Dream 891

'Headphones Give You Blue Feet'

Date: 23 December 2017

Time: 06:30 - 11:30

Type of dream: Vivid dream
Dream recall: Strong recall 

Scene 1: An Interior - Day
I cannot recall the start of the dream, but I was in a domestic interior with my Nan and some other (unidentified) dream characters. We were all sitting down in a room which I perceived to be a lounge of some sort, although at one point, while I was still seated, I felt like I was sitting in a bus shelter, although I was actually still in the house. There was some conversation which I do no quite recall, but at the end, I must have indicated that I was going to listen to something through headphones. My Nan said to me: 'Headphones make your feet turn blue' or 'Headphones give you blue feet'. I think it may have been the latter phrase, as I am certain I heard the words 'blue feet'. She didn't want me to use headphones because of the danger of feet turning blue. I told her that this was not true and that she was lying to me. My Nan had 'evidence' that it was true, she said she had read it somewhere. I still did not believe her. I asked her if she had read it in the Daily Mail - a right-wing British newspaper known for scaremongering about health concerns. I then proceeded to look up the phenomenon of headphones causing blue feet on the internet - using either a mobile phone or a tablet. I accused my Nan of lying to me.

Then, I saw that there were 2 kittens on the floor - one grey and one beige. One of the dream characters sitting in an armchair in the room said something to me, which I cannot recall. I bent down to stroke the kittens. The beige one was female and friendly, but the grey one, which was male was quite vicious and tried to claw my hand. I was scared of the grey kitten - or at least I did not want to go near it in case it attacked me. Both kittens were laying on their backs on the carpet. 

My Nan went through a doorway into another room. I followed her. This was a large open-plan kitchen with a island counter in the middle of it, and appliances along the walls, with one wall being a large window, through which I could see it was daylight outside. The kitchen felt like it was in some kind of hotel or holiday apartment - or that it was a commercial kitchen of some kind. I cannot explain this feeling. My Nan pointed to the floor and I could see thousands of tiny mice - they were longer and thinner than usual and about the size of a piece of penne pasta. They looked somewhat cylindrical. These mice were swarming all over the white tiled floor. I was scared and disgusted, so I rushed back into the previous room to fetch the kittens so that they could catch the mice. The kittens were sitting on a sofa, hugging one another - they were now young adults - male and female, both white and dressed casually in normal clothes. I cannot recall what the female looked like, but the male had some light brown stubble and was wearing a baseball cap and a gold chain round his neck. I still perceived these people to be the 'kittens' from before and did not find it at all odd that they were now human. I asked them to come and kill the mice and the male kitten said that he would do so. 

I cannot recall anything else about this dream. 

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• Buses
• The colour blue

Dreamsigns: 

• I felt like I was in a bus shelter while in the domestic interior
• The appearance of the mice
• The fact kittens became human

Day Residue: 

• I  have recently been fascinated by Alan Resnick's This House Has People In It (2016). See Dream 890 - 'Groomed by a Bus Driver' from 22/12/2017 which was a dream influenced by Day Residue relating to This House Has People In It. In that post, I embed the original TV short and also a video compilation of all materials (from the website) in chronological order. In This House Has People In It, blue is prominent, being the shade of Boomy the Cat. In This House Has People In It, Boomy the Cat appears in the video surveillance footage - it is not clear who is in the costume. I strongly believe that the idea of kittens turning into adult humans and the emphasis on the colour blue was influenced by This House Has People In It. The father character, Tom also uses a tablet (or large smart phone) at several points in the footage. Significantly, the main theme of This House Has People In It is paranoia about a mystery (fake) disease, called 'Lynks Disease' which has a number of unusual symptoms. In the additional material for This House Has People In It, you see images of a newspaper dedicated to Lynks Disease. This might account for me dreaming of a mundane activity being falsely thought to cause a strange physical affliction and my Nan - who is susceptible to scaremongering - believing something she has read in an unreliable new source
• The day before this dream I saw a news article and video of a kitten born with 2 faces
• The day before this dream, I saw someone post an image of a disgusting dish someone had brought to a family party - it was cream cheese with shrimps in cocktail sauce on top. The mice in the dream reminded me somewhat of shrimps
• Before I went to bed and had this dream I covered my feet in loads of thick vaseline and then put socks on top so that I could soften the skin on my feet - therefore the subject of feet had clearly been on my mind shortly prior to this dream

Waking Reactions: 
Although this dream seems somewhat benign (it most certainly was not a nightmare) it left me feeling really weird when I woke up from it - I felt a little uneasy for reasons I cannot articulate.

