viernes, marzo 03, 2006

please would you like to be somewhere floating free



one part of my dream that stands out from last night is the heat. i was walking along somewhere and the heat was almost unbearable; i was sweating and thirsting from the unrelenting heat. and at that point i woke up and realised i'd left my space heater on when i fell asleep and now my room was sweltering. so i turned it off and opened my door to let the heat out and fell back asleep into dreamland.

it was at this point that i began dreaming of my family's place in the mountains, which i don't think really exists. i'm not even quite sure what mountain range this mythical "place in the mountains" is, but it's probably the cascades. anyway, me and a bunch of other family members, which happens to include michael j. fox, go up there because mike has just inherited the place. thing is you can only get there by "land or air", although it's too high up to be dropped from a plane or helicopter so basically you have to hike there. i don't know how, but there is electricity and running water. the electricity comes from these power lines that obstruct some of the view from the house. we are all sitting in front of the cabin which sits right in front of a huge, downward-sloping meadow and basically opens up to a view of these magnificent snow-crested mountains. it's probably spring-time because the grass of the meadow is green and there are wildflowers in bloom. and everyone is chillin like villains outside.

for some reason i throw a rope around the power line and start swinging like a madman, and i mean i am going waaaay out there and into the air because the meadow goes down so quickly and abruptly so if i were to slip i'd fall a long, long way to my death. but i'm not even afraid of slipping, i'm just swinging like a madman and having a blast and mike (j. fox) is exploring the place and my great-grandmother (whom i've never met in real-life) is on the meadow with everyone else. and when i'm swinging, i'm really swinging! and it feels tremendous to have that kind of confidence and to be on the meadow with the family one second and the next second they're looking like ants because of how high i'm swinging on this rope attached to power lines.

when i tire of the rope swing it suddenly occurs to me that i'm not being electrocuted when i'm on the ground holding the rope and i can't remember if that's because the rope is not a conductor or if the power lines are shut off because i should be electrocuted because i'm grounding the power line. soon it doesn't matter though because someone has climbed the pole and tightroped over to where the rope is tied and he cuts it with a knife. so no more rope swing.

it's at this point i go inside with michael j. fox and we're raiding the fridge but all we can find is almond roca and sliced ham. that's about all i remember.