September 29, 2015- Duran Duran and NYC

I had set my alarm for 4 a.m. yesterday but I shut it off and went back to bed. I pretty much gave up on my plan to go into the city to find out about the DD wristband situation. It more than likely would have been a wasted trip anyhow. That ship has sailed already. I wish that I could have been on it to meet Captain Le Bon and his crew.

   I am trying to tell myself that meeting the DD guys was just not meant to be but it is very hard to do that because it is my big dummy’s side who prevented me from going to that store a couple of times when there would have been a chance for me to get a wristband.

   I can’t believe that I had actually thought about going to see Duran Duran at that FOLD festival on Long Island. I had researched the public transportation for it but then my rational side said that I better not dig into my auto repair fund to pay for this adventure. My bad side is wishing that I had done so.

   They had shown a bit of this event during that “CBS Sunday Morning’ show. I think that I saw one girl going bonkers because she got to hug one of the band members but I forget which one. Maybe I am even wrong about this; could be a false memory.

 

After NYC

I told Amy about the Duran Duran autograph signing. She called the store for me to find out about the wristband situation. They still had some left. I was too afraid and ashamed to make this call myself. It seems ridiculous that we were doing this during a therapy session.

   The John Taylor autograph signing topic was brought up by her. She said that I seemed to do okay with that. I said that I must have been braver a few years ago.

   I went to Linden station right after this. I got a little lost when trying to find the store. I saw a lady with a Century 21 bag so I got up enough courage to ask her where this place was. I wasn’t that far from it.

  The inside of the store was so confusing to me; it felt like my head was spinning trying to find the way to get to the lower level.  The elevators seemed to be for employees only. I finally asked an employee who directed me to the right one then I had to take an escalator.

   I made up a story about how I was getting this CD for a friend from P.A. so she could go to the signing. I was still feeling embarrassed to be doing such a thing. I said that I am mostly into country music and asked him if they had any. He said that there is a small selection of it.

   They had the new Luke Bryan one and it was only $9.99 but I really want the Target edition with the 3 extra songs on it.

   I was too exhausted to even look around the store. I did check out a small display of jewelry quickly but didn’t really see anything that I liked.

   I was just glad to get back to Penn Station. I wound up getting on the wrong train though so I had to get off at Newark station and wait for the right one.

   I hadn’t been in that city since 2007 for the Bon Jovi concert. It was sort of cool but odd when I heard one of their songs, “Make a Memory” playing in that station.

   I had to drive home in the pouring rain for a few minutes. This was very scary. I was praying that I would not get into an accident.

   I wasn’t going to tell my brother where I had been. I had told him that I was going to the library after my appointment. I decided to reveal the truth after all. He definitely must think that I am totally obsessed with Duran Duran now.

   I won’t believe that I am truly meeting them until they are actually in front of me though. I just hope that nothing goes wrong that will spoil this awesome occasion for me.

   I should have asked where in this store that the event is taking place. That J&R Express area seems pretty small. They must have another spot for the signing. I guess that I will have to wait until next Wednesday to find out.

   I hope that I don’t get lost again trying to find this store. How early should I get there? It starts at 6:00 so maybe 4:00 would be good. I am sure that some girls will arrive even earlier than that.

  I had thought about getting the DD CD and wristband for my brother but I was not certain that he would be interested. He has been listening to them a lot more than I have lately.

   I do sort of wish that he was coming with me. Well, part of me would be worried that he might say something that would embarrass me around the DD guys.

   I am sure that we will be herded through this process swiftly. I can’t imagine that they will want to be there for any more than a couple of hours. There are 400 people to get through, so maybe like 30-40 seconds for each of us.

    I am already nervous about meeting all of them. I probably won’t even say more than “Hello” and “Thank you”.

  I watched a video clip of a Simon and John interview about their pets. They both have Chihuahuas. Someone posted this on Tumblr. I wasn’t going to do another DD post there because I really didn’t want to see my photos of them but did one with 3 group shots.

