Phil, now that was a nightmare!!  Not just a dream!!  A white cross-dresser
living in the middle of Harlem may have caused quite a stir, without the
comedian side of it coming forth.  Isn't it frustrating to say to yourself,
I must recall this when I wake up, and then don't remember what it was you
wanted to recall?  You had quite an adventure on your sleep test.  Smile

Helen

Earlier, Phil Scovell wrote:
>I should have told you what I actually dreamed about during the sleep study
>experience because it is by far the weirdest dream I have ever had in my
>life.  Now, I am not making this up.  This is the truth.  I'm sure you know
>that most of our dreams take place during the R E M or Rapid Eye Movement
>phase of sleep.  This often occurs during the few hours before you awaken in
>the morning but it happens throughout the night, too, in many people.  We
>just don't remember most of what we dream.  So, sometime between about 5 and
>6 this morning, I took little cat naps.  I dreamed during one of these times
>and you won't believe what I dreamed.  Now listen.  I am not making this up.
>I am not trying to be funny.  This was exactly what I dreamed.  I dreamed I
>was a male comedian who dressed up in female clothing during his act.  I
>dreamed I lived in a run down apartment with lots of cockroaches, and other
>wild animals, in the middle of Harlem, New York.  A white boy, who dresses
>in female drag, is a stand up comedian, who lives in the middle of Harlem.
>I thought that was funny myself.  During the dream, I was not on stage but I
>was working on a new act.  That is, I was dreaming up new jokes.  I thought
>of several and put them down on paper.  I even thought they were funny at
>the time but after awakening, I couldn't remember a single joke.  Shoot,
>that makes me mad because they were funny, too.  So I am really glad their
>big computer was unable to record what I was dreaming.  I was tempted to
>tell the lady about it, though, but figured she would make a phone call and
>have me transported to the psych hospital so I let that one go.  I still
>think it was a funny dream.  I must have been mighty poor at what I did for
>a living based upon where I lived.  I remember laughing at some of my own
>jokes during the dream and even thinking I need to remember them when I
>awaken so I can tell others what they were.  Talk about weird.
>
>Phil.