Showing posts with label My 'Dream Town'. Show all posts
Showing posts with label My 'Dream Town'. Show all posts

Wednesday, 8 January 2020

Dream 1058

'Cream Rubies & National Security Operations'
Date: 5 January 2020
Sleep times: Night (unrecalled)
Dream type: Normal
Additional:

Scene 1
Location: My Dream Town - street
Time: Day
I was with AJ and we were in my Dream Town ('Sudsbury'), walking down a typical street I have seen before. This street has tall, urban, commercial buildings on one side, making it look like London or another big city. On the other side (typically my left as experienced within the dream) is a grassy area and some Tudor-style buildings, giving more of a suburban feel, although these Tudor-style buildings are typically public or commercial premises, not residential buildings. 
  • 'Sudsbury' is of my Dream Town (according to a previous dream), and coincidentally, AJ's family live near Sudbury in Suffolk.
  • The day before I had a conversation with my friend GG and he referred to the Tudor period.

 AJ and I are looking for a jeweller's shop because he needed to buy a cream-coloured ruby to enter into a 'yoghurt contest/competition' (details unclear). We were walking down the street, unable to find the jewellery shop. I suggested that we use a 'Sat Nav' (I think I meant 'Google Maps' or something more appropriate for a pedestrian. However, we discovered that neither of us had our mobile phones with us. 
  • I had a conversation about Sat Navs with my family recently. I also watched the the episode of Gavin and Stacey where the titular characters get married - in this episode, there is reference to the maps to the reception venue being forgotten, and a Sat Nav saving the situation.
  • I believe the reference to jewellery and gemstones is a connection with my mini/specific Star Wars dream incubation theme of Kyber Crystals.
  • I had bought a yoghurt (a relatively infrequent event) on the day of this dream. I noticed my housemate had a tub of cream in the fridge. 

 Suddenly, AJ and I found we were outside a jewellery shop. We entered this shop - it gave me the impression of being old-fashioned, and traditional - I got the impression of it being 'Victorian'. I was dark and there was a lot of dark wood fittings. The till was directly in front of the door, and there were waist-height glass cabinets were jewels were stored. AJ and I walked over to the left side cabinets and looked in. There were gemstones (plum or fist-sized, cut so that they were multi-faceted, in the stereotypical way diamonds are drawn (see below images). They were standing up on the narrow cut end. However, there were no cream coloured rubies. All we could see were traditional rubies (red), emeralds (green) and sapphires (blue). In the dream, money was not an object - it was just essential that AJ got the right gemstone for the competition.
  • While in Hull, my Mum and stepdad and I visited a jewellery shop.
  • I saw some images of diamonds I had posted on my own Tallulah La Ghash Facebook page.

 The shop owner then came out. He was a short, quite fat white middle-aged man with black hair and glasses, wearing what I think was a navy pinstriped suit. He reminded me of a mole - and specifically a mole related to the cartoon Danger Mouse.
  • I was aware AJ wanted to get a mobile phone - when he had a smartphone and a Facebook profile, he was using Danger Mouse as a profile picture.
  • The character I was imagining is the sidekick of Danger Mouse - Penfold (I could not recall this during the dream itself, I only became aware there was a character who resembled a mole while writing this Blog post. However, it was noted on the Wikipedia article that Penfold is mistaken for a mole, but is in fact supposed to be a hamster.

 The shopkeeper did not seem to want to help us find a cream coloured ruby or make a sale. He was telling us that he had been conscripted for a national security operation. He seemed very proud of this fact and was trying to show off about the operation. I did not want to talk to him about it, or anything else - AJ and I just wanted to buy the correct ruby as quickly as possible. The shopkeeper then told me that his heart grew on the outside of his body. I was anxious in case he tried to show me his heart, because I did not want to see it and thought it might look gross. To distract him I told him that 'the kettle has boiled' and the shopkeeper went out the back into a storeroom or staff room of some kind, leaving AJ and I alone in the shop, still standing near the cabinet of gemstones. 
  • Conscription refers to the current political climate where war (USA and Iran) is anticipated; I'd seen some memes which were suggesting feminists will abandon the fight for gender equality if war breaks out to avoid conscription.
  • National security would refer to the climate of forthcoming war, but also my PhD studies, as I had written this phrase numerous times in my notes on human rights.
  • The reference to heart growing on the outside of the body is from Sally4Ever (2018), a programme created by and starring one of my icons, Julia Davis. In episode 4, Julia Davis' character, Emma, refers to having a second heart.

AJR and I then began whispering - conspiring to commit a robbery on the jeweller's shop while the shopkeeper was away. I was going to help AJ to steal all of the jewels from the glass cabinet. He attempted to lift the lid of the cabinet and found that it was unlocked and lifted up at the top. I thought that the shopkeeper was not an expert on security if this was how he maintained the precious gems in his shop. As soon as the lid of the cabinet was opened, all of the rubies, emeralds and sapphires dissolved into a puddle of liquid. The liquids were the colours corresponding to the gems, and appeared to be like fizzy soft drinks - cherryade, limeade and blue raspberry flavour perhaps? They puddled together and mixed in the bottom of the cabinet and became a murky, brown disgusting colour, that reminded me of plasticine or playdoh when all the colours are mixed up. This in turn made me think of the animated character of 'Morph' from children's art show, Hartbeat (1984 - 1993), hosted by Tony Hart (1925 - 2009).
  • I obviously associate AJ with criminal activity - no matter whether he behaving as a law-abiding citizen or not. I probably have the subconscious realisation that I will always be suspected of criminal activity or collusion due to the fact I am dating a prisoner. AJ always jokes that we are 'Bonnie and Clyde' - when I discussed this dream with him, he made this reference himself.
  • I had been discussing Morph with my Mum and my cousin HM at the recent family wedding. HM mistakenly thought I was the one who had a childhood phobia of Morph, but my Mum and I clarified that I had been a fan of Morph and it was her who had the phobia of him.

