Friday, 26 December 2025

My Dreams 2022

In 2018 and 2020 I logged my dreams when I woke from them, and typed them into a blog post. I decided to do it again in 2022 (And a few from 2023). I didn't log the repetitive ones, or ones relating to my trauma. I hadn't realised I didn't publish this post, so it's four years too late.


1-
The country was at war, and for some reason I was in charge of the army and civilians. I instructed them not to fight, but to protect the people. I kept telling them to carry supplies to safety. There wasn't enough space for everyone to have shelter, and there wasn't enough food for everyone.


2-
I planned to meet a friend in a hotel somewhere (platonically), but when I got there he was Chidi from The Good Place.


3-
I was in Sweden and the taxi lost my suitcase. I was panicking because I couldn't use the phone and didn't have any information about the taxi.


4-
I was dating the drummer of Harari, and my nan was talking to him and being really polite. My grandad was trying to feed my dog ham next to us.


5-
I was at some kind of club except it was totally quiet. I entered a back room and on a massive sofa there was Rammstein, they were happy to see me as though they knew me. Richard gestured come here and we were lying down cuddling for the rest of the dream (In real life he was my longest teenage crush). I woke up miserable as I didn't want to wake up.


6-
I was staying at a hotel for a family wedding or something. I went back to my hotel room to rest. I suddenly felt itchy, I looked in the mirror and I was covered in shield bugs. (I woke up sweaty, I'm terrified of them)


7-
I was planning on opening a cafe in Redcar. I was worried about people arguing with me that they want cows milk for their coffee when I wasn't going to have animal products. I was also worried about getting robbed and the ikea coffee mugs I bought not being posh enough.


8-
I can't remember much but it involved being friends with Harry Styles (I'm not a 1D fan so it must just be because his stuff has come up on my social media)


9-
I needed a car to escape someone. I went downstairs and saw the car of someone I went on a date with (I'm not dating anyone in real life), some kind of basic red boys car. The window was open and the chair had a duster on. The keys were under the duster. I struggled to drive it and bashed into the back of an ambulance a bit.


10-
I had tadpoles in the bath. That's ALL I remember.


11-
I bumped into Einar, Íris and Sólbjört in a car park and they came back to mine to eat snacks and watch tv before their flight home.


12-
I was in a huge house with someone I knew [edit- I actually deleted the name before editing this, so I have no idea who it was, or if it is one of those dreams where you 'know someone' but don't in real life]. Sprinkle was plodding around with a bondage harness on (but it was really cute not weird). It seemed like we were taking care of the big house while the owner was away. The positive tension between me and the friend was painful and it got as far as spooning before I woke up.


13-
It looked like I lived on a beach and my home was being attacked. I was quickly gathering some items up and climbing out the window. There wasn't really anywhere to run, it was all pretty open sand.


14-
I played Inside last night so I was having scary dreams that I can't really remember. It ended in Brighton (but different) and I couldn't get vegan doughnuts.


15-
I was traveling to a dog amusement park with my friend. We didn't make it there and we're trying to find if a coach[bus] went there when I saw an actor who looked like Mads Mikkelsen (but I don't think it was him in the dream) and I was trying to help him find his coat and medicine. It ended up being under my grandads dining table in a tiny cupboard.


16-
I was watching some kind of filming for Overwatch, there were a few DVas and I mentioned that I should have cosplayed too. Then some scaffolding came down and fell on a dog. Everyone was running away screaming. A while later I was trying to find the area to try and rescue the dog with no luck. Then I started my period heavily. Then I saw a black Labrador get stung on the nose by a bee and I woke up.


17-
I think I was homeless, and I went to Greggs to try and get a vegan baguette to eat. They said I'd have to arm wrestle for it. It was my left arm and I woke up just as I lost.


18-
It started with Sprinkle, I was ready to bring her home but someone took the money I had for her and ran away with it. I bonded with her but couldn't have her. I was beyond heartbroken (presumably because outside of dreams she's my everything so I knew her well). Then at home alone, someone came to my neighbours to collect some things. They removed the mail box and took the tape off the door I put their to stop them putting my post through where nobody lives. Then gave my window a glare as they drove off. Later, I went to the back of my flat (which looked different, much bigger and posh) and there was what looked like a huge art department but people were squatting there.


