Interpret these dreams

On February 13, I awoke with three distinct vivid dreams. I quickly wrote them down, using the tablet PC, which has got to be the geekiest thing I have done this year. The text is:

"I dreamed a man was given a chance to
live on an island of Paradise. He was given
the opportunity to move whatever he thought
he needed on the island. He then spent
the rest of his life trying to figure out what
he needed on this island and packing it there.
He never got to enjoy the island."

"I also dreamed I had to take a class and
[name withheld] was my substitute, she was mean
to me."

"I also dreamed that that Harry Anderson comedian
took an administrative job at my university. He insisted
on wearing the 'Night Court' robe."



The first dream could be an allegory to my own life. At least that is what every person has stated when I described this dream.

The second dream was about a person in a local scandal, and it frightened me.

The third dream was really irritating. I did not add this detail in my note, but Harry sent the most obnoxious email. You know how some people think it is cute to have a background image behind their words in an email? Outlook helps people make decorative wallpaper, or note paper, or whatever they call it. Well, Harry liked to use images of landscapes and beach scenes that were nearly 1Mb in size. Then he would hide his text all over these images making it nearly impossible to read. I don't think working with that guy would be as much fun as John Larroquette made it appear. (Larroquette is my second favorite actor, behind John Ritter. Sure, he is not helping with that McBride stuff. However, I forgave Ritter for the "Clifford the Big Red Dog" mistake.)

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Forty-Three

In case you haven't looked at the Digital Refrigerator, you may not have seen that I was starting another series to keep my interest. I am still committed to the "Blue Color Muppets," but I also wanted to practice with real people.



The theme of this work is to mix presidents with out-dated television shows. I do not want to make this based on the other characters. In fact, I would like to leave only the presidential figure in the painting. So, the visual clues must be obvious, such as the 1969 Charger shown above. Not that I want to make this based on cars, but that van from the A-Team is AWESOME!

I will need some ideas about tv shows that are not obscure, and have props that immediately clue the viewer on what show is featured. Of course, the president should fit it somewhat. Then the objective is to find a somewhat sketchable president. I am not planning on honoring the other 41 presidents, because Buchanon's face really isn't that distinguishable. (However, Franklin Pierce is the only chief executive that could even be considered "hott.")

Here are some of the programs that seem possible, and its main prop.

• President as Hannibal (with cigar) and the van in the A-Team
  
• CHiPs!
  
• The Jetsens
  
• Abe Lincoln as the Sheriff of Mayberry?
  
• Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in (obvious set!)
  
• All in the family (that chair!)
  
• PeeWee's Playhouse (that chair!)
  
• Battlestar Galactica, or Lost in Space

Well, comment some ideas.
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Ready for the coloring books!

Here's the current composition of Grover's Garage.


I am not quite done, minor details could still be added if I get any ideas. I know that I did not leave too much room for them, but leave a comment if you think of anything clever. As it turns out, these outline sketches are popular for coloring in settings such as youth group, or university meetings... also - I need help with the title. "Grover's Garage" is catchy enough, but maybe there is more that could be said.

I feel bad about not posting anything in the last week. I still need to upload a comment about a dream that I had a few weeks ago, but I think I need to make drawings for them.

Also, I have been busy with mid-term exams. Also, I spent much time developing the mechanism for the comprehensive exams of my graduate students. I am satisfied with that, so I had time to get this drawing together. Whoops, I think I just broke a rule that I never knew that I made about blogging about why I haven't blogged... That is, I've never thought about this before, but now that I think about it, I realize that it is one of those dumb things that *I* don't want to do. I mean, I don't want to say that I can't write about what's kept me busy. But it should be obvious from that context whether this activity has kept me from... oh, never mind.

I had the opportunity to pet a guinea pig on Thursday. I like them, it made a funny sound.

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