 Kyber Crystals - and Lightsabers
 Tudor-style buildings
 Old-fashioned jeweller's shop
The shape of the gemstones
 Ruby, emerald and sapphire
Penfold from Dangermouse
Bonnie and Clyde (d. 1934)
Mixed fizzy liquids
 Mixed plasticine/playdoh colours
Morph from Hartbeat

Dreams taking place in my Dream Town
Note that these may not be all dreams which feature my Dream Town, as I have only managed to find those which were correctly labelled as such, as there may be others which took place prior to me using this labelling system consistently.
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Tuesday, 13 August 2019

Dream 1031 (MY DREAM TOWN APPEARS!)

'Bowling Green, Sudsbury'
Date: 13 August 2019
Scene 1: An Unknown Interior - Time Unknown
I was in an unknown interior, which was like we were in the hollows of a huge tree, as all the walls, floors and ceilings were made of gnarled dark wood, and uneven in appearance - very rustic and cosy. There was light. I was wandering around this strange interior, which had no furniture (all seating was carved into out of the wooden material - so there were no 'additional' fixtures of fittings. In a 'hallway' I saw a dog, which was a large grey greyhound type of dog. I perceived the dog to be unfriendly, so I did not approach it.

 I walked into a different room, which had seating. There were a number of other dream characters in this area, including my Mum, Nan and cousin HM and my boyfriend AJR. I am not sure if I remember any of the other dream characters, so cannot say if they were known to me in real life. AJR told me that the room was 'contaminated' by dead bats. This horrified me and I said that we should go outside to get into the fresh air. Our party got up to leave - I cannot recall where my family members went after we started to leave.

 Scene 2: A Bowling Green, 'My Dream Town' - Late Afternoon
It felt like leaving the interior, was 'coming up' to the surface, like we had been underground, but I am not sure why, as we did not climb any stairs - we walked through a door, which made me think of the past. I do not know how to describe this, because it wasn't as if the door was particularly 'historical' and neither was the surrounding area. It just gave me an impression of halls/doors from my childhood, or just before I was born - as perceived from images I've seen of the 1970s. It was a very vivid, impressionistic and comforting feeling, and quite abstract. I just thought, this is what bureaucracy used to be like - this is what public building entrance halls and doors looked like (in approx. 1970s - 1990s). The entrance was very beige and had blocky wooden furniture - only really a desk as far as I saw. Everything looked very 'solid' and official. There was a dado-rail around the room. It looked worn and not especially well-maintained, but very tidy. The door was very large and painted a maroon/burgundy colour. It also had a very solid, official feel. The entrance and door felt institutional. This whole part of the dream scene was very significant, for absolutely no obvious reason at all. As I was about to leave the entrance hall and step out of the interior, I expected to be in the West End of London (I have no idea why) - I saw a street, which I perceived to be 'Chelsea' in my mind's eye before we left the building. 

 AJR and I stepped out and we were in front of a large bowling green. I could see some buildings a the periphery of my vision. The area seemed to be very pleasant and tranquil - I realised this was a quiet and upper-class district of my 'Dream Town' (for information about 'Sudsbury', my 'Dream Town' - see this post for an explanation of the significance of this dream scene location and links to all of my dreams which feature my 'Dream Town' - Dream 998 - 'My Dream Town Becomes Victorian'). AJR said to me: 'Sudsbury isn't the same as where my family live, but you think it means something' - which in the dream I just accepted as being a completely normal thing to say, but honestly, should have been a huge dreamsign for me, triggering a reality check and a lucid dream. 

 The fact AJR was with me in 'Sudsbury' a reoccuring location which I am fascinated by as a weird dream phenomenon (and the fact he was out of prison!) and referencing the phenomenon within the dream, which could have led me to 'remember' Sudsbury only exists in my dreams, should have made me snap to consciousness. In the dream, I just reminded him that it was true, it was a weird coincidence (I don't know what I thought the coincidence was within this dream - as the coincidence would have to acknowledge that 'Sudsbury' is a Dream Town, which only exists in my dreams! This is such an oddity to me, it just seems like I was coming to a conclusion I would in real life - because AJR and I have discussed the fact I dream of a Dream Town, called 'Sudsbury' which is very close in name to the real life town 'Sudbury' in Suffolk, where he will soon live with his family on release from prison. However, I didn't actively think about the nature or implications of that coincidence. AJR thinks my dreamwork is all pointless.

 AJR and I looked at the bowling green. I knew it was late afternoon. I felt very happy to be in this location at this particular time with AJR as everything was just at peace. There were some dream character males dressed in white, some distance away, playing bowls. I could see some old-fashioned streetlamps beyond the bowling green's edge, and some wrought-iron fencing some distance away, to my left, which fenced off something which may have been a park or a small city garden. The road led off to taller very grey buildings which were on either side of the narrow street, which was 'uphill' as I could see it rise slightly above us at an angle. I saw that some of the houses I could see were Georgian townhouses and I thought they looked very aesthetic. This whole part of the dream was extremely vivid as well. 

 AJR said that we should walk to 'the Solicitors' - I am not exactly sure why we had to go to a solicitors in the dream, as I just accepted that we needed to and did not actively think about the reason (probably because law is such an intrinsic part of both of our lives, him being a prisoner and me being a lawyer). We walked in a road which was pretty much straight ahead of us as we stared at the bowling green - so we must have walked around the perimeter of the bowling green - or straight through the middle. As we reached the other side of the road, I could see that it was also quite a narrow street, with tall and very aesthetic buildings on both sides, and sycamore trees. I knew it was an 'Avenue' (see Additional Notes, below for an analysis of this) and everything felt very cosy and just positive. It is easier to describe how the environment made me feel rather than try and describe the nature of the environment itself, I was just the happiest I had ever been and felt at one with my location. I have included some images of London areas below which illustrate the general environment I saw in my dream.