   I didn’t get the chance to check a B&N in the city for that Classic Pop magazine with DD on the cover. Maybe I will just see if ours has it first. It is a British publication, I think, so they might not have it. An NYC store might be more likely to carry it.

   

Dreamtime-

May 1, 2009- Two Parties

My family and I were at a party at the big, fancy home of one of my Aunt Ann’s friends, Barbara (fictional). Approximately 70 people were here. I was a little anxious. Mom was chatting with her niece, Fran. Dad was having a conversation with Uncle Joe.

   I was mostly hanging out with my brother and cousin Missy. I did go over to my aunt for a bit. She was talking to her daughter Donna about mystery novels. I sort of wanted to join in on this conversation but wasn’t feeling comfortable enough to do so, probably partially due to my low self-esteem.

   Barbara announced that there was a special guest arriving now. We were told to go into the living room where a piano was. Sitting at it was Elton John. I was happy about this. He performed “Sad Songs” and “I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues”. He would be doing a few more songs later.

   I suddenly felt very tired. I asked if I could go to one of the bedrooms to take a nap. Barbara said that this would be fine.

    I was awoken from my sleep by the sound of 2 guys talking. When I opened my eyes, I saw that I was now in an entirely different setting. I was in the passenger seat of a car. The driver looked like David Hasselhoff. We were in the KITT car (Pontiac Trans-Am) from his show “Knight Rider”. He was talking to it.

   I didn’t really say anything to David/Michael Knight. I wondered where we might be going. No, I never did have a crush on this actor.

   We were driving through the countryside which was nice. I saw around a dozen balloons like the ones in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in a field; one was the Pillsbury Dough Boy.

   We arrived at our destination, a Victorian style home. I saw my mother’s car, the 1984 Buick Century, parked outside of it.

     This home turned out to be that of our friends, the Prescotts. Mrs. P asked Michael if he would stay for the party but he couldn’t because he had to go back to work.

   My parents and brother were in the backyard. Why hadn’t I just come there with them? It certainly was strange but interesting that a fictional character was part of this storyline.

   Mike and Jeff took a walk. I talked with Pam. Mom and Mrs. P were chatting about a Bradlees coworker of theirs. Billy Joel music was playing on the stereo.

    Dad and Mr. P had just made up over an argument that they had had at their workplace, General Motors. They put the burgers and hot dogs on the grill. I helped bring out some of the other food to the table.

   Mom had made her baked beans (she used to bring this to most barbecue parties that we went to), coleslaw, and potato salad. For dessert, there was cupcakes and Mom’s chocolate mayonnaise cake.

   Mike was talking about the trip to Austria that he was saving up for. The program ended shortly after that. I wished that I could have been at both parties for longer. I would have loved to have seen the rest of Elton John’s performance.

 

Our 1984 Buick Century

Mom's Pork and Beans recipe

Chocolate Mayonnaise cake

 

Note- the food, balloon, Elton John, and Billy Joel 8 track photos are from the internet.

Dreamtime-

January 3, 2010- An Aquarium Adventure

The aliens put me in a holodeck storyline with my Girl Scout troop; we looked about 13 or 14 years old. We were on a trip only I wasn’t entirely sure of which state we were in yet – either Florida or California. We were on a boat heading towards an island with a big aquarium on it.

   I saw dolphins and harmless sharks swimming around in the ocean. It was a lovely day; temps in the mid-70s and low humidity. I was listening to my troop mates talking. I was feeling like an outsider as I had during my real Girl Scout days. But I didn’t mind this here too much because I was excited about getting to see otters and other animals.

   Suddenly, things started getting scary for the boat was taking on water; somehow it had gotten damaged. We were semi- freaking out but when the crew informed us that we would be able to make it to the island without any problem, we calmed down. It was still 10 minutes away at that point.

    Everyone got out of the boat quickly though when we arrived there. I was a little bit slower because I was feeling a little ill- maybe seasickness. I became nervous as well when I couldn’t see any of my fellow Scouts or the 2 leaders- Mrs. M and Miss K, who also was our 4^th grade teacher.

