Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Of Kangaroos and Chinchillas (1/21/2013)

The Dream

I am on a train heading towards my home when I am approached by a man who gives me two animals. Upon looking at the animals I realize one is a goat and one is a strange creature that has the head and the fur of a chinchilla and the body of a kangaroo.

I get off the train with the animals, which are now my responsibility. I have to go through security, customs and some sort of device that cleans people who are travelling with animals. As I am walking, my goat runs away. I am too afraid to leave my chinchiroo (the name I have given to my chinchilla and kangaroo mix) and the goat is lost forever.

We go into the cleaning both and on either side of me are people with larger chinchiroos waiting to be cleaned as well. I get through the cleaning booth with my new pet and start to walk home. That is all I remember.

Meanings*

Train: A train suggests that you are on the right track in life and headed in the right direction.

Goat: To see a goat in your dream represents your lack of judgment and your gullibility.

Kangaroo: To see a kangaroo in your dream refers to paternal protection. You may be expressing your nurturing nature. Alternatively, a kangaroo symbolizes aggression.

Chinchilla: A chinchilla symbolized good communication and proper timing

Big: To dream that something is bigger than normal indicates that you either have an inflated opinion of yourself or of someone. It also expresses a desire to be more dominant in some situation.

On the Couch

I feel like I am on the right track in life, headed in the right direction. When I get there I am given two things. One is something I am dedicated to and passionate about and the other is something else I feel is mine. The second thing (the goat) leaves me and I am not sad. I keep holding on to the first thing (the chinchiroo) and it is making me a better communicator. After a short time I see others having the same thing I have, but those other people are more dominant and influential. I want to grow to achieve this level.

Things look like they are on the up and up for me right now. I have been given more responsibility and projects at my job and I feel like I am becoming more passionate about my projects and better at communication overall. My job is turning into my chinchiroo and I like it. I like it so much that I have started to shed some of my lack of self-confidence that came with not having a something really stable in my life. Now that I have it, my metaphorical goat has run away. Now I am looking to the future and seeing the potential my projects at work can have. I want to roll with the big guys and I have my eye on making things bigger and better for my organization. It's time to get through those starting gates and go with it!

Or my dream could just mean that I think both chinchillas and kangaroos are awesome pets and someday, through the magic of science, I will be able to put them together into some sort of super pet. A man can dream can't he?

*Courtesy of dreammoods.com  

Trash Talking and the Underdogs (12/6/12)

The Dream


I am getting ready to play a game of shinny with some friends when three guys come into the dressing room. They are mean and challenge us to a game. They appear strong and good at hockey, but I am confident we can win because we have twice as many players. They say we can only play them 3 vs 3. We accept their challenge and we start getting ready for the game. 

I am ready to go, but I cannot find my skates. I go to the benches and ask around for them. The guy from the other team comes up and says he hid them. I get angry and go find them as the game begins.

Searching for my skates involves a lot of walking up and down concrete and wooden stairs. I am still trying to locate my skates and I see my team is surprisingly winning the game 3-0. I find another pair of skates that aren't mine, but fit me anyways. 

It is the end of the second period and my team is losing 9-8. I run down to the ice and start trash talking my opponents. I go to grab my stick from the dressing room before the start of the third period, but I cannot find my way back to the ice. That’s all I remember.

Meanings*

Dressing Room: To dream that you are in a dressing room suggests that you are trying to fit into some new situation or role. You are working on a fresh self-image. Alternatively, the dream represents your changing roles and the various personas you have.

Challenge/Contest: To dream that you are in a contest indicates the need to prove yourself as worthy and deserving. If you win the, it represents your self-confidence. If you lose, it indicates a lack of self-esteem.

Hockey/Skating: To dream that are skating symbolizes your ability to maintain a balance in life. You are progressing and working toward your goal. To dream that you are playing or watching hockey is analogous to how you are achieving and protecting of your goals. 

Searching: To dream that you are searching for something signifies the need to find something that is missing or needed in your life.

