11/29/20

I'm in an art gallery where there's an exhibit of my paintings. They[re pretty abstract and some them have big cracks on the paint surface. I discuss this with Wally, about maybe it's the undercoating that's causing it. Then I'm in line at a school cafeteria. The food is real cheap and I pile a bunch of it on my plate. I notice a display of big spikes of cake including German chocolate layer cake. Someone puts a fish fillet on my tray which I don't want. The cashier totals up my food and it comes to $3.49 which is super cheap. 

11/28/20

I'm in London, tagging along with Diana who is there for a business meeting. So goes to  Clariges for her meeting and I wander around the West End. I run into John Cleese in a pub and have a pint with him. When we shake hands it's awkward because one of us is doing the power handshake. We decide to just do the old traditional shake. And then we give each other a hug. I look at my watch and it's 6:45 and I'm supposed to meet up with joe. Later we run into Cleese again and with he or his son has been diagnosed with a brain tumor. I want to tell him that I know a couple of neurologists back in Detroit he can call. 

I join a walking tour of Grosse Pointe City. We meet outside a new city hall below Jefferson. There are a bunch of old wooden houses there on the lake. On of them is the home of an artist and looks quite funky. 

I get a pizza, and the restaurant isn't used to cooking for a ton of people. When I open up the box I complain that the onions are raw, the cheese isn't totally melted, and the dough is undercooked. I figure it'll be okay when I reheat it. 

11/27/20

I get a new job. When I go to my cubicle, I discover the previous worker left all her stuff there. On the shelf are a bunch of sponges which I gather up and take to the lunchroom. She also left her white sweater on the back of the chair and a bunch of photos of her family. 

11/24/20

I'm in NYC with Diana and the girls. While they're out shopping, I go into a recording studio and watch a couple of incredible/famous guitarists jam. 

I'm at a Basque-themed festival which it taking place outdoors. There's a weird sculpture which in Basque forms several words and makes a sentence which I explain to the folks I'm with. A big part of the festival is flowers and I help put vases of flowers on all the long tables. 

1/23/20

 

I'm in a gym waiting for some meeting to start. There's a table with desserts on it and I grab a paper plate and pick a crumbly apple cake and an almond pastry. There's a box of beautiful desserts from the Grosse Pointe Dems. 

11/22/20

 

I'm driving and I se Terry behind me in a huge, wine white Jeep. He's tailgating me and pretends to pass me in the left turn lane. He drives someone off the road. When we get where we're going I tell him how dangerous that was. 

11/21/20

I'm on a business trip with Pounder and we're staying with his parents.  We get changed out of our suits and head into the dining room for dinner. His dad pours us small glasses of wine. I start to tell a jazz drummer joke to his dad, but I need a minute to think about it because I haven't told it in a while. It has something to do with a jazz drummer going to a rock show and seeing a wild drum solo. His response is something like "I can do that but at half the speed and twice as quiet." His dad keeps going into the kitchen so I don't get to finish telling him the joke. His mom serves big plates of food which includes breaded pork chops. I ask his dad for some more wine and he pours some white wine out of a huge pitcher. 

11/20/20

I'm driving around the east side with a couple and we have a trunk full of stuff to donate. We end up at a church that has a second-hand shop and the  couple goes in while I wait out in the car. We had looked at a map of the east side to try and figure out various places to stop. 

I'm at a lake and a little girl jumps off a dock into the water. She immediately sinks because she won't paddle with her arms. I have to dive in and save her. As I bring her onto the shore I tell her she's no longer allowed in the water. 

11/18/20

We're participating in a charity event. It involves taking two sections of garden hose and stretching them out their full length in a ditch song side a road. I think it was sponsored by D'Arcy. When the entire length was unfurled, I had to go back and drag the end forward, sort of leapfrogging the hose. When I got back to the beginning, I couldn't find our hose--apparently someone had stolen it. 

I'm in the back room of a Coney Island restaurant and I deep fry some shrimp. I put them in a brown lunch bag and take them outside. Diana is there with a black, female friend and I ask them if they want some shrimp. 

I'm near WSU's campus and I'm trying to figure out how to get home. I could take a bus, but that would take forever. Or I could take a cab, but that would be real expensive. Then I figure out I can get an Uber. My phone isn't working properly and a red light keeps blinking. A couple young students approach me and tel me the filter needs to be changed on it. I ask them if they can call an Uber, and I can pay for the ride with a credit card. While waiting for the u\Uber, one of they guys goes inside a store and buys a squirt gun, made of Legos. I keep an eye out for the car and I see a big van going the wrong way down the one way street. He backs up to go around the block, and I figure it's probably the Uber, 

11/17/20

 I'm steering a small ship up a river or canal. I'm trying to avoid freighters and other boats that are coming at me. 

I run into Dave Still and then Jack Fillion. I haven't seen Jack in years and I give him a big hug. The I realize that he doesn't go by Jack anymore but calls himself Jacob. I tell him I want him to met my family. 

I spend the weekend with some friends at their cottage. At the end of the weekend, some people are giving me hugs and kisses and I'm trying to keep my distance because of the pandemic. A couple of us discuss this, how we need to social distance. 

11/16/20

My brother stops by with my dad. Some of us were in one room watching tv and Paul and my dad were in another room watching football or hockey. Paul kept pouring my dad beer into shot glasses. Dad was a little loopy and I was worried that he was going to spend the night. Someone else was staying with us. 

