This thread is a nightmare May 12, 2013 1:03 PM Subscribe
Last night I dreamt that some guy found out some supersecret information about the servers that Metafilter runs on and was going to blackmail us!
So Matthowie went over to his place in person and proceeded to break his fingers one by one. And because he had a live cam on during this exchange people had a MetaTalk thread running and were joking and snarking and passing the pop corn while they were following the whole thing.
And I was so upset about how this is not the kind of culture I want on Metafilter and why aren't the mods doing anything and it just isn't how it used to be!
Hmph.
You guys should be ashamed of yourselves.
So Matthowie went over to his place in person and proceeded to break his fingers one by one. And because he had a live cam on during this exchange people had a MetaTalk thread running and were joking and snarking and passing the pop corn while they were following the whole thing.
And I was so upset about how this is not the kind of culture I want on Metafilter and why aren't the mods doing anything and it just isn't how it used to be!
Hmph.
You guys should be ashamed of yourselves.
Last night I had a dream that I was babysitting for some people and the parents came home and were all "here, we have an entire roast chicken and a whole bunch of baklava, would you like to take it home?" and of course the only answer is yes, and when I opened their cupboard to get some tupperware, I found a tupperware container with my name on it. That was a pretty good dream.
But I had a dream the night before last that my Girl Scouts (I have a troop, the girls are all 6-9 years old) and I were on a trip together and they all started their periods. They were scared and crying and I was like I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, and it was just awful. Worst dream ever.
posted by phunniemee at 1:08 PM on May 12, 2013 [7 favorites]
But I had a dream the night before last that my Girl Scouts (I have a troop, the girls are all 6-9 years old) and I were on a trip together and they all started their periods. They were scared and crying and I was like I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, and it was just awful. Worst dream ever.
posted by phunniemee at 1:08 PM on May 12, 2013 [7 favorites]
I had a dream that I woke up and there was some random dude in my bed with his arm over me and clearly unsavory intentions. It scared the living shit out of me and I woke up (for real) in a cold sweat, flailing around...
...and dislodging the cat, who was the one sprawled across me. Of course.
posted by restless_nomad (staff) at 1:11 PM on May 12, 2013 [20 favorites]
...and dislodging the cat, who was the one sprawled across me. Of course.
posted by restless_nomad (staff) at 1:11 PM on May 12, 2013 [20 favorites]
If I spend time talking about your dream with you, I'm going to have to charge you for a session. Please submit a check for $145. Thanks...
Now, tell me more about your relationship with your mother.
posted by HuronBob at 1:12 PM on May 12, 2013 [3 favorites]
Now, tell me more about your relationship with your mother.
posted by HuronBob at 1:12 PM on May 12, 2013 [3 favorites]
My mother? Let me tell you about my mother….
posted by bongo_x at 1:13 PM on May 12, 2013 [7 favorites]
posted by bongo_x at 1:13 PM on May 12, 2013 [7 favorites]
Actually, the night before that I dreamt I sat through the weekly meeting and presented my ideas. And when I woke up, I had to sit through the weekly meeting and presented my ideas. I seriously sat in the same meeting twice. Even the comments were the same.
posted by Omnomnom at 1:13 PM on May 12, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by Omnomnom at 1:13 PM on May 12, 2013 [3 favorites]
Paging Oneirodynia...
posted by George_Spiggott at 1:14 PM on May 12, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by George_Spiggott at 1:14 PM on May 12, 2013 [1 favorite]
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.
posted by HuronBob at 1:14 PM on May 12, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by HuronBob at 1:14 PM on May 12, 2013 [1 favorite]
Last night I had the strangest dream
I'd ever dreamed before
I dreamed the world had all agreed
To put an end to war
posted by HuronBob at 1:15 PM on May 12, 2013 [2 favorites]
I'd ever dreamed before
I dreamed the world had all agreed
To put an end to war
posted by HuronBob at 1:15 PM on May 12, 2013 [2 favorites]
Well, I dreamed a dream in days gone by....
posted by Solomon at 1:17 PM on May 12, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by Solomon at 1:17 PM on May 12, 2013 [2 favorites]
This is my dream,
It is my own dream,
I dreamt it.
I dreamt that my hair was kempt.
Then I dreamt that my true love unkempt it.
posted by HuronBob at 1:17 PM on May 12, 2013
It is my own dream,
I dreamt it.
I dreamt that my hair was kempt.
Then I dreamt that my true love unkempt it.
posted by HuronBob at 1:17 PM on May 12, 2013
That was no dream, Omnomnom. You gave stumbled onto the secret of Paphnuty.
posted by Bunny Ultramod at 1:23 PM on May 12, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Bunny Ultramod at 1:23 PM on May 12, 2013 [1 favorite]
the server is kept in a secure location, do not approach said server because it isn't the filter so do not think about the secret server as defenders of the server I auger it bodes not well to inquire to out super secret server.
the server has no cable.
posted by clavdivs at 1:51 PM on May 12, 2013 [4 favorites]
the server has no cable.
posted by clavdivs at 1:51 PM on May 12, 2013 [4 favorites]
There is no Cabal.
