Red Door

I have left my job at Westrock to go back to school. I study banking and when I am done, I travel to my dad's work to offer my services. It's been a while since I've seen him last. He's gained weight and no longer is he donning stylish jeans but rather baggy farmers clothes. I am happy to see him. We hug and I tell him that I'm looking for a job. He gladly offers me one. I will be his recycling company's newest banker.

I explore my new workplace. I find myself on the rooftop opposite my work. The roof has a bridge that leads to the next building. I cross it. I enter a corridor that leads to one red door. There is a screen in which many words are flashing at random. At one point the screen spells "potato chip." It's revealed to my mind that this is a place where the rich and famous mingle. The screen is now telling me the exit the premises. I do so.

I wake up

Madman

Dream 12/1/2018

I'm dating a girl whose father is a madman. She runs away from home. I meet her at an abandoned school where she has made one of the old classrooms her place to live. Somehow, her father has followed us. We hear him in the echoey downstairs hallways. The girl makes her bed and tries to arrange her room correctly so that if he finds it, he passes by. We hear his footsteps. He's made it upstairs to where we are. I run out into the hallway to cause a distraction. I enter the boy's bathroom and start screaming. The father walks in. There are stair steps at the other end of the loo. I run up the stairs as he chases behind me.

Later, much later, the father has gathered a group of young people. We are his prisoners, and he is the evil dictator. It's reminiscent of the movie The Postman. Somehow, I piss the dictator off. His face catches fire and burns his long gray hair and beard clean off. When the flame has done its business, he is a bald, black man. Dream ends.

I wake up

Weenie Roast

A Dream From The Past

My father's company is holding a barbecue at our house in Middletown, Indiana. Everyone is having a splendid time. I walk through the party looking for my dad and sister, Kristen. I am unable to locate them. I do some digging and find out that my dad and sister fell into the meat grinder and were killed. Sadness gives me a lovely punch square in the face. I look around. Those attending the party are still having fun. This is a paradox of emotion.

Four beautiful girls and I pack into a car and drive to the mall. We cruise through a parking garage. We drive through the central part of town.

Across the road from where I live is usually a cornfield. Today, it is an ocean. The party-goers gather at the beach. Many of us run up a nearby dock. There is a whale in the water. Some of those at the party wants to kill the whale. I want to save it. I get in the water to rescue the animal. I see my dad and sister on the shore. Dream ends.

I wake up

Vavarthy

A Dream From The Past

My brother-in-law notices that a famous football player looks suspiciously like my father. The football player's name is "Michael Vavarthy" and my father's name is "Michael Laverty." We skim through photos and videos of him and are convinced that the football player is my dad. We show the rest of our family but they do not think it is him. Dream ends.

I wake up

Father of The Year

Dream 4/21/2016

I'm visiting my cousin in Illinois.

     I don't leave my room the entire time I am here. On top of the dresser in my room is a sink. I take a bath in it. One day, my dad comes to visit. That same day, my cousin gets the new PS4.5 aka Playstation NEO. It's really small. I have no idea how to fit a CD in it. My dad and I play wrestling. He gets really into it, like he is a kid again. We finish with our gaming and sit back up at the table where everyone else is.

     Out of the blue, my dad says something demeaning to my sisters kid. Everyone around the table is frozen in shock and doesn't know what to say. Somebody asks him why he said what he said. He replies with, "I don't give a damn!" Just like a rotten child would say it.  I look at him and say, "Well, if you ever talk to one of my kids that way, I'm gonna give you a knuckle sandwich right to your jaw." He becomes angry, "what did you say?" he screams across the table. "You better get out of my sight right now or I'm gonna come unglued," he says, not quite making eye contact with me anymore. So I walk out of the house.

     I walk down the path to DJ's house, but he isn't there, he's back at the table with everyone else. I walk to the barn where we did karaoke as kids. I stare down the field, where I learned how to drive a truck. I see mobile home upon mobile home all the way down the field. I think of all the memories I've had with this place. Dream ends.

I wake up

The Outer Realm

Dream 2-18-14

I'm inside a video game. 

I think that there are boundaries. I choose to step outside the limits of the game. I keep walking through the outer realm when I come to a city. I walk through the stores and find all of them empty. 

