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Hi, everyone! Another post so soon? Thanks to Naomi's brilliant idea, I'm going to put together a resource accessible to anyone dealing with the Dreams that essentially just lists who is being dreamed of and any other pertinent details you might think need to be included for others to identify that they're at least sharing dreams about the world even if they don't know the name. For example, it might look like:

Leia Organa-Solo - From Alderaan, daughter of Breha and Bail Organa
Han Solo - Made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs, from Corellia

Just leave a note here, anonymously or not, letting me know the name of who you are dreaming about and anything else you want to mention. If you want YOUR name attached to it, as well, for shared dreamers to more easily get in touch with you, let me know. Otherwise, I'll attach your Anon ID so that others can filter you anonymously!

This is totally optional, but I hope you'll consider doing it, at least anonymously!

Just out of curiosity, since I'm still just a couple months into this whole Dreaming thing, but is there any sort of, like, master list swimming around out there somewhere of who might be Dreaming about what? Because there are people I'd like to know about if they're around (in a good way), but I feel weird just throwing names out there. Maybe that shouldn't feel weird since it seems like most of us are in the same boat? But, I don't know. Just curious.

Annnnyway. Almost a month into year two of med school and I'm finally settling into a routine of classes, homework, and work. I might forget what my husband looks like (lol jk he's too beautiful to forget that) but it will all be worth it in 500 years when I'm a neurosurgeon. 👍🏾

Not sleeping is totally fine, right? I've got my bff Large Skinny Quad Vanilla Latte as my constant companion. Everything is fine. 😬😬

CONNOR

I saw this and decided you definitely needed it. And then I saw they had it in black and decided I needed it, too.

It's called retail therapy and it's the only way I'm coping with the 6 classes I ambitiously thought were a good idea in my final semester.

[DAHLIA, MILES, AND NAOMI]

Hey, fam!

Dahlia and I talked about it, and we decided that these airline vouchers will do you two far more good than they will do us. So next time we see each other, we want you two to have both of our vouchers from the scavenger hunt. Go visit family in Canada, or save it for a vacation you otherwise wouldn't take. Just enjoy and take lots of pictures wherever you go! 😘😘😘

Love,
Basically the best big sisters ever, tbh.

[IAN]

How are you doing?

Yesterday, I got to fly the goodest boy from a foster home in Georgia to his new forever home in Vermont. I just have to let everyone know that Oscar, the paralyzed collie of highest energy and spirits, loves the sky as much as I do. I got to see him do zoomies in his new wheel chair. My life is pretty amazing.

All right, my friends, this one can relate to the Dreams, or just your life here. Commenter's choice! Anonymously, or not anonymously, tell me what song--or songs--is stuck in your head or on repeat on your Spotify playlists. Drop a link, share lyrics, whatever you want. And feel free to provide context, or not. Anything goes. I just want to know what's currently on your soundtrack.

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TEXTS TO MILES

-- Hi
-- I know you're just on the other side of the apartment
-- And I know that I'm supposed to be studying so I can someday be Dr. McKinnon
-- But I just wanted to thank you for saving me from ever having to deal with modern dating
-- Like, literally in all ways
-- You're the best
-- Love,
-- Your Wife
-- (Future Dr. McKinnon)

Anyone want to go see Lion King with me tomorrow night?

NAOMI

I've been stuck in my head for almost two weeks now and I think I finally have to admit that I'm going to need you to help talk me out of it.

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Whoops, getting political between classes, fam. 🤷🏾‍♀️

I'm finally moved into my dorm as of last night. I'm officially a legitimate, full-on college kid, again. It feels [...] kind of weird, actually.

NAOMI

I didn't mean to, but I overheard a little about what's been going on. Is Miles okay?

ISAIAH

Hey. How's it going?

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Okay, can we talk about how Missy Elliot at the VMAs was basically everything and more? I feel like I got about 10 years of my youth back just watching that--and by watching, I mean dancing in front of my TV the whole time.

P.S. THE BREAK DANCING WOMAN WAS THE LITTLE GIRL FROM THE WORK IT VIDEO. I am NOT okay.

The upside to college is that we've got another three days before the first day of school. 👍

NAOMI

It's mine.

TEXTS TO MILES

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TEXTS TO ELI

-- How's Vacation Part 1 treating you?
-- Do you miss me yet?
-- Also could I maybe have that mini fridge in the garage?

TEXTS TO ISAIAH

-- Well.
-- Looks like dorm life, it is.
-- I am now spending my day off packing.
-- I hate procrastination.

TEXTS TO NAOMI, later

-- I think we're going to need wine tonight, too. LOTS of wine.

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I don't usually post publicly about this dream stuff, but I'm just...curious. How many of you find a large amount of similarities between yourself and your dream self, and how many of you find that you're completely different from the person you dream of?

I can't decide which one is worse. I'm...very similar to my person, even things that happened long before I started dreaming of him seem to have an echo in these dreams. tbh sometimes it kind of reminds me of that movie Us, like we're tethered to one another, and what happens to one happens to the other in at least some capacity. Only, luckily neither world is a dark underground bunker and also I don't think my dream-self is capable of murdering me or vice-versa. Anyway. Sometimes it sucks, but then I was also thinking it probably sucks to dream of someone really different, too, especially if they were like...a bad guy, or something.

Anyway. I guess I'm just kind of wondering what other people experience on this front.

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Who told them this was okay? The disrespect.



Also, yes, I only just activated my Dunhaven network account today. That should tell you all you need to know about my work/life balance during my residency. Not that it's improved that much since becoming a doctor, but no longer being in school has enabled me to watch the Great Hack on Netflix, become hella paranoid, deactivate my Facebook, and now I see the wisdom in small-town social networking. So long as city hall doesn't sell our data to the Russians like that pos Mark Zuckerburg.