Dream 890

'Groomed by a Bus Driver'

Date: 22 December 2017

Time: 05:30 - 10:00

Type of dream: Vivid dream
Dream recall: Strong recall 

Scene 1: A Bus Stop - Day
There was some action before I saw myself with DL at a bus stop, which reminded me (slightly) of a bus stop which was near the campus at the University of York, where I did my first undergraduate degree. This bus stop was one which I think I had only been to when catching a bus out of York (it was not the main bus stop and I think I can remember there being a concrete walkway above it). In the dream, the location was a suburban one, with some houses on the other side of the road and some flowers/bushes/trees. It was really sunny. Everything seemed calm and happy. The bus arrived. It was full of people. The bus driver was an old white man, with a grey beard. DL got on first and the bus driver started making conversation with him (I cannot recall what). A passenger on the bus got impatient with the stalling and shouted: 'Get on the bus!' DL went and found a seat. I went to buy a bus ticket. The bus driver asked me if DL was gay. I told him that DL was not gay. It appeared that the bus driver was attracted to him. He invited DL and I to visit his house and said that he had a train set. I saw a vision of baby pink and baby blue trains. 

Scene 2: An Interior - Night
I was then in an interior, which looked like a takeaway, but I am not sure. An online friend, KS was present with another female, who I think I know from real life and recognised within the dream, but cannot recall. They were standing against a large window. They were standing and hugging one another. I went into the corner, where there was a counter - reinforcing the notion that this was a takeaway. I reached under the skirt I was wearing, to remove a tampon. KS and the other female started screaming at me and then spun round on the spot really quickly, before rushing out of the door to the room/building. A male dream character (unrecalled) entered through the door moments later. I asked him what was wrong with KS. I explained that I had been removing a tampon and as women, I thought they would understand. The male said to me: 'They thought you were being raped'. This made sense to me.

I cannot recall the rest of the dream.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• None of note

Dreamsigns: 

• I saw a vision of the bus driver's train sets in my mind while standing at the front of the bus
• I tried to remove a tampon in public
• KS was present (she lives abroad)
• The spinning of KS and the female

Day Residue: 

• On the day of this dream I had been wondering whether to catch a bus into town with DL so that I could go Christmas food shopping after he visited me on campus
• A few of days before this dream I had been impatient by how long the bus driver on the bus I was trying to catch was taking to give tickets. I was rushing to get into the city to meet DL so that we could go and watch Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017) and the queue was super long, meaning I was worried I would be late. I was glad when the next bus turned up, as I could board this much faster. A couple of days later, I was catching a bus into the city so that I could get a train to Sheringham. I was annoyed when the bus was stopped for a prolonged period so that the drivers could switch over
• Shortly before this movie I saw DL post a meme online which referred to train sets
• On the day of this dream I had been watching videos about the bizarre, terrifying and fascinating Adult Swim film short by Alan Resnick, This House Has People In It (2016).This is definitely worth watching, so I have embedded the video below. I was drawn to the fact that the film features the colours blue (Boomy the Cat) and pink (the Family Friend) prominently. Most of the characters' clothing is blue or pink, as our decorations and cakes/sweets featured. Only one Youtube theorist mentioned the significance of these colours. I feel the suburban area I saw in Scene 1 may have been influenced by the location in which This House Has People In It is set. I have included some relevant images below the Youtube video of the film
• I was aware KS has been through a recent traumatic event
• The day before this dream I had reported a man on facebook for making inappropriate comments about wanting to commit rape
• The day before this dream I had been looking for something in my cabinet drawer and seen some tampons
• A couple of days before this dream I had mentioned to my Mum how good the food from my ex-boyfriend's takeaway had been

Waking Reactions: 
For some reason, this dream left me feeling really unsettled when I woke up. It felt really significant and lingering, although I am not able to say why. In Scene 1, the environment in which DL and I caught the bus seemed to be almost too perfect and twee - this felt fake and I woke up with this notion, even though in the dream I am not sure I specifically thought this at the time. I also felt unsettled by Scene 2.

