dreams
What's a Dream Recording?
"So, I've altered my sleep schedule in order to improve dream-recall
and increase the potential for lucid dreaming. I began by waking up
every 90 minutes and attempting to transcribe what I could remember of
my dreams. I started about 8 months ago, but only recently had the
idea to use a hand-held recorder and talk (often half-asleep) about
what I just experienced (rather than scribbling furiously before I
forget details). Some of them are amusing, some are sad, some are
frightening, some are sexy, but all are unedited
stream-of-consciousness audio recordings taken during interruptions in
my night's sleep. Included with each is a brief textual summary of the
Dream Recording #3 by Zach Forsberg-Lary
Dreams 03
February 14, 2008 6:00 AM
Alex, Ross, Colleen, Erika, J Kelly, Luciana, M Lee, Jim, Maria, K Lary, C Pereira, M Moore, Justine the Rhino, etc.
There was a party somewhere in the arctic. My father and I were both employed by the host (he was creating a large mechanical "zord" to do chores and I was sketching blueprints for something). There were friends, family, and people from work in attendance. Pizza of two thicknesses was being consumed. I thought that a woman dressed as a rhinoceros was named Ryan, but it was Justine. Justine asked me to lock up after she left. We went to a store to buy some sort of frozen meat, which I was certain that my father used to cut with a hacksaw. Maria and Jim were in a fight. An ex-girlfriend wanted to date me again, but I didn't. Jess Kelly played a Neutral Milk Hotel song for me so we could critique the tambourine. Jess Kelly could do tricks. It didn't fuck up nearly as bad as the tambourine at the end of Lord of the Rings.
Dream Recording #2
"A Muslim political candidate released an advertisement explaining why more people hadn't voted for him. Similarly, a candidate which I personally knew for the past 43 years just recently came out of the closet. End cap."
There it is. The entire transcription. Sometimes I wake up in the morning with these vivid memories of detailed dreams. Other times I wake up and don't even remember if I recorded anything until I check my recorder. Then I listen to something like this, and I'm reminded why it's all worthwhile.
Dream Recording #1
This dream was about a competition of some sort, during which a European person was being compared to pictures of "drawn human feces." Presumably, the characters in this dream include myself and a European person. Unfortunately, I cannot comment on the details or outcome of said competition, but I like to think that I won a blue ribbon.
