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October 24, 2007
Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream
Remember that great song from around 1983?
Anyhow, I'm sure that the moral of this story is that I am under too much stress, but here's the dream that woke me up this morning.
I was in the airport going to Calgary to visit MR's family, and I got pulled aside for a special security screaning. I figured they were just going to look through my bags, but they actually took me back into a tiny room with a lot of computers, and a dude who looked like a shorter, more casually dressed version of Agent Smith in the Matrix was sitting at a computer, reading my blog.
"We have a few questions to ask you," he said, so I pulled up a chair and sat down next to him.
"First, I see that you're a union organizer," he said.
"Yes, and very proud of it."
"Well, we're not even sure that being a union organizer is legal anymore. I'm doing some research on that."
I patiently helped him find the National Labor Relations Act online, and while he was still concerned that it was somehow bad, he was convinced that union organizing is in fact legal.
Then came the interesting stuff...
"So I see you're part of this Calorie Restriction Society..."
"Uh, yes, it's very subversive isn't it? We eat healthy food."
And then he continued to interrogate me about why we do CR, how we do it, the scientific evidence, and lots of questions about its relationship or non-relationship to eating disorders. Quite a few questions about how much food I buy, from where, do I eat out, do I ever eat fast food, how much money do I spend on food. I launched into my best media performance explanation of everything, attempting to be calm and non-defensive, wondering what any of this has to do with getting on a plane.
I woke up before the dream came to a real conclusion... I just remember sitting in that tiny room at the computer, explaining CR as though my life, or at least freedom, depended on it. And thinking of how close our country has become to an Orwellian nightmare when you can be detained for being an union organizer who eats kale.
Oh well... off to Scranton today after Pilates for meetings and negotiations... got to keep on movin...
Posted by april at October 24, 2007 5:09 AM
Comments
Okay, April, you've been tagged!
Your post on the 22nd, especially the words "I love my body", inspired me to write my post http://www.lifecandy.net/2007/10/8-things-i-love-about-my-body.html
CRers really do love their bodies!
I shared the 8 things I love about my body, and now I want you to do it too. Tell us 8 things you love about your body, and tag 8 more CR bloggers to do the same.
cheers,
nen
Posted by: Nenette at October 24, 2007 8:10 AM
That piece was a huge hit for both Arlo Guthrie and Simon & Garfunkle in the late 60s as a very powerful anti-war song. Everybody from little kids to grandparents knew it & it was very popular at folk concerts. Interestingly, it was actually written in the early 50s. It has a great message: you can protest very strongly and stand up for what's right without resorting to violence, in either word or deed. Kinda fits where you're at right now, doesn't it? :-)
Posted by: Judith at October 24, 2007 12:31 PM
Judith,
Nice thought, but wrong song. "Break My Stride" was the song I was thinking of:
http://www.legendhasit.net/breakmystride.html
Good idea though!
a
Posted by: april at October 25, 2007 7:29 AM
Check the raw kale salad article in the NYT yesterday:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/24/dining/24appe.html?ref=dining
Posted by: Sa at October 25, 2007 8:33 AM
Showing my age again, I guess (at least in musical references). ;-)
Posted by: Judith at October 25, 2007 1:44 PM