snakes around a boat.

water seems to be the main theme of my dreams for the past 3 days.

last night, i had two dreams which took place in the same setting.

the setting: a boat parking/photography/photo print shop on a tall wooden pier, but the pier was exclusive to the shop. almost like an oilrig. it was close to the shore, but you need a boat to get to shore. from what i remember, i could see the ocean, the sun, the sky, the shore, boats, people, and sealife when i looked out into the waters. it was more beautiful than any other ocean ive seen. (well, maybe not maui). the boats were parked in this giant swimming pool in front of the shop. now, i have no idea how the boats got there or how they left, but they were there. there were also a set of spiral stairs that went down, but ill save that for later. the shop itself was massive. it was about as big as my video store. the carpet was fuzzy and tan, the walls were white, and there were boxes all over the place. i noticed an office with some people in it, but it seemed like there was only one phone in there. the employees had no customers, so they were all sitting around talking to each other. also, my boat was one of those speedboats. it was sleek and sharp and white.

the dream: i came to the shop to park my boat. i told a tall skinny acney infested white guy with an afro full of curls that i wanted to leave my boat there overnight. he told me it would cost 229 dollars, so i wrote him a check and gave it to him. while he was processing my info, i stepped outside the door and checked out the scenary. i could see coral reefs in the ocean, people swimming, plentiful fish, the sun was hitting the water in an beautiful and yet undescribeable way, and the sky was filled with fluffy white clouds. anyway. he called me back in, told me the check cleared, and i was okay to come back. he started to ask about my camera and we had (what seemed like) a 5 minute conversation about cameras, photography, and what exactly goes into the process of printing photos. after that, i take snap some pictures of the view, and leave. end of dream 1.

the dream pt. 2: i came back the next day, around 8 or 9pm. it was really dark and my boat was the only boat left in the swimming pool/lot. i went up to the shop and met the same guy. he recognized me and told me to wait for a minute or two. so while i waited, i checked out the scenary again. this time, it was a full moon in the sky. the reflection off the water was quite beautiful. everything seemed exaggerated. the water was more detailed than before, the moon had more definition, the lights in the city were bright. basically, the whole view seemed to be glowing, glowing in the dark. it was off the hook. then the employee calls me over and tells me that they had trouble locating my key because i didnt do the paperwork properly. anyway, after a few small arguments, he finally finds my keys. i wanted to leave as fast as i could, so i grabbed them, said my goodbyes, and headed over to my boat. there wasnt a ramp or anything to get on my boat, so i had to jump in. i jumped in and approached off the port bow (upper left of the boat). i looked at the swimming pool the boat was in and noticed that there were empty cardboard boxes floating around all over. curiously, i started to try and grab as many of the boxes as i could reach, to see what was inside. i grabbed the first box, nothing. second box, nothing. however, when i grabbed the third box, there happened to be small yellow and white baby snakes. i got scared, and threw the box back in the water. as i was standing up to catch my breath, i noticed something moving underwater. it was on the ground of the pool, but it slid right past me. i creeped over to the starboard side and noticed a huge yellow snake swimming around inside the pool. it was basically this snake:



so im standing in the boat about to shit myself, because im thinking 'fuck. im dead. im dead. im so dead. that snake is gonna bite my head off and then probably swallow me whole.' then, the scene switches, and im at the spiral stairs at the shop. my housemates are there too, and the snake is now slowly crawling out of the shop and going down the spiral stairs. one of my housemates decides to pet the snake with her foot, and the snake responds gently, almost like a kitten. i swear, i heard the mothafucka purring. then the snake came up to me, looked at me for a good 5 minutes, and then HANDED me something. i looked at what he gave me, and it was very minature octopus and squids. they looked like flinstones vitamins, except they were alive. the scene the switches to my house here in wales. im in the bathroom, with these things still in my hand, except now there is some hot red pepper paste (고추장) in my other hand. i stare at the baby squids for a while, and then i drop them into the toilet. i start to flush the toilet, when one of the baby squids instantly grows about 13 inches and gets stuck inside the toilet. (it was like those sponge toys that grew in size when wet). i didnt know what to do, so i slapped the red pepper paste on my other hand onto the face of the squid.

and then i woke up to my ringtone, telling me that its 7am.

i got up, grabbed my pen and notepad, and wrote down everything i could remember. and here it is. blogged and saved.

snakes around a boat.