how many times can you say “fat chance” in one dream?
Well apparently too many times. To the point of not remembering all of them but just the highlights.
I normally don’t remember most of my dreams after the second minute of being awake but this dream was far too bizarre to forget so quickly. Let’s just start with me being back in the same house with my ex-housemate… Yes, that’s right, THAT housemate;
In the dream it’s only a few days before we move out and away from each other (so around May 2006) and all of the sudden we get all friendly. He’s nicer to me and I’m mean to him because, you know, I’m holding a grudge against him (big surprise). In the middle of exchanging words and bringing up all the things we hate each other for he turns to me and says: “Well, not all our times here were bad” and we hug (a friendly hug)! In the meantime my brain is screaming “What the fuck?!” as loud as it can. From that moment on it was as if almost all our differences were resolved. Maybe resolved is the wrong word to use here so let’s just say that they no longer were an issue. Later on in that dream we say our goodbyes and hug once more.
I believe this is called “dreaming of closure”. Whatever that was I don’t need any closure, I’m perfectly fine the way we are now. I haven’t seen him since I moved out and if things go as I hope, I may not see him again at least until September.
At some point during that dream I am at the university’s cafeteria having lunch with a friend to whom I am describing the story above. Three tables to our right I spot Bill Gates” having lunch with some other people that don’t look like students either. While I’m thinking what on earth could Bill Gates be doing at a University since he could not even stay at the one he was supposed to attend, he stands up and comes towards our table. I don’t pay attention as I’m merely expecting him to pass us by on his way to somewhere else. Instead he stands right across the table from me and says: “I was looking for the most interesting and exciting person in here and I must tell you that you are the most interesting person I’ve ever seen.” I look up thinking he has probably seen my mad programming skills until I realise that I’m not really that good at programming. He goes on to say “You have the most amazing hair ever!” At that point I smile thinking he’s messing with me and that I’m being bullied by the greatest geek of all time and just thank him politely. He explains that he is looking for “cool” people to join his company and creative team so he gives me his card and asks me to call him at some point to discuss.
This leads me to think that I’m either losing my mind and I’m looking to be friends again with my ex-housemate, that Bill Gates is hiring and that my hair alone can get me a job at Microsoft. OR that large quantities of Martini can cause a serious “fat chance” syndrome in my sleep.
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note to self
i almost forgot
I study business at university, majoring in Human Resources with a minor in Business Management. A portion of human resource management involves the hiring of people, and so I study real companies to see how they do it. Microsoft is indeed looking for programmers and I feel is in some need of people who can change their organizational culture. I don’t know if your hair can save Microsoft.
If you’re unsatisified with your job try sending your resume to google or something owned by Richard Branson. You don’t have to take the job, but it’s nice to know that people are interested.
Commented on April 15th, 2007 at 3:07 pm