European Adventure #6 - Dream Sponsorship

Before I move on to the Dublin leg of our trip, there's some unfinsihed business in Vienna.

There must be something in the water in Vienna (hops, barley, etc.) because I usually have fairly unremarkable dreams, but there I had crazy things happen in my sleep.

There I was, sleeping and dreaming a respectably entertianing dream in which I rode a slow moving roller coaster in teh clouds above a major US city, possibly Chicago, while on a business trip that I was using to legitimize golfing at some really nice golf course. Of course, in real life, I've never been to Chicago, I rarely have business trips and I don't golf, but that's why they call'm dreams, kids.

Anyhow, the dream wasn't really anything all that special until the slow roller coaster came back down to Chicago and dropped me off at what appeared to be a college campus. At his point I notice an interesting assortment of celebrities walking around with backpacks on as if they are going to class. And they were sports celebrities I don't really care about. Mostly just sports stars who are pretty popular in comercials: Ladanian Tomlinson, Shuan White etc.

So I'm standing there watching these sports celebrities walk to class and that's where things took a turn.

The dream switches cameras on me. Instead of me seeing things through my eyes, the "camera" is behind me. It slowly pulls back and up to reveal that each sports celebrity who is walking to class is being followed by a pack of clones that are all walking with them in perfect formation. Then the camera takes off, as if on a helicopter, to reveal that the campus is just filled with these pods of sport celebrity clones all walking to class with their backpacks over one shoulder.

Then it happened...and this could change dreams forever. The "tv screen" of my dream faded to black and then, just like I were sitting on the couch watching an A's game or Hannah Montana, the Toyota logo flashed up and immediately triggered me awake.

The thought that a company could buy ad space in people's dreams is a sci-fi plot waiting to happen...and if you're a budding sci-fi writer I encourage you to take my idea and run with it. Of course, I will expect 50% of all profits.

Now, on to Dublin!