Sleep Patterns

Besides from the randomness that floats around in my brain, the focus of my blog when I first made it public was to write about my dreams and interpret them. I have very interesting and vivid dreams. I've actually gotten away from that lately even though I still have random dreams. I honestly don't think most of the dreams I've been having lately are appropriate for public consumption anyway.

One thing I realized I never talked about here is sleep patterns. Have you ever paid any attention to the picture at the head of this blog? The guy sleeping in the desert using a rock for a pillow? Well I picked that picture because that's usually how I look while I'm sleeping.

I have to be the most restless, random sleeper in the history of sleep. Most times I fall asleep on my side. It's almost impossible for me to fall asleep on my back. It's usually hard for me to fall asleep if there is complete silence. I need the tv or radio to be on.

I hate pillows. They are cool when I'm laying in bed watching tv but I hate propping my head up on a pillow while sleeping. If I do sleep with a pillow my head is usually UNDER the pillow. I don't know how I haven't suffocated myself in my sleep yet. The times when I do sleep with a pillow I wake in the morning with a crick in my neck. Not the best way to wake up.

What I don't understand is how any woman shares a bed with me. As much as I abhor pillows while sleeping, whenever I'm in bed with a woman my head somehow manages to find its way to her pillow. Most people's body temperature drops while they are sleep but not mine. I've been told that I'm very hot natured. Couple that with that fact that I move around in my sleep and I'm not surprised that I haven't been punched in the back of head while I've been sleep.

Oh yeah and when I'm extremely tired I might drool in my sleep. TMI that's ok too.

Dream-2/1/10

*****Before I get into the dream , I know that you read my blog so I just want to state the that although some names and periods of time have been changed this isn't about you. This isn't about you either. Or you. Just don't want you making assumptions because we know what that leads to. Anyway, I know that YOU read my blog and this IS about you.*****

Characters of My Dream (some names have been changed to protect the not so innocent):

• Erica- A woman who I "date" on occasion.


• Kennedy- My line brother.


• James- Kennedy's friend.


• Natasha- Another girl whom I am currently dating.

It's a Saturday night and Kennedy and I are hanging out so we decide to go to Outback (or any restaurant that has booths in their bar area) to have drinks. I decide to invite Natasha along to have drinks with us and James just so happened to drop by the crib before we head out so he came along too. While we are having drinks at Outback I notice that Natasha and James are a little too comfortable with each other and that caused me to feel some type of way (I have no idea what this had to do with the overall dream). Either way we are having a good time when I notice that Erica and her "date" walk into the bar area. Being the cool cat that I am I play it easy as Erica and I make eye contact. Erica and her date sit at another booth across from the bar. For some reason Erica keeps looking towards our table and catching eye contact with me.

In this particular bar there is a men's, women's and family bathroom. When Erica gets up to use the bathroom she catches eye contact with me again but this time her date notices. He gets up and follows her into the family bathroom. The entire bar can hear him whooping her ass in the bathroom. Natasha looks at me like aren't you going to do anything. Kennedy and I get up and walk towards the bathroom. Kennedy gets there before I do and as Erica's date walks out he punches him and drops him with one punch. As dude lay bleeding on the ground Kennedy hits him a couple more times. Some random dudes at the bar hold Erica's date down on the ground. One of the guys holds his leg up at a 45 degree angle and Kennedy takes a running start, jumps in the air and lands right on dude's knee.

In my dream I could vividly remember hear the bones in dude's leg breaking. I cringed so hard in my sleep that I woke up. I was 3:46 in the morning and I had a hard time going back to sleep. I thought when I woke up in the morning I would forget the dream, but even as I'm writing this I can picture Kennedy literally breaking dude's leg in two. *shudder*

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I have no interest in looking up interpretations for this dream. Just wanted to share.

