Lots of dreams last night. At one point I was hanging by both hands from a cable stretched between two high points over a river far below. I was way out in the middle and very unsure I could make it to either side. I kept thinking 'this can't be right... how do I get out of this?' And then I went through the whole 'maybe I'm dreaming?' thought process, and determined that, indeed, I was dreaming. But I don't think I woke up. The dream just switched to something else. So, again, I'm close to what I understand to be lucid dreaming, but it doesn't work out quite like I expect. I only gain a little bit of control, like I can nudge events one way or the other. But I can't just decide to fly around, or talk to old friends, or... um... anything else.

Later - and yes, I know it's ridiculous to dream about such things, but it has been on my mind - I was dreaming about Steve Jobs' keynote speech at MacWorld. This actually happens in a little over an hour, but I saw it last night. There was a big image of a chip and I kept looking at it and at first it said G5 and then I looked again it said G4, and then back to G5. That's the sort of clue - text that keeps changing when you look away and then back again - that is supposed to remind me that I'm dreaming, but I missed it. Seems like I can realize I'm dreaming much easier if I'm in a tight spot and the realization will serve to get me out of it. Anyway, then it changed and I saw a very tiny Mac that was somehow hooked up to a Nintendo GameCube. Or it was a Nintendo Gamecube. Yes, I know, my life is fascinating.

And then later I was hanging out with my friend Sarah who is still away out West. I miss her. When are you coming home Sarah?
- jim 1-07-2002 3:50 pm




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