Wednesday, May 27, 2009

More Cool Dreams

I just woke up a little while ago, and I had a really cool dream/dreams. I was trapped in a Mall for some reason, with lots of other people. It had sort of a Mad Max feel to it, but more modern with all the electricity still working, but there was still a gang/thug feel to it. I was constantly on the move, trying to get *somewhere* cutting across courtyards, getting into fights, etc. Then I think the dream changed gears or switched, because I was outside, in the rain, so I took off my leather biker jacket and found a large, black trench coat with a hood. I put on the hood and started walking in the rain with it, but the coat was dragging behind me and was getting wet and heavy. Then somehow I came upon a Darth Vader mask, and I put it on under the hood, and then instantly I was Darth Vader with force powers and all.

I then proceeded to go through the mall, still trying to find my way to *somewhere* and eventually I accumulated followers. They weren't storm troopers, but they were the Empire officers with the british accents. The coolest part of the dream was when I came across a guy I really don't like much in real life, and used the dark side to choke him to death. I really wish I had said something dramatic like "I find your lack of faith disturbing" but I'm pretty sure I just called him a dick and flung his lifeless corpse against a wall.

This is the point where I think I started to wake up because I started to actively patrol around the place for other people I didn't like because I was going to force-lightning their asses into little piles of dust. I don't remember if I actually found anyone else before I woke up, but I have a nice idea of what it would have looked like had I found them.

I'm a little disappointed there was no lightsaber action, but I think this was more of a dream about dominance over my enemies rather than persevering through their bullshit. It may not have been the Jedi way, but damn, the dark side felt goooood. I remember hearing someplace that they discovered an evolutionary or perhaps a biological basis for the sensation of satisfaction given when one gets revenge. I agree that it feels good. But I also remember hearing someplace that the feeling of romantic love is equivalent to eating large quantities of chocolate. So who knows what's true? But I can personally attest that the dark side is seductive and that I wouldn't mind having the power to psychically choke a few assholes to death.

3 comments:

  1. A few things:

    1. It's excellent that you're keeping track of your dreams. I understand that regularly writing down dreams can help with dream recall. Also, it can lead to dream lucidity (becoming aware or 'awake' in a dream and then being able to control it).

    2. I frequently dream of being in malls. They're often empty, sometimes overgrown (like in a postapocalyptic way), sometimes ominous or foreboding (I've called this the 'Wolfram and Hart' mall...Angel fans will get the reference). I think this must be a common dreamscape for suburbanites.

    3. Have you by any chance been playing too much Star Wars Battlefront II?

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  2. Nope, don't even own that game. But I have been watching the Star Wars movies accompanied by MST3K-style "riff track" mp3s. And I've also been catching a lot of slanderous flack from a group of undergrads I have opted to not associate with anymore, so it's no wonder my dreams would have a revenge component.

    I'd love to try lucid dreaming. There are a handfull of dreams that I've had that I sometimes "re-enter" if that makes sense, and it's always very compelling. Like one I have where I'm in this place full of rolling grass-covered hills where there are these enormous houses. Maybe I just like the scenery, but the feeling I get when I'm there is amazing.

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  3. I highly recommend Star Wars BFII. In some cases you can actually play Vader and go around choking rebels. I don't think Vader shoots force lightning, but the Emperor does and so does Count Dooku.

    The online play (for PC) is pretty excellent, also. There are both space and ground battles. In the space battles, you can land your starcraft in the other team's base and blow their shit up.

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