Fighting the Orc Gang

1. Projector Quest and Kiss

Unfamiliar city, by day, light, group or team of people, all people I know from real life, but can't remember who. We are on a quest. We drive around. I think we carry the big projector with us and try not to drop it. Especially when my brother N is carrying it. We drive through the streets.

At some point we come to a square where we have our station or base camp and stuff happens there. I'm a moment alone. I go into a building and talk to a girl that I like and have seen before, and possibly know from real life. Young. Long light brown hair, reminds me of the one who is going to Japan. She is behind the bar and works here. This is a small corner, but part of a bigger complex. To enter, you have to go up a step, and then to the left, where she is. I order chips. Dark inside.

I go outside again for some reason and when I come back the second time, there are two other people too, a guy and a girl. They chat. I keep trying to talk with the first girl, though this is less easy. She says to the others that I ordered something.

In the same building or neighbourhood, I am forced by other people to go up. Chdm is here too. I first see only her back, and her long hair, she is beautiful.

At some point in the dream I go to her and turn her to me, grab her and don't let go of her, though I already feel she is not sure about what is happening. Still I give her a kiss on the mouth. She would have kissed me on the cheek to greet, but I go for the mouth, she is a bit surprised, and is reluctant, but does not say anything about then or afterwards. Afterwards we talk like friends. She is my back up in this whole situation.

I am already inside on the lower level, then I go up, because people take me away, even if against my will. But these are the bad guys, a gang. And they have power and control all the rest. I don't resist.

Upstairs all the gang members are present, whole group, one boss. I can't recall exactly why or what, but it can be solved by me playing their game, and it is a real game. We can challenge each other on the board of the board game.

I have to pick a character. I know the game and have played it before, I usually take an average character, but this time my eye goes to the magician. This is a big fellow, has a lot of power. The figurines are all on the boars. Not painted. We play on the floor. Some people are standing, some sit down, around it. The boss is behind us, bored.

I think quite a while, then go for the magician anyway, though I don't know how the magic works, because I've never played this person before. But there are many advantages and extra's with this character, so I have a good chance of winning.

Once we get started, the boss has already left the room. And I get my turn and on every turn I can start with two free attacks with six dice, which is really a lot, but that is the privilege of the magician. Then the bad guys also have respect for me, and in the game see I am having the advantage, because somehow I get the sword Curse of the Orc, which is from heroquest, and does extra damage to orcs, which they all are. The sword has another name, something with Van Peel.

The sword is a point of light in the dream, the room is dark.

The dream ends with me rolling the six dice on the next turn. I'm going to win easily.

2. Balancing the Car

Re, two cars, one topples.
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The dream starts in the night, evening, dark atmosphere, but colours are full, green and blue. I leave the street and start walking up the long path that leads to the house of my uncle A and aunt M, who live in Antwerp. The path goes a little up, but not much, it turns to my left, but in the dream I see myself coming from the far end and so see myself turn to the right. From this perspective, I can see both my aunt and uncle too, while they both get in their respective cars and start their cars and make ready to leave.
Their house is big, standing alone, on a height, sort of hill.
Maybe it is morning, they both need to pick someone up, or evening. Apart from them there is no one else.
When I arrive, I take care that they see me, and don't drive over me, because they don't expect me. I don't know if it makes sense if I still go up even if they are leaving. Aunt M takes off.
But uncle A has a lot more problems. And he is wild in his frustration, the car starts parked on the grass and goes down a little but then topples on the side, he tries to regain control, and the car goes all directions, but not forward, in the end he can put the cars on its four wheels again, but it takes him some effort, and it looks dangerous. I hope he did not hurt himself. He obviously lost control.

Early Closing

1.

Street of my parents, end where it merges with the high road. Dark, night, other people around.

2.

Brother N drives, flees, , police, not sure if they're after him.

Train.

3.

Film, play along. Leonardo Di Caprio.

I would have loved to have my film made, my own, not that of any one else.

4.

tower

5.

shop, light, different than in real life, reminds of veranda, Liha and List are there. I shut the shop at 5.30. Both of them leave as well, while they should stay till 6pm.

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1. Spear Hurling

From when I remember the dream I am on the street, the beginning of the street where my parents live and I used to live. And I am ready to go to my parents' place, to go home. Other people are there too, it is dark. When we enter the street, we stay on the left side. This is because something big is blocking the middle of the street, all the houses of the street are on the left anyway.

H&B are here.

