Richard Silk
2024-01-07 22:04:31 UTC
Mornings seem a tad busier lately than before. Trying to "sleep in" is something of a "not these days" type of issue (because tending to Mom is more of a job/duty as she's become less mobile and in greater need of assistance. If she gets down to "palliative care" level, then it'll be time for a nursing home, but as long as she can "maintain hygiene," all is well.)
At any rate, 2 days ago (on the 5th) I was attempting to write up an entry, and well, stuff simply "happens" and as a consequence, "other stuff" gets "put aside."
In journaling dreams, that can be something of a "losing proposition" as a *lot* of content simply "evaporates" after a day or two and is simply no longer available for reasonable recall.
But *last night* I (deliberately) sacked out on the couch in the living room, knowing I'll get at least a good, *decent* half-night's sleep, and sure enough, I awoke around 4 AM to both myself and the dog (needing a "nature break") but here's the thing: I had a *wonderfully* vivid dream just before waking, nad it goes a bit like this:
The dreamer was in some manner dealing with a high-performance automobile, *similar to* a late-model (possibly future model) darker red Corvette, yet with a "feel" more like a Ferrari (like with an absolute speed-performance high-end line model, yet with sports car luxury focus. I've just listened to around 20 of the "top 10" car engine audios on YouTube, and the only one that came even *close* was the Lamborghini Countach LP500S.)
Apparently, most car engine audio videos are for some reason fascinated with the tail pipes, which produce a rather *throaty* sound, sometimes like a "growl" or "angry" sound. (One video even sounded like a classic Harley-Davidson!)
This particular scene was a view of "under the hood," of the engine compartment, and *most* of it was "covered" with one of those dark (blackish) either leather or plastic protection shrouds. (For some reason, the impression of fabric was more prevalent than hard plastic, *unless* the plastic had been shape-formed to portray the dips and rises of the components beneath it.)
The dreamer had the keys to the vehicle (not specifically a fob, yet there may certainly have been a fob on it) but there was some type of issue with the ignition system itself: If the keys were turned, there was a *broken* wire (I'm *thinking* it was colored red, to indicate it was from the hot positive terminal) that was (seemingly, logically) positioned somewhere between the battery's + terminal and the starter, yet near the top front of the engine compartment (like in the area *traditionally* over the radiator zone) *and this break in the wire* prevented *any* current running to the starter, like turning on a light switch to a lamp with no bulb.
The dreamer was holding the two ends of the broken wire, such that there was an exposed (silvery) wire tip in the left hand and also an exposed (silvery) tip in the right hand. Now normally, when someone is connecting two wires, there's *usually* about a half inch of exposed wire that may be twisted or crimped or capped together in some manner. In this case, there was only about a "point" of wire exposed on each side, maybe a single millimeter on each side.
So when the dreamer "held" those two wire tips together, the engine purred to life. The dreamer even "revved" the engine a bit (this is typically a *very* simple maneuver from under the hood— or at least, it used to be, back when the gas pedal physically activated a rod that actuated the fuel intake / carburetor in some manner) then let the engine stop, *possibly* by letting go of the two ends of the wire, although "IRL" (in the real world) once the current to the starter has completed the ignition sequence, one *should* be able to totally disconnect the battery as the vehicle will continue to run via the alternator/generator. Even so, the *sound* of the engine was, in some dream-like, spiritual-mechanical manner, *beautiful!* It had the hum of a motor, yet also had the high-pitched "whine" of a turbocharger. (People who know turbos know that a turbo's "whine" is usually a *beautiful* sound, rather than an irritating "whine," like that of a child or cranky person.)
So sure, it's been a few years since I've had to dabble under the hood, and that information *may* be significantly outdated in today's modern mechanics, but I definitely recall once viewing a car running back in the day, IRL, with *no* battery.
At any rate, in the dream, the dreamer seemed to be of the opinion that the engine would run only with the wire points held together.
Then someone came into the picture, so to speak: A man (looking *very* much like myself, although more like my real life biological father, although Dad physically passed back in 2006, and with an actually "more mature" look, even though more like in his 40s or 50s, whereas I'm in my *early* 60s) appeared to the dreamer's left, so here's the layout of the scene:
The dreamer is like at the center-point of a traditional, 12-hour clock face, where the hands come together at the center-point of the face. The car is aimed as if from 2–2:30 pointing *towards* the center-point of the clock face. The dreamer is in the front of the car (the center-point of the clock face) as well as tending towards the car's left (driver's side, in the USA) to around 3:30 of the clock face.
The character / man who enters is slightly ahead of the front right of the car's right headlight / fender (passenger's side in the USA) at *about* 10 o'clock per the clock face.
What the guy does: Somehow he tells the dreamer to start the car, or in some way *starts* the car without any actual physical action to indicate having done so. Sort of like the word "start" is spoken, and the car starts.
The engine is humming along beautifully as the dreamer is holding the two wire points together.
The guy *revs* the engine up to around maybe 4 to 6 thousand RPM (just as an estimate. No tachometer was actually observed) and holds it there, sustained like a well-played whole note, tied to another whole note, blown on a wind instrument (in other words, a good 6 to 8 count rev.)
The dreamer (basically, me, "I") stood there listening to the engine hum, appreciating every moment of its purring / humming, thinking that was perhaps *the* most beautiful engine hum he'd (I've) ever heard.
Then the dreamer realized that the engine would only run if those two wires were held together, and basically let go of the wires as the engine simply wound straight down into a perfect halt.
So while the dream ended (clarity 9++/10-ish) I awoke thinking that the *very next step* would be to find *some* way to solder/connect those two wire ends and protect them from grounding out in some manner (likely with heavy wrapping with black electrical tape.)
