Dreamy Pride High author Tommy Roddy shares a page from his dream journal. Enjoy!
Off and on since childhood, I’ve kept a dream journal. It started out as scribbled text on a notebook, but in these advanced technological times, I now use Google Documents. Reading months-old entries always reveals random elements of REM sleep activity forgotten over time. Of all the entries, my particular favorites are what I call nerdgasm dreams. No, I’m not talking about dreams of our favorite FBOTMs with a “happy ending” (as nice as that would be). Rather, it’s those dreams where various nerdy obsessions join forces in an explosion at the genre factory. Here’s one I had the morning of January 28, 2009, probably courtesy of the huge helping of Chinese take-out I had right before bed…
I’m back in high school, scribbling away on a sheet of paper. Though the school has a generic suburban look, and all the students are in casual ‘90s outfits, the curriculum is straight out of Harry Potter. We’re preparing for our upcoming O.W.L.s, though it’s a little difficult, because the entire building keeps shaking from massive explosions close by.
“What the hell?!”
“Oh, it’s just another zombie invasion.”
“Oh…okay.”
(Read the rest of Tommy’s fabulous dream after the jump.)
With that explanation out of the way, everyone else goes right back to studying, except for me. “Um, hello?! It’s a zombie invasion!” Still, no one else seems to care, even when we’re changing classes and see tons of zombies right outside. I’m freaked out, so I run in the opposite direction and exit the school. Not smart. Before I know what’s happening, I’m not being chased by zombies, but by an evil sorceress. As she transforms into a dragon, I turn myself into a tiny snail and make my escape.
I head to the beach, where I suddenly come across a huge gathering of Vikings, Native Americans and Elves. A massive troll army, accompanied by several Nazgûl, has taken over much of the coast, forcing all the disparate groups at this gathering to work together. Among the elves are five pairs of warriors who are revered by the rest of their contingent. Four of the pairs are female, including a lesbian couple, while the two men in the elite group are also clearly lovers. One of the gay warriors sees my look of shock and goes into this whole spiel about how his people are by and large okay with homosexual pairings. Lots of talk, talk, talk, but I’m pretty much just focused on how hot he is.
An alliance is finally brokered, and the combined forces sail toward the island fortress of the trolls. At the helm of the flagship is Wonder Woman (uh, where did she come from?!), along with three of the elite elven women who turn out to be the reincarnations of the female power-trio from Thundarr the Barbarian (Cinda, the berserker, Maya the elementalist, and Valerie, the time-traveler). The women carve a path of utter devastation through the troll ranks, with the allied humans and elves right behind them. The massive battle is soon won, and everyone sails back for a victory celebration on the beach. One of the elf women happens to be a part of the lesbian pair, and soon she and her girlfriend are fervently liplocked in that special way that gets straight fanboys all a-twitter. I look over at the gay male pair and wonder why I can’t see some action more to my liking (this was not one of my more lucid dreams). Then, right on cue, the damn alarm clock ends it all. Drat!
In terms of sheer number of geek references, it was a doozy, if I do say so myself. And it’s not the only dream of that kind I’ve ever had! So how about you? Any nerdgasm dreams you’d like to share? I showed you mine…
Hahah, that’s awesome! It’s so amazing when you have those dreams where time really seems to stretch out. Love the bit about the Pause menu and Recall .
I had this dream a few months ago. I had been playing a whole lot of Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance II, so the dream was in that game’s interface. I was leading a small group of warriors through a wasted landscape, very much like Doomsday. We came upon a ruined city, and we were drawn to a large, ornate cathedral that was holding better than the buildings around it. We entered, and the cut scene began when we activated a machine on the altar that played a holographic movie.
Years earlier, a toxin had been released into the air in this region, despoiling the land. The people refused to move, determined to fight nature out of hubris. The populace had to begin wearing gas masks as the air was deadly to breathe, and loose clothing suited for desert climes as the wind tended to be harsh. As a result of walking around faceless all the time, the people as a whole began to lose their minds and turn into catatonic, zombie-like creatures. The movie called this the “Great Void Mind.”
My crew and I stepped outside the church and were immediately beset upon by a mob of zombies. We began fighting, but that’s when I woke up. But I didn’t just wake up. Since I was playing in the BG:DA2 interface, when I wanted to wake up, the Pause menu appeared, and I selected the “Recall” option. Then I opened my eyes.