At some point I am in the house of Bale, Keva is there. Something that reminds me of an ice queen. Are we allowed to enter. This is already on another location, unknown, enclosed, wall on one side, the house on the other, we can't go any direction. Then from the right comes the enemy and they start throwing spears. And I suppose, but can't remember, that we throw too. Anyway, we win. After that, forces are an equal match.

Before that there was another fight between two big groups, and we lost.

Elsewhere in the dream. The end of a journey. Zombies. Outside. I walk away.

Maybe this is when I go inside, Bale's place, cat V. At the table, there sits among other people Leonardo di Caprio, as if he is a friend of the house. And we talk about films, though he does not claim attention at all.

I want to let in V, who must have been outside first. Something something. Imprisoned, or caught. But she stays where she is, stands (I don't know what this is about, from notes). 

(Middle of the night)

2. Train Cable Car

My brother N is driving, escaping, fleeing. The police is there, but I'm not sure they're after him. On the high road (snelweg), we take over many cars (inhalen), driving left.

There is a train, wagon per wagon, cable cars. They are hauled wagon per wagon pulled up by cable along the steep hill of probably a mountain. Up anyway. We get out. (Can't read notes). We are saved.

(Middle of the night)

3. Pretending to be VIP

We are shooting a film, or playing in it, and maybe not me, but I am there with the people who do. Lots of people present. Outside. A scene is set and shot. First challenge of the hero is to fight alone against the rest. After that comes a scene in which a boat is fired at with guns. I get a chance to make a movie?

The producer talks with people who are interested about his next film and how this will be. I would have loved to shoot my own film, or have it made by him, just deliver the idea and the material. At the moment, I join the conversation and pretend to be a very important person who is familiar with these things.

Later we are with Bale at home, and make diner, her brother T is there too, and might have cooked something too.

(Later in the night)

4. Father and Son

(Can't read notes). Carrying stones? Street, around the corner, up. Shoes for wearing at home. One of them lost, the other on the foot? A person his friend or son, and everyone can take care of himself?

Something he still can't do. Two dogs. His son again.

Maybe this is the dream I remember of being on the kerb, terrace, and a parasol, and a cement stone that needs to be put down like a weight to hold the thing?

(Later in the night)

5. Closed too Early, Crab and Bacon

When I arrive, I'm in the shop, but no customers are there. It is light, but getting evening. Almost time for me to finish. Two other colleagues are working, Liha and List, but they don't care about me and hang out together ignoring me and ignoring the shop. They don't care about the shop. The shop is different than in reality, it is at a lower level, you still come in on the right, but you have to pass several rooms and stages. On the left is a big window, in front on the left is a door to another place, that is where my two colleagues go to be alone.

On the left through the windows is the garden, I am reminded of the veranda of my parents, as if the living room is where the shop is. But the place feels like it is in the basement.

A little later it turns 5.30pm and I start finishing up because that is my time to go home, I finish the till and am starting to close the shop. Both tills are closed.

To my surprise, I see Liha and List going home or making ready to go home to, which is not right, they should stay till 6pm. They're gone. I am finishing, when a customer enters and asks a question. I try to help him but make clear that he can't buy anything anymore, because I've shut the till and we are closed. Then another customer enters. I am angry with my two colleagues for leaving me. I realize we have closed to early. But I was in my right.

Everyone comes to my place to celebrate. This is just behind the corner from the shop. Only a short run, like only crossing the street, but it does not work like that and we go a long way around. It takes a long time to get there. We travel, take the subway to Finchley. Outside.

Group of colleagues and other people. We go through the corridors of the subway terrain, but I don't remember going on a train. We take one of the corridors on the left. This one leads to the north.

When we get out of the tunnels, we are in another sort of world, we go down and come to a canal, two boats are anchored. It is light, peaceful and bright.

Two persons of our group are ahead and run to the second boat, which is furthest, but will leave soon. They get seats, somewhere in the back of the boat. The boat is manned.

Then I arrive, and get on the boat, but I choose different seats, because I like them better, on the left side, on the side of the boat. The others that get on the boat go sit beside me, a girl among them, maybe someone I know. Then the first two people want to join us, but they can't leave, that is against the rules, they can't move at all. Fixed.

At long last we arrive. House, inside. Long table. I sit down in the middle but more to the left, left side. Colleagues are there, such as Brva. Digr is also there and comes in later and does not sit down. I am eating already. There are three kinds of spread on the table and I take two of them, and both on the same sandwich, but I don't like the third, so I have no other options, but it looks a bit decadent. So Digr makes a remark, why I am eating crab salad and bacon.