Dream 889

'Crowded House'

Date: 21 December 2017

Time: 02:30 - 06:30

Type of dream: Vivid dream
Dream recall: Strong recall 

Scene 1: An Interior - Day
I was in a house, which was not one I know from real life, but in the dream, I lived there. KU was present. We were standing in a normal kitchen talking. KU was telling me that he had to go somewhere. 

I walked from the kitchen into the next room, which was my bedroom. I saw that KU had invited a number of people into the house without me knowing - about 8 - 10 people were present. These were all dream characters - male and female. They were all sitting on the bed, using laptops. I was annoyed because they were invading my privacy and the room was a complete mess with food packaging and empty bottles/cans all over the floor. I was angry with both KU and these dream characters. I demanded that the dream characters cleaned the room. While they did this, I stole all their laptops and wallets/purses. I wondered if I would get into trouble for this, but then felt justified because they should not have been in my bedroom.

There was something involving a rocking horse and a ferry - I cannot recall what.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• KU as a dream character
• Me committing a criminal offence and feeling justified because I was 'wronged' in some way

Dreamsigns: 

• I lived in a random house
• I stole laptops and money

Day Residue: 

• I had a recent conversation with KU about hating random people being invited into my personal space without me knowing - this being something my former housemates have done
• KU studied computer science

Waking Reactions: 
I was really angry in this dream, and when I woke up, I felt that this would be the kind of situation which would make me feel really angry in real life!

Dream 888

'Finger Biter'

Date: 20 December 2017

Time: 03:00 - 10:30

Type of dream: Normal dream
Dream recall: Normal recall 

Scene 1: Sheringham - Day
I was in Sheringham, although I am not sure of the precise location. My Nan and my cousin HM were present. My Nan was telling me something and then I saw HM standing at a Pick 'n' Mix sweet counter, being bought sweets by her dad, RC. I cannot recall much about this scene, other than my cousin and I were not being friendly to each other.

Scene 2: An Interior - Time Unknown
I was then in an interior - a house, but not one I recognise from real life. It was quite dark inside and I am not sure what room we were in. I had 2 yoghurts - they were strawberry flavour and very creamy, with a strawberry syrup on top. I was looking forward to eating them. I was aware that there were other dream characters present, but I do not recall who they were. CEC grabbed the yoghurts from me and threw them in a small waste paper bin. This made me angry. I bit her index finger and it came off. This obviously startled CEC and I felt somewhat guilty, but justified in doing so. I wondered if the yoghurts were still OK to eat. I retrieved them from the bin and found they were fine, so I ate them. CEC came back from somewhere she had disappeared to while I was eating the yoghurt. She was walking between 2 unknown dream characters - both tall white males. I saw - or she told me - that she had got her finger reattached. She did not seem to hold a grudge against me.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• None of note

Dreamsigns: 

• I bit off CEC's finger and it was reattached

Day Residue: 

• On the day of this dream I went to Sheringham for the day and I thought I saw HM's dad, but it was not actually him
• A couple of days before this dream, KU and I had talked about Pick 'n' Mix sweets
• On the day of this dream my Mum had asked me if I had spoken to CEC recently

Waking Reactions: 
This was a really weird dream and I felt quite guilty for biting off my friend's finger when I woke up.

Dream 887

'Dead Girlfriend'

Date: 17 December 2017

Time: 22:30 - 04:30

Type of dream: Normal dream
Dream recall: Normal recall 

Scene 1: My University - Day
I was at my university, although I am not sure what specific location I was in at first - I think I was inside a building. I saw BT, a colleague and a friend. I think he came to my house or to the building I was in the dream. He was acting aloof and somewhat unfriendly towards me and I found his behaviour to be odd and out of character. I then found out that BT and I had dated and things had not gone well. I 'found out' because I started talking to another male dream character (who I cannot recall in the dream, only that he was my friend and had been with me in the building I was in when BT arrived). He had 'reminded me' of this. I questioned how this was possible, as BT is gay. 

I was then walking round the lake on campus with SOTD, who is someone I vaguely know, but had no reason to think about. The weather made it feel like it was summer, as it was warm and the sun was shining brightly. SOTD was wearing a T-shirt or short-sleeved patterned shirt and shorts. We stopped halfway around the lake and SOTD got a photograph out of his pocket. It showed a blonde girl female. who for some reason was connected to BT, although I am not sure how. In the centre of the photograph, where the female's face should be, there was a hole. Instead of it being a normal hole, it looked like a 'donut shape' which I am not sure would be possible in real life. It totally obscured her face. SOTD was really upset, crying. He told me that this was a photograph of his girlfriend and that she had died. 

