five thousand shades of blue
Thursday, June 13, 2002
In an effort to get a decent, restful night sleep, I retired to bed at about 8:30pm after taking a melatonin pill. I read
The Golden One for about fifteen minutes before realizing that not only was I reading the same paragraph over and over again, I wasn't comprehending it. I switched off the light and settled in for a good nine-plus hours sleep.
Of course, whenever I take melatonin, I end up with weird-ass dreams.
I was watching TV (again with the TV! What is with this?) -- or was I in the audience? Hard to say -- and was thrilled to realize I was watching the long-anticipated
Duran Duran reunion! Only there was some unfamiliar guy playing one of the guitars -- tall, frizzy hair, stocky face, reminded me of Gene Simmons of Kiss without the makeup. Suddenly the scene went all documentary-like (like
Blue Silver or, if you're not a former Durannie,
This is Spinal Tap) and I realized Roger and Andy Taylor were sitting next to each other, outside at a picnic table, and were competing on camera for making the silliest face. Someone else was doing cartwheels outside in the grass. I still wondered who the other guitarist was and I continued watching with interest. I couldn't believe how good they all looked, and how cool it was to see them together, and how great Simon's hair looked (I do remember thinking this in the dream). It was 1984 all over again. Dreams. Go figure.
Then I was suddenly in a new-age/pagan magick store. The store was dim, candlelit, and thick with incense smoke. I was browsing the aisles and somehow I knew they -- all the guys from DD -- were there too, although I didn't actually see them. I could catch glimpses out of the corner of my eye but there'd be no one there when I'd turn to look. Andra was also there, her hair lit up red-gold by the flickering flame of nearby candles. She was trying to lay out a set of tarot cards to do a reading, and she continued to spread the cards out on a table like a game of memory. I couldn't really tell what was on the cards but I did notice that they had strange symbols on them. I hovered for a few minutes but the cards still made no sense to me, so I left her to finish the reading and I went and stood over by a table top fountain and a glowing lamp. I felt that if I stayed there I might get into the next Duran Duran video.
...the hell???
What
really weirded me out? I went to check the official Duran Duran website this morning to verify the URL... and the picture at the top of the page is of all five original members together for a recent picture. I had heard about an upcoming reunion but had not actually seen a photo 'til then. It made me start a bit, considering last night's dream.
Mebbe I should lay off the melatonin. Or keep on it until I get the Powerball numbers delivered to me.
is
this just not enough…?
