WISHING YOU ALL IN THE CORNFIELD!
Mar. 6th, 2008 01:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dolariI am a total sucker for the 80s. I mean total sucker for it. I think off-the-shoulder-one-bra-strap-showing blouses are great. Boy George? Fantastic. Jelly bracelet bangles - AWESOME. Ponytails that come off the side of your head? Well...let's not go too too crazy.
And because of this, the lovely and talented![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
katrus told me I should go watch this new British show called Ashes to Ashes. He told me it took place in 1981 and that I would get a kick out of it. Actually it was his desription of the off-the-shoulder-one-bra-strap-showing blouse that told me "Hey, I should watch this...cause it's 1981!"
What I didn't expect, was a series that GOT INTO MY HEAD, SIFTED THROUGH THE CREAMY FILLING, AND DUG OUT A RECURRING THEME IN MY DREAMS.
The sotry behind Ashes to Ashes is that a hostage negotiation goes horribly wrong in 2008, and the main character is shot in the head. She wakes up in 1981, realizes she's hallucinating, and that every twist and turn, every person she meets, and every case she has to crack (she's still a detective) is actually putting her further down the path of either living through the ordeal, or dying.
A lot of the stuff I've seen so far involves culture clashing between her 2000-era expectations, and the 1980s culture (specifically the mysogynistic band of police officers with her). She stumbles through 1981, leaving little sly references here and there that's she's not from this time.
This is straight out from DREAMS I have. Example 1 - http://jddreamjournal.livejournal.com/42141.html . Example 2 - http://jddreamjournal.livejournal.com/42757.html .
I've always had the feeling of "Not being from around here" in my life. While I kinda know why I have these feelings, that doesn't stop them from popping up in dreams every so often, disguised as time-travel dreams. The main one being (and Example 1 is a GREAT example of this) waking up in another time, and having to try and adapt to being there. Originally these dreams involved trying to not be noticed as I devise a way back, or coming out only at night so I don't attract attention.
Of all things, Doctor Who has kinda tempered these dreams. There's a line the Doctor says to Martha in one episode "Just act like you own the place, always worked for me!" which has managed to delve into my subconscious enough to start applying itself in them - now I simply begin working for a way home.
The show, when I watch it, gives me that wierd feeling I have in these, and made me really sympathize with the main character, caught out of time, trying to assimilate, and get out of her predicament. "Blink" was another episode of Doctor Who where that sympathetic feeling kicked in - of all those people who were stuck outside their real timframes. Sadly, in later dreams, this has also filtered down so that instead of finding a way back, I simply resolve to adapt and assimilate.
By the way - I have a dream journal you may not know about:jddreamjournal. You're all added, and if you're not, you will be soon (who knew LJ had a "you can only add so many friends at one time" limit)
And because of this, the lovely and talented
katrus told me I should go watch this new British show called Ashes to Ashes. He told me it took place in 1981 and that I would get a kick out of it. Actually it was his desription of the off-the-shoulder-one-bra-strap-showing blouse that told me "Hey, I should watch this...cause it's 1981!"What I didn't expect, was a series that GOT INTO MY HEAD, SIFTED THROUGH THE CREAMY FILLING, AND DUG OUT A RECURRING THEME IN MY DREAMS.
The sotry behind Ashes to Ashes is that a hostage negotiation goes horribly wrong in 2008, and the main character is shot in the head. She wakes up in 1981, realizes she's hallucinating, and that every twist and turn, every person she meets, and every case she has to crack (she's still a detective) is actually putting her further down the path of either living through the ordeal, or dying.
A lot of the stuff I've seen so far involves culture clashing between her 2000-era expectations, and the 1980s culture (specifically the mysogynistic band of police officers with her). She stumbles through 1981, leaving little sly references here and there that's she's not from this time.
This is straight out from DREAMS I have. Example 1 - http://jddreamjournal.livejournal.com/42141.html . Example 2 - http://jddreamjournal.livejournal.com/42757.html .
I've always had the feeling of "Not being from around here" in my life. While I kinda know why I have these feelings, that doesn't stop them from popping up in dreams every so often, disguised as time-travel dreams. The main one being (and Example 1 is a GREAT example of this) waking up in another time, and having to try and adapt to being there. Originally these dreams involved trying to not be noticed as I devise a way back, or coming out only at night so I don't attract attention.
Of all things, Doctor Who has kinda tempered these dreams. There's a line the Doctor says to Martha in one episode "Just act like you own the place, always worked for me!" which has managed to delve into my subconscious enough to start applying itself in them - now I simply begin working for a way home.
The show, when I watch it, gives me that wierd feeling I have in these, and made me really sympathize with the main character, caught out of time, trying to assimilate, and get out of her predicament. "Blink" was another episode of Doctor Who where that sympathetic feeling kicked in - of all those people who were stuck outside their real timframes. Sadly, in later dreams, this has also filtered down so that instead of finding a way back, I simply resolve to adapt and assimilate.
By the way - I have a dream journal you may not know about:
jddreamjournal. You're all added, and if you're not, you will be soon (who knew LJ had a "you can only add so many friends at one time" limit)