I cannot recall anything else about this dream.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• None of note

Dreamsigns: 

• I had dated BT and he was heterosexual
• BT's character was different from usual
• I was with SOTD at my university campus
• The photograph of the dead girlfriend had a donut-shaped hole in it

Day Residue: 

• On the day of this dream BT had come to my house (while I was there with KU) so that he could drop a work phone off at my house
• I had mentioned a previous relationship to KU - because we were ordering Chinese food from my ex's takeaway
• On the day of this dream KU had mentioned that it was very cold outside and I had told him it was 'just like Spring' and he should value the reasonable weather as the previous days had been icy and freezing

Waking Reactions: 
I did not have any particular waking reactions to this dream as it was not extremely bizarre, nor interesting. 

Dream 886

'I'm Going to Have a False Awakening'

Date: 13 December 2017

Time: 23:30 - 07:00

Type of dream: Normal dream
Dream recall: Normal recall 

Scene 1: A Bedroom - Night
I was in a bedroom which I have not seen before in real life. There was more than one bed in the room - I had a bed which was beside a window with (white) open curtains. My bed was just a mattress on the floor, with a pink-red blanket on it. Next to my bed was a single bed of normal height with white covers. I think this was my Mum's bed in the dream. It was time for bed and as I laid down, I was fearful that when I fell asleep I would experience sleep paralysis/a false awakening. This felt like it was a virtual certainty and I was extremely worried. However I fell asleep. 

I think that Scene 2 of this dream could be the 'dream' I had within this first-level dream, but I am not sure. 

Scene 2: My Flat, Norwich - Day
I was then in my own flat and it was daytime. I heard someone ring my doorbell and I answered the door to see that it was my friend ML, who is the partner of my former housemate, SC. ML and I had a conversation and she indicated that she was now somehow involved with KU, which surprised me, as I did not know how they could possibly know one another. The interaction at the door was semi-hostile after I found out this information. 

I cannot recall anything else about this dream. 

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• KU as a dream character

Dreamsigns: 

• My Mum and I were sleeping in a strange bedroom
• ML was involved with KU

Day Residue: 

• A short while before this dream I had mentioned to KU that ML was his union officer. They do not know one another

Waking Reactions: 
The most interesting aspect of this dream was the fact that even in the dream I was scared about the possibility of sleep paralysis and false awakening and wanted to avoid this. 

Dream 885

'Stolen Credit Card'

Date: 12 December 2017

Time: 07:30 - 08:45

Type of dream: Vivid dream
Dream recall: Strong recall 

Scene 1: A Bar/Restaurant - Day
I was in a bar or restaurant with 2 dream characters - a white male (tall, skinny, with short blondish-brown hair and stubble, wearing casual clothing) and a white female (small, skinny and blonde, wearing scruffy clothing). Both of these dream characters were drug-addicts, although I did not see them use drugs in the dream. I just knew that they used drugs. In the dream they were both acquaintances of mine. We were sitting at a table in some booth seating and I think we had some drinks. There was some conversation and after a short while I left - leaving a pink handbag with them to look after. I do not know why I left my bag rather than taking it with me. 

Scene 2: An Outside Area - Day
I was then with another person - a male friend who I know in real life, but who I cannot recall from the dream. I wanted to get my handbag back. We were walking in a normal suburban area (one I do not recognise from real life). It felt familiar to me in the dream. It was sunny. At some point, I became aware that my bank card and mobile phone were in my handbag, but I felt OK about this, because the 2 dream characters who I had left it with did not know my pin number. I decided to call my bank and did so (although I do not know whose phone I used, as my own was in my bag and I knew this because I was also worried that my phone might be stolen). I was informed that £220 had been taken from my account. I then realised that I have a contactless bank card and therefore it is not necessary to know my pin number. My bank told me that my card had been used to buy cannabis. I wondered if the cannabis had been bought from the bar/restaurant - as the seller must have an electronic card machine. I was really annoyed and asked the bank to refund me the money. I did not get an answer about this during this phone call, so I was left angry and frustrated. 

