the Dream

Sleep well?
Well, I had a dream I couldn't shake off my mind today. I wouldn't say it was a nightmare, because I wasn't shocked, more stunned.
It started with smoke coming from a place that only existed in my imagination. It looked like an American city at dusk, but it felt like Enschede, my city of study. I was biking with a small group of men towards the fire. Then we saw clouds rise, like an explosion just took place. Out of nowhere a red-hot scorching train was slowing down on a hightened track, but still with great speed came pelting towards us. I saw there were still people inside the train. One wagon detached itself and came flying towards me. Time slowed down considerably, making the experience really intense. I was waiting for the right moment to jump away if necessary, but I was nailed to the ground. Maybe it was the slowing of time that made me as heavy as a weight. I hoped the train would go past me. But it stopped moving.
I was in my bed. The images freshly burnt in my memory, I was looking for my pen to write it all down. I always keep my pen in my photo-bag, but the bag was nowhere to be seen! I was desperate to get it down on paper. About 6 times I imagined that I had found a pen and started writing the story. But it wasn't real! I thought to myself: get this recorded, somehow! I never had such a clear memory of the details in a dream for so long after having dreamt it. It was as though my mind was fighting against a force that didn't want the dream written down. Then I thought about my mobile. It was right next to my pillow! All this time I could've been typing in there. So I started typing. Nearly not as fast as with a regular keyboard, but it worked. When I reached the third message though, there were no more letters left! And I wasn't finished yet!
Eventually I got out of bed, got my bag and wrote the rest on a piece of paper.
Why I'm putting it online? I don't know. But it's here now.

ps. My mother told me having dreams with fire, brings wealth, in some Chinese superstition? Not a bad thing I would say...:)

Flickritis

I totally have nothing to do these days. That's because there's no jobs for me to do at the moment. Next one is this friday, so I have two days to find ways to spend time. I've been reading Volkskrant magazines, rewatched a DVD from Magnolia (great movie, but the first time was the best), editing pictures in photoshop; which spawned this great pic I made with a new cool invert your negative with digital camera technique, playing video games (Nintendo DS, Gamecube, GBA)...I want to buy Resident Evil 4 for the Wii, but I'm really low on cash, so I better wait.
Another thing that many people do I guess when they have nothing to do is: to snack. And you get lazier to buy new stuff, so you just make snacks from scraps.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to get busy again, and I know that the first step is to get away from the computer!! So, bye for now.