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Merry Christmas everyone! Hope those celebrating got what they wanted for Christmas.

Seems the dreams decided to give me something too,( though I'm not sure I want it.. )

Is this a bad time to admit I love The Year Without a Santa Claus? I just saw Heat Miser and Snow Miser arguing. It took me a minute to realize they weren't actors! This place is insane. Is everyone alright?

Is it me or are there some seriously dedicated people to their favorite Christmas movies running around? Just saw the Grinch crossing the street and dude looked pretty legit. Like green head to toe, big bag of stolen gifts and everything. Put Jim Carrey's version to shame (then again I think anything is better than that version).

So...either someone thought it was funny to dump a crap ton of metal in my backyard overnight or the dreams just gave me the parts to a speeder. I'm guessing the one I used on Crait.

Weekend project?

Since I can’t sleep I thought I’d surf the internet which is how I came across something I thought I’d share with all of you - the Australian army once lost a war against emus. As weird as that sounds it’s not a joke - they actually fought against birds and lost.

Wow, so got some more dreams and A LOT happens.

We made it off of Crait and have been hiding out on another planet, slowly gathering weapons and supplies and trying to find allies again. We got some intel from a First Order spy that of all things Emperor fricking Palpatine is alive and has this massive fleet he plans on using against all the free worlds in less than a day. No pressure right?

So we head off to another planet where Luke Skywalker had last been when he was looking for this Sith wayfinder thing which will lead us (hopefully) to where Palpatine and his fleet are hiding so we can strike first.

And of course the First Order finds us but guess who helps save our skin? None other than Rebellion hero GENERAL LANDO CALRISSIAN himself! Like what??! He points us in the right direction to an abandoned ship in the desert and there's running, and ships, and shooting and after all that we end up in quicksand and it does not look good.

I've lost count how many times I've nearly died now.

And also, Poe...Lightspeed skipping?? Seriously bro??

I love going out to the park and stuff with BB8. The kids are always fascinated and want to know how I'm controlling him. I always just say it's magic. BB also attracts a lot of dogs who seem fascinated by him. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I love having a droid.

So I'm thinking about maybe having a Halloween party. Would it be cheating if I dressed as my dream self? Thinking I could wear my flight suit.

So...guess who didn't die in the dreams when he thought he would?

THIS GUY!

Guess who nearly killed himself in some stupid attempt at being a hero?

THIS GUY!

At least before that I finally kicked Captain Phasma's ass. That was satisfying as hell.

Certain people who shall remain nameless are very lucky I arrived in the Falcon when I did. Seriously, Poe? Finn? I leave you alone and get tortured for awhile and this is what happens?

Oh my god, why am I not at all surprised that I staged a mutiny, in my dreams. Like I'm intrigued, but also I can't help but laugh at myself. For someone as smart as I appear to be, I'm really kind of an idiot. So after Leia was incapacitated, a woman named Admiral Holdo took over and I didn't like her idea for getting away from the First Order so I staged a mutiny, which included a secret mission that Finn and Rose went on. Of course things go wrong and in the end, Leia wakes up and kriffing fucking shoots me with a blaster. It was set to stun, but still.

If you've never been stunned by a blaster, let me tell you, it fucking hurts. My body still hurts from it.

So looks like in the dreams we do have a game plan after all. The mechanic that tased me in the last dreams I had, Rose, she and I figured out that if we can get onboard Snoke's ship and disable their hyperspace tracking the Resistance can survive to fight another day. And who gets voluntold to go? Me and Rose. I still can't believe you couldn't come with us, Poe.

Anyway, a lot of stuff happens. Gotta find a codebreaker on this gambling planet, Canto Bight, and before we know it we're locked up for illegally parking on the beach?? WHAT?

We bust out of there, end up riding these really weird alien horse things called Fathiers, manage to escape on a stolen ship and our cellmate the codebreaker - he's a coward and a backstabber. We escape Canto, manage to get onto Snoke's Dreadnought, and we're like TEN FEET FROM THE HYPERSPACE TRACKER WHEN THIS DUDE TURNS ON US.

Now me and Rose are at the mercy of all FRICKING PEOPLE, CAPTAIN PHASMA (HOW DID SHE SURVIVE STARKILLER?) and it's not looking good.

Exactly how many times do I almost die in these dreams? I'm losing count, man.

That's it. I'm done. I want a vacation from this place. A LONG ONE.

Fucking First Order! Not only were they somehow able to track us through hyperspace, but then they started attacking us and blew up the Raddus's hanger, which included my fucking X-Wing. BB-8 and I narrowly missed being the hanger at the time so that was lucky, but then they blew up the bridge where General Organa and the rest of the high command were. Everyone was killed except Leia, who somehow pulled herself through space and we save her, but she ends up in a coma. The First Order retreated, but we're not doing so well cause we're running out of fuel and mostly only have our shields to rely on.

