Live Blogging-Universal City Fire 3/30/07 Pt.2

Still smoldering... that's the spotlight from a fire-fighting helicopter up top.

Live Blogging-Universal City Fire 3/30/07

Here's my smoke-filled neighborhood-

The Bloomington Dream

I have a recurring dream.

About once a month for the past several years, I have had a dream that I'm back in Bloomington, Indiana, where I went to college. Of course, it's never as straightforward as that. There's always a healthy dose of "dream logic." For example-

a. The dream, without fail, is set in Bloomington, but it never LOOKS like Bloomington. In last night's episode, Bloomington looked like some kind of post-modern Hogwarts, black and angular. Another time, it was a cross between the Hollywood hills and a Disney-cliche version of an Arabian bazaar, complete with carpets and monkeys. Once, Bloomington looked like the landscape of Grand Theft Auto 3 but rendered in REAL LIFE. I only remember one instance of the setting being correct, when I emerged from the slow-ass hydraulic orange elevator onto the 4th floor of the MAC.

b. No one who I actually went to college with ever appears in the dream. Occasionally the plot includes a sequence where I'm "going to see" Wayne Jackson, but it's never revealed why, and I never actually see him. (FYI, Wayne is the guy who, in one of my early audio classes, said something to the effect of, "Gain Structure & Signal Flow. That's pretty much the rest of your life." To this day, the truest fucking thing I've ever been told.)

c. In dream-time, it's definitely the present day; I've lived in LA for quite a while, I've done everything I've done in real life, but I still have to be back in Bloomington "to finish" for some reason. Dream-Dan often makes a point of reflecting on the fact that he's back despite having a not-too-shabby discography. (Dream-Dan, like his real-life counterpart, is clearly a bit of a pretentious twat.)

d. The MFDC character is completely absent; the dream-setting is a strictly Dan thing.

What's throwing me here in terms of figuring out what my subconscious is trying to tell me is the fact that I DID finish school.

So... WTF?

Blog Jelly + Quote of the Day

It has been called to my attention that lately my Blog Jelly has been "weak." After much reflection, I must reluctantly concede the truth of this statement.

As it happens, Mrs. Muppet, I HAVE been extremely busy Making Hits For The Kids.™ Is that so wrong? Why do you hate The Kids™, Muppie?

Anyhoo, did anyone else notice that the Dirty Dancing Soundtrack is now available on iTunes?

If there's anything that's better than a tender coming-of-age tale set in the Catskills during the pre-Beatles 60's, it's a tender coming-of-age tale set in the Catskills during the pre-Beatles 60's starring that beautiful man Patrick Swayze. And if there's anything even BETTER than a tender coming-of-age tale set in the Catskills during the pre-Beatles 60's starring that beautiful man Patrick Swayze, it's a tender coming-of-age tale set in the Catskills during the pre-Beatles 60's starring that beautiful man Patrick Swayze WHERE HE SINGS AN AWESOME SONG ON THE SOUNDTRACK. THAT HAS SEXY-ASS SAXOPHONE BREAKS. BEFORE THE ADVENT OF AUTO-TUNE. UNFORTUNATELY.

She's Like The Wind, my friends. Who's she? Deebo? Jennifer Grey? Valerie Plame? I don't know. Only Swayze knows for sure.

-----

Quote of the Day-

MFDG: "Helen Keller could probably identify a scent from MILES away."
MFDC: "But could she mix worth a SHIT? I didn't think so. Case closed."

Haiku of the Day

I've not been writing;
C.J. says I should blog more.
Here ya go, buddy.