Friday, July 08, 2005
Where Manda and I tell each other secrets
I dreamed I had a slumber party and invited Manda, Abbie, and Lisa. At one point Lisa left to go talk to Mom, so she instructed Manda and I to tell each other a secret. I thought and thought of one to tell her and finally I thought of one: "I have a secret that I told B'qi." Her secret was even lamer, it was a quote from Ella Enchanted (except it wasn't really, it was something like, "I can't believe she's wearing that!"). I said something about Abbie should see the movie, and she said, "No, the real question is, 'When will you read the book?'" Apparently she was simply making fun of the fact that I liked the book but not the movie and she hadn't seen either one, but that statement it confused me a lot.
Labels: abbie, b'qi, ella enchanted, lisa, manda, mom
Saturday, February 21, 2004
Where PJ leaves and our theme song is "Brilliant Soldier"
I had a long involved dream last night that I'm going to try to recount.
I do remember I was listening to Lea Salonga sing "On My Own." I have a vague feeling that I WAS Eponine...
But then that changed, and Amanda, me, and some other girl who I can't visualize (might have been Carly, but I just have this feeling she had dark skin) were sitting near the door of this room. I think it was a Sunday school room. We were having a co-ed Sunday school lesson that day, and instead of sitting in a chair, I sat by the door. Amanda came and sat by me and this other girl sat there, too, so that we were in a little triangular pattern, completely blocking the door. I remember feeling a little sense of "awww" that my friends were willing to sit on the floor to make me feel like I wasn't completely out of place.
Then the guys started coming in, and they had to step over our heads to the middle of the circle and then over our heads again to get out of the circle. As Tyler came through, he commented, "Oh, how cute, they're all sitting together!" But then Canaan and Allen showed up, and Canaan was complaining about us blocking his way.
I remember, then, sitting in a pew (but in a tiny little church - still supposed to be Harvest Time but the building was really little) and singing a song called "Brilliant Soldier" that someone from the church had written. It wasn't really much of a chorus, it kept mentioning times on the clock, like 10:30 and 2:25.
Then we were in the Sunday school room again, and Abbie was telling me how she could put the words to "Brilliant Soldier" to the tunes of five popular songs. So I was trying to figure out. I could almost put it to the tune of "Complicated" (but it actually turned into "So Yesterday" because it had that bridge in the middle: "At least not today, not today, not today...")
And then we were at youth, and I suddenly remembered that PJ was resigning as youth pastor and just working on the sound board instead. It had been a sudden decision, but nobody seemed to care that he was gone. In his place, was this dude dressed up kind of like the scarecrow from The Legend of Zelda, except he was supposed to be "Brilliant Soldier" (yeah, like the song). It was all like a VBS program except it was for us,and nobody caught on except for me that it was all weird. Then I looked over toward the sound booth and PJ was wiping a tear from his eye, almost as if he was going, "What has this come to?"
The only thing I remember after that is talking to Amanda and saying, "Don't you CARE that everything has changed?" and she said, "What?" But she only seemed to be concerned about my cousin Mandy - apparently she knew something I didn't.
I do remember I was listening to Lea Salonga sing "On My Own." I have a vague feeling that I WAS Eponine...
But then that changed, and Amanda, me, and some other girl who I can't visualize (might have been Carly, but I just have this feeling she had dark skin) were sitting near the door of this room. I think it was a Sunday school room. We were having a co-ed Sunday school lesson that day, and instead of sitting in a chair, I sat by the door. Amanda came and sat by me and this other girl sat there, too, so that we were in a little triangular pattern, completely blocking the door. I remember feeling a little sense of "awww" that my friends were willing to sit on the floor to make me feel like I wasn't completely out of place.
Then the guys started coming in, and they had to step over our heads to the middle of the circle and then over our heads again to get out of the circle. As Tyler came through, he commented, "Oh, how cute, they're all sitting together!" But then Canaan and Allen showed up, and Canaan was complaining about us blocking his way.