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 2:07 PM on May 12, 2013
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 2:07 PM on May 12, 2013
Matthowie went over to his place in person and proceeded to break his fingers one by one.
There's got to be an easier way to get $5 out of people.
posted by justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow at 2:17 PM on May 12, 2013 [4 favorites]
There's got to be an easier way to get $5 out of people.
posted by justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow at 2:17 PM on May 12, 2013 [4 favorites]
There is, same as in town.
posted by seanmpuckett at 2:30 PM on May 12, 2013
posted by seanmpuckett at 2:30 PM on May 12, 2013
so...stabbing?
posted by QueerAngel28 at 2:33 PM on May 12, 2013
posted by QueerAngel28 at 2:33 PM on May 12, 2013
To quote somebody on Metafilter (I think) from long, long ago:
"HAW HAW HAW.
thanks for the larf."
I had a dream that I woke up and there was some random dude in my bed with his arm over me and clearly unsavory intentions. It scared the living shit out of me and I woke up (for real) in a cold sweat, flailing around...
Bet that's not one of the fashions you expected that question to be answerable in.
posted by jamjam at 2:42 PM on May 12, 2013
"HAW HAW HAW.
thanks for the larf."
I had a dream that I woke up and there was some random dude in my bed with his arm over me and clearly unsavory intentions. It scared the living shit out of me and I woke up (for real) in a cold sweat, flailing around...
Bet that's not one of the fashions you expected that question to be answerable in.
posted by jamjam at 2:42 PM on May 12, 2013
Jesus, that is offensive. There are so many better places to start than fingers.
posted by Etrigan at 3:18 PM on May 12, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Etrigan at 3:18 PM on May 12, 2013 [1 favorite]
and proceeded to break his fingers one by one.
It seems like it would save a lot of time to just break the two arms instead of all ten fingers.
posted by aubilenon at 3:28 PM on May 12, 2013
It seems like it would save a lot of time to just break the two arms instead of all ten fingers.
posted by aubilenon at 3:28 PM on May 12, 2013
It's 11:30 at night here and I'm trying to decide if I should eat something. Should I eat something?
Maybe I will have interesting dreams.
posted by iamkimiam at 3:35 PM on May 12, 2013 [1 favorite]
Maybe I will have interesting dreams.
posted by iamkimiam at 3:35 PM on May 12, 2013 [1 favorite]
Last night, the bacon I was smoking was taking forever. The neighbors walked by with their dog, and asked if I was barbecuing, and I showed them the bacon. We talked for a while. I played with their adorable dog.
I woke up this morning after dreaming about seeing my neighbor in a dream-version of the neighborhood behind my childhood school, and he and another man were operating smokers. I asked them what they were making, and they said they were smoking bread pudding. They opened up the smoker, and yes, bread pudding.
I'm reasonably sure this means nothing at all.
posted by Ghidorah at 3:45 PM on May 12, 2013
I woke up this morning after dreaming about seeing my neighbor in a dream-version of the neighborhood behind my childhood school, and he and another man were operating smokers. I asked them what they were making, and they said they were smoking bread pudding. They opened up the smoker, and yes, bread pudding.
I'm reasonably sure this means nothing at all.
posted by Ghidorah at 3:45 PM on May 12, 2013
I dreamed I was finally enspoused. Then I woke up, and I'm sorry I did.
posted by bunderful at 4:06 PM on May 12, 2013
posted by bunderful at 4:06 PM on May 12, 2013
I've just eaten an excessive amount of cheddar, and stilton, cheese. They were really good. Also, I forgot I'd had cheese on my dinner tonight as well.
Also, I'm slightly allergic to cheese, and the meds I am on give me extremely turbulent dreams as well.
I'm reading MetaFilter while I start the descent into sleep.
This isn't going to end well, is it?
posted by Wordshore at 4:09 PM on May 12, 2013 [2 favorites]
Also, I'm slightly allergic to cheese, and the meds I am on give me extremely turbulent dreams as well.
I'm reading MetaFilter while I start the descent into sleep.
This isn't going to end well, is it?
posted by Wordshore at 4:09 PM on May 12, 2013 [2 favorites]
I dreamed last night that my dearly departed cat Soren came and curled up on my lap.
posted by gingerbeer at 4:44 PM on May 12, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by gingerbeer at 4:44 PM on May 12, 2013 [3 favorites]
I dreamed that I was working for a mad scientist.
