Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Two years ago, I dreamt that I had a birthday party at our old residence: 1306 Nieto Street. And the guest of honor was none other than...Kristine "Tintin" Hermosa! Wow! Talk about your pipe dream!
But you know what? It's not a big a pipe dream as I thought it was. In fact, you might say it came true...sort of. Today, February 27, is my birthday. And today is the premiere of the movie "My Big Love" starring not one but TWO Tintins: Kristine "Tintin" Hermosa and Toni "Tintin" Gonzaga (see portrait below)! And between the two Tintins is...um...er...uh...that is to say...all right. That's Sam Milby in a fat suit. But he certainly looks like...um...er...uh...that is to say...eh, you know...
This is not exactly an REM-type dream, but it's a dream nonetheless. And...EEEEEEEEEE!!!! I'm so excited!
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But you know what? It's not a big a pipe dream as I thought it was. In fact, you might say it came true...sort of. Today, February 27, is my birthday. And today is the premiere of the movie "My Big Love" starring not one but TWO Tintins: Kristine "Tintin" Hermosa and Toni "Tintin" Gonzaga (see portrait below)! And between the two Tintins is...um...er...uh...that is to say...all right. That's Sam Milby in a fat suit. But he certainly looks like...um...er...uh...that is to say...eh, you know...
This is not exactly an REM-type dream, but it's a dream nonetheless. And...EEEEEEEEEE!!!! I'm so excited!
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My Big Love © Star Cinema
Friday, February 22, 2008
I don't remember much about this dream. But apparently, we were supposed to be in a convention that took place inside this church that was so huge it might as well have been a cathedral. The convention specifically took place in the chancel where wooden school chairs / desks were scattered about. And on top of those desks were boxes of...Dunkin' Donuts?
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
I don't know why, but I'm an avid fan of "ghost" shows such as the "Ghost Hunters", the docu-drama "A Haunting", Britain's "Most Haunted" and New Zealand's "Ghost Hunt". I was also a fan of local "ghost" shows like the daily afternoon documentary "Verum Est" and the docu-drama / reality show "Nginiiig!".
In my dream, I became a member of "Ghost Hunters". Talk about a "dream" job. So anyway, we were supposed to be investigating a residence in Washington, D.C. In truth, I've never gone been to the East Coast. I've only gone as far east as Las Vegas, Nevada.
The place in my dream was similar to that condo unit I described in my "Leaky room?" blog entry below...except this time, the unit we were investigating was on the fourth floor. And instead of facing a wooded park, it was facing a building that looked kind of like a cross between the Capitol Building and the Japanese Diet. To the left of the building was the Atlantic Ocean.
The investigating team was made up of Ghost Hunters International leader Robb Demarest, Donna LaCroix, myself and a host of others I couldn't remember. Oddly enough, we also had "Most Haunted" psychic David Acora as a guest investigator on the team.
Years ago, there was a falling out between Acora and the "Most Haunted" production team. So not only was it odd to have him join the team, but we were particularly wary of him. In fact, one time, Robb suggested that we do our investigations independently of Acora's own.
I don't remember much of the investigation, but something strange...and spectacular happened. And it didn't involve ghosts. At one point, Robb, Donna and I were in the room overlooking the Capitol / Diet building. I was looking at the ocean and I saw something familiar. It was a tornado...or specifically, a gigantic water spout. I've seen a lot of tornadoes in my dream and this one seemed to be developing out in the open waters. But as I kept staring at it, it got bigger! And not only that, it seemed headed straight for shore.
I pointed at the tornado screaming "LOOOOOK!!!" Donna who was in front of me, ingnored my warning at first. But as she turned around she started screaming too as the once benign-looking water spout turned into THREE gigantic twisters! The pedestrians outside became kibitzers as the twisters made their was towards them. But suddenly, the tornadoes dissipated...and the water crashed back into the ocean sending a tsunami rolling into the streets. The wave was so high, it reached the fourth floor of the condo unit!
That night, we continued our investigation. Acora said that he would conduct his own investigation inside a room. For some reason, he had a toy monkey with him and he said that he would channel his thoughts into the toy monkey. (The first episode of "Most Haunted" involved the ghost of a monkey that "possessed" Acora.) Before we left him, we saw Acora on a sofa spinning like a toy monkey himself...as if he were breakdancing or something. In hindsight, it looked for all the world like a paranormal phenomenon itself. But Robb and I simply dismissed it as one of Acora's shenanigans.
After that, Robb and I decided to set up some specialized gear in the kitchen. We were trying to hook up a transformer in a wall socket but the tranformer kept falling off. I suggested taping the transformer to the wall but the homeowner loaned us some rope / cable whereby we tied the transformer to the opposite side of the wall.
It was while installing the transformer that Robb himself screamed, "LOOOOOK!!!" And as I turned around, I saw this faint orb floating past by me. I've seen plenty of ghosts in my dreams, but this is the first time I've seen an orb.
