Thursday, March 02, 2006

Weird Dream

Dozing in front of my computer I dream...

...waking to bright sunlight streaming in thru the window behind me. I turn around to pull the shade. Part of the window is not covered. Framed by this opening, I can see the usual bland view of the fence and nondescript bushes of the small side yard next to the house. Except to my surprise, it's slowly moving! It took a moment to register and I get that weird sense of disorientation, like when your sitting in a parked car and the car next to you starts to slowly pull out. Suddenly, I was outside, stumbling against the moving fence. The side yard, fence, plants, ground, everthing! was being pushed out as if it was being bulldozed toward the front of the house. And me with it! I begin to realize that things are not what they seem. Around me, everything outside appears to be a facade. Plywood structures and temporary forms, the entire neighborhood looks like a movie set under construction. A few hundred yards away, I can see big bulldozing machines at work. I reassure myself that this is indeed real and that I have woken up. Off in the distance I can see people and cars moving so I go in that direction...