Dream-1/23/10

***On Saturday night I had one dream and one nightmare. Usually I don't know exactly where these weird dreams come from but I think at least this time I have a reason. I rented Gamer and Halloween II from Redbox© Saturday night. After watching Gamer I fell asleep watching Halloween. It was playing while I was sleep. I believe it had a lot to do with nightmare. ***

So I was in church at Mt. Zion (Old Hickory location) listening to Bishop Walker give the sermon for the day. When I go I usually sit in the center near where the camera man is, so in my dream that's where I was sitting. I heard commotion in the back and I looked back I saw the bruhs locking the doors so no one would be able to escape. Don't ask me how I know they were the bruhs but I just knew. Maybe they had on purple and gold shirts. Anyway, all of them had axes, knives, machetes, etc. They went to mascaraing nearly the entire congregation. For some reason they didn't touch Bishop Walker or me. Maybe they knew we were bruhs too but it was strange. I tried to save as many people as I could but there was so much blood. It was a very strange dream.

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Dream- To dream that you are in a church, suggests that you are seeking for some spiritual enlightenment and guidance. You are looking to be uplifted in some way. Perhaps you have made some mistakes in the past which have set you back on your path toward your goals. With proper support, you will get on the right track again. Alternatively, it may also mean that you are questioning and debating your life path and where it is leading. You are reevaluating what you want to do.

Ax- To see an ax in your dream, indicates that you are overly controlling. It is symbolic of destruction, hostility, and the frustrations that you are experiencing. Perhaps you "have an ax to grind" with someone. Or the dream can be a metaphor that you are ready to "bury the ax" and make amends.

Murder- To dream that you witness a murder, indicates deep-seated anger towards somebody. Consider how the victim represents aspects of yourself that you want to destroy or eliminate.

Dream-12/28/09

*****It's been a while since I blogged about one of my dreams. I have been having dreams but I just haven't been feeling motivated to blog about them. *****

In this particular dream I was back in college only I went to a school that actually had a football team that had a big time football program. My best friend played defensive end for our school's team and he was thought of as being a very high draft pick in the upcoming NFL draft. For some reason he asked me to come to the combine with him. If you don't know what the combine is, it's where all the potential NFL draft picks come and perform tests. Like the 40 yard dash, bench pressing and even written tests.

While there some of the coaches asked me what position I played. I told them that I was there strictly for support. I kept getting asked over and over until I eventually told the coaches that I played wide receiver. They had me run the 40 yard dash and I shattered the record with a time 4.02 seconds. After that I excelled at most of the other drills and tests. Pretty good for someone who never played college football.

Come draft day this is where it gets weird. I was invited to the NFL Draft and all my family was there. I got picked third overall by the St Louis Rams. Once home my parents threw me a huge party and all my friends and family were invited. Funny thing is all my ex-girlfriends (except for one) showed up. I was wondering why my parents would invite them but they came. It really was on some Mike Jones sh*t. You know: "Back then they ain't want me, now I'm hot they all on me."

*****This dream was so weird. Usually if I wake up mid-dream and I fall back to sleep I usually have a completely different dream. Last night I woke up maybe 3-4 times and my dream kept picking up where it left off.*****

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Football- To dream that you are playing football or on a football field, represents your competitive nature. Alternatively, you are not getting enough cooperation in some area of your life. You are faced with many demanding challenges.

Ex- Past lovers often highlight the positive experiences you had with that person. It could also signify aspects of yourself that you have x'd out or neglected.

Dream-10/24/09

Last night I went to sleep particularly early for a Saturday night (before 2am). I had just came back from going to a haunted house (maybe this has a lot to do with the nature of my dream). So in my dream I had I was sleep in my bed and someone was banging on my front door. In my dream I woke up and I looked at my alarm clock and it was 3:26am. As I was going to see who was at the door I heard someone kick in my back door. At this point my heat turned on and since my house is older it has a lot of creaks and cracks. I awoke in real life thinking someone actually was trying to break in my house.

It took me about 10 minutes to fall back to sleep. It seemed as soon as fell asleep I had the same dream with the same result. This happened 3 times. The last time I fell asleep I had a dream that I heard someone near my bedroom window. These individuals in question lit my house on fire. At this point in my dream I was looking at myself sleeping and I was telling myself to get up and get out of the house but for some reason I couldn't get up.

When I finally awoke in real life my heart was pounding out of control and I tried to move but for some reason I couldn't move my arms or legs. I really can't say how long this feeling lasted but when I finally looked at the clock it was after 3:30. I didn't fall back asleep till after 5 at which point I don't remember what I dreamed about.

