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I am driving with G on a one-lane, elevated, on-ramp type road, surrounded by other similar structures. G points out that I have blown through the light on Montgomery a second time. I tell her I didn't see it. Little colored balls fall into the folds of my jacket. I see some nurses sliding out of an escape chute from a three-story brick building. This is because of the volcano eruption report. We find my friend, D, and I ask him, "What's the word on the STREET?"

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The Sandias have become at least three times taller. They rise above the clouds and are covered with snow. A golden search light near the summit house shines beams onto South Peak. I can see figures with tiny lights moving half way up the peak. My view zooms in and I can see that they are skiers and snowboarders, all part of the "Jast" celebration. I watch a blond girl attempt a jump, flip and land on her head. She argues with the officials but they insist that she was "not prepared."

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I ride my bike onto the UNM campus from Central. I meet my boss walking west. He has some suggestions for me. I ride on. Everything seems new and different from when I went to school. I see my boss again, who has some more suggestions. G is waiting for me on the mall with her friends. I am 5 minutes late. We must get to McGee’s restaurant. We ride together across campus. I am able to ride up and down the steps smoothly. In a concrete drain V, people lay reading. In the V, I run over a girl's stick of butter. My tires start to slip a little. We arrive at McGee’s. The waiters are all well-dressed and there are fancy green and yellow oil lamps on the long central bar. It seems like a pretty nice place for UNM.

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My friend has a small, live, female shrunken head floating in a tank. It chews gum so it won't be so scary.

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Julia Stiles, our drama teacher, orders us to cut a sheet of plywood into a spiral and then across to make bridge supports. She sniffs me and the other kids and decrees that we must all shower together naked.

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(This dream was dated 5/3/2002.) I am in a theater before a show. I sit by a guy who flashes a black BB pistol and then another silver one. He fiddles with it and points it at me. It goes off and a BB whizzes through my hair. I disarm him and tell him he can get his guns from the ticket counter after the show. I press my forehead hard against his and I tell him someone, like me, is going to want to kill him someday.

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I return a Tibetan spirit bag with a white 'X' painted on it. I was unable to get my fingers to meet inside, so…

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A portly Greek man has an amphibious vehicle with a bicycle wheel that protrudes through the bow. He drives a young girl through cobblestone streets and out into the sea.

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I am back in school. I am naked and must use an old T shirt as a wrap towel. I am supposed to propose my dissertation, which I attempt to dream up on the spot.

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I wake up, get out of bed and leave the bedroom. As I close the door, I notice that it's crooked. I look at the east wall and it's full of cracks. I wake G. She pushes a hole right through the wall with her hand. There has been an earthquake during the night. She proceeds to push the whole wall down. Bricks begin to fall everywhere and I tell her to look out. Outside, I joke with the other displaced neighbors: "We're all producers, but this is just shit." My observation falls flat.