 As we passed by one of the houses, which was a large Victorian (?) townhouse, had the sash windows open. I could see light inside the house, and I got the impression that the residents there were 'bohemians'. I heard a song playing from inside the house - I am not sure what it sounded like in the dream, because I instantly recognised it as being on Chris Morris' Blue Jam (the radio series of 1997 - 1999, which I listen to everyday because it is so bizarre, disturbing and ambient and perfect background material for creative or relaxing activities, I cannot recommend it enough! The song is also on the TV adaptation, Jam (2000)) - having gone through the radio shows, I discovered that the track I heard in my dream was Moodswings, 'The Great Sound of Letting Go'. I knew that this meant that Chris Morris lived in this house - and I knew he lived with Aphex Twin (Richard James). This made me even more happy to be in this area. 

 I cannot recall going to the Solicitor with AJR. It was definitely getting dark at this stage in the dream, as I distinctly remember the fact everything was blue-tinged and the streetlamps were on, and the light in the window of Chris Morris and Richard James' house would suggest it was dark if we follow real life logic. I believe that at this stage I had a brief awakening due to my cleaner coming into my house without ringing the doorbell, but then making just enough noise for me to be disturbed, as I remember thinking 'I didn't hear them come in' and some light banging in the bathroom, which is next to my room. I must have fallen asleep again in a matter of seconds. I went back into my dream.

 Scene 3: 'My Dream Town' - Early Morning
I was then coming to the brow of a hill on what appeared to be the same street with AJR. It was early morning, as the sun had just risen. Downhill, it was still the kind of streets you would find just outside a city centre in London. AJR and I were going to a fair, which was a short distance away (I knew this was a traditional kind of 'seaside fair' that I have experienced in my childhood - again there was a feeling of nostalgia in this part of the dream, which was so lovely). We were going to get a taxi to the fair - which we were going to meet at a particular building, just down the hill - I am not sure what kind of building this was, but when we got there (very quickly), it was quite a battered looking building, with a large noticeboard with a lot of 'spiritual' or 'New Age' or 'Hardcore Rave culture' (from the 1980s/1990s) flyers, all overlapping each other, and falling off. They were all different colours, some very psychedelic in appearance - just like the aesthetic I associate with the late 1980s or early 1990s. The building was red brick, and there was a broad-ish doorstep which AJR and I were standing on while waiting for the taxi. I saw a number of cars pass on the street and everything seemed normal. I was now very excited to go to the fair and I knew it would be like re-living a particularly pleasurable experience of going to the fair previously (not sure if this was specifically a dream-generated memory of going to a fair on a hot summer day, or a real life memory of going to a fair in the same circumstances, as it felt quite generic, all I knew was it felt like it occurred in the 1990s, and again had that distinct nostalgic feel, although I cannot recall a concrete memory of which memory this would relate to, or if it is just a generalised pleasurable memory of summer fairs in my childhood). I knew that the fair was near the seaside because I thought that AJR and I could eat fish and chips and ice cream on the promenade and enjoy the seaside as well as the fair.

 I woke up before I could finish this dream! I was disturbed again by the noise made by my cleaner, and I tried my hardest to return to this dream, but I just couldn't fall asleep. I visualised the dream, concentrating on it for what seemed like half an hour, before I gave up on attempting to dream-chain, but ti did help to consolidate my dream memory immediately upon waking! This was an amazing dream! I loved it. It made me feel so happy and positive in so many ways I cannot describe, some are so abstract and relate to so many weird personal memories and associations. This dream is much more complex than it appears on the surface and it felt significant.

 Additional Notes:
  • On the day of this dream, I saw a man on the internet argue/supply statistics to prove pitbulls are a 'child murdering breed'
  • On the day of this dream I saw Jenna Marble's dog Kermit, who is a grey Italian Greyhound
  • On the day of this dream I had read a Facebook comment where a man had said 2 bats died in his basement and how he had managed to convince a female friend to clean one up for payment, but the smell was so bad she refused to help with the second one, so it was still down there
  • On the day of this dream, I had a telephone conversation with AJR where he said we should throw a hand grenade at his personal injury solicitors when he is released from prison
  • I often associate sycamore leaves and the word 'avenue' in my conscious mind, although this is one of a number of phenomena I cannot explain - I also associate the word and direction 'left' and the song 'Oranges and Lemons' - note that on getting the Wikipedia link for this song I've known since early childhood, I was reminded about the fact this song is about all the big bells that are located around the city of London, which seems pertinent in the context of this dream! 
  • Aphex Twin's music is also featured in Chris Morris work - the example I can point to off the top of my head is 'Windowlicker' (1999). Note that once - I would estimate in about 2002 - 2005, I cannot say for certain, I was in the Chelsea area (or had been, but was walking around casually with my ex-boyfriend SL, who knew the area, and therefore I wasn't paying attention to exactly where we were, but it was West London) - we went into a music/book shop and I saw there was a book about Chris Cunningham (the video director for many Aphex Twin tracks, and the main reason I knew of his work) there - I remember standing in the shop (which was very small and sophisticated and minimalist in keeping with the fancy area) and flicking through that book and discussing it with my ex-boyfriend
  • On the day of this dream I saw an Instagram image of a flyer from a party hosted by DJ Kool Herc (The famous 'Back to School Jam' of 1973, which took place at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue) - this event is heralded as being foundational in the promotion of early hip hop in The Bronx. New York). Note that when I went to the Wikipedia page for DJ Kool Herc, I noticed the location of the 'Back to School Jam' - Sedgwick Avenue. The day before this dream - around the time I saw the DJ Kool Herc flyer, I noticed I had been followed by an Edie Sedgwick (1943 - 1971) fan account - I only noticed this coincidence while writing up this dream record, although I would have seen the address of the Back to School Jam on the flyer, although I cannot consciously remember seeing it, or linking it to the fact the Edie Sedgwick account had - or a short while later - had followed me
  • On the day of this dream a man on Facebook had written a comment on a discussion thread on a food group, stating that eating fish with tomato ketchup was not acceptable anywhere. I reminded him it is normal to eat ketchup with fish and chips in the UK, even though I prefer tartare sauce, and lemon/vinegar on mine


