1/28/21

I'm in a classroom and we divide into several groups--each one has to develop and present and idea for a dealer car commercial. Maurya's group presents a sweet commercial. Mike Marshall and Erik Edlund is in our group and we develop a commercial behind the song "Kick Out The Jams!" Then we're roaming around the halls at Joe Louis Arena while there's a hockey game going on. Charlie Bishop walks by and he's filming a commercial with some hockey players. 

1/27/21

I'm at Bill and Sue's for some family affair only they live out in the country. I volunteer to haul a bunch of firewood for a bonfire we're going to have later. 

Pounder and I are staying with a rich Great Aunt who looks like Helen Mirren. The two of us are shopping for beer and I decide I'm going to drink over the weekend but will quit on Monday. Then I'm walking around the Village barefoot. I'm wearing a dress shirt and tie and my pants are rolled up. I run into my aunt and her lady friend outside the Jacobson's Home Furnishing store and she wonders why I'm not at her house for dinner. I tell her I need to change. Then I go into the restaurant across the street where Pounder is finishing lunch. I tell him we need to go. He takes one last sip of wine and leaves a half full glass on the table. We both decide that we don't need to drink. 

1/26/21

I'm working at D'Arcy and I receive a paycheck. It's signed but there's no dollar amount indicated. I walk around the office looking for someone who can explain it. Do I fill in any amount? I find the finance person, she's an Indian woman and is on the phone. I see a list of some of my paychecks and the number $440 is on it several times. A group is headed out to Greenfield Village and I wonder if I should go or skip it and head home early. 

I run into Dave Stoll and he looks the same as he did in our college days. His brother Peter shows me where he lives, which is a small space on the landing of a two family flat. Peter and I go into a dinky party store and pick out a bunch of exotic IPAs. 

1/25/25

I find an expensive cd player and I take it to a stereo shop to sell it. The back/bottom has come off and the sales person (Art?) keeps trying to glue it back on. 

I'm at some kind of event (wedding?) doing a photo shoot. Someone steals my camera and camera bag with all my equipment. I rifle through my Uncle Tom's room and I find various pieces of photo equipment when he walks in. I feel guilty about doing it, but I'm pretty sure he's the culprit. 

1/24/21

I'm in India and I'm in a building or a restaurant. It's on a cliff overlooking the ocean and as far as you can see in either direction is a waterfall. We're at the peak and I ask someone if I can go down to a lower floor and escape. I['m told that the slaves are down there and it might be dangerous. 

1/22/21

I'm with Karen Fishman and she's going to give her dissertation at WSU. We get there at 1 and her time isn't until 4 so we have some time to kill. We go into a drugstore or book store that looks like Kent Drugs and Frank Traum is there. He want to show me some article in a magazine only he keeps picking around. I finally give up and swipe a copy of the magazine and dash outside. 

I'm at a shopping mall and there's an Asian trade fair going on in the basement. I do an Asian type painting of some flowers on a moistened piece of white silk. It looks amazing until it accidentally gets dumped into some water. I look around to buy some more fabric only every booth is filled with scarves and dresses. I finally find a shop upstairs filled with absolutely beautiful Japanese paintings of flowers.  

1/21/21

I'm guzzling Scotch from a half gallon bottle. I can smell and taste it and I can feel the buzz as well. Then I decide I'm going to quit drinking forever and pour it down the drain. I also empty a fifth bottle and then realize it was someone else's very expensive single malt Scotch. I say to myself, "You can't change unless you want to change." 

I'm at some kind of sports banquet and I'm standing around with a bunch of guys. Marty MaMilan is the and he's old looking and hunched over. After he leaves, someone mentions how sad it is that he's in such bad shape. 

1/20/21

I'm in London and I get separated from Joe. I'm on a subway car and end up in an office building. It's a design company that makes miniature doll houses and furniture. 

I'm in Manhattan staying at a posh hotel. I wander around the streets a bit. Then I end up back at the hotel restaurant. The waitress explains the menu which features a seafood pasta dish. There are three versions of the dish, the first one starts at $33 for a 1/2 order. 

A bunch of kids are in our garden. They're picking green tomatoes and I get really pissed off at them and start swearing at them. Some of them have whole baskets full of the unripe tomatoes. 

I'm at some kind of ceremony. It's at St. Paul's along the fence with the Academy. It's grassy and there are a bunch of seats set up and it's pretty crowded. Some people yell to get my attention and I'm pretty sure they're people I went to grade school with. On the other side of the fence are a bunch of people as well, I know some of them but not sure here I know them from. 

Wally and I are in the Village shopping. He buys a bunch of dvds of Jimi Hendrix. I hear him playing and see a few clips of him and Wally is really talking him up. Then we're in a parking lot. It's a brief slice in time where it's iced up but I know it won't last long. I do some skating where I'm only wearing shoes. Another recurring theme. I mention to him that I had a dream about the kids picking green tomatoes. 

I'm at one Krogers and have a bad experience. Then I'm at a small grocery story that's actually another Krogers. The butcher/cashier mentions that this is the better Krogers. 

I'm working out at a gym with Randy. It's a weird routine where you sit on a rowing machine with hand weights for the first part. Then you get off and do another routine with the weights. Kathus is there only she's a little girl. She's not wearing a top and I give her an awkward hug. Then I see Lisa is on the rowing machine starting a workout. 

1/18/21

Nick and Ann had just moved into a  new place. Nick finds a Golden Nature Guide the seashells and he mentions that he might take up shelling. 

