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I'm so excited! I start my first teaching placement next week! I'm there for four weeks to observe and assist.

Sadly it isn't your school Mary, but hopefully next time! I'm keeping my fingers crossed :D

Hello. This is a sort of public service announcement. My name is Mary Poppins and I recently held a conversation with Hanna (unknown last name) about attending school. I wished to speak with her parents or guardians about enrolling her.

Not exactly what I was expecting for my first dream.

Hi everyone! I'm Charlotte. Chuck. Whatever you want to call me, I don't mind (as long as it's Charlotte or Chuck, I mean, let's not try and get creative). I just moved here a month or so ago - how about that volcano, huh? It was so cool scary. Glad it's done, though.

I've been so busy getting into work that I haven't really had any time to see what's all out there in Orange County, or meet any people my own age, and someone mentioned they heard about this network, so here I am. :) So. What's all there out in there in Orange County? Besides Disney - which I really want to check out sometime.

I killeds them. It was so easy. They thought it was him, but it was me. I tricked them. I don't like my dreams.

Wow that was a really vivid dream! Claire and I were living in this big...well it's kind of a closed off world called Cocoon. Like we're inside a big egg or something floating in the sky.

And everyone called Claire Lightning because she hates her name so that wasn't too different.

Okay, so this place is even more awesome now. What were those things that we were fighting over the last week? I mean, really! I've never had so much fun!

Did everyone else enjoy it????

Nothing's ever just normal around here, is it?

I've decided that my father in my dreams is even more incompetent of a parent than he was in the waking life.

What man lets his fourteen year old daughter run around hunting down the enemy?

I did get some satisfaction from seeing Mai and Ty Lee again, though. Mmm.

Hate these dreams. Hate them, hate them, hate them. More Troy nonsense. I wasn't even supposed to be fighting, I'm the very definition of a lover, not a fighter. But, you know, Athena wounds Ares and knocks him down and I'm all sentimental so I try to get him away from the fighting. But then Hera sics Athena on me, and she hit me so hard that my heart stopped. And then she hovers over us, him gushing ichor out of his neck wound and me gasping and trying to get my heart started again, and gloats! She gloats!

I wake up to my heart having stopped and a big red mark in the center of my chest. Now I'm all achy and sore and I'm just not in the mood to deal with this shit today.

If anyone was wondering why giving General Skywalker a padawan was a bad idea, I woke up holding Ahsoka's braid and the words 'I understand wanting to walk away from the Order' on my lips.

But this time, it wasn't me. I did not fail her, the Order did. The Order failed her as it did me, and Barriss, and all of the Lost Twenty. I should have left with her, it would have made our marriage so much easier on Padme if I had, and Obi-wan could have been made to understand.

It might be an understatement that my dream self can be very frustrating.

In the midst of the ash and chaos, I welcomed a...small bundle of joy? into the world. I'm not sure what the young are called. Pups? Its mother was a beast of burden and faithful companion in my dream world, similar to a horse or camel. Her name is Rooh and I've decided to call her wee one Owen. I think it's a male, anyway.

So...this dream thing. It's real, isn't it? I mean, we never had this bad of a volcanic explosion or earthquake really in the heart of Japan.

I just had mine. Well, two of them, back to back. I'm not even human in mine. Something called a Saiyan. Anyone know what that is?

Well, glad to see nothing's changed in this town. Volcanic ash?

I just flew back from somewhere classified, I got shot while I was there, and while I'm okay right now, I'm gonna run out of painkillers if I can't get out of the airport soonish.

I know everyone's been advised to stay inside. It's probably for the best, of course, but ... It just so funny. Like my friend and I were compelled to go out and stop roving bands of orcs. And I have to say, it was fun ... Well.

I've never shot like that before, ever. And seeing as I do archery professionally, that's a bit of a feat. My bow's never handled nearly so well, and all I can think of is how much better it might have been if I'd had the bow and the arrows from my dreams.

I must admit, it's quite amusing to go through the various reactions to what's going on outside. Many people treat it like an every day occurrence while others, such as myself, are wide eyed and wondering what is happening! A normal thing to have strange things happen here. Part of me wonders what I've gotten myself into, moving here. Well, I will add another word of caution as everyone else has. Please be careful. Especially if you step outside. Not only are there strange things moving about but the air is terrible.

[Filtered to Bran Stark]
I saw an earlier post by your sister about your dog bringing in an arm of...something. I hope you and your family are doing alright at home and not going out!

[Filtered to Serah Farron]
How are you doing? I hope you're staying at home during these strange times. Although, I do find productive behavior to help release the stress from our current circumstances. Were you able to finish going through those stacks of worksheets you took home?

Well...now I know who my birth mother is. Also that she's a raging psychopath in my dreams.

And I got to stab a vampire with some pencils. I'm pretty awesome.