My friend and I went to find the 2 dream characters who had my bag. I was blaming myself for trusting them. We walked round the back of some buildings to a space which looked like a yard which had been uncared for. There were some garages and the concrete ground had weeds growing up through it, and was littered with broken furniture. The area was enclosed by a chainlink fence. I could see that a backdoor to a property was open. The building was red brick - like a terraced house - and the door was dark green with peeling paint. It looked like a squat. I knew this was where the dream characters lived. As I approached the door, I could no longer see the building, and I found the 2 dream characters sitting in a corner of 2 buildings, on a blanket on the concrete. This was their 'home'. I started telling them that they had to pay me back the money. The male denied that they had used my card and handed me back my handbag, which he told me he had been looking after. My phone was still inside. I was surprised that only £220 had been stolen from me - as this seemed to be quite restrained. I was arguing with the dream characters, but they would not accept responsibility for the theft of my money. 

I walked a short distance away, and while standing in the yard, called the bank again, explaining the situation to them. The bank agreed to refund the stolen money, which made me pleased.

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• None of note

Dreamsigns: 

• I left my bag with 2 people I knew to be drug-addicts
• The changing nature of my environment

Day Residue: 

• On the day of this dream I had called my credit card company and successfully convinced them to reverse a charge for late payment on my account, which made me feel pleased
• On the day of this dream I had been discussing credit card fraud with KU
• On the day of this dream I had mentioned a friend who is a former drug addict while in conversation with KU
• On the day of this dream I had been discussing cannabis/prices in a general way (and referring to a previous housemate who was an former heroin user who had tried to establish himself as a weed dealer)
• The day before this dream I had been watching an episode of Sugar Rush (2005) in which Sugar and Kim steal Kim's mum's credit card and go on a shopping spree as revenge for her infidelity

Waking Reactions: 
This dream was clearly influenced strongly by my Day Residue, as indicated above. I did not have any particular waking thoughts or emotions about this dream. 

Dream 884

'Sexy Time'

Date: 10 December 2017

Time: 04:00 - 08:30

Type of dream: Vivid dream
Dream recall: Strong recall 

Scene 1: An Unknown Interior - Time Unknown
I was in a house, but not one I know from real life. It was a normal home, nothing out of the ordinary. SS, someone I know from real life, was present. I have not seen him in years and have not had cause to think about him recently. In the dream SS wanted to have sex with me and we went into a bedroom in the house where we started to have sex on the bed, which had white sheets on it. I was on top of SS, riding him, and he was enjoying this, especially as I was able to move my hips really fast and rhythmically. I had a powerful orgasm. 

Extra Information: 
None of note

Recurrent Dream Themes: 

• None of note

Dreamsigns: 

• I was having sex with SS

Day Residue: 

• None of note

Waking Reactions: 
This was a very enjoyable dream experience and I woke up feeling really sexually aroused! I found it odd that SS was the sexual partner in this dream, as I don't find him particularly attractive and hadn't consciously thought about him. 

Dream 883

'Gender Bending'

Date: December 2017

Time: Unknown

Type of dream: Vivid dream
Dream recall: Strong recall 

Scene 1: Location Unknown - Day
I was with KU and my Mum. KU was as he would appear in real life. Nothing was unusual. 

My Mum and I left KU. Some time passed and I think I decided to meet up with KU again. I seemed to be walking across some panels which may have been on a roof top. They looked like flat, white solar panels. When I saw KU again, on the roof/solar panel area - he was female. Other than the fact the woman was black and had a similar body shape (average height/build) there was no similarity between her and KU. This was not a transgender version of KU or KU dressed as a female - the dream character was a different woman who in the dream was KU. She was very pretty and had amazing makeup on - including bright red lipstick. I kept complimenting her on her makeup application, but was so confused that this was KU, who I knew to be male. My Mum was acting as if I was strange for not understanding how KU was now a female. She did not think this was odd and accepted it. She was telling me that I should just cope with it. I did not want KU to be female as I liked him as a male (he is someone I am interested in as a point of note - if he was just a platonic friend, I would have no issue with him changing gender!) The female KU was really nice and I liked her, but still felt uneasy.

