{"id":2204,"date":"2007-07-23T08:47:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-23T14:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/?p=2204"},"modified":"2007-07-23T08:47:00","modified_gmt":"2007-07-23T14:47:00","slug":"but-before-it-fades-it-was-called-bethany-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/23\/but-before-it-fades-it-was-called-bethany-something\/","title":{"rendered":"But before it fades: It was called &#8220;Bethany {Something}"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When playing with the fae in the woods for two days, expect your brain to get scrambled a little.<\/p>\n<p>I wish I had the time to write the entire dream as I remember it.<\/p>\n<p>I remember being at a seminar at a con and trying to catch the spiders that were landing on my buddy&#8217;s pillow before he got back to the room. There was a girl in the seminar that saw me doing this. We got distracted from the seminar and started kissing.<\/p>\n<p>She gave me her room number. 2840. I distinctly remember that. As I asked her several times so I wouldn&#8217;t forget it. Several times I tried to get there and couldn&#8217;t. I also remember that a crime had been committed. The culprit was only identifiable by the cell phone he used. Some strange T-Mobile brand. Later I went to check mine and discovered it was missing. I finally made my way up to the room and it turned out that she was playing me for her family who were guilty of the crime. I was a Mark. She looked like she felt badly for what she did&#8230; but I left anyway.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d actually forgotten to get the cell phone back (which they needed to steal, much like trading off runaway cars). When I went back, the girl and her sister were on a tv monitor. The girl was talking to me while I was chatting with her father. She was trying to make me feel like everything was normal. There was some sense that she was trying to &#8216;do something&#8217; so I ignored it. I turned to her father. Out of the corner of my eye I could tell the girl and her sister&#8217;s eyes were glowing with colour. I noted to her father (while still not looking at the montor) but loud enough that they could hear&#8230; &#8220;Which is nice because I know how to shield&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The girls started to argue.<\/p>\n<p>Later I came back by the room again and the window had been blown out. It looked like it was by gun shot. Of course the convention wasn&#8217;t in the best neighborhood to begin with. I felt badly for the family and asked if I could help. The father and mother were very receptive. They didn&#8217;t seemed incredibly bothered by what had happened. We discussed the fact that I wasn&#8217;t able to be brought under the girl&#8217;s ability. He went to a book shelf at the side of the room and a series of books came out almost telekinetically at his gesture as if they were connected to each other on a string. The bookshelf began to shimmer and we walked in.<\/p>\n<p>We were now in an ornate pub. His outerwear was much nicer now. His eyebrows looked sharper, I thought he might have what looked like a fang (or fangs) and had a slightly unearthly look to him. He also had a killer ornate earring that manifested.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that he was a spirit of the heart and his daughters were aspects of that and they were hiding \/ working on the plane. He was surprised that I was drawn to his daughter but as far as they could tell, not by any means they&#8217;d used.<\/p>\n<p>His wife hugged me very pasionately. ( I believe it was Sissy Spacek ) We broke into song about how the only way that I could have caught the daughter&#8217;s affections (and vice versa) was if it was actually true love.<\/p>\n<p>About then the entertainment showed up. It was a series of older gentlemen from the hotel. Now performing more of a musical number. On closer examination the older men in the back line was the men of Monty Python (without John Cleese)&#8230; there was another famous actor in front but I can&#8217;t remember who that was.<\/p>\n<p>I found myself sitting on an outside porch with a turntable and a microphone talking about the film and reviewing it. I was a live DJ at a summer festival. I commented how &#8220;Bethany &#8212;&#8211;&#8221; was one of the best films I&#8217;d ever been a part of and strongly recommended it. The rest of the radio broadcast went along &#8216;less than smoothly&#8217; but people enjoyed it. 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