FA+
Shop
Dreaming of Better Days
4 years ago
Last night, I didn't much sleep. But what little sleep I was able to get, was rewarded by a dream I thought I'd never have. And it was one of the only few best dreams I've ever had in my life.
It was basically a flashback to a better time of my life, when I was in high school. At the time, I lived in an apartment complex me and my friends referred to as "The Glenn". It is now known as Norton Glenn Terrace, which is located on Route 123, just near the Easton town line.
The dream I had took me back to that place and the era of '99 - 2000. I remember in dream I would turn on the TV in the living room to Cartoon Network. Shows like Ed, Edd, & Eddy, Dexter's Lab, Johnny Bravo, and Courage The Cowardly Dog would appear on the screen. I then blinked my eyes for a moment, and found myself sitting upstairs in my room that at the time I shared with my brother. I still remember using a vintage 13" color TV that was old enough it used the old screw terminals on the back for the antenna input. Using an adapter, I was able to hook up a more modern VCR, that had a built-in tuner that was able to tune into cable channels. It was just after midnight when I turned on that TV, and shows like Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star, InuYasha, and Wolf's Rain appeared on screen. This was the height of the early Adult Swim era for me, back when they still played the "All kids out of the pool" clips between shows.
After watching a few intros, I turned off the TV, and realized that I had somehow managed to appear in an old laundry mat I used to visit with my mom, and brother. It was located in a neighborhood a lot of people called "The Grove". My mother would load up the laundry into the machines, and drive me down the street to my friend's place, where me and two others used to hang out, watching WWF Smackdown (before the lawsuit brought on by the World Wildlife Foundation). We ordered pizza, as one of my friends started burping the ABC's, the other just shaking his head in disgust. Yes, this actually happened.
Sadly, as I started laughing, I found the scene around me starting to disappear into a thick fog, before waking up. I now sit here with a tear rolling down my cheek, as I type this. That dream brought me back to a better point in my life that I'll never see again. The fun all of us had back in the day will always be cherished, no matter what, as I hope soon I can have more dreams of this nature that remind me of the humble upbringing I had growing up.
That's about it for now.
Take care all.
It was basically a flashback to a better time of my life, when I was in high school. At the time, I lived in an apartment complex me and my friends referred to as "The Glenn". It is now known as Norton Glenn Terrace, which is located on Route 123, just near the Easton town line.
The dream I had took me back to that place and the era of '99 - 2000. I remember in dream I would turn on the TV in the living room to Cartoon Network. Shows like Ed, Edd, & Eddy, Dexter's Lab, Johnny Bravo, and Courage The Cowardly Dog would appear on the screen. I then blinked my eyes for a moment, and found myself sitting upstairs in my room that at the time I shared with my brother. I still remember using a vintage 13" color TV that was old enough it used the old screw terminals on the back for the antenna input. Using an adapter, I was able to hook up a more modern VCR, that had a built-in tuner that was able to tune into cable channels. It was just after midnight when I turned on that TV, and shows like Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star, InuYasha, and Wolf's Rain appeared on screen. This was the height of the early Adult Swim era for me, back when they still played the "All kids out of the pool" clips between shows.
After watching a few intros, I turned off the TV, and realized that I had somehow managed to appear in an old laundry mat I used to visit with my mom, and brother. It was located in a neighborhood a lot of people called "The Grove". My mother would load up the laundry into the machines, and drive me down the street to my friend's place, where me and two others used to hang out, watching WWF Smackdown (before the lawsuit brought on by the World Wildlife Foundation). We ordered pizza, as one of my friends started burping the ABC's, the other just shaking his head in disgust. Yes, this actually happened.
Sadly, as I started laughing, I found the scene around me starting to disappear into a thick fog, before waking up. I now sit here with a tear rolling down my cheek, as I type this. That dream brought me back to a better point in my life that I'll never see again. The fun all of us had back in the day will always be cherished, no matter what, as I hope soon I can have more dreams of this nature that remind me of the humble upbringing I had growing up.
That's about it for now.
Take care all.