...clearly unsavory intentions
The cat clearly had savory intentions. Did you provide food for that poor cat, who was probably starving?
posted by GenjiandProust at 4:44 PM on May 12, 2013
...clearly unsavory intentions
The cat clearly had savory intentions. Did you provide food for that poor cat, who was probably starving?
posted by GenjiandProust at 4:44 PM on May 12, 2013
Did you provide food for that poor cat, who was probably starving?
I feed them immediately before bed to avoid such disasters. (Which means the last hour of my shift is accompanied by a feline sonata, because Mags has an excellent grasp of the concept of "late" and "night" but not, you know, actual time.) No, she was just leeching body heat as usual.
posted by restless_nomad (staff) at 4:47 PM on May 12, 2013 [4 favorites]
I feed them immediately before bed to avoid such disasters. (Which means the last hour of my shift is accompanied by a feline sonata, because Mags has an excellent grasp of the concept of "late" and "night" but not, you know, actual time.) No, she was just leeching body heat as usual.
posted by restless_nomad (staff) at 4:47 PM on May 12, 2013 [4 favorites]
I tend to wake at all hours of the night and I rarely remember my dreams. I just wake up and have this sense that they were really weird.
posted by octobersurprise at 5:07 PM on May 12, 2013
posted by octobersurprise at 5:07 PM on May 12, 2013
What did the mods say about this when you used the contact form?
posted by Pinback at 5:09 PM on May 12, 2013 [5 favorites]
posted by Pinback at 5:09 PM on May 12, 2013 [5 favorites]
I had a dream where Jessamyn was going to get married to my brother. For some reason the plans for all this involved me cleaning up a large and seriously cluttered house, all on my own, and that's pretty much all I remember about it. That night before bed I had spent maybe three hours reading old MeTas which I guess gave my brain a few things to process.
I had a dream where a guy was trying to sell me a new Dell computer. I explained that I was not really ready to buy a new one; the current PC was okay for now and I was not really in funds. But the guy just kept going on and on and would not fucking shut up. It sounded like a nice enough computer, but no, really not interested just now. After awhile I woke up and found I'd left the TV on, and it was a shopping channel, and they were selling...
I keep having dreams where I am wandering around some strange house desperately trying to find a place to take a leak. I always wake up in time. So far, anyway.
posted by in278s at 5:24 PM on May 12, 2013
I had a dream where a guy was trying to sell me a new Dell computer. I explained that I was not really ready to buy a new one; the current PC was okay for now and I was not really in funds. But the guy just kept going on and on and would not fucking shut up. It sounded like a nice enough computer, but no, really not interested just now. After awhile I woke up and found I'd left the TV on, and it was a shopping channel, and they were selling...
I keep having dreams where I am wandering around some strange house desperately trying to find a place to take a leak. I always wake up in time. So far, anyway.
posted by in278s at 5:24 PM on May 12, 2013
This afternoon I ate too much Nerds Rope and then fell asleep and dreamed I accidentally pasted a bunch of http://localhost/... URLs into IRC.
posted by aubilenon at 5:29 PM on May 12, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by aubilenon at 5:29 PM on May 12, 2013 [1 favorite]
Last night I dreamt that the Doctor advised me to throw out some old hamburger buns because they were long past the sell-by date. When I woke up I went to go throw them out, only to discover that I already had done so a few days ago. Timey wimey.
posted by homunculus at 5:58 PM on May 12, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by homunculus at 5:58 PM on May 12, 2013 [1 favorite]
I had a dream a few weeks ago that Obi-Wan Kenobi was in my kitchen* making scrambled eggs. And because he can use the force, he could make the eggs really, really fast.
And that's it.
*the Sir Alec Guiness version, not the Ewan McGregor version, which would make for a very interesting dream, indeed
posted by cooker girl at 6:01 PM on May 12, 2013 [1 favorite]
And that's it.
*the Sir Alec Guiness version, not the Ewan McGregor version, which would make for a very interesting dream, indeed
posted by cooker girl at 6:01 PM on May 12, 2013 [1 favorite]
Last night I dreamed that I was at the release party concert for Boards of Canada's new album. Which was being held in one of the open squares downtown London. The Sanderson brothers started picking fights with the audience during the opener, an excruciatingly slow fade-in of a muddy, wavering held chord that sounded kind of like it had been copied off an overused strip of 16mm film.
posted by ardgedee at 6:21 PM on May 12, 2013
posted by ardgedee at 6:21 PM on May 12, 2013
I usually have a rich and varied dream life and remember much of them, at least for a while after awakening. The last two nights, nothing. Zip. It felt strange waking up with my last memory being removing my socks and curling up under my blanket with my stuffed tiger. I may have said too much. My stuffed tiger is NOT named Hobbes. He's Tyrone.