19-
I was involved somehow in that scary scene from Dead Space 2 [edit- What scary scene? The whole thing is scary lmao]. Then shifting to some weird foursquare game where the sections were divided by branches and I didn't know what the stakes (or rules) were.


20-
I was a zombie at some pretty beach resort there to get married. But I only remember another zombie trying to fight me, he was coming up and I was trying to distract with a ball. I then threw a coconut at him but it missed.


21-
[In real life I had just gone to the park in question]. I was at the park with Sprinkle and someone I was dating. There was a market on selling flowers and seeds. I had just finished a sea of thieves type physical puzzle where I had to run around collecting things and now I wanted to buy seeds. The person at the stall looked like a typical wizard/homeless person and was trying to teach me how to grow seeds. He was surprised that I already knew how.


22-
I was supposed to be watching Eurovision and I didn't want to watch alone. I went on dating apps and found someone called Justin, I invited him to where I lived. Then my Nan arrived with a non existent cousin and when Justin arrived at the door I panicked that they were there, so I panicked and we had to go and watch it somewhere else. Justin walked weird. He kept bending backwards to look up at the sky. We went to my car and he got in the drivers seat. I said no definitely not. I had to encourage him to get out. As we were then driving he kept taking the keys out of my car. We also almost hit a cyclist because he was pissing me off in the car so much. I woke up before we reached any destination.


23-
I was supposed to be going to a Rammstein gig. I made it to one and was almost in the front row (it was a tiny venue seated like a community hall). For some reason I had to leave when they were doing a sound test. The dream cut to the next day when I was trying again and I booked tickets for that day, and a hotel too. I made it to what was London (But looked nothing like London) but it was a wreck. Cars upside down. I tried to pull a lorry out of the way and was successful but it didn't help me find my way.. It was a really long dream and there was so much in it that I can hardly remember anything.


24-
I started renting a flat in either New York city or LA. The flat was ok but I noticed it looked like someone lives there. Turns out someone did and I have a roommate. She was ok at first but things got louder and messier as the week went on. I kept going out for walks and to the shops just to get out of it.


25-
I was at some kind of organised Hollywood event but a lot of the people were stuffed animals (but it wasn't cute). There were also some wolves eating some people. I tried to tame one and got injured. The designated area I was supposed to clean with a group of people I was told the wrong area so waited for no reason. The person that was supposed to be my partner kept lying for some reason. I eventually found the group and was treated like shit. They played sports without me and when I was arrived I was treated like I was the party ruiner. My partner was standing with the person in charge and they were saying I was lying about the person in the red dress being Italian. I told them that's not what I said, it was another persons wife (and that was true). I have no idea where this dream came from.


26-
I was a gangster and I was at the desk of a more important person telling me something bad but I don't remember anything else.


27-
I tried [a very hard drug] for the first time, and had an immense rush that it was either going to make me feel amazing or just kill me. I woke up before feeling any effects.


28-
Sprinkle and I had a cat living with us and we were getting annoyed that they wanted to be let out every 5 minutes.


29-
I was IN Sea of Thieves. I was inside some sort of cathedral, but I was parkouring around to avoid the bullets of a crew that was also parked in there. I was trying to convince them to stop shooting me and let me rest because it was exhausting. In what I think was a separate dream in the same night, I was putting Sprinkle to bed in her crate. She was sleepy and calm when I closed the crate door. (Sprinkle comes to her forever home in two days in real life) [Edit three years later when I'm typing up and publishing this - Sprinkle is my best friend in the whole world and our bond is even stronger than I could have predicted]


30-
Elton John clipped a child with his car really gently and got into a lot of trouble for it. Then in what I think was a separate dream, I was cheated on again. A girl in a mechanical suit, my boyfriend (I'm single in real life) was helping her take it off as she was lying on a table unable to move. I saw the way they looked at each other and my stomach turned realising what was happening.


