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1 - I'm drivi?o USF after work, ancide to ? at ?bucks. When I get there, the? a long line of ?le, but nobody at the counter. This guy walks in and?s, "Hey,??he Starbuck's moved ? door. It's ?? there!" So ?yone leaves the line and?es next ?, closely monitored to e?e th?eopl?ay in the sa?pot in line. Time's running out for me, so I?t leave.

Now I'm ?ing through ? poor-looking residential neighborho?ith absolutely no idea h?o get to USF, when I see two people-?sie and Ryan. Jessie???ister of an old friend, whil?? this kid I ? in high school.?ull ?, and Je see?lightly ?med to be seeing me,? I give no hint of o?? relationship an?k for di?? to USF. As she sighs in relief, Ryan po??n the road a?ays,?t go?n to the end and?n left. You'?ee it right in f? of you.

Thanks man, I say, and continue. When I get ?he end of the road, I see a ?e ac? the?ersectin??, and for so?eason, decide to stop in there and chang? clo?. Never seen it before, don't know anyone who lives ?e, but I pull in?he driveway and head?ide. The? a kid, and I say "Shh," and go into the?hroom to change my clothes.
I'm in the living room an?lling of? soc?hen an old lady come?t of the?chen and looks at me, very alarmed. "No ?ies," I say. "I'?st here to chang? clo? before I he?o USF. I'm harmless,?romise."? she?t looks ?led,??ugs and ?es by way of the sliding glass door, whias I see when I follow, leads to a beach. Looking left, I can see USF in that di?ion--specificall?he CIS building,?houg??hiter and very odd-looking.
I loo? my watch and re??'s already 5 o'clock, and the in?rete?ill ?e if I'm? there by 5:15. So I hea?ound to front, hop into ?ruck, and head over. When I get into the CIS building, I?cover th?e added ??cks downstairs, go all, "sweet" and head in ?e. I see the???s--Tina ?he c?er, Brian in a booth talking to ?nch of o????s. I slap him on the back and he?p to see Tina. We chhat for a while, while I wait to place m?der.?hing's happening, and I realize I'm ??rong place.
This dream wa?om Monday night, adj? to ?her dream that followed the same theme as the one wi?he evil ? that could appear anywhere. Except the ??? evil, just anno? />
2 -?as driving along the?? (a lot of m???olve driving) when I??ollbooth and my car broke down. I to?he atten? and asked if she minded if I go?t and walked around a bit. S?hrugged and said, "Sure,? don?alk in f? of any ?he open lanes."
As soon as I ?out and ?ged into the sunlight, a bla???uck made?urn through the traffic cones an?lled up ? to me. ?as Milli in the ?? seat. I? blinkin' shocked, a?aid, "HI!" S?aid hi back, and told me to get in. Appa???orked for the DOT and had a bowl of pot some?e in??? ash?. I got the pipe??t there wasn't anything in it. "Ooh," she said. "That's not good. Let's head to ?lace and we can catc?!"

Sounded go?o me. We dro???his small ci?hat turned o?o be the??ts of a much?ger ?, divide??? valley ? had bright yell?oil full of ? looked likekly palm trees. I scoffed and said, "That's ?????ing to grow ?ical plants in a??n cl?e," and then realized that I tho??as in To?o. T?alley reminded me of a g? pin?le.
W?rive?? apartment a?ent ??. There were a couple of oth?eople there, and they we?moking c?etteat looked like nuts. The??e kind o?ts. ??e long a?hin with a hexagonal? on the ?er end, and the folks we?laying a?d game. I couldn't f?e the da?hing?--th?aid ?as like ?ecial version of "Uno," but it consisted of cards with either a ? of ?tion? a list of answers, and ??????? the rig???, you could ? the game. If you di?? had to ? ano??d and pass.
Goddamn, but it drove me ? to ? that game. I said, "I need ?eak,?ood up, grabbed Milli's ?, and ran do?o th?uck and ?? a drive. I visited the pineapple va? again, and ??ay back,???ryin make a righ?rn behind a family of pe?rians th??eally having it out. Like,
"Yo!" I shouted. "How a??ting a g??gh, huh?" I was ignored.

