let's stumble towards success and pack some snacks for little breaks

I had a dream that my mom came to visit me in Seattle (which she is going to do next month) and that I took her to a vegan restaurant called The Shack (which does not, to my knowledge, exist). "The Shack" was a bit of a misnomer, since the restaurant was in a castle. We went in and apparently before you eat there they give you a tour of the whole place. So they took us through the dining area, where we got samples of ALL THE FOOD (including like 20 different kinds of bread, one of which was maple-flavored and I kind of want to try making it now), and then they took us to the research dungeons where the food is developed! Not the kitchens. The research dungeons. And I was all O.O "CAN I WORK FOR YOU PLEASE" and they were like "well, we're looking for a project manager! But you have no project manager experience. We could give you an unpaid internship with potential for career advancement?" and I was about to say "YES YES YES WHEN DO I START" when I woke up.

With EPIC MAD SCIENTIST HAIR.

Man, sometimes reality is a disappointment.

I dreamed last night that I used a cryptic crossword to help someone break out of jail. In the dream, I was a guy, and the person I was trying to spring was my brother (although he wasn't any of my actual brothers).

I don't have much memory of how the puzzle helped him. Most of the dream consisted of seducing the innocent teenage son of one of the guards, convincing him we were in love, and then cheerfully stomping on his heart once I'd used him to gain access to the prison. Poor kid. My subconscious is apparently kind of a bitch.

I just woke up from a nightmare that I'd submitted my health insurance waiver to Clark too late and had to pay an unnecessary $2,000 for my first year.

Jeez. What happened to giants and flying and stuff?

Last night, I dreamed that I was doing the runaround for a Mystery Hunt, and I missed a cross-country flight. No, not to get to the runaround- that flight was the first step of the runaround. I blame Rhu's kids and Trip.

Speaking of Nationwide Hunt, anyone have any good stories about how your team solved that one?

(x-posted to mystery_hunt)

Last night, I dreamed that I was online, looking at a cryptic crossword discussion forum, and saw a post by palecur. I called him and said, "I had no idea you did cryptics!" He said, "All the time," and I said, "You should come to the NPL convention this summer! Right, Tyler?" rpipuzzleguy, who randomly happened to be in the room, agreed and then sneezed on my soy ice cream. (Dude, not cool, T.) Then I woke up.

I tried searching "jedusor" on Google's new blogsearch. The first three results were in French, the fourth and fifth were people I know mentioning me in blog entries I'd already read, and the sixth was someone I don't know at all quoting my Star Wars Episode III review. The rest of the first page was also in French, apart from someone linking to my Bunnicula Multiplicity and Pasquea entries.

Interesting.

I dreamed last night about Levi (a guy in my math class), my mom (who, upon laying eyes on Levi, said, "My God, you're pretty!"), rubrick, Q from Seattle (who has an LJ, I'm sure, but I don't know what it is), and a weird combination person of lizzip, silverdolphin14, and a random guy I've never met.

YPS is the day after tomorrow... come to Penn Valley and check it out! 8:00-5:00, workshops 9 to 4, and some snacks and drinks will be provided.