I had too much to dream last night

[vovat]

I had a few interesting dreams today, although I don't recall all that many of the details. In one, I was playing a video game that involved robots along the lines of Transformers, but I think they had some biological components. There was a nursery where they could have children, and animal breeding experiments were also carried on down there. It was a lot like the monster breeding in Dragon Warrior Monsters, except while that game let you breed anything ("Hey, an elephant and a magic lamp? Sure, they'll produce offspring!"), there were some limits to it in this game. At one point, I considered breeding a crocodile with some other animal, but then I figured the resulting creature wouldn't be very good in a cold environment. In this same dream, there was a character very much along the lines of Reepicheep from the Chronicles of Narnia, although I don't think that's actually who it was.

Speaking of which, I hear they're going ahead with the movie version of Prince Caspian, and I definitely look forward to it. Maybe I should see how that's coming along. After my dream, I'm curious as to how they'll make Reepicheep look.

Another dream involved my reading an Oz book (so much unlike real life, huh? :P) that involved Captain Salt and Peter Brown. For some reason, Oz dreams I have often seem to involve the Captain, even though he's not one of my favorite characters or anything. Anyway, I don't remember that much about it, aside from the fact that one of the characters was a peacock who ended up living in the Forest of Gugu. It seems to me that the character might have been female, which would make her a peaHEN, but that's not how she was identified in the dream. I'm guessing that, if an Oz book WERE to have a peafowl protagonist, it would be male, since they're the ones with the crazy tails. Sort of like how kangaroos in literature are generally female, because they're the ones with the interesting feature. Actually, while it's not literature, Ricky from the Zelda Oracle games is a male kangaroo with a pouch. Maybe he's somewhat hermaphroditic. I don't know. {g}

And while I'm speaking of dreams, I might as well mention that, while I was half-asleep a few days ago, the phrase "kindergarten can kill women" came into my head. I'm not sure what it means, but it's probably true.

And here's something I got from unclemilo:

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.

The only book I could find in my immediate vicinity was my address book, so I took the first one I found that wasn't on my shelf. And here's the result:

"The two eyes of the king, having been twice removed from their first position, were now both in his forehead, instead of below it, and one was much higher than the other. And the nose, although small when compared to what it had been, still resembled an elephant's trunk. Other changes had been made for the better, but Terribus was still exceedingly repulsive to look upon."

Okay, the roads are pretty bad tonight, so I should probably think about leaving for work soon.

Comments

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

In this same dream, there was a character very much along the lines of Reepicheep from the Chronicles of Narnia, although I don't think that's actually who it was.


I once had a dream about someone very much like Mr. Tumnus except that wasn't actually who it was. And I kept calling him a centaur instead of a faun, although he was definitely a faun.

[vilajunkie.livejournal.com]

How sad is it that I know exactly what book you read that from, and what the scene is? lol

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Are you subscribed to the Regalia mailing list? That book is supposed to be the one we're discussing on there now, but no one has said anything about it so far. I actually have a few things I want to say, but I never seem to get around to it.

[vilajunkie.livejournal.com]

I sure am! My name on the list is Chris G. You've probably seen some of my posts. You're Nathan D., right? (Don't know if you want your last name public on here, so I'm using initials only.) Go ahead and post whatever your thoughts were on Yew. If no one else, I'll definitely be sure to respond. I myself was wondering if we should discuss the book chapter by chapter.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

My name on the list is Chris G. You've probably seen some of my posts. You're Nathan D., right?

Yeah, that's right. I do intend to post some thoughts on Yew, but I just keep getting distracted. My internal monologue is something like, "Well, I think I should finish reading my friends page first. Hmm, I have some time to play The Sims now. Oh, now I have to go to work. You know, I really should post to Regalia again someday."