Jurassic Park

No kidding, last night I dreamt that I was in a Jurassic Park 2-like situation...there was an enormous dinosaur or two going around the country killing people, and it was unstoppable. I don't remember how or if the army had tried to stop it, but clearly it was not an easy task.

I remember that because the monster's path was so unpredictable, there wasn't any point in evacuating because you had the same chance of getting eaten...so people went about their normal lives but in constant fear, planning where they would run and hide if they encountered the dinosaur or if it suddenly broke through the building or something.

The problem was, the dinosaur could smell you...so it wasn't enough to just be out of it's sight.

I remember I was outdoors when the dinosaur came running through and attacking people...I climbed into a tree, but the dinosaur smelled me. Before it could attack me, however, I think I got shot or something else happened. It's all still blurry to me.

All I can remember is that my mother was in this dream and she was disappointed about something I did.

Daydreams

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Just remembered a dream from a while ago

It was LDOC, and we were doing what kids do on LDOC. Walking around in sundresses on lawns, SOLO cups in hand. In this version of Duke University, we had a Baskin Robbins where they featured a new flavor every week or month, and on LDOC, two of my friend's had submitted a flavor and had won. In fact, their flavor was so fresh and new that it was put at the top of the list and released without spending any time on the wait list.
So, on this LDOC, my boyfriend decided he was having the munchies and really really needed to go get some ice cream. I had already gone to get some myself and so I did not go with him. I remember being irritated for being left alone so I stormed off through the Keohane lawn and as I did that, I ran into a girl I know who has rollerblading, and I fell backwards. Somehow, my head hit one of her rollerblades, and within my dream, I passed out.
I woke up, within my dream, and found myself in my bed in my dorm room. The girl I'd hit was there and she told me I'd hit my head on her roller blade and I'd passed out. I asked her why no one had called the EMT and she said they didn't want to overreact. Furious, I asked where my boyfriend was. She told me he felt like getting more ice cream and so he'd be back later.

Haunted Grounds

Last night, four of my friends and I decided to go camping at the Devil's Tramping Grounds in Siler City, NC (Chatham County).

The story goes something like this...there's a barren circle in the woods with "no scientific explanation" as to why nothing grows on it. There's a fire pit in the middle where people like to build fires, and the folklore explains the blank circle by claiming that the devil and evil spirits walk around in circles on that spot plotting evil.

So, naturally, we were not spooked at all until we had a few spooky experiences. First of all, a local man and his son randomly pulled up and came to talk to us, at first refusing to tell us the "real story" about the site (it used to be a tribal ceremonial site) and then telling us to watch out for copperheads...and any tricks that the place might play on us. Later, some people pulled up nearby who sounded like they were drinking, and then later we heard some voices in the forest. Regardless, we weren't freaked out enough to leave, but we stayed and split into two separate tents.

I can't deny that I was spooked anyway, since after all, I am open to the possibility of paranormal and/or spiritual happenings. So I had a freaky dream.

It was one of those dreams where you feel like it's real, because you "wake up" in your dream to find yourself in the exact same place where you are sleeping and it feels like you've actually woken up. But when I "woke up", I felt like I had sleep paralysis, and couldn't move. My eyes were open, however, and I was staring at the sky and the stars, which we could see from our tent because we had screens at the top.Then I began to hear sounds, as if there were a lot of what sounded like teenagers walking and rustling about in the forest. Then I heard whispers, like they were talking about their plan of action. All of a sudden, the most vivid part of my dream occurred. I heard them begin to circle around our tents and none of my friends were making any noise. I assumed that like me, they were trying to stay as quiet as possible, but in my case I wouldn't have even been able to make noise if I wanted to. Which was probably a good thing because the next thing I felt was the presence of a person feeling their hand around the outside of the tent, as if looking for bodies inside. I felt their fingers as they felt my back through the thin layer of tent, and at that moment I essentially "passed out" from the fear of the moment.

The next thing that happened is that I woke up - and this time, it was for real, and the night was still. The stars looked brighter, and I tried to calm myself to sleep.

Walking Art

I dreamt I had gotten off some sort of Duke bus and I was walking on a trail going into a wooded path. I wore a colorful purple and aqua and black dress and matching hightops. I remember walking daintily while dramatically holding last year's Duke yearbook. I feel that I ran into my mother, aunt, and grandmother along the path and they asked me how I was doing and making me feel good about myself. I think they were liking my outfit.

Vegan Cupcakes

I dreamt that I had been relocated and for a reason unknown to me, I
had to live with a family that had a bunch of high school kids. So I
was being forced to attend high school classes when it dawned on me: I
have a high school diploma, I'm probably not even eligible to take
these classes! So I went to the counselor and told her what I'd
figured out and she clapped and excitedly confirmed that I in fact did
not have to attend those classes.

Instead, I found myself at culinary school with a fellow Duke student
who will be working closely with me this year. She really, really
wanted to become an expert chef and I was just in for the fun. It
turns out I was on her cooking team for the final examination, and we
had to make vegan cupcakes and a fish dish. I was helping her out at
the really, really, intense final moments and she had to step out of
the room for a few seconds, right when the fish was done cooking. In a
moment of brilliance/carelessness/reckless impulsion, I couldn't find
the plate or any sign of a side dish for the fish. I had no idea where
to put it. So, I put it on top of one of the frosted cupcakes.

Right at that moment, the girl came back in, furious and in shock over
what I'd done. She began to freak out and I immediately apologized,
not having a clue what to do to fix it. I assured her I would take all
the blame and explain exactly what had happened to the director of the
program. Then time was up and all we could do was wait for the
judgment. Then the director came out and told us that while that weird
thing had happened with the fish, she was able to put the mistake
aside because it just tasted soooo good.

My friend got her degree and I completed the program without one, just
a certificate of achievement, and that's all I remember about the
dream.