peace be the journey

Last night I had a foolish dream. It was so silly and fun that I had to sleep in to enjoy it all.

In my dream I had seen a commercial on TV for a product very similar to guitar hero. This was a completely new system that only play these types of games. The guitar plugged into a converter that connected to the TV and voila! Little cartridges of guitar hero happiness. I don’t remember what it was called but I rode my bike, trailer and all, to future shop to have a look and evaluate the product.

Once there, I parked my bike in an aisle just outside the electronics section. Why I didn’t leave it outside, I’ll never know. Anyway, I went about inspecting the guitars and the songs that came with the package and the game.  I spent some time discussing it with a family because I wasn’t sure if the guitars were backwards compatible and could play guitar hero games and I couldn’t seem to find cartridges to buy separately. It seemed that each new guitar came with a different cartridge of songs to play and they were priced around $68 each. The guitars had some pretty funky designs and some cool new things but only had three strings. I couldn’t get my head around that. The game was designed to give the player a more realistic feeling while playing… but three strings?!?

While I was inspecting the guitars and asking the employees about the specs, the store began closing. I decided not to buy the game but got a remote controlled helicopter instead. When I went to get back on my bike, one of the employees had taken it apart because it was “taking up room in the aisle”. I was a little annoyed but I started putting everything back together so I could ride home. Because I was only going to the store, I didn’t have my tools with me so I couldn’t re-attach everything. When I asked one of the employees for help, they had to call several over. They asked what needed to be done and I told them I just needed an allen key because I didn’t have my tools. They started blowing up my tires…

Theres a difference between making a mistake once and making a mistake 1000 times. Fast food places have this down to a science. Order your chicken grilled and its coming crispy. Order a burger without onions or pickles and you’re getting an extra surprise. Order the same burger with extra onions or pickles and you will go without. This happened in my dream. I must have told two different employees that they were letting air out of my tires and that I only needed a tool to fix everything five times. They continued… I started to get frustrated. I just asked for a manager and grabbed everything from these guys.

In the end, the vavle was broken on my front tire and my rear tire had four broken spokes! FOUR! I was not happy. I explained the situation to several managers. I just needed a tool. Someone took apart my bike without so much as asking me. I wanted my spokes replaced so I could go home. They were of no help to me and my stuff ended up outside. I WAS OUTRAGED! I didn’t want money, I didn’t want to sue, I wanted a tool so I could reassemble my bike and four spokes because I told the workers not to touch my tires…

The rest of the dream was completely foolish. I put something in the door as they were closing up and decided not to leave until my bike wss fixed. Someone came by and gave me enough food for a week. Some people supported my cause and came to hang out in the store with me. In the dream, in my head, it was turning into some kind of bank robbery/hostage situation. I just wanted my bike fixed so I could ride home but it was fun so I stayed in bed all day to continue the foolish fantasy. Good times.

In real life, my brother and I were going to go fishing tonight but we didn’t have any bait. We visited his friend Donnie and ended up on the farm, shooting clay pigeons with a shotgun! I’ve never fired a shotgun before. My video game practice should have made me a pro… it did not. Either way, it was fun. Darren came out and joined us. The sun went down so we came home for supper.

I just watched the new episode of House. I made a new/old friend. It is time for bed and more silly dreams. Tomorrow should be lots of fun. I’m going to help out on the farm and play hockey with the boys tomorrow night. Sweet dreams! Peace be the journey!