Sunday, August 29, 1999

Ambush on the Enterprise

I was on the Enterprise (of Star Trek, and I'm not even a fan!) and there was some sort of nasty plot going on. There was a small group of people I was working with, but as it turned out, there was some sort of ambush or something of some high-power group that came aboard the ship. I was standing next to some woman that I was working with (who reminded me of Molly Ringwold) She was in some sort of white uniform.

Anyway, when the "bad guys" came in, I think it turned out that they were from our own "higher command" but they had gone corrupt. The soldiers that came on with the leader or whatever ended up shooting a couple of people, one of which was the girl I was standing with. I then somehow got away, but I don't recall remember how.

The next thing I know is that I'm in some sort of hotel up in an upper story, and I'm changing or something, but the curtains are open, and I'm trying to figure out how to get them shut so that they don't spot me, because if they find me, I don't know what they'll do to me. There was more to this dream, (and I think something about it might have had to do with flying, but I'm not sure) but I can't remember much or anything about it.

Moving to Pennsylvania

I was somewhere with Natalie (from Papa John's), and we were discussing where to move to. I'm not sure why we were moving, but we were both planning on it. We were looking at these big stained glass sort of maps and trying to decide on where to go. For some reason she was wanting to go to New Jersey, but I really didn't like that idea, so I was trying to talk her into one of the bordering states.

Even though we were looking at the big map, it was hard to tell which states bordered New Jersey. Finally I had to "zoom out" and get a map of the whole world to look at, and I noticed that the US looked so small compared to everything. I saw other countries like France and Poland and such, and they were all more than 5 times the size of the US. The states were so tiny that I couldn't make them out, and so I still couldn't figure out what states bordered New Jersey.

Finally I happened to think about Pennsylvania. I immediately thought of the area around Harrisburg and Grantham, and so we went on a trip up there to look around. For some reason, I don't think she knew at first why we were going up there, and I was planning on surprising her with the beauty of the place and hoping that she'd like it enough to move there and be a bit closer to New Jersey without actually being in it. I was going down the "main street" and the trees were big and green and beautiful, and they overhung the road. It was sort of a "secret garden" type of look.

As we were going along one of the roads (we were walking now) we passed a group of people walking towards Messiah College. Scott (best friend from elementary school) was part of that group. I asked him if he was busy, and he said he was, but if I wanted to call him after he got back to the dorm, then that would be fine. I said okay and ended up walking off somewhere else.

It was starting to get dark at this point, and so Natalie and I went to my mom's house (which looked like Mike's (former step-father) house, but it was fixed up better, and it was in Grantham (although the name that was being used in my dream was Chatham, and I was thinking that she'd think that she'd never get away from that name) )and we went in and were in the old kitchen area. It was night time out at this point, and I think mom was making some sort of drinks or something.

Finding the One

I was supposed to be in some sort of class or something, and I think I somehow met this woman that had a little boy, but it wasn't through the class. It was like I had met her over the Internet or something, but I'm not sure. Anyway, it ended up that she was supposed to come and show up at the class I was in, inside of this huge auditorium.

At the end of class I started towards the back, walking up the center aisle along with everyone else, and I spotted her sitting in the back. She had long blond hair and was of a sort of a big build (not fat, but built somewhat like Sarah P. from school) I went up to her and hugged her and we were talking and stuff, really getting along well.

For some reason there was someone there that I was afraid of being disapproving, like Sarah (ex-girlfriend) or someone, but I don't really remember who it was. I was mainly afraid of them not liking it because of her having a little boy. Anyway, as we were talking, I realized that this woman was "the one", and she knew it as well. We were both thrilled to death, but instead of being all over each other, it was like we were just talking and having a great time like old friends or something.

Then after a little bit the class was supposed to start again (almost as if this was just a break or something). Anyway, so instead of sitting up in the front like I had been, I sat in the back just behind her. Even though it was like it was in an auditorium, we were still sitting in desks. I don't know where her little boy went, but I didn't really see much of him even though he was supposed to be there.

