I just woke up from a strange dream. I understand that dreams are just our mind’s way of making sense of the things we think about while we sleep. Of course dreams are strange. There are dreams that I do remember that I don’t write down because I can see the connection my mind was trying to make. But then the dreams that I do remember that don’t make sense are the ones I feel the need to record.

In my dream, I was in charge of taking care of two girls. They were around the age of 9. We were at the mall, browsing through clothes. I picked a couple of shirts I thought they would like. I think they were twin girls because I was looking at shirts that were kinda similar but not exactly the same. I remember one of the girls didn’t like me too much. She kept making underhanded remarks to me. But I was very patient, which I wouldn’t be normally. I just kept smiling and suggesting different outfits. In her attempt to get rid of me, the girl who didn’t like me wandered off to the doll section of the store, picked a few dolls up and tried her hand at voodoo. Of course it didn’t work. She was sitting on the department store’s floor. I asked her what she was doing, she was very frustrated and kept saying things like, “Why didn’t it work?” “It’s supposed to work!” I just kept wandering around close by her browsing through the clothes. Then very non chalantly I told her that she shouldn’t be messing around with stuff like that. I told her that she didn’t know what she was dealing with and what she could be disturbing. I said more things but I don’t remember what I said verbatim; I just remember that I kept telling her in different ways that voodoo was not something to be played with. Then all of a sudden I turned into a voodoo priest, and the little girl was in a closet sitting on a high shelf. I or the priest pointed to her and told her, ” You do not choose to practice voodoo. Voodoo chooses you.” That’s when I woke up. How appropriate. I wasn’t scared when I awoke although it did feel as if I was forced awake, because I was still sleepy.

While I was typing this dream, I made some connections that I didn’t notice before. The twin girls; I’m a gemini. The girl sitting in the closet on the shelf would be like a doll in the closet, which she was trying to use. One thing I failed to mention was some colors. When we were in the department store, we were in the girls section so everything was pink and bright. When we moved to the closet it was dark and black. I guess it’s all really personal. Reading through this blog now, it’s kinda funny. Maybe there are connections or maybe I’m just talking out of my ass!

There was a bit of a ruckus at work a few weeks ago. Apparently we got infected with a computer virus through our email. The “Postcard virus” as it is known sends you an email telling you that someone has sent you a “Hallmark postcard” and that you have to open up the attachment. It is very inviting. Who doesn’t think they are expecting an e-card of some sort? Mine came as bad timing. Our part employee in L.A. decided to quit. During this time, I kept planning on sending him an email of some sort to wish him well. Then I recieved this email; I thought it was from him. I know for sure I opened the email because in the body of the email, there are pictures that did not download. I set my email to be text only. But now I don’t remember if I opened the attachment or not. My laptop is a piece of shit anyways so it’s kinda hard to tell if it’s performing differently. And now I don’t remember if I forwarded it to my regular home email to try and read it.

So that was a few weeks ago. Today, I was cleaning out my inbox and I found an email from May from a student of mine warning me about this virus. What’s worse is that it has totally thrown me off of everything. I’m trying to do some work and I can’t concentrate on it.  I feel like an idiot. I didn’t realize I was that gullible.