Dreaming

Blargh. Those were some crazy-ass dreams this morning, ranging from vivid Walking Dead-ish zombie apocalypse to some sort of alternating playing and being in an 8-bit video game dealing with trying to save people from quasi-immortal mage-types while gathering some strange energy crystals.

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  1. tashiroFebruary 26, 2014 at 1:05 PM

    This afternoon, I had a dream I'd found a blind guy working shovelling coal into a furnace deep under a building. He also did incredible art using that coal on a lot of surfaces. So, I showed people his art in photos, and there was enough demand that he could quit that job, return to the surface, and be with his family, doing coal etchings. Considering he was blind, his work was pretty damn impressive. I wound up doing a news report on him, and his impending trip to China - he also knew enough to do stage magic, and wanted to learn more, so he was going to China with his family - with the money he was earning from his sketches. I came out of this feeling quite accomplished - I'd helped someone to rejoin their family and have the freedom to explore. :)

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  2. marinredwolfFebruary 26, 2014 at 2:58 PM

    Well, that's better than waking up feeling like zombies are coming after you, yep.

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