I have no idea what we're going to do.

I had to go check on Black One tonight and make sure nothing had happened to her in this world and ended up spending a few hours flying around the moon.

Being a female cop is challenging at times. It's not that I'm harassed or anything like that, just that some co-workers seem to underestimate me based on my sex.

Example: Shooting range. I was loading my gun, two guys were "joking" on if I could make my target. I ignored them, took my shots, and hit the heart two times, only made one hole.

I'm a sharpshooter, asshole.

Dreams are back, which, you know, is always fun.

So we jumped away from the First Order and thought we were safe. But before we can form a plan for what's next, who finds us? Yep. The First Order. We don't even know HOW they can track us through hyperspace but not much time to think about it as we're being attacked. And JUST when you thought it couldn't get any worse - they managed to blow up the command bridge and nearly the entire command structure gets blown out into space - including General Leia.

Only...she survives. Like, the Force or something must have saved her, because she flies herself to a hatch and we bring her in. WHO SURVIVES SPACE???

Then dream me finds the tracker bracelet Leia had that matches the one Rey has and I figure, I'm out, I need to find Rey and peace out of this galaxy for good. But I get stopped by a mechanic named Rose who is totally fangirling over me for some reason who tases me for trying to take an escape pod.

Woke up this morning unable to feel my teeth for about an hour.

There is so much tension between me and Clarke over Finn. Just... holy crap, what the hell. She goes out for the day and I get stuck back keeping an eye on him.

Octavia's still pissed about me torturing the guy. But, SO not doing that with her. Not when dream me would do anything for Finn. Including torture a guy. Supposedly dream me took that as 'Hey, lets have sex with Finn' and not talk about the elephant in the room. And I have to be reassured that he loves me? Just what the hell?

Monty interrupted myself and Finn time. So, yay, I get to go see what's going on and everyone's going absolutely crazy. They're on something.

"You're the most beautiful broom in the broom closet of brooms." Yeah, people are definitely on something.

Of course, there's this whole speech. Supposedly we're going to all learn how to use weapons against the grounders.

And yay for more awkwardness. Walking in on Clarke and Finn going at each other.

Can these dreams just not?

So now we got Earth Giants. Because the scary mist, blackout, and tremors weren't enough, now I gotta hope I don't get squished just driving to a crime scene.

Turns out dream!me can be a real idiot sometimes.

So after we blew up Starkiller Base, the First Order found our base on D'Qar and we had to mak a hasty exit. I suggested a plan where I would distract The First Order while the others got off the planet, which was all well and good, right? And while we did manage to blow up the Dreadnought, I got extremely cocky and got most of Cobalt Squadron and our bombers killed we suffered enough casualties that Leia demoted me to Captain since she had technically told me to come back once we pulled off our initial distraction and I hadn't listened. Am I surprised that I didn't listen? Nope. Cause it definitely sounds like something I have done in the past. I just never got an entire squadron killed in real life.

Considering how bad I am at listening to authority figures, it's a wonder I lasted as long as I did in the Navy.

Also, for someone Leia's size, she packs a mean slap.

More dreams last night. Thank God. I thought maybe I was dead after that last bunch.

Nope. Just unconscious. I think I missed something huge because I wake up in the dreams and end up wandering the halls naked on some ship in a weird suit thingie with leaking hoses. I keep yelling Rey's name every time I wake up what is up with that

Turns out a big fight went down with the First Order and then we jumped to lightspeed. I guess we lost our secret base? And Rey, you're not there. Where are you?

Why can't I get the dreams in small batches? I pass out in a food coma and here comes an avalanche of dreams. Kylo Ren took Rey after the battle of Takodana. Solo, Chewie and I got a rescue plan together to go get her (well, okay, for the Resistance it was to shut down the shields on Starkiller base), we all find each other and then Solo decides to go try to talk Kylo freakin' Ren out of being evil and that didn't end well at all.

There's a lot of yelling and blasters and explosions and then we're headed to the Falcon in the woods and SOMEHOW Kylo got there ahead of us. Before I know it he's Force tossed Rey and it's just me and him squaring off with lightsabers. I'd never fought with one before but I managed to hold my own...until I couldn't.

Thanks for epic scars, Dreams. I'd have been happier without them. No idea how I'm going to explain this in the locker room at work.

I think getting my blaster this morning was a sign. BB-8 and I are going out there. Gotta try to take down some of these Stormtroopers. They're starting to hassle the neighbors and I just can't let that happen. Anyone wanna come join me, I'm gonna make my way towards Navy base in Seal Beach.

Nearly had a heart attack this morning. I thought that was Starkiller Base in the sky for a second. Not that the Death Star is any better.

This is nowhere near cool, OC. Knock it off.

Edit: Oh great, there are Stormtroopers now.

