{"id":16392,"date":"2014-11-05T14:08:20","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T19:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=16392"},"modified":"2014-11-05T14:08:20","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T19:08:20","slug":"my-october-2014-dreams-starred-jesse-pinkman-lena-dunham-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2014\/11\/05\/my-october-2014-dreams-starred-jesse-pinkman-lena-dunham-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"My October 2014 dreams starred Jesse Pinkman, Lena Dunham, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, it’s that time again! October’s over, so I’m once more gathering together the dreams I shared on Twitter<\/a> to see what poetry can be made of them when they’re assembled in one place.<\/p>\n

Last month, my subconscious delivered me Jesse Pinkman, Harlan Ellison, Lena Dunham, Robert Downey, Jr., and more.<\/p>\n

Dip into my brain below …<\/p>\n

October 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

I dreamt I was one of the human survivors on a boat cruising through the zombie apocalypse. No idea of our plans or where we were headed. Oct 31<\/em><\/p>\n

I dreamt I was zooming down the highway when a bicyclist suddenly appeared in my lane. She grew slower and slower, but I couldn’t pass her. Oct 27<\/em><\/p>\n

I dreamt that the state was auctioning off parts of my land without informing me, and I was running around trying to stop it from happening. Oct 27<\/em><\/p>\n

I dreamt I was rushing around the house packing for a trip to North Korea, and realized my flight was only two hours away, so I was screwed. Oct 27<\/em><\/p>\n

I dreamt I shared ukulele sheet music with a friend, and as I touched each page, a video popped up. Looking forward to paper doing that IRL! Oct 26<\/em><\/p>\n

I dreamt I hung out with Jesse Pinkman, and we wanted KFC, so we stole a car and robbed people leaving a KFC. But we only took their KFC. Oct 26<\/em><\/p>\n

I dreamt I moved back to NYC, and immediately regretted it. I felt claustophobic as I wandered the streets. Would I ever see the sun again? Oct 25<\/em><\/p>\n

I dreamt I bumped into Harlan Ellison, who was immediately mad at me for not sending him a Get Well card. I apologized, but it didn’t help. Oct 25<\/em><\/p>\n

I lost a dream because I no longer know what this middle-of-the-night note means: SO THERE BE PRO BALL Oct 24<\/em><\/p>\n

I dreamt I was very carefully boxing up a complete run of Science Fiction Age<\/em> magazine and preparing to ship it off to Paul Di Filippo. Oct 24<\/em><\/p>\n

I dreamt a child ran backwards in a supermarket, crashed into and collapsed a pile of boxes that would have crushed him IRL. But he was OK. Oct 21<\/em><\/p>\n

I dreamt an unspecified comic book company had tossed a ton of original artwork in the trash, so I dumpster dove and rescued it all. Oct 21<\/em><\/p>\n

I dreamt I was part of a road gang patching potholes. Unfortunately, I think all of our hard work only made things worse. Oct 21<\/em><\/p>\n

I dreamt I was House, and for some unknown reason broke into a school at night to steal a huge tub of baked beans. Wish I knew why! Oct 17<\/em><\/p>\n

I dreamt my father’s father called to tell me my father had died, even though IRL my dad was long predeceased by his dad. Made dream sense. Oct 17<\/em><\/p>\n

I dreamt YouTube worked in the pages of print magazines, and I touched a photo from Silk Stockings<\/em> and was able to watch the whole movie. Oct 14<\/em><\/p>\n

I dreamt I escaped from a cult compound in the middle of the desert, and uncertain how to escape, climbed a mountain in search of a way out. Oct 14<\/em><\/p>\n

I dreamt I cradled Lena Dunham — who was wearing the classic Wonder Woman outfit — in my arms. She feared I would drop her. But I did not. Oct 14<\/em><\/p>\n

I dreamt I tried to rescue a stray cat, but her kittens would just not be collected, so I had to leave her behind so that they wouldn’t die. Oct 9<\/em><\/p>\n

I dreamt that while driving home through a snowstorm, I paused and got out to photograph a beautiful church, and almost got run over. Oct 9<\/em><\/p>\n

I dreamt that while in Brooklyn, I looked off into the distance, and saw that all the buildings has been replaced by rows of giant clocks. Oct 7<\/em><\/p>\n

I dreamt I visited my old pals at Sovereign Media and discovered that they’d published a person-sized comic book, almost as tall as me. Oct 7<\/em><\/p>\n

I dreamt I wandered NYC in a full Spider-Man costume, trying to meet up with my family. But whatever street I went down was the wrong one. Oct 7<\/em><\/p>\n

I dreamt Robert Downey, Jr. came to me wanting to read an unused Avengers story I’d written for Marvel. Strange, as no such thing exists. Oct 7<\/em><\/p>\n

I dreamt I was given a huge amount of cash as payoff for I no longer know what. It included a $15,175 bill, the existence of which woke me. Oct 7<\/em><\/p>\n

I dreamt I was visiting the dentist, and unfortunately, it was one with medical devices that looked like machinery designed by Jack Kirby. Oct 5<\/em><\/p>\n

I dreamt I was at @VOLT_RANGE<\/a> with foodie friend @royallichter<\/a>, and we were trying to eat ALL the desserts. Oct 5<\/em><\/p>\n

I dreamt I was writing an essay on the use of footnote captions in Marvel Comics — then couldn’t find the ones I wanted to highlight. Oct 5<\/em><\/p>\n

I dreamt @2muchexposition<\/a> dropped by a con suite with a bag of moon cakes from a Chinese bakery and broke them into pieces for the crowd. Oct 4<\/em><\/p>\n

I dreamt @BELUTHAHATCHIE<\/a> visited, and we wanted to go hiking, but thanks to a heavy snowstorm, we could only stare longingly outside. Oct 4<\/em><\/p>\n

I dreamt @john_clute<\/a> was playing an electric accordion at a crowded convention, and it was my job to follow him and keep the cord untangled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, it’s that time again! October’s over, so I’m once more gathering together the dreams I shared on Twitter to see what poetry can be made of them when they’re assembled in one place. Last month, my subconscious delivered me Jesse Pinkman, Harlan Ellison, Lena Dunham, Robert Downey, Jr., and more. Dip into my brain […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-16392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-dreams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16392"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16402,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16392\/revisions\/16402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}