Movie Stars & MeI'm in prison. In the prison with me is Anthony Hopkins, playing some scary character. It's time for me to leave. As I do, Bruce Willis looks up from the top bunk and lets out one of those "Aaaaaooo" sounds that Bruce tends to make. Bruce gets up and leaves with me. Just before we get out, Anthony Hopkins jumps in from behind and yells, "So your going to go get all of that stolen gold aren't you!" Bruce turns around looking betrayed, annoyed and bothered (I just turn around, Bruce is a much better actor than me). There is a pause as we notice the whole prison has heard that we have stolen gold somewhere, then Bruce moves toward Anthony and rips his shirt off. Aha! He is wired! It was just a trick to try and entrap us and force us to stay in prison. We leave.
Outside, we see a worried Melissa, who sometimes is Alyson Hannigan. She is looking at a crushed coke can with much dread. It is sitting outside a scary old building. Apparently inside the building is a mental case and the last time he crushed cans he killed people.
New scene: Steph and I are in our car (it changes between mine and hers) and we go to Wendy's. I order a chili burger and drink and she orders a couple of chili dogs. At the window, Matt Damon is working there and asks for the money. We both slap are heads and say, "We forgot to get cash! We'll be right back. We drive off quickly to a cash machine just a couple of blocks down the street. I grab some money and head back. When I return Steph is already there and I seem to have travelled in a wheel chair instead of a car. At the window, I offer the money for the food, but the manager is pissed that we ordered and then drove off even though we explained we had to get money. The angry manager says do not give them the food. Matt Damon says, "look I already gave them part of it, why can't we give them the food, they have the money." The manager yells "No, they don't get any, get out of here!" at us. I get mad. I yell at the manager but it doesn't work. I see a half made sandwich sitting on the window so I grab it and throw it through the window at the manager then drive off. Steph is mad at me for losing my temper. We walk towards our car which is down the street. As we are walking Matt Damon walks up. I say, "Oh no, man I am sorry. You got fired?" Matt says, "Yeah, but it is ok, he was an asshole." Some girls drive up as we get to our car, and Matt says he is a policeman, pulls out a flashlight and badge and proceeds to search their car.
New scene: I am in downtown Dallas staying at a hotel with my dad. I go outside to look around. There are alot of people around watching some sort of pseudo parade. I realize they are filming a movie. I think, "Oh great, I have a chance to be in a movie, and here I am wearing my glasses and no shirt. Damn it." But not wanting to miss the opportunity I stay. Soon William Hurt walks by in the parade, waving slowly into the cameras. I watch that but watch the buildings and other people as well, focusing my attention on more than just the parade. After a bit, William Hurt walks up to me and says, "We'd like to use you for this. Your very good, come with me." I following him to a different area nearby where others are waiting. My dad then calls on my cell phone and I tell him I am working as an extra in some movie they are filming down here. Just as I am trying to put the phone away a car fromt he parade comes slowly by. It has no driver. William Hurt yells from behind it for me to help. I move toward the car no knowing what he wants. He motions at the car and says, "Stop it!" I jump into the drivers seat just as the car is rolling into a small chasm in the road. With one foot on the brake and one foot still outside the car on the ground, I stop the car, then push with all my strength and force the car out of the chasm, letting the car roll backward for a bit. The director yells "CUT!" then comes over to me looking annoyed. He says, "Haven't you ever heard of brakes! Use the brakes! Again!" The car moves forward and I end up repeating what I just did twice, this time using the sluggish feeling brakes after I shove the car backward with my foot. As I do I spin the wheel so the car turns as it moves backward, so it will avoid hitting the wounded girl in the street behind the car. I ask William Hurt if this is ok and he says it is. That's all I remember.
