It is now CLEAR AS A BELL that one of the key symptoms of COVID is delirium. As for colds, as a kid, the treatment was Vicks Vapo-Rub. It was a hassle that it meant faking being sick wasn't worth it and the rest of your body just says giddyup so I don't have to smell Altoids anymore. Your dreams are disturbing. What I immediately thought as I read about Jerry Garcia looking for a car was that you lack a reliable garage door opener and there aren't reliable vendors to replace them in SoCal. uy a beater and park it in the driveway. As for the trench talk. Depressing that we started out calling it "The Great War" and then moved to "The War to End All Wars" and then just started numbering them.
Hopefully Twitter arguments are limited to this plane and our subconscious, and not the afterlife. I'd rather skinny dip in lake of fire than be quote-tweeted for eternity. Quote me on that at the gate in the clouds.
Good stuff! You've got a fun style.
I feel like taking on some of these questions. This bus isn't getting any faster:
1. I barely dream, which I'm convinced makes me some kind of psychic vampire, leeching mental energy from real humans.
2. See above.
3. Thanks to a general cultural disconnect, I'm missing a healthy respect for home remedies. I just sleep like a zombie and play FromSoft games until it passes.
4. I'll be taking the full Hershey catalog with me. The Twizzlers can go to the next wave of theater rioters.
5. Fluent English and astoundingly bad Japanese. The department back at Princeton would be ashamed to admit I ever slept through their class.
6. Compromise? I knew I forgot something.
7. One or two parties higher up in management may use the word "soy" more than "safety standards."
I’ve had weird NyQuil dreams and like yours they tend to be quite layered and complicated and go on and on. I wake up exhausted. Good question about the candy. I think it’s important to remember here that one can totally afford to just BUY the candy so the question is not so much what is one’s favorite candy but which would be the most fun to steal. The answer is PAYDAY.
Payday is an excellent choice! And if you got caught, you'll likely get a judge who sees the humor in your choice, which is a good hedge against a harsh sentence. As for Chinese food I'm a sucker for anything in a dumpling.
Feel better, Michael! When I’m sick, I drink throat coat tea, eat chicken soup, and get plenty of rest. Last year, I got one of those portable fold out desks and they’re helpful for working in bed.
Thank you! And I like the sound of that desk, even when I’m feeling better. I can get a pipe and a smoking jacket and maybe some scotch and bang out the great American novel on a typewriter - all without leaving my bed!
I actually wrote a piece previously on the symbolism of dreams ...although I’m not sure how much this applies to NyQmares!
https://itsnotwhatyouthink.substack.com/p/beyond-our-wildest-dreams?r=h8rr6&utm_medium=ios
Delirious fun to read - glad I found you on here!
Thanks! Glad you found me too! Gonna check out your dream analysis piece, but I think your right, the meds kinda change the nature of interpretation.
It is now CLEAR AS A BELL that one of the key symptoms of COVID is delirium. As for colds, as a kid, the treatment was Vicks Vapo-Rub. It was a hassle that it meant faking being sick wasn't worth it and the rest of your body just says giddyup so I don't have to smell Altoids anymore. Your dreams are disturbing. What I immediately thought as I read about Jerry Garcia looking for a car was that you lack a reliable garage door opener and there aren't reliable vendors to replace them in SoCal. uy a beater and park it in the driveway. As for the trench talk. Depressing that we started out calling it "The Great War" and then moved to "The War to End All Wars" and then just started numbering them.
I used plenty of Vicks this time around. Thankfully, I’m feeling better, testing negative, and the dreams are lot less disturbing.
Hopefully Twitter arguments are limited to this plane and our subconscious, and not the afterlife. I'd rather skinny dip in lake of fire than be quote-tweeted for eternity. Quote me on that at the gate in the clouds.
Good stuff! You've got a fun style.
I feel like taking on some of these questions. This bus isn't getting any faster:
1. I barely dream, which I'm convinced makes me some kind of psychic vampire, leeching mental energy from real humans.
2. See above.
3. Thanks to a general cultural disconnect, I'm missing a healthy respect for home remedies. I just sleep like a zombie and play FromSoft games until it passes.
4. I'll be taking the full Hershey catalog with me. The Twizzlers can go to the next wave of theater rioters.
5. Fluent English and astoundingly bad Japanese. The department back at Princeton would be ashamed to admit I ever slept through their class.
6. Compromise? I knew I forgot something.
7. One or two parties higher up in management may use the word "soy" more than "safety standards."
8. Not yet.
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed this one! And I think you made the right choice to leave those Twizzlers behind!
I’ve had weird NyQuil dreams and like yours they tend to be quite layered and complicated and go on and on. I wake up exhausted. Good question about the candy. I think it’s important to remember here that one can totally afford to just BUY the candy so the question is not so much what is one’s favorite candy but which would be the most fun to steal. The answer is PAYDAY.
Oh also what kind of Chinese food?
Payday is an excellent choice! And if you got caught, you'll likely get a judge who sees the humor in your choice, which is a good hedge against a harsh sentence. As for Chinese food I'm a sucker for anything in a dumpling.
I've always wondered what it would be like to be part of a throuple. Now I know.
Haha! Yes, lots of compromise I guess.
Feel better, Michael! When I’m sick, I drink throat coat tea, eat chicken soup, and get plenty of rest. Last year, I got one of those portable fold out desks and they’re helpful for working in bed.
Thank you! And I like the sound of that desk, even when I’m feeling better. I can get a pipe and a smoking jacket and maybe some scotch and bang out the great American novel on a typewriter - all without leaving my bed!
Lazy Greatness: The American Dream
That’s the name of the novel!