Dream # 37

note to self: please use a pen that will not run dry during a productive night of some five dreams...

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music: nick drake, things behind the sun

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old style elevator - doubles as a bathroom - i am using the mirror - putting on a tie - dark wood paneled building - i keep pushing the button so it will stay in motion thus allowing me to keep the elevator private - someone at the top floor is waiting and getting annoyed - i am almost finished and open the door and exit, he gets in - i have left my wallet on the counter in there - the door is not entirely closed and i am waiting outside hoping he has not noticed it - he seems to be legitimately using the bathroom - as soon as he is done he exits and the wallet is still there, i take it and am hoping that nothing was stolen from it

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mountain view by train station before the construction - there is a u2 spy plane circling overhead - the pilot seems to be having some trouble - then the plans dips, rises and then starts to fall - the pilot ejects, the plane crashes nose-first, he somersaults in the air and then parachutes to the ground - vudi and i run to him as he lands - when he is done i shake his hand, as does vudi - i call judy on a cell phone to tell her what happened.

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night - city block, 50's style apartment buildings - suburbs south of sf - quarters in my pocket - i am hiding something, worried that someone is going to find out - i am in one of the buildings, i get directions as i cannot find my way out - from one of the floors i see across to the next street, driveway or parking area - "the beatles stayed here in 1966" - black and white photo from newspaper shot at a distance - i work my way down to the lower floors the building - gas station paring lot at night - market st. near castro - and then i am on a downtown street, it is in an unknown city and it is daylight - about 6:30 am - people are on their way to work - i cross a street at a corner - city employees - street cleaners - white coats - talking about how much $ they will make - competitive - then i am at my job - (illegible) - talking to (illegible) - i am sympathetic - i wake up

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a twelve-string guitar lesson with david crosby - he is showing me a beautiful technique that i had not considered before - the pick he is using sweeps across the stings

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attacked and beaten by three men - in airport - for being too slow in line - same airport from recent dream where i barely get on plane which then crashes - more to this dream but notes are illegible