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|    Richard Silk to All    |
|    2023/07/11 Tuesday: game of tag? / ashtr    |
|    11 Jul 23 10:00:13    |
      From: dicksilk@gmail.com              In the "primary dream" of the evening, the dreamer was viewing a type of       exoskeletal armor, most likely defensive in nature: It was mostly like a       clear shell, which one wore much like pulling over a sweater (I seem to recall       someone taking it *off*        prior to anyone putting it *on*) that had a peculiar type of clear-view diving       helmet (cowl?) that fit over the head & neck, sort of as how one could use it       to go underwater if necessary, yet see and be seen from all directions.        (Note: *"clear"*.)              The thought that anyone wearing this outfit might likely sweat to death, and       "behold," a tube was visible that ran up the front of the suit (never quite       spotted the back end of the suit) of about ¾"–1" diameter (closer to ¾")       that also had something        of a fan-like function to it, apparently, up into the visor-helmet, so as to       provide something akin to air-conditioning (fresh air) to the person in the       suit.              The legs of the outfit were padded along the front, somewhat like leather       leggings, which would have been most useful for someone doing things like rock       climbing, although I hesitate to think of anyone using such an outfit for rock       climbing!              The dreamer seems to be "game" to wear the outfit then play a campus-level       game of "hide & seek" although it's more like for some higher stakes, such as       either ownership of the suit, or possibly something even more significant.        (If it were a life-or-       death level stakes, such were not *clearly* heard within the dialogue, which       was rather "quiet" / background type information.) There was, however, some       type of time frame established, such that the present time had to be reckoned       (somewhere around 3:40        PM?) and that the dreamer (in the suit) had until the top of the hour to go       hide (being around 4 PM) with the hunters having 1 hour to search (ending the       game at 5 PM.)              Now, all I can say from my own perspective is, affixing a concept such as       clock time within a dream *may* be a "tricky matter." I think the clock /       time frame of the game had to be repeated / clarified at *least* twice,       seeming more like 3 times before        it was "set" to "Go."              There were two other details involved in this dream, of having to do with at       least 3 cellphones and also a car and a set of keys. It is *possible* that       these elements were a function of watching a TV episode of "Psych" last night       that was particularly        entertaining: "Last Night Gus" (S6E2): imdb.com/title/tt2025155 (apparently,       one of *the best* user-rated episodes of the series.)              Two cellphones were of golden-brass (likely brushed metal) in appearance and a       third was dark, similar to a blackberry model, but all 3 seemed to be       *basically* flip phones (rather than "smart phones," which are like       telecommunicative tablets) and *none*        of them seemed like the dreamer's actual phone, which felt as if someone else       had possibly held it while the dreamer was putting on the suit, and either       consciously or subconsciously failed to return it.              There was also a matter of the dreamer's car and car keys, *both* of which       appeared to be missing. (Again, *much* of that cars, keys, and cellphones       routine *may well likely* have been the consequence of S6E2 of the TV series,       "Psych" that was watched        last night.)              Regardless, the dreamer had it in mind to somehow aim for a particular "hiding       spot," having somewhere to do with the north-eastern border of MTSU in       Murfreesboro (along East Main Street) — an area that is *somewhat*       collegiate in appearance, yet has,        in places, a full block of quiet homes and small shops, as well as a wooded       area near the Cope Admin building and the President's home.              Here is where things get a bit awkward: it seems that since the dreamer's car       was unavailable, [he] may have accepted a ride from someone else. The driver       (and possibly another passenger in the front right seat) were heading along a       road, *possibly* US        231 South (toward Shelbyville) although precisely where they were, or headed,       seems a bit fuzzy, although the dreamer realized that to get back to where he       had previously mapped out as a hiding place, the driver needed to do a U-turn       at that moment,        where the road type would allow it rather easily.              The driver of the car, however, either didn't "hear" the dreamer, or was       ignoring him, or had something else on his mind, or was possibly of *no* mind       to speak of. Regardless, the dreamer looked ahead and saw a left turn       approaching, that would lead (       back) to the pre-planned spot.              No go. The driver just kept on keeping on, as if he were alone in the car.              For whatever reason, the process of "astral combat" occurred, and the dreamer       wrapped his right arm around the driver's head & neck and grabbed with a kind       of twisting/squeezing motion that somehow slipped off the head & neck of the       driver, with the        result being that yes, the car came to a stop, but the driver was       traumatically crying / sobbing / weeping, as if from a *deep* hurt, and the       dreamer apologized for having to use such a (strong?) approach / method, but       that was where that particular        dream segment ended, and I have no idea of whatever happened to the suit, nor       to any of the characters in that dream.              The "ashtray coin" was someone showing the dreamer a round, silver-ish astray       of about a 4" diameter (± around ½") that had a clearly visible image of a       U.S. coin, such as a silver dollar, circa late 1800s to early-mid 1900s, that       was presumably around        1 ounce of .9999 pure silver. Of course, in a dream, it *could* have       represented 1 ounce of "pure" silver, but that's a tad beside the point: The       coin had been pressed / flattened, and shaped so as to present as a (shallow       rimmed) ash tray.              The person presenting the coin-tray appeared much as a 50s-aged (yet dark       haired) business type (Caucasian) yet the dreamer was pondering more along the       lines of "What a shame" that a coin had been smashed into an ashtray, yet       appreciative of the        artistic effort that had been expressed as an ashtray.              Then there was the issue regarding A) the price of silver and B) the sales       value of the ash tray. Regardless, the dreamer seemed to decline touching or       accepting the tray, and the dream ended, clarity 9-ish.              Collections:              [continued in next message]              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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