Happy Halloween!

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Dream Dictionary

My co-worker was generous enough to offer her two cents about my dream (previous post below) from her handy dandy dream dictionary.

Ghoul

To see a ghoul in your dream, suggests that your habits and negative ways are hindering your growth. The dream may also represent a fresh beginning.

I have no idea what this means. If I try to translate this, it's saying my sushi buffets and beer drinking (bad habits) are "hindering my growth." I think my belly is only getting bigger, so I'm not sure if my growth is actually being hindered...

Fight Night

The other night I had a really odd dream. I think it came about because I got into a Halloween discussion with some co-workers during lunch.

In my dream, I was in this fun-house type place, and we (me and who I believe was one of my co-workers) were running away from these ghouls of some sort. At one point, my co-worker pointed wildly behind me as something was approaching. I froze in my tracks and called out for help.

In the real world, I was grunting, or moaning in my sleep, waking wifey up and naturally causing a bit of concern.

Dream state: whatever was approaching was now right next to me. It was only about four feet high, and it began to headbutt me in my rib cage.

Real world: Wifey is pushing against my side to try to wake me.

Dream state: Being pretty much frozen to the ground from where I stood, I couldn't see what this 4 foot aggressor was. Mustering up all my courage, I remembered my years of martial arts training, spun around, closed my eyes, and sissy slapped whatever was next to me like there was no tomorrow.

Real world: Wifey is now wide awake and yelling herself, because I was sissy slapping her like there was no tomorrow.

Wifey was ok, as I purposely held back on my most powerful sissy slaps. There was some suggestion that I perhaps consider sleeping on the couch, but we'll save the more extreme solutions should this be a recurring problem...

Happy Belated

I hate when I do this... I remember a birthday, and I remember up to two days before... and I always tell myself, "Call/Write so-and-so tomorrow to wish them a Happy Birthday!" And then tomorrow comes, and I get hungry, or I see something interesting on eBay... and then before I know it, it's two days later, and I'm shopping for a belated birthday card. Which in turn, I usually forget to send out in time, and now I have a whole drawer full of belated birthday cards.

So without further ado, Happy Belated Birthday to this fine young gentleman:My rommate and referee during college, my finest video game rival, and my buffet buddy. Next round of all-you-can-eat is on me.

Now let me check my drawer for a nice belated birthday card for you...

Addict

For all those who have ever said I was addicted to video games *cough*wifey*cough*, read this article to know what true addiction is.

Notable snippets:

• In August, a 28-year-old man died after nearly 50 straight hours of playing online computer games.
• In 2002, a man died in Kwangju after 86 hours of marathon gaming.
• Hong Jin-ho, a 24-year-old professional gamer, earns more than 133 million won ($130,000) a year, living and training with his fellow game team members in an apartment in central Seoul.

And from my friend who sent me the article:
**************: i figure there's nothing wrong w/ the guy who died from playing too long :)
**************: everyone dies sometime
**************: dying while playing is probably a good way to go :-D

I couldn't agree more...

"I'm Lovin' It"

**************: i had mcd's for the last 3 days
Me: why??
**************: monopoly game and bestbuy bucks
**************: i have $8 in BB bucks
**************: u can win $3 BB bucks.. odds are 1 in 3

This is possibly the greatest form of mass-promotion and upsell I have ever seen. I'm talking about the McDonald's Monopoly game. The concept is so simple: Buy food you wouldn't normally buy to play a childhood game, and collect property pieces to win the ultimate prize. Even more genius is offering pieces of properties, forcing people to think they have to complete a property to win. "I just need St. James place, and I'll win a Sea Doo jet ski!" This form of essentially grown-up Pokemon keeps you from realizing that there are thousands of New York Avenues, but only two St. James place game pieces in the entire United States.

Now they offer Best Buy bucks as a consolation prize. Just spend $7 on a Super-Sized "Value Meal," and get $2 in Best Buy bucks. Or order some Chinese food for $5, and save your arteries for the same price. On second thought, I can't complete my Monopoly game board with my fortune cookie, so I'll stick to McDonald's.

Winning an Xbox by drinking Mountain Dew is so much more viable...

On a related note, an article on The Worst Breakfast you Can Eat.

She's a Pain

These past couple of nights, she's been whispering to me while I'm deep in sleep, waking me up with random nibbles. I try to pull the sheets over my head to hide from her, but she manages to get to me anyhow. I'm getting really, really annoyed. If I can find her, I'm gonna smack her so hard...

I'm being plagued by a mosquito. On the night we break out the comforter because the evenings are getting colder, she pays me a visit. I was woken up at 4 AM by the swooping buzz of beating mosquito wings. That's one of the most perturbing sounds to me - like the scratch of a fork against a plate. I shot up out of bed and left a trail of lights from the hallway to the bathroom to lead her out. In the bathroom, I discover three dollar-size welts along my left side.

Every living creature is supposedly put on this Earth for a reason. A mosquito is the prime example of a parasitic being which has no purpose in life but to cause discomfort to other living beings. What's the point???

Mosquito facts - know thy enemy:

• Only female mosquitoes bite
• Female mosquitoes can live from 3 to 100 days
• You only itch from a mosquito bite if you're allergic to them
• What causes the allergic reaction is the mosquito's saliva, which is injected under your skin to thin out your blood and make it easier to drink