Stairs: To dream that you are walking up stairs indicates that you are achieving a higher level of understanding. You are making progress in your journey. To dream that you are walking down a flight of stairs refers to the setbacks that you are experiencing in your life.

Lost: To dream that you are lost suggests that you have lost your direction in life or that you have lost sight of your goals. You may be feeling worried and insecure about the path you are taking in life.

On the Couch

I am starting to create a new self image. I am getting comfortable in the new personas I need to have to fulfill who I am becoming and who I want to me. I have a desire to prove my new self in the real world, not just some friendly, no-risk, game. I keep winning and losing, going up and down, experiencing victories and defeats in life on my new quest to prove myself and achieve something. I want the chance to prove myself and achieve things so badly, but I am left searching for one more thing I need that seems to be missing in order to get this chance. All this leaves me frustrated and lost, not sure where to go next.

This dream tells me two things; I am frustrated and my life seems to be going on a roller coaster lately. I now have three jobs. I have different roles and different personas for each job. I am getting used to these personas and I am hoping they allow me to make money and gain experience on my way to something greater. I am getting tired of it though. I want more responsibility and a job where I can say "I went to school for that". However, I find myself coming up empty and worst of all, unsure of how I got there. I seem to be moving forward with a job interview here and an email of interest there, but suddenly I am left with only rejection, back at square one. This is making me frustrated. Maybe I lack the drive or ambition, maybe I lack experience or I don't sell myself very well in emails. The problem is, I just don't know which one it is! 

Oh maybe the dream just means I'm fed up with the NHL lockout. Come one, give me a stick, some skates and the Air Canada Centre, I'll fill in for the pros! 

Cooking With Zombies (28/11/12)

The Dream

I am helping to cook something that involves onions and garlic. I am not doing very well and not cooking fast enough because someone is impatiently helping me. The things I cook end up forming themselves into mazes. I am building mazes for a competition. The competition is taking place at my old university. 

At one point my boss leaves and gives the responsibility to make the next maze to my co-worker and I. We struggle to get it finished with my co-worker doing better than I. It is a terrifying maze with monsters inside.

Suddenly I am boarding a train to go to the university from another city so I can watch the maze contest. I see a lot of people I know from university, but the train is crowded so I have to sit near the front. Before the train starts it comes to my attention that there are zombies on board. We throw them out along with all the people who have been bitten. It is horrible and scary, but I am happy because now the train is less crowded and I can sit beside my girlfriend. That’s all I remember. 

Meanings*

Cooking: To dream that you are cooking represents your nurturing side. You want to be loved. Or the dream could mean that you need to express your creativity. To dream that you have difficulties cooking indicate that you are trying too hard.

Onions and Garlic: To see a clove of garlic in your dream indicates protection against some danger. You will overcome your barriers. Onions represent the need for to dig a little deeper into a situation or problem. The dream may be a metaphor for some revelation.

Maze: The maze symbolizes life's twists and turns. It represents indecision, confusion, missteps, feeling lost or being misled.

University: The dream suggests that you will achieve your goals through perseverance and hard work. 

Monsters: To see a monster in your dream represents aspects of yourself that you find repulsive and ugly. 

Train: To dream that you are on a train suggests that you are on the right track in life and headed in the right direction. Alternatively, the dream means that you have a tendency to worry needlessly over a situation that will work out in the end.

Zombies: To dream that you are attacked by zombies indicates that you are feeling overwhelmed by forces beyond your control. You are under tremendous stress. Alternatively, the dream represents your fears of being helpless and overpowered.

On the Couch

I want to be loved for what I do and express my creativity in that vocation. I think this will protect me from danger, but really I need to dig deeper to find a solution. Attempting to protect myself has actually resulted in getting more lost and confused. Alas I am ready to meet my problems head on, confront the aspects of myself, like the indecision and lack of self confidence, that I do not like. I am starting out on the right track now on my way to confront these problems and although I might need to fight stress, self doubt and other hurdles I am confident I can do this and reach my goals.

