annie hall

In the dream I was watching tv, but all that was on was channels and channels of commercials. The one I can remember specifically was trying to sell cars. It seemed like one of those cheesy Kia ads. As I watched I noticed that in each, the (to me) obviously white voice over was pushing something (cars, a debt/credit "solution") to some young black actor with a big phony grin. The commercials kept comming and I was becoming increasingly enraged at what I was seeing.

Later, someone, some man- I have no idea who- was in a kitchen with me preparing breakfast for a group of people. He made eggs. He cooked everyone else's but when he gave me mine they were, first, in one of those white individual "kiesh" (?)/souffle bowl things (The ones that you see with creme brulee in them many times. They have a name which I can't remember. Useless Jaques Pepin!), and secondly, they were not fully cooked. Actually, they looked just like creme brulee, because instead of being scrambled, they had a browned layer on the top, and were all raw and mushy underneath. I stood there in the kitchen a little confused. The man told me that the eggs were uncooked and to stick my hand in them. The idea of my hand in some eggs still makes me laugh, lol. At that point I woke.

When I had this dream, which was about a week ago, I could easily see why these particular images made their appearance. Right before I had the dream, I had an unwarrentably prolonged meditation about whether or not I would have eggs the next morning. I promised myself that if I were to wake up early the next morning to study I would treat myself to Dunkin Donuts. I was deliberating about it because I wanted the eggs but not the bread (I've quit non whole grain carbs... and high fructose corn syrup. that stuff is sooo bad for your liver!).

As for the earlier part of my dream, I imagined that it was engendered by those bullshit artist credit card/debt managment ads I see plastered all over the subways. Marketing strategies drive me nuts, especially when the images and rhetoric specifically target "minorities" and working class people that many times are unaware all the lies they're being fed, and how fucked up all that stuff really is. I should know. You would not believe how many letters I get from Capital One. I'm their number one demographic for sure. All those assholes can go to hell.