Day: 12/28/08

I have joined a new social website at: http://www.paganspace.net/profile/LordFlintLuchtaine

This site is dedicated to those of the 'outside' belief systems. I'm sure the mainstream religious orders are permitted, but it is primarily home to 'pagans'. Come by and drop a note, I always enjoy new friends.

Ok, so it's not exactly a new joining notice since I've been on the site about a month now. But, now, everyone knows. :)

Dream: unknown date

I have been having dreams on and off again. More off, as usual, than on, but that is normal.

Of the couple of dreams I have had since my last blog post regarding it, nothing is remembered except that I did dream.

Day: 12/25/08

Another Christmas. A day for friends, family, food, and celebration. Of course, to the kids, I should add 'getting presents' but to some of us, there is a lot more to Christmas than just getting things.

Case in point, my girlfriend's daughter was desperately hoping to receive a Hannah Montana guitar toy for a gift. Of the celebrations that I attended with her, she did not receive this toy a single time. It is still painful to see a child's face when they do not get what they are wanting. Present after present were opened, and time and again, no guitar. Her face would fall after every package being something other than the guitar. Clothes filled her packages this year, something that she was in true need of. Honestly, I don't know many kids that actually enjoy getting clothes on Christmas, but when they need it, they need it.

For me, this holiday was about seeing some people I don't get to see very often. It is difficult every year to try to figure out how to fit everyone into our time schedule. We wound up spreading the holiday over the course of three days just to cover everything. It's funny. Every year we moan and complain about how there isn't enough hours in the day to see everyone. And somehow, we squeeze in everyone each time. This year was made more difficult on the time schedule since I had to work both days, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Walgreen's enjoyed the holiday, we were BUSY!

This year was hard on the money side of things too. Lower bonuses, or no bonuses, given made it difficult to get something for everyone. We usually don't get everyone something, but we try to get at least the immediate family covered.

So, for those out there, I would just like to say:

Merry Christmas, Happy Yule, Merry Kwanzaa, Happy New Year, and many blessings to each and all on your respective holiday.

Here's to another year!

Dream: 10/31/08

Dream 10/31/08: Family

I was at my grandparents house and my grandpa was remembering that he wanted to give me a cordless drill he had no further use of. He reached atop the refrigerator and brought down a sprinkler head for a garden hose. I told him that was not a drill. He ‘oh’ed and then went back to searching.

Dream: 10/30/08

Dream: 10/30/08

Had a dream again last night/this morning. Very story like in its nature, but I remember so very little of it from waking.
I know there were children in it. Like they had some purpose born unto them.
There were violent animals and I believe even a child from a different dimension that I wrestled with.
As seems to be the case lately. I was in a defensive state, but I was an aggressive stance.
It was like the children of each dimension were born at the same time'ish, but had to cross into the opposite dimension to complete some task to dictate which dimension controlled.
My dimension was apparently ahead of the game, since the 'alien' child was still in it's dimension and my children I was guarding were in the 'alien' dimension with me.
I remember the animals being violent 'cause I remember swinging down from a catwalk like structure onto a lower level and seeing, I think rhinos, rampaging beneath.
The 'alien' child had glowing yellow eyes. But I believe it was stronger than it looked. I think I recall having to drag it to the floor to restrain it.
There were two children with me that I was 'escorting'. A boy and girl I think.
The atmosphere of the dream was very war-time'ish. Very uneasy and strained feeling.

Dream: 10/26/08

Dream: 10/26/08

I was leaving Walgreen’s late after work at night. As I walked the parking lot towards my car, I saw a middle-aged, black woman in the lot as well. She was dirty and very unkempt, but was moving around and generally otherwise well. When I noticed her my defensive alarms came on and I kept one eye on her as I moved closer to the car. She had apparently noticed me as well but did not make any move directly towards me. As she moved toward the store side of the lot, I extended my step and reached my car quickly. I quickly entered the car and locked the door as I closed it. Just as the door slammed shut, the woman was at my door trying to open it. I gave her a quick look and loudly said, “F*** YOU.”

I awoke

Dream: 10/23/08

Dream: 10/23/08 – Knight of the Shield

I had attained a knighthood in the Order of the Shield. My plate mail was of dark black color and had silver emblems on the shoulder guards and breastplate.

I was in a place and it was necessary for me to attack/defend off someone. I felt like I was in a school building I had been previously familiar with. I had a long tube with a wad in it that looked like a head of garlic. I would swing the tube and the wad would fly out and after a short delay it would explode with great effect. The tube did not release every time, so I had to swing it numerous times to get the wad to eject. When it did, the wad landed near the ‘enemy’ and exploded, nearly stopping him. He did not go down and continued to attack. I drew a blade and after a few precise slashes and a thrust to the side of his neck, he fell. Afterwards, I was continuing a patrol, or just walking down the hallway, and the wad was the subject of someone’s conversation. I don’t know why, but I again tried to eject the wad down the hallway I had been walking. It finally released and landed near a flight of stairs that went to a lower level. A few civilians walked past the wad and I was nervous that it would explode with one of them nearby. It did finally explode, apparently taking out another ‘intruder’. A central alert station contacted me, somehow, and said I was becoming a regular ‘Batman’. I shrugged and said ‘I guess’.

I awoke, then went back to sleep.

Dream: 10/23/08 – Knight of the Shield cont.

I was walking with a younger man down the same ‘school’ hallway. He was asking if the rote, mundane, everyday affairs of his job were all there was to it. I told him that it was ‘pretty much all there was’. The work was similar to the work I do for the County. He was carrying a moderate size stack of papers with him. I was then shifted to another location, walking outside with a female, also a Knight of the Shield. My armor was on a display rack, as if I was ‘off duty’ at the moment. I commented that there had apparently been so very few Knights of the Shield, given that there were so few suits of armor to go around/made. The woman agreed that it did seem odd for there to be so few, but she didn’t say more about it. I donned my armor.

I awoke.