Hey, sleepy head! Take your time waking up this morning, because the sun wants to casually
SO HE MAIL-ORDERS AN OCEAN-WORTHY RAFT WITH A NICE CANOPY
AND HAS IT DELIVERED TO THE SMALL PACIFIC OCEAN ISLAND OF TAPIWA,
AND
AND
AFTER FLYING OUT THERE
HE MEETS SOME OF THE LOCALS
HE MEETS SOME OF THE LOCALS
AND THEY ALL TRY TO CONVINCE HIM, IN NOT-SO-SUBTLE WAYS, TO STAY ON THE ISLAND FOREVER WITH THEM!...
AND FOR HIM TO BE THEIR ESTEEMED, HONORARY, AND MUCH-LOVED KING...AND
HSR ACTUALLY GIVES THE IDEA THREE-QUARTERS OF A THOUGHT,
AND FOR HIM TO BE THEIR ESTEEMED, HONORARY, AND MUCH-LOVED KING...AND
HSR ACTUALLY GIVES THE IDEA THREE-QUARTERS OF A THOUGHT,
BUT, A MAN HAS TO DO WHAT A MAN "THINKS" HE HAS TO DO, SO
HSR ASSEMBLES HIS CRAFT AND IS ABOUT TO SET SAIL...TO WHERE HE ENDS UP!...
HOWEVER, RIGHT THEN
TWO ISLAND GIRLS CALL HSR OVER
HSR ASSEMBLES HIS CRAFT AND IS ABOUT TO SET SAIL...TO WHERE HE ENDS UP!...
HOWEVER, RIGHT THEN
TWO ISLAND GIRLS CALL HSR OVER
AND THEY ASK HIM, "WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE A SAFE SEA TRIP AND COME BACK IN ONE BIG, HEALTHY PIECE?"
AND OF COURSE HSR BEAMS A SMILING , "YES!"
"THEN, DO THESE TWO THINGS"...THEY SAY...
"GIVE BOTH OF US A LONG AND SERIOUS KISS"
AND HSR DOES JUST THAT, AND AFTER, HE FEELS REALLY INTOXICATED WITH THEIR "LEANING IN" EMPHASIS...
...THEN A DIZZY HSR
BARELY GETS OUT THE NEXT QUESTION, "WHAT'S THE OTHER THING I NEED TO DO?"...
AND BOTH GIRLS SNATCH AND SAY IN UNISON AND IN HARMONY, "KEEP THESE LOCKS OF OUR HAIRS
...FOR GOOD LUCK AND FAVOR WITH THE GODS!"
"AND, HSR...PLEASE COME BACK TO US SO THAT WE CAN FINISH THINGS!"
"YOU BET!," PROMISES HSR, AS HE GETS HIS BALANCE AND FOOTING BACK ON TRACK!
SO, HE HAS HIS
SATTILITE PHONE
AND A LITTLE ENTERTAINMENT MODULE
WITH SEVERAL GAMES
ALONG WITH THE REQUISITE FOOD AND WATER,
AND HE SHOWS THE ULTIMATE RESPECT
AND THEN HE WADES ON OUT AND HE
SETS SAIL OFF INTO THE LOVELY AND BEAUTIFUL BLUE!
BUT AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS OF CALM AND PICTURESQUE WATERS
AND OF COURSE HSR BEAMS A SMILING , "YES!"
"THEN, DO THESE TWO THINGS"...THEY SAY...
"GIVE BOTH OF US A LONG AND SERIOUS KISS"
AND HSR DOES JUST THAT, AND AFTER, HE FEELS REALLY INTOXICATED WITH THEIR "LEANING IN" EMPHASIS...
...THEN A DIZZY HSR
BARELY GETS OUT THE NEXT QUESTION, "WHAT'S THE OTHER THING I NEED TO DO?"...
AND BOTH GIRLS SNATCH AND SAY IN UNISON AND IN HARMONY, "KEEP THESE LOCKS OF OUR HAIRS
...FOR GOOD LUCK AND FAVOR WITH THE GODS!"
"AND, HSR...PLEASE COME BACK TO US SO THAT WE CAN FINISH THINGS!"
"YOU BET!," PROMISES HSR, AS HE GETS HIS BALANCE AND FOOTING BACK ON TRACK!
