Sliding Away

I'm part of an internship called The Honor Academy. Today we have traveled to a large field with a 32 story slide. The interns slide down the massive structure. I take my turn. The ride is thrilling and fast.

I'm standing out in the field with a group of friends when I notice a sliding intern flying from the ride. Their body imitates a ragdoll as it falls through the air and crashes hard into the ground. Before our eyes, bodies of interns fly through the air and land in different parts of the field. I run to the nearby woods and hide behind trees avoiding the out of control bodies.

When the falling stops, we the living run to the opposite corner of the field where there is a door. The door lets us out.

I wake up

Twin Towers

Dream 10.19.2018

My family is on vacation. We stay at a cabin on the edge of a mountain. The cottage has no walls. It is entirely open to the world.

My sister Kristen and I are talking. I tell her that I recently visited a city that rebuilt the World Trade Center twin towers. At first, I can't remember the name of the town then it hits me, Philadelphia.

I travel to Philly by myself to see the towers.

At one point I am at the top of one of the towers, and I see part of the original roof, of the New York WTC, on display. When walking under the roof, one enters a room where many pictures depict the history and demise of the majestic buildings.

At one point I am standing on the street looking up at the towers. The sheer size takes my breath away. I try to take a picture while a plane flies in the sky above.

A black gentleman and I are on one of the top floors. We must make our way downstairs. We jump onto a bumpy slide that takes us down several levels. Many slides lead downward.

My mom and I are on one of the middle floors. Several staircases are leading in different directions. My mom is trying to make it down. I try to follow but become lost. I cannot find the correct staircase. Trying to retrace my steps, I end up several floors above. My mom and I see each other. She asks in a joking manner, "where have you been?" I tell her that I got lost.

My brother-in-law and I are standing at one of the entrances to the WTC. There is an art piece showing two squares diagonal from each other. On top of the squares are objects that spin around in a circle. Dream ends.

I wake up

Impractical

Dream 11.21.17

I'm roaming the streets of New York City. I look up at those beautiful twin towers as I pass underneath them. The Impractical Jokers have a restaurant now. I find my family. We walk through narrow alleyways. We stand in front of the large, front window of the Impractical Jokers restaurant. Inside, standing near a table, I can see James Murray. My sister knocks obnoxiously on the window and when Murr looks, I wave at him. We come in and sit down. I tell my sister to get her phone ready. I pull Murr aside and ask if I can take a picture with him. He is annoyed but obliges. We take a picture. I say something to him which annoys him even further.

Later, my family and I go to a water park. I stand in line for a tall water slide. For some reason, I leave the line. When I return, it is even longer. I finally make it to the top. In order to get on the slide, you must climb down a ladder inside the tube. Several kids and teens cut in front of me. It's frustrating but I keep quiet. Dream ends.

I wake up

Stranger

Dream 1/28/17

I'm headed to a lake that is hidden in the middle of some woods. The lake is on my old church property.

On the way there, I come to a four way stop. Two other cars also stop, both Jeeps. Then, I discover that the Jeeps aren't even on the road, but each are off the road quite a bit. So, I drive on. Down the road, just a bit, I see a bouncy house that is turned over. I park my Jeep and walk toward it. The bouncy house is on someone's private property. I don't see anybody around, so I climb on top of it. I lye on top of the bouncy house, while a bouncy slide lays on top of me, partially, my head is still out, I can still see. Then, two girls-probably in their late teens-come barreling down the slide and crash into the bouncy castle that I am lying on. The slide tips over, as well as the bouncy castle and we all sort of hit the ground, not hard. The girls start laughing. I am afraid of what they will do now that they discovered a stranger on their property. They continue laughing, even after they see me. They don't seem to  mind. I tell them, "I saw your bouncy castle was tipped over so I decided to come lye down on it. They continue laughing, just like teenage girls. I tell them that I'll leave now.

I start looking for a way out of their property, but an electric fence has appeared. I wonder how I got onto the property in the first place. I find a gate but it is closed. I look back at the girls, now walking inside their house, and signal to them to open the gate. The gate slowly starts to open. I walk out and start running toward my Jeep. It seems so much further away than it was before.

