the world spinning gently out of time... Blur

This is such a beautiful and yet simple song. We should all listen to this and reflect on the simple message of the lyrics. This is by Blur, from their 2003 album Think Tank.

Where's the love song?
To set us free
Too many people down
Everything turning the wrong way around
And I don't know what love will be
But if we start dreaming now
Lord knows we'll never leave the clouds
And you've been so busy lately
that you haven't found the time
To open up your mind
And watch the world spinning gently out of time
Feel the sunshine on your face
It's in a computer now
Gone are the future, way out in space
Tell me I'm not dreaming but are we out of time?
(We're) out of time
Out of time

Dream of theater and washing a bus

Here's another dream recount from a dream that I had last night.

I dreamed that I was in a large room, which was part of a very large movie theatre complex. It was filled with people, all whom were strangers and I was walking around, looking at all the people, trying to find my friend who seemed to have disapeared. Finally, I just had one more place to check and that was the restroom. So I checked the restroom and from the first stall, I could hear him snoring, so I knocked on the door and asked if everything was ok. He then came out and we started talking about which movie we wanted to watch. As I was standing in the restroom, some people came in and were talking amongst themselves. Then I felt water dripping from me and at first felt a panicky feeling like it was coming from me because I had something physically very wrong. But then I traced the water back to my head and then realized that it was coming from the ceiling and I just happened to be standing underneath it.

So then me and my friend left the restroom and were still discussing which movie we should watch, since we missed the one we were going to watch because he fell asleep in the restroom. Then I said, "Hey, you wanna get popcorn and a drink?" He said he did, so we then started walking along a very long counter, looking at all kinds of snacks, such as candy and chips. I couldn't decide what to get.

Then the dream changed and we were driving a large truck in the country. We decided to stop and try to wash the truck, which seemed to grow in size as we were washing it. We started at the back of the vehicle and as we slowly moved forward, it became more buslike. At first he had the water hose, but I wanted to take over, so I took the water hose and was cleaning under a rear wheel well when I missed a spot and he sort of snapped at me to get that spot! So then I was trying much harder to clean it the best I could, without missing any spots and with paying extra attention to those spots that didn't come off very easily.

Then a small group of people showed up and they seemed to think they were above having to belittle themselves with washing a vehicle. They were mostly standing around, sort of in the way and I was trying to be polite and not get them wet. But as they were standing on the other side of the bus, I was rinsing the roof and one of them got wet and yelled at me. She said "Don't get us wet, we're musicians!" I responded with "So am I!". Then I felt extra peeved so from then on, I made a point to make sure I got them wet when I sprayed the water.

This part of the dream eventually faded, at least faded from my memory, but what I remember next is being in a medium sized retail store, in the back room. A guy, who I was slightly intimidated by, asked me to go out to the floor and get a small sewing kit. He gave specific instructions for exactly what kind of kit he wanted and what he didn't want. I frantically searched for this sewing kit and finally found one that looked like it was the right kind. It was in a small clear bag and contained some small scissors, which was part of the proper description. So I took these and brought them back to him. He told me they weren't the right kind. Then he showed me one of the uses, which was nothing to do with sewing. He demonstrated on a lady who was standing there. She had 3 small protruding bumps on the inside of each eye. The part next to the nose. He took this little device, which was sort of like a small set of eyelash curlers and he grabbed those 3 bumps simultaneously and twitched them up, as they made a snapping into place sound. He then repeated this procedure on the other eye and I sat there thinking what on earth is that all about.

Then someone told me that I needed to make a deposit by 4:00 and it was an hour away. Yet the time was already 3:15 and I didn't know how I would be able to make it on time.

I must have woken up at this point, because this is all I remember of the dream.

Now a few more songs that I like a lot, which have nothing to do with my dream. Just great music!

Broken Mirrors of Freedom

Irrevocable freedom
Caught in the twilight of insomnia
Thoughts penetrated where you need them
The differences like shades of gray
Embedded in the atmosphere
Somewhere in the fray
And won’t stop bleedin
Just another act of a familiar play

Ferocious wanderings, unapologetic endeavors
Sacrificial offerings blinded by broken mirrors
Boundaries are lines in the sand
Still floundering on this dry desert-like land

Wilderness of rambling roses
All lined up along the wall
Each one unique
Meaningful ideas
Different poses
Drastic surveillance
Regretful wishes
Elastic turbulence

Bloody clinched fists
Bruised and blackened
Too many lists
Chained up inside
And still… freedom-less.

Stacy Young ©2008

Dream of Albert Einstein's office and working as a janitor and running naked through an office

I've been having some really crazy and vivid dreams lately. Most are drawn out adventurous sagas. This is a dream I had last night.

I was with my cousin at a place like Disney. Not sure if it really was Disney, or just another them park like Disney, but we were walking around looking for a place to get a drink. I remember feeling like having a good drink was all I could think about. Maybe I just felt like getting a buzz, maybe it was a form of escape or maybe I just needed something to take the edge off the stress of life. In real life, I don't usually drink very much or very often too. I'm also not sure who this person was that was supposed to be my female cousin in this dream.

