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sovay ([personal profile] sovay) wrote2021-02-21 03:53 pm

Sitting in the dark, palms pressed to my eyes

I slept another nearly twelve hours. I would appreciate it more if they hadn't been filled with nightmares of dispossession—discovering that my fictional apartment had been rented out from underneath me and all my books sold or thrown out because the landlords thought I hadn't been personable enough when I signed the lease, having to chase a frightened cat through the streets of Harvard Square, desperately afraid I wouldn't catch him before he disappeared or darted into the street. The good news is that I did and I carried him firmly back to the car and I put him in the car purring and he was safe. I also feel it was a good show on dream-me's part that I was not at all polite to the landlord who explained that he should have known it was a red flag when I didn't joke or smile during the interview, because I wasn't going to bring the kind of personality they wanted to the building. Mind you, I had returned from a trip to discover that my apartment was no longer my apartment and now the offices of some kind of tech-y business. My subconscious has opinions about capitalism, I guess. I mean, so does the rest of me.
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[personal profile] selkie 2021-02-21 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
My brain’s still mad at Heshie for ducking out, even though it’s the only plausible thing to be done in the real- life situation, so last night he was showing up all through an otherwise pristine draft of The Book of Which I Am Sick, inserted into dialogue and all.

Here, you left this stack of The Socialist Worker in Harvard Square.
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[personal profile] ashlyme 2021-02-22 01:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I saw on FB writing was giving you grief. *leaves hugs if they're a help*
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[personal profile] selkie 2021-02-22 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
They are, thank you! I think it's a forest/trees thing. (I know seeing the forest for the trees is your idea of a good time, so I won't knock it. :) )
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[personal profile] ashlyme 2021-02-23 02:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Good luck. <3
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[personal profile] selkie 2021-02-24 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Did somebody punch him?

Yes actually! The heroine did! It was profoundly satisfying.

Were my leaflets with it?

I got "Universal Basic Income Now" and "The Old Ones for Dummies (a Guided Walking Tour of Back Bay)."
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[personal profile] chanter1944 2021-02-22 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
My *conscious* has opinions about that nightmare!landlord. Jeez! I'm sorry dream!you had to deal with such a towering jerk. Let me guess, tech bro white dude with an inflated view of his own importance and a set of cookie cutter ideals besides? I miiiight be generalizing a bit. :P
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[personal profile] jesse_the_k 2021-02-22 12:18 am (UTC)(link)

Yikes. Of course you saved the cat.

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[personal profile] kore 2021-02-22 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
GACK. I am glad you saved your cat!
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[personal profile] vass 2021-02-22 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
Holy shit, that's a horrible dream. I'm glad dream-you found your cat.
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[personal profile] shewhomust 2021-02-22 12:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Not only did you save your cat, he was purring. Landlord or cat, which matters more?
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[personal profile] ashlyme 2021-02-22 12:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I have opinions about your dream-landlord and would like some Words with him. *hugs*
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[personal profile] asakiyume 2021-02-22 03:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I am glad dream you successfully rescued the cat, and I'm glad dream you gives no Fs, too.
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[personal profile] minoanmiss 2021-02-22 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I was going to say this but at unnecessary length so I shall just agree!
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[personal profile] ethelmay 2021-02-23 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
I have discovered that the older I get, the more dream-me stands up to dream-circumstances. E.g., dream-me yelled at people for staring at me when the cubicle walls kept falling down when I was trying to pee in private. Perhaps someday I will be able to tell the dream-professor I dropped the class and don't have to take the final.
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[personal profile] asakiyume 2021-02-23 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
Same: I've gotten more assertive in my dreams with age, too.