the end of the world

so the other night i had kind of a scary dream.  it was a long dream, but i can't really make it seem like it was long by writing it down.
i walked out into the front yard at this house where we used to live in eastland.  i looked up at the sky and there was some kind of machine falling into the atmosphere.  it was turning the sky red, and there were flaming pieces of metal falling all around.  i ran down the street to tyler's apartment and banged on the door.  when he opened it, i looked inside and could see more things falling out of his window.  it reminded me of this scene from The X Files.

anyway, i asked tyler what was happening.  he said it was obviously Armageddon.  his apartment started falling apart and we had to run away.  my feet kept getting really hot as we were running.

i didn't sleep well the rest of the night.  argh.

and then, last night i was thinking about this dream some more.  i thought about the end of Return of the King after Frodo destroyed the ring.  He said, "I'm glad to be with you, Samwise Gamgee, here at the end of all things."  It's kinda random, but oh well.

#Dream

crazy dream.
i just woke up from a very strange dream.  anderson cooper was in it and it was really weird.  the only famous people i've ever had a dream about were harry potter and voldemort. 
i don't know why i had a dream about anderson, but here's what happened:
sean came to meet me for lunch at school, but school was somehow suddenly out at the airport between midland and odessa.  it was set up kinda like rock the desert--lots of open space and a big stage.  we were sitting at a picnic bench eating lunch and some of the biology professors were sitting next to us.  they all got up to go through the line to get their food.  the next thing i knew, sean and i were sitting in his car eating our sandwiches, and the professors all sat down at a table up next to the stage.
as i finished my sandwich, i heard someone talking on the stage.  "hey, that sounds like anderson cooper!" i said to myself and looked out the window toward the stage.  and it WAS him!  and he was wearing a bright pink polo shirt.  i said to sean, "look at that pink shirt wearing boy," and pointed to the stage.  (i don't talk like that, so i don't know why i did in my dream...)
so anderson kept talking about something and i kept wondering why in the world he was in midland, tx.  i looked around for my lab teacher, because in my dream she liked anderson cooper, but in real life it's someone else i know who likes anderson cooper.  but anyway, she was on her way to the bathroom and i followed her.  i told her we should go meet him.  she said no. 
i looked around for a while and noticed that anderson was leaving, so i chased after him.  i ran through the airport and all the way to odessa.  i found him in some building and there were a lot of people there.  i asked some stranger if we could meet him and one of the producers of AC360 said yes, so i got in line.  i was all sweaty from running to odessa.  i got out my phone and tried to wipe all the sweat off my face and neck with an extra t-shirt i was carrying.
so anderson started walking around, meeting people.  i followed him, trying to meet him, but everytime i got close, he apparated to another part of the room.  seriously!  the dude could apparate!  at some point, he finally got to a part of the room and stopped and i was in the right line to meet him.  i got my the camera on my phone ready.  i was so excited that i was going to be able to tweet a picture of me and anderson with #spotAnderson on it! 
i was next in line.
....and i woke up.

so...i didn't get to meet him.  that was not the craziest dream i've ever had, but it was weird.

비빔밥

비빔밥

Pibim pap—vegetables mixed with rice

This was one of my favorite meals in Korea.  I’ve only made it once since I got back from Korea in 2005, and I’m making it again tonight.  It’s very tasty, but a pain in the butt to make.  Also, I can’t find all of the vegetables I need for it here, that’s another reason I haven’t made it more.  This recipe mostly from A Korean Mother’s Cooking Notes by Chang Sun-Young.  I made slight changes.  It's tasty and you should try it!

Ingredients:

6 cups rice, soaked

3 oak mushrooms

½ carrot, sliced

1 cup onion, sliced

1 cup bellflower roots

2 cups cucumber, sliced

2 cups bean sprouts

Salt, soy sauce, green onion, garlic, sesame oil, olive oil, pepper, vegetable stock.

Mushrooms

After soaking the mushrooms, cut into slices and stir-fry.  (I don’t use mushrooms because Sean would yell at me.  Heehee.)

Carrot

Peel carrots and cut into strips.  (I cheat and buy the “matchstix” carrots.)  Stir-fry in hot oil, adding ¼ teaspoon of salt.  Add spoonfuls of water while stir-frying so the carrots don’t change colors.

Onion

Cut onion like the carrot strips and stir-fry, adding ½ teaspoon salt.

Bellflower roots

Scald bellflower roots in salt water.  Stir-fry, adding ½ teaspoon crushed garlic, ½ teaspoon salt and pepper.  Add 4 tablespoons vegetable stock.  When tender, remove them from heat, mix with chopped green onions and a drop of sesame oil.

I strongly recommend trying to find bellflower roots.  They are very good cooked this way, but I have never been able to find them.  L

Cucumber

Cut the cucumber into 2 inch chunks, peel skin, slice into strips.  Don’t use the soft insides.  Sprinkle with ½ tablespoon salt and let stand.  When limp, squeeze hard and stir-fry.

Bean sprouts

Fry ½ teaspoon garlic in 1 teaspoon olive oil, add bean sprouts and ½ teaspoon of salt.  Cover and simmer until beans sprouts are well cooked.  Remove from heat and add 1 tablespoon sesame oil, 1 tablespoon chopped green onion, and ½ teaspoon red pepper powder.

To serve, put a scoop of rice in a bowl and sprinkle with 2 teaspoons sesame oil.  Arrange the vegetables on top of the rice.  Place a fried egg on top.

Disclaimer: Remember, I took most of this recipe from A Korean Mother’s Cooking Notes by Chang Sun-Young.  It is not my own.

O Canada

this blog may become my dream journal.  haha.

last night's dream:

i had to go to a funeral.  it was one funeral for two people, and i had to sit in the front row because i was playing a song, but no one told me what the song was before i had to go play.  i was sitting between my sister and my mom.  they both had saxophones because they were playing something too.  i had my clarinet.
someone came by and handed us little index cards that told us what songs we were supposed to be playing.  i turned my card over and it was the Canadian flag, but it was all messed up, like those "security" phrases you have to type in when you want to post a link or something on facebook.
i decided that i apparently was supposed to play the Canadian national anthem, but i didn't know it.  i got really nervous and thought about how i had never played in front of a crowd all by myself before and imagined myself getting up there and squeaking my way through an unknown anthem.  and my legs were hairy.
and then, beside me, my mom started playing the Notre Dame Victory March to practice.  but the funeral had started and Mr. R came up to us and started yelling at me, telling me not to play while people were talking.  i told him it wasn't me.  it was obviously a saxophone playing and i don't even know how to play the saxophone.  i was even holding my clarinet up for him to look at.
and then i went out into the hallway to try to figure out how to play my song. 

and that's all i remember.  very weird.  don't know why i'm having so many band dreams lately.