Aliens Invading my Dreams

So, I told you that I would tell you about my dreams sometime. Well, I have one that is worth telling. So relax, get comfortable, and let your imagination out for some playtime.

   I dreamt about an alien invasion.

Now, before you start yawning, let me tell you, it wasn’t your average, run of the mill invasion. There weren’t little green men shooting up the joint with laser guns. Nor were there massive doomsday spaceships blowing up every metropolis on Earth. In fact, there really wasn’t any violence involved. No, the aliens used hypnosis to turn everyone into slaves. Imagine that! I always thought the scariest, creepiest movies are not the ones that use blood and gore like it’s going out of style, but the ones that sneak into your subconscious, mess with your mind, and play on fears you didn’t even know you had.Same goes for nightmares.

The funniest thing about my dream was the alien's method of hypnosis. It involved a video a la “The Ring”. If you haven’t seen that movie, it’s basically about a video you don’t want to watch or you’re dead. Anyway, in my dream, people would become hypnotized after watching the video, and then they would play the video for everyone around them, and one by one, people fell under alien control. And when their minds had been seized, their bodies would shake so rapidly that they looked like a blurry photographic version of themselves. If you’re a True Blood fan, think of the maenad Maryann and how she moved when she was casting her spell on the people of Bon Temps. If you haven't seen it, YouTube it. It will trip you out! (It's a blog, I can say "trip out")

Well, I knew what was up and was able to turn away when my sister tried to make me watch that video. I told her I loved her, grabbed my purse,(really?!?) and ran out of the house we were in. I was heartbroken that the aliens had gotten to her and I began to cry. Suddenly, a man and his young son walked up, wanting to visit with my sister. I warned him that she wasn’t herself anymore and he shouldn’t watch the video. He looked just as heartbroken as I felt but there was no time to for a therapy session because my dream morphed and I was standing in a field surrounded by hills. I had a memory of the hills being covered in thick green trees and tall grass. But the hills weren’t green anymore; there wasn't a single tree or blade of grass, just dirt as far as I could see. Were the aliens preparing the land for their own version of tract housing? Oh, the horror!

Obviously I’m kidding about that last part. I live in tract housing! You should know by now that I’m just a bit on the sarcastic side. Anyway, that’s about all I can recall and all I can fit in a blog. Perhaps someday I can collaborate with a filmmaker and give you some idea of what all my strange dreams look like.

So, it’s apparent that maybe I watch a bit too much television and have a completely overactive imagination. And when I thought about the empty hills, I remember it looking  similar to an area near my house where grading is in process for new housing. I know I was surprised by this because: 1. Why is anyone building right now? We’re in a recession! and 2. I live near a beautiful nature preserve and I didn’t think they would encroach further into the canyon area. I guess that was on my mind. And yes, I do think about alien invasions on a regular basis. Call me paranoid, but I believe we are ignorant to think we are the only advanced (?) beings in this vast universe. Who knows, maybe we’re being watched right now. Maybe those aliens are waiting for just the right moment to sneak up on us and turn us all into mindless slaves! Maybe it won’t be all out war, but a slow, methodical process. Maybe it’s already been set in motion and we don’t even realize it! Could there be some mind numbing video floating around out there, just waiting to turn us into zombies? Thank God I never rented Gigli!

All joking aside, I do think there is a possibility it will be as T.S. Eliot said

 “This is how the world ends, not with a bang, but with a whimper.”

I don’t mean to frighten you or create panic in the streets. We all know there will be an end and it should never keep us from enjoying the now. Nightmares should not make you never want to dream. And movies and television should not interfere with your reality. I just like to give you something to think about and get the wheels in your imagination turning.

Here's a eerie video from one of my favorite bands. Sweet dreams...