this may have been my first forum member dream... but i'm not sure --- probably not now that i think of it. but it from last night:
i'm at this bowling alley, crowded with people and there is a sort of competition going on, but all the focus is on this guy (he sorta looked like baycityjohn now that i think of it) and he's rolling strike after strike, knocking all the pins down, and on his last throw he drops the ball -- it goes sideways and ends up a gutter ball, but in the gutter the NEXT lane over, and for some reason since it wasn't in his lane, they let him go again.. and when he does, we find out why the previous throw went awry: because he was trying to throw two balls at the same time.
this time it works, he throws one down the correct lane, but the other is thrown behind his back and it goes on this sort of wacky track, like dominoes or some set up trail, it rolls behind him and down some stairs, then it rolls into a box and then comes out the other end, then it rolls across a table and drops onto the floor (people scattering to get out of the way) and under and between the legs of chairs... then my focus changes to follow the other ball that was thrown down the lane -- and it knocks all the pins down! people cheer... then focus goes back to the other ball, and it's still on its journey, now rolling down the diner portion of the bowling alley, between the legs of partrons who are jumping up and out of the way,,,, and then the ball hits a wall, bounces back and rolls the other way toward the back exit, then goes down more stairs (thump thump thump) and toward a door, which somebody opens to allow the ball to go through...
then outside on a concrete stairway it rolls down and it's now out on this lawn, but suddenly i see, on the grass, a giant pink pig and a big stag (male deer with horns, like a 16pt buck) on their hind legs -- doing a sort of sumo-wrestling hold, arms (er,, upper limbs) locked together. but between them is a little boy about five and i'm worried that he will get crushed, but it seems that the stag and the pig know that he's there. he's safe, is smiling anyway, and moving with the deer and pig as they move across the grass, like he's taking part in a dance rather than a wrestling match...
there's all kinds of people from the bowling alley outside watching this, i guess they came out to see where the bowling ball went (btw it's sunny and the lawn is green), and we all start to go back inside and then melissasjack suddenly appears at the top of the stairs. she asks me to hand her her stuff she left on the lower steps. there is a pack of cigarettes and a lighter and all these keychains -- which i think in the dream that she must be making for the bay city bbm showing (or something) -- and i notice they are silver key rings with brown/tan/gold colored leather strands attached. it looks like she's braiding them.
some are completed, and some are just strands waiting to be braided. then i noticed that they're not braided in that four-square pattern (like kids do in the cub/girl scouts with that vinyl "gimp" rope), but it's macramé...
and there was a bit more but i forgot... but the main thing is the deer and the pig dancing (!) and the domino-like effect of that bowling ball on its supposedly pre-planned course (i remember thinking *during the dream* that it had to do with ones course in life.. the obstacles that can be overcome, walls that can stop it, doors that are opened... the smooth rides, the bumps in the road)... and then melissa, suddenly appearing with her smile and voice.
