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January 24, 2006

Dream Fragment: Real Estate

My father two brothers sister and I were checking out a house my sister had just bought. We walk through the interior of the house which is largely period-correct and solid.¹ Once outside, I see the air mattress on the ground upon which three of them had been sleeping.² The yard had no fences, and twine had been strung up to mark the boundaries. We were mystified that there was a length of string running perpindicular to the other lines, bisecting backyard. To the side was an old overgrown playhouse. A white cat with black tips was in the bushes at the edge of the cyclone fence. Selkye ran over and chased the cat, who jumped over the fence.³ Then Selkye jumped over the fence after her. I took off after Selkye. I called out to the dog. When I was able to see what was what, the cat was obviously injured, and Selkye was curled up on the ground.

[Note: At this point in the dream, the chiming bells of my late 20th Century Taiwanese electronic waking device awoke me.]


¹ She is in real life buying a house in this condition. This one was similar but not identical to the one she bought.
² We have been discussing air mattresses here as her new house's first guest may be sleeping on one shortly.
³ Selkye enjoys chasing cats. This one was similar but not identical to one next door to us.

Posted by Underblog at January 24, 2006 7:43 AM

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Comments

1. your family sharing an air mattress. this is an interesting concept.
2. per-PIN-dicular: is this akin to at-a-NEEDLE?

Posted by: Sherman at January 24, 2006 11:58 AM

I should use twine to keep my roommate's stuff out of my half of the fridge...

Posted by: gb at January 24, 2006 2:11 PM

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