I keep dreaming of losing my teeth. It's a very weird feeling. Especially last night's dream, where my two front teeth came out together with a lump of gum, and I kept trying to push them back and hope they healed back into place. I remember waking up, running my tongue around my mouth and relaxing in relief.
Krissa and I have been playing a game called Katamari Damacy on the PS2. It's one of the most original games I've ever played. Your tiny character pushes a ball, or katamari, around the place, and to begin with you pick up paper clips, erasers, pencils and thumbtacks, and through the levels you progress to picking up cats, flowerpots, small bears, fish, trees and hapless children, and by then it's only a matter of time before you're rolling through skyscrapers, whales, airports, superheroes and volcanic islands.
It sounds utterly insane (and it is!), but you only have to look at the Katamari photos on flickr to see the effect this game has on people. I'm particularly fond of this picture. A bunch of people built a two-metre Katamari and pushed it around San Francisco.
Nifty.
Update: WIRED article on katamari and how the in-game effects can uh, overflow into your DRIVING HABITS. Man. I don't think Krissa and I are that bad. A woman in the article tried to grab the steering wheel from her husband, and afterwards said, "Sorry. I thought we could pick up that mailbox we just passed". via.
How the HELL is it September?
My nephew loves this game. I've played with him once or twice and luckily, he lives in another state, or I could see how it could become addicting. They're just so cute!!
Haven't played Katamari, so can't comment, but seriously, about it being September, I was outside today, in glorious sunshine, without a cloud in the sky, and found it hard to believe myself.
But then I remember being in school, after a rotten August, and being extremely pissed off that September always seemed to be sunnier.
But you meant, of course, that the year was going fast, and I agree there too. The other day, in November 2005, I bought a house. Now it's September 2006, and I've been in that house 2 months. It's inconcievable.
I had, and still occasionally have, dreams about my teeth falling out. Almost always people tell me it means feeling you've lost control.
So now I'm telling you.
K
according to the dream doctor:
Dreams of teeth falling out are common. Often these dreams reflect concerns over our physical appearance, as our smile is one of the first things people notice when they meet us. But as these three reports show, dreams about teeth can reflect a variety of concerns.
here's a grain of salt....
You can buy a CD of remixes of the theme tune too... although I guess playing it in the car might not be a great idea.
It's a great game. Simple and HUGELY addictive.
I always used to have very similar dreams involving my teeth but I haven't had one for a good few years now. I used to wear a removable brace about 20 years ago and whilst the dreamt sensations were exaggerated versions of those I had when wearing them I think that's where the association ended.
Martin Amis is always banging on about his own nightmares involving losing his teeth and I read somewhere (can't for the life of me think where) that it's a very common thing amongst (great) literary types.
I think there's a glimmer of hope in there somewhere. :)