This is a reverse of some of my dreams; it starts off horribly and then ends well. I have been striving to start an actual career in an industry I want to work in and have been getting some good results. However, job interviews are one thing, getting rejected is another. After every rejection email I feel less confident in my abilities and more confused about my direction in life. But it is at this point that my brain is telling me to forget my past failures and stay confident. I can see that there is a part of me that believes I can push through the obstacles that come my way. I guess some of those self pep talks have worked.

Or, my dream could just mean I'm reading too many zombie books, listening to too many Pinball Clemons' inspiration speeches and missing my girlfriend a lot. I guess that's a question philosophers and scientists alike will be asking for generations.

*all analysis from www.dreammoods.com 

Investigative Skiing (23/11/12)

The Dream


I hear of a new hospital opening up in town that has different methods of treating people and new medicines. I am a journalist so I decide to go undercover and experience this new hospital. I go in and pretend to be sick for nine days to get the full effect. The people in the hospital seem to be cartoons at first and whatever they have is very contagious. Everyone just lies in bed and is pumped full of medicine and sleeps and then is better a day or two later. 

After a couple days in the hospital, the patients change to real people and I know most of them. They are all in trouble with the law and are warned that they are on probation when they leave the hospital. After nine days I leave. I have a Facebook group detailing my project and a lot of people read it. I talk to someone after the project and he says that the project was stupid and my writing was dull. I shrug and leave.

I am suddenly at a ski hill. It looks like people are going to ski right off the hill into a huge drop, but tracks come out at the last moment that they can ride on. I don’t have skis so I just watch people. My friend comes up to me and says that he got a ticket for walking up the hill with no skis because he didn't want to wait in the tow line. We leave the hill. 

Meanings*

Hospital: To see or dream that you are in a hospital symbolizes your need to heal or improve your physical or mental health. You need to get back to the flow of everyday life. Alternatively, the dream suggests that you are giving up control of your own body.

Cartoons: To dream that your real life is depicted in a cartoon world suggests that you are perceiving the world in a comical and unserious manner. This dream may also serve as an escape from the stressful realities of your life.

Criminals: To dream that of a criminal indicates that you or someone else is looking for a short cut in life. The criminal is selling themselves short and underestimating their potential.

Publication: To dream that you are writing for a publication suggests that you are trying to inform and alert others to some important information.

Skiing: To dream that you are skiing suggests that you are pushing yourself and putting your mental and/or physical ability to the test. You are your own fiercest competitor.

Citation/Ticket: To dream that you get a citation suggests that you need to reevaluate how you are going about your life as it might get you into trouble. To see a ticket in your dream represents the price you need to pay to attain your goals. A ticket signifies the start of a new endeavor.

On the Couch

I need to get healthier in some way by getting back into the flow of things, but I think this involves giving control of my body up. This is stressful so I need something that will serve as an escape. In the midst of this I see one or several people I know that are underestimating their potential and I am trying to alert them of this. I am watching people pushing themselves to the limit and paying the price for it, having to make sacrifices or go through tough times just to pursue something.

This dream starts off making a lot of sense. I am getting back into the flow of things. This is the most active and productive I have been probably since I came home from a trip to Europe and definitely since I graduated from university last spring. This comes with some catches though. I am feeling stressed at times and like the three jobs I have are controlling my mind and body. I need a comic relief from this building stress. The next part of the dream worries me a great deal more. It is pretty much saying that I know someone that is underestimating themselves as they push for something they want and facing obstacles on the path. I want to alert them, tell them they are doing well and I support them, but maybe I don't know how to do that. The problem is, my subconscious doesn't exactly say who that person is and so I don't know where to start to help.

Or maybe my dream just means that if I write a crazy good investigative piece I will get to watch cartoons and ski all the time. Sounds good to me. I better get started right away.

*All analysis from www.dreammoods.com