Dream Journal
February 12, 1997
I was visiting Rebecca’s parents’ house, which was a large fancy building surrounded by a kind of moat. We were there for a holiday. We had all left and returned. Steve and Jennifer arrived and I was carrying some important book. We had to cross this plank to get across the moat. I was afraid I’d drop the book and so Rebecca’s mom took it. She set it on the edge of the plank where it fell in halfway and got wet. Everyone started complaining and blaming me and so I swam it across and it got a little more wet.
Once back in the house, Sarah had a fit about the book and I put blame where it was needed. Upset, I left. I went out the back and down the line of houses, which turned into a crenelated white bridge with a lake on one side and a cliff on the other. The cliff side had paths where the river had dipped way down. I explored this area for a time and then I met Dave. It was great to see and speak with him. We started going back towards Rebecca’s house. He started trying to have sex with me and I refused. As we got deeper into the river trench, it was turning into Mario Land. He started finding stars and hidden places. I was curious, but didn’t watch.
So I went back up to the marketplace where I saw a new kind of flying machine, loaded with Brits. It could stop and start on a dime, turn rapidly — anything! Some of the Brits almost fell off. I watched in wonder. I promptly ran into Rebecca, who was out looking for me. I was glad to see her and ready to return. Then I woke up.
Scene Transformation: First, while walking down the neighborhood street, the road turned into a crenelated white bridge over a lake and cliff.
Then the scene at the bottom of the cliff became Mario Land. I wish I had written more about how the transformation took place. But I clearly didn’t want this to become a video game dream and left.
Expectations: The danger of the moat became an irresistible draw and the fear of getting the book wet caused it to happen, even when handled by someone else.