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Sunday, 11 August 2019

Dream 1029

'Chief of Police, Corey Feldman, Social Worker Anakin Skywalker & Foster Parent, Morgz Mum 'Is Here For Your Safety' in 4Chan'
Date: 10 August 2019
Scene 1: A Muddy/Wet Marshland - Day
I was in a large marsh, which was muddy, with pools of water. It was a warm day, but it was not sunny. I am not sure what I was wearing, but I think my legs were bare, as I could see the water on my shins as if I was sinking into the marsh. I was with a male dream character who I do not recall from real life. He was in his 20s and white, with brown hair. He was dressed in casual clothing, but I cannot remember what. I do not know his name (I will refer to him as 'John' for ease of reference), but in the dream we were friends. Being in the marsh did not feel unpleasant or uncomfortable. John said that we had to go, or we would miss our bus. I then became aware that we were supposed to be going to Sudsbury (my 'Dream Town' - see this post for an explanation of the significance of this dream scene location and links to all of my dreams which feature my 'Dream Town' - Dream 998 - 'My Dream Town Becomes Victorian'). This did not trigger me to question if I was dreaming or to perform any kind of reality check, so I missed this as an opportunity to experience lucidity by way of a DILD (Dream-Initiated Lucid Dream). I was very pleased that we were going to Sudsbury and we left the marsh area, walking a short distance (it had appeared that we were in the centre of a massive marsh which stretched as far as the eye could see, but when it came to walking onto the road, it appeared we were actually quite near the edge of the marsh). There was some walking down a road, which had the marsh on one side, and buildings on the other. Looking at the marsh (which was now behind a border hedge), it appeared to look like Bowthorpe Cemetery in Norwich, with gravestones and memorials. I did not question this. I cannot recall what John and I talked about on the walk or if we did in fact have any conversation.

 Scene 2: Bus Stop - Day
We arrived at the bus stop and there were a number of dream characters present there, who I perceived as 'workers'. It seemed as if we were in a city now - the bus stop was opposite some grey buildings (tall) of which I did not know the purpose. The bus arrived and it was out of service, which felt frustrating. The driver was a white middle-aged fat man. He leaned over from the drivers cabin and said that he'd let us travel on the bus if we would hire him a sex worker in return. I wanted to refuse this, but John agreed before I could say anything. The driver was smiling in a really creepy way that made me not want to travel on his bus. I cannot recall the bus journey or John arranging for the sex worker. 

 Scene 3: 4Chan - Day
John and I were getting off the bus (I cannot remember getting on the bus or the journey, so not sure if the dream transitioned suddenly or if this is due to my recall). I realised we were not in Sudsbury (my 'Dream Town') at all, but another place, which was very provincial and rural. I realised that we were in '4Chan' and that this was an English village which was highly significant - as if it were a capital city, such as London. It seemed like this village was a centre of politics or commerce or something - it was just an important place, although I cannot recall why and there was nothing to suggest this about the environment, which was just fields and detached cottages, with gardens and lots of trees, plants and flowers. It was daytime, because the sun was shining and it felt like a nice summer day. 

 John said we had to go and show our documentation at the office, which in the dream seemed to be some form of visa check that needed to be done on our arrival. The 'office' was just on the horizon of my vision, down a dirt road, which is what we were standing on at this point in the dream. The 'office' appeared to be a countryside pub with outside picnic benches and parasol umbrellas. We began walking towards 'the office'. 

 When we arrived at 'the office' I could no longer see the outside seating, only the building itself, which still seemed to resemble a countryside pub. It was covered in white stone-cladding and had black wooden doors and window frames. John and I entered via a door on the side of the building, near some bins, rather than the front entrance. 

 The inside of 'the office' was dark - and resembled a warehouse or factory. It seemed as if the only bits of 'office' furniture were some leather sofas, which were part of a 'waiting area' and a large desk, which was in the middle of the room. The only other thing I could see were cardboard boxes and a lot of dust. John and I sat down on the sofas and I assume we were waiting for our documentation to be checked. 

 I then noticed that there was a doorway in the distance - I could see it had a blue light illuminating it. Via the entrance, I saw Corey Feldman and Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars) enter the room. Both of them were exceptionally tall and dressed in stereotypical 'law enforcement' outfits (could have been police or prison officers) with weird white 'man-bags' made of sparkly material hanging down by their sides. I don't think John and I stood up, because it seemed as if Corey Feldman and Anakin Skywalker were bearing down on us, from above. However, this was not intimidating. Corey Feldman said that he was Chief of Police and that Anakin Skywalker was a Social Worker for the Local Authority. This was supposed to reassure us that we would be safe in 4Chan - or at least this was the impression I got from them telling me this fact. I wondered where we would be staying, as although earlier in the dream, it felt like we were 'going home', now it appeared that we had nowhere to stay. I am not sure if I articulated this concern (I cannot recall me saying anything), but Corey Feldman told me that Anakin Skywalker had arranged for a 'Foster Mother' to look after John and I (who were fully grown adults) in 4Chan. This would be 'Morgz Mum' (Jill Hudson, Youtuber - see below) and we would be staying in her house, which was nearby. 

