Let’s talk about boys, ok?
So, last night I had very strange dreams, induced I’m sure from “The Killer Cramps.”
Scene 1: big party at a “country house” with lots of friends and people I knew from various parts of my life. High School Flame was there, mother, sister, odd people from different odd places of employment, Hollywood celebrities…You know, the usual cast of characters for a weird dream. Lots of food and drink. Nice, sunny weather. Pool.
Action included lots of chatting and “oh! You’re here too!” types of interactions.
Scene 2: at CPE hospital. High School Flame has had heart attack or something and I’m the chaplain on the unit. His family had not arrived yet from out of town.
Action included me trying to tell the charge nurse to page me if he starts to die but having his room nurse question why I should be there since his admission paperwork indicated that his home pastor would be visiting. [this last bit comes from a patient that was admitted on Friday from GC.]
Scene 3: back at the “country house” I’m trying to talk with people about the fact that High School Flame is in critical condition and find out if I should be the chaplain that attends his death or not. If it would upset his wife and (grown!) children so I should just stay out of the picture.
Action included X appearing and apologizing for “the tension of the last few weeks” and trying to kiss me (!) And me trying to explain to my mother why I wasn’t going to take him back. No one seemed to understand that there had been “tension” for more than a “few weeks” nor why I was so upset over High School Flame.
Of course, I woke up with a start at that point, either from the potential kissing or the idea that an old flame was having a heart attack. I’ve always worried that I’m a little psychic, even though I’ve got no real evidence to support that theory. Still, it’s a little disconcerting to have such a weird dream involving two men who have meant so much in my life. Probably also means that the whole thing of leaving a comment for High School Flame on his blog should die. I suppose too that it means that there’s a part of me that still wants X to snap out of it before it’s too late (as if it wasn’t already.)
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this next part is not a dream.
At KO’s 60th b-day party (60!!) I sat and talked with KW and DW from church. Then RM sat down at the table. He knows KO from another environmental justice organization. We chatted for quite awhile about music and jazz and The Dakota and I couldn’t help noticing, um, his eyes (greenish blue) and uh, his hands (no rings) and yeah, his mouth. Yeah.
And he kept asking me questions so I never really got to know his story except that he’s been to The Dakota since it moved to downtown Minneapolis and says it’s real nice. He didn’t eat because he was going to have dinner. Someone else from the board of that organization came and joined us and she sat between us, so I started talking with the guy (J) on the other side of me, who lives in my neighborhood and is in his 40’s and has kids close to 20 yrs old and knows KO from his spanish class. Anyway, I heard RM tell L, the woman from the board, that he was meeting “Kim” for dinner. So then I thought, “shoot, he’s dating someone seriously enough for L to know who he’s talking about.”
So, yeah.
Anyway, when RM got up to leave he made a point of coming over and shaking my hand and saying it was nice to meet me. I hope I didn’t sound too eager when I said, it had been nice to talk with him. I’m pretty sure I blushed though. I kind of think that KW, who was sitting across the table from me, saw it but I doubt she’ll say anything to anyone.
I think I’ll have to ask KO if he’s invited all his PML friends to the Oct 8 event…
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A year ago (or longer) on This Journey…
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rain 2008
Is it weird? 2007
failing infrastructure? 2007
13 begins 2006
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A year ago (or longer) on This Journey…
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rain 2008
Is it weird? 2007
failing infrastructure? 2007
13 begins 2006
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A year ago (or longer) on This Journey…
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rain 2008
Is it weird? 2007
failing infrastructure? 2007
13 begins 2006
December 30th, 2006 at 10:13 pm
Wow, it sounds like your dream is something that would happen on Grey’s Anatomy. I absolutely love that show. I’m sure that it isn’t real, and that kind of stuff doesn’t happen like that, but it’s a great drama.
Sat Sep 23, 09:35:00 PM 2006
December 30th, 2006 at 10:14 pm
I’ve only seen it a couple of times, so it mostly still confuses me. As far as I can tell, the level of interpersonal relationships between staff on shows like this (I include ER, Chicago Hope and St. Elsewhere) are completely unrealistic. The doctors, nurses, interns and residents and other members of the care team are so busy trying to take care of patients that there is NO time for flirting much less the rest of that stuff.
of course, I’m still new…
Sun Sep 24, 11:45:00 AM 2006