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Daydreams

Sat, 07/26/2008 - 13:34 — deadprogrammer

I have two recurring daydreams that run through my mind in the morning, as I'm making my way from the subway platform to my cubicle. I've had them for years and years.

In the first one I'm standing inside the office tower where I work and look outside. The longboat from the spaceship I'm a captain of is hovering outside. Most of my crew is in it, the mechanic is holding my space suit, cargo master - my two guns. The air is swirling from the heat of the longboat's thrust rockets pointed down. The pilot edges the boat forward and the window shatters. They motion for me to jump, hundreds of meters above Manhattan. We got to get back into orbit and rendezvous with my ship.

The second daydream is not so science-fictiony. In it I own a small apartment in a tall residential tower: there was always on near every location where I worked. When I worked at 888 Broadway, a tower like that was being built, and the ad at its base promised dedicated ISDN connections for every tenant. Anyway, my apartment is unlike any that I ever lived in: it's very high up, it has floor to ceiling glass windows, all the furniture is super modern (Design Within Reach kind). And now, I don't really have to show up at work right away - I can go to my apartment in the sky and take a nap first.

What about you? Any daydreams you can share?

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Sat, 07/26/2008 - 23:42 — Serge (not verified)

So, do you jump to the longboat or not?


Sun, 07/27/2008 - 12:02 — deadprogrammer

What do you think?


Mon, 07/28/2008 - 22:53 — Rob Loach (not verified)

Your first dream for some reason reminded me of Ender's Game (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ender%27s_Game). I gotta read more Card.

I daydream of the time we switch to Views 2 and all our Views problems go away :-P .


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