In Dreams v2.0

Not much in the way of details for my dreams last night, but one thing did stick out to me. I was either the manager or owner of a local bar/brewery. We found a niche market.....a VERY niche market. Our best selling beer was made with a certain group of people in mind. This beer was made specifically for homosexual Jewish males and was a kosher pale ale called He-Brew.

In Dreams

It's no secret that I often have trouble sleeping. By nature I am a night owl. By work schedule I am an early riser. Those two things don't always work well with each other. Saturday night/Sunday morning I didn't go to bed until about 6 am....24 hours before I had to be at work the next day. Somehow in that 24 hours I had to find a way to get two full nights of sleep. Easier said than done.

I set an alarm to get me up around 11 on Sunday to do all my NFL picks and manage my FFL teams. It seems that in a couple weeks I won't have to worry about any of that as I am pretty sure to miss the playoffs in all three of my leagues, and my NFL picks are just sucking ass this year. Oh well.


So last night I get to bed at a decent hour after a nice meal with my girlfriend's family. Full stomach, tired....I should have slept really well. But when does that happen on a Sunday? I tossed and turned all night but did get some sleep in there somewhere, because I remember a couple dreams. The one that sticks out the most is the one I probably remember the fewest details from, but the one big thing I remember was very strange. Strange enough to make me realize it was a dream while I was still dreaming it.

Long story short, a bunch of my friends and I were hanging out at my house (which is usually the house I grew up in when I am dreaming) before we went out to the bar. When we went outside to drive to the bar, we all ended up "driving" separately because we were all piloting our own beds. We all laid face down on single mattresses on bed frames that rolled, and paddled with our arms like we were on surfboards. Navigating the neighborhood was no big deal, but when we got to a busier road, I started to wonder how all of us were going to paddle at like .5 mph when the speed limit was 45 mph.

I was the second bed at the stop sign turning right on to the road, and when the guy in front of me took off at like 50 mph (with bad Star Trek FX even) I realized that it was a dream and woke up. I was somewhat disappointed that I woke up at that time, because every now and then I realize I am dreaming when I am in a dream and go along with it. It's very cool to be in control of a dream.

Also at one point last night I woke up from a dream because I could smell something. I don't know if I have ever noticed whether or not my sense of smell is active in a dream before, but it kind of freaked me out when it happened last night. It was so real that I have a scent memory of it.

Hopefully sometime tomorrow I will remember to look into the whole "smell while dreaming" thing, but that will have to wait as my weird ass dreams are calling me to bed once again.

Evil

While cleaning the house the weekend before last I came across some things I forgot I still had. Things that I meant to throw away. Things that reminded me of a time a few years back when I wasn't as nice of a person as I am today. Reminders of some purely evil things I had done. Things I'll never discuss.

It's scary to know that I justified everything that I did. It was rather easy to do actually because nothing I did was illegal, and that used to be something that I relied on as a moral compass. The law. Kind of laughable really.

When I found these things, I was very surprised that I hadn't gotten rid of them. Why would I want to keep them? I set them aside to make sure I got rid of them. Then....I packed them away again. I decided that it might be a good idea to keep them around. I don't see how it could be bad to remind myself of things I used to do that I never want to be able to justify again.

I'm It?

Somewhere during my little bday break I was tagged by JamyHawk. I've never been one to play along with these types of reindeer games, but I don't see what would stop me now that I am making an honest effort to be an active part of the community once more.

Although I am going to go along with this, it's going to have to wait a day or two....and since I haven't really been reading blogs lately, I doubt I will end up tagging any poker bloggers. What a shame huh?

Birthday

So I took a few days off or birthday celebration stuff. Got some cool gifts, got too much food and dessert.

I have, however, discovered an equation that I never knew existed.

Crunch Berries = Love

NFL Week 9

I had thought about doing a nice write up on a handful of games that I'd be betting on if it wasn't such a pain in the ass to do so where I live....but I am going to be happy enough just watching the Indy/NE game at 4 o'clock, so we'll have to save that for some other time.

I say NE takes it 28-24.

Grab some popcorn and enjoy.

I Could Get Used to This....

My birthday isn't actually until Monday, but the celebrations started yesterday at work with a home made birthday cake of my choosing. Tonight is a night of drinking and gaming fun at the big boy Chuck E Cheese in Novi known as Lucky's. My birthday may actually be the lamest day of birthday celebration for me this year....

My Editor is an Ass

I'm making a serious attempt at getting at least one post up here or at my other blog every day this month and next month. I've been an on and off blogger for more than a couple years, but most of that time has been spent in shut down. I always have a lot to say, and blogs are a wonderful tool for the average guy to get his viewpoint out there....I am just too lazy to post as often as I should.

Actually, that's not the whole story. The truth is I am an asshole of an editor. Nothing is ever good enough for me. Couple that with being a writer with a somewhat fragile ego, and I am truly my own worst enemy when it comes to writing anything. For the next couple months, though, my writer-self and editor-self have agreed on a truce. Hopefully this will help me get more content out there.

Quick note: My birthday celebration is tomorrow night. We're starting off at Lucky's in Novi, and I am sure we'll end up somewhere else later in the night. If anyone is interested in joining these festivities, let me know and I can give you the details.

Day One

My first "must blog" day of my own little two month challenge and I have already put myself behind the 8 ball. My sleep habits have left me very little time to get anything up here, but something is better than nothing. The next few days will be very busy for me, so I'll be sure to post but I am not sure the quality of those posts will be up to par. I'll just consider this weekend a warm-up of sorts for next week when I start talking about something(s) with substance.

Or I'll just rant about my bad poker luck like usual....