Dreamwatch

Okay... I was hoping to draw a line under the whole dream business, even having read this article yesterday.  But last night's dream has thrown that thought outta the window and into the mud. 

Last night I dreamt.... I was in regular correspondence with Neil Gaiman.  Yeah, go ahead and laugh, I can hear ya from here :)  Believe me, I would laugh too, because this is now venturing into the realms of the ridiculous.  Not only were we writing buddies but he thanked me for helping him find a couple of new angles for his writing.  Erm, yeah.  You can tell I'm a fantasy writer.  Interpretation wise, I'm sure I can put this one down to the fact that I was reading Neil's blog yesterday and ended up bookmarking some of his stuff.  While it would be nice to think there's some hope of this particular dream coming true... lemme draw that line I mentioned, and swiftly move on.

Incidentally, the camera dream is still gnawing at me.  Even with the emergence of the NYC comic con... I dunno.  Funnily, a friend did fly out to San Diego via JFK -- and forgot his camera.  Coincidence?  Sure, he read the blog post about my dream, so in effect could have subconsciously created a self-fulfilling prophecy, but that still doesn't explain the NYC connection, when I didn't even know about that leg of his journey. 

Which leads me to the 3rd (and final) dream.  This one slots in after the first two, making it mid-feb when I had it.  In this particular dreamscape, I found myself thinking of booking an hotel when travelling to a place north of where I was.  The place was called Oakl-something-or-other, and was just a little bit short of my actual destination.  I'm thinking Oakland, (though for some reason Oakleigh also comes to mind -- but that's probably because its a road I drive past regularly).  Eventually, in the dream, I decided against the hotel and decided to stay with relatives in the area, preferring that option.  While there, I was hoping to bump into someone who lived local to the area (and possibly the main intention of my visit) but that never happened. 

The reason I never mentioned this particular dream was because it didn't feature any cameras.  But the travel theme is so strong I had to re-think.  Especially, as I noticed the same friend is currently in Seattle, further north up the western seaboard from San Diego -- but that doesn't tie in with Oakland... so maybe another comic con will turn up there that I have yet to discover.  Whatever the answer, its a frustrating puzzle.  And while I don't have any idea what it means, I'm beginning to suspect that with the strong American connection, I should re-think my fast approaching travel plans and head out stateside.  After all, doesn't Gaiman live out there...?  ;)