In which April Roe and I undertake a complex psychoanalysis of my dreams about Arctic creatures. The insurance firms and medical offices of Chattanooga should take comfort in the knowledge that their employees are engaged in such crucial communiqués.
(It may or may not be worth noting that during this entire e-mail exchange, I was listening to Wilco's A Ghost is Born -- legally, on streaming audio -- for the first time. It's good.)
April: I just remembered I had a dream about you last night.
You were on a softball league, and I was looking at a picture of you in your uniform, except it was really really tight on you. And the legs were too short so I could see the tops of your socks and the bottom of your belly. It was pretty funny.
Mesh: I had a dream that I met a giant polar bear named Josh at the aquarium. Josh and I became good friends. Then I ran into a group of women, all of whom I used to date or have crushes on, but it didn't bother me, because now I was friends with Josh the polar bear. I found him comforting.
April: LOL. You are lying!
Mesh: I wish. I'm pretty sure that Josh started as a sea turtle, but by the time we became friends, he was definitely a polar bear. A big one.
April: Hmmm, you know this dream is laden with homo-erotic connotations. Maybe you and Josiah shouldn't hang out so much...
Mesh: Yeah, but Josh was a polar bear. And my feelings for him were like he was a father figure or something. It wasn't a sexual thing, really.
April: I mean, maybe you don't believe me, but look at the evidence:
The sea turtle is the traditional representation of the human sexual act in childhood fairy tales. The polar bear is the creature of mystery and intrigue - it is white and perfectly camouflaged in the North Pole - thus representing something forbidden, hidden, desired.
And Josh/Josiah - that is TOO clear.
Mesh: That's amazing. You made that up with admirable speed.
April: OR MAYBE I DIDN'T MAKE IT UP!!
I know this might be uncomfortable to address with me, however, I just want you to be honest with yourself, Aaron. I am concerned about you. :(
Mesh: I'm afraid I'm just not honest enough to confront such subconcious frustrations via e-mail. I think I'm going to blog this discussion. It's just too good.
Posted by mesh at April 15, 2004 03:48 PM | TrackBackK, I'm wierded out...
Posted by: JosiahQ at April 15, 2004 03:56 PMSecond that...
Posted by: ryan at April 15, 2004 04:08 PM865-531-2539
Call it, man. You will only be doing yourself a favor.
Posted by: april at April 15, 2004 05:02 PMThanks. I'll keep that in mind. They don't have a special division for polar bears, do they?
Posted by: mesh at April 15, 2004 05:09 PMWow, I've had that same dream! No, wait. Mine was about a dog named Gardenburger who had a flaming head. Nevermind.
Posted by: ron at April 15, 2004 09:30 PM