A little girl, probably the teenage girls' sister, is dribbling a basketball down the street. She seems to be following me. I'm not terribly fond of children. I get to my Jeep, she gets there as well. I get in my vehicle and she gets in too. I drive on. As I pass her house, I see her father out front looking around, probably for her. I immediately am taken with fear. Have I kidnapped this girl? Her father will be so angry. I tell her to get out and run back home. She does. I speed away. I am afraid she is going to tell her dad that a stranger let her ride in his car. She will be able to describe my red Jeep to him. He'll call the police and they will start searching the area. I have to get away. I forgo the lake at this point. I can go another time. I speed fast down the road, trying to get back home. My house is far away in the country, the police won't find me, as long as I lay low for a while. I stop at an intersection. A car comes charging through at such a high speed, I wonder what is wrong with people nowadays? Dream ends.

I wake up

Castlevania

Dream 7-26-2016

Today is special. We've all, friends and family, gathered at my friends ranch for the day
to have a good time. It's time to take this party up a notch. My friends dad orders a large house-like water slide structure. It looks like a castle. To get to the top, one can either attempt the two yellow ladders reaching five or six stories up. Or you can walk the ever long ramp to the top.
Around fifty teenagers and young adults start up the ramps to the top. There are several pathways. I take one in which I am by myself for the most part.

The structure doesn't seem at all like a water slide. The hallways are long, wide and tall. And everything is made of stainless steel. We get to the top and try to slide down but the water isn't working. Water is supposed to fall from the ceiling all through-out the steel caste, but it doesn't causing everyone who tries to come to a screeching hault.

So instead of sliding, we make the water slide into a house, calling dibs on the rooms we like and taking ownership of it. I get a small room in the corner away from all the noise. It's comfy and cozy with a nice view of the gas station outside. I walk down the hallway and find a row of beds full of jocksters holding their trophies, as if that isn't cliche. I tell them that this is beginning to look like a frat house.

I walk outside and find lines of people playing catch. My dad is at the end of the row tossing a ball with one of the more troubled individuals here. My dad throws the ball a little too hard and it falls into a large bush. This kid goes to find it. Dream ends.

I wake up

Portal

Dream 3/3/2015

Today is someone's birthday. It is a friend of my sister.

My sister's friend lives in France. Many people from my her class show up along with a few from mine. One of my best friends is here, Tim.

We walk around the house. I stay close to my sister. I'm always uncomfortable in other countries because I don't know their culture and I don't want to offend anyone with something that seems normal in mine.

I catch Tim and start a conversation with him. I ask him, "how is it that we were all able to afford this trip to France, after all, we just had a school field trip to Germany last week." Tim responds, "well, my family can afford it because we're rich but I don't know how yours came up with the money." He starts to explain to me that their is one class in high school that you must pass with flying colors or else you will be a deadbeat for the rest of your life.

It's around this time in the conversation that I notice that I am in a different place entirely. The place I am in looks like the motherboard of a computer. I wonder around a bit. It's huge. I'm like a small flea on a gigantic motherboard. I notice something strange. Just inside many of the doorways is a glossy film. I can't tell what it is. I walk and walk (I find I do this in a lot of my dreams). I just keep on walking. I walk until the sounds of life are far behind me.

I enter a room where a homosexual man is standing. He is attracted to me. He wants me. But I do not want him in that way. I run. He chases me. I run into a room the size of an auditorium. To the left of me is a playground slide. I climb onto it and lie down so that he doesn't see me. I hope he thinks that I just kept running and passes me by. I hear the door open. Silence at first and then I hear a thumping on the slide. I jump up and start running down the slide, only this is not a normal slide. It splits off into many paths and goes every direction. I pick one. It takes me to a factory where toys are made. I leave the slide and run. I just keep running. I turn corners and take doors in this gigantic maze. Anything to lose this guy behind me. I get so lost I know that he won't find me.

I come to a ramp that leads up to a glossy film. I know now that the film is a portal to another place. I run to it but it doesn't let me through. Instead, the floor starts to raise. One side and then the other. Sort of like a backwards 'Jacobs ladder.' A radio show comes on the intercom. The DJ's run a commentary on my situation. The floor keeps moving. One side raises and I run to that side, the other side raises and I run to that side. I am being lifted high into the air. Eventually it stops. In front of me is a portal. I jump through it.

