The Multifunctional Facility OR The Funeral Frenzy!

This dream had a prior part to it, however I can’t recall it, so we begin where I am in my native land, Lexington, New York. There was a gas station that isn’t there in real life, which is kind of a big deal, since there are no gas stations in the town where I’m from. Riddled with curiosity, I decided to stop at this gas station. There were no gas pumps, however. I walked into the adjacent building to discover that there were vending machines and continued past them into a hallway which led to a small TV studio. Now, really baffled, I stepped outside and saw a marquee that this was also an HBO store. I was trying to make sense of why an HBO store would be in my small town of 850 people and wandered back into the building again. Now it was a church, and I was there while multiple funerals were happening. Apparently this set me off into some sort of frenzy, because I ran at one of the corpses and punted him in the head. Although this shocked everyone attending, the corpse woke up and was suddenly okay. I looked around the room and discovered that other corpses were not laying down, but posed standing on pedestals all over the room, dressed in over-done flapper-like 1920s clothing. (The guy I kicked just had a brown and gray suit on.) This apparently made me even more mad, because I suddenly started smashing and throwing things all over the place. At one point, I remember tearing a leather seat cushion off of a chair and hurling it at a piano. It struck the keys and played the notes audibly. It was at this point that I woke up.

The Elusive Morning Beej

So in this installment, I was woken up by a phone call, a friend (female) who was with a group of friends was calling to ask if I wanted to hang out. I of course did, but had just woken up and hadn’t even begun to stir yet. She said “I’ll come give you a morning beej to get you going.” Obviously, I was thrilled. She then said “Ok, I’m outside.” Now, in this dream world, I was living with my father. The place we made residence, however, was not a place we had ever lived. It was a very modern house and my friend’s face appeared in a circular window. She was smiling and waving as she put away her phone. I left my room and was going to let her in, but she was already in the living room. She was with two other girls (one who I know in real life and one who doesn’t actually exist) and a guy friend. They were sitting down gabbing with my father about something. He stood up after a while and started showing them magic tricks with two decks of cards, one red and one blue. It actually was pretty cool, he was doing cool slide-of-hand stuff with them. My friend who was going to make good on the morning beej came into my room with me, but I told her I wanted to pee first.

…suddenly, I was in my high school, trying to locate a bathroom. I was walking to spots where I knew bathrooms should be, but there would just be closets or elevators in their stead. Eventually, I ended up at some kind of craft fair that was taking place in the school and asked one of the vendors where the bathroom was. She pointed one out, but while walking to it, a man ahead of me walked in before I could get there and locked the door. I woke up.

The Parasite Demon?

I had a weird dream that I befriended some …person… who turned out to be some supernatural demon kind of creature that fed off of my friendship to exist in this world and terrorize it. Once I realized this, I revoked my friendship and, although I don’t remember how I got to this point, I found myself holding this thing’s human-like skull with a pair of tweezers and setting in on fire. While it was burning, it was trying to convince me one last time to stay friends with it. It finally got too hot to handle and it fell out of the tweezers, hitting me between my thumb and index finger before hitting the ground and vanishing. When I woke up, that part of my hand felt like it was slightly burned.

The Bird-Wire Civilization Dream

I don’t recall a lot of the detail of this one. I somehow managed to be up on electrical wire with birds and discovered that once you are up there amongst them, they are revealed to be an incredibly sophisticated civilization which we are incapable of seeing from the ground. All of the birds were like a community and had homes, families, shops, errands, etc. It was kinda trippy.

The Motorcycle and the Jerk Cop Dream

I somehow ended up with a motorcycle. I parked it on the street and went into some place, when I came out the motorcycle was gone. I happened to see two cops across the street and asked one if he had seen anyone leave with the bike. He said, “Sorry I didn’t. We don’t really pay attention to motorcycles.” Then his face grew a little more agitated and he said, “Go fuck yourself.” I was so annoyed, but more concerned with my bike. Somehow, it turned out that someone moved it into the place I was at for safe-keeping.

Hot-Headed Neighbor Dream

I also had a dream that my neighbor was shouting at his wife and a much younger girl who was with them (who also had a stroller). It sounded like they wanted him to do something and he was coming up with excuses why he shouldn’t have to. I pulled him aside and told him it was obvious he just wanted to be lazy and he should stop yelling. I then noted that I hadn’t seen the younger girl before, so this must have been an occasion. I asked if it that was his daughter and he informed me it was actually his grand daughter. When I asked if the child in the stroller was his great granddaughter then, he informed me that the child was actually his great great granddaughter. I was shocked. After he seemed like he had lightened up, I sent him back to his family in a better mood.

The Lake Militia Dream

I had a dream that a friend and a militia were trying to kill me and some people, while we were swimming in some lake; the militia was on land. The militia was not only shooting at us, but spilled a bunch of oil into the water and set it on fire. For some reason, I was able to talk to the people in my party while under water and try to devise a plan. While swimming away to try and get to safety, my friend in the militia jumped into the water and was chasing after me with a gun. I woke up at that time.

