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Dream Journal: Goose Droppings (September 17, 2009)


The Dream

In my dream last night, part of my responsiblity as Inter-chapter Treasurer for the Logan Institute Men's Association was to walk through the Institute building at midnight and turn off all of the lights. (I guess I was trying to save money.) While I made my rounds, the building slowing turned into an abandoned insane asylum. I saw claw marks on the walls and shredded drapes and headless dolls. But the scariest thing I saw was a large-scale, miniature castle made [poorly] out of Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal. Oh, the travesty! There was paste all over it; there was no way to salvage the lost cereal. I couldn't imagine what sick mind would waste so much perfectly good cereal?! The very thought made me shudder.

When I was finished, I had to walk the 10 blocks back to my apartment. I'm not sure why, but I had my school shoulder bag with me. My laptop was in my unzipped bag so with it's open side exposed to the air. Suddenly, I heard a goose squawk and fly over my head. I couldn't believe what happened next, the goose dropped a deuce on laptop.


I knew it was a goose because I took the laptop home and stayed up the rest of the night experimenting on the excrement to verify that it was, in fact, goose-droppings.

The Analysis


  • I've been staying up late recently which accounts for the night-setting. (It also accounts for the weirdness.
  • I ate Cinnamon Toast Crush that morning.
  • I really am the Inter-chapter Treasurer for the Logan Institute Men's Association.
  • I watched 5 minutes of The Grudge 2 the other day, which accounts for the crazy house.
  • I lost $350 dollars to the University for dropping a class late, which made me feel like I was being pooed on.
  • Finally, I have no idea what drove my obsession to verify the species of bird that pooped on my laptop.


Comments

  1. Speaking of birds, have you been to The Bluebird yet?

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  2. Probably because you know you're a lucky goose, in a masters program that you love.

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  3. Vedy vedy interesting. My favorite part is the interpretation part and hearing how it all relates back to life. You know Phil got pooped on the other week. Luckily it was just a bird and not a goose, but then again we didn't analyze the feces so maybe we'll have to send it out to Logan for further testing.

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  4. So please enlighten me! How can you tell the difference between bird, duck and goose excrement?

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