(Morning)

6. Looking for a Shoe

I dream I am in bed, there is much light, and the window is open, air, wind, curtain is open. White clean sheets. I want to get up. (This is the dream with the house shoes). I don't find my shoes, I find both at first, put on one, and the other is gone, I see it under the bed, but don't consciously register it, then I keep looking and get frustrated, I look everywhere, beside and under and behind the bed, between and beneath the sheets, under the pillow and so on, all with one shoe.

I do all this while I am still lying in the bed.

Then the door bell rings. And I want to hurry down, because I want to open the door as fast as possible, which is polite. But I can't find my one shoe, and I need that first, so I get frustrated. I know who it is too, Bale. Then I give up and take that one shoe from under the bed where I had seen it lying first, and it was exactly there, I don't know why I doubted, maybe I wanted to see all the options first.

Now I hurry down, thinking I am late and maybe the person is already gone. I cross the grass or lawn which is in front, like a patio, I come into the front building, which is an old portal, house, where other people live with whom I share house.

The front door is right in front and because it is of glass, I can see right through and see Bale's bike standing there leaning against the door. She is not there, I think that it is good the bicycle is there, but where would she be?

I look at my right, that is where the kitchen is and I see a woman, she lives in the house. I suppose that she let her in. Yet, I still try the door and open it but of course Bale is not there. Then I go to the kitchen and another girl appears, who don't immediately know. I think she lives in this house too. I had not hoped that so many people would see me dating with Bale, even if it is innocent. But that is the case and I get red on the cheeks, because they are all here, Bale, and two other women, who otherwise might be interested in me.

(Morning)

Helping the Customer

1. Book Swop

I'm in the shop. Dark. Busy. I arrive their after having had lunch break. About all colleagues are there, at least Kr, Liha, Digr.

For one particular customer, my assistance is needed. No colleague is tending to the customers at the till. I immediately to my job. This one person has his whole family with him, wife and children, so there are about five people standing there, maybe more. Two other, single, customers are waiting behind them. It looks crowded that way. I want to be so efficient and fast as possible.

This person buys two or three books or dvd's. He needs to explain something so that his transaction is clear, because he got some books from another shop, in Aarschot, and also let the colleagues of that shop phone here to ask whether we have these books, but the right ones. So this must be a swop.

This explanation was rather confusing, especially because I did not know of the case and  because I just arrived. Because I just arrived, I first talk to the person at the customer side, trying to be fast, but it does not help. So I go behind the till.

Before I get there I also come from the basement, looking for Liha, because another customer has a question and she is not there, so I have to go down and solve it. Yet I know she is in the shop. Because I leave the till, I call Kr, so that he can tend to the customers, but he does not answer or come, although I am sure he is there somewhere. None of them is in the shop itself. Then I come up again, and I see Digr pass, in his casual clothes with a expression of 'is everything okay?' and he signals that he understands that I'm not at the till when he passes. But he does not help either, he is just making sure that I don't feel guilty.

So after that I try to shout for Liha too, so that she can help the other customers while I tend to this person with the difficult question. If I remember correctly, she will come after a while.

Anyway, I go behind the till, but I see people there and they do like they are home, so I think they are helping, and I feel relieved when I see such a guy go behind the till from the other side. Then I see he does not do anything, and looks stupid. Two other of those guys are there. One is in the way when I want to deal with the difficult person. And I push him gently to the side, but he comes back every time. After a while I get frustrated and push harder, though this fellow does not become angry. They are really stupid, morons. They're no help.

I also write down the information on the label of the tapes that the person brought, so that I can verify, later in the dream I realize I don't need this at all, but at that time I did not know what it was all about.

2. Home Bathroom

Maybe the bathroom of my parents, girl. White. Clean.

Washing Machine Instructions

1. Czech Talk

I'm in a place that looks like the veranda of my parents, only dark, and different, but there is a level difference with the kitchen. Brother N is there. Girls, around a table. Camping. Something like house sharing.

At some point we sit on a long table, and there is a gap in the conversation. I sit on the right and I say something to a new person on the left, far away, who would be coming from the living room. And I explain how the washing machine works. I stress this very much as if I think this is a very important thing to know. And I explain this as if I am the only one who knows, although there are other people listening and they know this too, or maybe better than me, which means I am carried away by what I'm saying.

Before that we sat in a circle.

I explain the washing machine to make a good impression. I say, first white, then the other white and then the colour. This order, and three washings. I don't remember the details. The others add their own opinions or add info to what I say. No one actually disagrees with me, they only roll their eyes.