4 Years of Wrestling, 4 Years of Life

Thinking about how wrestling changes so much in four years made me realize how much life in general changes every four years.

1993 – Lex Luger was the All American Hero, fighting the evil Yokozuna, who was the champion. Yokozuna had just defeated Hulk Hogan, the most famous hero of wrestling, for the championship and Hogan vanished from the industry. Bret Hart shared the spotlight as the top guy in the WWF. There was some little company called WCW also on the map, but barely. I was 11 years old, between grade school and middle school. I had my first crush on a girl. My parents owned a ski shop in Windham, NY.

1997 – The number one wrestling company was WCW, Lex Luger was their champion for a brief title reign, but it was lost to Hulk Hogan, the leader of the nWo and top villain. In the WWF, Yokozuna had also vanished. Bret Hart was a despised villain, feuding with Stone Cold Steve Austin, a beer-drinking foul mouthed redneck. Steve Austin was the top guy in the company. I was a sophomore in high school. I was now 15 and living in New York City, coming off the heels of my parents divorcing. I was listening to a lot of Spice Girls and thrilled because Thundercats had returned to TV on the Cartoon Network.

2001 – WCW completely fell, the company was absorbed by the triumphant WWF. Bret Hart suffered a career-ending concussion a few month before and no longer could wrestle. Steve Austin lost some of his momentum, sharing the stage with The Rock, the most electrifying man in sports entertainment. The two seemed to feud on and off for years. After a long battle back and forth between the members of WCW and the WWF, the championships are all merged and Chris Jericho becomes the undisputed champion. I had just completed my first year in college and dealt with my first bout of heartbreak, boo hoo. I also worked my first 9-5er.

2005 – The WWF was now WWE. There was also a WWE Hall of Fame, which Hulk Hogan was inducted into. He had returned to the WWF briefly and had an electrifying match with The Rock. Meanwhile, the titles had been split once again, and the two big names in the industry were Batista and John Cena, each a champion. I was now working at J&R, top salesman, as far as I am concerned. I stopped going to school and worked, while now living by myself.

2009 – John Cena is still the man on top, Undertaker and Shawn Michaels are the veterans who have the show-stealing match. Steve Austin is inducted into the Hall of Fame. I find myself in Texas, at WrestleMania, seeing all of this go down. I managed to find myself unemployed, but returning to school. My cat Beeky, whom I had for 18 years died. I wonder what 2013 is going to be like?

What’s funny is, skipping spaces of four years, I managed to miss Bill Goldberg, and Brock Lesnar.

Raw Review 8/16/2010

9:03 – We lost, but it doesn’t matter. Roar!
9:04 – I hope there’s a lot of focus on Bryan tonight. It doesn’t make a great deal of sense why he had beef with the Nexus, but I don’t care, I marked out anyway and I’m thrilled he’s back.
9:08 – This Raw is starting off fun. I hope that the GM doesn’t interrupt and ruin everything.
9:09 – Can we get some progression now, reveal the GM or the higher power? Maybe they’re the same guy?
9:10 – Is the guy in the white shirt behind the announcers’ table the “hot” werewolf from this season of True Blood?
9:13 – I hope tonight is action packed and since Team WWE is competing, we better see Bryan and even Bret having a win would be nice.
9:18 – Ok, Wade Barrett Vs. Chris Jericho. Let’s go! Barrett losing would be awesome, someone could step in to the role of leader… someone we aren’t expecting.
9:24 – Wade Barrett over Jericho. 6 more to go?
9:33 – What is the point of guest hosts? They don’t even plug their stuff, they just walk out do something dumb and leave.
9:34 – FINALLY! They’re actually stopping this silly Unified titles thing. I was actually just wondering when they were going to do that. Then again, I wonder that every time that I see them. Maybe they’ll defend on Smackdown once in a while?
9:35 – Maybe after Justin Gabriel loses this match, he’ll eventually become a face and he and Evan Bourne can be a tag team with sick high flying combinations and it can propel them both a bit.
9:40 – Tarver Vs. Bryan? I hope Bryan wins!
9:43 – I guess that was necessary, but I don’t aprove. Tarver over by roll-up due to distraction by The Miz.
9:45 – Nice, Bret returns to the ring after a whole 24 hours of not being in the ring.
9:58 – Justin Gabriel Vs. Bret Hart isn’t happening. Way to false advertise. Well, Gabriel should be out of the Nexus in… say 6 minutes?
10:02 – Oh, Orton’s going to lose via count out.
10:03 – Ok, so most likely there will be one member of Nexus that will get tossed tonight. Maybe Young, since he’s taking on Cena, who can only lose if he’s shot in the heart.
10:06 – I’m almost positive that is Joe Manganiello in the audience.
10:11 – Skip and David against Morrison and K-Kwik? They can’t 86 2 members of Nexus in one shot… can they?
10:16 – Nope. So, Slater Vs. Edge?
10:17 – Divas tag! Nap time!
10:26 – Lawl “Memory Lane is closed, don’t go there.”
10:33 – Not thrilled that the Miz and Sheamus really aren’t used all that much. They’re champions. Come to think of it, all that Hart Dynasty did was swap belts. Champs aren’t important.
10:34 – I just heard a fan yelling about “…The Brood, we remember!”
10:38 – The Nexus wins are kinda cheaping out a bit. Oh well, Young’s going to lose. Slater over via count out.
10:53 – I wonder how this will play out? Will Cena win, Nexus turn on Young and beat him up, then Cena will help him in a show of compassion?
10:54 – John Cena vs. Darren Young.
11:02 – Cena wins via tap out. Let’s see what the future holds for Young…
11:04 – Anyone notice Jerry Lawler call Darren Young “Daniel Bryan” just now?
11:06 – So young got beaten up, predictable. Not a horrible Raw to follow Summer Slam.
Rating: ★★★★★★½☆☆☆

