The battle of the tiny merpeople
September 8, 2008 – 12:27 pmLast night I dreamt that Jay bought a family of tiny merpeople to live in our aquarium. They were cute in an unsettling sort of way. Actually they looked a lot like sea monkeys… not how sea monkeys REALLY look but how they were advertised in the back of Archie comic books when we were kids. Remember?
Anyway, the tiny merpeople-that-looked-like-sea-monkeys kept escaping and THEN they started a full-on aquarium war. The fish had guns and grenade launchers and the merpeople were really devious and all sorts of water creatures were dying and losing limbs…
Jay and I stood there looking on in despair because, really, what do you DO about a bloody battle in your aquarium? For goodness sake fish are dying here but at the same time if you put your hand in the tank it’s likely to get shot off.
Fortunately I woke up to an aquarium free of tiny merpeople, where action is constrained to Harry and Bumpy slowly swimming in circles. Goldfish- even the fancy ones- are delightfully UNcomplicated.
Little people, on the other hand? Complicated.
It makes me wonder if this dream is symbolic of my life in which the little people… well, ONE little person, to be exact… causes me confusion and chaos.
CJ just keeps getting smarter (and isn’t that what I wanted?) and my brain seems to run slower and I find myself throwing my hands up in despair and rolling my eyes to the heavens stuttering out responses that don’t make any sense.
Like Friday after school we stayed at the playground so that CJ could play with all the other kids who stay at the playground and all was going well until I hear him hollering at the top of his lungs so I go down to check it out and find him engaged in warfare against a pack of 2nd grade girls.
Girls who, apparently, told CJ that they would dump water on him and tape his mouth shut.
So he tells them that he’s going to put tape on their eyes and ears and then asks me ever-so-sweetly IF I HAVE ANY TAPE. Because clearly he thinks I will approve of and be party to his little scheme.
Although I am horrified by these events, the truth is I can’t think of a single lucid thing to say. It is clear that CJ and the girls are all highly enjoying this mock-battle but all I can see is BANISHMENT AND EXPULSION in my little son’s near future. Because you can’t go around telling girls you’re going to put tape on their eyes, even if it’s all in good fun.
(heavy sigh)
Apparently I have a lot to work on.
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One other thing… Jay read this post and informed me that it was TOO RANDOM and that I shouldn’t post it. Obviously I rebelled against his opinion. BECAUSE IT’S MY BLOG AND I CAN! Ha!
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Speaking of rebellion, obviously I’ve totally rebelled against my own policy of putting up writing prompts on a weekly basis. Sorry about that. I *think* the rebellion has at last subsided and I honestly plan to post a writing prompt next Monday, with the heads-up post on Friday. Please don’t give up on me!
Speaking of Monday… my fellow Jenny (who, by the way, has one of the cutest blog headers EVER) has picked up the ball on Make Me Laugh Monday. Head over to her blog for some laughs!
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By BananasDH on Sep 8, 2008 | Reply
to be fair, I saw it before the cool sea monkeys picture and refined segue to Little People.
Now I think it’s fab.
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scarlett Reply:
September 9th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Jay, are men really supposed to say that something is “fab”?
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BananasDH Reply:
September 9th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Can I help it if I’m totally in touch with my feminine side? Sometimes I enjoy bursting joyfully out of my typically ultra-masculine persona and saying things like fab! and precious!
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scarlett Reply:
September 9th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
…and even sometimes “tra-laaa”
By Honey Mommy on Sep 8, 2008 | Reply
I have the strangest dreams sometimes too. Don’t get me started about the one where my sister was about to marry off her daughter to her brother-in-law. Talk about twisted!
Looking forward to the Monday writing prompt again! It was a lot of fun.
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By Dumblond on Sep 8, 2008 | Reply
Random blogs are the best ones!
I was wondering if you had given up the writing prompt. But I didn’t say anything because hey! Yous gots a life!
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By HeatherY on Sep 8, 2008 | Reply
Actually, I didn’t think you were too random. I never seem to stay on topic. lol!
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By jennyonthespot on Sep 8, 2008 | Reply
Thanks Jenny!…
And about that dream… dude… that’s just crazy. Who knew merpeople were so territorial :)
As far as the playground scenario - I’m just laughin’ it up over here… he asks your for tape… hahahahaaaa… !
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By Kathleen on Sep 8, 2008 | Reply
extremely entertaining post…didn’t feel random to me…does that mean I’m naturally random anyway or that we’re sharing some amazing wavelength?
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By natalie on Sep 9, 2008 | Reply
wow…you got a front row seat to a war between fish and merpeople. that would be quite disturbing i must admit!
i love random blog posts. makes me feel good about myself since i am a fairly random person myself.
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By Doll Clothes Gal on Sep 9, 2008 | Reply
Dreams are the greatest thing - as long as you can stay away from the nightmares. I haven’t heard of the sea monkeys but I think they are kind of cute.
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By WM on Sep 9, 2008 | Reply
Ah yes, the little people. I was informed last night that my son was outside telling the older neighbor boys “secrets”. When I quizzed my daughter about these secrets she informed me the secret was that they needed to “hit their sisters everyday”. I’m thinking WTF…where on earth ?
WMs last blog post..For maximum entertainment stick close to home
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By Shannon (a.k.a. Believer in Balance) on Sep 9, 2008 | Reply
I have the funkiest dreams too. So vivid! Sometimes their meaning is obvious, but most of the time I don’t have a clue what they mean! Anyway, I like random.
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By Reluctant Housewife on Sep 10, 2008 | Reply
No worries… most blogs are random. The ones I read anyway (and I read about 60 regularly - yes I have a lot of free time :) ).
Your son only responded with his tape idea because the other kids suggested tape - perfectly normal in my book. I’m sure he doesn’t have a future of expulsion and banishment. But I now how you feel, I have two little boys.
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By Corinna on Sep 10, 2008 | Reply
The best thing about women is that we are random :)
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By Spiffy Baby on Sep 18, 2008 | Reply
Random is GOOD. Brings in some interesting moments and situations in life, which makes it even more interesting :-)
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