Honk?he horn. "He Someone?ta g??gh!" No sign that any of them had heard me.
Then the mother looke? me. "Do??s mind letting me throug??e?" I pleaded. She looke?? family, at me, and ?he line of cars behind me waiting to?n. She nodded and cleared the fa?? of ?ay, and I wound ack at Milli's a??? />
And the?ddenly, I was all the wa?ound the?y, and I????hing that looked like a ?ure ?he CN Tower and the Oriental Pearl T? in Shanghai, and an eno?s skyline, f?ing on a boat in the?er.

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Octo5, 2007

? class="blog?"> A wife, two ?, a dog, and an RV. ?e in someplace like Wash?on State or Oregon, and going to?tate?k when, sudd?, there's a man in our RV.

He?lains th??hing?k has taken ? a m?ain ??ark, that we need to drive o?here, fi?he center of the summit, and do something which ?ague. He??s th??ummi??ered in forest, whic??t neat f??ors,? whi?ill still be full of unfriendly creatures and to??top.

Sudd?, we're ?he gatehouse to get into the sta?ark, andre a??angers. ??he driver's side door to the RV, and suddenly th?e bo??ing rifles at me. Weirder ye?hose rifles have the?ort-of bayonets attached to the ?le, like old-timey m?ary ?? />
Som? I d?m the ma?anger an??re him, ?hough he??st a bag of nothing, and poi?ize ?he femal???? managed to get ?ife and ?? of the RV and facedown ?he ground.

"I'm gonna?e to che?our RV, sir," she sa??gh her a?? avi? gla?. They made her look like a tall, sk??ect with a large sti? pointed at me. ?ta make sure?'re not bringing in nothin' ?imental ??rope??ion ??ark.? />
Funny, I though??aid nothing ??eaking any laws. In the meantime, I was hoping my dog would ?? of the paper bag I had ?hed her in and attack the ra??t nothing happened as she walked around my RV and came out, sayi??ould?e to confiscate it, but ? we were welcome to ?henever we decid?o leave the park? />
"You're making ?alk?!"

She shrugged, and her ?ses ?tered.

We started walking. The dog had been left behind in the RV. She would be asleep and unharm?he e?e ti??as in the pabag, so I wa? too?ried about her. ?ere all ?ying packs a?ere ?ing ?ons with num? on them that to?s how many m? we had already walked. ??e white, about an inch a?s, a?he d?s we?ed.
We walked??rs. I had been given?ision in which I? a bare patch of mud on a hillsibut wrinkled and crenellated like a ?our map and told tha?r go?esembled it. The??side? incredibly ??l. Rolling green hills like mountain?ed emeralds,?teel??ky, a soft, cool wind. H? wen?? />
We sighed simulta?sly and ?ted walking. Before long, we?? the line of trees and looking i?d. The f?t lo foggy and full of mystery, and the floor was covered in this beautiful, sof?ass ? almost .??sly, we entered and began walkin?ward? />
Things were?ange in ?e. There?e no?irrels o?her small forms of life. We reached an area ??eare?ots were?ible, large fields o?ass, and?h looked like they could?e be??ummit, but I knew the fo?? full of illusions a?hat we had a long way to go yet. I heard?ustling off ??? and looked ?hat direction. T???hining from ??ecti???he fog, but much?e we? tha? should haven. In th?ey l?, I could see a ? of horns, like ?e of an elk or a moose. The ? of the anim?as o?red by a?e in the?ography, so all I could see was the horns.

I?pan>?, I thought, and I realized th??eople behind the wheel of that car had a?pose? />
Oh good. Here goes the ?m clock. Damnit.??le="clear:both; padding-?om:0.25em">

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