What's the last weirdest dream you had?

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In the mid 70s, a local radio station had a contest where they would play a few seconds of a song and wait for callers. The callers had to tell them the name of the group, the name of the song, and the year it was played. The winner got a record.

It quickly became clear to me that every one they played was from a record collection that was being advertised in a number of various magazines at the time. The advertisements included a list of tracks each record, one year per record. With that information, any time I could get through on the telephone, I won. We could only win once and so I had a list of names and mailing addresses for others in my dorm. We won a lot of records.

I have an odd relationship with music too, but less and less I know who I'm listening to because I have thousands of songs and just listen to them mixed up. Some artists I recognize, some I'm clueless even if I like the song. Sometimes people will ask me what I'm listening to in the elevator and I get really embarrassed because it seems like I should know, so I make up a name. I use music to write fiction though. It's fun.

That's a pretty creative advertising idea. Much better than a boring ad. Pretty smart of you to figure it out.

I haven't been dreaming much lately, I've been having some problems with insomnia
I'll put another really odd dream from when I was young that I vividly remember

I started off in my bedroom, not my actual room, but a room that was supposedly mine. The colors had a weird contrast, there were lots of blue greens and it looked like a dystopia. It was always cloudy and dark out and we were living in an industrial type complex near a smog laden city. There were a few instances where a very vivid orange showed up. On a shelf there was a very bright orange nonexistent bionicle. My father also came into my room because apparently it was my birthday, I got a glass of orange juice as a present, apparently it was a rare commodity. I also had some kind of genetic disease or alien parasite. Growing out of the back of my occipital bone on the back of my skull was a snake like tentacle with a set of sideways jaws. The creature had apparently consumed my siblings at a previous date growing up and now I was an only child. For some reason I left the place we were living with my mother and went to a super mall of some kind. It was double storied or more and had vast open spaces and large stairway entrances leading into any particular store. It looked like a very bleak place like something out of Blade Runner. My mother went into a clothing store. I ran off into the labyrinth of the place with some kids I apparently knew, I think they also had tentacles, we ended up in this really dark musty arcade and then the dream ended for whatever reason.

Arcade
To see or dream that you are at an arcade suggests that you need to look back to a previous event or experience that brought you much joy and amusement. You want to go back to the good 'ole days. The dream arcade also serves as a temporary escape from reality. You are trying to numb and block out your problems. Alternatively, the dream indicates that you are manipulating others or that you feel manipulated.
Smog
To see smog in your dream symbolizes your negative emotions. You may be feeling upset and fearful of a situation or relationship. Alternatively, smog suggests that you have not fully understood a situation to make an informed decision.
Orange
Orange denotes hope, friendliness, courtesy, generosity, liveliness, sociability, and an out-going nature. It also represents a stimulation of the senses. You feel alive! You may want to expand your horizons and look into new interests.
Oranges
To see an orange tree in your dream signifies health and prosperity. To dream that you are eating oranges indicate satisfaction with your life and where you are at. You are in a good place. Alternatively, it means that you need to be reenergized.
Orange Juice
To see or drink orange juice in your dream symbolizes energy and vitality. Consider also the initials O.J. In particular, if you spill or dump orange juice in your dream implies that you need to get out of your shell and be more sociable.
Tentacles
To see tentacles in your dream symbolize unknown danger lurking from the depths of your subconscious. Your subconscious is trying to pull you in so you can address the issues that you have been refusing to confront or acknowledge. Alternatively, the dream refers to a very clingy relationship.

Interesting, this would have been helpful to my nine year old self

I think that the significance of objects in dreams would be rather likely to vary from person to person.

Take oranges for example. For me, drinking a glass of orange juice two days in a row will give me rather strong stomach pains because of the acid. I can't imagine that oranges would signify much of anything in my dreams.