At some point, in English, talking to two girls, on stools, like a bar, one or both are Czech. I can see it written in the dream. Seska.

The whole time I'm thinking of seducing the girl, but something holds me back. I am quite clear in my intentions, but I hold back to touch, so I don't.

Also part of the dream in a place that reminds me of the kitchen at home.

2. Chinese Supermarket

I'm in the Chinese supermarket in the Naamsestraat, maybe buying noodles.

The Teacher Laughs

1. Secret Taiji Lesson

The end of a dream.

I am in an unfamiliar city, light, hilly. On top of a hill is a building, which I enter from the side, there is a hall, training hall, outside is a garden, everything is peaceful. Holiday, maybe this is abroad.

In another part of the dream I walked around the building, wooden. Everything is simple and relaxed.

When I enter the hall, people are training taiji and Pake is teaching, which is a surprised, because he had promised not to teach anymore. So I caught him by surprise. I see people here I know, such as Svdb, but possibly also Joja and Anle. And maybe Chsn. When I get over the first shock of not being invited, I just join, there's nothing else to do, and I enjoy it, this one more chance to practice with Pake.

We do loosening exercise one and two and then he finishes the class. People start to leave, and I start buttoning up my pants. As a matter of fact I've been training half naked, but this was part of the intention, other people trained naked as well. At this point I am in the right upper corner, which is furthest of the exit. In the meanwhile I see people leaving and saying goodbyes, and I am preparing to catch Pake to say goodbye. That moment is the most difficult. But for now I am putting on my jeans, but it is a bit too small, as if I've grown, or gotten a bit of a belly. I try anyway, it must work.

And before I get the chance to say goodbye, Pake laughs as if he has just made a joke and continues the class with the people who are still there, that is about one third of the crowd. Again I feel cheated, but I join. We do the third loosening exercise. After that it is really finished.

2. Crack the Chinese Egg

(From notes). Space. I caught something. Cousin P is there, home, daddy, waiting.

Vessel. This is still Pake. In the middle of the room is a vessel which is round and looks like an egg, it is big, like a chest for clothes. It is red, and the lid is made of squares, and between the squares are grooves. The point is to get this thing open. So I set myself to it and I smash the box with a hammer. Then I see what needs to be done and I smash the hammer on the grooves, on the cracks, because those are the weakest points. In fact where four squares come together is formed a cross of grooves, the centre of that cross is the weakest spot, I smash on all cross centres and yes, after a while it starts to crack and then it cracks open completely from side to side, from left to right, regardless of how I smashed it. I don't have to hammer more than three times.

3. Orangutang portrait

In one of the dreams must have been Kula.

There was also a dream about apes, especially oranotans, and maybe other animals, but the orangutans were also on photographs and someone kept talking about them.

Japanese Heater

1. Hot Bathroom

I arrive at my parents place, must be early in the morning or early in the evening after work. I am alone, no one else is there. The house is silent.

I am in the bathroom. Either I want to fresh up or change clothes or go to the toilet. When I enter I sense an enormous heat, this room is too hot.

I see that a new boiler or heater is attached to the wall in the corner, right next to the toilet, on its left. It is big, white, with a thermostat. If I read it correctly, it indicates 40°C. I don't know the machine, but I give it a try anyway to lower the temperature. I can't do it. I try all kinds of stuff, but nothing works. There are instructions on the machine, in red characters, but it is all in Japanese, and I don't understand a word of it, so I have to guess, which is what I do. I turn on the thing that looks like a thermostat, but it does not work.

Underneath that is a thing that turns in water, and an iron net, a whole set of mechanical things. I play a little with that until it is broken. I realize it is broken. And that is when the temperature starts to drop.

I see that thermostat indicating a much lower temperature now.

This is when my mother enters, and I tell her the thing does not work, it is too hot in the bathroom and I tried to switch it but it does not work. She does not understand my problem. And I reason that she feels the temperature is good, because it has of course just dropped to an agreeable degree. In the meanwhile I fear that in the end the temperature will keep dropping and it will be cold.

I point to the thermostat because my mother does not want to believe me. I show her where the pointer was. She still does not believe me.

Next, I am in my bedroom, making ready for bed. I go sleep in the bed, but the door is open and stays open and my father is in the room and talks. He does not stop talking, I don't really mind, because this is like white noise on the background. He stands in the corner, behind the door, but I can see him.

The room is very messy, dirty, boxes for moving house are in the way and I put them elsewhere, about three boxes. A lot of what my father says, he stands in the dark, there is no light in the room, is about cleaning up and he suggests a game of cleansing. After a while I think I have enough and I am thinking that making my dad leave is according to the rules of the game, because I will clean him from the room. So I tell him and he is okay with it.

