dream, Fri 29/5/09

(I haven't been sleeping well so seem to be dreaming more again.)

A whole bunch of people I know and myself are in a field, playing some weird version of football. My brother is there, and I explain to him why I don't really like spending time with him. I tell him that I was annoyed he didn't visit or call while I was in hospital, and feel that once his wife got what she wanted out of me (as a bridesmaid), she forgot all about me. He explains to me that he didn't want to deal with anything unhappy straight after he got married. I reply to him that he cannot expect to ever be forgiven.

* * *

We're in the Philippines and I go to a house. Outside the house a whole bunch of EMSians are crying because ES's mother is dying and apparently she is well-loved by the EMS community. MD stops me and asks me why I am here. I tell him a friend of mine is dying - s/he won't yet die and this person has yet to find out, but they are dying. For some reason I know before them.

I am walking along the dirt/gravel road and SB and SM are there, in school uniform. I go up to SB and say, don't you recognise me? He does, but he pretends I have him confused with someone else he knows. I shrug and continue to walk along the road, alone.

* * *

I just remembered another amazing fragment - RI had this bag full of Tom Paine books - for some reason Common Sense was available in several large tomes. He was on his way to the library to photocopy them all as he'd borrowed them from the library. I thought he was insane to be photocopying so much.

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dream, Wed 13/5/09

Again, arguing with my brother - and this time it seemed physical - as in I wanted to hit him and really hurt him, but I'm not sure why.

I was in a field, walking to either Bundoora or Kew where the former mental institutions were. The buildings reminded me of England so I wanted to take photographs of them.

I began walking up to the buildings and was about to go up a flight of flimsy wooden plank stairs. An Irish lady told me not to because she didn't want me to get hurt.

I remember remarking that this apartment block was way more glamorous than the one I'd actually lived in.

Then all of a sudden I was at home and my mother had made me fish on toast (? gross). I told her off as I was craving jam on toast - three slices, to be precise. She threw it away and began to make me fresh toast and I felt guilty.

 

edited to add I walked past a house and The Chemical Brothers' 'Surrender' album was playing. I somehow knew it was a man who went to university listening.

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