Yes, it’s time for the Friday Five!
1. What’s the last vivid dream that you remember having?
I was having to run a race around the house, complete with folding chairs, against my wife. The previous wife. And I really didn’t want it to start, as the conditions of the race kept getting more and more tortuous, and the consequences more dire.
2. Do you have any recurring dreams?
I frequently have the feeling that “I’ve dreamt this before.” Sometimes I then get really wrapped up in trying to change things from what happened before — or follow what happened before.
Not that I could describe any of them to you.
3. What’s the scariest nightmare you’ve ever had?
I don’t remember. Mercifully.
4. Have you ever written your dreams down or considered it? Why or why not?
Yes, I have. But they always sound stupid, and I always lose details.
Interestingly, I once read that the brain chemical that regulates short-term memory is suppressed during sleep, which is why dreams are such elusive will-o-the-wisps, and why, even if the details are clear when you wake up, they’re gone by the time you’re done with your shower.
5. Have you ever had a lucid dream? What did you do in it?
Except in the context of #2, no.