A Long Night in Las Vegas

Dennis Quaid and Johnny Depp were the unlikely heroes of last night's dream/nightmare sequence.  I had travelled to Las Vegas (holiday travel anxiety) and I found myself in a bar/dance club with Joe, his work friends, and some of my family members (more holiday party anxiety).

Joe walked away from me, then some girl started talking to me, and Depp joined us (suprisingly I was totally not interested in him).  Suddenly a huge wooden wall came down and separated me from Joe and everyone else I knew.  This beautiful constructed wall then somehow raised itself up and I saw Joe partying like it was 1999 (the Prince song playing in the background).  He was whooping it up, dancing with strippers, laughing, and just having a grand old time. My mom (a party nut in real ife) was laughing, dancing, and encouraging Joe and my brother Bruce, who now appeared in the dream for the first time.  Joe and Bruce were dancing with the big chested, almost naked, women.  I was not sure what was happening, I felt reflective and my usual introverted self.  We somehow all got back to the table and ordered drinks with umbrellas.  Dennis Quaid joined us, started talking to me and he is tried to figure out whether I was with Joe or not.  When he realized I was with Joe, he left.  Funny thing, it was a young Dennis Quaid.

Joe seemed to like that the guys were hitting on me. Something about that did not seem right to me. 

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This dream was courtesy of HBO and the Sopranos for sure.  Janet and I had an overdose of cable television Sopranos on Demand, and it seemed that we watched the season where mobsters beat women senseless, Tony and his henchmen were receiving graphic blow jobs, and infidelity was the preferred state for the male stars.  Complete disrespect for women, as if they were "whoaaas" (if you can pronounce that in Broolyn/Jersey -eese).  Bought and sold like cattle is another way of analyzing it.  Life also imitates art, as I also learned that my brilliant 48 year old professional male friend was dating a woman(?) who recently celebrated her 18th birthday.  Only 3 more years until we can go out for drinks.  Great.  I do not judge but I certainly do not understand.

I have not figured out the Quaid/Depp connection.  I respect both actors, and in the dream they seemed to be the normal ones.  I know I am searching for something. 

Comments

[Paparazzo]

I guess it's just another one of those American Dreamz :-)

[Space In Time]

Glad to see that you're back. Janet will help you figure things out.

[Dr. Tomorrow]

Coincidentally, Woody Allen's charater in Manhattan, Isaac, was supposed to be 42, and his girlfriend, Tracy (Mariel Hemingway), 17. My last YT video was, of course, that film's closing scene with them together, which transitioned (over Rhapsody in Blue) to you rolling down a sand dune.

[Celeste]

"You have to have a little faith in people" is what Tracy says to Isaac.

[Space In Time]

Dr. Tomorrow, Are you really a doctor... or do you just play one on TV?

[Dr. Tomorrow, Jr.]

I came up with that independent from any other (conscious) source. I don't even own a television, let alone play on it. I just liked the sound of that name. But no, I'm not a doctor, that's for sure! lol

[Dr. Tomorrow, Jr.]

Quaid represents the body, Depp the mind. Who then, the spirit in this tripartite male of your dreams?

[Miami, Fla.]

Lori - Great sites. Congratulations on the marriage. ;-)

Quick off-topic question: According to Google, there is supposed to be a gallery of Julie Caparas pictures at FemaleMuscle.com. (Julie was an acquaintance back in the 1990's. She was always a great athlete, so I'm not surprised she pursued a fitness career.) Did those pictures get pulled from your site or am I not looking in the right place? Thanks.

[Bogey]

When I told Ingrid Bergman that our lives didn't "amount to a hill of beans"... I was telling her "sister, get real, you'll get on with your life & I'll get on with mine". Try putting that in your pipe & smoking it. What's important, you & your problems, or needy people in the world who are suffering every day?

[Dr. Tomorrow, Jr.]

Ah, yes I think we may have found that spirit we were looking for.

Now look round for someone combining the qualities of Johnny Depp, Dennis Quaid, and Humphrey Bogart.

Simple.

[Shawn]

I just couldn't help noting that Hemingway's cats popped up here just as Mariel Hemingway was remembered for her role as Woody Allen's girlfriend in Manhattan in regards to Lori's remark about her brilliant 48 year old friend with the 16 year old girl friend in Manhattan.