31-
I was renting a super huge home but I mostly stayed in the area that was like a dated but posh hotel. I started to explore the other parts of the home (I think it was a massive flat, not sure it had stairs but it was really grand). I opened one door to see a big red library/office with dark wood furniture. It smelled old. I tried the back to see if there was a bathroom and there was a utility room like a shed, but the back door didn't have any hinges! It had those really big industrial triangles but they weren't attached to the door, so anyone could walk in. Later, I looked at the door again, now feeling paranoid because it was just open. Someone was there!! A man was talking to another man so I quietly held the door closed. I opened shocked and annoyed but they weren't helpful. I can't remember what they said but they didn't explain why they were there, they just looked like useless repair people that had a right to be there.

I went to the front of the home, where a really modern big kitchen was. I thought wait where have I been making tea for weeks if I haven't been in here. The front door was there and it was OPEN. Not just unlocked but open. It made me feel really unsafe.

I then went outside to see where I am, and it looked like a cosy motel sort of building. I had some neighbours but I didn't interact with anyone. I looked on the floor down the road to see the paint on the road was on the wrong side, so am I in America? But I looked more and the road was just super wide so it was painted on the correct side. I went to check my car was in the car park so I knew that I was me. I saw it and some people started walking towards the houses carrying furniture. I started running back to the house.

I then went into another mostly empty room to see a cat on top of a wardrobe, they won't have eaten or drunk for weeks! I was trying to decide what to do with them when the upstairs neighbour (in real life) floorboard woke me up. -.-


32-
I was trying to check in to a hotel. The reason I needed to stay there was because they did a particular bread I needed, and offered some kind of weird car rental. It got weird when I was then told they don't take payment there, I had to find some guy at the other side of the country. Money laundering vibes from the hotel.


33-
I was in the back garden, a Robin was sitting on my head. Then a dangerous person was roaming the streets knocking on each door. The person I was with in the house (don't know who she was) said don't open the door. I got scared as she was nearing the house, because the window was open. I rushed over to close them but she saw. She came to the door and I had to answer. I pretended to be friendly. I was giving her all of my valuables and she forced me to go with her. I can't remember the rest.


34-
Last night in real life I heard upstairs running water constantly when he wasn't in the room, as though he were filling a jacuzzi or something. I dreamed my bathroom flooded, water was bursting out of the walls, my toilet, under the sink.


35-
(I took sleeping pills last night which can sometimes make people dream more) I was at a festival with a friend from college who I haven't seen since those days. Afterwards we browsed the fair stalls there and I was looking for cheap Disney stuff, it looked sort of like Claire's but outdoors. It was all really cheap. I then found a stall that were selling cough sweets and I found the ones I needed (in real life I can't find them anywhere) There was then a sense of dread like a hole was about to appear from the ground and kill everyone and I woke up with my alarm.


36-
Recently I've only been having dreams about Power Wash Simulator. Today I was cleaning stone docks (like the ones at the port in RuneScape), and then was in some kind of nightclub with a science lab underneath. I went in a tube slide to get back to the nightclub (how when it was above..?) and then woke up.


37-
I had previously met Sean Aston, and I was at a convention (not comic con) to meet him again. His area (sort of a sofa)was blocked by a load of blood. Some goblins came over to clear the blood and I went over to ask if I may sit with him to talk. He said yes and I did. I showed him a photo and said "you won't remember but I've met you before" - in the photo I was about 7 and we were standing smiling by a magnolia wall somewhere. I started trying to explain something important when someone I knew came over. She didn't have anything to do, she was just eavesdropping. I asked her to give me privacy. She wouldn't, she went round behind the sofa and continued listening. It made me really angry and ruined everything. It also felt dread because whatever I was going to say was important and only he was allowed to hear it. It felt like end of the world stuff. Then my medication alarm woke me up.


38-
I got a hand written note through the door that said something like "I'm not happy with the chinking noise you've been making lately, I've spoken to other people and they're not happy either. Sincerely, friend:) ". There was no door number or name so I panicked. There was no way for me to tell them "not only is it NOT me making the noise, but I've had to put up with it too while you've been accusing me the whole time...". I went in the kitchen and someone was sitting on the floor in front of the dishwasher with a screwdriver. I tried to show him the note and ask what to do, but he said "oh that's infected". I dropped it in panic and went to wash my hands. I woke up as I heard him laughing.



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Saturday, 8 October 2022

Return of the... Bumble girl?


