What Does my Heart Desire?

The Dreams

Dream 726 - 'Carnival Day'

Dream 727 - 'Why Did You Bring a Lion?'

Dream 728 - 'Double-Barrelled Marriage Names'

Dream 729 - 'Excessive Pubic Hair'

Dream 730 - 'Blue Eyeliner'

Dream 731 - 'Wrecklys School, Chucky & Pixiwoo'

Dream 732 - 'Falling From Great Heights & Sexy Boys'

Dream 733 - 'Bad Tunnels'

Dream 734 - 'Dating the President's Son'

Dream 735 - 'Meeting Beyonce'

Dream 736 - 'I Hate Writing in Pencil'

Dream 737 - 'Louis Tomlinson's Lover' (False Awakening/Lucid Dream)

Dream 738 - 'Makeup Brushes & Oily Skin'

Dream 739 - 'Gifts & Chemotherapy Wigs'

Dream 740 - 'Bad Mother'

Dream 741 - 'Female Competition'
Dream 742 - 'Explaining Han Solo to a Baby'
Dream 743 - 'Top Knotch'
Dream 744 - 'Obi-Wan Kenobi's (i.e Ewan McGregor's) Glorious Lightsaber' (WILD Technique - 3 Lucid Dreams & 'Wet' Sex Dream)
Dream 745 - 'Ewan McGregor - The Return of My Favourite Jedi'
Dream 746 - 'Bad Father'
Dream 747 - 'Everyone Abandons Me'
Dream 748 - 'A Terrible Loss'
Dream 749 - 'Hip Hop PhDs & Brexit'
Dream 750 - 'Another Ewan McGregor Wet Dream' (WILD Technique - 2 Lucid Dreams)
Dream 751 - 'Usurping Racist Police Chiefs'
Dream 752 - 'Shark?'
Dream 753 - 'Holidaying with Boys'
Dream 754 - 'Charity Work & House Parties with Bae'
Dream 755 - 'Hair Dilemmas'
Dream 756 - 'Student Union'
Dream 757 - 'Bubbles & White Handbags'
Dream 758 - 'Working Mice'
Dream 759 - 'Toilet Paper Supplies'
Dream 760 - 'Gifts & Phones'
Dream 761 - 'French Language, Teeth & Tongues'
Dream 762 - 'Seaside Boarding House'
Dream 763 - 'Matchmaking Ex'
Dream 764 - 'Screamo Band'
Dream 765 - 'Jealousy & Abuse'
Dream 766 - 'Arranged Marriage'
Dream 767 - 'Benches for Children'
Dream 768 - 'The Best Place in London'
Dream 769 - 'Weird Building'
Dream 770 - 'Finnish Ham!'
Dream 771 - 'A Big Mess of Mugs'
Dream 772 - 'Baby Shower Presents'
Dream 773 - 'Kylo Ren's Lightsaber'
Dream 774 - 'Crashing Weddings'
Dream 775 - 'Incest Pets'
Dream 776 - 'Page 10'
Dream 777 - 'Stolen Handbags'
Dream 778 - 'My Son, Darth Maul'
Dream 779 - 'Cancer & Makeup Molestation'
Dream 780 - 'Green Shoes & Fire Dance Parties' (False Awakening)
Dream 781 - 'Ewan is Stuck in a Fence'

Youtube Videos

Dream 781

'Ewan is Stuck in a Fence'

Date: 19 February 2017

Time: 20:45 - 04:00 (I woke up from this dream naturally)

Type of dream: Vivid dream
Dream recall: Strong recall

This dream is part of my Dream Incubation Experiment - where I ask my subconscious mind: WHAT DOES MY HEART DESIRE? You can read the introductory post (and watch the accompanying Youtube video by clicking HERE - opens in new window).

This is the last dream that I will be recording for this Dream Incubation Experiment. I am ending this experiment today, because this means that the duration of the experiment has been exactly 3 months, which I feel is an adequate period of data collection to allow me to spot trends and recurrent dream themes from which to draw conclusions. I will be writing a separate article which contains my analysis of this Dream Incubation Experiment in due course, so please stay tuned to my Blog to see my final results.

Scene 1: An Exterior - Night
I was in an outside location - it was night, but I could see my surroundings very clearly, so the area may have been illuminated with some kind of lights. I was standing on concrete and in front of me was a large wire chainlink fence - I think it was chainlink as there were metal parts which went across and down. Behind the fence, which was very tall, perhaps 3 - 4 meters tall, were some trees or bushes, and a very steep drop, so the fence was on the side of a ledge. I saw that on the ground, Ewan McGregor was stuck, by the head and the neck, in the fence. His head was on my side, and his body was on the edge of the ledge. I noticed that Ewan looked the way he did when he was much younger - approximately 25 years old. I successfully saved him and then was extremely pleased to realise that he was so grateful to me that he wanted to start dating me. I started hugging him and was feeling so ecstatic, I could not believe my luck.

Scene 2: A House - Day
I was then in a house - it was not one from real life, but in the dream I lived there with my stepbrother. My stepbrother wanted a relationship with me, and I was telling him that we should not  do this as it would make our family angry and people in the small local community would gossip about us. This made my stepbrother more keen to have a secret relationship and I started to think that it was a good idea. We were having this conversation in the kitchen of the house. 

Extra Information: None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• Ewan McGregor as a dream character

Dreamsigns: 

• A young Ewan McGregor was stuck in a fence
• I wanted to have a relationship with my stepbrother

Day Residue

• Ewan McGregor is always on my mind
• The day before this dream DL and I had a conversation about the estimated ages of Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars, given he appears to have excessively aged when you consider Ewan McGregor's version (who appears to be in his 20s/30s in the prequels) and Alec Guinness' original version, who appears to be very aged, despite it only being 20 years into the future
• Around the time we were discussing the age of Obi-Wan Kenobi (and Ewan McGregor) DL and I walked past a male with shoulder-length curly chestnut brown hair - I consciously thought that he strongly resembled my stepbrother
• The day before this dream I had been writing up Dream 780 - 'Green Shoes & Fire Dance Parties' (False Awakening) in which I referred to 'JM' who is a friend and colleague. I wondered if I had used the same anonymisation (the 'JM' initials) in previous dream reports featuring y stepbrother, who has the same initials. I think this is likely

Waking Reactions: 

I would hope that only Scene 1 of this dream is related to my Dream Incubation Experiment. I have no desire to have any kind of relationship with my stepbrother, familial or otherwise. I do not think that he is a nice person and although we have been far more amicable as adults, when we were young children, there was a lot of hostile conflict between us. 

Here is my Youtube video where I describe my current Dream Incubation Experiment: