Dream Gazette #2

Morning Of Monday, December 31, 2007:

A football game is being played at the Pine Island track, and everyone who has ever lived in Pine Island is in attendance. Near the field, a bunch of small children have discovered a soft substance on the ground that makes one bounce as if one was on a trampoline. Everybody gradually discovers this material and eventually the whole town is bouncin' around. A group of helicopters shows up to announce that the football field is going to be covered by a large transparent glass tray. It is announced that everyone with a four-digit number on a card can step out from under the tray and not be trapped. Brother Gabe has card #5225 and Kevin Boser has card #2552. I am without a card, but I step out from under the tray anyway. Somehow the helicopters know I don't have a card and immediately begin to chase me. I run like crazy and happen upon some marathon runners. I manage to pass all of them, break the marathon ribbon, and evade the helicopters.

Man Growth Family

An exchange between 5-year-old Paul and 21-year-old Eli at KreniKhristmas 2007.

Paul: Eli, why do you have that beard?
_Eli: It keeps my face warm in the winter.
Paul: Oh... I had a beard in the summer.
_Eli: No!
Paul: Yeah. I shaved it because I didn't like it.
_Eli: Do you use a razor or an electric shaver?
Paul: Electric.
_Eli: Me, too. I don't like getting cuts in my neck.
Paul: Me either. Can I touch your beard?
_Eli: Sure.
Paul: It feels like the one I had.
_Eli: We're Kreniks. We get the same beards.
Paul: When are we opening presents?

M I X m a s

Seasonal De-Depressioning _ December 2007

01_ Gil Mantera's Party Dream - "Brave New Christmas" (2005)
02_ Ratatat - "Crips" (2004)
03_ ABBA - "Rock Me" (1975)
04_ The Go! Team - "Friendship Update" (2004)
05_ Frank Mills - "Peter Piper" (1979)
06_ Run-D.M.C. - "Christmas In Hollis" (1987)
07_ Kano - "Cosmic Voyager" (1980)
08_ Tacteel - "Xmas In Padova" (2006)
09_ Canned Hamm - "Mistletoe Forever" (2007)
10_ Bonnie Pointer - "Heaven Must Have Sent You" (1978)
11_ Trans-Siberian Orchestra - "Anno Domine" (2004)
12_ Hulk Hogan & The Wrestling Boot Band - "Hulk's The One" (1995)
13_ Rick James - "Glow" (1985)
14_ The Icicles - "Snowman" (2004)
15_ Earth, Wind & Fire - "Star" (1979)
16_ The Cars - "You Are The Girl" (1987)
17_ Asobi Seksu - "Mizu Asobi" (2006)
18_ The Church - "Disenchanted" (1986)
19_ The Generic Tribe - "Four Letter Word" (2005)
20_ Ohio Players - "Happy Holidays" (1975)

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Dream Gazette #1

Morning Of Tuesday, December 18, 2007:

Dana Schroeder conspicuously walks out of Target with a sack of potatoes. One of the cashiers sees this and yells for security. A guard follows him outside and yells at him but does not make any physical contact. I consider walking out without paying for a VHS copy of an Ice Cube movie.

In a car with Ryan Kaplan, he drives off the highway to a secluded hilly area surrounded by forest. Once there, he is replaced with Nicole Browne and she wants to take pictures. Two small children come out of the woods, one holding a leash connected to a giant tiger. The children beg us to take the tiger for "five minutes, just five minutes."

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