posted by oneswellfoop at 6:35 PM on May 12, 2013
posted by oneswellfoop at 6:35 PM on May 12, 2013
Last night, I dreamed I was President of the United States a Metafilter moderator and all I kept saying to the suck up minions coming into the Oval Office thread was, "This job sucks." Over and over. Finally, my secretary, who looked a lot like my really hot (to a nine year old) 4th grade teacher, came in and said, "If you don't stop talking like that I am going to send you to the principal's office. Now, quiet down and do your job." The only response I could muster was, "May I please go to the bathroom?" Then I woke up and went to the bathroom. It was one of those oh so awesome relieving pees that usually only happen after a night camping out in sub freezing weather and not wanting to leave your sleeping bag, but finally at day break you make that decision that it is time.
posted by JohnnyGunn at 6:36 PM on May 12, 2013
posted by JohnnyGunn at 6:36 PM on May 12, 2013
Last night I had a series of dreams that basically added up to "everyone I know is irrationally angry at me". I think I've been reading MeTa too much. I need a hug.
posted by donnagirl at 6:43 PM on May 12, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by donnagirl at 6:43 PM on May 12, 2013 [1 favorite]
I had a dream that I woke up and there was some random dude in my bed with his arm over me and clearly unsavory intentions. It scared the living shit out of me and I woke up (for real) in a cold sweat, flailing around...
...and dislodging the cat, who was the one sprawled across me. Of course.
A few years ago, I had to read a few hundred pages of printed material and then write a long and complex paper about it in a very short time. I had a nightmare that I was being crushed by a huge stack of papers. In my sleep, I said to my boyfriend, "Help, I can't get these papers off me, they are crushing me." He said, "I think what's crushing you is actually the cat." Apparently his cat was sleeping on my chest. Not quite awake yet, I replied, "It might be the cat too, but it's mostly the papers." Oh cats...
posted by cairdeas at 7:31 PM on May 12, 2013 [6 favorites]
...and dislodging the cat, who was the one sprawled across me. Of course.
A few years ago, I had to read a few hundred pages of printed material and then write a long and complex paper about it in a very short time. I had a nightmare that I was being crushed by a huge stack of papers. In my sleep, I said to my boyfriend, "Help, I can't get these papers off me, they are crushing me." He said, "I think what's crushing you is actually the cat." Apparently his cat was sleeping on my chest. Not quite awake yet, I replied, "It might be the cat too, but it's mostly the papers." Oh cats...
posted by cairdeas at 7:31 PM on May 12, 2013 [6 favorites]
The other night I had a dream, and I never remember my dreams but I remembered this one, in which I was covered in big red pimples that on closer examination were alien spider/crab things that had been implanted and were gestating in my skin. I started out of the bed in my dream and when I looked back the spot where I had been sleeping was covered in dirt and crawly bug-things, very much like when you lift up a rock. It was horrifying and I awoke then, in the dark, fearing the worst.
It was a tremendous relief when I awoke again in the morning and discovered that I was not covered in big red spider/crab pimples.
posted by gauche at 7:37 PM on May 12, 2013 [1 favorite]
It was a tremendous relief when I awoke again in the morning and discovered that I was not covered in big red spider/crab pimples.
posted by gauche at 7:37 PM on May 12, 2013 [1 favorite]
last night I had a dream I was at my friends C and M's house, one of my favorite places to hang out. Only C was there at the time, and there was a guest over. It was Maggie Gyllenhall. We chatted for a while about why she was there, which was to work at the local museum. And her brother Jake was also going to be working at the museum this summer, only he was going to work on the big monorail project there, because he LOVES monorails.
[in reality this museum has no monorail]
posted by Miko at 7:40 PM on May 12, 2013 [2 favorites]
[in reality this museum has no monorail]
posted by Miko at 7:40 PM on May 12, 2013 [2 favorites]
I don't usually dream because of the medications you know i'd rather not take them but the LADY WITH THE GENTLE VOICE AND PERSISTENT MANNER usually convinces me taking the pills is for the best so i do and the the dreams stay away but sometimes i get a fever or the the medications interact unpredictably and then the dreams start to break through and suddenly everything is running and stabbing and shooting and i die over and over again and the people around me either die with me or have to be killed in unusual ways and the men chasing us morph into impossibly fast holograms with bland features grey suits and fedora hats and there is no escaping except to wake up screaming and realize that i'm still aboard the ship and we're deep deep deep below the surface in the cocoon layers trying for an extraction but something has already sensed us and there's armies of fur-covered robots coming to blow the charges and send us flying off the bridge and there is no escape except to wake up on an endless beach curving to the horizon in both directions and slam on my alfoil beanie and go wash myself in non-fluoridated water until the bugs are off my skin and then there is no escape except to wake up and i..