In my dreams I used to live in an old abandoned AT-AT.

Now there's one stomping about outside.

I swear this isn't my fault.

So got a ton of dreams. Some repeats, some new ones. And now my head feels like it wants to explode.

Where do I start? The creepy death meatball monsters known as Rathtars? Almost got eaten by one! Not fun.

Meeting an old smuggler and his Wookie co-pilot? That was interesting. He ended up telling us the Force is real, so are Jedis, and then we go to this crazy alien bar on Takodana because we gotta get BB-8 to the Resistance and Solo knows where to hook us up. Then this little orange alien lady calls me out and I'm all "Hell yeah we should run from the First Order!"

And then I just...left. Which is really not cool. I mean, I get it, the First Order won't hesitate to wipe us out, but bailing out on Rey like that just sucked. Wish I could yell at my dream self.

But you know what? Dream me was right. Cuz who shows up? THE FIRST ORDER. And it's bad. Like really bad. They're blowing up the bar and everyone's firing at everyone else, and then Maz tosses me this crazy laser sword and suddenly I'm squaring off with an old First Order squadmate "Nines" who has a sort of electric axe and one helluva grudge. And it's not looking good. Me, Solo, and Chewbacca are surrounded and are just surrendering when who shows up to the rescue but Resistance Pilots! It was freaking amazing! They kicked some serious ass, especially this one pilot - I mean like, damn it was some fine flying and shooting!

So, I'm not the only one with a mystery Easter basket? And what's with the glittery rabbit tracks? I called my Grams thinking it was her but nope. Then she asked if I was coming over for Easter dinner and it was all "Sorry Grams, gotta go!"

I love my Grams but the twenty some odd cousins that show up for the holidays? Not so much...

Alright, this thing has gone on six days too long. I can safely say that not once in my life have I ever wondered what it would be like to be a woman and I'd really like my own body back now. I would like to be able to go back to work and I'm pretty sure BB-8 has been recording me so that he can show Rey and Finn how amusing he found this the next time either of them comes over.

On a completely different topic, I woke up this morning to find part of my X-Wing in my backyard. I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to do with this, but if I got part of it, something tells me I'm gonna get more or it and I'm going to need a place to keep it. I'm also going to need to figure out how to put it together. I can do maintenance on a jet, but I don't know if I can actually put an X-Wing together.

My dreams are amazing! After we escaped the First Order we discovered the ship we stole originally belonged to this super famous smuggler! I read all about him on some of the databases I scavenged! He did the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs!

Then there was a situation with some people he owed money to and there were these scary rolling alien monsters and then we escaped by jumping to light speed from the shuttle bay and it was exciting!

HAPPY MAR10 DAY EVERYONE! Hahaha man thank you whoever figured out how to make these Mario coin boxes float. Livin' the dream right now! I shoulda cosplayed for this 😂

So quick BB-8 update; I still can't understand him. He keeps beeping and chirping at me. Although he has a little lighter tool in one of his tool bay disks and he's been using as a sort of thumbs up if I've guessed something he's trying to say to me. So I guess we're off to a fairly good start.

Also, for anyone curious about what exactly he looks like, ( Meet BB-8 )

I just got woken up by an incessant beeping sound and at first I thought it was my phone or something until I got out of bed and this droid from my dreams rammed itself into my fucking calves. In the dark! Seriously? He seems really happy to see me, but I have no idea what he's trying to say.

All I know is that he's called BB-8 and is my astromech from my most recent dreams and somehow I can understand him in my dreams, but I can't here.

Now what do I do with a droid?

I still don't understand how it's possible for things to pass over from dreams. I don't understand it and yet, it's apparently happened to me now. As if my mother dying, in my dreams, wasn't torture enough, her wedding ring that she gave me, before she died, was on my nightstand when I woke up this morning. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do with it. It's weird since my mother is still very much alive, in real life and this clearly isn't her wedding ring. This is all just too fucking much.

And to add to all of this, apparently I went through a rebellious teenager phase and became a spice runner and for anyone asking what that means, it basically means I was smuggling space drugs. I mean, seriously? Am I the only one who sees a problem with this? Sometime after that though, I guess I got over my rebellious phase and joined the New Republic Defense Fleet, which is basically the space navy. That at least makes sense since I was in the real Navy, in real life.

I think I need a drink. Is two in the morning too late or early to start drinking?

I got a bunch of dreams the other night and they are CRAZY.

So I am technically a bad guy but more like by association as I don't like shooting innocent people. Which for the First Order, that's kinda their MO. I was raised by them but I'm realizing this isn't what I want to do and I want OUT. I get my shot when I help spring a captured Resistance Pilot (Poe!) and we steal a TIE fighter and kick some ass! It was pretty epic. Space battle and PEW!PEW! and everything!