I was then on a train/bus at night with my Mum - sitting right at the back. The female KU came onto the train. I thought she seemed like she had been drinking alcohol. She was holding a brochure and told me that she was applying for the same job that I do at my university. She wanted advice on how to do well in the interview. The brochure she was holding contained the written job description. I told KU to read the job description and use this to answer questions in the interview. I asked KU what her understanding of the job was. It was clear from her answer that KU did not fully understand the complexity of some of the work. However, I said that her understanding was fine. KU walked away and I felt like I should have corrected her misunderstanding and told her more about the job so that she could be sure to get through the interview.

I cannot recall anything else about this dream.

* Normally, I include an analysis under each dream, which includes a discussion of potential/actual Day Residue. As I took a prolonged hiatus from my dreamwork/blogging, I have not been able to do this for the last few dreams I have written up (which occurred during the break). I will be reverting back to my fuller dream reports after today. However, it is worth noting that I had this dream a couple of days after I was talking to my friend LD2 (who is a colleague in my job). During this discussion we talked about KU (who I have only known for a few weeks); transgender persons (we watched an amazing video about a transition; and me being heterosexual and wanting a partner who identifies as male (so a transman would be fine). We also discussed applicants for our job and the fact that some candidates do not seem to understand the job role and are therefore unsuitable or unprepared. Shortly prior to this conversation with LD2, I had been discussing transgender issues with KU. I referred to this earlier conversation when subsequently talking to LD2. It appears, therefore, that this dream was heavily influenced by the conversation I had been having with LD2. 

Dream 882

'Moving Day'

Date: November 2017

Time: Unknown

Type of dream: Normal dream
Dream recall: Weak recall 

Scene 1: My House, Norwich - Day
The dream started inside my house, but I cannot recall what happened. I was in my lounge/kitchen. I went outside, to the small concrete area in front of my house and that of the house next door (I live on a university campus as I am a postgraduate student and member of staff, so I have an employee's flat). One of the girls from next door was moving out, and it felt like it was the end of the semester, just before the holidays. The girl moving out had stacked all her belongings outside our houses, packed into suitcases and boxes. The pile was really high - almost double my height and there was no way that this would have all fit in a normal student room. I was holding something in my hands - I think it was a piece of paper. 

I cannot recall what else happened. 

Dream 881

'Weird Party'

Date: November 2017

Time: Unknown

Type of dream: Normal dream
Dream recall: Normal recall 

Scene 1: My Uncle & Aunt's House, Roughton - Night
There was a party at my uncle and aunt's house - most of my family was there as well as other guests. I cannot recall a lot of what was happening in this dream. R3A was a guest at the party. He was sitting in an armchair in the back of the room with some males either side of him. He was ignoring me and I was aware that he wasn't happy with me for some reason. I was a short distance away, talking with my Mum. R3A - despite ignoring me - kept staring at me in an angry way. My Mum said: 'He doesn't want you to go near him'. This made me feel unhappy.

At another point in this dream I was brushing/combing my hair and big sections of it were falling out onto the floor. It looked a much lighter brown colour (rather than black). I was concerned. 

Dream 880

'City in the Sky'

Date: October 2017

Time: Unknown

Type of dream: Vivid dream
Dream recall: Strong recall 

Scene 1: Outside Location - Night
I was outside at night - I think CR, my colleague was present, along with a few other people. It felt like I was both on my university campus (where CR and I study and work) and standing on the promenade at Sheringham, looking out at the sea - at the same time. It was like a composite dream location. 

We were looking at the sky, which was very starry. There were 2 moons - or at least, the moon and another large planetary object which was orange. There were a number of very large, bright shooting stars flashing across the sky. At this point I thought I was looking out at the sea, because to the right side of me - far out above the sea, in the sky I could see a city floating there. The city looked like a Dr Seuss illustration - the 'buildings' were pastel coloured and very much like those I have seen in his books (see image, below). When I saw the city in the distant sky I felt strangely reassured and happy. CR and I were talking about it - it seemed normal to us that we could see this.

Dream 879

'Seamen & Black Boxes'

Date: October 2017

Time: Unknown

Type of dream: Dream Fragments
Dream recall: Weak recall 

Scene 1: Unknown
I cannot recall much about this dream, other than it involved sailors/seamen, wearing traditional costumes and there was something relating to some plain, square black boxes, which were approximately the size which could fit a football inside. These were given to me by an old woman with grey hair (in a bun at the back of her head), wearing a long, black witchy dress. She was not scary in the dream. I think this scene took place outside - I partially recall the sailors standing on a wooden boardwalk or pier, a short distance away from myself and the woman giving me the boxes. I think I could see the sea, or knew we were by the sea. I think it was daytime. 