    Although it was upsetting that none of them had waited for me, I decided to not let this spoil things and went off on my own on this adventure. It was strange that I didn’t spot any of them- how could they have gotten that far away from me in this short period of time?

   There were a lot of people at this aquarium; many of them were tour groups and those on class trips. I saw another Girl Scout troop also. Each group seemed to be wearing matching jackets or shirts. Ours had on yellow jackets like the ones that we had in reality. I was looking around for this at first and spotted girls wearing these. As I got closer to them though, I noticed that it wasn’t my troop and the jackets were just similar to ours.

      I was actually having so much fun looking at the animals, esp. the sea otters and seals. You were able to interact with some of them so I petted a baby otter and a seal pup. There were also sea lions, walruses, penguins, turtles, dolphin and more at this wonderful place.

   Most of the exhibits were indoors. There were several floors in this building. Of course, now such place exists on Earth near those 2 states or any other, at least not that I know about. It’s possible that a similar aquarium could be in our country somewhere.

    I still was slightly upset that my troop and its leaders didn’t even notice that I was missing. Wouldn’t they have asked an employee to make an announcement telling me to meet them in a certain area if they had? 

   Why should I even care, I was having a pretty good time on my own. Besides, they weren’t even real, just holograms or shape shifters- or both. I guess that a part of me was feeling lonely and wanted to share this experience with others.

   I went on the submarine ride afterwards.  I did feel a bit claustrophobic during that. We saw fish and other marine life during this 15 minute trip. This reminded me of the ride in Disney World- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea; I think that’s its name.

   I saw some nice stuff in the gift shop and bought a few of the cute, small stuffed animals- an otter, seal pup and dolphin. They were beanie baby types. The weird thing about them was that on the tags were names of tennis players; a part of the proceeds were going towards their charities. A pink seal had Safina’s name and Davydenko’s was on another- I forget which kind though.

    I can’t get away from the tennis, even in an alien holodeck storyline such as this. I was laughing on the inside about that.

    I’ve always wanted to go to an aquarium. There is one in Camden but no way would I ever drive there. There is also a small one in Point Pleasant, I think. Even that seems too far for me because of the driving anxiety.  I don’t know if this kind of trip could even be in my budget anyhow. Maybe in the afterlife I will get to go to such a place.

   I wonder if I ever found my troop.  Maybe they left without me. I wish that I could’ve been in this program for longer as I do with others. I was back in my room listening to a Bon Jovi CD on my stereo as I had been before being transported into the holodeck.

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea

Sea World 1976

Circus World 1976

 

 

part of my Girl Scout jacket

Turtleback Zoo 2012

 

 

 

September 19, 2015-More Friends- Part 2

   In high school I sometimes hung out with Mary and her friends at their table in the cafeteria. They were a year ahead of me. I think that she was a part of the Peer Club that would look after under classmates. They all seemed nice. I just wish that I hadn’t been so afraid to talk to them. I only did so a little.

   Mary invited me to her graduation party where I found out that she also had a crush on Don Mattingly. Someone gave her an 8x10 photo of him as a gift. It would have been good if I had gotten to know her and the other girls better.

   She is one of my Facebook friends as are some of my other former friends and classmates. I don’t really associate with any of them on that site though. I have sent them birthday wishes occasionally. I’m not that interested in social networking that way or even in person. I’m a very strange girl.

   A tiny part of me disagrees with this and was sort of hoping that I could make a connection with some of the girls that I’ve met at DD concerts and events. Of course, I don’t feel as if this could ever truly happen. I have done so a little bit with a couple of them but even this feels awkward to me.

   Tracey and I cut classes one afternoon to go down the shore – Asbury Park.  She borrowed her sister’s car, a Fiero, for this. That’s the only time that I’ve ever done something bad like that during my school days. I only got detention twice and the one time it was the whole class in high school. I can’t remember why this happened to me in the 5^th grade.

   Tracey was a big Springsteen fan. I’m pretty sure she had a crush on him. We didn’t really hang out that much and it was mainly at school. She was nice; I wish that we could have had a closer friendship but I guess that my social anxiety was partially to blame for this.

   Julia and I went to the Westfield Theater to see The Manhattan Project but I don’t really remember anything about that movie. Mom took the 2 of us and Mike to Woodbridge Mall. Julia ran up the down escalator there. Mom bought her a nice pair of jeans that day.

   She rode her bike over to our house one day. We drove her home. I only remember being at her host families house once or twice; I think that it was in Roselle.

   We mostly only hung out together in school though and she seemed closer to a few other girls in our class. I am glad that we were friends and not just because I got the chance to go to Germany and stay with her family. I would have never been able to afford anything but what I had to pay for- the airline ticket and souvenirs-otherwise.

   My 2- 3 year friendship in the late 90s with Lynn was nice; it’s a shame that we drifted apart. We had sent holiday cards to each other for a few years after that. We had a lot of fun going to garage sales and flea markets.  We sometimes did arts and crafts like decoupage. She liked stuffed animals and stickers too.  I gave her my small Friend Care Bear.

   We went to the Flemington Outlet Center with a couple of friends of hers. Matt and I went to her birthday party. I gave her a Gund brand doggie which she loved. She had a pet ferret but I don’t remember its name.

    Gina and Roy were our family friends. They used to live somewhere in North Jersey before moving to a house across the street from us.

   Our parents went with them to a mall in that area one day in 1976. That is when they bought our Shetland sheepdog pup Rusty from a pet store there. They had an adorable doggie named Barky. I am pretty sure that it was part Border collie.

 Mom said that Roy and Gina saw Grease in the movie theater at least 10 times. I liked the big scrapbook of 8x10s of stars that they had in the attic room of their nice house. I wish that I could remember who was in this book. In the early 90s, Mike and I started collecting photos of our favorite stars too.

  Roy and Dad worked in GM. They used to drive there together. Early one morning (it was still dark), Roy was hit and killed by a car when crossing the street to get to our apartment. This was very upsetting. That was in 1980 or 1981, I think.

     

 

 

 

September 19, 2015- More Friends-Part 1

I seem to think about our childhood friends, acquaintances and classmates often, even in my dreams. I’m sure that they don’t think of us. Amy would just say “How do you know that?” They have/had other friends in their lives so we weren’t a significant part of it. I’m not doing the mind reading thing; I’m simply saying that this could be true. Mike agrees with me.

   Michelle G was a nice girl whom I was friends with for a few years but we weren’t that close which I’m wishing now that we could have been. I remember how much she loved Sesame Street’s Grover. She even had a Super Grover stuffed animal. The girls were telling scary stories like about the Hookman at her birthday/slumber party.

   She was in the Girl Scouts for a couple of years or maybe a little more. She accidentally dropped a meatball with sauce on me which messed up my white blouse at a covered dish supper in the gym of our grade school. We were actually laughing about that. Now something like this would make me very anxious and upset.  I wonder if she was jealous of Jen who had a lot of badges like I was.

   There were so many slugs on the sidewalk in front of Michelle’s house one day which totally creeped us out. Her mom drove me home once and thought that we lived in the entire apartment unit of 3. I had to explain to her the 4 types of apartments that are in our town. That was one floor. We are in a 2 floor, unit of 4 one now.

   I wish that she hadn’t switched schools in the 7^th grade. We didn’t keep in touch after that. Or maybe we did via mail a couple of times. I do still have a letter of hers. I should read it and see when it’s from. I also have a picture of Hagar the Horrible that she drew for me.

   I was friends with my neighbor Trisha when I was a little girl. I don’t remember that much about her though. She has a younger brother. I have a few photos of her- at my birthday party and our town carnival. I’m pretty sure that we went to preschool together. They moved to a house in Roselle that I vaguely recall being at once or twice.

  Mike and I were friends with Christina and her sister Diane. Our moms were also good friends. We went to Christina’s birthday/pool party. Pin the Tail on the Donkey was played at it. We were kind of jealous that their parents had a station wagon with a back window that could open. We wished that Dad had gotten one like this too.