I find myself in a large, dark room with many beds. The only light in the room is coming from a movie being played on the wall, via projector. But I'm the only one here. Dream ends.

I wake up.

Swimming with The Sharks

Dream 2/24/2015

We are at a public pool, only, this pool is a bit more sophisticated.

It's partly indoor and outdoor. The slide is actually a small building that you take the indoor stairs to get to the top. And if you want a real thrill, there is a cliff jump above the slide. Good luck.

I take the slide. It's packed with people. I crash into the water with super speed. I jump up in celebration. A bunch of older guys see me. They start pointing and laughing. I try to ignore them. I get out of the pool and they follow me. They grab me, push me to the ground and start kicking me. All because they believe I'm not cool enough.

Days later, my brother-in-law, Chad wants to go back to the pool. I tell him I don't want to but I don't have the guts to tell him why. Dream ends.

I wake up.

Flood

Dream 1/7/2015

I'm at my cousin DJ's house.

     My sister, Morgan, is about to run to the store. She is in the car waiting for me. I'm trying to put on my shoes as fast as I can. I look out the window and see the car leaving the driveway. I run outside to try and stop her but she speeds off down the road with DJ in the car.

     I turn around, disappointed, and see a girl I used to know from school. She comes over to me. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a metal, playground slide appears. We play on it for a bit. I ask her what kind of TV shows does she like. She doesn't answer. I sit at the top of the ladder and she climbs up the slide. We lay down, cover up with a blanket and turn on a little, portable TV that is there. I hold her close to me and feel a pitter-patter in my heart.

     Later, when my sister and cousin return, we wonder back inside. All of us are sitting around watching TV when my cousin tells me he wants me to flood the house for fun. I go into the kitchen and clog the sink. I start the water but immediately feel guilty at what I'm about to do. I turn off the water. My cousin walks in. He tells me if I can't do it, then he'll do it. He turns on the faucet and floods the house. For fun. Dream ends

I wake up

The Exploration

Dream 1-27-14

I'm back in my old high school in Anderson, Indiana. I'm in one of the classrooms down the senior hallway. The teacher has decided to show a film. The lights are down and the lights from the television screen dimly light the room. I can't be sure of what the movie is about. I sneak out of the room. 

I walk the halls. I see my old friend Cyrus walking toward me. We catch up.

Suddenly, a few of my classmates and me are in the film that was shown in the classroom. 

It's action packed. Their is snow everywhere. We are explorers in a new place. We stumble upon something out of the ordinary. A very large pole the size of a skyscraper is laying down. One side is on the same ground that we walk on and the other is up on a cliff. So the pole moves up. Attached to the pole is a ladder and a rope. So, we begin to climb.

One after the other we make our way up the pole to the cliff. Me and a friend are in front. We make it close to the top when I notice that next to the pole just under the cliff is a giant head made out of stone, much like Mt. Rushmore. The only difference is this head has powers. I reach out to the head and become one with it. I am now the head.

Everyone is still making their way up the pole. The friend who was just behind me falls. We are so high up that he will die if he hits the ground. Me being the size of Mt. Rushmore, I bring my giant stone arms up out of the mountain cliff and grab my friend before he hits the ground. I raise him up in my giant stone hands and place him on the cliff.

I separate myself from the head. I am now my normal self again. I begin to make my way to the cliff when I slip and fall. I fall hundreds of feet to my death. The color red fills the screen and I respawn. 

I am now hundreds of yards away from the pole. I see it in the distance. My friends have all made it to the top. I start to make my way back towards them. I am far behind. I hear a very deep and loud thump! I keep walking. I make it to the pole. I climb the pole. I make it to the top. At the top, I find a slide that goes from the top of the mountain cliff to the ground below and even below that. I decide to slide. 

I slide hundreds of yards, through the ground and when I come out on the other side I fly right into the side of a van that is parked at the end. Thump! I pick my body up off the ground. My friends are out of sight. 

Then out of nowhere, I see my old friend Cyrus. We catch up. Dream ends.

I wake up.