2/28/22

I'm playing baseball and we're using a black racquetball. I play right field and make several amazing catches/plays. My dad takes to the field and when he goes to chase down a ball I trip him. He takes a hard fall and I feel super bad about it. 

Zubes buys a shirt that has a hole in it. Instead of returning it right away she wears it and washes it a couple times. I get into an argument with a Japanese guy about it. We start yelling t each other. Then I get really dressed up to go out. There's a spot that's on a hill and I have to walk down some slippery rocks/steps. I run into my dad who's wearing a tux and playing cards. 

2/26/22

I go downtown with Amir. We get separated and I wander around I keep running into Tom. He has a couple jobs downtown--one is walking around with a billboard and there's a cutout on it for his face to poke through. I end up leaving with him and the whole Mercier family. We're packed into their car. I try to call Amir but my phone has all kinds of issues and I can't figure out to dial it. I finally call Joe and she tells me there's an APB out for me since no one has heard from me in hours. Our state senator is with her and she's going to a wedding shower. We stop at Elmwood Cemetery and park at their family plot so we can pay our respects to the family. 

2/24/22

I skip school and ride my bike. I end up at a teacher's house. It's really shabby. As I leave he shows up with a very young student/girlfriend. We move a heavy sofa for a better view out his window. 

I'm at a composer's house and it's almost dinnertime. I go swimming with his son in their pool. After I get out I look around for some pants to wear. A young girls helps me find some. When I put them on they look like Joe's exercise shorts. 

2/23/22

 

I'm in love with two model-pretty women. We're at my Grandma Bruske's house and we're discussing how the three of us can get married. We decide we're going to live in the basement. We go down there and it's been converted into a living space because a renter used to live there. It's has a shower and there's a big tv and a sofa in the living room area. I think the women have a couple of dogs. 

2/22/22

 

I go to Ann Arbor and meet up with John Lapp. Then I try to find my way home. It's one of those frustrating dreams where I keep driving around looking for a sign for I-94 and can't find one!

2/21/22

I'm in a small town in Maine with Dan Mosier. We've been there for six days. It used to be a quaint little town. The main street is still nice but it's completely surrounded by new condos and homes. The main street is flooded because it's high tide. We see a gas station on the edge of town and I mention that my da took our car to have it repaired when we visited when we were kids. We step into a crowded record store and Dan asks me if I've ever heard of The Cream. He picks out a record by them and I tell him it isn't their best one--he should look for "Fresh Cream". While looking through the bins I spot a double cd by the MC5. When I go back and look for it again it's gone. We leave and then I realize that I accidentally walked out with a couple cds. I ask Dan if he's ever heard of them and he says they're folk-rock. He tells me I cn borrow anything from his collection and I tell him I have more music than I can ever listen to  

2/20/22

This was one of those frustrating dreams. The theme was me telling people about these blogs I have. I couldn't remember the name of one of them but kept telling people to visit my painting blog and you could get to it from there. At one point I was at Marna's house and telling Libby about it. I couldn't figure out how to work the various devices to access the net. I tried to use a phone, and a computer to no avail! 

2/19/22

 I'm starting a job as a DJ at Wayne State's radio station. We're in a tent and there are a bunch of people in the broadcast booth with me. I'm supposed to announce the name of a song after it's done playing. The person coaches me to pronounce it with a Castillian accent, pushing my tongue against the back of my top teeth and making a th sound for the letter c. I ask someone if I can see the name of the song in print and I'm given this album cover that's all faded up. They post out the name with is buried in the psychedelic design. I explain that a good album cover should just have a  simple cover design with the name on it. And on the back it should have a list of the songs and a brief paragraph or two. 

2/18/22

I'm in a classroom at my high school. It's around noon and as usual, I'm not sure I'm in the right room. Then I spot Kathleen Kargula and I figure Im in the right place. We end up outside and it's a botany class. We have to pinch off a branch of a large shrub and describe it in botanical terms. The person who goes before names all the parents of the plant using the Latin names. When it's my turn, I just say that I pinched the branch to encourage more growth. 

2/16/22

A female guitarist asks me to repair her guitar. I play around with it. The first two strings are real loud. I noodle around with it and just about everything I play sounds great. Sort of like Leo Kottke. We talk on the phone and I know we're destined to be a couple. Then I see her in church. She looks a bit like my cousin Dana. We look at each other and know we're going to have an affair. In the back of the church is Dr. Goerke. I go up for communion. 