For some reason I was afraid of getting in trouble for sitting back in the back, but I don't really know why. I'm not sure if it was because I knew we'd end up talking to each other during the class, or if I was still afraid of whoever being disapproving, or if I had taken someone's seat, but either way, I was sort of nervous about it.

The Gun From the Giant

There was something about being on some sort of group tour with a bunch of people that I supposedly knew (although I can't remember them now) and we were kinda out in this wooded area. At one point, we were up on this muddy rock sort of place that went upwards, and there was a sort of a "doorway" there, and it was supposed to mark the next big part of our journey.

Several of us were looking around in the reddish clay/mud and spotted some tracks. Someone said that they were to a fox, and that they had found the hole the fox was living in. I think they then stuck some sort of huge blade thing down in there that turned really fast (sort of like a glorified blender) and they were trying to kill the fox. I looked closer at the tracks, and I realized that the fox wasn't in the hole because the tracks were going away from it. I pointed this out to someone else, and they thought that I was right, although the person that was trying to kill the fox was convinced that it was still in there. I then followed the tracks a short ways over to a chain-link fence and when I got there, a "giant" was there. He looked like the guy that played Lurch in the recent Addams Family movies, and he had some sort of weapon, which I think was a gun or rifle of some sort. I think I somehow talked him into giving it to me, and I realized that he was sort of following the group to make sure that everyone got where they were supposed to be going. (either that, or it was just to protect himself, but I think it may have been somewhere in between... a little bit of both)

So with my having this firearm, I took control of the group, and so we started going again. I was following everyone from the back of the group, and we wound up going into this sort of cave network thing. There were some people that were sort of acting like they were going to try to get away, but they were looking at me nervously. I told them that if anyone wanted to go, they were free to leave, that I was just protecting myself. The only stipulation was that they weren't allowed behind me where I couldn't see them.

Saturday, August 28, 1999

Jennifer Lopez, The Wife

Towards the beginning of the dream, I was out somewhere, like in town or something, and I ended up meeting up with Jennifer Lopez. After spending a short amount of time together, we were back here in my parents house. When we got back here to my parents house, we were both out in the kitchen, she was in cut-off jean shorts and a light colored tank-top with spaghetti straps, and she was making me some eggs. I don't know if she was making them scrambled or boiled or fried or what, but I know that she was over at the fridge, and there were several that had cracked shells, so she wasn't using those.

There was a little platform or something in the door that had some that had been broken completely open, and each time she found one with a little crack in it, she'd throw it onto that platform, where it would end up breaking open. The first two weren't so bad, but then she ended up doing about 5 or 6 eggs like that. I was sort of upset because I felt that she was wasting them. Finally she found some that were fine, and ended up cooking them for me.

After some time, we were in the dining room, and there were some other people around, too. Some of them were people I knew, and others weren't. I think that we met up with someone in there and then left to go somewhere outside. I don't know if we were going out into a field or a lake or what, but I remember a little bit of both. It's like we were in a field at first, but then all of a sudden there was water up to our waists. Somehow thinking about this brings about the feel of playing Nintendo, but I'm not sure where that comes from. I think that at one point in the dream, I may have been playing it a little, but I'm not really sure.

Anyway, while we were out in the field/lake, Robin (from Papa John's) showed up, along with someone that at first I thought was Mike (manager from Papa John's). I hugged this guy and told him I missed him, but it turned out it was Mike's brother. He didn't look like Mike's real brother, tho... he had long hair (redneck long) and thick black rimmed glasses, and was very scraggly looking. After I realized he wasn't Mike, I stepped back, but I kept acting like I had missed this guy, too.

Then Jennifer went off somewhere for a moment, almost as if to go get Mike. After a little bit they both returned, and we all started talking. I came to find out that Mike and Robin had gotten married, as well as Jennifer and I had.