Yeah, I dream about flying all the time, and in my dreams it's always like "why did I never realize I could do this before? I just need to flap my arms harder and push off the ground more forcefully!" Sometimes I'm even riding a broomstick. And then sometimes I'm not truly flying, but just sort of jumping really high and hanging suspended in the air and then I slowly come down. Kind of how I imagine walking on the moon might be. Which would be pretty awesome too.
Yeah I always have dreams like where something clicks and I'm like "Whoa I figured out how to keep myself in the air for a really really long time." Always something like tucking my legs in over and over again. Then I go on to show all my friends and they're amazed. Always disappointing to wake up from those dreams.
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When I dream of flying, usually I start by throwing myself at the ground and not falling. Then I can sort of skim along close to the ground a bit, hands at my side, till I work out how to get higher.
A lot of my flying dreams that I remember consist of me leaping through the treetops like "OMG THIS IS SO AWESOME!" Weird that I can fly in dreams, but I can never seem to run.
Ok, I finally had another Joanna dream, but it's fading fast. As best as I can remember...
It started out that I was going to San Francisco for some reason. And SF was all technicolor, like I remember the sky was soooo bright blue. It was like that scene in Munchkinland in the Wizard of Oz when they first switch to color? Then it jumps to waiting outside before a Joanna show, I assume still in SF? And I'm not in line because I'm waiting for a friend? Then I notice that about 20 people have started a line and I'm like "oh shit! They're going to get all the good spots! Screw my friend!" and get in line. There are tons of people there, but once we get inside there's maybe 10 of us watching her show, which is in this little tiny black box theater? It has maybe 2 sides of 10 chairs and they're not even filled, so that's weird. Then I can't remember if we even noticed Joanna come to the stage, but I started hearing Christmas music and realize Joanna is playing it, and suddenly she's dancing down the aisles Ellen Degeneres-style, wearing a pair of felt reindeer antlers, and probably singing "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer"? I don't remember exactly which Christmas carol it was in my dream, but that would make the most sense. It could have been "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" for all I know, since that plays about 7 times a day at my new job. And then, after a few more songs, Joanna starts giving gifts out to people and hands me this huge box and I was like "wtf?" at the same time I was like "OOOH A PRESENT!" Then I can't really remember what else happened related to Joanna. It might come back to me later, but probably not. The rest of the dream had something to do with me being in this crazy hotel where you drove your car onto this lift thing that took you and your entire car up to your floor? But it wasn't an elevator, they just attached this metal wire to the roof of your car and pulled you up and your car would be flapping in the breeze dangerously. Then my room was underwater or something. You know, basic dream stuff.
We should have a thread for just regular crazy dreams that don't involve Joanna, because some of mine are seriously weird.
I had a dream I had to teach a musicology class to adults with Lisa Simpson, and we only had one hour to cover the entire course curriculum, AND we had to write papers on an influential musician (for some reason I had to write a paper too even though I was supposed to be teaching?), and I was going to write about Joanna... then I woke up.
This isn't about Joanna, but it's related because it's about Bill Callahan. And I just found I'd written it down and got a good laugh, so I wanted to share. I must have had this dream about 2 or so years ago. I was working as a receptionist at a hair salon where we had to do confirmation calls for people who had appointments the next day...SO ANYWAY. I dreamed I was doing the confirmation calls at work and I'm going down the list and I get to "Smog" and I'm like "WTF? Bill Callahan?" Like apparently he was coming in, but he was listed as "Smog". So I call the number and I'm like "umm...may I speak to....Smog?" Some lady answers who's apparently his secretary and she's like "oh, just a moment please." So I'm spazzing out because apparently it really is Smog. I think in reality I'd just be like "whatev," because I'm not a huge huge fan, but in the dream I was like "OMG OMG OMG OMG IT'S SMOG!" And then I don't remember exactly, but I guess he picked up and I was like "hey, Smog, I'm just confirming your 2 o'clock appointment tomorrow." And he was talking and I definitely recognized his voice. And one of my coworkers was sitting near the desk watching me go into spasms and he was like "what's wrong with you?" and I was like "OMG THAT WAS SMOG. HE'S COMING IN TOMORROW!" And he's like "who?"
I just think it's funny that he went by "Smog". That's like if Chan Marshall signed all her checks "Cat Power". Which would be awesome.
Anyway. Maybe I should start a general dreams thread. Because I just found some really funny ones I've written down.
HA! I've found where I've written a lot of old dreams and another one that involves Joanna!
So first, it was this horrific dental dream where I went to the dentist and they pulled out the novacaine needle and it was gigantic, just like on that episode of Hannah Montana where she goes to the dentist! But then the dentist turned into my chiropractor and he somehow knocked me out and I woke up and whatever was wrong with my teeth was miraculously fixed! THEN I was OPENING FOR JOANNA...who was opening for of Montreal...weird show. hmmm But I'm getting ready to open and EVERYTHING IS GOING WRONG! Like I can't find all my stuff and I forget where I parked my car and I'm having to walk really far to find it and...you know how in dreams where you've got to move fast or run but you're in slow motion and it's like your legs are anvils and they're so heavy and you can't move? UNH I HATE THAT BUT THAT'S HOW IT WAS. And then I was having technical difficulties...I dunno. But I think it all ended up being ok and I was even talking to JNew after it and she's like "hey, I know you!" and I was like "well, we have met like once a year ago!!!" (this dream must be a few years old) and she's like "I totally remember you 'cause you're SO AWESOME!!!" Duh.
Then I don't remember. But it'd be sweet if that really happened, minus the novacaine needle and losing my stuff.
I dreamt Joanna was playing a really small show in my town. First she was on the steps of somewhere, playing music and taking requests (I requested some song she said she couldn't play because she didn't have a band?). Then she went into this bar and was going to continue playing there (there were only like 15 people there total, I was SO excited). But then I realized I had my dog and no animals were allowed in the bar, so I went across the street to my friend's house and asked if I could leave my dog there. Then my dog randomly had puppies, so I decided she was more important than Joanna Newsom and I missed the rest of her show. It would've been such a magnificent show, too.