Another thought that came about had to deal with the possibly symbology of the car as the "relationship vehicle" of Gina and myself, but that's a rather "wide open to interpretation" type possibility.
At any rate, 2 days ago (on the 5th) I was attempting to write up an entry, and well, stuff simply "happens" and as a consequence, "other stuff" gets "put aside."
In journaling dreams, that can be something of a "losing proposition" as a *lot* of content simply "evaporates" after a day or two and is simply no longer available for reasonable recall.
But *last night* I (deliberately) sacked out on the couch in the living room, knowing I'll get at least a good, *decent* half-night's sleep, and sure enough, I awoke around 4 AM to both myself and the dog (needing a "nature break") but here's the thing: I had a *wonderfully* vivid dream just before waking, nad it goes a bit like this:
The dreamer was in some manner dealing with a high-performance automobile, *similar to* a late-model (possibly future model) darker red Corvette, yet with a "feel" more like a Ferrari (like with an absolute speed-performance high-end line model, yet with sports car luxury focus. I've just listened to around 20 of the "top 10" car engine audios on YouTube, and the only one that came even *close* was the Lamborghini Countach LP500S.)
Apparently, most car engine audio videos are for some reason fascinated with the tail pipes, which produce a rather *throaty* sound, sometimes like a "growl" or "angry" sound. (One video even sounded like a classic Harley-Davidson!)
This particular scene was a view of "under the hood," of the engine compartment, and *most* of it was "covered" with one of those dark (blackish) either leather or plastic protection shrouds. (For some reason, the impression of fabric was more prevalent than hard plastic, *unless* the plastic had been shape-formed to portray the dips and rises of the components beneath it.)
The dreamer had the keys to the vehicle (not specifically a fob, yet there may certainly have been a fob on it) but there was some type of issue with the ignition system itself: If the keys were turned, there was a *broken* wire (I'm *thinking* it was colored red, to indicate it was from the hot positive terminal) that was (seemingly, logically) positioned somewhere between the battery's + terminal and the starter, yet near the top front of the engine compartment (like in the area *traditionally* over the radiator zone) *and this break in the wire* prevented *any* current running to the starter, like turning on a light switch to a lamp with no bulb.
The dreamer was holding the two ends of the broken wire, such that there was an exposed (silvery) wire tip in the left hand and also an exposed (silvery) tip in the right hand. Now normally, when someone is connecting two wires, there's *usually* about a half inch of exposed wire that may be twisted or crimped or capped together in some manner. In this case, there was only about a "point" of wire exposed on each side, maybe a single millimeter on each side.
So when the dreamer "held" those two wire tips together, the engine purred to life. The dreamer even "revved" the engine a bit (this is typically a *very* simple maneuver from under the hood— or at least, it used to be, back when the gas pedal physically activated a rod that actuated the fuel intake / carburetor in some manner) then let the engine stop, *possibly* by letting go of the two ends of the wire, although "IRL" (in the real world) once the current to the starter has completed the ignition sequence, one *should* be able to totally disconnect the battery as the vehicle will continue to run via the alternator/generator. Even so, the *sound* of the engine was, in some dream-like, spiritual-mechanical manner, *beautiful!* It had the hum of a motor, yet also had the high-pitched "whine" of a turbocharger. (People who know turbos know that a turbo's "whine" is usually a *beautiful* sound, rather than an irritating "whine," like that of a child or cranky person.)
So sure, it's been a few years since I've had to dabble under the hood, and that information *may* be significantly outdated in today's modern mechanics, but I definitely recall once viewing a car running back in the day, IRL, with *no* battery.
At any rate, in the dream, the dreamer seemed to be of the opinion that the engine would run only with the wire points held together.
Then someone came into the picture, so to speak: A man (looking *very* much like myself, although more like my real life biological father, although Dad physically passed back in 2006, and with an actually "more mature" look, even though more like in his 40s or 50s, whereas I'm in my *early* 60s) appeared to the dreamer's left, so here's the layout of the scene:
The dreamer is like at the center-point of a traditional, 12-hour clock face, where the hands come together at the center-point of the face. The car is aimed as if from 2–2:30 pointing *towards* the center-point of the clock face. The dreamer is in the front of the car (the center-point of the clock face) as well as tending towards the car's left (driver's side, in the USA) to around 3:30 of the clock face.
The character / man who enters is slightly ahead of the front right of the car's right headlight / fender (passenger's side in the USA) at *about* 10 o'clock per the clock face.
What the guy does: Somehow he tells the dreamer to start the car, or in some way *starts* the car without any actual physical action to indicate having done so. Sort of like the word "start" is spoken, and the car starts.
The engine is humming along beautifully as the dreamer is holding the two wire points together.
The guy *revs* the engine up to around maybe 4 to 6 thousand RPM (just as an estimate. No tachometer was actually observed) and holds it there, sustained like a well-played whole note, tied to another whole note, blown on a wind instrument (in other words, a good 6 to 8 count rev.)
The dreamer (basically, me, "I") stood there listening to the engine hum, appreciating every moment of its purring / humming, thinking that was perhaps *the* most beautiful engine hum he'd (I've) ever heard.
Then the dreamer realized that the engine would only run if those two wires were held together, and basically let go of the wires as the engine simply wound straight down into a perfect halt.
So while the dream ended (clarity 9++/10-ish) I awoke thinking that the *very next step* would be to find *some* way to solder/connect those two wire ends and protect them from grounding out in some manner (likely with heavy wrapping with black electrical tape.)
Another thought that came about had to deal with the possibly symbology of the car as the "relationship vehicle" of Gina and myself, but that's a rather "wide open to interpretation" type possibility.