 I cannot recall Anakin Skywalker saying anything during this part of the dream scene - everything was said by Corey Feldman, in his role as Chief of Police.

 John and I went to leave 'the office' and from behind me I heard Anakin (I knew it was him, even though I did not look around to check for sure) shout 'The Police and Local Authority IS here for your safety'. I specifically noticed he said the word 'is' instead of 'are' and thought it made him sound unintelligent. 

 I cannot recall anything else about this dream.

Additional Notes:
  • This dream took place after my launch of the Quickshot Dream Incubation Experiments (see video below for QDI#9, and my introductory article - Quickshot Dream Incubations | QDI#1) - this not a successful dream incubation
  • I recently experienced Dream 1027 - 'Men From My Past & Corey Haim' (8 August 2019) after watching documentaries about Corey Feldman and Corey Haim
  • I am exposed to Anakin Skywalker every day, as he is my laptop screensaver
  • On the day of this dream I had been watching some videos about 4Chan hoaxes and had explained what 4Chan was to AJR during a telephone conversation
  • On the day of this dream I had been watching a Jaackmaate Youtube video, where he discusses fellow Youtuber 'Morgz' (Morgan Hudson) who has one video in which his stepdad  ('Martin') appears, dressed in a very bad 'prison warden' uniform (and an equally bad police uniform) and tells Morgz his punishment for losing at a game will be 'beans and burgers' which has now become a catchphrase on Jaackmaate's channel, as he pointed out how stupid it sounded. Jaackmaate was also joking about 'Morgz Mum' ('Jill') who also makes Youtube videos

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Wednesday, 3 July 2019

Dream 1000

'Choosing the Love of My Life in a Dream'
Date: 30 June 2019
Scene 1: An Unknown Interior - Time Unknown
I was in an interior environment with my ex-boyfriend PS. I cannot recall much about the location of the dream, other than it felt very 'fairytale' - there was some wood and some plants. There was also a bed. I recognised PS was being very weird with me - quiet and vague, as if his mind was elsewhere, or he did not want to be with me. I decided I needed to ask him, and he reassured me he did want to be with me. I was stressed. I noticed PS was wearing a leather belt with some kind of white studs on it - not the style I would associate with him in real life. Although I did not pick up on it in the dream, his jeans were higher up towards his waist - he used to wear them very low, below his butt cheeks. There was something (unrecalled in detail) about a blonde woman who I felt jealous of, as if she was my rival for PS' affections - I am not sure if she appeared in the dream in person, or whether I was just thinking about her. This part of the dream was unclear. I was laying on the bed and PS tried to mount me in the missionary position, while undoing his belt. I then moved away from him, which made him angry with me, because I was avoiding physical contact with him. I said that we should go for a walk. 

 Scene 2: A Street - Day
PS and I were then outside, walking, with N the Dog beside us. We were on a city street and it was very overcast - this is something I specifically remember noticing in the dream. I am not sure if I noticed any other dream characters in this outside location, but I do remember seeing tall red brick walls to my right, at a point where it felt like I was standing in front of PS, facing him, rather than standing beside him. It was as if we were in some backlot or wide passageway behind buildings at this point. We were arguing. I cannot recall the specifics of the argument, but it was clear that it was about our relationship and the way we were not getting on. PS told me he needed to go and make a video and he would be leaving me by myself (this was something that used to happen in real life at times, when I was living with PS in London, around the time I began this Blog). 

 I was walking alone in the city and I came to a shop window display. I knew it was night now, suddenly, because the window display was illuminated against the dark of the street. I did not think it was odd that the time had changed so rapidly. I am still not sure if there were other dream characters present, but this was a main street. The shop window was displaying diamonds - of all sizes, from very small (which would fit in a modest ring) to huge ones, the size of tennis balls, or perhaps a little larger. The rest of the display seemed to be white and glass, but I cannot recall many details. The window was on a corner of the building, so it had an edge and 2 sides. I was impressed by the beautiful display of diamonds, but not as much as I would in real life - it seemed almost ordinary in the dream. 

 A car then pulled up and I got into it, as if it was what I was intended to do - although I do not recall how I knew it was OK for me to get in the car. It was dark - perhaps black or navy, grey etc. The back of the car had a partition between whoever the driver was and those sitting in the back - like a limousine or a taxi. RBA was sitting with his back to the driver, in a rear-facing seat. He was wearing a pair of large aviator shades, with very reflective silver-blue mirrored lenses. I cannot recall what else he was wearing in this dream. I sat opposite him, in the front-facing seat. RBA told me he was in the middle of a weed deal and he was delivering a large quantity of cannabis in a black bin bag to someone on this street (he may have said who, but I cannot recall). I then remember looking out of the car window, to my right (weirdly, I have realised that, because of the way the car approached me (from the right) and how I got into the back seat, behind the right-side driver, this means the car had been driving on the wrong side of the road for the UK). Now it was daylight - and sunny. Again, I did not find this odd. The diamond shop window display should have been right in my field of vision, as we had not driven anywhere at all and had remained parked on the curbside. Everything had a yellow tinge to it, maybe from the sunshine. The shop was now selling 'Oombies', which were small, knitted spheres, the size of pool balls, in a variety of colours. I knew what they were because they were a popular thing - a trend. The outside of the Oombie shop looked like it was made of sandstone and belonged at the seaside. The large window display was gone, and there was a small serving hatch, with a striped sunshade on it, which again looked like it belonged at the seaside. 

 RBA told me to try on his sunglasses. I did - and when I looked at my reflection (not sure how I saw myself, as it just seemed as if a mirror popped up in front of me as soon as I tried the sunglasses on). My face was bright red and flushed - I noticed this as being odd in the dream. RBA said: 'they don't suit you' and I agreed with him. He began to exit the car to head into the the Oombie shop, with his black bin bag of cannabis. 

