13/14 May 2010

I am back in Ireland with the Brazills. I am nervous about upsetting Joe and Julie. I then wonder why I am in Ireland. I walk outside and meet my father. I ask him whether I am dreaming, and he says I am not. Finally, after some more conversation, he admits that this is adream. He says I am having this dream with him because he is so attached to me. I then walk into a building, which resembles my old high school. I first wander into a physics class, which I avoid, and then enter a hallway full of art rooms. I walk onward in search of a Humanities classroom. I notice that there are a lot of thuggish kids walking around. At the end of the hallway, I notice the principal making someone do pushups. I walk upstairs and look into a classroom, recognizing a teacher but not wanting to disturb the class. I then see some thuggish kids and walk along with them.

I enter a mall and walk through the food court. I am walking with a boy who turns out to be gay, and I ask him what year it is. He replies that it is 1994; I have evidently gone back in time. The first thing that comes to mind is the dissolution of Yugoslavia. I express my anguish over the situation there. He asks me whether I would support an armed intervention in Yugoslavia to stop the violence, and I reply in the negative. I then notice that the pickle is missing from my veggie burger. I go to get another one and then promptly wake up.