Here, Read My Homework: Dream Interpretation

This is the report I did over dream analysis. Not necessarily over the idea itself, but rather a specific analysis I did over a personal dream I had. I know reading my homework may not seem very interesting, but I felt this assignment was compelling enough that it could spark some interest in those with imagination. 

Dream Interpretation

Dream Story

The dream begins with me lying in bed with my mom. Everything about the bed, room, and house is not the home I grew up in or am in any way familiar with. I venture to another room in the house, maybe the kitchen. As I approach the door I see a face in the window. It is a male face. They are not at all alert that I have seen them, instead they back up and proceed to tell me the obvious, that they are going to break in. I panic and run back to my mom’s bed in tears as a gunshot is heard from the back door. I tell her what is happening. Instead of her being alarmed she has an epiphany and exclaims “You know what I just realized! If you would have gotten a manicure as well as a pedicure you could have saved a lot of money.” To this I reply with the very crude answer of “What the f***!” Mom has now gotten out of the bed and I am left lying there as the person that has broken into our home rounds the corner into the room. They have a gun. Although the face I saw in the window was a young male adult, I can’t seem to focus on this figure and am actually confused about its gender. It is built as though it is a male but is wearing clothes that a female would wear, if I remember correctly a pink tutu or frilly clothes similar to this. My mind suddenly reverts to an outside view in which I see their car. It is an older car, maybe a brown Volkswagen. It is ridiculously decorated and has four squares hanging on its back window that have one letter in each. The letters change and spell random four letter words, none of which I can remember. My view never goes back to the room with my attacker. Instead I remember my mind telling myself to wake up and in the instance I awoke, I typed this dream out.

Dream Interpretation

I, my mother, and my attacker are the only people present in the dream. I have siblings and a dad, yet they are not home for some reason and are not even mentioned or thought of, as if they do not exist in my dream life. My lying in bed with my mom may be a reflection of childhood happenings. Growing up I did watch television a lot in my parent’s bedroom. Before my mom remarried we would lie in bed and do this also, this may be reverting back to early childhood. The unfamiliarity with the house may be me associating myself with being away from home, being that I am at school. The face in the window is something I have commonly thought of almost all of my life, especially in my home’s kitchen window. The placement of my parent’s kitchen windows have just always jumped out to me and growing up I frequently imagined faces appearing in them. My mother’s response to my panic is very strange considering she is very oriented on my safety. Her mention of “saving money” is a common topic though that I was raised with. The value of the dollar was always instilled in me. I also received a pedicure recently, so this may relate to her comment. Although I don’t feel my parents support these values, recently in reality I have felt that money is the most important thing, and according to my dream, even triumphs safety.  Referring to the changing gender of my attacker, the only conclusion that I can associate this with is my recent watching of the hit YouTube video “Old Gregg” in which there is a man prancing around in a pink tutu. The sudden change to the car is very odd and the only explanation that I may be able to give for the small boxes displaying different letters is that I am frequently playing word games, especially right before I go to sleep.

Dream Summary

This dream occurred Sunday night, February 26, 2012; this assignment is due Wednesday February 29. Taking in the factors of me telling myself to wake up and the first thought that runs through my mind is to record this dream leads me to believe that all of the events that occurred were synthesized by my brain to formulate a dream able to be interpreted for this assignment. I never dream. When I learned of this assignment I in fact began thinking up fake dreams I could possibly analyze. The night before I fell asleep I had a conversation with my roommate jovially about how I needed to force myself to dream so I could complete this assignment and my mind listened. So what is the meaning of my dream? It is exactly what Sigmund Freud thought it to be: my unconscious desires and needs. It is a loose stitching of random things being sorted through that my mind compiled for me to be able to complete this assignment. Although the things do relate to topics in my life and I could stretch the ideas of them to fit into a widely complex interpretation of myself and attempt to have this massive moment of self-actualization, this dream really was myself completing homework while asleep.  Now, if only I could practice this in all of my classes, then I would be a truly successful student. As for now, I am just a dreamer. 

