Dream Journal Ultimate
Date: 9/2/2022
By Aler
I am in a park in Russia. There are many people crouched over the path, picking up small bugs with tweezers or chopsticks. Al alarm goes off, and we must all evacuate into an old indoor arena. We cannot leave. I ride on the back of a dirt bike around the stadium, but get off when it’s clear we’re stuck. I try to make conversation with a Chinese man. About half of the people here are Chinese. I start speaking in French, thinking it’s our common language, but it becomes clear he speaks English well. He was a student in Canada. It turns out he went to the same school where I teach. His name is Chengxi. We’re stuck in the arena for a long time. It’s move up a row and sit between two women who invite me over. One is very forward, and tries to make out. I am attracted to her, but i see that her lips are transparent and filled with grubs, so I don’t want to get too close. Her name is Alicyn. The other woman is also nice. We get out and walk towards the city. I trip and a SD card falls out of my pack. My companions turn on me, accusing me of being a spy. I explain that it’s just photos of my family, because I miss them. Chengxi loads the photos on his laptop, and the group goes through them. There are music videos that they believe are anti-Russian, but they’ve never heard the music before. They start to trust me. Chengxi says he’ll give the card back, but will fill all the remaining space with a file from his computer so I cannot use it again. I don’t care, since all the photos are backed up at home. I talk with an older Chinese man as we walk. He is tall and thin. Later, we are all at a house party with the curtains drawn. I help to make dinner, since they have no spices. I tell them how important they are to me, and how I’ll miss them all. I hug Alicyn, but we don’t kiss. There are many more elements of the dream that I can’t remember now.