Now here I go again, I see the crystal visions

I have a question for you. Can I get you anything first? A drink? OK, do you think there is any value to analyzing your dreams? I've been checking out a few sites about this lately. Being a science guy, I used to believe that dreams were just a tableau of your brain's activity while it sorted and stored the events of your day and week. You can certainly see evidence of this in your dreams, right? Some event or person that figured prominently in your day shows up in your dreams. It's why I sometimes stare at photos of Ian Somerhalder just before bed. After checking out some of these sites, though, I realized that some of the most common dreams are surprisingly identical among people and even across cultures. It's like we're dipping into some collective unconscious, Jung-stizz.

So when dreams repeat themselves, is there a message? Is it a message from this mythic pool or is it from a part of ourselves? I'll share one of my own that I used to have ALL THE TIME. I would often dream of finding myself naked in public places, usually far from home. I wouldn't know how I got there or why, but of course I'd try to inconspicuously make my way back. No small feat really, because you know, butt naked in broad daylight and well, I am striking. Invariably I'd run into people. Sometimes people I knew, sometimes Dick Gautier. I'd make up crazy shit to try to explain my circumstance. I suck at lying, even in my dream life. Anyway, at some point these dreams stop. Upon reflection now, it's about the time (give or take a year...I didn't write it down) that I decided I no longer cared who knew I was gay. No more naked dreams. Well, I'm still naked in my dreams sometimes, and sometimes in public (usually on or near beloved national monuments, often featuring Lincoln), but I'm never ashamed. So does that mean I learned my lesson? If so, who was teaching?

Also, any ideas on the whole Dick Gautier thing?