3017

i had the craziest dream last night. i wonder what aaron would have to say about this one.

i was picked up to be in a survey group with about 10 other people. we were willing participants, and it required one 24 hour session where we stayed the night at a hotel or something like that. i agreed to participate (i was getting paid you know?). so i kissed my wife and CHILD, who looked a lot like Carlos Mencia by the way, and got on the bus. (NOTE: the link above has some harsh language, but sheds TONS of light into what my life was like - I'M SALVADORAN!!!!!!!!!!)

we arrived at a place that looks very much like the loft from the show "Wanted' if you have ever seen that show. anyways, we did a series of mental and physical tests, and then underwent a sleep monitoring test.

the dream got really strange after that.

the man in charge of the study was this cat. yes, i should have known right away that things were not going to turn out well.

the day seemed to go really long. but at the same time, it felt like we just got there. we were eating at a table together, and Dave Tosti (formerly of Pax 217, who was also in the study) was telling me how he missed his baby. everyone began to talk about their kids and how they wanted to go home. but we felt like we had to finish this study.

and then it happened. DEJA VU. you guys ever had that? it's the strangest feeling that you have done something before, or seen something before. i saw a clip on the television set that was on constantly to the channel 4 news that was a high speed chase. but i had seen that clip before it felt like. i shrugged it off because, after all, high speed chases happen every day right? maybe i just thought it was deja vu.

but i couldn't shake the feeling. it was hanting me as i prepared to lay down for my sleep test. wait a second. deja vu again. i had done this before. i checked my watch and it was about 11:30pm. how is that possible?

but i got up anyway. i wanted to see sloane. i was very uncomfortable. i wanted to go home to sonia. just then, some of the others walked into my room and began to talk about feeling the same things.

we overpowered the guards who stood at the door who were trying to restrain us. we barged into sloane's office. 'what is going on here!"

the story ends with us listening to sloane tell us about how he had asked us all to come for a 24 hour study, but it had extended slightly past the time that we had spoken of.

"what is eternity?", he asked. "eternity...is you".

"the year........is 3017"