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[johnnypurple]

Last night, David Tennant, Tim Roth and Gary Oldman were in my dream. David was playing Hamlet, and Tim and Gary were Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (YOU SEE, IT ALL MAKES SENSE!). They were youngish - all about the same age (30-ish?). And Tim was sitting in David's lap!! There were other people there, including my ex-gf. Fuck off ex-gf, I'm gonna

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[deadasleaves]

Yay for self-identification. :D
That's always a good feeling.

Bahaha, man. I never have fun dreams. Mine are about real life. So lame.

AH! That picspam was one of the first things I saw yesterday morning. Great way to start the day.

[johnnypurple]

Yeah, I just need the follow-through to go with that self-identification! Then I'll be sailing! ;D

Well, this dream was a strange crossover of rl and celebrity-land. Which is actually not that unusual for me. Spike (from Buffy) was a regular in my dreams for a while, back in the day, and I was always disappointed when it was James Masters (shorter, for some reason? And not British - bah!) (therefore less preferable to Spike. It's not that I'm phobic to non-Brits or anything! Eep! *backpeddles*) Er... so anyway... what was I talking about?
Mine are about real life. So lame. As in they can't walk?

Let me just look at that picspam again... !

[deadasleaves]

Yeah, that helps. Too bad you can't buy both at the store, buy-one-get-one-free style.

Hahahaha. Well, dreams about going to school and work aren't exactly super interesting. :p

[johnnypurple]

I hate those school dreams too! Especially when, say, like me you've been out of school for a number of years. And in the dreams you always have to do an exam that you're not prepared for! Damn cliched dreams! Work dreams are also boring too. Though I'm sure I've had those boring dreams where someone famous was by-the-by working where I was working... hmm. Was that Spike again? I can't quite remember.

[derryderrydown]

I have emailed you at johnnypurple at livejournal dot com - is that the right address?

[johnnypurple]

yeah, I got it. Sorry I have not replied yet but will do so from my email address proper. :)

[dear_prudence]

poor head! :(
*kisses*

[johnnypurple]

Thanks. *sob*

It's alright now actually, but even so!

[cenea]

You have a very cool dream!! *is jealous* And thanks for the lovely pics :)

The writer thing - yup, I empathise. Apart from lately, I've just realised...I love writing fanfic, I can't stop. It's a thing I have to do...err, not sure why I'm saying this. But, anyway, you're a fabby writer, whatever you write.

Anyway, I really wanted to say sorry for being crap at commenting on your LJ in recent months. To be honest, I've not been checking my f-list - especially in the morning which is when I see your entries - because of work. Will do my best to be better!!

[wolfy_writing]

I know what you mean by 'can't stop'. I could stop writing fanfic if I tried, but I can't stop writing. I have to do something or my brain gets itchy and wrong.

[cenea]

Definitely! I can't stop writing...ever. I get sad and twitchy if I don't write at least *something* every day. And I've decided to relax about the fanfic thing. I love it too much not to :)

*sorry for spamming JPs journal having not been around for ages*

[wolfy_writing]

I know. It's worryingly addictive. I saw part of this Japanese horror movie once (no subtitles, so I was a bit confused) where people were cursed to be unable to stop writing. One of them got put in a mental institution and cut his fingers and started writing in blood.

I did a story about an aspiring writer with a problem like that (she was seduced by a muse; in the story, muses are more destructive than they're generally portrayed as), but it got eaten in a computer crash. Not so bad. It was depressing anyway.

[wolfy_writing]

You're a writer? Awesome! Good for you.

The words will come. They happen one way or another. And once in a while, it's good to let it ferment. The story that sits inside until it's ready to claw its way out is often the best one.

Failing that, you'll get really good at producing finished works in November, so it's all good.

And awesome dream. I've been having a stretch pleasantly low on dreams just lately, which is nice.

[johnnypurple]

Apparently I am, according to my mouth! ;) I thought I was just pretending before, but now I is SRS. Oh yeah. Unless there is some minimum published requirement, in which case, I fail.

I agree about the fermentation period. But sometimes these things can be left for too long and the results aren't always great. I hate it when you over-think something and it becomes too precious to write - as though you're gonna fuck it up and become too worried about doing it wrong. Or is that just me? Which is why I'd prefer to not mull over things for ages and ages because then I might just never write them or I'll start writing them but not be happy. I like the surprise of writing something that turns out differently to how you originally thought - which often happens with me - so that's why the over-thinking thing isn't always the most productive way for me to work. Though I guess everyone's different. :)

Perhaps I need to cut down on my important dawdling-about-on-the-internet time and write more.

I've been having a stretch pleasantly low on

[wolfy_writing]

I don't know about 'too precious to write'. My stuff either sort of withers in my head (in which case it's usually not worth saving) or claws its way out onto the paper (which can be unpleasantly like having a stomach full of bees sometimes, but is nonetheless interesting).

You seem real enough to me. I'm sure you'll produce interesting things.

[johnnypurple]

I think it's that I get an idea of how something will be and can't let that idea go. And of course things never turn out exactly as you imagine them. I hate getting too precious about things - it does nothing for creativity/productivity.

You seem real enough to me. I'm sure you'll produce interesting things. Heh, thanks! :)