One Serious Songwriter (5/9/2005)

So, I'm wondering if Dan Hartman was serious--ya know, when he said "I can dream about you", and if he really felt consoled by this fact. Would this dream compensate for the lost time between him and his lover, assumably a pretty, young English maiden? Could Hartman settle for this?? I mean, assuming he truly knows what it's like to be lonely, this must be SOME dream he will have had.

I'd say I have experienced loneliness, and ya know, that's rough. Loneliness. So, a dream, for me, would either have to fill the void that lingers from separation, or COMPLETELY distract from the void. Since dreams about the person you miss, in general, just make things worse, I'm betting the latter will yield the best results.

So, here are a list of scenarios for dreams that would distract ME from lonely desperation:

Dreams where...

I am somewhere that keeps me from breathing, like a sauna

I have fallen into a toaster (or toaster oven)

My hands have seven or more fingers each, and they ALL resemble cacti

I am repeatedly stabbed and am dying

I find the "Midnight Special" yo-yo I used to have when I was a kid

OR, ANY dreams involving...

Saunas

Toasters

Cacti

Death

Yo-yos

and/or

Clowns.

I don't know--perhaps Dan Hartman's idea of loneliness isn't as complex. Maybe he doesn't feel anything that a porn and some Robitussin can't fix. All I know is I shouldn't have been watching Streets of Fire in the first place. I mean, seriously. That movie is crap on a stick. I'm not joking.