God, it's time to have Huron Bob get his hazmat suit on and come in here and empty the jars of urine again, isn't it.. Where's my $145 at.
posted by Ahab at 7:59 PM on May 12, 2013
God, it's time to have Huron Bob get his hazmat suit on and come in here and empty the jars of urine again, isn't it.. Where's my $145 at.
posted by Ahab at 7:59 PM on May 12, 2013
Tilda Swinton is not ashamed.
Tilda Swinton exults.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 8:06 PM on May 12, 2013 [1 favorite]
Tilda Swinton exults.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 8:06 PM on May 12, 2013 [1 favorite]
40+ comments and no one has said "I had too much to dream last night".
Is there no end to the reminders that I am about as old as dirt?
posted by she's not there at 8:12 PM on May 12, 2013 [3 favorites]
Is there no end to the reminders that I am about as old as dirt?
posted by she's not there at 8:12 PM on May 12, 2013 [3 favorites]
I dreamed up an entirely original episode of M*A*S*H once when I was twelve. I was one of the doctors; I don't remember much of the fine details, but it was much like your typical episode, with Hawkeye wisecracking away and Winchester being his grumpy self; the plot, though, was that people didn't know where Radar was. He wasn't, like, missing in an alarming way, it was more of a "you know, now that I think about it I haven't seen him in a couple days" kind of thing. So, yeah, I dreamed I was in there with Hawkeye and BJ and Houlihan and we're all gradually getting more and more caught up in "so wait, where the hell is Radar anyway".
And finally there was the obligatory O.R. scene, and we were all in there tending to the wounded - and I dreamed that suddenly Klinger came running in and said "guys! guys! Guess what - I found Radar!" and we all turned to him eagerly asking where he was. "Oh, man, you'll never believe it!" Klinger said. "Radar was -- "
And that is the exact moment that my alarm clock woke me up for school that morning. I uttered a howl of frustration that scared the shit out of my parents.
To this day I really wish I knew where the fuck Radar had been.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 8:21 PM on May 12, 2013 [4 favorites]
And finally there was the obligatory O.R. scene, and we were all in there tending to the wounded - and I dreamed that suddenly Klinger came running in and said "guys! guys! Guess what - I found Radar!" and we all turned to him eagerly asking where he was. "Oh, man, you'll never believe it!" Klinger said. "Radar was -- "
And that is the exact moment that my alarm clock woke me up for school that morning. I uttered a howl of frustration that scared the shit out of my parents.
To this day I really wish I knew where the fuck Radar had been.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 8:21 PM on May 12, 2013 [4 favorites]
Are we supposed to start a MeTa thread every time we dream about Metafilter? If so there's gonna be a whole lot of threads...
(But the best part is where I dream about writing an AskMe in a lot of detail and wake up and realize I have the answer to my question and don't need to make the post.)
posted by IndigoRain at 8:41 PM on May 12, 2013 [1 favorite]
(But the best part is where I dream about writing an AskMe in a lot of detail and wake up and realize I have the answer to my question and don't need to make the post.)
posted by IndigoRain at 8:41 PM on May 12, 2013 [1 favorite]
So Matthowie went over to his place in person and proceeded to break his fingers one by one. And because he had a live cam on during this exchange people had a MetaTalk thread running and were joking and snarking and passing the pop corn while they were following the whole thing.
This one knows too much.
posted by Ironmouth at 9:19 PM on May 12, 2013
This one knows too much.
posted by Ironmouth at 9:19 PM on May 12, 2013
I dreamed we were all Vikings.
posted by Justinian at 9:27 PM on May 12, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by Justinian at 9:27 PM on May 12, 2013 [3 favorites]
Last night I had the strangest dream
Saw everybody running in the streets
Leapfrogging salmon trying to get upstream
The dream was over but I could not sleep
I had to put on the lights when she said that
Last night I had the strangest dream
The sky was dark and I could not see
Felt underwater when I tried to scream
When I heard the rooster I was finally free
I was a little bit frightened when he said that
Last night I had the strangest dream
Me and the chickens running in the streets
We met a monkey with an eye that gleamed
He drew that line we couldn't move our beaks
A doggie woke me and he said hey rooster
Last night I had the strangest dream
The war was over but I had no peace
The moon was waning so it wasn't the beams
It's just a dream but I have no peace
I eavesdropped on my masters they said that
Last night we had the strangest dream
It was disturbing, oh what does it mean?
Monkey in a turban, oh what does it mean?
Last night we had the strangest dream
We better go to the mayor then we drove
Downtown to have a talk with the mayor
He told my masters uh, oh, can't you see?
What we have here is a prophecy
Cross your fingers people say a prayer
I'm not a religious dog but I say that
Better pray for the girls
Better pray for the girls
Ain't no other hope in this whole world
In sleep we searched behind the sun
A funny place to find someone
We did not find them on the moon
We dreamed that's where they disappeared
We dreamed perhaps another pearl
Or dangling on some other dune
But darker dreams we fear
Where'd you go this time, girls?