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Sleep paralysis consists of a period of inability to perform voluntary movements either at sleep onset (called hypnogogic or predormital form) or upon awakening (called hypnopompic or postdormtal form).Our bodies protect us from acting out our dreams by paralyzing us. Sometimes, the paralysis lingers after you wake up.

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Burglary- is an untrustworthy individual; ulterior motives; someone who will end up taking something.

Arson- stands for willful destruction done in a person's life.

Dream-10/17/09

One of the greatest heroes

This past Saturday I had a dream that I was at an amusement park in Nashville (no such thing exists in real life) and I was having a great time with my friends. I haven't been to an amusement park since maybe 2002. All of a sudden I see a bunch of people running and I hear security on the loud speaker telling everyone to exit the park in a calm and orderly manner. This only made people run towards the exit fast and more disorderly.

Nashville Skyline

As I looked towards the Nashville skyline I saw missiles being fired at the batman building. It was crazy because I couldn't exactly tell in what direction the missiles came from. All I know was that Nashville was under attack. Next thing I know there was a massive earthquake. The ground literally cracked open and a giant tripod (re: War of the Worlds) came out the ground and started killing people. As we all ran for our lives I saw missiles being fired at the tripod. I thought that it was entirely too fast for the military to get there. As I looked behind me I saw Optimus Prime firing missiles towards the tripod. Next thing I know its like 6 tripods fighting Optimus. He ended up killing all of them and saving the day.

Evil tripod

I know for a fact that I watch too much tv and way too many movies. Sad part is I don't plan on cutting back anytime soon.

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~Amusement Park- To see or be in an amusement park in your dream, indicates you need to set some time for leisure and more enjoyment in your life. Consider how everything in the park is an expression of some aspect of yourself. Alternatively, you may be too easily distracted lately.

~Robot- To see a robot in your dream, indicates that you are going about life in a mechanical and rigid way. You have lost the ability to express your feelings. Alternatively, a robot may symbolize the way you view your working life.

Dream-9/12/09

**On a scale of 1-10 on the random/weird scale my dream Friday night was a 12. It had like 3 different parts but they were all connected somehow.**

At the beginning on my dream I'm homeless and my homeless friend was Whoopi Goldberg. We were like best friends or something. We would collect old soda cans and bottles to try to get money. I have no idea why Whoopi was my friend.

One day I got news that one of my close friend's (can't remember which one) was in the hospital. He was diagnosed with some kind of terminal cancer. Somehow/some way he concocted a plan that as he was dying that I should commit suicide (yeah I know). So a couple days later I go see him in the hospital and he is in his last hour. He pulls out a gun and suggests that I shoot myself. Of course I look at him like he is crazy. Dude really had the nerve to get upset with me.

All of a sudden I'm leaving the hospital and I see Jason (Friday the 13th) in the hospital. Apparently he was there doing his usual murder thing. He was trying to kill this little girl who apparently held the key to stopping him. So being the hero that I am, I tried to save the young girl. All these people around us were dying and I eventually made it to a car and drove away from the hospital. The thing is I look in my rear view mirror and Jason is behind us driving an ambulance (I don't remember Jason being able to drive in any of the Friday the 13th movies).

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Homeless- To dream that you are homeless, indicates that you are feeling insecure. You are unsure of yourself and where you are headed.

Suicide- suggests that you are saying good-bye to one aspect of yourself and hello to a whole new you. It is symbolic of a personal transformation or a new stage in your life.

Dream-9/5/09

On Saturday afternoon I took a nap and had a really random dream (like they all aren't). So for some reason I was standing in the parking lot of Popeye's on Jefferson Street (in Nashville) with the bruhs [Ques]. We were doing what the bruhs normally do. Talk shit, set owt hops and eat chicken. All of a sudden I look up and its a giant wall of fire as high as the eye could see was coming at us. Think of Independence Day when Vivica Fox was running with her baby in that tunnel and that big wall of fire was coming at her. They don't really make action movies like that anymore. I think that's the movie that officially secured Will Smith's stardom. **ok. end tangent.** Anyway as the fire was coming towards us the only thing I could think of was to run inside the Popeye's and hide in their giant freezer. I guess it worked because we came out and everything was char coaled.

