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Dream tshirt

I have a tshirt from (the now defunct) Animals Have Problems Too, featuring an octopus with the caption “Who wants four hugs?” In my dream last night, I was wearing the same shirt, but the caption was replaced by a dotted-line “cut here” box, containing the words “The caption is in the wash, try again [...]

I dream Greek!

They reckon that dreaming in a second language is a big milestone. This morning my alarm clock rang at 7:45. I reset it for 8 and went back to sleep, to dream a voice saying with great surprise “Στις οχτώ;” (At eight?), and myself replying “Στις οχτώ.” Could have just been Olga objecting I suppose.

Heartburn and the elephant

Possibly the best band name ever to come to me in a dream. Bonus for the eagle-eyed: I’m not sure if the dream original was singular or plural. I’m also not sure which would be better.

Dutch derring-do (a dream)

I’ve been reading Gerard Reve’s De Avonden: a classic of Dutch literature and truly fantastic, but deeply depressing. So when I happened upon The Princess Bride at my local 2nd-hand bookstore, I took an evening out to rampage through it, for some light relief. The night after, I finished De Avonden and, having enjoyed the [...]

Amsterdam anxieties

I dreamed last night that someone stole both wheels off my bicycle.