1/16/21

 

I'm downtown at a huge jazz festival. I walk around and hear the music from various stages. 

I'm in East Lansing for Paul Kondak's graduation. We go into the factory where he worked part time and he demonstrates the equipment he worked on. Then I'm in an open-sided bus taking a shower. Liz Flood is there and I'm in love with her. Her ex boyfriend is there. Then I notice she and the people she's with can see me showering only it doesn't bother me. Then we're on a bus heading home. Her ex is with another girl and we're at the back of the bus. I put my arm around her and it's pretty awkward. I call Sue and ask her if Paul brought the cookies I sent home with him. She's on speaker and everyone can hear our conversation.  

1/14/21

I doing some detailer painting of the rims of some mini hand-made plates. 

I'm in Spain and I tell the people I'm with they should take the language test. It's testing them in Spanish Portuguese, and Latin. They'll get a real cool certificate just for taking the test. 

1/13/21

This is sort a a reoccurring dream where's I'm passionately in love with someone and we're total kindred spirits. In this dream I'm in love with a woman I used to work with, Kathleen Murphy. We're on a couch hugging and we decide we need to talk. We know that even though we're madly in love, it just wasn't meant to be. 

1/11/21

Somehow, I was part of a three-man effort to kidnap the prez. I drove around the WSU campus until I found a boarded up building near the freeway. I parked my car on the sidewalk and entered. I told the receptionist I wanted to talk to a reporter. It was some sort of newspaper operation. I met with two guys to tell them about my involvement. I had almost nothing to do with it and wanted to make sure no harm would come to him. I also waned to make sure I didn't look bad since I was in the job market. The two guys were barely interested in what I had to say and one of them doodled the whole time. I figured he was an illustrator for the paper. 

1/10/21

I was attending my high school class reunion. I had to fill out a name tag that had my name, what job I did for a living, and what I was doing now. Most of the people were unfamiliar and since we had a huge class, I wasn't surprised. I did spot a few girls I knew. In one room people were doing drawings from their favorite stories from the bible. I thought, Aha, the religious nuts have taken over. At one point, I peeked into a room and there were a bunch of women dressed up in fancy dresses and adorned in flowers like they were part of a wedding party. They were working a phone bank. 

1/8/21

I'm in our living room and playing baseball. Someone is rolling bocci balls at me and I'm smacking them with a bat.

I'm in a restaurant and a woman is carving up some steaks and putting them on my plate. The pieces are huge and about 4 inches thick. I comment that I'm not a vegetarian but I really don't eat much meat and that just one of the pieces would be more than enough. 

1/7/21

I'm helping a high school friend, Carpy, book a room in Paris. She's sort of a snob but can't really afford a fancy hotel. I ask her how she feels about sharing a room in a youth hostel? She shrugs her shoulders and I tell her it could lead to sex! Then I tell her I'm kidding and that she could make some good friends there. 

1/5/21

I was working in our community garden.  There were a bunch of large yellow squashes coming up and I started taking a couple of them. Then announced that people need to start picking the vegetables before they rot. Someone came over with a huge watermelon he had just picked and asked if I wanted it. I tole him I'd take a third of it for Diana since I hate watermelon. 

1/4/21

A bunch of us are gathered around Nick & Ann's car and we're about to go skiing. We're loading up our skis and Jeff is there and he wants to show us something. Can't remember what it was. 

I have a new job and one of the first things I have to do is go downtown to the Renaissance Center and attend a wedding. I'm with someone else and we're all dressed up. We're riding tricycles and I ask about parking which is very expensive. We take some tickets from a machine and it includes three free coupons. I ask the guy I'm with if we can just use one of the free tickets. Then we're on Lakeshore and peddling hard to make our trikes go. 

1/3/21

I'm waiting for a bus at the Renaissance Center Larry Donebedian is there and we're going to a wedding. I have a green pepper with me and part of it is scorched on the outside. Then we're at Larry's house and I have a kielbasa--it's cut open and looks like a skinned rabbit. I ask his dad if he want some and tell him it's from Srodek's Market. I also have a piece of bread which is on the sofa. I hear some West African music that features the thumb piano and notice Larry is now an older black man with a grey beard. 

1/2/21

I'm downtown new the Renaissance Center. I see a yellow Ferrari pull up and John Saber gets out of it. I hear an announcer say that his dear friend John is going to make a speech. I say just loud enough, "Oh, Saber's in town and he didn't bother to call me." John looks over in my direction. 

I go into Pointe Hardware. All the lights are off and I realize that it's closing time and they forgot to turn off the lights. 

1/1/21

I'm at some gathering and am talking to a friend of my in-laws. I have some ribbons I got from a SMART meeting and the woman had never heard of it. So I explain how I went to rehab and all-out the meetings. 

I'm on a sailboat in a harbor. We see a bunch of older couples who are heading out on their fishing boats to do some night fishing.  

12/30/20

'm at a big protest at a theatre in Toledo. I drink a quick beer and get into some kind of costume made of cardboard that includes a skirt. I'm in the balcony and am about to go downstairs to march. I remember that I have a possible job interview on the wa home and just then I have to pee. 

I'm in a meeting at an ad agency and tell the group that they hate all the ideas I submit because they're mine. I present my own stuff and it's all great. 

I'm invited to an open house at an agency and rob and Jan are going to go, only they're standing around on their front lawn drinking. I tell everyone we need to hit the road by 4L30 or the traffic is going to be too bad. I can see a bunch of cars on the road and they're going in the opposite direction.