SO, HE HAS HIS
SATTILITE PHONE
AND A LITTLE ENTERTAINMENT MODULE
ALONG WITH THE REQUISITE FOOD AND WATER,
AND HE SHOWS THE ULTIMATE RESPECT
AND THEN HE WADES ON OUT AND HE
BUT AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS OF CALM AND PICTURESQUE WATERS
THE SEAS START TO FEEL SOMEWHAT RESTLESS
AND EVEN A LITTLE FURIOUS
FOR EVERYONE
AND HSR'S STARTING TO GET TOSSED AROUND WITHOUT MERCY!
OMG!... A HUGE WAVE BLINDSIDES HIM
WHICH HSR SEES UP CLOSE AND MUCHO PERSONAL,
MAKING HIM THINK THAT HE IS ABOUT TO MEET HIS MAKER!
AND THE CHAOS KNOCKS HIS BOAT OUT OF COMMISSION, AND HSR IS ULTIMATELY KNOCKED OUT AND STARTS TO SINK
IN THE WATER...
BUT!...
FORTUNATELY, A HAND...AS IF ALMOST FROM THE GODS ABOVE THEMSELVES,
REACHES OUT AND PULLS HIM FROM THE WATERS AND ONTO THE ROCKY, BUT GOOD TO SEE,
SHORE!
AND THE PERSON, A WOMAN,
DRAGS HSR INTO A PROTECTED CAVERN
AND SHE AND HER FRIEND, ANOTHER WOMAN, NURSE HSR BACK TO HEALTH...
AND BACK TO HIS MANLY VIGOR!...
...
BUT SOME OTHER WOMEN ON THE ISLAND FIND OUT ABOUT HIM
INCLUDING THE HEAD MATRIARCH, AND
SHE TELLS THE OTHER ASSEMBLED
WOMEN,
"THE LAST TIME A MAN WAS ON OUR ISLAND WAS ALMOST TWENTY YEARS AGO!"
SO, I NOW PROCLAIM...TO SUSTAIN OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS
THIS MAN...MISTER...WHAT IS YOUR NAME?"
"DR. REPORT, MAM!" SAYS HSR...
"DR. REPORT WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAKE EXPECTANT MOTHERS," THE MATRIARCH CONTINUES,
"OUT OF 40 OF YOU, AND
SOME OF YOU MAY REQUIRE MORE THAN 10 OF HIS TRIES TO ENSURE ADEQUATE SUCCESS!"...
AND HSR DOES SOME QUICK MENTAL MATH...
AND TRIES TO KEEP A SERIOUS FACE
ABOUT HIM...
BUT INSIDE, HE'S SILENTLY JUMPIN'
UP AND DOWN FOR JOY!...
BECAUSE, HSR, IN REALITY, IS JUST A
GOOD OL' ATOMIC DOG ANYWAY!
WHO ALWAYS LIKES TO "CHASE
THE CAT!"
BOW WOW WOW, YIPEE YO YIPEE YAY!
"DR. REPORT!...YOU ARE TO START YOUR MISSION RIGHT AFTER EATING
...TODAY!" ORDERS THE MATRIARCH...
ALSO, HSR IS FORCED TO GET HIS WATER FROM AN UNUSUAL SOURCE,
WHICH, TO HIS SURPRISE...
HELPS TO AMP UP HIS EFFORTS AND CONCENTRATION
SO, HSR IS KEPT IN CONFINEMENT WHILE DOING HIS THING
FOR WHAT SEEMS LIKE
MONTHS!
AND WHEN EVER HE'S ABOUT TO FALL IN LOVE WITH ONE LADY...
HE IS SWITCHED TO ANOTHER RECRUIT!...
HOWEVER, IN THE BACK OF HIS MIND, HE CONTINUES TO REMEMBER THAT
AS A
WORLD TRAVELER...HE MUST CONTINUE HIS VOYAGES
SO ONE DAY,
AFTER ALL OF HIS MISSION IS FINISHED...
...AND HSR THROWS A LITTLE MORE IN FOR GOOD MEASURE!...
...HE BREAKS FREE OF HIS CAPTORS,
AND, RUNNING TO THE THE ISLAND'S CLOSEST BEACH,
HE SURPRISINGLY SEES A SHIP A LITTLE OFF THE SHORE,
JUST PAST THE HARBOR,
SO SEEING THIS AS A ONE IN A MILLION CHANCE...
HE SWIMS ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE CRAFT
WITH HIS ONLY POSSESSION,...
THE LOCKS OF THE ISLAND GIRL'S HAIRS
SO, IN A SHORT TIME, HE REACHES AND BOARDS THE BOAT...