Better pray for the girls
Better pray for the girls
Ain't no other hope in this whole world.
posted by mazola at 10:07 PM on May 12, 2013
Saw everybody running in the streets
Leapfrogging salmon trying to get upstream
The dream was over but I could not sleep
I had to put on the lights when she said that
Last night I had the strangest dream
The sky was dark and I could not see
Felt underwater when I tried to scream
When I heard the rooster I was finally free
I was a little bit frightened when he said that
Last night I had the strangest dream
Me and the chickens running in the streets
We met a monkey with an eye that gleamed
He drew that line we couldn't move our beaks
A doggie woke me and he said hey rooster
Last night I had the strangest dream
The war was over but I had no peace
The moon was waning so it wasn't the beams
It's just a dream but I have no peace
I eavesdropped on my masters they said that
Last night we had the strangest dream
It was disturbing, oh what does it mean?
Monkey in a turban, oh what does it mean?
Last night we had the strangest dream
We better go to the mayor then we drove
Downtown to have a talk with the mayor
He told my masters uh, oh, can't you see?
What we have here is a prophecy
Cross your fingers people say a prayer
I'm not a religious dog but I say that
Better pray for the girls
Better pray for the girls
Ain't no other hope in this whole world
In sleep we searched behind the sun
A funny place to find someone
We did not find them on the moon
We dreamed that's where they disappeared
We dreamed perhaps another pearl
Or dangling on some other dune
But darker dreams we fear
Where'd you go this time, girls?
Better pray for the girls
Better pray for the girls
Ain't no other hope in this whole world.
posted by mazola at 10:07 PM on May 12, 2013
I had a nightmare when I was about ten years old that I still rember to this day: There was a path going up a steep, rocky mountain slope. Everything was bathed in a hellish red glow. A bunch of ragged people in chains where walking up the slope, led by a vague Jesus-type figure. As each one reached the top of the mountain, they fell into a gaping pit. Sort of like Wilbur Mercer, but with more flames.
posted by Dr Dracator at 11:56 PM on May 12, 2013
posted by Dr Dracator at 11:56 PM on May 12, 2013
"I had too much to dream last night".
posted by she's not there
Hey, let's spend the night together!
posted by oneswellfoop at 12:39 AM on May 13, 2013
posted by she's not there
Hey, let's spend the night together!
posted by oneswellfoop at 12:39 AM on May 13, 2013
I've had dreams where I experience myself as a recalcitrant computer program that frequently freezes up and has to be rebooted.
posted by Bruce H. at 2:05 AM on May 13, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Bruce H. at 2:05 AM on May 13, 2013 [1 favorite]
You people with your cats lovingly curled up on your chests at night! My fucking cat fucking WALKS BACK AND FORTH on my fucking HEAD!
posted by Jacqueline at 2:29 AM on May 13, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by Jacqueline at 2:29 AM on May 13, 2013 [2 favorites]
Last night I dreamt
That somebody loved me
No hope, no harm
Just another false alarm
posted by iotic at 2:35 AM on May 13, 2013 [2 favorites]
That somebody loved me
No hope, no harm
Just another false alarm
posted by iotic at 2:35 AM on May 13, 2013 [2 favorites]
Dear AskMe:
I had a dream in which I was some kind of bigwig, and had to go to a fancy party, for which I felt totally not ready. I had no idea what I was supposed to wear. Then a leprechaun showed up and started pulling clothes out of nowhere and putting them on me.
My question is, how green was my valet?
posted by Kirth Gerson at 4:25 AM on May 13, 2013 [3 favorites]
I had a dream in which I was some kind of bigwig, and had to go to a fancy party, for which I felt totally not ready. I had no idea what I was supposed to wear. Then a leprechaun showed up and started pulling clothes out of nowhere and putting them on me.
My question is, how green was my valet?
posted by Kirth Gerson at 4:25 AM on May 13, 2013 [3 favorites]
My brother-in-law woke up years ago convinced his stomach had just slid off - he had rolled over the immensely fat cat sleeping on his tum and rolled off. BIL was terrified.
My cat just stands on my head and complains bitterly about my slothful ways when I don't get up and FEED him RIGHT NOW.
posted by leslies at 5:25 AM on May 13, 2013 [1 favorite]
My cat just stands on my head and complains bitterly about my slothful ways when I don't get up and FEED him RIGHT NOW.
posted by leslies at 5:25 AM on May 13, 2013 [1 favorite]
Last night I dreamt of owls at my window
I knew that time was winding down
I turned to tell you of my premonition
Changed my mind and lay back down
posted by gauche at 5:48 AM on May 13, 2013
I knew that time was winding down
I turned to tell you of my premonition
Changed my mind and lay back down
posted by gauche at 5:48 AM on May 13, 2013
I had a dream that I was sick and had to take the day off work. So my mom called my boss to get my homework.
posted by capricorn at 7:51 AM on May 13, 2013
posted by capricorn at 7:51 AM on May 13, 2013
Is there no end to the reminders that I am about as old as dirt?
posted by she's not there at 23:12 on May 12 [2 butt elephants +] [!]