I have no idea what these boxes were supposed to represent, but within the dream I thought I had discovered a genius idea involving the boxes. 

I cannot recall anything else about this dream. I think it took place while I was first falling asleep and ended when I actually fell asleep. The most significant aspect of this dream was the fact that I thought it represented an extremely intelligent and meaningful idea. 

Dream 878

'Sideman Drama'

Date: October 2017

Time: Unknown

Type of dream: Vivid dream
Dream recall: Strong recall 

Scene 1: Sheringham, Norfolk - Day
I was in Sheringham and I had a new boyfriend - I think his name was 'Ezra'. He was average height and skinny with black curly hair. I think he was white or mixed-race, but I cannot recall. He was dressed in casual clothing and was in his 20s or early 30s. I am not sure how I met Ezra, but I think he had moved to my local area. My Mum and Nan were in an early part of the dream scene. Everyone seemed to like Ezra and I felt quite happy to be dating him. I recall that we were outside - in Sheringham High Street - and that it was quite busy (like a Saturday) and the weather was sunny, or at least, fair. At one point I was walking behind Ezra as we were passing The Robin Hood Pub. He stopped and turned round and reached for my hand. At this point I wished I was with another man (someone in real life) instead. 

I cannot recall all actions or conversations in this dream. I just recall that generally I was expressing wishing that I was with another man instead of Ezra and everyone thought that I was wrong and that I should be happy with my new boyfriend. Ezra was also upset about my feelings, so everyone's reactions seemed normal int he circumstances of the dream. 

I then found myself on Common Lane/Woodland Rise in Sheringham at night. This is the road which leads to my Nan's house and the precise spot I was standing in is one which has featured in many of my previous dreams. This was on the corner of what we call 'the woods path' which runs parallel to the residential side of the road. I may have been alone, but I think that there may have been other dream characters present. I was looking up at the sky which was filled with stars. I saw a shooting star - it was much bigger than a normal shooting star - it looked to be the size of a tennis ball and was extremely bright. I 'wished' that the other man was in love with me. In the dream seeing the shooting star and the 'wish' was a sign that I was meant to follow the other man instead of Ezra and I felt more free.

This dream seemed significant at the time, as when I woke up my thoughts were that I would rather have a casual thing with someone rather than a boyfriend and my conscious brain seemed to agree with how the dream version of me felt/acted in the dream. 

Dream 877

'Buying Puppies'

Date: October 2017

Time: Unknown

Type of dream: Vivid dream
Dream recall: Strong recall 

Scene 1: A Train - Day
I was on a train journey with my Mum. I was aware that we had travelled from our home county of Norfolk, and I was not sure of the destination at first. It was late afternoon and the train was full of other passengers. I was - or became - aware that my Mum and I were going to buy a puppy. 

We forgot to get off the train at out destination - which I think was King's Lynn/Peterborough - or at least a very short train journey from our starting point. I was wondering what we would do as we did not have the correct train tickets to travel any further. My Mum did not seem to care. A male ticket inspector came round and my Mum explained that we had forgotten to get off the train at out stop. Instead of making us pay for the mistake and buy new tickets, the inspector told us that we could get off at the next stop, which was - I think - Manchester. My Mum then told me that we were not going to buy just one puppy, but a whole litter. This made me feel excited. We did not get off the train at Manchester. My Mum said that we were going to stay on the train until we reached either Newcastle or Hull (the previous and current cities where my aunt CJ lived/lives). I was confused as to how we would get back home, but my Mum did not seem concerned. It was getting very late at night. My Mum said that we would get a hotel room and travel home the next day. 

Dream 876

'The Last Jedi Premiere'

Date: September 2017

Time: Unknown

Type of dream: Vivid dream
Dream recall: Strong recall 

Scene 1: A Cinema/Theatre - Time Unknown
I was with DL and we were in a cinema/theatre venue. We were sitting/standing in a balcony area, so slightly looking down at the screen/stage. In front of us was a perspex or glass screen - like bullet-proof glass. There were some other audience members in this area, with the rest sitting in normal cinema seats. We were there to watch Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017) and it was the premiere, so everyone was very excited, including myself.

