Dreamin' the Mouse
Aug. 14th, 2007 10:33 amLast night I kept myself awake well after midnight reading my own book. I can't decide if that was amusing or deeply narcassistic. Either way, re-reading the Mouse sections (and other sections in which he appeared) caused me to dream that I was Mouse last night.
No surprise, I dreamed that I/Mouse was trying to escape the authorities. In one particularly memorable scene, I broke into the evidence locker of some futuristic police station to put something INTO my folder (apparently to exonerate myself... or maybe Page.) At any rate, I had a really strong sense of panic, like I knew the cops would be there any minute, but I also had a deeply satisfying dream moment when I very skillfully popped the lock on a highly secure folder-thingy. Also, I had the impression that people knew I was there, but they were cowed by my fearsome reputation. It was a very strange, but also oddly satisfying dream.
My question to y'all is: do you ever dream that you're someone you've written (and how weird is that)? Or, if you don't write, do you dream that you're characters from books?
Previous to this, I've spent a lot of my dreamtime as characters in TV shows. Lately, as Apollo from BSG (why him, I have no idea.) But the cool thing about those dreams is that they come with really sophisticated special effects -- not unlike the show. I think I have dreamed that I was other people's characters from books that particularly impressed me, but, of course, right now I can't think of any.