 Scene 3: A Bedsit - Day
I then found myself round the back of some buildings, and I knew that I was near to the sea, although I cannot recall if I ever knew what town/city I was in. The sun was shining. The back of the buildings were very rundown - with a lot of rubbish/litter on the ground. The walls of the building I was standing in front of were white and peeling/cracked (looking back on this with hindsight, this was very much reminiscent of Seacliff (aka 'Salty Towers'), a building containing bedsits, on the clifftops of Sheringham (which I happened to refer to in conversation a couple of days before this dream - see below images for reference). However, I do not think I was actually in Sheringham in this dream. This was definitely the back entrance to the property, as I knew it was a block of flats/bedsits and that I was not going in the front entrance. I entered and the building was dark inside and felt either old or unclean, or both. There were doors going off the corridor, and then concrete stairs/steps up to the next floor. I cannot recall any furnishings/decor in this place. I went up one flight of stairs, which curved round. On the first floor, it was similar to the ground floor, but I knew which door to approach. I entered as it was unlocked. I was in a bedsit - it was furnished in a typical way - no specific details stand out in my mind, other than there was definitely a bed and an armchair in the same room, that everything looked old-fashioned or retro in a way I cannot describe, and that the curtains were letting sunlight stream into the room from between the holes in the fabric (blue/green?) AJR was in the room - he was standing by the window, with his back to me. When I came into the room, he turned around. I was there to tell him that I had chosen to be with him, and it appeared that this had been a decision I had always had to make (i.e. within the dream it was not a spur of the moment thing, or as spontaneous as the dream narrative makes it seem), because AJR said to me that he had been waiting for me to make up my mind since I'd come home - the implication being I'd been in a foreign country (I have no idea where, it was just clear to me in the dream that I had been somewhere and that it was overseas - in real life I do not travel and have not travelled since 2005/6 time when I went to Amsterdam for the weekend with my ex-boyfriend HL, prior to my relationship with PS). AJR told me we were going to eat lobster for breakfast, which made me pleased (breakfast appeared to be the next meal, which is in keeping with the weird time skips in this dream). He said we should walk 'down to the traffic lights' to go and collect the fresh lobsters from the fishermen. At this stage - and I recall this clearly - I noticed AJR was wearing blue and white checked tracksuit bottoms (see below image - with hindsight, they resembled chef's trousers, as pictured, due to this being the exact same design I saw in my dream) and a blue T-shirt. I know I only just noticed this, because within the dream I thought it was odd that I'd never seen him wear a blue T-shirt before now (I don't think I have! Maybe I've noticed a blue T-shirt worn under the HMP Wayland regulation shirt).

 I cannot recall anything else about this dream.

Additional Notes:
  • THIS IS DREAM 1000! To celebrate, I will record a Youtube video (with a direct quote from AJR about this dream) and do a detailed dream analysis/interpretation separately from this post - therefore I will comment on specific/particular dream residue events/real life influences in that post, rather than here
  • I am so pleased that Dream 1000 seems (on the surface level at least) to have some kind of significance. I had been having trouble remembering dreams which would be recorded as Dream 999 and Dream 1000 - maybe because I was placing so much emphasis on them, and perhaps because I was smoking some cannabis at this time, which has a negative impact on dreaming/dream recall (until you experience the REM Rebound Effect -  click here for an explanation of this phenomena and also click here for an article on the effect of cannabis on dreaming). This dream happened to take place during a short period in which I had not smoked any cannabis, making the REM Rebound Effect a possibility. I had also taken a Vitamin B Complex pill, which, contains Vitamin B6, which is known to have a positive effect on dream recall (I started taking the vitamins 2 days before this dream took place)
  • Of course, this dream appears to be very significant due to me 'choosing' AJR over PS. It is also worth noting that I first started dating PS shortly before I met AJR 11-12 years ago - it would have been during the first 6 - 8 months of my relationship, because I had not yet moved to London with PS, and therefore left my law firm, through which I met AJR. I also first met RBA around that time - I knew of him from online (he was/is a successful battle rapper) - I first met him in person at the same time I started dating PS, this being around the same time I met AJR. The fact the dream characters and narrative of this dream all have some contemporaneous link within my real life makes it appear more significant, if that makes sense. I will analyse/interpret this dream more thoroughly in due course. Meanwhile, check out these posts which explain my relationship with AJR and strange dream phenomena surrounding my relationship with him:

The following conversation took place during a telephone conversation with AJR, a few days after this dream. I had previously told him the content of Dream 1000, and during this subsequent telephone conversation I asked for his impressions/reactions so that I could put it on record. I transcribed this conversation verbatim during the conversation:
Me: What do you think about Dream 1000?
AJR: I can't remember it. I remember you telling me, but not the details
[I tell AJR the content of Dream 1000 again]
AJR: OK, you want a quote. I wish you'd stayed with him [my ex-boyfriend, PS] for fuck sake!
Me: You can't say that or I'll get demonetised!
AJR: Oh the phone beeped [indicating the phone call is about to time out, after approximately 20 minutes per call] Saved by the bell! I love it when that happens!

The following part of our conversation was not transcribed, so I am recounting it in my own words. When I described the outfit that AJR was wearing, and pointed out I had never seen him wear a blue T-shirt before, he said that he was wearing a blue T-shirt at that very moment - and blue and white shorts (striped).
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Dream 999

'An Unwanted Holiday'
Date: 26 June 2019
Scene 1: An Unknown Interior - Day
I was supposed to be travelling somewhere, by airplane, and I did not want to go. I am not sure where I was supposed to be going. I was in an unknown interior, which I knew was in a familiar location. My Mum's friend, CC was present, although I was not happy about this. Someone in the background (I cannot remember seeing them) was playing piano, which was annoying me, because it was unwanted/a distraction to me while I was feeling stressed about the unwanted holiday or travel. CC came over to me in a rather patronising or condescending manner - she was leaning over me as if she was much taller than me, and looking down on me. She said: 'you can go to Sudsbury/Sudbury and visit the freezer shop'. This is my 'Dream Town' - see below - but I am not sure if I recognised this fact in the dream. I was not lucid i.e. consciously aware I was dreaming, and therefore did not associate this town name with dreaming or memories from dreams, but within this dream I did know that Sudsbury is somewhere familiar to me. CC was smirking at me and I knew she was trying to deceive me in some way. 