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Fire- means extreme emotional intensity.

Firestorm- warns of extended state or time of intensive emotional outbursts or displays.

8/29/09-Dream

**Disclaimer. I really need to stop leaving the tv on while I take naps. It really doesn't help me not to have weird dreams. I fell asleep watching the Little League World Series (Congrats to California for winning it all by beating China).**

So I had a dream that I was a really successful black basketball player Major league pitcher (No Dontrell Willis). I was on the mound and it was a pretty good game but I really couldn't remember the score but it was a close ball game. Anyway my go to pitch was a nasty slider. I threw it 4 straight times and the umpire called 4 straight balls even though I felt I caught the outside corner every time. As the batter was taking first base he taunted me.

His next time up to bat I beaned him on purpose. He rushed the mound and of course both benches cleared and started to brawl. It was madness. Someone picked up the bat and was knocking dudes out left and right. I ran up while his back was turned and round house kicked him in the back of the head.

All of a sudden I'm on a basketball court playing basketball. It was like I woke up from a dream but I was still sleeping. Madness.

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Baseball- To dream that you are playing baseball, denotes your need to set goals and achieve them. It is time to stop goofing around and set your sights for the long term. Consider the significance of the position you are playing. Alternatively, playing baseball may be analogous to sexual foreplay as in getting to first, second, or third base on a date. The game of baseball has sexual innuendos, where the masculine aspects is depicted by the bat and the feminine aspects is depicted in the form of the ball or the ballpark.

Fighting- To dream that you are in a fight, indicates inner turmoil. Some aspect of yourself is in conflict with another aspect of yourself. Perhaps an unresolved or unacknowledged part is fighting for its right to be heard. It may also parallel a fight or struggle that you are going through in your waking life.

7/20/09-Dream

Last night I had a dream that my brother Tai and I were coaching this little league basketball team. The boys on the team were really at youth risk that were bad as hell. The kids on the team were comparable to the kids in the movie Hardball.


In real life I don't like to see children that don't have manners and are all around bad. I just want to beat them. These kids in my dream were the worst. I was beating the hell out these kids in my dream during practice. The kids were like I'm going to tell my parents on you. My response, "Go right ahead and I'm gonna beat them for not beating you like they are supposed to". This dream was real random (as if my others aren't lol).

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Trusty dream book:

Brother-To see your brother in your dream, may symbolize some aspect of your relationship with him. It can also serve to remind you that someone in your waking life has certain characteristics/behavior similar to your brother's.

Coach- To see or dream you are a coach, indicates that you need to be more self-disciplined.

Children- To see children in your dream, signify an aspect of yourself and your childlike qualities. You may be retreating back to a childlike state where you are longing for the past and the chance to satisfy repressed desires and unfulfilled hopes.

7/14/09-Dream

Last night I had a really weird dream. I was getting dressed in the morning getting ready for school. As I leave my front door I lock my front door and I turn around and there is a moose standing in my front yard. In a panic I dropped my keys. I mean imagine this standing in your front yard staring directly at you:


The moose started chasing me around my front yard and somehow I managed to get up on my roof. The kicker is the moose started talking to me. He said he wasn't going to hurt me and it was safe to come down. I really don't remember anymore after that but I would imagine that I didn't listen to a talking moose.

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My trusty dream book says this about moose:

Moose- Can represent runaway emotions that can trample over you.

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Moose- To see a moose in your dream, represents long life and longevity. It may refer to the elders around you. Alternatively, a moose may also indicate that you can be both powerful and gentle.

6/24/09-Dream

Its the summer time and my television watching is at an all time low. Yeah in the summer time they try to trick viewers into watching tv by creating new shows that actually suck i.e.- Hawthorne. I've been fiending for a good tv fix. I don't see that happening anytime soon since two of my shows are probably still filming right now (Heroes and Lost).