   Both of their parents died over the past 7 years. Christina was taking care of them. She has a cute beagle. It is so mean that her brother kicked her out of the house so that he can move in there. She stopped by a few years ago and told us about this. We hadn’t seen her in a long time. It was nice to hear that she has good memories of our friendship. So there is one friend that has thought of us.

   I could have been friends with Carol S but I blew that by blabbing a secret that she had told me to the popular girls on the bus ride home from our Scout trip to DC in 1981. She had stolen a t shirt from a souvenir place. Did I actually think that by doing this that they would accept me into their clique? There was no chance of that ever happening. I was still that nerdy girl to them and I lost out on having a friend. Carol was so upset with me. I felt horrible about this.

 

 

Trisha and Me

 

Note- Super Grover and the game are internet photos.

 

 

September 18, 2015- Duran Duran- Today Show- Part 2

   During “Last Night in the City”, Simon and the girl singer- I forget her name- came down the runway to sing part of it. Simon was so close to us when he was there.

 

  I didn’t even realize that I had been taking so many photos until I got home and looked at them. I am kind of annoyed at myself for my lack of control. I swore that I wouldn’t do that again. I don’t seem to be able to learn my lesson after doing so at the Wellmont Theater 7 years ago.

   I heard Kelly telling someone that there were still wristbands available for DD’s album signing at Century 21 on October 7. I had been thinking about going there to get this and the CD for the past 10 days but was feeling too afraid and embarrassed to do so. I wish that I wasn’t.

 

   It was funny that Dom was wearing a fan pass during the sound check. I didn’t notice this until looking at my photos. I went onto Facebook and looked at Jenny and Kelly’s pictures too.

   I don’t even know what other guests were on the show that day and part of me doesn’t even care. Sarah Jessica Parker might have been one of them. I wish that I could have seen the adorable Wrangler. I did see a cute Yorkie. That girl singer was holding it.

   I did set the DVR up to tape this so I probably will watch it someday soon. I don’t know if I want to transfer it to videotape to keep it or not yet though. I would put it on with their 2012 appearance on “GMA” that I was also at if I do. I still haven’t watched that.

 

 

 

 

 

September 18, 2015- Duran Duran- “Today” Show- Part 1

Jenny picked me up at around 1:20 yesterday. We were waiting in her car until the train arrived. DD’s Paper Gods was playing on her stereo.

   Of course, my brother thinks that we are obsessed for getting up so early to attend this event. I don’t even care that thinks that about me regarding DD anymore. I am allowed to like them a lot.

   We were on line at the studio by 2:50. About 10 people were already there. The one was the girl who had been first in line at both the Terminal 5 and Port Chester shows.

   We got to see the DD guys arriving there. Well, we didn’t see John until Jenny played her video of this. He had gone inside so quickly that we missed him. Nick was shaking a couple of people’s hands which was nice.

   Kelly, the girl behind me, likes country music. I heard her talking to someone about some of the country stars who have done the concert series for this show. I told her that I had a pass for Alan Jackson but was unable to go. She had been there for that.

   I mentioned that I had been at the Chris Young concert at the Westbury in LI. She showed me a photo of her and him together; I was a little jealous. She is one of my Facebook friends now.

   We didn’t get into the Plaza to see the entire sound check of “Ordinary World” I don’t know why they had waited so long to start the process of letting us in.

   Jenny motioned for me to go over to the right because we would be closer to the stage there. It seemed as if a lot of the girls were making a mad dash to the left- must have been those devoted JT fans.

   Jenny and I were really upset that the guy employee (not sure of his job title) was handing out the wristbands that entitled you to move up closer to the stage to the people behind us. That was so unfair. We and the others in the front row had been waiting there a lot longer than they had.

   I tried not to let this spoil my enjoyment of this event but it was in the back of my mind off and on throughout it.

   The songs that they performed were “Ordinary World”, “Last Night in the City”, “Pressure Off”, and “Hungry Like the Wolf”. They also did a bit of “Notorious”; I guess that this was lead in to the return of the show from a commercial break or vice-versa.