 I noticed there was a cabinet along one wall of the room we were in, which seemed quite empty of decor or furniture (as in I did not recall anything in my surroundings). The cabinet/perfume was lit up and resembled a high-end/luxury cosmetics counter. There were some rectangular gold items (about the size of house bricks) behind the illuminated glass at the front of the long, waist-high cabinet, but I am not sure what they were. 

 Scene 2: Sheringham High Street - Day
I was then walking down Sheringham High Street with my cousin HM, although I cannot recall many details about this scene, other than it was a hot sunny day and the high street was busy.

 Scene 3: A Field of Mud Pools - Day
I was then in the location I was supposed to be travelling to. I am not sure if I was alone. I was sitting in a field, in the sun. The field was full of mud and had hundreds of small pools of muddy water - stretched for as far as the eye could see. I was sitting in one of the pools and felt refreshed. Some small white goats (a herd) began to wander over to me. I felt happy and content. I am not sure if this location was in my 'Dream Town' as it was not a specific realisation I recall having in this dream.

 Additional Notes:
  • This dream referred to my 'Dream Town' - it may be the result of day residue, as my most recently recalled dream - Dream 998 - 'My Dream Town Becomes Victorian' took place in this location and I had been discussing it with people in my real life - in terms of it being a strange dream phenomena, which has recently become significant in my waking life and relationship with AJR
  • The reference to the 'freezer shop' relates to a specific place in my Dream Town, which I have found cited in 2 previous dreams at least (there may be more) - these are Dream 18 (20 December 2011) and Dream 84 (20 September 2012) - again, this might be a result of day residue, as  I had done a full search of all 'Dream Town' dreams I had recorded on my Blog so that I could link them in my record of Dream 998 - 'My Dream Town Becomes Victorian'
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Saturday, 22 June 2019

Dream 998

'My Dream Town Becomes Victorian'
Date: 20 June 2019
Scene 1: My 'Dream Town' - Day
I was in my Dream Town (see below), which is a location which appears recurrently in my dreams and had an eerie feeling of déjà vu - as if it is so familiar to me I must have been there in real life, although I cannot say where it is - most likely it is a composite of familiar locations condensed into one place which makes me feel happy to be in when dreaming. 

 I was standing at the corner of a road, near some tall redbrick buildings, which looked like offices or industrial buildings. I could see a concrete overpass stretching over the road. On the other side of the street there were some Tudor/Mock Tudor-style buildings/houses, and in front of them a grassy area where there was a pub and a laundrette. It was a sunny day and I felt very happy and content. I feel that I have seen this precise area of my Dream Town in a previous dream. 

 I knew I had to go to a secondhand record shop which was in a residential area. I am not sure how I travelled there. 

 Scene 2: A Residential Area in my Dream Town - Dusk
I was then in the residential area of my Dream Town, where I had intended to travel to. I knew I had been here before, and my aim was to 'relive' my previous visit. 

 * Note that this part of the dream was experienced as if I was reliving a past dream - I have a distinct memory (not only within this dream, but also a waking memory) of having this exact same dream experience in the exact same location, although after searching my Blog using as many relevant key words/search terms as possible, I am unable to find any dream where this scene (or a similar one) takes place and therefore, I am not sure if this is a false memory. However, the fact my waking mind is certain I had this dream before is really baffling and odd. I am also not sure if any previous dream where this scene occurred actually took place within my Dream Town at that point. I will point out, at no point was I consciously aware I was dreaming or that my memory of visiting this particular location was that of a dream while I was actually dreaming.

 It was dusk and the residential area was very quiet. There were a lot of lights on in the windows of the houses, which were all, very similar/identical bungalow-type houses. There were a lot of pine trees. On the corner of the residential road was the secondhand record store I had been intending to visit - the one I recall clearly as having been in a previous dream. The shop was really small and seemed to open out onto the residential street, where it was quite misplaced, being the only shop/commercial building in this area, which was a quiet suburban road. The shop either had large floor to ceiling windows, or no windows at all, just an open front. I knew the male dream character who ran the shop - in this dream, and my memory of having been there before - he was a young male who was friends with my stepbrother JM. He was scruffy, but trendy - although I cannot give a good description of him, other than he was tall, think and white and his brown hair was messy and he was wearing hipster-style clothing. This male dream character recognised me, as if we had met before. He greeted me as if he was pleased I had come to see him. He told me that he needed to talk to me, because he was living at home with his parents and was experiencing some kinds of problems. I was aware that I was unable to stay at this secondhand record store for very long, as I wasn't supposed to be there, or 'someone' (unrecalled) wanted me to leave. The male and I sat cross-legged on the floor of the shop. The entire shop floor was empty - the minimal stock (vinyl records) were all mounted on the walls. I was anxious as I knew I had to leave, and thought it might be my own family who wanted me to go home. 

