Voices

Morning of September 13, 2015. Sunday. I am in a seemingly isolated area that feels somewhat elevated (such as some sort of "floating" featureless room), in semi-lucidity, enough to know that my conscious thoughts can make and shape my (unscripted in this case) dream. I think about a snowstorm for no particular reason and I watch a few snowflakes swirl through the air outside, in the darkness of seeming night, seemingly looking west (considering the vague focus and orientation of our real bedroom). I see no land features, just the snowflakes. After a few minutes, I see a blizzard though I do not feel cold at any point. I feel a deep sense of peace for a time, watching the snowflakes swirl around. I eventually get a vague idea that I am looking into outer space rather than looking outside and into a snowstorm, and then I eventually realize that I "actually" am looking into a "real" outer space scene. Now, stars and planets are swirling around, crashing into each other with brilliant explosions. I am somewhat amused that a simple blizzard transforms into such an amazing chaotic event that seems to imply "the end of the universe". I start thinking of the scene being reminiscent of "The Wizard of Oz", where <PERSON> is watching all the strange imagery through her window. I even do a vocal "doot-doo" version of the scene where <PERSON> is riding her bicycle. I soon get the idea that the little melody of <PERSON> bicycle ride is not really that suitable for the end of the universe, so I try to vocalize "The Ride of the Valkyries" but keep shifting into the "National Geographic" theme. No matter what, I cannot grasp the melody from "The Ride of the Valkyries" without it switching to the other tune. I "realize" that the two pieces have much the same music but with slightly different timing and accented parts. The exact "The Ride of the Valkyries" melody keeps eluding me and I get more and more frustrated that I cannot remember it correctly. In the background, the "National Geographic" theme keeps distracting and even "teasing" me every time I get a little of the other tune correct. From here, I see that the end of the universe has changed into a basketball game. This seems reasonable, as a sphere is still bouncing about the "cosmos". I watch passively for several minutes. "Could you move?" says a young friendly female voice from behind me. Indeed. I find that I had not been looking out a window (even though I was - my dream just typically changed as such), but sitting in front of a large television where a basketball game is being broadcast (and perhaps the other scenes were relevant to a cowboy show followed by a channel changing to an astronomy show followed by it being changed to this basketball game). It is a young version of my wife, seated on a couch and wearing a light pink robe, but in a scenario that implies it is years before we met. "I did not know girls watched basketball," I say. I get up and suddenly stop when I see two people I do not know coming into the room. They are likely token parents of <PERSON>'s in this scene. So, obviously, I transform into an antique brass floor lamp. The "father" comes over and pinches my nose and my "bulb", implied to be at about the same level as my head, lights up the room a bit better. <PERSON> has an extraordinarily mischievous grin growing on her face, as she seems to be eating popcorn. Remembering that I am dreaming (rather than my lucidity being consistent throughout), I decide to try to come out of my brass floor lamp camouflage. This is difficult and I succeed only in wobbling my base while rocking side to side, making a curious clanging sound on the wooden floor. The other male looks around curiously, but then continues to chop some spring onion in the kitchen. Well, I cannot move as a lamp, so I might as well wake up, which I do.