Hooded

7/11/2011 I am shopping with my brother D to get a watergun. I get a flashlight instead. I also find a magazine with an article about a transgender person who wears an outfit that looks like <PERSON>'s swinsuit costume (from Tales of the Abyss). D and I carry stuff from the shopping cart to the checkout. I realize I forgot the magazine and go back for it, but the next person starts checking out before I get back, and I have to wait. I realize the magazine I am holding is some cheap thing that does not even have any pages. I drop it on the floor and leave. I am shopping at a different store. I see a cute green scarf and try it on. It is got something weird at one end. Staff lady tells me it is a hood. I tell her I am looking for something more masculine. At the front of the store, a staff guy asks us to play poker. It is $3 ante. I get dealt three aces, but D bets a lot of money (I see 10's and 20's). I am pretty sure I could win, but I do NOT want to gamble that much. I fold, very annoyed. The other guy matches. They both have a pair of fives. D wins because of his other cards. I am VERY annoyed. There was something about a kid and a bridge and a mafia type guy, but I do not remember. I felt quite sleepy after waking, and when I noticed I was drifting back to sleep, I let it happen, deciding to try a WILD. I am lying in bed, unable to move. I see vivid images of the room around me. At one point I am rotating (or the world is). I 'hit' the furniture and go right through. The room around me changes several times. One time, it was my grandparent's house. I saw J playing with his dog on the couch. They played tug of war with a potato. One room had a huge fireplace. I am finally able to move. I am floating. I drift down the hall. I try going through a bit of wall, but it does not quite work. I try spinning a few times. I am playing a game like Commander <PERSON>. I go to an area and press a lever. Then I do the first area over again and there are lots of monsters. I barely get through. I am using a playstation controller and cannot figure out the button to fire the gun. When I do figure it out, it is awkwardly far from the jump button. I am floating over several buildings and a mountain vista. One building looks almost castle-like, but not enough to be cool. I see Jade and Tear (from Tales of the Abyss) in the parking lot. Past the mountain, the view is fuzzy and indistinct. I float up to the stars. It is not that vivid. Eventually I decide to wake up, because it feels like I am in SP again, only this time there is pressure on my upper arms and abdomen. It is uncomfortable. The Commander Keen scene might be out of order. There was a music playing during parts or most of the dream, mostly Japanese pop.