Idol Dreams

[vovat]

Things that happened in my dreams last night:

• I was sliding down an indoor slide with a lot of bumps on it. I think the bumps might have sped up the sliders, like in some video games. I'm not sure whether I was in a sled or not, which is common in dreams; I'm frequently changing between being in a vehicle and being on foot with no logical transition between the two. After I reached the bottom, I was adopted by some woman who made me perform chores I hadn't had to do before, like separating the recyclables. The thing is, while there's now one receptacle at our house for all recyclable items, I separated them all throughout my childhood, and it never bothered me. For some reason, though, it made me angry in the dream, and I even remember telling someone in another dream (possibly my mom, but I can't remember for sure) about the experience.
  
• I was hanging out at some house that I think was supposed to have been haunted. I'm not sure if I was living or working there, or both. All I can really remember is having trouble getting on the Internet from the computer there, which I don't think is usually considered a sign of haunting. I remember thinking of how it reminded me of Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz, which kind of makes sense as it's the book with the city of Halloween-style spooks.
  
  
  "I do believe in spooks. I do believe in spooks. I do, I do, I DO believe in spooks!"
  
• I somehow found out that countblastula and goldenmoonbear had gotten separated.
  
• I was watching some Captain N episode that portrayed Simon Belmont as the one who actually figured out Mother Brain's scheme, which isn't too typical for the actual show. I don't think he looked right, either, but I'm pretty sure that's who he was supposed to be.
  
  
  
• There was some amusement park that I was visiting, with a golf course behind it, and I think some kind of lake or river as well. That's about all I remember of that one.
  

What I did during my waking life today included watching the American Idol season finale. I used to watch the show pretty regularly, but I've largely lost interest in the most recent seasons. It's really just the same thing over and over, and a lot of the contestants don't even have the normal-person quality that made the earlier ones likable. I watched some of this season, but for much of it I worked a night job, so I didn't really know much about these contestants. I liked Siobhan Magnus, but more for her name and because I thought she was kind of cute (although not so much with the hairstyle she had tonight; what was the deal with that?) than for her talent. From the little I knew, I would have preferred Crystal winning over Lee, but...meh. When I have an opinion at all, I root for the contestants I find interesting or likable, and against the ones who are presumably there because they're supposed to be hot. Okay, I liked Katharine McPhee all right, and I think she was mostly there for her looks. She didn't wow me or anything, though. And even when I like a contestant, it's not like I buy any of their music. But then, they're so often forced into doing bland pop music (or, in some cases, bland country or rock music), so being a fan of theirs doesn't often translate to being a fan of their work. Oh, well. I'm inclined to think the show isn't going to last much longer, especially not without Simon, but who knows with the public?