I should've started something like this long ago, but finally got around to it last week. Often times, I wake up from a night's sleep having had a whole series of interesting dreams. Usually, I can't remember everything well enough for it to be a cohesive story, and often times, what happened seems a lot cooler when I first wake up than when I tell it out loud to someone a couple of hours later. But usually, some piece or detail stands out, and I'll find myself thinking "That would be a cool part of a story." So I decided to start keeping track of these interesting bits so I have something to pull from when I write. Below are two silly little things from a couple of nights ago:
-There is a tiny little boy. He has a very large, heavy, head, and such a small torso that his giant head seems to be sitting upon two rather small and inadequate legs. Attached are two rather skinny and inadequate arms. He is like those childhood toys – the ones that have a heavy weight in the bottom, so no matter how many times you throw them or knock them over they always glide back to an upright position – except the opposite. His head is so heavy that he is constantly tipping over, especially when he gets running too fast. When he falls over (usually onto his back), he must used his two small inadequate arms to pull his head up so he can stand, much like someone doing a stomach curl. His name is Theodore. For some reason, there is a plainly pretty, blonde woman who pretends to be his mom but is not. No one but me really knows she is not his mother.
-A message that says, “Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn’t there.”