In my dream, I became a member of "Ghost Hunters". Talk about a "dream" job. So anyway, we were supposed to be investigating a residence in Washington, D.C. In truth, I've never gone been to the East Coast. I've only gone as far east as Las Vegas, Nevada.
The place in my dream was similar to that condo unit I described in my "Leaky room?" blog entry below...except this time, the unit we were investigating was on the fourth floor. And instead of facing a wooded park, it was facing a building that looked kind of like a cross between the Capitol Building and the Japanese Diet. To the left of the building was the Atlantic Ocean.
The investigating team was made up of Ghost Hunters International leader Robb Demarest, Donna LaCroix, myself and a host of others I couldn't remember. Oddly enough, we also had "Most Haunted" psychic David Acora as a guest investigator on the team.
Years ago, there was a falling out between Acora and the "Most Haunted" production team. So not only was it odd to have him join the team, but we were particularly wary of him. In fact, one time, Robb suggested that we do our investigations independently of Acora's own.
I don't remember much of the investigation, but something strange...and spectacular happened. And it didn't involve ghosts. At one point, Robb, Donna and I were in the room overlooking the Capitol / Diet building. I was looking at the ocean and I saw something familiar. It was a tornado...or specifically, a gigantic water spout. I've seen a lot of tornadoes in my dream and this one seemed to be developing out in the open waters. But as I kept staring at it, it got bigger! And not only that, it seemed headed straight for shore.
I pointed at the tornado screaming "LOOOOOK!!!" Donna who was in front of me, ingnored my warning at first. But as she turned around she started screaming too as the once benign-looking water spout turned into THREE gigantic twisters! The pedestrians outside became kibitzers as the twisters made their was towards them. But suddenly, the tornadoes dissipated...and the water crashed back into the ocean sending a tsunami rolling into the streets. The wave was so high, it reached the fourth floor of the condo unit!
That night, we continued our investigation. Acora said that he would conduct his own investigation inside a room. For some reason, he had a toy monkey with him and he said that he would channel his thoughts into the toy monkey. (The first episode of "Most Haunted" involved the ghost of a monkey that "possessed" Acora.) Before we left him, we saw Acora on a sofa spinning like a toy monkey himself...as if he were breakdancing or something. In hindsight, it looked for all the world like a paranormal phenomenon itself. But Robb and I simply dismissed it as one of Acora's shenanigans.
After that, Robb and I decided to set up some specialized gear in the kitchen. We were trying to hook up a transformer in a wall socket but the tranformer kept falling off. I suggested taping the transformer to the wall but the homeowner loaned us some rope / cable whereby we tied the transformer to the opposite side of the wall.
It was while installing the transformer that Robb himself screamed, "LOOOOOK!!!" And as I turned around, I saw this faint orb floating past by me. I've seen plenty of ghosts in my dreams, but this is the first time I've seen an orb.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Of course he can! I'm talking about Ghost Hunter's Grant Wilson, plumber by day and paranormal investigator by night. Grant Wilson is also an LOTR fan and he writes and draws his own fantasy stories. So anyway, in my dream, Grant Wilson is demo-ing what is supposed to be Apple's new "iBook reader". Apparently, my subconscious was confused. The iBook is a laptop computer and what Grant was demo-ing was actually an eBook reader for the Mac OS...sort of like Apple's answer to Adobe's Acrobat Reader. But what do I know? I've never used a Mac before. I'm not even sure if Grant has either.
I don't know if this was a TV demo or a live demo. Oddly enough, as he was demo-ing the "iBook reader", I had the Apple "iPod reader" booted up...on my PC.(?!?) And as Grant was going through the "iBook reader" features, I noticed that these features weren't in the "iPod reader". One particular feature that the "iPod reader" doesn't have is an automatic "Fit to Screen" feature. And every time I'd view a page, I'd have to manually set the zoom percentage just to be able to see the page.
I don't know if this was a TV demo or a live demo. Oddly enough, as he was demo-ing the "iBook reader", I had the Apple "iPod reader" booted up...on my PC.(?!?) And as Grant was going through the "iBook reader" features, I noticed that these features weren't in the "iPod reader". One particular feature that the "iPod reader" doesn't have is an automatic "Fit to Screen" feature. And every time I'd view a page, I'd have to manually set the zoom percentage just to be able to see the page.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
I had plenty to dream this morning...so much so that I only remember only one of them. In that dream, my family had moved into a condo unit. I'm assuming it was on the top floor of the complex because I could see the entire city from my bedroom. It had only one wall and three window bays allowing for a full 18O degree view of the vicinity...particularly the busy street on front of the complex.
Unfortunately, the room had a nasty leak near the doorway where the water burst from a PVC pipe and was gushing like mad. Trust my luck to turn something godsend into an instant disaster.
Unfortunately, the room had a nasty leak near the doorway where the water burst from a PVC pipe and was gushing like mad. Trust my luck to turn something godsend into an instant disaster.
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