WWE Raw 8/9/2010

9:00 – So, the Raw before Summer Slam. We need to see Bret Hart. We need some more matches announced. We need to establish that there’s some more camaraderie between the members of team WWE, or get new members. We have a lot of stuff to do in two hours, let’s get cracking and now show movie trailers or promos over and over again.
9:03 – Look at that group in the middle seats against the guard rail, they have a lot of replica belts. It’s quite eye-catching.
9:05 – Edge and Chris Jericho face to face with Bret Hart? I like it!
9:06 – Edge didn’t show up. I guess we need some one on one time. I mean, it’s Bret!
9:07 – Bret is really sweaty. I hope he isn’t doing steroids to prepare for Summer Slam.
9:10 – Jericho doesn’t want back in on the team. Now we get Edge.
9:11 – I can’t wait until Edge turns putting Bret over into a heel promo somehow…
9:13 – It sucks that the Nexus just beat up the Hart Dynasty, but, they aren’t in the Summer Slam match, they aren’t doing much of anything, so why do I care? Answer: I don’t.
9:19 – Evan Bourne Vs the Miz! I’m psyched!!
9:20 – The crowd is chanting “Miz Is Awe-some!” That’s MY chant for the Miz!
9:21 – The Miz needs a name for that turnbuckle clothesline. Maybe the Mizline?
9:24 – Good match, textbook finish. Only 5 minutes though. Not exactly enough to be a show stealer.
9:30 – So this Raw has been pretty good, but still 5 minutes of wrestling for the first half hour. SIGH This recap means more meaningless divas action.
9:32 – Is this a title match between Melina and Alicia Fox? Summer Slam is this weekend …could be a good place for a divas’ title match.
9:35 – I couldn’t quite get what the crowd was saying just now. I think this match is boring everyone. These two don’t work well together. Their chemistry is lousy.
9:37 – Ok, so she won, but it wasn’t a title match. So…. Summer Slam? What’s happening?
9:38 – Josh Mathews stopped with his bad haircut. I had no idea who Khali challenged until Mathews translated.
9:42 – Alright, Melina got the title shot at least. Wade Barrett and Khali tonight as well.
9:45 – These backstage statements are fun, Morrison’s beard is not growing on me, no pun intended.
9:50 – Mark Henry Vs. Ted Dibiase. Oh more not wrestling matches. Maybe this will progress Summer Slam a bit more.
9:52 – So an attack on Mark Henry by the Nexus. Now what? Oh Sheamus on his way to the ring. At least we get Orton and Sheamus face to face.
9:59 – Sheamus talkin’, is “arse” PG?
10:01 – Will this exchange between Orton and Sheamus end with a brawl? If so, who will win?
10:06 – The GM is encouraging a brawl? These stipulations about interference are interesting, but kind of silly. Here’s the brawl…
10:09 – Do we predict Sheamus retaining at Summer Slam since Orton won the exchange?
10:14 – NXT? I’ll be in the other room.
10:18 – Sheamus kicking some arse! Is someone going into the GM stand?
10:20 – So Morrison and K-Kwik against….
10:25 – Zack Ryder and Regal…great.
10:27 – Ryder’s trunks make this match worth watching. I hope Zack Ryder pins Morrison.
10:30 – So the opposite of what I wanted happened. It had to though.
10:37 – 5 and a half hot girls in the ring, and the crowd is chanting for Santino. I think that says it all.
10:41 – Again, Santino finds romance.
10:43 – Yay! Khali was attacked! No Khali match.
10:50 – “We’re the Nexus. Only some of us have charism.”
10:52 – I love that the Miz made a Kerrigan reference.
10:53 – I’d like to see Bret in wrestling gear again. I guess Batman tshirts will have to do.
10:56 – Justin Long is the guest host, and the GM is a MacBook, it works perfectly!
10:59 – Edge grew up watching wrestling at a time where guys like Hogan and Hart were the best of the best. Now here he is, in 2010, he’s been co-holder of the tag team championship with Hulk Hogan and is wrestling Bret Hart. Wow
11:04 – I wonder if Bret can handle a “hot tag” at this point in his life.
11:06 – I love and hate watching Bret wrestle nowadays.
11:07 – So the band is back together again, a? I’d love to see the Miz join in there in Khali’s place. Because he’s the Miz, and he’s AWESOME!!

Rating: ★★★★★★☆☆☆☆