This gets me into my dream from last night. In my dream I was in a foreign country which law enforcement had loose control over its people (think: Beirut or Ukraine). I was a mutant person with an ability. I had Claire Bennett's ability (think Wolverine without the claws). For some reason I found myself trying to rescue this baby from a hospital in which the bad guys were trying to kill the baby. Funny thing is the baby had the same ability that I had, so we might have been related.

Now the baby was located at the top floor of the hospital and I had to try to get the baby and her family out of the hospital alive. Only problem was it was basically an army that was after us. I was only equipped with a pistol. Since I had healing abilities I wasn't too concerned about getting shot. I was more concerned with trying to get the parents out unharmed. My only option was to get out of the hospital undetected. This dream was something right out of X-Men or Heroes, maybe a mix between the two.

I swear I watch entirely too much television.

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Mutant/mutation- will indicate an altered perspective or character.

To see a baby in your dream signifies purity and a new start in life. It may represent an aspect of you that is defenseless. If you dream that you are on your way to deliver your baby in a hospital, it symbolizes your need to be looked after.

Dreams of being chased or chase dreams, often stem from feelings of anxiety in your walking life - you want to escape from something. The way we respond to anxiety, stress and situations in real life is typically manifested as a chase dream.

6/3/09-Dream

Yesterday during the day I left lab early to go home and take a nap. I had a vivid dream that I was visiting the Virgin Islands or Key West (some island close to Florida). For whatever reason the island was going to be destroyed and it was my bright idea that help was not going to come and that we (and by we I don't remember who was with me) should swim to Florida. Now in real life this would make no sense, mainly because I can't swim. I just thought the dream was strange. I think I watch too much Lost. lol.

~Swimming- symbolizes a submersion in an individual's spiritual search.

~Island- represents a time to pause during one's spiritual search.


I wonder what God is trying to tell me.

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Last night after turning from the debauchery that was Game 1 of the NBA finals, I went to bed kind of early and slept hard. I dreamed that I was home somewhere and I was going on a trip. A couple of friends and I were on a charter bus (the only person I remember is one of my line brothers and one of my prophytes). For some reason we stopped for a bathroom break in some hick town. There were a bunch of white police officers killing innocent black people with the plan to frame other black people and have them take the fall for the crime. I guess somehow I found out about their plan and the rest of my dream was them chasing me and trying to kill me so I wouldn't foil their plans. I swear I watch entirely too much television. lol


~Police- come in dreams as an advisement to self-analyze one's actions and for needed introspection. Police can often be associated with one's higher self (self-policing).

~Bus- pertains to an aspect in one's life that serves to benefit many. May also refer to an overblown situation or even obesity, depending on surrounding dreamscape.

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I swear I have the most random and detailed dreams ever.

5/3/09-Dream

Last night I had a dream that I was at some conference at some hotel. I was there with one of my close female friends Patricia and my mentor Dr. S. We were getting ready to leave the hotel and we were up on some like on the 20th floor or something (i remember looking out the window beside the elevator). So as we all get on the elevator Patricia pushes the button for the 9th floor for what ever reason. At this point the elevator starts to free fall and my life flashes before my eyes. Just as the elevator was about to crash to the ground my cell phone rang and I woke up. It was like 5:40 in the morning. As I cursed facebook mobile and went back to sleep I drifted right back into same dream. Patricia, Dr. S and I were walking out the lobby. These homeless guys were out in front of the hotel and they started harassing us. I ended up in a fight with said bums and then I woke up and it day time outside.

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Falling Elevator-Going down in an elevator is a common metaphor for entering into deeper levels of subconscious awareness. Elevators that fall reflect feelings of being out of control.

Homeless Guys-May not be the negative it appears to be. It may pertain to a journeyer, one who continually progresses along a life path.

4/20/09-Dream

Last night I had a dream that I was driving with my friend Ashley J. down this 4 lane highway (2 lanes in each direction). Each side was separated by trees. I was doing my usual speed of about 75-80mph. The weather was clear but out of nowhere I drive upon a lot standing water sitting on the highway. I didn't have time to brake so as soon as I hit the water my car started to hydroplane and spin out of control. I just knew that I was going to hit a tree. Amazingly, we came came like 3 feet from hitting a tree and the car stopped. Ashley and I just looked at each other in amazement before I proceeded to continue driving.

