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Vivid

2006-05-25 10:03

by Will Carroll

I had the most vivid dream. I'm not one for remembering dreams despite my Jungian bent, so this is unusual. I think some of it may be aided by my recent discovery of Pzizz. I was in the midst of an Energizer Nap when I got this amazingly clear dream. I was standing in a club -- a nightclub, dance club, whatever you want to call it -- and everyone was dancing. Except there was no music. Everyone had on iPods and was, very literally (for a dream), dancing to the beat of their own drummer.

I have no idea what it means, or whether it's a business plan.

Comments

2006-05-25 10:26:37

1. Ken Arneson

I had a dream last night that my wife was pregnant, and she wanted to name our new child "Fish".

Explain that one to me. On second thought, don't.

2006-05-25 10:35:05

2. Ken Arneson

Maybe they weren't dancing to their own drummer...maybe they were dancing to some collective drummer on iPods with WiFi. There's your business plan right there: nightclubs where it's possible to actually hold a conversation if you want to!

2006-05-25 12:23:58

3. dianagramr

Ken,

On one hand, I like that "collective drummer" thought.

On the other hand, it reminds me of the Borg.

2006-05-25 12:57:39

4. Ken Arneson

4 Yeah, how long until those earplugs are wireless? And then how long until they're just implanted in your head?

The Borg thing isn't as far off as you'd think. They've already taught a monkey to use a joystick just by thinking about it. How much different is an iPod from a joystick? Not much.

I'd be willing to bet that within my lifetime, or at least my kids' lifetimes, you'll be able to run Google queries and type and send email and listen to your iPod just by thinking about it.

2006-05-25 14:07:42

5. Ali Nagib

Maybe Berman, Braga, and Frakes made a mistake when casting "Star Trek: First Contact," and they actually meant to have Abe Vigoda instead of Alice Krige. Then this would all make perfect sense.

2006-05-25 14:20:05

6. Ken Arneson

That would have made a better movie, for sure.

Or even better, let's trade Vigoda in Star Trek for Samuel L. Jackson in Star Wars. Vigoda would have been a perfect Jedi, and I'd love to see Jackson taking on Jean-Luc Picard.

"We're the m--f--'in Borg, m--f--er! Resistance is futile!"

2006-05-25 14:42:25

7. murphy

i had a dream in layers last night. while "waking up" from one to the next, i heard on sports radio that clemens decided to play again and signed with the reds. (yes, i said reds - as in cinncinati) i ran to the TV (apparently in the dream i had cable) and found it to be true. when i eventually woke up to THIS reality i was strangely comforted to see the that whole world had not turned on its end.

2006-05-25 14:55:11

8. Kayaker7

I'm disappointed. By the title of the entry, I thought it was going to be an adult film review.

2006-05-25 16:09:07

9. Ali Nagib

That's funny, cause that's pretty much what I was thinking when I saw it too.

2006-05-25 23:04:46

10. Ravenscar

I'll be the third one to that party - I was almost positive that's what it was.

Scott's letter to Penthouse may have helped.

And, in an unrelated comment, I once had a dream that I was playing in the World Cup and refused to be subbed out because a professor for a class I hadn't been to in like three weeks was waiting on the sideline. But I did manage to score a goal.

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