OT: (Was: Re: Conlangea Dreaming)

On Fri, Oct 06, 2000 at 05:53:34PM -0700, Sally Caves wrote:
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> Okay, I'll join this thread.  I can't read either in my dreams, and
> I guess for the same reason.  I will often dream that I have a paper
> to present, or a lecture to give to a class based on notes.  In either
> case, when I look at the notes or the written essay, it's a hopeless
> jumble of nonsensical sentences, which sometimes devolve into scribbles
> and partial drawings.
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I can compose entire, coherent storylines during the semi-conscious time
after lying down and before fully falling asleep. After that, I sometimes
get into a semi-conscious dream mode where I'm actually actively composing
my dream as it comes. At first, I'll be manipulating the dream, but then
it starts taking over, and eventually all coherence is lost to the birds.

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> I can't phone anyone in my dreams, either.  I can't punch the right
> numbers.  I'll be staring at the phone and the numbers aren't where
> they are supposed to be.  This will put me into a mounting frenzy
> as I fumble and fumble with the phone.  Sometimes it turns into
> a paper phone.  Just a drawing of the phone on a sidewalk, and I'll
> be on my knees trying to find the numbers.
LOL!! A paper phone! Reminds me, actually, of those strange semi-awake
dreams I used to have -- once, I dreamt that a cousin who had moved to
another country returned to visit. Towards the end of the dream, we were
outside the door, saying goodbye, and I didn't want him to go. I wanted to
walk with him to see him off, but I was moving slower and slower.
Eventually, I was almost paralysed, and so frustrated because my knee just
won't budge. I remember literally bending over and trying to move my legs,
but they became as stiff as stone.

And then I woke up kicking, with a cramp in my leg and feeling sore all
over. :-P


T