Zombies, buttons and keys
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dragonimpMy subconscious is trying to tell me something, clearly.
Last night I dreamed that, for a school assignment, I had to dig up bodies that had been buried a certain way or for a certain amount of time. Traditional coffin, shallow grave, gravel, one that was dumped in running water, I don't remember what else. So I, wondering what the hell this had to do with library science, set about collecting dead bodies. The water one was conveniently tethered with a rope, so that wasn't too hard. The most troublesome one was the traditional coffin, because I had to figure out how to unearth a coffin from the graveyard, in the middle of the day, without alerting the nearby mourners (who were there for another body, not the one I was taking), and without leaving a big gaping hole in the ground. (I ended up using alchemy - ahah, too much FMA for me c_c; - and replacing the coffin with an empty box.) This was the body I was most disturbed about seeing, because decomposition I can handle, apparently, but not chemicals and hermetically sealed boxes. I decided to leave this one in the coffin.
After collecting the bodies, I'm now faced with the task of hiding a dozen or so zombies - yes, they're now zombies - in my back yard without the neighbors finding out or noticing the smell. I decide to make them a little fort-like structure out of the deck. The zombies are actually rather helpful about holding the walls up while I try to fit the corners together, but the structure never does quite make it. Too many gaps.
Somewhere along the line - I don't remember if this was before or after I collected all the zombies - I get on the phone with my teacher and ask if this really is the correct assignment, because really, dead bodies?? She says that, yes, of course that's the assignment, but she never said it had to be people, I could have collected, oh, dead birds, or squirrels or something. And I'm thinking, yeah, right, where the hell would I have found dead birds in hermetically sealed coffins, obviously it had to be people. At this point I'm still not sure what she expects us to do with the bodies, I think we hadn't gotten that part of the assignment yet.
The dream goes on, and I come to find out that from one of the bodies/zombies I'm supposed to take a button - or a pair of buttons, it kept changing - and at this point I'm really getting frustrated with my teacher because why the hell did we need to dig up dead bodies if all we needed were a couple of antique buttons? I take the buttons, which are remarkably clean, considering. Then I find out that I need to take a key from one of the other zombies. This key has the status of a Special Object, meaning it has sentimental/emotional rather than monetary value. Also, I have to basically steal it, because the zombie doesn't want to give it up. It's special, of course the zombie doesn't want to give it up. But I take it, because that's how the script of the dream goes. The dream ends on a series of maze-like roadways/waterways.
To recap: I'm assigned to dig up bodies, which I then have to hide, worried that the neighbors will find out, and then I have to take certain, special objects from the bodies. If that doesn't scream "Meaning!", then I don't know what does.
Last night I dreamed that, for a school assignment, I had to dig up bodies that had been buried a certain way or for a certain amount of time. Traditional coffin, shallow grave, gravel, one that was dumped in running water, I don't remember what else. So I, wondering what the hell this had to do with library science, set about collecting dead bodies. The water one was conveniently tethered with a rope, so that wasn't too hard. The most troublesome one was the traditional coffin, because I had to figure out how to unearth a coffin from the graveyard, in the middle of the day, without alerting the nearby mourners (who were there for another body, not the one I was taking), and without leaving a big gaping hole in the ground. (I ended up using alchemy - ahah, too much FMA for me c_c; - and replacing the coffin with an empty box.) This was the body I was most disturbed about seeing, because decomposition I can handle, apparently, but not chemicals and hermetically sealed boxes. I decided to leave this one in the coffin.
After collecting the bodies, I'm now faced with the task of hiding a dozen or so zombies - yes, they're now zombies - in my back yard without the neighbors finding out or noticing the smell. I decide to make them a little fort-like structure out of the deck. The zombies are actually rather helpful about holding the walls up while I try to fit the corners together, but the structure never does quite make it. Too many gaps.
Somewhere along the line - I don't remember if this was before or after I collected all the zombies - I get on the phone with my teacher and ask if this really is the correct assignment, because really, dead bodies?? She says that, yes, of course that's the assignment, but she never said it had to be people, I could have collected, oh, dead birds, or squirrels or something. And I'm thinking, yeah, right, where the hell would I have found dead birds in hermetically sealed coffins, obviously it had to be people. At this point I'm still not sure what she expects us to do with the bodies, I think we hadn't gotten that part of the assignment yet.
The dream goes on, and I come to find out that from one of the bodies/zombies I'm supposed to take a button - or a pair of buttons, it kept changing - and at this point I'm really getting frustrated with my teacher because why the hell did we need to dig up dead bodies if all we needed were a couple of antique buttons? I take the buttons, which are remarkably clean, considering. Then I find out that I need to take a key from one of the other zombies. This key has the status of a Special Object, meaning it has sentimental/emotional rather than monetary value. Also, I have to basically steal it, because the zombie doesn't want to give it up. It's special, of course the zombie doesn't want to give it up. But I take it, because that's how the script of the dream goes. The dream ends on a series of maze-like roadways/waterways.
To recap: I'm assigned to dig up bodies, which I then have to hide, worried that the neighbors will find out, and then I have to take certain, special objects from the bodies. If that doesn't scream "Meaning!", then I don't know what does.
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Date: 2007-10-22 02:39 pm (UTC)Each graduate of the Master of Library and Information Science program is able to...
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