Up all night – anyone else out there?

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I went to bed at about 8:30 last night…so now I am up.

But lets talk about dreams;

First I was at work and could not get out, every time I tried to leave something would come up that would delay me…then I final got out and met some friends by Soldiers Field. They had tickets to the Bears game, but I did not have one. I had lots of stuff in my pockets…lots and lots of stuff. I sort though it but I still do not have a ticket to the game. My friends leave for kick off and I have to find somewhere to watch it. I end up in Chinatown. I find a really cool restaurant with strange China creatures in it. I go out the back and down some stairs and find a beautiful garden patio with a huge pond. I think that I should remember this place for later and try to leave. All the doors I try lead into the kitchen. A chef points me to an exit door, but I can not go through because it is blocked by a bunch of broken windows and doors. A bunch of chefs come out and move the stuff and I walk up a long staircase towards the outside. But guest what, it was blocked! By a large turtle/beetle combo creature that talked in a strange language!

Then I woke up.

What to you think that meant?

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Dreams are a mysterious thing, open to multiple interpretations.

First I was at work and could not get out…
This can represent either your escape from the womb (were you born late?) or latent guilt about using too many staples in your last TPS report.

every time I tried to leave something would come up that would delay me…
This represents either your repressed desire to commune with a catalpa tree or a fear of brass-themed elevators

**then I final got out and met some friends by Soldiers Field… **
This typically signifies anxiety that your friends will discover that your halitosis is intentional and you don’t like close talkers

**They had tickets to the Bears game, but I did not have one… **
Clearly suggestive of a strong inner feelings for Stephen Colbert

I had lots of stuff in my pockets…
This may mean that you’re about to make a breakthrough in your fear of marsupials, though it may mean your vague attraction to Buddhism is blooming and you’re considering giving up worldly possessions

lots and lots of stuff…
Definitely the giving up possessions tack – I’ll send you my address shortly

I sort though it but I still do not have a ticket to the game…
Probably means that the winged shade of Garrzu is visiting you in your sleep and stealing lint from your ear. Could also mean that you have too much lint in your ears and your subconscious mind is calling out to you to clean them.

My friends leave for kick off and I have to find somewhere to watch it…
It’s good to see you’re letting go of repressed tension about the boards being down

I end up in Chinatown…
Forget it, Bat312, it’s Chinatown

I find a really cool restaurant with strange China creatures in it…
May signify your hopes and dreams of finding true happiness in a new endeavor. If you’re not planning a new endeavor at the moment, it probably means you have an overdue library book

I go out the back and down some stairs and find a beautiful garden patio with a huge pond…
Oh, if only you went out the front and down the stairs to the pond. Numeristically speaking, I could have told you the winning lottery numbers for next week (which also happen to be the phone number of a long lost friend from grade school). Unfortunately, it just means 5-9-13, 22-27-33, and 35-42-49, three combinations to random locks at the bus station.

I think that I should remember this place for later and try to leave…
Why do you hate penguins?!

All the doors I try lead into the kitchen…
Note that since you haven’t eaten yet in the dream, you’re hungry. Listen to yourself!

A chef points me to an exit door, but I can not go through because it is blocked by a bunch of broken windows and doors…
The doors and windows represent opportunities, but they are blocked because you forgot that “cannot” is one word. Your subconscious mind is trying to help out here.

A bunch of chefs come out and move the stuff and I walk up a long staircase towards the outside…
Which door! Which door!!!

**But guest what, it was blocked! **
Your inner monkey doesn’t give a crap about picayune spelling and grammar. Inner monkey SMASH!

**By a large turtle/beetle combo creature that talked in a strange language! **
The turtle/beetle combo suggests you are craving either a Taco Bell or McDonalds combo meal, and the strange language suggests you want to go through the drive-thru.

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Thank you for clearing that up for me.

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Anyone still out there?

Fun part of an all-nighter is the all-dayer that follows. Egad.

I wonder if my current condition means this is automatically a zombie thread?

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I’m here now, but I cheated–I went to bed at 1.

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Ya know, I’m not so jealous of the sleep, but of SuntanTigerTamer’s talk of smoke breaks… it’s been a little over a month now, and, well, there’s nothing like smoking your way through a night.

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Yeah, but if he hadn’t had that smoke break, he could have avoided the proselytizing of the weatherman. Smoking’s bad, m’kay?

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If not for the proselytizing of the weatherman the break would be lost … if not for the break, the …

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And I’m back for more, but only til 2am. Ima smoke like a broke stove kids :smiley:

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This always happens–I always get home late from work, around midnight. And I’ll be yawning and dozing off at a forty-five degree angle right until I clock out, and then stay up for, like, two more hours when I get home.

Who wants random links?

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Mmm… random links

Actually, boring links would be better. Following random links will keep me up longer :frowning:

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You got your paper finished Rythmdvl?

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Nope, still sadly slogging. It’s going to be a tough week – there are actually two projects that came in with overlapping deadlines, so we’ll be cutting the sleep down to two or three hours a day for the duration (not quite an all nighter, but close enough).

Ah, the joys of running your own business! Tough, but at least we’ll be pulling in a month’s income in a week or so.

ETA: you get a chance to give Betty a listen?

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A months income usually helps you shrug some sleep off.

I did not have a chance to check it out yet, but I assure you, I will. I’m somewhat of a music geek/snob, so anything that I’ve never heard, let alone heard OF, usually gets me excited, especially when it comes so highly recommended by a Stranger On The Internet ™. :slight_smile:

This will be the last of my overnight shifts, at least. Then I get to take my 3 year old daughter for two full weeks. I can’t wait. We shall tour every park and ice cream stand from here to St Paul! Huzzah!

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Wth Is That Random Girl On Television Doing To Led Freaking Zeppelin?!!??!?!?!

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Now that’s an interesting question. I have no idea if the answer is interesting (in fact, I have no idea what you’re talking about), but what a question!
So, what is that Random Girl doing?

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Ugh, it was horrible.

Olympic closing ceremonies. Some random girl covering Zep’s “Whole Lotta Love” with Jimmy Page standing right next to her like nothing at all is wrong.

I did not deserve that on my last night.