9.16.2005

my mother told me to keep near trees when i go to the beach, so that i can climb up one when a tsunami comes. because that'll help.

i took a nap this afternoon and i was only half-asleep but i had the most vivid dream ever. believe it or not, it was actually of the ocean at sunset. it was like as perfect as you can get... the sky was this deep pink and orange and blue, there were something like dolphins in the distance, but the most striking part by far were the waves. they rolled up under the setting sun, like they were cradling it, and i remember someone in my dream telling me it was called the "tunnel." hard to describe but it was probably one of the most gorgeous things i've ever seen, and i dreamed it.

the weird thing was, the waves looked like they were going to come up and bowl you over every time, but they'd always fall a bit short. however, i got really scared that they would get bigger and eventually become a tsunami. and so i went into a building and started to take the elevator up as high as it would go. after that, the dream kind of changed course and didn't really make sense anymore...

i was kind of confused about where the whole tsunami fear came from in my dream, but then i remembered that today's newspaper said that there were unusually large swells on the south shore today. it was on the news today as well. so i guess that's where that came from.

but anyway. if i die in a tsunami, don't say i didn't warn you.

... and i still haven't been to the beach yet.