posted by Jeff Gatlin 3/31/00 10:44:15 AM
Friday, March 24, 2000
City of the Dead & the TV Guide.Last night was a rough ride. I woke up several times for no reason other than I was lying in my bed with what felt like the force of 2 gravities. Each time I checked the clock and it was no where near time to get up. But the night did yield a couple of interesting dreams. -Jg
I was trapped. An evil queen had chased me into some kind of labyrinth. She said something to a cronie like "Let him try to escape while he gets further entrapped" or something along those lines. I decide to duck out of the current room into the next which is down some short stairs then back up some more stairs. Every room in this place has at least four exits, some up some down some to the next room. I duck down through a doorway and down some stairs. Suddenly, I find myself in a strange environment filled with people. Dead people. Unlike most dead people, these folks move around. They didn't pay me too much attention as they were busy with their own dead lives. Each room with these people seemed to serve some purpose. A bar, a waiting room, a courtroom. As I walked through the place I came up to a desk. A dead clerk asked me, "You need a press pass to see the congress?" Not wanting to be discovered as being alive, I replied casually "Yeah" adding some feeling of resigned bother as if I had needed to get a pass to see the dead congress before and this was just another boring detail to deal with. He gave me two keys, which were the passes. These keys were shaped much like long conical grubs. I placed them in my pocket and moved on, trying to head out of this place of the dead. As I expected, I did not retract my steps very well and ended up in a new place, two rooms seperated by a chasm and a weed beam over it to allow crossing. The evil queen was there. I cast a spell and woke up.
In this dream, I am at my home in Texas. My friend Keith is there and we are watching the sequel to the 10th Kingdom. I begin to scan through the TV guide to see what else is on. In it, I read that in an interview someone has asked Dan Rather (or some other well known news guy) advice on what to do when someone plays Strength and Holy Armor on their creature. I think, 'Hey cool. Something about Magic the Gathering'. I try to explain this to my friend who does not play the game. When I do, I say look here and try to read the entry in the TV guide. The words suddenly become hard to read. The more I focus on the section of text, the more it changes and does not allow me to understand it. I keep concentrating... soon the words become recognizable as written in Russian. There are many words then a couple of English words such as Strength which I believe to be references to Magic cards. I keep concentrating and the symbols change and I try to sound out the Russian words, even though I know I am not pronouncing them correctly. The dream breaks down when I stop to head to the bathroom. I find that one toilet is missing. For a second I consider going there anyway but then move to the next bathroom. There I go, and wake up (fortunately still dry :b).
posted by Jeff Gatlin 3/24/00 11:58:31 AM
Tuesday, March 21, 2000
Whales and AstronautsI am on vacation in the caribbean somewhere. As we (I am with others thought I don't know who) look out to the sea, several whales are relaxing on sandbars, many of them out of the water. I approach one of them, partially of volition partially on accident. I touch the side of the massive beast. It is a blue whale, very very large and I am humbled. The whales begin to move and return to the underwaters. I worry that one of them will rise up under me.
The scene changes and I am in a boat with my mom and others. We are travelling in search of something important. As we work our way around a large outcropping of rock, we find the other side of the rock to be hollowed out. Inside, we find the remains of several astronauts. This is an important find so we contact the people that are looking for them. We move toward a local shop and enter. The people looking for astronauts arrive and we try to tell them we are the ones that found the astronauts. But, someone has taken the medusa head from the shelves! If someone bad has taken it we are doomed. Fortunately, someone just was trying to buy it at the counter so we return it. I look at it. I am dissapointed that the medusa head only has a bad hairdo and not scary snakes. I approach it speaking of my feelings and the hair moves! The dream ends.
posted by Jeff Gatlin 3/21/00 10:13:25 AM
Monday, March 13, 2000
Friends, Assassins and Greek MythsI've waited way too long to get a good flow from this dream written down. But some of the themes popping up in this one were just too interesting to let fly.
I am at my friend Jim Johnsons house (back when we were in high school). Jim isn't anywhere near nor is anyone else who should be in the house. I am there talking about Airsoft guns with David. He he rattling on about the guns and I'm enjoying the rattling because I'm into the sport as well, but my mind is elsewhere. It seems that I have a pistol in my hand, I do not recognize the exact style but it is big and bulky and ungraceful. It is also not an Airsoft gun, it is real.
I am looking around wondering how and where I am going to get any practice firing this gun. You see, I have been given this gun for the specific task of killing someone. I am not certain who that is but I don't care because I am too worried that I won't be used to firing a real gun, especially this one from an unknown source. I consider hiding the gun under the bed because certainly I cannot fire it anywhere around here without being heard.
Confusion sets in here but there is someone trying to get away. Many shots are being fired at him. He is near me. I look at him. He is covered head to toe with eyes! He says something I cannot remember and jumps out a window as someone shoots at him. I think I took a shot at him as well. Too much has faded to continue. -Jg
posted by Jeff Gatlin 3/13/00 12:41:33 AM