I remember, then, sitting in a pew (but in a tiny little church - still supposed to be Harvest Time but the building was really little) and singing a song called "Brilliant Soldier" that someone from the church had written. It wasn't really much of a chorus, it kept mentioning times on the clock, like 10:30 and 2:25.
Then we were in the Sunday school room again, and Abbie was telling me how she could put the words to "Brilliant Soldier" to the tunes of five popular songs. So I was trying to figure out. I could almost put it to the tune of "Complicated" (but it actually turned into "So Yesterday" because it had that bridge in the middle: "At least not today, not today, not today...")
And then we were at youth, and I suddenly remembered that PJ was resigning as youth pastor and just working on the sound board instead. It had been a sudden decision, but nobody seemed to care that he was gone. In his place, was this dude dressed up kind of like the scarecrow from The Legend of Zelda, except he was supposed to be "Brilliant Soldier" (yeah, like the song). It was all like a VBS program except it was for us,and nobody caught on except for me that it was all weird. Then I looked over toward the sound booth and PJ was wiping a tear from his eye, almost as if he was going, "What has this come to?"
The only thing I remember after that is talking to Amanda and saying, "Don't you CARE that everything has changed?" and she said, "What?" But she only seemed to be concerned about my cousin Mandy - apparently she knew something I didn't.
Labels: abbie, allen, canaan, carly, lea salonga, les miserables, manda, mandy, PJ, the legend of zelda, tyler
Tuesday, February 17, 2004
Where Dad and I visit people at SEMP while we're in Chicago
I had a dream last night that Dad and I were in the Chicago area while SEMP was going on. I don't remember why we were there, but we decided to drop in on Wheaton College and see how SEMP was going.
I thought that we had to have a pass or something to get in, but apparently we didn't, because we went right into the parking lot (which was very small, I might add) and heard PJ talking and shouting orders. We went into this small brick building where half the youth group was hanging around (even people who aren't even in the high school yet, like Macie).
Apparently all the people who were hanging around had gotten sick and couldn't go out witnessing. I remember Amanda and Tyler and Macie and Abbie and Natalie were all there. Tyler kept running to the bathroom to throw up.
Then I decided, for some reason, to visit the bathroom and see what it looked like. It was seperated from the rest of the building by a curtain of golden tassels and the toilet had a golden rim and I remember thinking, "Wow, this is a pretty nice bathroom..."
Natalie opened the curtain at that point. I think she had been looking for me because it was time to go or something.
And thus ended my dream.
I thought that we had to have a pass or something to get in, but apparently we didn't, because we went right into the parking lot (which was very small, I might add) and heard PJ talking and shouting orders. We went into this small brick building where half the youth group was hanging around (even people who aren't even in the high school yet, like Macie).
Apparently all the people who were hanging around had gotten sick and couldn't go out witnessing. I remember Amanda and Tyler and Macie and Abbie and Natalie were all there. Tyler kept running to the bathroom to throw up.
Then I decided, for some reason, to visit the bathroom and see what it looked like. It was seperated from the rest of the building by a curtain of golden tassels and the toilet had a golden rim and I remember thinking, "Wow, this is a pretty nice bathroom..."
Natalie opened the curtain at that point. I think she had been looking for me because it was time to go or something.
And thus ended my dream.
Labels: abbie, dad, macie, manda, natalie, PJ, semp, tyler
Saturday, May 04, 2002
Where Mom and Dad scare Abbie
I had a dream that Mom and Dad were at youth group and Abbie came up to me and so I introduced them ("Abbie, these are my parents. Parents, this is Abbie") and then Mom put her face like an inch away from Abbie's and yelled, "HIIIII HOOOOOOWW AAAARE YOOOOOOU?" Abbie got his horrified look on her face. I brought her over to a corner and said, "I'm sorry about that, my mom's a little strange sometimes..." but Abbie just kept looking like she was going to cry.