The first scene seemed like we were watching it on a traditional cinema screen. This scene was very long and not much happened. Anakin Skywalker was working in an office. He had been given an administrative desk job by the Empire, because he was 'taking time off from Jedi work due to stress'. The other characters in this scene were Grand Moff Tarkin, a couple of other lower-ranking members of the Imperial Military and some Stormtroopers. They all seemed to be engaged in some office work - looking at documents and spreadsheets.There was some kind of chart/graph on the wall next to a filing cabinet to the left of the office set. Anakin was the office junior and seemed depressed in his job because it was boring. He was sitting at a desk in the centre of the room, with some piles of paperwork in front of him. I cannot recall any specific dialogue from this scene of the movie other than Tarkin was very strict and officious and Anakin was really whiny and petulant. He was dressed in the brown outfit he wears in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002).

I was telling DL that I wanted to see Snoke and find out who this character was. At this point, the cinema screen seemed to change into a theatre stage. There were no stage props - just an empty stage. I could see the red curtains either side. A man walked out onto the stage. He was middle-aged and white, wearing normal clothes which I cannot recall. There was nothing distinctive about him. He was holding a script and reading aloud from it - as if this was a rehearsal, not an actual play. In the dream, this was still 'a movie' - and the second scene was now the introduction of Snoke. I was shocked that this male actor - looking like a normal human-being - was supposed to represent Snoke. I then saw that the words 'Snoke' and some other text showed up on the glass shield/panel in front of us, as if confirming what was happened in the movie. This looked like it was written in white marker pen. The Snoke character was boring. I said to DL that I thought The Last Jedi was really awful and not at all a proper Star Wars movie. It seemed more like a very badly acted rehearsal of an office-based drama. DL disagreed, saying that he thought this was the best out of all the movies. The rest of the audience seemed to agree with DL as they were cheering and clapping and generally loving the movie. I could not believe their exaggerated reactions and felt like I must be going mad as I was the only person who was having a negative reaction. 

Dream 875 (FALSE AWAKENING/LUCID DREAM)

'Lightsaber Fail'

Date: September 2017

Time: Unknown

Type of dream: Lucid False Awakening (Fully Lucid with Moderate Dream Control & Moderate Dream Stability)
Dream recall: Strong recall 

False Awakening - My Bedroom

I woke up in my bed. I seemed to sit up instantly - like something startled me. At first I thought I was really awake, but then something alerted me to the fact I was in a false awakening. I am not sure what it was - I did not have sleep paralysis. I think that everything in my room looked as it normally should - nothing out of place or odd. I tried too get out of my bed and I found that I could not get my legs out from under the covers very easily. It seemed to take me ages to get my feet onto the floor. I walked out of my room. 

Instead of walking through from my room into the lounge/kitchen area of my flat, I walked into a different room, which does not exist in reality. It looked like a large empty room and my first thought was that I was being watched. It was so dark in the room that I could barely see anything. I started worrying about what nightmarish dream character I might see. I was fully lucid, but did not feel particularly in control. For some reason, my brain kept telling me that Pennywise the Clown from IT (2017) was going to surprise me. I decided that I needed a weapon - I used dream control techniques to close my eyes and focus on/visualise having a lightsaber. I wanted to have a Sith lightsaber (red for those not familair with Star Wars lore). I was hoping to have Darth Vader's lightsaber. Instead I got Luke Skywalker's green one. I was not happy about this. The lightsaber was already activated when it appeared in my hand. 

I could now see that there were a number of strange figures/objects in the room. They looked to be 3/4 of my own height and human-shaped, but covered with white sheets (like a bad ghost fancy-dress costume). I was not sure if these were actual living beings or statues. I found myself walking through them. The room felt like a museum at this point. I started trying to attack the white-sheeted figures with the lightsaber, but nothing happened. I could not get it to even cut through the sheets. This was frustrating. 

Someone came in the room and stood in the doorway. I approached the doorway, with the lightsaber held in front of me. I could see that the person in the room was a tall man, but I could not look up to see his face for some reason. I felt scared. I swung the lightsaber at him - it should have made contact, but it seemed to just move through thin air, doing nothing. 

I woke up.