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Since I'm out of town I don't have access to my dream interpretation book. I did look some stuff up on net and this is what I found.

To dream that you are driving a vehicle, signifies your life's journey and your path in life. The dream is telling of how you are moving and navigating through life. If you are driving and cannot see the road ahead of you, then it indicates that you do not know where you are headed in life and what you really want to do with yourself. You are lacking direction and goals. Alternatively, driving a car in your dream, is analogous to your sex life and sexual performance. Consider how you are driving and what kind of car you are driving and how it relates to your waking sex life.

3/25/09-Dream

Lately I haven't been remembering my dreams. Last night I had a dream that I was running somewhere and somehow I fell and hit my mouth on the ground. I ended up breaking three of my bottom teeth in the front. If this happened in real life, I would be devastated. I've always been told that I have a really nice smile and I happen to like my teeth. I always thought that dreaming about your teeth signified vanity. So I looked up teeth in my dream book and this is what it said:

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Teeth-Normally an unfavorable sign in a dream. It signifies displeasure and also shows that you are afraid of losing someone dear to you.

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I wonder who I am afraid of losing. Maybe I'm afraid of losing one of my parents. A good friend of mine lost his dad earlier this week and it made me remember that my parents are not going to live forever but I still am not ready for them to go.

2/15/09-Dream

This dream that I had on Sunday night was very disturbing.

I was home and I was hanging out with two of my brothers (the twins) and one of their friends. Anyone that knows my brothers knows that they hang with hoodlums keep questionable company. So in my dream we are leaving the carryout and like 4 cops roll up (with guns drawn) on us and tell us put our hands in the air.

My brother's friend proceeds to pull a gun out his waistband. Needless, the say the cops let a few rounds loose and put dude down. My brother, Kehinde, was very upset at seeing his friend murdered. He then proceeded to pick up dude's gun and points it at the cops then they shot him twice in the chest, killing him. The dream felt so real. As they were taking him away on a stretcher (with a blanket over him), my mom shows up at the scene hysterical and she rips the sheet of him and the sight of seeing my brother's dead body woke me up out my sleep.

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I looked up police, brother and death in my dream book.

Police-Comes in dreams as an advisement to self analyze one's actions and for needed introspection. Can often be associated with one's higher self (self-policing).

Brother-Characterizes a close male associate in life; a male who is a close friend.

Death-Stands for termination; finality. May not specifically point to a physical death.

True Aspirations

So yesterday while I was at that cupcake place, it reminded me of what I really would like to do in life. I mean not what would make me the most money or the most prestige, but what I would really enjoy doing. Eventually after I retire (or before) I would like to open my own business. One of my favorite things is sports (basketball in particular), so naturally I want to open a sports bar. I don't want to open up just any sports bar. I want to own a high end, up scale sports bar. There is this sports bar in Atlanta near the World Congress Center called Stats. I really want to open up similar to this. I guess until then I'll be working on this science/law thing.

I ask myself all the time why am I trying to get the degree that I'm currently pursuing. I mean out of all the subjects in high school, science was always one of my weakest subjects. I always excelled in math, English and history. But really what could I do with a math or history degree besides being a math or history teacher. I've always liked science but it was never something that came as easy as other subjects. I'm good at it now because I've worked hard at it but sometimes I wonder how different my life would be if I chose a different major and picked a different career path. I guess none of that will matter once I start to live my dream and open up my bar. Hell I might start working on that if/when I go to law school. *God willing*

Still Dreamin'

So the reason behind my url and blog title is i'm really fascinated with dreams and sleep. I remember a lot of my dreams. Most make sense and some don't. For instance I had 3 seperate dreams last night and I remember all of them vividly. I bought a dream book called 20,000 dreams interprets your dreams for you. I think I'm going to start blogging about my dreams the interpretations of my dreams.

So I had one dream that I got into a fight with this guy who was trying to hit my friend. The book interprets that as a warning of agressive opposition or it exposes unrestrained emotions, impulsiveness.

This other dream that I had exposes an identity crisis; an indentification with a past life that still retains strong and overwhelming elements. *thinking: