Pat and Petrova

Had loads of weird dreams last night but the details all got lost within a few seconds of opening my eyes – only bit I retained was that I was at a house party where someone kept mentioning to me the name “Petrova” over and over again, so I made an effort to remember it as I woke up.

The name means absolutely nothing to me, so I googled it this morning – it’s Russian and the first thing that comes up on google is about a tennis player called Nadia Petrova, who I’ve never previously heard of....I have no idea why the name seeped into my sleeping mind.

Meanwhile, my little boy (2 and a bit years old) has been having nightmares about – of all things – Postman Pat! The other night he was tossing and turning in the midst of a deep sleep, violently shaking his head this way and that and wildly gesticulating as he cried out  -screaming  in a tone that sounded like a mix of utter horror, mingled with total despair and a dash of pure terror – “PAT...PAT...PAAAATTTT!” over and over again, at the top of his little lungs. God knows what the neighbours must have thought. It sounded like he was being attacked by some notorious pyschopath called Pat.

It was quiet disturbing really. But what intrigues me is what on earth could be so terrifying about Postman Pat? What terrible, horrendous things could possibly be happening in his colourful, cosy, clay, stop-motion world?

Deathday cakes...

Only recall mere snippets – but my main dream last night revolved around the theme of an organisation that specialised in “Deathday” celebrations. I was either a new employee for the company or I was just being shown around their premises as a visitor, but someone was explaining to me about everything they did.

They were trying to commercialise death and make it something that was celebrated, in the same way that birthday celebrations can generate big business. They wanted to encourage the public to have “deathday parties” and buy  themed products from them –like deathday cakes and “happy death day” wrapping paper and cards etc

One of their other money spinners involved creating video recordings of people – speaking on a various range of topics – in order to preserve a record of their thoughts, opinions, random rants and raves, jokes and musings on life etc before their deathday occured. These were then all edited down into a “thought for the day” type format and turned into 30 second or less clips that were turned into some sort of phone app – which would let the person’s loved one’s download random “advice” or words of wisdom on a daily basis after they had died.

Just before I woke up I remember growing slightly suspicious because it emerged that they had some connection with the company Montsanto – this seemed to be in particular reference to the ingredients they used in their deathcakes...

Awake at last...

I've been asleep for a long, long time, but now I have awoken. Or, to put it more mundanely: I got distracted and forgot all about this blog a few years back. But now I'm back and will be reporting my dreams on a more regular basis...