 Scene 3: A Different Street, my Dream Town - Day
I was then somewhere else in my Dream Town - I am not sure how I got there, but it was now daytime. The area of the town I was in was a street with shops and houses on it - nothing odd. However, I was aware that there was a 'Victorian Carnival' taking place later that day and everyone was preparing for it. I did not see any of these preparations, and the only thing that seemed to reference the Victorian period was the fact that the shops would be turning grey and pointy - I am not sure how this was supposed to happen. I was walking slowly down the road by myself, and stopped outside a shop, which sold knitting and sewing supplies. I could see balls of coloured wool in the shop window (this reminded me of a shop which used to exist in Sheringham when I was a child). My Stepdad then hurried past me. He turned round to face me and I could see he was holding something wrapped in newspaper. He told me that it was 'crustaceans' for the 'Victorian Carnival'. 

 I cannot recall anything else about this dream. 

Additional Notes:
  • This dream took place in my Dream Town - which is a town which appears recurrently in a number of my dreams. I am not sure when this Dream Town first began appearing in my dreams (i.e. whether it was a location I was aware of before I began recording my dreams on this Blog). Instead of giving lengthy descriptions and information in this post, I will link all dreams/posts which refer to my Dream Town below, so you can read for yourself. The weird thing is - in previous dreams, my Dream Town has been referred to as 'Sudsbury' - in one dream I purposefully ascertained the name of my Dream Town. At the time, I did not know where the real life Sud(s)bury was -  it turns out that it is in Suffolk, the adjoining county. What is odd is that Sudbury is the closest town to where AJR will live with his family upon his release from prison. A couple of days before this dream, we had been discussing places we could visit while he is on curfew (and therefore cannot travel far from his home) - I had been Googling places near Sudbury
  • A few days before this dream I had been talking about Carnival with my friends

*Edit(1): In the spirit of editing in, rather than editing out - when compiling the list of Dream Town dreams at the bottom of this post, I noticed that in Dream 740 - 'Bad Mother' (9 December 2016), I had a dream in which I had the following scene: 

Scene 2: A Record Store, My 'Dream Town' - Day
I was then in a record store, which I realised was in my 'Dream Town'...I felt like I had visited this record store before (I may have done, although I cannot find a relevant entry in my Dream Journal at the time of writing this dream up). It was a normal record store, with nothing out of the ordinary. I was involved in some kind of 'swap' (I cannot recall the details).

This makes me wonder if this was the initial dream of the record shop (as clearly I did not include the specific details I remembered about this shop, which I recalled within the current dream), or whether this was an occurrence of me remembering a completely separate and as yet unfound dream which did actually take place.


Dreams taking place in my Dream Town
Note that these may not be all dreams which feature my Dream Town, as I have only managed to find those which were correctly labelled as such, as there may be others which took place prior to me using this labelling system consistently.
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Sunday, 26 May 2019

Dream 984

'Love Island'
Date: 24 May 2019
Day 20 of Dream Incubation Experiment - A Star Wars Adventure 
Status: Unsuccessful Dream Incubation Dream

Scene 1: An Unknown (Domestic?) Interior - Time Unknown
I have forgotten the majority of this dream as I was disturbed upon waking and did not record it in time before my dream memories faded. 

 I was in an unknown interior, which I perceived to be a house, although not one I recall from real life. AJR was present with me. He said something about Love Island. 

 There was some task I was supposed to complete, which was making me feel stressed (unrecalled). 

 Scene 2: My 'Dream Town' - Day
I was then in a location which I recognised as being a town I have referred to as my 'Dream Town' (see Additional Notes, below). I knew I had been there before and had a sense of familiarity. I saw a number of Tudor-style houses along an urban street. It was daytime, but I knew dusk was approaching. I was waiting for AJR to join me at the location, which was on the street. I was not sure what our plans were, but I got bored waiting and entered one of the houses. I did not need to knock on the front door - it was unlocked. Inside, it was not actually a domestic house, but a secondhand book shop. Everything was a sandy brown colour (the wooden shelves were light brown and all the books were sandy brown and very dusty). I did not browse the shop, I just stood staring at the floor to ceiling shelves which were stacked with thousands of books. I was aware that it was Carnival Day in this town. My Stepdad entered the secondhand bookshop. We started a conversation, but I cannot recall what was discussed. I was aware I had to get to the 'frozen food store' (see Dream 84, discussed below) which in this dream I knew to be named 'Country Freezer Foods' before it closed. I did not want to walk to the store because I had to walk across a number of grassy hills to get there and it would take me a long time.

 I cannot recall anything else about this dream.

Additional Notes:
  • This is Day 20 of my current Dream Incubation Experiment - A Star Wars Adventure (click on this title link to read my introductory post and see my accompanying Youtube video, below)
  • I have not done a dedicated post about my 'Dream Town', but I have undertaken a 14 Day Dream Incubation Experiment - The 'Dream Town Dream' which explains the basic concept of the 'Dream Town' and lists some earlier dreams where this dream location appears. You can also use the 'labels' at the bottom of the post to navigate to all dreams tagged as relating to my 'Dream Town'
  • The day before this dream, I had a telephone conversation with AJR's mum HT about my love of secondhand bookshops. She mentioned the town of Sudbury, which is relatively close to where AJR's family live. Weirdly, in my dreams of my 'Dream Town', there is often reference to the town being called 'Sudsbury'. A search of this Blog, using the keyword 'Sudsbury' revealed the following results: Dream 84 (20 September 2012) - this dream involved crabs (this is relevant to a phenomenal 'telepathic' experience with AJR, which I will post about shortly, with an accompanying Youtube video); a prosecutor; and working in a pub (which is another topic I was discussing with AJR's mum); Dream 92 (12 November 2012); an article on Dream Deja-Vu & Dream Precognition; and an article on Dreaming & False Memory Syndrome
  • Note that in Dream 84 - the first 'Dream Town' dream where 'Sudsbury' is referenced, there is reference to the frozen food warehouse and everything  being 'brown or sepia toned' in part of the dream - remember, I have not re-read or familiarise myself with any of these referenced 'historical dreams' until after I experienced the current one, and began some research during the recording process
  • AJR currently works in a library
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