Dream|Reality

April 28th; awake and alive

Dream: Misha told me once that she always recognized me in her dreams by my hands. I'm not really sure how I recognize the people i know in my dreams--they never look like they do in life. I just know who they are, the same as I know who they are when I meet them on the street--a movement, a scent, the shape of their hair or the sound of their voice, or the way they move. I very easily slip into a half-dreaming state, where I dream i'm talking to someone and the words actually come out of my mouth. Sometimes I'll slide into dreaming, dream I'm having a conversation about something, and then start actually talking in the middle of a conversation that the person with me actually had nothing to do with. Or i'll fall asleep mid-sentence, then wake an hour later and complete the sentence. I wonder if i'll have the same experience with the next person I share a bed with on a regular basis. Perhaps it's just specific to shannon...though Chris says I used to do it with him, too.

The Moment CD: So, Peter Gabriel Book: Interesting Times, Terry Prachett Outside: bright, sunny, summerlike, YES! Doing: indexing and waiting for 3:45   {{previous}} | {{next}} archives | home   "I look to the time with you to keep me awake and alive" Peter Gabriel, "In Your Eyes"

Reality: I'm leaving work early to go have a tattoo done. i'm working at home afterwards, so I'll still put in my 8 hours, but it'll be nice to get out into the sunshine. The tattoo is going to be the design behind \idat\ on my index page...it's a Venus star from about 500 BC, found on the side of a Greek vase. It's going on my ankle. The tattoo means all sorts of things to me, but most it will mean that there is a period of my life that I am closing, a page I am turning. I also dyed my hair last night--it's not a not-found-in-nature color of violet-black. it's a little bit harsh right now; it'll fade a bit in the next few days, and hopefully my natural color will start to show through a bit. I really like it, though. i've been wanting black hair ever since I was very little, and it feels cool to have finally done it. I'll have pictures developed next week, I hope.