Oh my gosh. This is actual super scary. Like that movie Volcano. :(

On a brighter note, my sisters and I are thinking of putting together a beach clean up once everything is okay. That way everyone can enjoy it a little sooner and go back to having fun and mot worrying about scary things like volcanoes.

It's absolutely frightful outside. It's times like these when I'm glad I'm able to work from home.

I'm not much of an 'outdoors' person as it is, but usually that's because there's too much fresh air out there instead of -- whatever this is.

Because of the weird weather we're having, I tried working at home for the day.

Let me tell you, it's really hard to be at a sewing machine with kids being underfoot. Or better yet, trying to help.

We ended up making stuffed animals out of socks instead, so the day wasn't a total waste.

Oh look, dark nasty things are prowling around out there.

Time to rain fire down from the sky and electrocute things, I suppose. Did they say we were supposed to stay inside? Bah, who listens to orders anyway?

I'm very much heeding the advice and staying indoors. While this place is generally odd at the worst of times, the inclusion of a natural disaster doesn't particular put me at ease. At the very least, I'll be able to focus on a few personal projects I've got underway.

I'm sure everyone's read this enough in the past few hours, but, please, do be safe. When people tell you to stay indoors, it's generally wise to listen. And by all means (and I say this on behalf of Tony, who I'm certain will agree), to all Stark Employees, nothing you're working on is more important than your immediate safety. Please do not try to go to work until this has cleared over.

... So this is odd. And yet totally normal for us.

If anyone is missing someone, and is worried about their safety or anything, let me know. I can find anyone.

Soooo, I just let Nymeria out to use the bathroom, cause really, you try telling a wolf she can't go outside, and anyway, she ran off into the woods behind the house, as she usually does and when she came back, she had an arm in her mouth. Don't worry, it wasn't human, but I don't really know what kind it is. Looks kind of gobliny. Or what a goblin arm would look like if goblins were real.

I don't know why I'm at all surprised when I dream anymore. The whole town is cursed, really and my own life is like the Maker returned just to point at me and laugh. Very funny, Maker.

It's just like my life to fall in love with a man who hates everything I stand for, somehow get him to fall in love with me anyway, get into a shouting/punching match that leads to one glorious night together, and then wake up to find him leaving me. Bastard porcupine elf. You deserve all of that angst that dribbles off your words. Every ounce of it.

I have been fortunate enough to find a nice job at a local elementary school here in Anaheim. I'm currently teaching 5th grade and while most of my students are wonderful, I cannot believe the behavior some of them show! I've been a nanny in the past and have never allowed any of my charges, regardless of their age, to utter a word of vulgarity! I can only imagine these children pick it up from home or their schoolmates, but why must they be taught these words at such a young age?

And don't even get me started on their use of technology. Is it really necessary for a ten year old to have an iPhone that they try and sneak texts during class? Who are they texting??

So, Valentine's Day kind of sucked since Gendry is in Scotland and all. I didn't mope around though, cause that's just not me. My parents went away for the weekend though, so I took Rickon out for dinner, which meant since Myrcella was with her boyfriend, that left Bran and Damian alone at the house. Stupid boys decided to mope around and got a little drunk, but anyone who saw Bran's post the other night could probably figure that out for themselves. When Rickon and I got home, I had to take care of their stupid asses. Luckily neither of them got sick, otherwise I would have made them clean it up.

So meditation when you're agitated is pretty near impossible. Maybe I'm not helping by obsessing but I can't seem to make myself quit no matter what I do. Every attempted distraction just comes back around to seeing her in his arms, seeing him worry over her when she had been poisoned, and my rage at the lot of them and their Confederacy. These dreams are going to drive me crazy, I swear and there's very little I can do about it. All I can think to do is let it out before I make myself worse, so here it is:

If Rush Clovis, or any member of the Trade Federation or Separatist, or really anyone else, puts a hand on my wife again I will gut them.

Not sure if that will help, but I do feel a little better.

OKay, medical professionals and home medicine practitioners.

Assuming I don't want to use a metric buttload of cover-up, is there something you can do to get bruises to fade away? Because I am sick to death of looking at them.

It's officially open! Four Star Karate Dojo has been opened just off Huntington Beach.

Belt tests and initial classes are being held this upcoming week; no appointments necessary. Any age is welcome, though I do ask 12 and under that if your parents can come with you that would be fantastic.

Classes start at $10 a class. That's a good price, right? Or a good meal, because I really can't cook!

Hello/Salut.

I have to say, I'm delighted to finally be spending an extended amount of time in California. It's a beautiful state, and, if I'm going to be honest, the women and the men are just as nice to look at as the scenery.

My name is Aramis, and, as it's been mentioned I'm going to be here some time, I felt it would be best to really get to know the community. This network seems the place to do that, so here I am, and I hope I'll be welcomed with open arms. In most cases, I will not object to actually being welcomed that way, should it come to pass we meet in person.

(It also happens to be my birthday today, if that makes anyone feel more inclined to open their arms to me.)