Part 1- Confessions of a Tinder girl
Part 2- Return of the Tinder girl

After my last relationship I found myself asking, what exactly is my type? I'm repulsed by most types of people. I know that no gender makes a difference to my attraction, but I'm very fussy when it comes to their interests and skills. I'm constantly drawn to the tortured artists, struggling musicians, the people who try to make others laugh. But in 9/10 occasions for me they come with such low self esteem that it drags me down too. I end up trying to help that person and neglect myself. Because they're good people, they deserve it right? It's not how a relationship should be.
So who would I date? It's not so much who would I date, but what would the purpose be. If their profile is filled with just sports, we wouldn't enjoy spending time together. Do I want children? Now that I'm in my thirties I feel truly over the hill like it would be impossible. Would I date someone that already has children? I'd rather not. I'm convinced there's nobody mentally stable enough to cope with raising children AND looking after a disabled partner. (Even though really, I do know those people exist.)I was noticing a pattern of exactly the same type of people showing up. Bland sense of style, jeans and black tight top. Short or shaved hair. A physique which shows they go to the gym every day. I'd like them to be in shape, but I don't want someone that's obsessed with their looks or fitness, I'd rather be with someone that took that hour each day to read a book or learn a language.Then there was the other end of the spectrum, and had the typical thirty-something physique a little early in life. One that shows they can now afford a lot of nice food, and are probably stress eating because of work.Many people decided the best way to promote their personality (or lack of) was to type "ask me" in the section that's supposed to detail a short self reference. If they were applying for a job, I'd have paper airplaned their CV straight into the recycling bin.I came across a bass player and asked if he has any videos of him playing. He told me the band name and I watched their content on YouTube. I let him know they were pretty good and that I'd watch him live. He replied humbly that many people do and that was that, no follow up questions or comments about me, no interest in me.I rejoined tinder also, to see if there was a different species of fish in that pond. I came across a LOT of profiles that stated they were carnivores. One of which had "look after yourself and the planet" in their bio... another had their main photo set to one of them eating a burger and chips. What a waste of bun/lettuce/tomato/sauce/potato if they're a carnivore.

                                                                                       
Sometimes I would log on to the apps and pull the "???" face because I don't have any messages, particularly if it had been left on me making the effort and it was 'their turn'.

That offended feeling when I spend a good minute or two mulling over someone's profile, really scraping the bottom of my requirements, and swipe yes only to discover it's not a match.

I came across someone who described in his profile that he was looking for someone unique, "not cookie cutter". Again I did the "???" face when we didn't match.

Sometimes as I'm scrolling I think about exactly what I'm looking for. If someone catches my interest (normally when they have something witty in their typed bio), I read the rest of it properly. If they have selected "Christian" I swipe no. If it says "have and want more" under children, I swipe no. I wonder if other people are properly looking at my profile, if they're looking for something casual are they double checking everyone to see if they say "relationship"? Or are they just swiping on anyone they find attractive?If someone plays an instrument it normally draws me in. But I can say I've had ZERO interesting conversations with these people. It's hard work, I get the impression they've got a lot of people talking to them so are only giving short replies with no reciprocation. It puts me off saying yes to others. I also hesitate when the person has selected "don't know yet" under what they're looking for. I used to have this on my profile, when it was weeks after a break up and I wasn't looking to rush into anything (as in, I was looking for friendship but if the perfect person came along I wouldn't complain)I scrolled no on a Tory catholic plasterer who typed "no dossers please ..." in his bio.My eyes widened with curiosity when I came across someone that typed "daddy" in their bio, but my excitement turned to disappointment when I realised they meant father.Some profiles contain nothing except "looking to meet someone and see where it goes" which I find incredibly boring. It's not selling yourself. It's like your CV saying nothing except "looking for a job idk if I'll stay though".I've seen a dozen or so that say "no crazy ex girlfriends" and I wonder what they mean. Does it mean they wouldn't date someone with mental health problems? What exactly is their definition of crazy? And surely if they did, they'd just get a restraining order and their ex partners status isn't relevant to future relationships?I swiped no on a profile whose bio consisted of nothing but 30 emojis. It hurt my eyes to see and my brain to attempt to decode.One interaction (since deleted) went approximately as follows. I wasn't really attracted to him but was into music so I swiped right. He messaged four short lines "I'm hungover", "I've got the hangover horn for you" and two other gross but forgettable half sentences. Pissed off, I replied "you should drink water, avoid screens, and not drink again if you still don't know your limits by your age". I've got a fucking phobia of drunk people and my profile says teetotal, what the fuck would make him think I'm into irresponsible people.Some people are cute, but aren't selling themselves so I consider my social stamina and the likely probability that I'll be doing the 'verbal' hard work.Twice I found myself reluctantly swiping yes on people and then muttering "but they might be short", surprised at myself as I didn't think it mattered to me. Maybe I genuinely do want to be the baby girl. Some other really shallow things I caught myself saying are "his face is too round", "all the photos are the same angle", and "why are no photos full body shots?".Some people are really insecure. They say things like "I'm finally free from the drama in my last relationship", "you won't even bother to read this" or "I don't know why I'm even on here"People in their late thirties really were polar opposites physically. Either they looked ten years older and are super overweight, or had passed that common 'let themselves go' phase and were really fit and healthy looking.There was someone who typed the exact things I'm into (tantra, veganism, and other things) but I think I was too far away for them and we didn't match.I discover a profile with a blank black photo, and a description that reads "seeking mature female 21+". Since when was 21 mature? It must be a porn thing, it's either 'teen' where they look like a child under 15, or mature which includes anything 16 and over. 🤢I consider swiping yes on everyone and allowing them to make the conversation, just incase someone's actually perfect when they all look far from it.