   The live audience got a treat- a bonus song, “Save a Prayer.” We were all happy about that. The time seemed to pass by so quickly during the show unlike the wait before it when it was dragging by.

   Savannah called their new album “Paper Goods” which was kind of funny. I am sure that she was embarrassed. I can’t remember if it was Simon or John who corrected her. 

  

 

 

 

 

Dreamtime-

May 3, 2012- Simon and Roger

I was standing by a river looking at some elephants. There were a couple of adorable baby ones that I was taking a photo of. I heard a man’s voice asking me something about my camera. I looked over at him and saw that it was Simon Le Bon. We both looked in our early 20s.

   We talked about photography, travel, and animals. After about 10 minutes, we saw a crocodile approaching us at a fast speed. We ran into a cave to hide from it.

   There was a guy who looked like Harrison Ford in his mid-20s there. He told us that he was studying the plant life of this area. He invited us to stay for lunch but we declined. He then showed us a back way out of the cave. We had told him about the croc.

   As we were walking along the path and talking, Simon tripped over a rock and fell into a mud puddle. A middle aged couple approached us and gave Simon a towel to wipe himself off with.

   We sat under a tree that wasn’t that far from the hotel for a bit. Just as we were about to go there, the scenery changed.

    I was now sitting in the backseat of my Aunt Ann’s Honda Accord. Mom was there with me. My aunt was behind the wheel and a man with dark hair was in the passenger seat.

   When he turned around, I saw that it was Roger Taylor. We all looked as we did in the early 90s. Roger showed me a music mix CD that he had made. He would be doing his DJ thing at a club in Bordentown. As if he would really go to such a location.

   I found out that the son of my aunt’s friend was supposed to be driving him there but he was too sick to do so. We would be dropping him off there then going to Burlington Center mall. I would be going to that club later.

   At the mall, we went to Sears, Strawbridge and Clothier, JC Penny’s (where I bought a purple top), B Dalton’s (my aunt and I were looking at mystery novels), and Sam Goody (I checked out the Duran Duran section, naturally).

   We had dinner at the pizza place. I was excited about getting to see Roger again soon. Unfortunately, the storyline ended before I had that chance.

    I noticed that I still had the same purse from the holodeck. It had been in both scenarios. I opened it up and the camera was inside. I was happy that I would have photos of the elephants and one of Simon too.

 

 

Note- photos of  Simon Le Bon,the elephants, Harrison Ford, and the mall are from the internet.

 

 

September 15, 2015- Duran Duran- Terminal 5- NYC

I was so excited that I got to be in the front row of a Duran Duran concert for the first time ever. Gina, the girl that I was hanging out with before the show, was so happy about this too.

   We were all the way over to the left which was would have been better if not for that mini keyboard thing blocking the view of JT occasionally. You could see his bass then but not his face.

   I tried not letting this get to me and focusing on Simon and the rest of the gang more than but my fucked up brain wouldn’t fully let go of that disappointment. It didn’t seem to bother Gina that much; I wish that I could be more like her.

   She also likes John. She learned how to play the bass because of him.  It is interesting that at the past two shows I have wound up meeting and becoming Facebook friends with girls who have this in common with me. I am still ashamed to admit that I actually have a favorite. A big part of me just wants to say that I just like the music.

   Her favorite song is “New Moon on Monday”. She hasn’t seen them in concert since 2000, I think. My memory hasn’t been that great lately. She did say that she has the tour book from 1994.

   The concert was really good. The opening act was not bad. I don’t remember their name or any of the songs though.

   It was funny that both of us said that we don’t really care for “White Lines” and “Wild Boys”. At the beginning of both, we were making faces of disapproval at one another about this.

   They performed “Too Much Information” which I have never seen in concert before. I am pretty sure that I read that they haven’t done this at a show since 2001.

   I finally got to see them perform “Girls on Film” this year. They hadn’t done it at the Bethlehem show which some fans were upset about there. I won’t even get into that whole missing it at the Port Chester encore incident again.

   I just wish that I hadn’t mentioned that incident to the lawyer guy in line behind me. He said that I should have stuck around. He also told me that they hardly ever perform “Careless Memories”.

