Wednesday, 22 September 2010 10:24 am
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deckardcanineThis morning presented another first for the dreams I can remember: the incorporation of my alarm clock.
I was playing a supporting role in what was supposed to be a production of Oliver!, with little regard to casting (was that gray-bearded man one of Fagin's gang? No wonder the audience chuckled). Then the alarm sounded. I recognized the sound right away, but for some reason I thought it was supposed to happen in the play. Strange: Not only would it require an updated version, but none of the onstage characters were in bed or anywhere close to it.
As the alarm continued, I and everyone else became concerned that the tech crew had missed their cue to turn it off. I actually left the stage to look for whoever was responsible, to no avail.
Finally I awoke -- and made a couple of interesting observations that highlight how incompatible Inception is with my experience. First, my alarm had been going for 13 minutes, but it felt like less than 2 minutes in the dream. Second, the alarm sounded exactly the same, only... quieter when I awoke. Maybe it automatically gets quieter after a while, but that would mean unlikely coincidence.
Oh, and don't worry: I got out the door at my usual time without skipping part of my routine. Maybe I should set my clock differently.
I was playing a supporting role in what was supposed to be a production of Oliver!, with little regard to casting (was that gray-bearded man one of Fagin's gang? No wonder the audience chuckled). Then the alarm sounded. I recognized the sound right away, but for some reason I thought it was supposed to happen in the play. Strange: Not only would it require an updated version, but none of the onstage characters were in bed or anywhere close to it.
As the alarm continued, I and everyone else became concerned that the tech crew had missed their cue to turn it off. I actually left the stage to look for whoever was responsible, to no avail.
Finally I awoke -- and made a couple of interesting observations that highlight how incompatible Inception is with my experience. First, my alarm had been going for 13 minutes, but it felt like less than 2 minutes in the dream. Second, the alarm sounded exactly the same, only... quieter when I awoke. Maybe it automatically gets quieter after a while, but that would mean unlikely coincidence.
Oh, and don't worry: I got out the door at my usual time without skipping part of my routine. Maybe I should set my clock differently.
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I can't sleep through my alarm at all, two seconds or so and I'm wide awake.
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By the time I woke up, I (in my dream) had picked the clock up and was shaking it. Why I hadn't thought to pull the plug out of the wall is a mystery, not that it would have helped, but I felt pretty silly afterwards.
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And this morning, I think I dreamed I woke up and saw the clock still had some time on it, so I fell asleep again, and then I dreamed about doing pushups and situps, which is my normal routine for the morning anyway. Kind of annoying to dream about that.