On several occasions I have matched with someone, only for them to message and tell me I'm too far. I reply informing of their own negligence to ACCURATELY SET THE DISTANCE, as they choose how far they want to travel with their matches! 
I see my first combover on a 32 year old. He had even gelled it. I think I'd be too distracted to be able to listen to what he's saying so I left swipe.I left swipe someone else that typed "I eat meat and ass" in his bio, deciding at least one of those is shitty. (Get it)I encounter a bizarre profile that seemed to be promoting religion. The photos consisted of text that explained my lack of prayer was the reason for my mental health problems. Isn't this how Noel Edmonds became hated? I was tempted to match and ask if they can cure my autism, which should make their head explode with the paradox that god supposedly created everything, and everything is perfect including the babies he zaps with painful diseases.I accidentally swipe yes on a couch potato, exclaiming "oh god no" (look, God is already affecting me from the prophet I just swiped no on), and then felt a tinge of offence when they didn't swipe yes back.I matched with a very generic man on okcupid (where people are USUALLY more interesting and eccentric) so I waited for him to message first. He tried the predicted small talk "how's it going"? I replied "how's what going? 🙂". He replied "Wonderful thanks 👍" and continued the small talk. I wasn't sure if he was a bot, or being sarcastic as I didn't small talk back to him. I don't give a shit how you are or how's it going, which is why I didn't ask. The rest of the evening I depleted my small talk energy and we spoke about me being in the park with a load of aphids. He said I'll have to wait until October to go back. I said an amusing "everything with wings goes in, and the rainbow goblin comes out to buy vegan cheese". I woke up to see I had been unmatched and I was a little relieved, it's like having a shit customer leave your shop and say they're never coming back.I accidentally swiped yes on someone that was definitely not my type and I hoped they matched back so I could immediately unlatch before they saw. They didn't match, but the next day I saw the message that they had. I viewed it to see it simply said matched, they didn't even type a message to me! I was a little offended, as it was one of the very rare occasions where I consider myself to be out of someone's league (Try to imagine the meme of the incel guy from South Park).I swipe past a photo that looks like it was taken on a Nokia 3310. The next person was so blurry it looks like they've walked out the supermarket in Stephen King's "the Mist".A lot of people type "I'm not very good at writing these so just ask" and I wonder what they do for their CV? Surely at least get friends to help describe you. At least give a hint about one fucking hobby. Jesus we don't have time to interview every human in a 100 mile radius.Sometimes I'll open with something witty, something that takes an interest in them, or a conversation starter. They then reply with something short and closed. My face does an expression towards my phone that conveys "Ok? You may proceed with trying to fucking impress me now..."Once in a while I'll get briefly excited because I misread "genuine" as "German"

Bumble makes me speak first, so I asked one match 'What's something you've never done that you'd like to?'. I unmatched quickly when they answered "A spontaneous fling". There's nothing in my profile that indicates I'm up for that.

