Noli Me Tangere

only in dreams

I wonder should I tell her. Would she think it was a little weird? Inappropriate? Would she be freaked out?

In your dreams you often find yourself in situations, but the supporting details--how you got there, why are you there--are missing. So it makes for very far-fetched, disconnected scenarios with no explanation.

Last night I dreamt that one of my good female friends went to the bathroom. For some reason, I went in there with her. For the record, I've never seen or heard her go to the bathroom, and in fact she’s the type of girl that I imagine never does “#2”. But there I was crouched on the tile while she sat on the commode and "took care of business". She took care of a lot of business.

There was no explanation for how this came about, but my impression was that we were chained together and had no choice. Oddly enough, it really wasn’t that awkward. I made a witty comment about what a mess she was making and she let out a hearty laugh then wiped.

I have a friend who had a very vivid sexual dream about a mutual friend of ours. In real life, he’s not attracted to her, but in the dream you would never know it. And the next few times he saw her it was weird for him. Most of us can probably relate. You feel that, since they participated in the dream, they have knowledge of what you dreamt. He was ready for her to acknowledge it at any point: “Listen, about last night…”

Now I wonder if it will be awkward next time I see my bathroom friend. I'm afraid that we'll be conversing normally and that mental image will suddenly return. “Poor girl,” I’ll say to myself while she babbles on unaware. “Doesn’t she know I saw her poop last night?”

It really makes me marvel at the fickly imaginative powers of my brain. Funny how it can be so devoid of original ideas while awake then with no effort serve up something like this. If only I could be so original while awake. If only I could harness this creative power for this blog.