Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder
Bad Fanfic Everywhere
Hi, reader. I wrote this in 2009 and it's now more than five years old. So it may be very out of date; the world, and I, have changed a lot since I wrote it! I'm keeping this up for historical archive purposes, but the me of today may 100% disagree with what I said then. I rarely edit posts after publishing them, but if I do, I usually leave a note in italics to mark the edit and the reason. If this post is particularly offensive or breaches someone's privacy, please contact me.
I think the only dreams I remember these days are the ones that just shout their subtexts so loud I can't ignore them. Like the one last night where my mom handed me my newborn baby and I nursed it and felt very happy and fulfilled. (No, I am not pregnant in real life, and have no immediate plans to bear a child.) To cap it off this baby was named Myrtle, rhymes-with-fertile, as I think dream-Stuart pointed out.
I remembered this dream and couldn't stop laughing at how obvious it was.
Comments
Patashoqua
01 May 2009, 11:26 a.m.
rachel
01 May 2009, 11:53 a.m.
I don't think that's subtext?
Riana
01 May 2009, 12:02 p.m.
One time I dreamed Kragen's wife Beatrice was going to have a baby and she told me her due date was Labor Day. It took me until I woke up and was in the shower the next morning to get my own pun.
Susie
01 May 2009, 12:09 p.m.
that's pretty bad.
It also rhymes with Yertle, so it might be a warning not to let any future children grow up to be totalitarian/chelonian dictators.