Shout Out to Allen

So the rodeo and carnival are in town and my souvenir for all the festivities is this little goldfish. My friend Matt won him for me and he has become my little best friend. I tell him good morning when I wake up and good night when I go to sleep (even though he is already asleep... he likes his beauty rest.) His name is Allen and I thought he deserved a whole blog just for him. He's such a little ladies fish. The second day i had him in his bowl I realized how dirty he really was and that I would have to clean his bowl daily. So I strapped him in and took him to Petsmart because I had no clue what to do to clean that bowl. Not to mention I'm a little afraid of touching him. So we enjoyed our first car ride together. He has made me consider resurfacing my childhood dream of becoming a mermaid. I think I'll change my major. Thank you Allen. 

Tips To Being a Good Server

I know I post a ton about serving, but because I work so much it's just become apart of my lifestyle.

Simple tips to being a good server:
1. Natural: Don't sound robotic. "Hello, welcome to Applebee's. My name is Apryl and I will be taking care of you today. Can I start you off with a refreshing mango tea or strawberry lemonade?" Although in text that looks awesome (this is what Applebee's tells us to say) it sounds awful. It's also a mouthful and most people don't come to listen to a speech. My normal greeting is "Hey how are y'all doing tonight?" because that is how I would talk in every day life. People just enjoy it when you're conversational rather than that this is just a job to you.

2. Use Hesitations: When a person hesitates when ordering a drink or meal I always pipe in. My line is "need some Applebee's advice?" and that's always a knee-slapper. Not sure why. People like it when you suggest things to them. So know the menu! Also it is charming to people when you know the little stuff like what alcohol is in what drinks, what side's come with what blah blah blah. Be a know-it-all.

3. Don't Lie and Don't Tell the Truth: There is always that debate over the situation of someone asking you your opinion on a dish that you haven't had. Well obviously you don't want to say "Yeah I don't know I haven't eaten it before" because that's just sloppy. But I also wouldn't encourage lying and saying its awesome because it very well could be shit and now it's your fault! So I have a line I use every time: "When my roommate comes up here to eat she get's that one almost every single time, she loves it!" My roommate has probably never had that dish but if they end up not liking it, it's not because of my bad taste :-)

4. Be Annoying: By this I mean it is better to go to the table too much than not enough. When in doubt, check on them! Of course there are those tables that clearly want to be left alone. Just be able to read them. MOST people don't mind chatting or just a simple "You guys still doing alright? *insert dashing smile here*"

5. Standing Around: Even if you've nothing in the world to do, don't stand where they can see you. Because standing around looks bad to the table. If anything I kinda fiddle around on the computer so I'm at least doing something.

6. Refills: I'm sure you know to get refills. BUT one thing I've learned is get a new cup. People get pissed when you take their cup off the table.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY

7. Don't Retaliate: No matter how big of asshole's people are, they will respect you for taking their shit with a smile. I am in the back cursing these people to end of the earth and as soon as I'm in the front where they can see me, I'm smiling and asking if they're okay. Bitches be bitches. Keep that in mind :-)

How to DIY: Loop T-Shirt Scarf

Loop T-Shirt Scarf

Step 1: Start off with a t-shirt. Since this scarf is two colors, you will obviously need two t-shirts. You can use as many colors as you want, even one. I'll be using pink and brown. 

Step 2: Cut the seam off of the bottom of the t-shirt.

Step 3: Cut 1/2inch to 1 inch strips out of the shirt. Do this all the way up or until you feel you have enough strips of that color.

Tip: Too thin and they make break. Too thick and they won't look right, so be mindful!

Step 4: Pull the strips so they curl. Here's a picture because I know that makes close to no sense in text!

Step 5: Wrap each strip around your hand making these little loops. It was at this moment I realized I could never be a hand model.  

Step 6: You can probably tell by now that my scarf is predominately brown. This is because my pink fabric was being a pain and was not stretching. So, I decided to use the pink to simply link the loops together instead of having pink loops too. Just cut small strips and tie a knot linking all the loops together. 

You can choose to be done here! If you like the way this looks then yahoo! But since the girl I'm making this for wanted pink I felt the need to become innovative and make it happen. 

Optional Step 7: Take a pink strip (cut from the shirt in step 3) and cut it in half so it is a long strip instead of a loop. Then weave it through the loops!