I walk into a Hollister and take some clothes. I put them on. I then continue to walk through the city.

I arrive at the center of the city. There I find God and his many angels. They welcome me in. The angels and I go out on many missions. Demons chase us much of the time. Whenever we're in trouble, we always run back home where our Father is waiting. Dream ends.

I wake up.

A Place In Time

Dream 2-5-14

I'm wandering through an old house. I don't recognize where I am. A truck pulls into the driveway. From what I can see, there are two men in the vehicle. One of them gets out. The man is my father. The other man in the truck is my uncle Terri. They both look young, as if today were thirty years ago. Have I traveled through time? 

My dad comes into the house. I hide behind a chair. I watch him as he walks through the home. He's singing a christian song. If this is the same past that I know of, my uncle just recently led my dad to Jesus. As my dad sings his song, he begins to listen to a sermon. On tape, I think. My uncle never gets out of the truck. My dad eventually finishes up and walks out the door. He climbs back into the truck where he and my uncle drive away. Dream ends.

I wake up.

The Fathers House

Dream 10-1-13

My sister and I are walking through a patch of wooded area. A wild river runs through these woods. Snow has covered the ground and the trees. All of a sudden, a family on a raft come plowing through the river. We think to ourselves, "this is strange, it is winter, why would they be rafting in the winter?" Their raft gets caught on a patch of ice. They ask for our help. I walk down and get the raft unstuck. They thank us. 

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Suddenly we are in a cabin. We get to know the family that we just helped. We talk about our careers. Everyone in their family is a doctor. They ask me what I am. I'm too embarressed to say. I tell them that I am going into ministry. They say that they are christians as well. My sister asks what church they go to. They say, "Casa De La Padre." My sister says how shes heard that is such a great place. Dream ends.

I wake up.

The Price is Right

Dream 6-13-13

My father is a contestant on The Price is Right. My mother and I are sitting behind the cameras watching. They keep calling my dad "the Vietnam vet." This seems strange to me. He didn't fight in Vietnam. My mom takes her camera out and snaps a picture. I grab her by the shoulder and pull her back. She screams. I tell her that she can't disturb the production. Bob Barker walks toward her and takes her camera away. My dad wins the show.

In 1993, My dad is playing his guitar on the couch. His shirt is off, and he's wearing a baseball cap. The kids are running throughout the house, playing.

Years later, my brother and I feel the need to play The Price is Right. We travel to California. My dad comes with us. We make it to the show. We ask for an information card but all the name cards are filled. We find one that is empty. I fill it out. I sit down and wait for my name to be called. Dream ends.

I wake up.

Yamaka

5-30-13 Dream

     I walk out to the lake behind my house. I see a gazebo that I've never noticed before. I walk into the gazebo and sit down. Under a cushion, I find a pile of Playboy magazines. They aren't mine. I think they're my dad's. I look at them. My mom calls for me. It's time to go to church. We pull into a church that I don't recognize. It's a Jewish tabernacle. We walk in and sit down. I'm confused to why we are here. We aren't Jewish. I walk up with the choir and sing with them. They put a Yamaka on my head. I exit stage left. Dream ends.

I wake up.

A House From My Past

Nightmare 5-23-13

I'm in a house. A house that I used to know a long time ago. My family is here. A man is sitting in the living room. He is a violent man. He yells at us. He says that he wants a bottle of old French wine and a VHS tape. We bring it to him. I feel his violence as I walk toward him. I think he wants to do me harm. I give him the wine. I put the tape in the VCR. 

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Suddenly we are traveling throughout the world. Maybe in our minds. It's not this world.

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I'm walking through the house. So many memories. It feels different this time around. It feels cold. I feel far away from reality. I walk upstairs and look at what used to be my bedroom. It's empty. Just a few meaningless pieces of paper lay on the floor. I walk into what used to be my sister's bedroom. My mother is in bed. My mother and father sleep in different rooms now. She tells me that she misses him. He is downstairs. I walk downstairs to talk to him. I tell him how I feel about this situation. He begins to cry.

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My sisters and I are sitting in the living room. We turn the light off. We see the silhouette of a giant spider. My sister screams. The light comes on. We see many spiders. Fear takes us. Dream ends.

I wake up.