not that i spend a lot of time asleep.
If you see only one martial arts Western this year (and there is probably an excellent chance of that), this is the one.
Two years ago: How to remind yourself why you started a project.
Three years ago: Infield fly rule.
Today's news question:What movie are you going to see this weekend?
I would really kill for some happy dreams right about now.
Mysterious dreams. Sexy dreams. Anything.
What I'm getting are dreams that usually leave me feeling depressed or self-deprecating. One of my dreams last night had me all upset that I hadn't gotten nobodyknowsanything.com when I could have. In another dream everyone was invited to a big party in New Orleans except me. Everyone appears to be some combination of my high school class and my USC class.
Every time I've tried dream rituals to induce a certain type of dream -- a creative dream, an answer to a question, something -- I have failed miserably. Maybe I haven't tried enough nights running recently.
I used to write down my dreams every night. I would do so again, except I get so bummed out about them I don't want to remember them these days. I know dreams are supposed to be reflections of my day, so perhaps I am more bummed out than I know. I don't think so, and I am usually fairly honest with myself -- even when I don't know why I'm bummed out, I know that I am.
If I can't be made thrillingly happy by my dreams, I wouldn't mind getting a few ideas from them. I have gotten some good ideas from dreams in the past. A few have affected me so strongly I remember images from them years later. I suppose if I went back to writing them down every morning, I might get a better mix of dreams, some more ideas to bounce off of, and I might feel better when I wake up in the morning.
(One book I particularly like about dream interpretation -- which stresses that your interpretation over any cookie-cutter interpretation -- is Living Your Dreams by Gayle Delaney. I guess I should go consult it to see what it says about this situation.)
Of course, maybe this is all a side-effect of waking up several times a night. Yes, after a few nights of sleeping from 8 until 3am and then again from 3 to 6, Sophia has taken to waking up at all hours of the night. 1, 3, 5. One night I woke up because she was furiously kicking my back. Ha. Yes kid, I'm awake.
She had her three-month doctor's appointment yesterday. She's grown 4 inches and now weighs over 13 pounds. (If one more person tells me that she'll start sleeping through the night when she hits 10 pounds or 12 pounds, I will pound them.) It's hard to remember what she looked like as a tiny new person.
Forum: Anybody got any dream rituals they'd like to share?
Pookie seems to be getting into the habit of sleeping a hard three hours every afternoon, so I may try to prepare for that and get something done during that time.
I mentioned to Pooks via AOL IM today that I have a few little snippets of ideas but no full-fledged script ideas. She mentioned combining one of my snippets with my idea for a mystery novel and seeing what I get.
And here we have Enrique Iglesias, singing along at a concert that primarily features his vocals on a pre-recorded track. That is, he should be lip-synching, which as you can hear is a more difficult feat than any of us had previously suspected.
The answer to yesterday's question: The House of Representatives removed trading restrictions against China that were part of anti-communist sanctions. China now has normal trading privileges.
Why haven't they been extended to Cuba? Because we're still pissed off about Castro's surviving so damn long in power. Okay, that's not what the New York Times said. But it doesn't have a damn thing to do with human rights. George R. Nethercutt, R - Washington, has an interesting editorial about this situation in today's Times.
The answer to the bonus question: A Chilean appeals court has stripped General Augusto Pinochet of his immunity, thereby paving the way for a possible trial of the former dictator on charges of kidnapping, torture, and murder.
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