christopher575

Unauthorized dreams

2020-10-05T11:42:13Z

Yesterday I followed the Lifetime Unauthorized Melrose Place Story with the Lifetime Unauthorized Beverly Hills, 90210 story, not realizing yesterday was the 30th anniversary of 90210's first episode. I also didn't realize that I'd end up dreaming about the Melrose Place one, but in my version, they double-casted every role and eliminated one of everyone based on performance in rehearsals right up until time to shoot the first scenes. That's funny because if you've watched season 1 of Melrose Place, you can tell they didn't rehearse, and the Unauthorized Melrose Place Story confirms that.

These are fun and should be watched in the opposite order because that's the order the shows were made in. Some of the casting is the same in both movies but oddly, one woman plays a different agent in each and her role in the Melrose Place one didn't make it onto the IMDb entry.

And the casting of Abbie Cobb as Jennie Garth is the most brilliant biopic casting I've ever seen. She looks so much like her I could barely believe it.

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christopher575 @ 2020-02-29T06:18:00

2020-02-29T14:19:06Z

I recently had a dream where I was browsing in a store and suddenly couldn’t find an item I’d just seen a minute earlier, and there was tons of it before. Some sort of yellow paint tubes with an attached brush or something. I asked the sales associate where it all went and she said they ran out of it a few days earlier. I said no, I just saw a whole bunch of it right here.

“That area was fully stocked when you were here three weeks ago, but we sold it all.”

Realizing I’d lost three weeks worth of memories was absolutely terrifying anyway, but my heart started pounding when she asked, “Don’t you remember? that was a crazy day. Hold on, I have some saved Instagram stories.”

Thankfully I woke up in a panic right then but the feeling of dread lasted for hours.

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Another Life

2019-12-24T14:30:16Z

If there's one area I feel my life is lacking, it's socially. My social life declined sharply when I committed myself to an early morning schedule, and of course I lost it completely when we moved from Seattle to Everett. Over the last few years, I've met a lot of people, but people don't seem to throw enough parties or plan other types of things to do. I try to do my part, consistently throwing two parties a year now, and if someone else throws one, I'll definitely go.

Last night, the friend I made carrying the banner at the July 4th parade threw a fondue party.

I went all-out with the stuff I brought to dip: cosmic crisp apples vacuum sealed to retain their color, donut holes, pretzel bread, and mini pigs in blankets. And I'm definitely sad I waited too long and didn't get a mini pig.

But mainly I just had an awesome time socializing. I don't get enough of that in my life, and I wish I'd gotten more last night. But I left a little bit after 8:00 since I was tired and had to get myself home. If she throws this party again next year, I'm taking an Uber so I can have more drinks and stay later, for sure.

I had a glass of wine when I got home and watched Roswell and was finally asleep around 10:00 because no matter how late it is, I do need the time to wind down after social stuff. Today's not a work day and my alarm was off, and I had just about the best night of sleep and dreams I can ever remember. I woke up a bunch of times throughout the night, but somehow managed to jump right back into the same dream for the entire night.

In it, I auditioned for a role in a '60s movie on a whim and got the part, and we were in pre-production headquartered in a large abandoned bank space on Broadway in the old neighborhood in Seattle. Filming was weeks off and we were enjoying the time, treating it as team building and character research, with parties in the evenings. So really, I got to go to a bunch of parties in my brain all night, too.

I don't believe in New Year's resolutions but if I could ask for one thing in 2020 it'd be for other people to arrange more social events. If we all did a couple a year there'd be so many that there'd be a couple a month and one couldn't even be expected to go to them all.

In the meantime, I was told last night I should join some of the women there to play pool occasionally on Fridays, and that sounds pretty awesome, too.

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2017-09-06T12:48:16Z

My dream this morning was a horror movie starring my friend Jessica. She was trapped with a group of friends in a huge mansion that also had a bowling alley, and had until dawn to bowl a 300, taking shots while the killer stepped away from the lanes to hunt down the others. Between strikes, she had to hide from the killer because she was a target as well. I woke up just after it was apparent she finished the game and bowling balls started crashing in through doorways and staircases to distract him, and she was about to emerge and crack his skull open with the ball she bowled a perfect game with.

Here's a time lapse of the sun in yesterday afternoon's smoke. Today I'm probably only leaving the house to go to the grocery store.

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