rockstar rick

My dream last night was that a previous employer of mine was trying to contact me. Initially through instant messaging, but eventually by means of more traditional channels they offered me a job that paid about twice what I currently make. And I would have to relocate to New Zealand.

We weren’t that serious about it, until we found out that Lauren was pregnant, at which point we decided that I should take the job. After all, that makes perfect sense doesn’t it? Wouldn’t you move to New Zealand if you found out you were going to have baby number four?

In my dream I decided to go to Iran on short notice. Iran isn’t usually the kind of place one goes on a whim–at least I can’t imagine that Americans regularly wake up and think, “Hmmm, I’m running low on oppression. I guess I’ll hop over to Tehran.”

Anyway, I arrived in Iran and went to my hotel. I hadn’t packed anything–I pretty much just had my passport and a credit card. I booked a room at the hotel, which was pretty pricey at $300/night. I didn’t worry too much about it, because I figured that my company would reimburse me for it. (I do travel for business occasionally, and usually get reimbursed for travel expenses.)

I decided to walk around outside, and when I got out of the hotel I came upon a construction site across the street. The building was nearly finished, and I saw that it was an LDS temple. It was the most massive temple I had ever seen (and I’ve been to the temples in Salt Lake, Los Angeles, and Washington DC, which are the the LDS Church’s largest). But this temple was spectacular. It had a domed roof (much like the Hagia Sofia), and was constructed of very fine white marble, and much of the structure was ornate with gold highlights.
It was so large that I looked up and saw a large ringed planet in the daylight sky. I wasn’t sure what to make of this–was the temple so massive as to disrupt gravity in the solar system, and bring Jupiter closer to us? I guess it’s a good thing that the laws of physics don’t necessarily need to apply when you’re dreaming.

I also wondered why the LDS church was building a temple in Iran. I guess it was in anticipation of converting throngs of Muslims. Probably not a good idea given the common interpretation of sharia which proscribes the death penalty for converting to another religion. Not realistic, but it was a dream after all.

I had a weird dream last night. I dreamt that I was hanging out with the guys from Toad the Wet Sprocket, and we were eating sushi. It wasn’t the kind of sushi I’m used to eating though. It was some kind of pasta dish with salmon, and it seemed that the salmon should have been cooked, but Randy Guss assured me it was sushi, so we all ate it anyway.

Sushi and pasta–that does sound pretty weird.