Dream interpretation
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 9:50PM Okay! So, um, let’s talk about something else and move those pictures down the page.
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How about that local sports team? Read any good books lately? Or…to be actually interesting, how about the Spin Cycle (now hosted by the lovely & talented Gretchen)? The topic is “dreams”.
Now, I dream fairly vividly (except when I was pregnant, which is pretty much the opposite experience of every other pregnant woman ever to have lived), so I could tell you some good ones. But nobody is ever interested in your dreams except for you, I know this. Unless they are trying to get into your pants, they are only being polite when they smile and nod as you say exuberantly, “And then George Takei walked in with my afternoon delivery of bumper stickers!”.
So I’m going to take a different approach and tell you a little anecdote.
Do you have a dream kitchen? Dream closet? Dream wedding? Dream vacation?
I don’t. I guess I’m easy to please, because I’ve never spent time deciding on what my ideal version of any of those things would be. As long as my kitchen is somewhat clean, my closet somewhat full, and I get to leave the country, I’m happy with any format. (And I’ll probably never get actually married, because, HOLY CRAP IS THAT A LOT OF WORK.)
But I realized just recently that I do have a dream house.
Sort of.
I had a (reasonably rare) date night with Alfred, who I am going to continue to call Alfred because it suits him better than Paul, and as Nicki pointed out, Paul is not a Batman reference. During our (actual, uninterrupted) conversation, he mentioned what kind of house he thought we should buy if we won the lottery.
“No way,” I said. “If we win the lottery I want to build a house that has a big library, and spiral staircases, and hidden passageways.”
“The kind that lead to paintings with eyeholes that you can spy through?”
“Exactly. And a graveyard in the back, and a greenhouse full of thorns but no roses. And we’d have to train our foliage to attack the mailman.”
He squeezed my hand. “It’s moments like this that remind me that I picked the right woman to spend the rest of my life with.”
I beamed. Exactly.
And if not, there’s always that graveyard.
Keely | 16 Comments
Reader Comments (16)
The house you describe sound rather like the Addams Family home. I'd love to come visit a house like that.
Sounds like the idyllic home!! Perfect for a zombie warrior!! Redrium!!
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I think that house exists. Right across the street from me. There are so many people coming in and out of there, there MUST be hidden passageways.
That sounds like a perfect house. Especially, the big library and secret passageways. Those are really crappy paintings with the eye holes right?
Yes, yes! And on the top floor would be a bedroom that NO ONE EVER ENTERED. Maybe the door would actually be nailed shut. Because something bad happened in that room. Ooo, maybe it's a creepy nursery. Yeah. And outside, there would be a MAZE HEDGE! With a secret garden in the middle. And an attic, that has a rocking chair in front of the window that rocks even though it's empty.
Keely, you have SPUN! I have even linked you up!
Okay, I have NO idea how that just happened! Well, aside from hitting the "Create Post" button over and over foolishly. Please do something to make those extra comments go away.
Oh, yeah! This sounds awesome! I would SO love some secret passageways, and having a graveyard behind the house is the perfect balance of convenience (for getting rid of the evidence of crimes) and macabre. Cool!
You've been watching the Adams family, haven't you? Sounds just like their house! lol
My boss just build a house with a hidden stairway. I gave him a single candle stick for his housewarming. People looked at me funny, but he got it...
I have ALWAYS wanted a house with secret rooms and/or passageways. There was a secret room in a book I read growing up, The Four Story Mistake. Between that and the secret passageways in Clue, I was sold.
So yes, I did have to scroll down to see those pictures, and yes, they are awesome!
I would love to have a dream house with a huge library, and definitely spiral staircases and secret passages. And a garret, too.
I actually designed my own dream house in high school. I even made an architectural design of the first floor in advanced drafting class (we were limited to only a ranch style house). Of course, if I had the money to build it I would. Perhaps I need to get one of those design a dream home programs and do it all over again.
Thanks for your spin!
And a sex dungeon!
Wait, that was my dream house...
I want that house. I really, really do dammit.
I have dreams of the actual, uninterrupted conversations! We also have conversations about dreams of winning the lottery. My dream house has 2 bathrooms. I dream real big!
I do love the part with the spiral staircase and secret passages though. I might have to add that to my list of if I win the lottery.
YESSSSSS! THE BATMAN REFERENCE RISES AGAIN!!!!!!