I will admit, Valentine's day is not a holiday I've ever celebrated. That's alright. I had a wonderful couple that I taught a tea ceremony to for their Valentine's gift to each other. It was rather sweet. I made sure to include some sweet treats.

I've had more dreams. I didn't get the closure I'd been anticipating, since it seemed that they just ... Jumped ahead several years. Decades, even, I think. But seeing as I'm still alive and well, I suppose that, whatever I was going after in my last dreams, I made it out all right.

But now it seems my dreams are going to take me on quite the journey, with something of a motley crew. Sam Gamgee, did you know when we first met that I'd dream these things? Though you're not the only name I've come to recognize when it comes to this network.

My coworkers have been handing out candy today in large amounts. I've collected something of a plethora of heart shaped sweets.

I am... uncertain of why they exist. They don't taste good, and the messages written on them aren't especially "cute". I can't be the only person who doesn't appreciate the misspelling of "you're".

Totally going out for beers tonight. The bars are either A) empty, because all the dudes took out their girlfriends/wives/boyfriends for the holiday, or B) filled with single and lonely people who are just dying to buy a pretty girl a drink.

My best friends' names are Damon and Damian. I don't know what that says about me.

Valentines Day is the funniest holiday because people are either really happy or really upset that other people are happy.

I wonder if my ex is spending Valentines Day with a hot girl? Those are not very Princely thoughts. Did I ever mention I'm sometimes a Lord and sometimes a Prince in my dreams?

Sometimes, when I have dreams, I wake up thinking I'm my wolf and it takes me a few minutes to readjust to being human. I miss Jojen. Is Jojen Reed out there?

I might be a little tipsy.

I attempted to make heart-shaped pancakes this morning. But they came out looking...rather unsavory. They looked like ball sacks when you turned them upside down. I also burned the eggs. I'm hopeless in the kitchen.

Screw V-Day Day. This is where it's at.

I grew up in the Soviet system. For many years I wanted nothing more than to be a good little Communist. I was proud of where I came from, and I am proud of my new home country, America. But I grow very tired of the jokes, the "Red" and "Communist" humor, and joking that the athletes have "earned extra food for their districts" by doing well.

We are a civilized society - or we would be if we treated everyone equally. I find those laws disgusting and barbaric; all the negative publicity in that regard is utterly deserved. But if I hear one more comment about how the man responsible for the rings mishap was "found dead", or that the gold medal will be "melted down and shared with the collective", I may shoot out my television.

It's funny how we use the heart to symbolize love. You'd think it would be another organ. But the heart is life and often a romance leaves you wishing yourself dead.

I do have a fondness for roses, though. Those never go amiss.

With chills and hot flashes, my cold has officially gotten worse. I think it may actually be the flu. I am under full quarantine in my den.

Well, hi, everyone!

Guess I the newbie here! Moved here from Nippon! Fun!

Some guy on the airplane told me about this place before so I wanted to sign on before I forgot about you people.

I'm Goku! I'm going to start up a karate dojo this week, not sure where yet though. Anyone got any ideas? Anyone want any lessons?

We are completely unpacked now. That only took a little longer than expected because Caspian was doing some of it on his own while I was sick and then as a result, I rearranged some things when I was feeling better. Aslan seems to have settled in well, which I'm glad about. I was worried that the move would cause him some distress or something. I've also submitted my resume to a local veterinary clinic, not that my resume is extremely impressive at this time, but I do have some prior experience.

Made our first actual home cooked meal tonight after a few weeks of take away or mac and cheese. I decided to make cheesy chicken enchiladas and I'm fairly certain Caspian enjoyed them, because he ate about four.

[Filtered Away from Caspian]
Because we're both very new to the area, I was wondering if anyone could give me any recommendations as to where we could go for Valentine's Day. I've tried google, but being new to the area makes even that a little difficult.

Well, this country is very dirty! I made a stop at Chicago, Pittsburgh, and finally LA and every airport I arrived at was filthy! With so many persons moving back and forth between states and cities, I would think there would be better hygiene for their guests.

Apparently I'm wrong in that fact as my new flat is not quite up to my standards. There was dust on the mantel and it had this particular smell of...well, age. But not to worry! Once I set to cleaning, I'm sure it will be practically perfect.

So! I must make my apologies for not introducing myself straightaway! My name is Mary Poppins and I have just come to this god forsaken wonderful place from London England.

Mmm there's nothing that I love more than this feeling of motivation. I actually cleaned. I know. I know. Heart attack central. I think it's time I had a spa day though.

Shinigami Folks
Don't jinx it by reminding me I'm a lazy bitch back in Dreams.
Just don't. I'm enjoying this feeling of getting stuff done.

I don't know what's gotten a hold of me.

Feeling the urge to stab people has only increased.

Dumb question. Anyone ever feel like they're dreaming of two sides of the same story? Because I'm gettin' real fuckin' confused.