Dreams

I've been having very detailed, plot-driven dreams lately. They are often morbid. I dream about assaults, kidnappings, or weird dysfunctional relationships. The dreams are like movies or television shows, but I've never actually seen them. They make sense, and I often think they might make either good screenplays or TV shows. They aren't deep but they are violent, action packed, and sort of interesting. Sometimes I've woken up and thought that I was somehow dreaming about real people going through real things.

I could just be going through a crazy dream cycle or maybe this is the influence of The Shield, a cop show Nate and I have watched. I think we're one season behind (we've been catching up with DVDs of past seasons) but that show ... man. It makes me anxious. There are all sort of messed-up events going on. People getting their feet cut off, big heists, bending and breaking the rules, assaults of all kinds, I don't know. I think it's a good show. Well written and many of the actors are excellent. But it does make me anxious, especially because I know that many of the crimes they show are real. I'm not saying they happen every day or every where but they are realistic enough that you realize that those kinds of things could happen to you, your neighbors, or your family. So maybe that's why I'm having these dreams.

I've started a notebook where I list down ideas and dialogue. Maybe someday I'll get around to some of those snippets.