   I didn’t need to hear this. The self-criticism routine about it is starting again now. I had told Jenny about this too. She sympathized with me. I am sure that she wouldn’t have left that night. She is such a devoted fan.

  I didn’t meet Gina until we were in a waiting area in the terrace on the inside of this venue. It was kind of a strange place. I was just so glad that I had splurged on the ticket and that everything worked out.

   There was an Irish guy behind me that spilled some of his beer on me which was upsetting. Geez, the only times that this has ever happened to me has been at two DD shows. I probably wouldn’t be as upset about it if it were at any other concerts.

   I nearly left my bag with the print-out ticket and folder in it at that venue. I had that bag tied to my purse. I hadn’t even noticed that it fell off there during the show. Luckily, I noticed this before we left that place. Thank goodness it was close to the spot we had been in.

   Well, I finally listened to the Paper Gods CD. It is excellent. I am sure that most fans would wonder what took me so long to listen to it. I have had it for 3 days now. I was mostly watching TV over the weekend. And listening to my country music.

   I am anxious about going to see them at the “Today” show in two days, mainly because of having to socialize with Jenny. You would think that I would feel more comfortable interacting with people by now but it never gets easier, unfortunately.

   I am also feeling happy that she asked me to come along with her. It was nice that she thought of me. We surely are going to have wonderful time. We will be taking a very early train- 1:45- to get there so we can try to get close to the stage. I just hope that they open the barrier up and let the people towards the front move up even closer like they did at the Lady A show last fall.

John Taylor

 

Note- the concert photo was taken by Gina.

 

Dreamtime-

July 13, 2015- Buffy and Ginger

I felt my hand being licked while I was half-asleep. When I opened my eyes, my adorable spaniel Buffy was in bed with me. I was so happy to see her. I was also glad that I wasn’t in reality now. The day had been a pretty stressful one and not even listening to my Duran Duran Rio CD could calm me down.

   I was petting and hugging Buffy, plus telling her how much that I love her. I still feel terrible about not taking better care of the real Buffy. I should not have listened to that vet who told me to keep her on the steroid allergy med. That messed up her system as did not brushing her teeth.

   I should have gotten a second opinion and also have been willing to pay more for another kind of med. My brother and mother also feel horrible about this.

   I still feel as if people and other animals in the alien holodeck are very real to me. I guess that in the “Star Trek” world, the holograms are life-like too. You can touch them as if they are. It is not like the one that I saw during a Brad Paisley concert. I think that was a Carrie Underwood hologram.

   Something really strange happened next. The stuffed polar bear on my bed came to life and started talking to me. At first, I was a little startled and scared. Part of me was worried that the mean alien had had into this program and made this bear evil but luckily this wasn’t the case. He seemed friendly and even wanted to pet Buffy.

   Things got even better when suddenly my sweet mutt Ginger appeared on the bed with us. Buffy gave her a look that appeared to indicate that she didn’t want her there. Ginger looked at Buffy and also didn’t seem happy that another doggie was around.

   They sniffed one another. I told them that I loved them both equally. They then got along well which I was so pleased about.

   Ginger was always close to me. Buffy was more Mom’s doggie. I was a bit surprised that Buffy was sleeping with me but also overjoyed.

   I can’t believe that next year it will be 30 years since Ginger died. She could have lived longer if Dad had just paid to find out why she was so sick. It could have been just an infection that meds would have cured.

   It will be 5 years in November since Buffy’s death. I hope that I get to see both of them, Mookie, and other doggies in the afterlife.

   I was feeling a little sleepy after about 40 minutes. It was about 7:00 a.m. now. I should have been getting up but I wanted to stay in bed with my doggies for a bit longer. This was taking place in our present apartment which was unusual.

   I felt so comfortable and peaceful. I was beginning to fall asleep. The sound of my brother’s alarm woke me up. When I opened my eyes, my doggies were no longer there. I instantly knew that I was no longer in the holodeck. I wish that I could have been there longer.

Buffy

 

Ginger