BUT...
NO ONE IS AROUND...AND HSR, CALLS OUT, "HELLO...ANYBODY ABOARD?"
AND A WOMAN COMES OUT FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE YACHT
AND SHE TURNS AND SEES HSR...
AND SHE WIDENS HER EYES AS SHE LOOKS HIM UP AND DOWN...
THEN SHE SITS DOWN AND
HINTS AN INTRIGUING SMILE AND ASKS HSR, "SIR, DID YOU SWIM ALL THE WAY OUT HERE FROM THE ISLAND?"
AND HE SAYS, "YES!"
"WOW," SHE SAYS, "I WAS DOING SOME RESEARCH ON AN EXTENSIVE REEF OF CORAL, AND I WAS BLOWN OFF COURSE BY THE STORM, AND I GUESS, LUCKILY...I ENDED UP HERE...BUT...
WHO ARE THOSE WOMEN ON THE SHORE?" SHE ASKS
"THOSE ARE THE NATIVE LADIES...AND THEY LOOK LIKE THEY MIGHT BE A LITTLE RESTLESS!...
"...MAYBE WE SHOULD GET OUT OF HERE!" URGES HSR.
SO THEY LEAVE THE UNKNOWN ISLAND...
AND AFTER A WHILE...
...ON THE CALM WATERS,
THE LADY CAPTAIN ASKS, "HSR, CAN YOU PLEASE RUB SOME OF THIS SUNSCREEN ON MY BACK...AND...
FEEL FREE...
TO LAY THE LOTION ON THICK...
AND IT'S OKAY TO PUT YOUR...!
OH, MY!...SIR!"
AND EVEN A LITTLE FURIOUS
FOR EVERYONE
AND HSR'S STARTING TO GET TOSSED AROUND WITHOUT MERCY!
OMG!... A HUGE WAVE BLINDSIDES HIM
WHICH HSR SEES UP CLOSE AND MUCHO PERSONAL,
MAKING HIM THINK THAT HE IS ABOUT TO MEET HIS MAKER!
AND THE CHAOS KNOCKS HIS BOAT OUT OF COMMISSION, AND HSR IS ULTIMATELY KNOCKED OUT AND STARTS TO SINK
IN THE WATER...
BUT!...
FORTUNATELY, A HAND...AS IF ALMOST FROM THE GODS ABOVE THEMSELVES,
REACHES OUT AND PULLS HIM FROM THE WATERS AND ONTO THE ROCKY, BUT GOOD TO SEE,
SHORE!
AND THE PERSON, A WOMAN,
DRAGS HSR INTO A PROTECTED CAVERN
AND SHE AND HER FRIEND, ANOTHER WOMAN, NURSE HSR BACK TO HEALTH...
AND BACK TO HIS MANLY VIGOR!...
...
BUT SOME OTHER WOMEN ON THE ISLAND FIND OUT ABOUT HIM
INCLUDING THE HEAD MATRIARCH, AND
SHE TELLS THE OTHER ASSEMBLED
WOMEN,
"THE LAST TIME A MAN WAS ON OUR ISLAND WAS ALMOST TWENTY YEARS AGO!"
SO, I NOW PROCLAIM...TO SUSTAIN OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS
THIS MAN...MISTER...WHAT IS YOUR NAME?"
"DR. REPORT, MAM!" SAYS HSR...
"DR. REPORT WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAKE EXPECTANT MOTHERS," THE MATRIARCH CONTINUES,
"OUT OF 40 OF YOU, AND
SOME OF YOU MAY REQUIRE MORE THAN 10 OF HIS TRIES TO ENSURE ADEQUATE SUCCESS!"...
AND HSR DOES SOME QUICK MENTAL MATH...
AND TRIES TO KEEP A SERIOUS FACE
ABOUT HIM...
BUT INSIDE, HE'S SILENTLY JUMPIN'
UP AND DOWN FOR JOY!...
BECAUSE, HSR, IN REALITY, IS JUST A
GOOD OL' ATOMIC DOG ANYWAY!
WHO ALWAYS LIKES TO "CHASE
THE CAT!"
BOW WOW WOW, YIPEE YO YIPEE YAY!
"DR. REPORT!...YOU ARE TO START YOUR MISSION RIGHT AFTER EATING
...TODAY!" ORDERS THE MATRIARCH...
ALSO, HSR IS FORCED TO GET HIS WATER FROM AN UNUSUAL SOURCE,
WHICH, TO HIS SURPRISE...
HELPS TO AMP UP HIS EFFORTS AND CONCENTRATION
SO, HSR IS KEPT IN CONFINEMENT WHILE DOING HIS THING
FOR WHAT SEEMS LIKE
MONTHS!
AND WHEN EVER HE'S ABOUT TO FALL IN LOVE WITH ONE LADY...
HE IS SWITCHED TO ANOTHER RECRUIT!...
HOWEVER, IN THE BACK OF HIS MIND, HE CONTINUES TO REMEMBER THAT
AS A
WORLD TRAVELER...HE MUST CONTINUE HIS VOYAGES
SO ONE DAY,
AFTER ALL OF HIS MISSION IS FINISHED...
...AND HSR THROWS A LITTLE MORE IN FOR GOOD MEASURE!...
...HE BREAKS FREE OF HIS CAPTORS,
AND, RUNNING TO THE THE ISLAND'S CLOSEST BEACH,
HE SURPRISINGLY SEES A SHIP A LITTLE OFF THE SHORE,
JUST PAST THE HARBOR,
SO SEEING THIS AS A ONE IN A MILLION CHANCE...
HE SWIMS ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE CRAFT
WITH HIS ONLY POSSESSION,...
THE LOCKS OF THE ISLAND GIRL'S HAIRS
SO, IN A SHORT TIME, HE REACHES AND BOARDS THE BOAT...
BUT...
NO ONE IS AROUND...AND HSR, CALLS OUT, "HELLO...ANYBODY ABOARD?"
AND A WOMAN COMES OUT FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE YACHT
AND SHE TURNS AND SEES HSR...
AND SHE WIDENS HER EYES AS SHE LOOKS HIM UP AND DOWN...
THEN SHE SITS DOWN AND
HINTS AN INTRIGUING SMILE AND ASKS HSR, "SIR, DID YOU SWIM ALL THE WAY OUT HERE FROM THE ISLAND?"
AND HE SAYS, "YES!"
"WOW," SHE SAYS, "I WAS DOING SOME RESEARCH ON AN EXTENSIVE REEF OF CORAL, AND I WAS BLOWN OFF COURSE BY THE STORM, AND I GUESS, LUCKILY...I ENDED UP HERE...BUT...
WHO ARE THOSE WOMEN ON THE SHORE?" SHE ASKS
"THOSE ARE THE NATIVE LADIES...AND THEY LOOK LIKE THEY MIGHT BE A LITTLE RESTLESS!...
"...MAYBE WE SHOULD GET OUT OF HERE!" URGES HSR.
SO THEY LEAVE THE UNKNOWN ISLAND...
AND AFTER A WHILE...
...ON THE CALM WATERS,
THE LADY CAPTAIN ASKS, "HSR, CAN YOU PLEASE RUB SOME OF THIS SUNSCREEN ON MY BACK...AND...
FEEL FREE...
TO LAY THE LOTION ON THICK...
AND IT'S OKAY TO PUT YOUR...!
OH, MY!...SIR!"
"I don't know about you, but...I'm glad that I didn't live four hundred years ago!...or did I?"
just dyed her hair red, for a change of pace! And she likes to play with it!
As a Pre-Law student at UNIBUC, she has a Psychology Major.
She's working on her Doctoral Dissertation concerning "Dreams As A Therapeutic Tool For Healing And Insights."
Needless to say, she's at the top of her class, and I think it's because she wants to discover more and more...
...of the inner workings of the scary parts
of the mind...the little-understood areas...
Especially the "Dream States" that all of us experience nightly.
Gabriela believes that dreams don't necessarily have to be
fear inducing--they can also be a source of a little fun and safe mystery!
My name is Laurentiu-Radu Caciomeaga, her boyfriend, and I followed one of her suggestions to have a good and simple expectation of relaxing into a set of dreams...
And it was quite the adventure!
I noted down all that I could remember from last night.
We talked on the phone and I told her that she should do what I did, and sleep on a moving train...
And she agreed, to keep our research conditions consistent.
So, Gabriela decides to take the choo-choo train
from Lasi to Vaslui.
And she says to herself after boarding, "I think I'll just go to my sleeping cabin and cool it, and then, call it a day!