I don't have a name in the dreams, the First Order gives us numbers. Mine was FN-2187. Of ALL the names, the pilot names me FINN instead. WHAT ARE THE ODDS?? Then we get shot down and Poe, I think you died I end up wandering into a town on that desert planet I first dreamed about, Jakku.

Then Rey, you whack me in the face with your space staff. Explains the headache I woke up with ;)

Oh and then the First Order find us and we escape on this super old junker of a space ship and JUST when we think we're clear some old dude and a walking carpet capture us and board the ship like they own the place.

Seriously dreams?? SERIOUSLY???

Why is it everyone else gets badass stuff and I get THIS ( Cut for Image )

I dreamed I saved a little droid from another scavenger. He was really cute and I tried to maintain a serious face but he just rolled his head at me and beeped and my heart melted.

Today is my first shift at the police station. My new partner is a bit of a grump, but I've dealt with worse. This is slower than back home, but could be cause I was in the speacil unit there.

Anyways, can anyone recommend a great place to get lunch at? Something quick and easy that's not fast food?

I was told that this place was good for networking and socializing. I intended to see about potential job connections, but there seems to be quite some talk about dreams here. Though this is the internet, I suppose oversharing and such things are to be expected.

Am I completely mental or are things from our dreams actually showing up?

Well that was incredibly weird. I just woke up from the strangest nap I've ever had. It wasn't the nap itself that was strange, but the dreams I had while I was sleeping. Now I've had weird dreams before, but these felt different. I was a kid and I think I lived on another planet. I mean, Yavin 4; that's not a real place. Where did my mind even get that? What's even stranger is that then I learned to fly a spaceship! A freakin' spaceship! Well, I never actually flew it; my mother did and she taught me.

And now what's even stranger than all of that was the weird urge I had to have to come here and talk about it. What is going on?

Okay, so it's definitely not the water. Cuz I've been drinking nothing but bottled just in case and I GOT DREAMS. What. Is. Happening.

I was some sorta soldier for something called the First Order, and I'm not 100% sure, more like 101% sure we are bad guys. No man left behind is definitely not their thing.

And that village on that desert planet...

Who names a planet Jakku??

Is that dream thing contagious? How come I get to be an orphan on some shitty desert planet and not something amazing? What kind of rubbish is this?

Hey everyone. Found this site after googling a bit out of boredom waiting for my paperwork to finish going through because that's what Google's for right? Random stuff.

Not sure what the deal is with all the dream talk though. Is this like one big group therapy thing?

Oh! And I'm Finn. Hi. :)

Guess what?

Chickenbutt.

Also i'm on a spaceship! A real one! The Millenium Falcon!! It's super cool. I want to live here forever and go into outer space and fight Storm Troopers.

More dreams. Seems like I followed in my mom's footsteps and became a pilot too.

I have to admit flying planes after dreaming of flying spaceships isn't quite as exciting ;)

Man, it's about time I got some new dreams! I just wish they didn't suck.

So last time I had dreams I was with Rose on Canto Bight, this casino world trying to find the codebreaker to help us take out Snoke's ship so the First Order could stop tracking us through hyperspace.

We got arrested before we could get to him. We were stuck in jail with some dude named DJ, and next thing we know, we're all breaking out of jail and escaping on - Fathiers? I don't even know how to describe them. They're like giant fox horses that run crazy fast. Anyhow, we get off the planet with BB8 and DJ on a stolen ship and manage to sneak onto Snoke's ship - because DJ is a codebreaker too. We made it to the place where we were gonna deactivate the tracking system when who freakin' shows up?

Captain Phasma. My old CO.

I thought she'd blown up on Starkiller base after we'd thrown her onto a trash compactor level. Guess not.

Now she's gleefully about to execute us. Except for DJ. He sold us out, the bastard.

Chewy is loving this weather! He's in his element now. Too bad it'll be short lived, I'm sure.

I think my dreams are done for now. They feel it, anyway.

( TLJ spoilers )

It's so hot out, Chewie is refusing to go outside for a walk.

( Literally the look he's giving me right now )


Maybe getting a winter dog in Cali wasn't the best idea. It's not like you can give these guys a summer cut, from what I've read. But, I love the little (quickly getting big) guy so we're just gonna have to figure something out.

Maybe one of those indoor artificial turf things for dogs?

So, how do you tell the guy who's your best friend in the Dreams, that he's your best friend from the Dreams?

I mean, he just got here and hasn't had any dreams yet and I don't want to scare the guy off. I already hugged the dude before realizing he didn't know who I was.

Is talking about your dreams something that happens here a lot? I've noticed a lot of posts to this thing mention them. Is there some kind of study you people are all involved in?

So this is Orange County huh? Seems nice.

Any recommendations? (Other than joining this net and Disneyland since they seem to be everybody's suggestion)

Poe Dameron by the way, commercial pilot at your service.