11/15/20

This dream is about an afternoon of music at Orchestra Hall in Detroit. It started with a show by the Harper brothers playing jazz in the atrium. There was a weird, experimental drum which they included in their music. And someone brought out some huge trays of food, just for the band, which included some long links of kielbasa. Then Sandy drags me into the auditorium to hear the end of a Phillip Glass opera. He thinks it's sort of amusing but I really get into the repetitive qualities of the music. The a whole troop of Indian musicians and singers take the stage, including a bunch of kids. The music is very interesting, and somehow we're outside. Then I'm in a nightclub, listening to Miles Davis play "In a Sentimental Mood". He's playing the sax, and then, somehow I'm playing the sax and taking a slow solo, while really concentrating on the notes. 

11/14/20

I run into Bob Packlaian riding bikes on G.P.Blvd. He asked me if I want to grab breakfast and I tell him maybe just a cup of coffee. So you says, maybe another time. Then he tells me about how he changed the spelling of his name. 

I'm at an ad agency and they're remodeling the offices. I joke that one of the bigger rooms with a big window is going to be mine. They move a bunch of us into a 10x8 space and we joke about how we could start our own agency with the group we have. Some of the folks are doing their time sheets and I tell them I haven't done one in years, and no-one in management seems to have noticed. 

11/13/20

I'm in a residential neighborhood with tree lined streets. A couple of WWI-era RAF planes are flying overhead. One flies down to street level and grazes the girl 'm with then flies back up into the air. 

11/12/20

I'm in the back room of a really swank hotel. I ask someone where the bathroom is, and they direct e to one that is super luxurious, with fancy brass fixtures. Then I'm out in the lobby and a bunch of rubes are hanging around. 

I'm near a rive and a bunch of rare and unusual pecies of fish are going to be introduced. But the river is going to be dammed up with nets, so they can't get free. 

11/11/20

 

I'm at the Corbin's and Zuzu tells me she likes the band Autreche. We discuss the band and I show her a sheet with a bunch of tracks listed on it by various similar groups. I tell her there's a station on the net where she can sample all kinds of music. Then I tell her the band's coming to town and I'll take her and Mallory to see them. I joke with Kim that I'm going out on a date with his two daughters. We have to stop by my house first. We go to the Rivard house only it looks totally different. I ask Zuzu to confirm that it's my home. I notice the workers are there blowing in insulation. I walk through the house and all the rooms look totally different. Then we're in Grand Rapids where the concert is gong to be. We need to buy tickets before we go out to dinner. We're in a car at the top of a parking structure and my brother Dave is driving. He almost crashes into the side of the structure while changing the station on the radio. I yell at him to concentrate on driving. 

11/10/20

 I'm sitting at a table with an architect and we're discussing Tiger Stadium. Donald Trum sits down, interrupts us, and starts taking to the architect. I'm totally disgusted and get up and leave. 

11/8/20

I'm at Tom's Tavern, a dumpy basement bar on Detroit's west side. I'm drinking a NA Stroh's in a brown bottle and I start to explain to someone how I quit drinking. The scene shifts to Livonia. There's a house that looks normal from the outside, but it's a huge coney restaurant on the inside. I continue telling the story about going into rehab, etc. 

11/7/20

 I'm at a wine tasting. I try several reds and the guy pouring tells me I'm not going to like this next one because it's way too heavy. Then I get on a rowing machine and do a strange circular motion while rowing 

11/6/20

 I fall asleep. When I wake up, someone had shaved my mustache and beard. 

It's a Friday afternoon. I'm sitting around drinking with my brother Pau;, pretending I'm not drunk. My Uncle Tom is going to meet us later and we're going to go to a wedding together 

11/5/20

 I stop by GPUS to make a delivery. They're setting up for the GPUS Carnival. I see a big ramp that goes up and off into the distance. It's for the runners in a race that they're going to have. I walk into the cafeteria where all the food is free. There are a bunch of drink dispensers and I pour myself a half glass of some orange flavored energy drink. It tastes like a semi-sweet orange pop. 

11/4/20

 

I watch as some folks are playing doubles tennis The court is real tiny. Then I se where you can play singles. Iy's this weird vertical net that goes from the ground to the ceiling and I can't figure out how you play. 

11/3/20

 

I'm playing some one-on-one basketball. I'm great at stealing the ball, but I miss ever shot I take. 

11/2/20

 I'm riding a dirt bike around the city with a bunch of kids. We're racing up and down some steps. Then I end up in a field with Mallory C. and I ask her how she and Maddy got so religious when their parents are agnostics. 

11/1/20

I buy an expensive hand-made guitar. It's a little large and the wooden surface is unfinished. I pick it up and start playing it, and surprisingly, can actually play a song on it. Then I do some bluesy improv with it. 

I was going to start dating Jenny French for started to date Carpie instead. I immediately regret it and want to get Jenny back. I work downtown and we get in a car and head north on Woodward. It's an area known as Germantown and we talk about how Detroit is being revitalized. There are all kinds of high-end shops and upscale restaurants. The we're getting dressed to go to the opera. I put on a suit, but decide to wear a cheap, checked jacket and some old shoes. But I put on an expensive scarf and overcoat. I figure since we're going three nights in a row, I'll save the fancier clothes for the second and third night. As we're walking, Jenny walks with my brother Paul, be we start to chat and realize how much alike we are and how much we have in common. 

I'm in a bar that has a small swimming pool in it. I want to take a dip and ask the lifeguard if there are any suits in the lost and found. He's Rob Lowe and is sort of like the character he plays in "Parks N ec". He finds a suit but says it's a boys size six and demonstrates that it won't even fit over the head of some fat guy sho is in the pool. 

10/31/20

We're living in an abandoned parking structure in Toronto. We sleep on mattresses on the ground. Joe decides to sleep with several other people on  their mattress. Then we're in a park sitting at a long picnic table with a bunch of folks. A woman has a box of fiery hot Cheezits that are these big, skinny crackers. I taste one and it's not really that hot.