THE RESERVATION RUSH (April 15, 2012)
I dreamt that I was riding a train approaching a big city. It was early evening. The train was crowded. Everyone around me was making restaurant reservations with their mobile phones. For guidance, they used an electronic map on the carriage wall that showed which restaurants were still available. The reservation pace was frenetic. Everyone was quite excited. Mobile phones were quickly passed from one person to another. I remember making a reservation myself. I did not give my mobile phone to anyone else, though. It could easily get lost in the crowd once we came to a stop. The city was new to me, and I felt ill at ease about its ways. I could not figure out the reservation rush, either. And this is how I woke up. Completely bewildered by a world I would never wish to visit, let alone call my own.