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I dreamt that Christopher Walken was a serial killer, but as the dream progressed, it became apparent that he was just a copycat wannabe (creepy, but not the real deal).

The REAL serial killer?

The Dude.

Who'd've guessed?
(special brain is special.)

The Smallest recently woke up from his nap. We're sitting in the chair, and he's nursing: a typical after-nap scenario. Many times, I ask if he had a good sleep, and he'll usually nod 'yes'. Today, I asked him if he had good dreams ( Read more... )

coming out of sleep for a full hour because you know you have to get up and do stuff.

I hear things and my brain interprets them as optimystik coming home early, but I can't see him. I shout to him multiple times and can't see him. Hear him in the room, but still can't see him. I tell him as much, sometimes frustratedly yelling for reassurances that he's ( Read more... )

So I'm currently reading Food Not Lawns and am totally loving it. It has a MAJOR activist bent to it -- the author has worked with Food Not Bombs and Greenpeace, as well as lots of other non-profit orgs ( Read more... )

Urban homesteading is my dream/goal at the moment. I want a house with a gorgeous backyard where I can compost and grow and grow and grow and have an area for cold storage (think root cellar), and goats for manure. Goats! Pygmy goats! little ones who are so fucking cute you just wanna die looking at them! I want their poo to make my garden better ( ( Read more... )

This time it was a huge chimpanzee, followed by a monkey, a bear, an elephant, the disembodied head of the bear, and then the chimp again. Somehow, in the dream, I remember thinking, "don't freak out; it'll be over soon; it's just a dream." Which never happens to me ( Read more... )

Today feels off. Yesterday was awesome and the day before was pretty damn good, too. But today? not so great ( Read more... )

Two nights ago, I dreamt I had sex with a snake person, who is actually a cat person in real life. Oddly enough, she's way sexier in real life than my mind made her in my dreams. Very weird ( Read more... )

i'm all freaky and panicky and stupid right now because I don't have envelopes that match my new pretty paper for resumés and such, and I need to send out a resumé pronto. Like, yesterday. bah. N, and now L, are coming to my rescue, as usual. I love them ( Read more... )