Well, let me tell you about the way she looks, the way she acts and the color of her hair...
posted by slogger at 8:15 AM on May 13, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by she's not there at 23:12 on May 12 [2 butt elephants +] [!]
Well, let me tell you about the way she looks, the way she acts and the color of her hair...
posted by slogger at 8:15 AM on May 13, 2013 [1 favorite]
I'm very surprised, considering the nubmer of theater folk in here, that it's taken this long for someone to make the following reference:
I dreamed last night that I got on the boat to Heaven,posted by EmpressCallipygos at 8:46 AM on May 13, 2013
And by some chance I had brought my dice along....
Is May 12th "All threads on teh gray are chat today" day?
posted by infini at 8:54 AM on May 13, 2013
posted by infini at 8:54 AM on May 13, 2013
Yes, which you'd know if you ever came to the meetings!
posted by Mister_A at 9:13 AM on May 13, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Mister_A at 9:13 AM on May 13, 2013 [1 favorite]
Is there no end to the reminders that I am about as old as dirt?
posted by she's not there at 23:12 on May 12 [2 butt elephants +] [!]
Um...
posted by inire at 9:17 AM on May 13, 2013
posted by she's not there at 23:12 on May 12 [2 butt elephants +] [!]
Um...
posted by inire at 9:17 AM on May 13, 2013
this is what we have the chat server for
wait what, is there a cat server?
I once dreamed I had a garage full fo Nutella. No jars, just Nutella. A whole garage. You opened the door, took a spoon and...
Waking up was a nightmare
posted by Namlit at 10:07 AM on May 13, 2013
wait what, is there a cat server?
I once dreamed I had a garage full fo Nutella. No jars, just Nutella. A whole garage. You opened the door, took a spoon and...
Waking up was a nightmare
posted by Namlit at 10:07 AM on May 13, 2013
I once dreamed I had a garage full fo Nutella. No jars, just Nutella. A whole garage. You opened the door, took a spoon and...
An old roommate once stopped all conversation around him by telling people, "So I had this dream that I lived in a house made of cheese and you had to eat your way from room to room...."
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 10:13 AM on May 13, 2013
An old roommate once stopped all conversation around him by telling people, "So I had this dream that I lived in a house made of cheese and you had to eat your way from room to room...."
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 10:13 AM on May 13, 2013
I read that as I once dreamed I was a garage full of Nutella and I'm still scratching my head here
posted by infini at 10:39 AM on May 13, 2013
posted by infini at 10:39 AM on May 13, 2013
So, okay, I'm going to just go ahead and ask this since it feels like a safe space for such questions. Should I watch Arrow? Because I tried it at the beginning, was underwhelmed, and then it got lost in the rest of the fall TV programming?
But then I saw this picture today and it kind of made me think I'd made a mistake.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 10:50 AM on May 13, 2013
But then I saw this picture today and it kind of made me think I'd made a mistake.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 10:50 AM on May 13, 2013
But then I saw this picture today and it kind of made me think that I would watch that. Yes.
posted by infini at 10:59 AM on May 13, 2013
posted by infini at 10:59 AM on May 13, 2013
I don't have a lot of time to watch stuff, but a friend who watches shows promiscuously and complains about most of them loves Arrow. It looks like total cheese, but it might be good cheese.
posted by gauche at 11:05 AM on May 13, 2013
posted by gauche at 11:05 AM on May 13, 2013
I once dreamed I had a garage full of Nutella. No jars, just Nutella.
Tilda Swinton actually has a garage full of Nutella. No jars, just Nutella.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 11:20 AM on May 13, 2013
Tilda Swinton actually has a garage full of Nutella. No jars, just Nutella.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 11:20 AM on May 13, 2013
Like, she's living my dream?
[no hits on "Nutella" on the Swinton Wikipedia page. Apparently one has to delve deeper to verify.]
Not sure whether I want to meet Tilda Swinton 'cause of that.
posted by Namlit at 11:55 AM on May 13, 2013
[no hits on "Nutella" on the Swinton Wikipedia page. Apparently one has to delve deeper to verify.]
