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( Dec. 31st, 2019 06:34 pm)
Seemed to be in my dad‘s Stainglass workshop, attending some lecture/interview event organized by Gordon White. Whoever he was going to feature was a somebody in the esoteric community. It seems to just be a small gathering, maybe five or six people. Gordon suddenly seemed to get information, possibly about the guest speaker, And kind of turned to me as I was closest to him sitting to his right, and said ruefully that he was going to pass, that is die, soon.  It was not delivered as being tragic, but definitely rueful. Just after this, as we were about to start, we suddenly got word that upwards on 100 people were also coming for this event. It had just gotten a lot bigger. I got up and moved my chair back, in a “We have to make room, open up the circle” kind of away (although the room we seemed to be in could never fit that many people).

Not sure if I stayed for the whole event, but next I was leaving that venue walking out into what looked like a larger area, possibly for a larger event of which this gathering has been a part - i.e., it did not look like part of my childhood home anymore. I was apparently headed off somewhere.

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Earlier a dream of being in an interior space, at school or university, and seeing a faculty member show up. She was a female professor, and apparently teaching one of my classes which I had failed to attend during the semester. Instead of just being aware of that and feeling guilty and ashamed, here the actual professor showed up and matter-of-factly proceeded to advise me to drop the class, and she could do it for me immediately. As in, there was no way I could suddenly now complete all the work and assignments that I would need to pass. She wasn’t even angry, just matter of fact.

I felt kind of bad about it, but I think, realize there was nothing to be done at this point. I would have to retake that, or a similar class, as I simply had no motivation to do the work for that class.

Shortly thereafter, I saw my dad and I somewhat guiltily mentioned that I'd  just essentially wasted or cost us at least a grand, as I’d have to retake the course. He did not seem to be visibly upset, not thrilled, but did not act visibly upset.

I myself wasn’t actively as upset as I might have expected either, more like too tired or dysfunctional to get that emotional. Presumably why I'd given up on the class.

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Vague impression of traveling somewhere out in public, in a somewhat urban area, but with some nice landscaping perhaps. May have been on a bus. May have been going to retrieve something, perhaps a bicycle, that I had left somewhere. It had to be retrieved. There was a sense of not being sure how long it would take to get to the location, worrying about successfully retrieving said object, ect.
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( Jun. 18th, 2019 08:48 am)
A theme of general failure and shame.  With some group, in a room; seemed to be a mixture of people I know or have known, including some recent (now ex-) co-workers.  A gathering that I was a part of was supposed to put on a short, impromptu 'variety show', almost like a a final exam (or  'competition?) after some time spent together (possibly a class?).

I, however, had nuthin'.  I was prepared to just say pass on me, as I had nothing. I figured it would be sad, and embarrassing, but I really couldn't think of anything I could do that I could prep for in such a short time (it really had to be something you already had ready to go). The only thought I had was maybe to do some Steven Wright-type one-liners, but simply couldn't remember many (memory's not the greatest these days). I felt bad, and inadequate (for not somehow having a suitably amusing 'act' I could pull out of my @ss, I guess) as other people started to put on their 'skits', but the dream ended before they got to me.
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( Apr. 13th, 2019 08:31 pm)
POV confusion - was either observing a scene or one of the guests at the home of a (possibly somewhat Orthodox) Jewish man. Apparently he and his wife were having some trouble conceiving; she (younger than her husband, I think) had (not in malice, though maybe frustrated, probably in confidence, very possibly naively, given what happened next) mentioned it to a family friend or relative...who then tactlessly mentioned it to the gathering, much to the host's embarrassment/shame, for he then stammered/mumbled something about that soon he'd be 'stronger' or some such (implying, then able to fulfill his husbandly duty). Almost some implication that he'd been stressed or tired, and intended to recuperate.  An excuse, perhaps, or maybe simply the truth of the matter.  At any rate, it was, I think, an uncomfortable moment for all involved. Except maybe for the tactless or ill-meaning 'friend'.

Really; it's a Shame when people can't be Discrete.
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