So we finally found a single $5 mixed icy alcoholic girly drink. We seemed to finish it off immediately and then I was on the hunt for more. I was very conscious that I didn't have very much money to get a drink with and was a little hesitant, since we were at Disney and everything there was totally over priced, but I really wanted a drink! After walking around a bit, looking for a suitable place to get a drink, we wandered into a casual restaurant and we each got a $5 small glass of beer. Mine was dark, stout and very tasty too. Then we walked further into this restaurant and ended up in some small attraction that showcased Albert Einstein and this particular room was a set up reenactment of his office, including his desk and everything else he had in his office. I was fascinated by this and just quietly studied his entire setup, every object on his desk too. I remember feeling like I wasn't supposed to just hover there for too long and should be moving on to the next exhibit, but I couldn't help but just stand there and absorb as much as I could of this wonderful opportunity that lay before me in this exhibit. Then a lady who was in charge of the exhibit came up to me with a little Albert Einstein doll and some other nick knacks that were part of the exhibit and she told me I could have them cause I really seemed sincerely interested. At first I wasn't sure if she was joking or if there was some kind of catch to this, but I realized that she was being completely serious, so I took those items and held on to them really tightly, as I sat there and watched a very long presentation in this room with maybe a dozen or so other people. Some of these people seemed jealous that I had these items and they seemed like they would try to take them from me if I set them down. I remember this Einstein doll sort of morphed into something that was electronic and more complicated during the course of my dream.

When this presentation was over, I took a walk down a long hall that seemed like it was part of an office. Then someone who was in charge of that office, asked me to run the vacuum cleaner real quick, before I left. I obliged and as I was vacuuming, noticed that the floor had a lot of little objects like pencils and other graffiti that I wasn't able to vacuum up and was trying to vacuum around. I finally decided I needed to stop running the vacuum and actually pick up this stuff and put into the trash, then also take care of the trash as well, before I resumed vacuuming. I also realized that this was no longer going to be just a simple and quick little job but that it would take a lot more effort and time to do it right.

This is all I remember of this dream. I may have woken up about then. Many of the small details of this dream have already faded, but I have enough of the basic story to be able to recount the main thrust of this dream.

Another night I dreamed of being in a capsule sitting back facing the sky, watching a bunch of symbols, numbers and code flashing before my eyes. I asked the pilot who was sitting next to me, what was happening. He told me it was a time machine. Just then the capsule turned to the right and we took off, flying around just above the ground and apparently trying to dodge the fire from other strange looking crafts and vehicles, some were friendly, some were enemies and I just wanted to get out of there. The next thing I remember was landing back inside the building where we started, which was apparently a place I was working. I got out and right then I saw my boss through a window looking into some kind of sauna. He was in the room with a bunch of other people and he was also totally naked. I remember thinking how on earth could he be doing that! Then I realized I was naked and my clothes were no where near me, but on the other side of the building. So I ran through the building into a room that had my clothes and slipped them on, with thankfully no one seeing me naked. This is all I can remember of this dream.

I don't know who this boss was because I am currently looking for a job. Maybe this was a bit of peering into the future? The office setting was very modern and yet was unlike any place I've ever worked before too.

Please feel free to interpret either of these 2 dreams as best you can, even if you aren't an expert dream interpreter. :) If you leave your interpretation as a comment, I will publish it, unless it's full of hate and venom, then I will delete it of course. lol thanks for reading!

Here's a nice little song from Red Hot Chili Peppers from their Californication album called "Parallel Universe". It's not only one of my fave RHCP songs, but seems to sort of fit with the theme of this post as well. Enjoy!

Nothing's Impossible

Just give me a reason, some kind of sign
I'll need a miracle to help me this time
I heard what you said, and I feel the same
I know in my heart that I'll have to change

Even the stars look brighter tonight
Nothing's impossible
I still believe in love at first sight
Nothing's impossible

How did we get to be this far apart?
How did we get to be this far apart?
I want to be with you, have something to share
I want to be here, I am not there

Even the stars look brighter tonight
Nothing's impossible
I still believe in love at first sight
Nothing's impossible
Even the stars look brighter tonight
Nothing's impossible
If you believe in love at first sight
Nothing's impossible

I still believe in love at first sight
Nothing's impossible  Depeche Mode  ©2005

Pictures from the river today and a beautiful Rush song too....

I spent some time with nature and the skeeters today out by the river and snapped a few pictures too. Of course I was also listening to my iPod. Today's music was the Rush  "Snakes and Arrows" album, which is a newer one of theirs. 

A beautiful song that I really enjoyed was "Faithless". 
Here's the lyrics... 

I've got my own moral compass to steer by
A guiding star beats a spirit in the sky
And all the preaching voices -
Empty vessels ring so loud
As they move among the crowd
Fools and thieves are well disguised
In the temple and market place

Like a stone in the river
Against the floods of spring
I will quietly resist

Like the willows in the wind
Or the cliffs along the ocean
I will quietly resist

I don't have faith in faith
I don't believe in belief
You can call me faithless
I still cling to hope
And I believe in love
And that's faith enough for me

I've got my own spirit level for balance
To tell if my choice is leaning up or down
And all the shouting voices
Try to throw me off my course
Some by sermon, some by force
Fools and thieves are dangerous
In the temple and market place

Like a forest bows to winter
Beneath the deep white silence
I will quietly resist

Like a flower in the desert
That only blooms at night
I will quietly resist 

Here are a few pics that I took while listening to this deep and powerful album, which made a perfect soundtrack today.