2. Toe Nail Dissection

I see my toe nail, the nail has grown a little awry and I start tearing the little bits off, that are loose. I think that is a good idea, because in that way the nail will be able to grow rightly, but the more I pull off, the less remains. Of course, the core of the toe nail remains.

3. Sex Try

Dreamed of Bale, having sex, it did not work, as hard as I try.

+4. Hill Top Invasion

There is a mountain top were we stop with the car, on the road, which goes over the top, there are houses on the right. We get out, maybe my brother N is here. From the other side aliens come and a space ship, rather small, descends. Dark, clouds. We meet in the middle, atmosphere is tensed and confused

Computer Reboot

1. Uphill Exodus

We were all coaxed in a certain direction, up a steep hill, street bends, houses on the left. Light, rather lucid. Many people, like an exodus.
There is a part of the dream before that in another area that I can't remember.
We are trying to get away from something. Again, it is a few bad people that cause this. Many people I know, like my brothers, and neighbours of old times. H&B.
Halfway up, I see a girl I know and someone that guides her enter a deserted house. Everything on the left of this road is deserted. But they know this place and sneak in, they have done it before, I can tell. I see them do that and think that that is not fair.
The rest of us goes on, none of the others see them do that. Finally we arrive on top of the hill.
I think that the scene changes a little here.
I remember I am in a shop, although the place reminds me as my parents' living room. And I am looking for a dvd player, because I need one badly for home. I see modern things, small ones, white ones, they look like tablets, but somehow I don't trust them, probably because they are wireless. I take a look at the portals, what kind of connections are possible, but I don't see it, but I see that most of these machines have boxes, for sound, that would be an advantage.
This was on the table. Then where the sofa would be, there is a shelf and I see something that interests me. It is supposed to be a dvd player, but it is the exact size of an old video, vhs. And it is made of cardboard, and you can slide it open like a match box, and it is empty, which means that there is room for just one video and that is it. I don't see any technology, so I wonder how it works, and take a good look. The outside of this box is red, which is nice, orange red. But I put it back because I don't trust this either.
Up the hill the scene changes into me working at the till, while the people moving up are like a queue. I am not alone here, but I am new, and don't know how everything works. At the same time I was not prepared for work, because I am here with friends and I want to play games with them. There are dice lying about, behind me. And friends in front of me, so the queue becomes a little complicated.
The person who bosses me around is Al, who I know from badminton, he is one of the better players. He tells me not to tarry and says what I should do.
When I try to hurry, I press the wrong buttons on the computer and something goes wrong. I can't get it right anymore. The screen becomes black and gets in a simplified modus, but I can't get out of it and after a long while I try to restart, but even that does not work.
When it first happen, I should have waited or pressed the right button, when I had the chance. A single black line appeared, and that is where it went wrong. I tried to work in the black screen modus, but could not. People were waiting and got angry. I did not really want to do all this at all, and my friends were waiting.
I try to ignore this once and get the dice and invite the friends of mine that are here to play, but I am not allowed. But I remember grabbing the dice, there were many, at least seven, maybe more.
Can't remember what happened in the end.
When we arrive up the hill, we are all secured in a dark sort of hall, inside, crowded and uncared for. At some point someone rushes in who is maybe the same girl that hid before, and she has tons of yoghurt with her, that is what she could secure for food, there will not be anything else. I don't eat yoghurt, so that is a problem, if at all she wants to share, but I am eager to eat. So I follow her and try to make myself believe that maybe in times of need I can also eat this. In the dream it never gets to that. Besides, they know I don't eat it.
At some other point in this hall, I make contact with a girl I know and get rather intimate, maybe even sexual, touching. I remember a fragment where I touched a girl's fanny, but this was Kaco.

2. Small Scorpion

Maybe another dream before the above, or the earlier part.
We are in the living room, I don't know what house. It is crowded, brother N is certainly there. We all stand about the table, which takes too much room. Dark. I suddenly see a scorpion, as small as a small spider, but dangerous, at least I think. I don't know how to behave. I tell the others and they don't make much of it. In the meantime the spider scorpion has jumped away, maybe from the table to the floor, where it disappears in the crowd of feet.
I take a step, and hear and feel a crunch and I know I've squashed the sorpion. Normal colour, yellow brown.

+3. Denmark

Light, inside, books on shelves, looking for something in particular. Someone else is in the room, place looks like the dining room of parents. Books that refer to the name of my brother D.