Comments on: Dull dreams

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:49:23 +0000

In reply to Michelle. I remember dreams from almost every night of sleep. I always think it must be so sad not to remember dreams. :(

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:08:50 +0000

I don’t really remember dreams as often these days, but like another commenter wrote, it’s really the emotions that I feel that stay with me. I had an odd dream last night about an Internet friend. I know we really didn’t go to NYC together and prounce around with our shopping bags, but I remember laughing with her and having a great time and so strangely feel a little closer to her. Like we really are shopping buddies.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:01:39 +0000

In reply to Katy. Oo, good to know. I checked out Indian Killer because I generally prefer novels to short stories. I shall give Sherman Alexie another time!

By: Katy

Katy — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:47:16 +0000

I kind of wish I had abandoned Indian Killer. I think Sherman Alexie must have been going through a particularly angry phase when he wrote that, and also I think he’s a better short story writer and poet than he is a novelist. I like The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven and Ten Little Indians a lot.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:30:55 +0000

In reply to Celia. Oo, I like the idea of doing photographs of nice things. Or yeah, notes about nice things that are coming up. I should do that - maybe I will fetch my bulletin board and make it a Nice Things Board.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:29:33 +0000

In reply to Jeanne.

There’s a Ben Folds (Five?) song like that – “Trusted” – that says “she’s pulled all the blankets over / curled in a ball / like she’s hiding from me and / that’s when I know / she’s gonna be pissed when she wakes up / for terrible things I did to her in her dreams”. 🙂

I’ll bear that in mind about Johannes Cabal – I think maybe I just wasn’t in the mood for it. I have all year to do the Horns and Halos challenge, so there’s no rush!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:27:50 +0000

In reply to Amanda.

I like being a strong dreamer myself. My little sister almost never remembers dreams, whereas I often have scraps of story ideas from dreams. I’d be crushed if I stopped remembering them – and yeah, I love hearing other people’s dreams. Except when they’re too revealing. Then I feel uncomfortable because I know that people are telling me WAY MORE about themselves than they probably want me to know.

By: Celia

Celia — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:53:26 +0000

I am like you! About the positive dreams, I mean. I find myself being absolutely sure some nice thing has happened, and then find out much later that it didn’t – I only dreamed it!

I’ve taken to photographing or writing notes to myself about ‘real’ nice things, so that when I feel let down by a dream one, I can remind myself that there are lovely times and people.

What an odd life, eh?

By: Mumsy

Mumsy — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:20:52 +0000

In reply to Jenny. PS, I just did a straw poll at work, and WITHOUT EXCEPTION, everyone agrees that they mistake dreams for reality. In fact, the stories that burst out were kind of hilarious.

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:02:45 +0000

I had a friend who, when we were in college, would be mad at us for things we did in her dreams!

My dreams often make me long to see someone I’ve dreamed about.

I was hugely entertained by Johannes Cabal the Necromancer and reviewed it just about a year ago, in case you’re looking for any impetus to carry on.