Tom Campbell and a friend are at the War Memorial. They're both kids. I'm looking after them and I keep telling him he needs to call his mom to come and pick him up or we need to start walking home. Finally I start walking and they follow me. 

I'm on some sort of school field trip. We're on a boat and I'm working on a painting the whole time. Then we stop into DaEduardo's restaurant. There are several pans of leftover pizza from the school group that was there before us. We grab plates and fill them up. I put some on a plate and go sit in a booth. The girl who's sitting across from me has a pastry that's shaped like a giant human head. I ask her what it's filled with and she turns it around so it's facing me. I look into the eye sockets and it's filled with hot dogs and sausages. I start laughing uncontrollably and she turns it around to see and she starts laughing as well. I wake up laughing to myself. 

 

2/15/22

Bonnie Phillips joins us at a Mexican restaurant. Then we're back at our house. She sees one of my paintings and says she loves it and asks me how much it is. I tell her to make me an offer. 

My dad is taking pictures of us with a Polaroid camera.

I'm in a booth in a restaurant. we're having a meeting for writers. There's a big woman already sitting in the booth and she's waiting for a carry out order. I tell her to stay. Then Wally shows up. 

I'm in a basketball game. I score a couple baskets. Then the buzzer goes off and we head to the locker room. We complain about the 8 second shot clock and how we're so busy looking at the clock we can't concentrate on the game. 

2/13/22

I'm walking down Grand River near my grandparent's house, only it's on the edge of being in the country. I think we're camping. 

I go into a fast food restaurant that sells something called "Big White". I ask Hawk if I can borrow some money. His sister Denise is there and she lends me two quarters and a penny. I drop them. When I go to pick them up I find a dime. I go to the counter and order one. It comes wrapped in plastic along with some fries. 

There's a big swimming pool. I jump in. The Hawk is there and he's wearing a bathing cap. 

I'm in West Virginia. I'm near the river, and two hillbillies come on shore. A third one is in a boat and there's some sort of shady deal going on. Back at the house there are a ton of cameras. Some guy is running a photo printing service. I can't find my Nikon and someone says it'll turn up. My brother Dave gets a job there. He better produce or he'll get fired. Someone says he got the job because of me. 

2/11/22

I'm visiting old Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. There are ticket booths set up outside the stadium in the outfield section of the park I ask how much tickets are and the agent tells me they're $75 for the outfield seats. I go around to the home plate area and walk right in. Someone invites me to check out his seat. You can only see the home plate area of the field because the overhang blocs the view. I notice there are people seating in one area of the outfield and behind the plate. I comment that it's typical of the owners to just sell seats for a couple areas, because they too cheap to pay someone to clean up the whole stadium. 

We're having a barbecue for Father's Day and we're at some log cabin/cottage. Someone has started roasting sever huge pork loins that are tied together. There's another area where we're going to do the actual grilling. I move a rickety Weber grill around and there's a larger cast iron one near it. There are a few coals in each one, but there's a huge pile of briquettes starting to glow in a fire pit. I realize that we only have one bunch of asparagus and I need to go into town to buy more. 

2/10/22

I'm driving around Cape Cod looking at lighthouses. One is a huge complex with large living quarters on the first couple floors. 

2/9.22

I'm at work and it's a going away party for someone. I pull up in Tom Davidson's huge pickup truck. Then I look for my truck which I think is red Someone tells me it's actually bright blue and it's parked across the street. I pretend I'm having a senior moment and make light of it. 

2/6/22

I'm in a market. There's an African man who has a huge display of tribal rugs and dresses. My mom is interested in buying some and he explains what they're all about. I can't tell if he's speaking English or not and can't understands what he's talking about. We decide we'll go into town to look for some. 

2/4/22

I'm with Sarah and Hannah. Sarah has a friend visiting from India. We're going to visit his dad's car museum and I put on a t-shirt and a hoodie. 

I'm running on Lakeshore Drive and there are a bunch of pavers along a path. There are also meadows, sort of like a public park. A bunch of people are there picnicking. I lay down and there's a woman with her young girls next to me. A baby jumps up on me and I pick her up and put her down. The lady is pissed and she and her girls leave. I'm mad that I don't have my phone with me because I wanted to take some photos. 

2/3/22

I'm downtown and I was supposed to get married to someone but I change my mind and marry someone else. Kent and Donna Vandenboom are there. I'm hanging out with a bunch of black people who I think are my in-laws. 

2/2/22

I'm at Y&R and not part of any group. I'm accidentally part of a creative presentation to a bank. I quietly give up my char and slip out of the meeting. I wander around looking for a table to sit at in the hallway. I tell a Creative Director my predicament and he shows me how to put stickers on stuff. 