Guest Blog: Geek Dreams (Are Made of This)
By Chance
April 27, 2009 at 1:53AM EDT
Dreamy Pride High author Tommy Roddy shares a page from his dream journal. Enjoy!
Off and on since childhood, I’ve kept a dream journal. It started out as scribbled text on a notebook, but in these advanced technological times, I now use Google Documents. Reading months-old entries always reveals random elements of REM sleep activity forgotten over time. Of all the entries, my particular favorites are what I call nerdgasm dreams. No, I’m not talking about dreams of our favorite FBOTMs with a “happy ending” (as nice as that would be). Rather, it’s those dreams where various nerdy obsessions join forces in an explosion at the genre factory. Here’s one I had the morning of January 28, 2009, probably courtesy of the huge helping of Chinese take-out I had right before bed…
I’m back in high school, scribbling away on a sheet of paper. Though the school has a generic suburban look, and all the students are in casual ‘90s outfits, the curriculum is straight out of Harry Potter. We’re preparing for our upcoming O.W.L.s, though it’s a little difficult, because the entire building keeps shaking from massive explosions close by.
“What the hell?!”
“Oh, it’s just another zombie invasion.”
“Oh…okay.”
(Read the rest of Tommy’s fabulous dream after the jump.)
With that explanation out of the way, everyone else goes right back to studying, except for me. “Um, hello?! It’s a zombie invasion!” Still, no one else seems to care, even when we’re changing classes and see tons of zombies right outside. I’m freaked out, so I run in the opposite direction and exit the school. Not smart. Before I know what’s happening, I’m not being chased by zombies, but by an evil sorceress. As she transforms into a dragon, I turn myself into a tiny snail and make my escape.
I head to the beach, where I suddenly come across a huge gathering of Vikings, Native Americans and Elves. A massive troll army, accompanied by several Nazgûl, has taken over much of the coast, forcing all the disparate groups at this gathering to work together. Among the elves are five pairs of warriors who are revered by the rest of their contingent. Four of the pairs are female, including a lesbian couple, while the two men in the elite group are also clearly lovers. One of the gay warriors sees my look of shock and goes into this whole spiel about how his people are by and large okay with homosexual pairings. Lots of talk, talk, talk, but I’m pretty much just focused on how hot he is.
An alliance is finally brokered, and the combined forces sail toward the island fortress of the trolls. At the helm of the flagship is Wonder Woman (uh, where did she come from?!), along with three of the elite elven women who turn out to be the reincarnations of the female power-trio from Thundarr the Barbarian (Cinda, the berserker, Maya the elementalist, and Valerie, the time-traveler). The women carve a path of utter devastation through the troll ranks, with the allied humans and elves right behind them. The massive battle is soon won, and everyone sails back for a victory celebration on the beach. One of the elf women happens to be a part of the lesbian pair, and soon she and her girlfriend are fervently liplocked in that special way that gets straight fanboys all a-twitter. I look over at the gay male pair and wonder why I can’t see some action more to my liking (this was not one of my more lucid dreams). Then, right on cue, the damn alarm clock ends it all. Drat!
In terms of sheer number of geek references, it was a doozy, if I do say so myself. And it’s not the only dream of that kind I’ve ever had! So how about you? Any nerdgasm dreams you’d like to share? I showed you mine…
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Hahah, that’s awesome! It’s so amazing when you have those dreams where time really seems to stretch out. Love the bit about the Pause menu and Recall
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I had this dream a few months ago. I had been playing a whole lot of Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance II, so the dream was in that game’s interface. I was leading a small group of warriors through a wasted landscape, very much like Doomsday. We came upon a ruined city, and we were drawn to a large, ornate cathedral that was holding better than the buildings around it. We entered, and the cut scene began when we activated a machine on the altar that played a holographic movie.
Years earlier, a toxin had been released into the air in this region, despoiling the land. The people refused to move, determined to fight nature out of hubris. The populace had to begin wearing gas masks as the air was deadly to breathe, and loose clothing suited for desert climes as the wind tended to be harsh. As a result of walking around faceless all the time, the people as a whole began to lose their minds and turn into catatonic, zombie-like creatures. The movie called this the “Great Void Mind.”
My crew and I stepped outside the church and were immediately beset upon by a mob of zombies. We began fighting, but that’s when I woke up. But I didn’t just wake up. Since I was playing in the BG:DA2 interface, when I wanted to wake up, the Pause menu appeared, and I selected the “Recall” option. Then I opened my eyes.
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