Not sure whether I want to meet Tilda Swinton 'cause of that.
posted by Namlit at 11:55 AM on May 13, 2013
only thing to do is jump over the mooooon
posted by 1000monkeys at 12:12 PM on May 13, 2013
posted by 1000monkeys at 12:12 PM on May 13, 2013
Okay, I meant my earlier question for the 'slash fic' MetaTalk thread. And I was wondering why it got deleted. So much for restraining myself to safe spaces.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 12:28 PM on May 13, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by MCMikeNamara at 12:28 PM on May 13, 2013 [1 favorite]
I had a cat once whose sole purpose in life was to try to Get Outside. She was indoors only because I lived along a busy street. She was also very stand-offish and rarely slept with me.
One Friday night, after a particularly trying day of barely preventing her from escaping every time the door was opened, she actually curled up on the bed with me and slept pressed up against my ankle.
My dreams that night were all from a very low-to-the-ground angle, and doors featured prominently in all of them, with a strong sense of urgently needing to get to the doors, but somehow always being thwarted.
I've often wondered if the cat had dreams that night about bills and work and boyfriend issues.
posted by Brody's chum at 1:40 PM on May 13, 2013 [8 favorites]
One Friday night, after a particularly trying day of barely preventing her from escaping every time the door was opened, she actually curled up on the bed with me and slept pressed up against my ankle.
My dreams that night were all from a very low-to-the-ground angle, and doors featured prominently in all of them, with a strong sense of urgently needing to get to the doors, but somehow always being thwarted.
I've often wondered if the cat had dreams that night about bills and work and boyfriend issues.
posted by Brody's chum at 1:40 PM on May 13, 2013 [8 favorites]
こんな夢を見た
Though the wind does not blow here
still there are sad songs
and little dogs with angry hearts
barking with their fingers
at everything which moves
and some birds who fly in their sleep
but their feathers are not real
wishing for a life in someone else's body
words that do not roll along any rivers
like water
looking for relatives
and counting blessings
the drum beats in the quiet void
where strangers posture strangely
and the door stays open
all night
posted by mule98J at 5:41 PM on May 13, 2013 [4 favorites]
Though the wind does not blow here
still there are sad songs
and little dogs with angry hearts
barking with their fingers
at everything which moves
and some birds who fly in their sleep
but their feathers are not real
wishing for a life in someone else's body
words that do not roll along any rivers
like water
looking for relatives
and counting blessings
the drum beats in the quiet void
where strangers posture strangely
and the door stays open
all night
posted by mule98J at 5:41 PM on May 13, 2013 [4 favorites]
I had the same nightmare every night for about five years.
I'm driving with all three kids in the back of the car. Suddenly, the car is either on fire or underwater. I have to choose which of my three boys I can save. I'm only allowed to pick two. Then I would wake up in a cold sweat with tears streaming down my face and an unassailable feeling of guilt.
Sorry to suck all of the joy out of the room. I'm just not as fond of dreams as I once was.
posted by double block and bleed at 9:54 PM on May 13, 2013
I'm driving with all three kids in the back of the car. Suddenly, the car is either on fire or underwater. I have to choose which of my three boys I can save. I'm only allowed to pick two. Then I would wake up in a cold sweat with tears streaming down my face and an unassailable feeling of guilt.
Sorry to suck all of the joy out of the room. I'm just not as fond of dreams as I once was.
posted by double block and bleed at 9:54 PM on May 13, 2013
Last night I had a MetaFilter-related dream. We were at a meetup and Greg Nog was there. We found out that Greg Nog was a professional butler! Everyone was so surprised! But when we thought about it, it made total sense.
I don't know
posted by Miko at 1:51 PM on May 14, 2013 [1 favorite]
I don't know
posted by Miko at 1:51 PM on May 14, 2013 [1 favorite]
We found out that Greg Nog was a professional butler! Everyone was so surprised! But when we thought about it, it made total sense.
Well, he actually was once a host....
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 8:54 AM on May 16, 2013
Well, he actually was once a host....
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 8:54 AM on May 16, 2013
I dreamt last night that I was supposed to receive some small, but not insignificant amount as an inheritance, but didn't know the details, and that someone skimmed that money off, only to use it as micro-credit for traditional weavers and craftspeople. I woke up feeling very satisfied.
posted by the cydonian at 2:58 AM on May 17, 2013
posted by the cydonian at 2:58 AM on May 17, 2013
Last week I had a dream I went to a Mefi meetup at a space elevator. Sadly I woke up before we reached the top.
posted by Gordafarin at 1:13 PM on May 17, 2013
posted by Gordafarin at 1:13 PM on May 17, 2013
That's because MeFi transcends space and time. The elevator doesn't go to there.
posted by iamkimiam at 2:42 PM on May 17, 2013
posted by iamkimiam at 2:42 PM on May 17, 2013
MeFi was in the elevator the whole time!
posted by arcticseal at 4:01 PM on May 17, 2013
posted by arcticseal at 4:01 PM on May 17, 2013
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