I go to a plant sale out in Farmington Hills with Marge. I put some plants on a tray and I also steel some. A guy says Have your credit cards ready," He uses a cube to charge them. We take a shuttle to the car. It looks like downtown Birmingham. We run into an older couple we used to see on Slow Rolls. We go into their condo which is ultra modern and take an elevator up to the parking deck. It's a long way up.  

2/1/22

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'm in line at a cafeteria. I don't want to eat meat so I put a pile of sauerkraut on my tray. It falls on the floor so I pick it up and put it into the trash. I'm seated and on my tray is some multicolored boat rope. I pour some sauce over it and cut it up to eat it. Charlie Bishop is there and he says he's going to visit Mitchell. I ask, "Mary Mitchell?" And he says, "No, Chuck".

1/29/22

 I go to China with a bunch of Kondaks. I wander off by myself and visit a church. I take a picture of the inside during a service and someone yells at me, "No photos"! The I see a sign that says No Photography! Then I'm participating in a cooking competition with a young girl. We have a big bowl of rice in front of us and aseveral piles of spices which we sprinkle into the rice. I wonder how the dishes could be different when we're using the same ingredients. Then we all meet back in a big room and I tell the family about my exploits. 

1/27/22

 

I'm in a room with an insane Nazi soldier. He's going to shoot someone. I close my eyes and hope he doesn't shoot me. I'm breathing heavily and realize I'm snoring and wake up. 

1/26/22

 

I'm at Brownell and complain that only the same 5 girls get to play in basketball games. The cross country coach agrees with me. He asks me to help coach and I agree as long a people don't get the wrong idea about me. Then  girl jumps up into my arms and gives me a hug. 

1/18/22

 

I'm in high school. We get our yearbooks and it's full of generic photos--none of them are of South students. We form a group to redo the whole book. 

1/15/22

The Hawk get a job at C-E on Hoover Road. I drive with his parents to pick him up at work. Mr. Mercier can't figure out how to get there. He's a terrible driver and we almost get into several accidents. 

I'm trimming the ivy on my parent's home I pull them off and some of them have grown into the dining room. I tug at them and a valuable painting on wood falls onto the floor and falls apart. My dad is real pissed. 

I call my cousin Carol about getting together. She asks me if I feel okay and I tell her Feel fine. 

1/13/22

Some guy fires a missile. It explodes a couple miles away. It creates a big cloud of chemicals. We have to decide whether to flee or lock ourselves inside a home. 

1/9/22

I'm at a creative briefing. There are a bunch of engineers in the room. I sit with a female AE. Technical stuff is being discussed. I want to write something funny and pass it the the AE only all the sheets of paper are filled with technical notes. Sam Minella comes over and asks if there's a creative brief. 

1/7/22

 

I'm at Emily Shaheedy's wedding. It's in the lobby of an office building. There's a camera show going on. They want me to dance the Hora. I wander around and look at the cameras. The next stop is going to be Mount Clemens. I look for my coat. Aunt Freda falls down. 

1/5/22

Pounder is teaching a class to a bunch of retarded Russians. They're all fat and bald. I joke with him that he should be called "Professor Pounder". 

I do a stand up comedy bit involving taking over the country of Eritrea. Then I'm chosen to be a speaker at a huge event. I need to write down some notes. The copy machines all have paper loaded into them that's already printed on both sides. The event is in a huge arena and it's a retirement party for Al Hoeg. 

Hannah gives me an afro haircut. I think to myself, now I'll know what it's like to go into a store and be treated like shit by the employees.  

1/2/22

We're painting the Farber's basement. We're rolling out black pain only it's supposed to be mustard colored. Then I'm riding bikes with Hannah. Sarah is blading down Vernier. Later I cook up a big tray of fish and veal for the Farber's party. 

12/31/21

I arrange a seminar for the agency where the producers explain their process so we can do better creative work. Only Mary Grahms, John Rockiki, and one other person attend. 

I'm eating an ice cream cone. It's coconut ice cream and I take huge bites out of it.  

12/29/21

I'm working at an ad agency. We get three assignment--each one comes with a stack of paperwork and it's very confusing. I try to implement job sheets. Chris Arace is there and Charlie Bishop is working part time. He takes one assignment and opens it up. It's for the New York car dealers. I'm working with a bunch of folks and we're throwing out ideas. II come up with the healing: It's how New York moves! I'm going to the car and keep dropping things.