Dreams are weird things.

Figured I'd just take this time to fling down the remains of a dream I had about 8 hours ago. It's random as all hell, and may not make a lot of since to people that don't have kids or watch a lot of kid's shows.

The starting details are a bit fuzzy, but it begins with myself and my son at a shopping mall of some sort. They have an exhibit of art displayed in the halls. It's not fine art, just random art. So as we're looking over the items assembled, one of the individuals that seemed to be in charge mentions that there is a particular piece in a different hall that has a function of some sort that will help to feed the homeless by recycling bottles that you feed into it. Don't ask me where all this came from.

So, my son and I head towards that area, but on the way, we run across a crowd. In the middle of that crowd is the kids from that Nickelodeon show, iCarly, and they're singing "Don't Dream it's Over". Since my son likes to watch that show, we watched the performance, eventually getting to speak to the cast. For some unknown reason, the person that had organized all of this was Courtney Love, all clean and sober and not crazy at all. Afterwards, we all went back to some house and had a pizza party, but the bitch of the thing is, I had to make the pizzas. Even in my dreams, I'm stuck working.

In any event, now that I'm awake, I'm on my way to the District Attorney's office to see if I can avoid going to court tomorrow morning.

"So say we all."

In nomine Patris..

"We are the kingdom of light and dreams,"

"gnosis and life, Avantasia!"

Been in some of the strangest moods lately. Mainly irritable. Sometimes disappointed. Sometimes happy. Sometimes empty. Right now, empty.

I just finished 13 audiobooks from The Wheel of Time, catching up with the series in preparation for the release of the final book sometime next year. Honestly, I've listened to it in the car, during slow times before and after work, while doing dishes, doing yard work, even while gaming at times. Now that I'm all caught up and done, I feel an emptiness. I can only imagine how I'm gonna feel when the final book is released and it's all over and done with. As Brandon Sanderson said, I've been reading about these characters and their adventures for at least 10 years now, and I've become attached to them. They're almost like friends that you never see anymore but have had many good times with. So, yeah... Dorky and sad, but still.. All the above being said, that's been a huge part of mine time lately. I've been WoT obsessed. I've been researching background information. I've been looking up interviews. I've been going nuts trying to figure out where it's gonna go from here.

I've also been searching for a new band to listen to since Roy Khan left Kamelot. I'm sure Kamelot will carry on, but I didn't like their first vocalist, so I hold little hope for their new one. I have found a band that entertains me. Avantasia, a side project of Tobias Sammet of the band Edguy. They're a sort of metal opera type thing. Yeah...

Oh. I hate you.

"So say we all."

Another one of those nights.

I've been busy for the past week. I've been working almost non-stop, with only enough time to sleep between work shifts. Sometimes, even that wasn't guaranteed. In any event, today is my first day off in a week and a half. Not bad, but maaaaaaan I had some strange dreams last night.

First off, let me start by stating that it feels weird to have a dream that features a song that you haven't listened to in a good while. While I can see "7 Weeks" popping into my head, the fact that I hadn't heard in an at least a few months surprised me. What's even more surprising, and kinda worrisome, is that I had a dream that featured a song that I've NEVER heard. Apparently, it doesn't even exist. I've searched a few of the lyrics I recall on the interwebz and come up with nothing. Not the most classy of lyrics, but considering the settings for the dreams I had last night, they fit. They were:

"You could be crazy, I could be more,"
"You want me in the bedroom, I'll take you on the floor."

I had various dreams. One featured me and my son at some sort of carnival, playing a game together to win crazy prizes. Apparently, we were doing well, until someone escorted us away for doing too well.

Another featured a bridge that I've seen in MANY dreams before. The bridge goes over a body of water, not big, but at least 1/4 mile. And there's usually someone driving recklessly on the bridge, causing issues. This bridge is almost always in a dream in which I'm returning from a long trip.

That leads into the next dream. I was working at some sort of restaurant. I couldn't even say what kinda food they served. It was strange. Someone had come to visit me there and it threw the work environment into chaos as people got distracted and angry. That part was the longest dream, but it ended abruptly.

All in all, this ties into the last post that I made. My mind has been trying to deal with stuff so much that every night, some facet of my daily stress works its way into my dreams. I try to deal with it rationally, but who am I kidding? I'm not rational at all.

As for the Picture of the Post, I blame the AMVHell people for this video...



So, with that and the recent 'Brony' love for that My Little Pony show..

"So say we all..."