On the other hand, I have had a number of dreams involving red snapper. Those dreams generally involve going to a favorite seafood restaurant for absolutely great baked red snapper. The problem is that when I think of those dreams later, I realize that there are no seafood restaurants actually at the locations I dreamed of. Or at least not when I lived in the area. In one case, there was a seafood restaurant about 1/4 mile from where I dreamed of eating red snapper, but I never ate red snapper at that restaurant -- I always at the stuffed crabs instead.

yes, to a large extent dream language is idiosyncratic. it is also culturally idiomatic, to an extent. but there are certain human cultural commonalities that enable some useful parsing of dreams by other people.

I would certainly agree that that seems likely to be true, at least within cultures.

Seafood
To see or eat seafood in your dream indicates recognition and a mergence of your spirituality with your conscious being. You are acknowledging and fulfilling the needs of your subconscious. The dream may also be a pun on "seeing food" and thus the symbolism of "food" is also applicable.

more information on dreammoods.com

In my case, I just like baked red snapper.

yeh, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, as freud said.

I remembered something from last night -

I was in the old west and in a house and some bad guys were coming for me. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were there on their horses (in the form of Newman and Redford). I remember I was trying to find secret passageways to hide in. Then all of a sudden I was in a modern underground parking lot and I decided to just come out and face the bad guys. I had some big guns and I just came out blasting. Then I woke up.

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Horse
To see a horse in your dream symbolizes strength, power, endurance, virility and sexual prowess. It also represents a strong, physical energy. You need to tame the wild forces within. The dream may also be a pun that you are "horsing around". Alternatively, to see a horse in your dream indicates that you need to be less arrogant and "get off your high horse". To see a black or dark horse in your dream signifies mystery, wildness, and the unknown. You are taking a chance or a gamble at some unknown situation. It may even refer to occult forces. If the horse is white, then it signifies purity, prosperity and good fortunes. To dream about a talking horse refers to higher knowledge. Consider the significance of what the horse is saying. If the horse is black, then the message may be coming from your subconscious. If the horse is blue, then the message may be of sadness. You or someone is looking for help, but don't know how to go about getting it. The dream may also a metaphor for the idiom "straight from the horse's mouth".
West
To dream of going west represents fulfillment, opportunities, and growth. Alternatively, west symbolizes death, old age or an ending of something.
Western
To dream that you are in the Wild West represents your resourcefulness and survival skills. Alternatively, the dream implies that you may be over-thinking a problem. Sometimes simplicity is the way to go. Being in the Wild West also indicates that you need to be more straightforward about your feelings, intentions or goals.
Garage
To dream that you are in a garage signifies a period of inactivity and idleness in your life. You feel that you are lacking direction or guidance in achieving your goals.
Parking Structure
To see or dream that you are in a parking structure suggests that you are going around in circles in some area of your life. You are feeling lost in what you want to do.
Underground
To dream of going or living underground indicates that you are trying to force certain thoughts and issues into your subconscious mind. You really need to confront and explore your subconscious. Alternatively, the dream suggests that you are expressing a desire to go unnoticed or to lie low.
Gun
To see a gun in your dream represents aggression, anger, and potential danger. You could be on the defensive about something. Or you may be dealing with issues of passiveness/aggressiveness and authority/dependence. Alternatively, a gun is a symbol of power and pride. Perhaps you are looking for shelter or protection in your dream. To dream that you are loading a gun forewarns that you should be careful in not letting your temper get out of control. It may also signify your ability to defend yourself in a situation. To dream that someone is shooting you with a gun suggests that you are experiencing some confrontation in your waking life. You feel victimized in a situation or that you are being targeted. To dream that you shoot a person with a gun denotes your aggressive feeling and hidden anger toward that particular person.
Pistol
To dream that you are aiming a pistol denotes that you are trying to target a specific goal. Alternatively, the dream also symbolizes fear, anger and aggression. You are using your power to defend yourself against the fear and anger. It may also indicate your hot and quick temper.

Wow, that was quite a dream! I think I agree with all those things you said, I seem to be feeling all of them lately.

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life can be an irritant at times, can't it?