Video Journal 2 - Dreaming

Video Journal #2 - Dreaming is the 2nd video in MLAndersen0. It was posted on January 18, 2011.

## Description

new camera on the way. i'm going to try to get some sleep.

## Summary

Michael speaks to the camera again, talking about his lack of sleep over the past few days, as well as the fact he has ordered a new camera. He says he hasn't done much other than that, but then begins to talk about a strange dream he had.

In his dream, he woke up in what seemed to be an alleyway in a downtown area, that it was in black and white like a noir film. He couldn't move, and explains that he could see an ominous, dark grandfather clock in the middle of the alley. He says he could see a pendulum swinging back and forth, and that the clock was simply sitting there. He then says that to his left, he could see a person who was him. Both were just staring at the clock, and Michael noticed that the face of the clock was blank, and that the hands on the face of the clock were swinging in strange directions. He watched the other him walk towards it, and began to feel a sense of dread, as though something were wrong. He then tried to yell out, to stop the other him, but was unable to. He says the other him reached out and touched the clock, and that he himself grabbed his arm, which caused a strange ringing noise. He then woke up. He says the only thing of note is that he hasn't dreamt in a long time, not seeing any meaning within the dream. He then signs off.

## Transcript

*Video begins in the same bedroom as Video Journal #1. The room is dark but there is some light from the lamp and computer to illuminate Michael. The light on the desk is reflected in the mirror on the far wall behind Michael. Michael is sitting in the same place as before and he still appears tired.*

**Michael**: Hey again. This is my second video journal. Today is January the 18th and it is 9:37pm. Been up for about eighteen hours right now. Uh, I got about three hours of sleep in the last three days. *[nods]* Turns out your body can’t function to well on that. So, get out of it. *[thinks]* Didn’t do too much today. Obviously. I, uh, bought myself a camera. This webcam stuff ain’t doing it for me, so if I’m gonna have to do these journals I might as well do it on something we can actually see. So that should be here in the next couple days. Didn’t really do much other than that. Um.

*Michael thinks for a moment.*

**Michael**: When I… when I did sleep, I… I dreamt, which is new. I haven’t had, uh… really had dreams. Didn’t happen when I was in the hospital, much. It’s been the meds or something but *[clears throat]* after my last video, when the sleeping pills weren’t working I took a couple more and they kicked in a little bit. Got a whopping three hours of sleep and yeah, I dreamt. It’s weird, I… it was, it was like waking up in an alleyway. It seemed to be an alleyway, in between two buildings like downtown or something. It was like, black and white, like a 1950s noir film. And I… I couldn’t move. I was just kinda watching. And there’s this ominous sort of *[gestures with his hand, then puts it on his cheek]* object in the middle of the alleyway. Black and tall and… I don’t know, it was like a grandfather clock, I think. It… you could kinda see the little pendulum *[makes a small swinging motion with his hand]* swinging back and forth. But it was just kinda sitting there. And uh, I could see something about to my left. Um, this person, I guess? And, uh, the closer I looked at it, it was me.

*Michael opens his eyes wider, looking straight into the camera.*

**Michael**: Spooky. Uh, we were just kinda staring at it and I attempted to get my, uh, own attention. And… it didn’t work. Uh, I was walking towards it. As I kinda looked at the, the clock… it had that pendulum swinging back and forth, and uh, the clock face was empty. There was no numbers but there was the *[holds his hands up for a moment]* arms back and forth and swinging at weird angles like they were coming out of the clock. Just, long dark black arms and it… As I was walking towards it—as I was watching myself walk towards it, I just got this *[shakes his head]* sense of dread that it was not good that it was bad. And I tried to… I tried to stop myself, I tried to yell out. I couldn’t, um. I got closer and closer and I started moving closer to it as well, almost to the point where I could touch it. And as the other me reached out, I tried to grab my own arm and the instant I touched it there was this loud ringing noise *[noise in background of video]* and I uh, woke up? Really a nightmare, not really anything, just new. I haven’t had a dream in a very long time. It’s kinda weird. Not much else to put on here, so *[shrugs]* so I got…

*Michael moves back in his chair.*

**Michael**: Uh, next time I post a video, it should be better quality, better sound. My camera should be here… next couple days. Whenever I update a video, so… Yeah. See you then.