The other night, for example, I dreamt that there was a staircase inside my apartment that led to an entire other apartment—like a set from a 70s period piece/orange with smoke-stains—and an empty room with a very dramatic window and a desk that would have been greet to write at if it weren’t so far up the stairs.
Something something about Bachelard / the attic room allegory for the brain.
IDK, I just woke up happy that my rent didn’t increase with all the extra space.
Jul 17, 2024
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that I inherited a house with a previously undiscovered subterranean level with dingy muted-color plush-or-shag-carpeted rooms that looked like they hadn’t been touched since the 1950s-1970s depending on their style and everything was covered with a thick layer of dust. there would be several large expansive bathrooms that were fresh and clean and I would sometimes find people in them and we would engage in territorial disputes. I haven’t had one of these in a while.
Realizing I had missed math class for the entire semester, was failing, and I didn’t even know where it was or what my class schedule was (probably because I’m bad at math, skipped a lot of school, and did in fact fail classes as a consequence of not doing work).
Always dreams of large labyrinthian buildings, often schools with a grand entrance hall and a huge performing arts theater, but sometimes nightmarish facsimiles of luxury apartment buildings and their residents which are already disturbing enough in reality.
A shopping mall with a two-story Walgreens that has escalators inside. There’s a movie theater at the mall where you enter and go up a cramped set of stairs to get to the lobby, and a department store that’s more on the level of a Kohl’s than something upscale.
Wild animals (lions, tigers and bears—oh my!) stalking the streets at night and I’m the only one who notices or cares. Going to a dimly-lit combination zoo/aquarium/museum where all of the interior rooms are black, animals are just roaming free, and I never get to see every exhibit. Pet stores with hundreds of aisles filled with cages of mistreated cats and dogs.
Once I dreamt that I found a parrot with all of its feathers plucked bare and a broken beak. I nursed it back to health and it transformed into a mighty leopard.
A dusty old town center somewhere close to Mexico in the old west. Escaping from mass shooter and murderer situations. Evil shape shifting entities that I recognize from previous dreams. Watching a movie and then I’m in the movie or the same with video games.
Oh and also my pets often accompany me on my journeys!
Apr 2, 2024
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i remember every now and then i’d dream i was inside this large, vast building with a gorgeous entryway and foyer area with tall ceilings at night… the door’s entrance was lined on either side with a large statue of a buddha head and the interior of the building with red velvet curtain… there were two giant staircases on either side that curved inward who’d greet you as you stepped foot through the doors… this seemed like a very cool liminal space except i was being chased by a masked man all around… as big as the space was i felt contained and constantly threatened by his presence!!! feels like i was living in one of the large lethal company buildings if it was in la and owned by a gaudy millionaire before it was even conceptualized
Feb 14, 2024
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My parents moved out of my hometown ages ago so any chance I get to revisit my childhood home in my dreams is so great
Feb 9, 2024
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No screen Sundays. If I want to listen to music its CDs or radio. If I want to watch a movie, no I don’t. If I want to see a friend, I will make plans with them on Friday or Saturday to meet up. As a result, I read more, write more, and sit with questions like “did Citizen Kane‘s 50 year winning streak in the Sight and Sound critics choice survey end in 2012 or 2022? When did Stephen Merritt come out? Whats the etymology of Whitsun?“
This is something that I have practiced off and on for many years but I’ve been doing it every week since December and I love the way that it just allows me one day of true freedom and rest.
Jan 22, 2025
Mar 3, 2025
My calendar this year has 52 of these week at a glance pages but I don’t think that way. So, I've been inspired by Ross Gay’s Book of Delighs to start recording the little moments and sensations that bring me joy throughout the day. An analog pi.fyi, if you will.
heres some of what I have so far:
- Waking up to the sound of my upstairs neighbor‘s footstep. It sounded nostalgic. Felt like company.
- Strawberry jam
- feeling tender for strangers: their lips, nail colors, their small wrists. Thinking of all the lives we hold gently.
- A young girl bought an LP at the bookstore just before I left. She stroked its cover with love
- Green tiles —the mint shade always makes me think of Jancie
- Charlie’s little bop and punch dancing to some German language punk
- lunch with Katherine, curry Brussels sprouts
- small talk at the photo studio. The photographer's brother was named after their dad, stole his identity, bought jet skis.
Jan 13, 2025