Wednesday, February 09, 2005
Creamy Subconscious
Sounds like a good band name
I have a recurring dream about Coldstone Creamery. I used to work there in waking life. I worked there for one summer and then a couple times on breaks during school.
I've worked in all kinds of different locations, and have always wondered why Coldstone Creamery keeps appearing in my dreams. It's come up probably once every couple weeks for the past several months. Now, I don't know if I really buy into the whole thing about dreams having some sort of deeper meaning or not, but when I discussed my Coldstone dreams with Jason, he had a very good theory. Based on the specific times in my life that I dream about Coldstone, and the mental associaions I make with Coldstone in waking life, although it seems weird to tie a subconscious thought to a former place of employment that was merely a junky summer job, it makes sense that perhaps these dreams represent guilt.
I never would have thought of it on my own, but the times I have the dreams seem to fall during guilty times in my life. And although I never would notice myself that I have any guilty feelings about Coldstone Creamery, it wouldn't be crazy to say my subconscious does. This is probably because I sorta never officially quit... I just sorta... never called them anymore about a job. My boss even called me once and asked if I'd like to come back and work for this past summer, and I told him I didn't know whether or not I'd be in Pittsburgh for the summer, and that I'd get back to him. (This was true at the time, but I forgot about it after a while and never got back to him) So... that could make some sense. In the dreams I'm always afraid my boss will see me and be mad that I never called him back. I don't know... it's weird.
I'm thirsty.
The end.
I have a recurring dream about Coldstone Creamery. I used to work there in waking life. I worked there for one summer and then a couple times on breaks during school.
I've worked in all kinds of different locations, and have always wondered why Coldstone Creamery keeps appearing in my dreams. It's come up probably once every couple weeks for the past several months. Now, I don't know if I really buy into the whole thing about dreams having some sort of deeper meaning or not, but when I discussed my Coldstone dreams with Jason, he had a very good theory. Based on the specific times in my life that I dream about Coldstone, and the mental associaions I make with Coldstone in waking life, although it seems weird to tie a subconscious thought to a former place of employment that was merely a junky summer job, it makes sense that perhaps these dreams represent guilt.
I never would have thought of it on my own, but the times I have the dreams seem to fall during guilty times in my life. And although I never would notice myself that I have any guilty feelings about Coldstone Creamery, it wouldn't be crazy to say my subconscious does. This is probably because I sorta never officially quit... I just sorta... never called them anymore about a job. My boss even called me once and asked if I'd like to come back and work for this past summer, and I told him I didn't know whether or not I'd be in Pittsburgh for the summer, and that I'd get back to him. (This was true at the time, but I forgot about it after a while and never got back to him) So... that could make some sense. In the dreams I'm always afraid my boss will see me and be mad that I never called him back. I don't know... it's weird.
I'm thirsty.
The end.