So, walking down the corridor
she reaches her accommodations, and after drinking some water, she first cracks open a book
Then, Gabriela surfs the Net a bit
then the train track's somnolence-producing mechanisms start to kick in
with its gentle monotonous sounds and sways, and
consequently,
in no time at all, she tells herself, "I'll just close my eyes a little"...
And post haste. Gabriela is officially introduced to
the one and only...Mr. Sand Man
and immediate relief is attained by simply closing them and...
Swish!...
...the dreams commence!
And the sounds of a wispy and heavenly harp
only give a hint of presence in the dreamscape
"I feel too free, as if I can dance and spin even the most difficult turns!
Wait!...my boyfriend said that he dreamed that he was just walking through an imaginary park, and
...right now, so am I!...
...the smells--so fragrant--even better than my favorite perfume!
So, it looks like some people live out here, but I see no one yet...
Okay, this looks like a good road to walk down...
But I don't even feel my feet touch the ground!
I must remember that I am in a dream, and things can get unreal--but feel real at the same time!
Yikes! The trees just changed!...
Naw!...this right here
is too much!
Come to think of it, our subconsciousnesses may actually, and mightily, hold up and support what we see...whether it's real or imagined...or both!...Wow!
But must we pay for, or pay back, for the insights that we envision?
Because I know that life isn't free!
My...time to get a little wet, isn't it?
Let me see how this water feels!
Hey!...there's some people..."Hello!...Where are you guys headed!
Do they even hear me?
Look!...a bridge over serene waters!
and then Gabriela opens her eyes and sees
then she goes back to sleep...
Wait! Do I know them...I'll ask...
"Hello! What are your names? Do you have a brother named...
Oops!...nice!...
"Hey, you cute little birdie...but I can't hear your chirping, I just only still hear the harp music.
Suddenly, the voice from a plant force
appears and asks Gabriela, "Have you seen my brother?"
"I don't think so...can you describe him," asks Gabriela.
"He's chlorophyll green, and he's as tall as the trees!," relates the plant force.
"Then he should be easy to spot then, no?" concedes Gabriela.
"It should be easy...he hasn't been back home for a couple of days, and we're getting concerned," mentions the plant force.
"Well, where does he usually go?" inquires Paduraria.
"He usually meets up with a couple of dreamers not too far from the lake,
One is named Thamires Nyersetelek
she comes quite often
and the other one is
Moreninha Gaspari
"Both of them think that they can just come in anytime they want to and sap all of his sap!" the plant force laments.
"Mother misses him and sent me to look for him.
"I did meet a man, a nice man a while ago,
"Laurentiu-Radu...we talked in the garden.
"Are you Gabriela Paduraria?" the plant force asks.
"Yes! And you spoke to my boyfriend Laurentiu?" reconfirms Gabriela.
The plant force says, "Yes...oh, as a matter of fact, there he is over there!
"That is him, right?" asks Plant Force.
"Yes...that's him...Radu!, Radu!...can you hear me?" Gabriela tries to shout, but Laurentiu-Radu doesn't hear her, or turn his head to her.
Plant Force says, "Sometimes it's like that in this place...things can be--but they aren't...and then things cannot be, but they are...
Dreams rule here, but there are no hard and fast rules," Plant Force continues, "Do you love Radu?"
"I like him a lot, but my heart hasn't made up its mind to go all out," admits Gabriela.
"Well, speak to your heart, and imagine things with, and without him...but please, remember...feel free to come back and
...relax anytime with Radu...can I tell you a secret, Gabriela?" asks Plant Force.
"But, of course...please tell me!" helps Gabriela.
"The person I'm looking for is really not my brother...he's my other half!
...and I
"miss him so much!...
..."OMG!...What's this!" Plant Force says...
..."just as we are speaking, right now...here he comes!
"Cezar-Augustin!, over here!" Plant Force shouts with a cheery smile!
"Come to me now, my Sweet, Sweet!"
And Plant Force and Cezar-Augustin morph and walk away
"Maybe they're just going back to Mother!," thinks Gabriela.
Just then, Gabriela's
cell phone rings, waking her up on the train..and it's Laurentiu-Radu!
And Radu, sounding really happy, says, "Gabriela...I have to tell you about another dream last night!...
And Gabriela listens, then, blurry-eyed, looks out of the window and
just grins...then happily hurries back to her sleep!...
May you have many...help the kids, because, with the coming future, they're going to need it badly!...shoppers want the merchandise, and merchants want the money!...hey--what are you waiting for--breathe!...smiles!
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