I've been having lots of dreams over this past holiday season. Not really dreams that make me happy, though - I seem to have more and more nightmares these days. When I was younger, I was a major worrywart, though now I slack off a lot more and have a "whatever happens, happens" mentality. Can't say it's a good thing, because even if I might have a blast during the day, my sleep will be haunted by the fears that I've buried. My winter break's coming to an end, and it's rather depressing thinking that I have to go back to the tiresome daily grind again. One of the earlier dreams was about going back to school...except it was far stranger than I'd imagined it would be.

I assume that I returned to my high school, considering that in the dream I "knew" that I had 7 periods. But I had science first thing in the morning, even though it's my last class of the day, and there was a strict lady with short hair and glasses instead of my teacher. And one of my friends, who is not in my science class, was sitting near me, and her cell phone rang in class (which is impossible! She doesn't have one). I didn't have a locker, so instead I put down my backpack on the ground and was rifling through it when another friend of mine came along and told me, "I heard there's a great dessert menu!" (Since when would school lunches include such things?) I said that it sounded great, but I wasn't sure if I should eat it (I'm bound to overeat if I have too much tasty food around). She insisted, "What is food for besides eating?"

The strangest thing by far was PE. There was no locker room to change clothes, so we went into a building that looked alarmingly like a supermarket. Boys and girls all changed in that room, no privacy at all. And in the swimming pool, some guys were just fooling around, and then they must've challenged the dessert friend from earlier, because she got really fired up, saying "OH YEAH?!" and swam at a demonic speed.

I had another, shorter dream, where I was at my elementary school campus, walking with a friend I met in middle school and one who moved away when I was in 5th grade. We passed by a huge pile of brown stuff, which was apparently camel poop.

Last night's dream was weird, too, and it involved the friend who was in my dream's science class. Some of our friends had gone off during the school lunchtime to go to a nearby 7-11 and buy some food, so we decided to go too, after they'd left. But I was having difficulty getting out of the school, and could not find a way out except for trying to crawl under the barbed wire fence (luckily, there was a driveway that we walked down instead). But we didn't go to the 7-11; somehow we ended up at some other stores, one of which was a GameStop, and my friend went in and started admiring the TV screen, which was playing some Japanese commercials for video games. I don't remember what happened next, but somehow we ended up at my house, and I started to panic when I realized we were running out of time and had to get back to school. I suggested that we go out the front door and just walk back to school, but my friend, oddly enough, became very angry with me and insisted we go back the way we came. Problem is, I had no idea how we'd gotten to my house in the first place, so I followed my friend, and there were two men in the house. They went over to a wall, and one of them reached his hand into it like it wasn't solid. And he must've found a doorknob, because a door formed, and he opened it. We ended up in the outdoors, in a place full of plants (which I now suspect might've been a different version of my backyard). I don't remember anything else, as I woke up right then.

Dreaming's pretty hard work, even if it sounds like such a lazy activity... I wake up tired every time I've been having dreams. I guess it's because in a way you've been awake all night long - running around, talking to people, living an entire other life.

Labels: 7-11, camel poop, cell phone, changing clothes, dessert, dream, fantasy, friends, lazy, life, new year, night, PE class, school, slacker, sleep, strange, stress, time, worry

I ended up missing my entry yesterday due to my attending Mars's birthday party. Now her age is the "unlucky number". Since my parents are working and it's hard for them to come home that early, Mars's mom picked me up and took me to her house. Then after a while, we went to the movie theater, which was the party's meeting place. No one showed up at first, so Mars's sister and Mars herself tossed a stuffed dog (Mars's sister bought it from the elementary school flea market) back and forth. We also rode up and down in the elevator at Mars's request. Unfortunately, a weird security guard guy was wandering around, so we quit. Eventually the guests arrived and we watched a movie, Bolt.

Bolt is sort of a cheesy movie, kind of like most kids animated movies, but it was funny nevertheless. Especially the hamster guy, Rhino. He acts like a crazy fan but he's actually pretty wise. o_O While watching the movie, the other party guests were saying it was like a Korean drama, because a cat was yelling at Bolt and Bolt went away unhappily. The cool part was when the "traveling party" reached Las Vegas. It was real pictures, not just animation. So we got to see the Bellagio fountains! (You will probably understand better if you have been following my blog for a while and have watched the movie Bolt.)

I've been watching the anime Koihime Musou, which is a relatively new anime, actually centered in China. It is funny at times, but it seems kind of sick too. D: So I am kind of concerned.

Today there was an assembly where a conversational biologist visited the school, along with a peregrine falcon. Our village has to go, so I ended up skipping third period and a bit of fourth. I am afraid I have to make up the long run we were supposed to be having today. I really don't want to have to do extra running after the winter break, but it can't be helped if I do need to.

It was raining earlier, but it cleared up in the afternoon. Surprisingly, my dad was there to pick me up after school. He was a bit offended by my shock at seeing him there. It is much faster to go home by car, though, so I shouldn't complain.

The good news is, winter break starts after this, so no homework for quite a while. But the bad news is that this means I will go to Japan and then China... I don't like visiting China due to the pollution, time difference, and rude people. (I apologize if you disagree.) Japan is cool, but a lot of people want souvenirs from me now. No way am I going to go there just to stuff my suitcase full of gifts for others. D: Sorry to disappoint people expecting souvenirs.

Labels: anime, birthday, blog, movie, vacation, weather, worry

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