Krepta's Writings - Dreams - April Spring Day

Krepta's Writings
Poems, Thoughts, Stories, Songs, and Dreams

Sunday, 16 April 2006 ~ 10:00

April Spring Day

01. another day at work
02. data and calculations
03. specialized report
04. custom themed workstation
05. Chat with helen
06. on our way out
07. warm sunny blue sky
08. walking along ring road
09. the wrong turn
10. Ethnic Alley
11. a long way downstairs
12. a view of South Canyon
13. the Simpsons 3D
14. melting spring water
15. a bank of snow
16. apathetic youths
17. Hop on
18. No smoking, please!
19. a place to call home
20. settle in

Characters (in order of appearance)

As themselves: khanh, WH, DB (01); helen, KM (02)
As other characters: none
Fictional characters: none

Notes

- The opening scenes take place at PL, although not at its actual location in the real world. In this dream, PL is located
   right next to UCI, and is much different looking than its real counterpart. The SRT office is quite extravagant as well.

- The ring road in scene 08 is indeed UCI's Ring Road, and it is about the only feature true to the real UCI in this
   dream. Just as was the case with PL, the UCI in this dream is for the most part dissimilar to its real counterpart.

- The idea of Helen and me walking together along ring road is not too farfetched; we both attended UCI, although
   several years apart. What is unlikely, especially for her, is that we would both take half a day off work just to go
   stroll around peacefully and take the chance to truly relax.

- A case of strange physics and altered dimensions in scene 11, Helen and I walk down a seemingly endless flight of
   stairs to go up to the lookout point that oversees South Canyon.

- For scene 13, think back to the Homer³ segment of the Treehouse of Horror VI episode. In the dream, The Simpsons
   has become an entirely 3D animated show, and in this particular scene a new episode plays on a television in the
   background while Helen and I are at the lookout point.

- The entire dream takes place in the period of a day, but in scene 14 the season changes suddenly from mid-spring
   to the end of winter. Thus, from the time that Helen and I are at work through the early afternoon we spend together,
   the weather is warm and breezy, and by late afternoon it becomes cold and windy, although still sunny. There is also
   snow everywhere melting away slowly. I have never seen snow in California in real life.

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