Hopeless Wanderings

I tend to often have dreams that replay twice in the same night, with different outcomes. The second time around is usually easier since I know what to expect, but still these two are very different.

Take One
The dream started off with me standing by the ocean, watching the waves grow bigger and bigger. This little boy was playing in the water, but then a big wave came over him. Luckily, he was able to duck under it and people cheered as he dodged a few of the waves. The warnings of hurricane Sandy came in, and people started rushing inland. I never found out what happened to the little boy, but I bet he died. I got to this big safety building about an hour inland and met an old man who, for some reason, took me with him to the door and had two tickets and used one on me to get us in. He must have been rich, or known the man at the door because it seemed really hard for people to get in. The building was brick, with giant pillars holding it in black, and on top of a hill. I walked around outside a bit and saw lots of people outside that couldn’t get in. In particular, there was this one lady who looked in through one of the windows, turned around, and threw herself off an abandoned waterslide nearby. The waterslide had rushing water going down it because of the heavy rain, and at the end people were getting sucked in this whirlpool type thing. She waved goodbye like she was on television or something, and jumped on it, sliding down and drowning at the bottom. This influenced other people to do the same and be in control of their own death. I went back inside the building, which wasn’t crowed at all(what a waste of space). At some point I was playing this guitar that I found, playing horribly because I just couldn’t do it in my dream.
Then, the big waves came and rushed over the top of the building. One enormous waved knocked us off the ground and we went rushing further inland with the wave. The section I was in started sinking, and I was extremely terrified of having a slow drowning death so I took this plate I found(apparently we were in a kitchen) and smashed it against the window. Surprisingly, it worked and the window cracked open. I lifted myself out as the water was already up to by chest, and then went around and smashed as many windows as I could to help people get out. Clair from Lost was there with her baby, so I helped them get out. After that, I woke up and tried to go back to sleep but it was too late… and then the dream started over again.

Take Two
Don’t remember how this one started off, I think I was by the safety building again, but I knew it wouldn’t be safe so this time I needed a different plan. I went down to the ocean front, which looked more like a lake front, to gather some supplies and get ready with my dad. This couple near us decided to enjoy their last few moments alive by going in this cabin and making love. I had to swim across the water to the cabin to get some supplies, don’t remember what, and the swim back was extremely hard because of the strong currents, but I made it back. I was ready to leave and getting scared that we might be too late, but my dad wanted to stay behind and do something. I couldn’t wait any longer so I took off on my own without him. Later I joined up with this group of Indians(not Native American) who were headed in the same direction. On me I had only some candy and just the pair of clothes I was wearing. I felt dirty with mud and rain soaking through my clothes. When we reached the top of this cliff, I saw my dad. He had a motorcycle waiting for us and we took off. Eventually we found my mom and sister in a house. They told us to go on without them and hide in the cave on the side of a mountain. We were scared for them, that they might get snowed in since the rain had turned to bizzarding snow. But we took off, this time in a helicopter flown by my dad. We flew to the mountains and saw the little cave, but instead we discovered a different, less steep mountain with a path going up it. It was a famous mountain with a hiking trail, and people were making their way up to be protected from the floods. We followed them to safety.
Whew. That took forever to type up.