Shoebox Dream is a post in the This House of Dreams blog, written by Samantha Wells.
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Shoebox Dream[]
OK, I’m freaking out just a bit here. I saw a really bizarre nightmare last night. I know this is supposed to be a blog about my new house, but the dream is related to that, and on the other hand, look at the name of the blog. This isn’t what I meant when I came up with the name, but now it feels strangely appropriate, don’t you think?
In the dream, I heard the doorbell ring and went to open the door. There was a man there. He said he was a federal agent. He showed me his badge and all, just like the FBI agents do in the movies. Here comes the scary part: there was something wrong with his face; it was leaking inky smoke so that I couldn’t see what he looked like. When I woke up I realized that this image totally came from the ink-covered faces in the photos, of course (see the previous post). The man asked me about the shoebox. He said that it contains top-secret information and that I need to give it to him. I got scared that he’ll put me in jail and went to get the shoebox, but I couldn’t find it anywhere. I searched the whole house but it was nowhere. Then I went to the bathroom to look for it, and saw myself in the mirror: my face was covered with inky smoke as well! And that’s when I woke up. When I think back about the dream, it didn’t say “FBI” on his badge; it said “AWE”.
This is the weirdest thing of all: Now I can’t find the shoebox anywhere. I have looked everywhere I can think of. I’m sure that it will turn up somewhere, there is so much junk lying around in the house at the moment, but kind of creepy in any case. I didn’t get around to scanning the poems yet, but I did take photos of them, luckily.
Trivia[]
- This marks the first use of the term "AWE". In this case, it would refer to the Federal Bureau of Control's early name, the "Bureau of Altered World Events", which was first properly used in Remedy Entertainment's game, Quantum Break.
| This House of Dreams posts | |
|---|---|
| February 22 | Introduction |
| February 23 | Tour of the House |
| March 02 | First Night in the House |
| March 05 | Toys in the Attic |
| March 11 | Shoebox Photos |
| March 14 | Shoebox Dream |
| March 25 | Under the House • Shoebox Poems |
| April 09 | Poem 1 • Poem 2 • Poem 3 • Poem 4 • Poem 5 • Poem 6 • Poem 7 • Poem 8 • Poem 9 • Poem 10 • Poem 11 • Poem 12 |
| May 30 | Shoebox Dream 2 |
| June 04 | No Light, No Light |
| June 05 | Untitled post |
| June 13 | Haunted House? |
| July 22 | Houseguests |
| July 23 | Inside the Shoebox |
| July 26 | More Shoebox Poems • Poem 13 • Poem 14 • Poem 15 • Poem 16 • Poem 17 • Poem 18 • The Title Page |
| July 29 | Diving Deep |