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[rm]

- I think I must have dreamed last night. I mean, I suppose I always do, but I almost never remember them, so I don't tend to think about it. But I'm in a deeply -longing- place today, but it doesn't feel like my usual flavour of being, and it feels like it's about something just out of mental grasp, so I assume it's a residual something from a dream I can't remember. Strange feeling.

- Offensive casting notice of the day:

Character: Bitch
You will be playing a 13 year old who has something very special about her beyond the fact that she is a genius, has completed a PhD in Geology, and is highly sensual.

- The unit of measurement for the pacing of fiction is West Wings. No really. It's like "is this story a West Wing or a half a West Wing or three West Wings?" It works.

- A new low: I am obsessed with a Placebo song.

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[used_songs]

Not too long ago I had a dream that I couldn't stop thinking about. The feeling didn't pass until I used fragments of the dream setting in a piece of writing. Then I got enough distance from it that I could stop.

[rm.livejournal.com]

I've totally had that experience too -- this feels like it, except I have no idea what the dream was about (I can sort of guess what it was assembled of just based on the mood I'm left with, but it's purely conjecture).

[used_songs]

I always think it's slightly spooky what my brain comes up with when left to its own devices. It makes me wonder what's going on just below the surface.

I teach 7th grade English/writing, and I always tell my students to allow time for their subconscious minds to process, especially when they are having trouble with a piece.