I came across a profile of a person I knew. I opened their information to see if I would have swiped yes or no if I hadn't known them, and immediately spot that they're religious which is in my hard pass selection.I took a trip down to Brighton to see a band, and noticed bumble was very different. People were a lot more young hippie and a lot less Phil Mitchell. I was also getting considerably more matches, like I was peoples type here.I enter in my profile that I'm only here for two days, and I match with a German artist who is here for a games convention. We didn't end up meeting. I matched with someone else who mentioned they were here temporarily and asked them if they were here for that too. Two days later, they replied yes, and asked the dreaded "you?" I didn't bother replying 'Erm, I left yesterday'At one point I had a sudden realisation that if I were going to meet the one, I'd have to actually right swipe on people.When I arrived home from Brighton, I noticed a large increase in the amount of women that were showing up. And they were practically all the same type, almost all of them had filters on their photos and it was a bedroom mirror selfie. These people aren't my type.I encounter for the 84th time someone I keep swiping no on, who has now changed his main photo to one with a hat on. I definitely think this was strategic.I match with a vegan trans girl looking for friends only. I decide to open by asking about vegan places in her area. She had a closed reply telling me there aren't really any. Well thanks for the interesting friendship 🥴I come to the possible conclusion that I have depleted single people in my area, as I keep getting repeats of people I swiped no on, and a lot of accounts that are further than my set distance or look fake. And not in a "they look too good to be true" fake but boring bog standard Newcastle people with photos from nights out.After finishing this third instalment, I've noticed I'm a little more judgemental, fussy, and have no time for nonsense. I think I've finally reached the point in life where I don't NEED someone to be complete - I get unconditional love from my dog anyway. 🥰Would you like a part 4 some day? Tell me over on Instagram what you think!

Part 1- Confessions of a Tinder girl
Part 2- Return of the Tinder girl


Thursday, 15 April 2021

Sunny's bucket List 2021


I decided to rewrite my bucket list, removing things that are no longer important and adding some new ones. The things I've already accomplished are crossed out.


Go to Eurovision
Visit Disney Florida as an adult
Visit Iceland
See Aurora Borealis
Visit Bar Harbor
See Loreen live
Own a pet hedgehog
Hand feed squirrels
Meet Karl Pilkington
See Ricky Gervais live
Skydive
Shoot a gun
Ride in a hot air balloon
Ride in a helicopter
Learn to drive
Drive on route 66
Learn to spin swords (well)
Have a pet dog
Become a member of Wildlife Aid
Hold a tarantula
Hold a snake
Learn conversational Japanese
Visit Japan
Become fluent in German
Visit Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Successfully trek through Longleat maze
Visit New York
Go to NYCC
Go to SDCC
See inside a volcano
Go on the London eye
Visit Rome
Ride in a Gondola in Venice
Stand at the top of mount Snowdon
Climb Roseberry Topping
See mount Fuji
Overcome my ED
Set foot in all continents
Get to the top of the Eiffel Tower
Explore the Paris catacombs
Ride the gondola in Banff
Visit Chichen Itza
Stay at the Dorchester
Go on a cruise
Bowl a strike
Learn archery
Go skiing
Get a brofist from Pewdiepie
Gain 100 subscribers
Gain 1000 subscribers
Sell something on Etsy
Achieve 100 sales on Etsy
Become a published author
Understand the offside rule
High-5 a pedestrian while driving
Be in a film
Fly first class
Travel first class by train
See RHCP live
Own a telescope
Stargaze (Properly)
Go skinny dipping
Hand feed a duck
Watch a cow sit down
Donate £1000 to a charity (In one go)
Go on a road trip with friends
Own a home
Pierce nipples
Get a tattoo
Dye my hair
Max a WoW character
Max on Runescape
Get to 15 years on Runescape
Visit a nudist beach
Attend a comic con as Kabal
Own a Versace robe
Inspire others to create art (I will never cross this one off. I don't want it to end)