A Dodgy Drive #dreamdiary 188

I’ve acquired a BMV convertible. It’s an old classic car in metallic silver but there’s no roof and it looks in excellent condition. It’s got a large engine which sounds great and it fits nicely on the driveway. It’s a great deal at the moment but it’s not so practical in the winter and there’s nothing to secure my property. As I climb out of it, I suddenly realise that I’ve not no logbook to handover or service history to read. I still need to sort out an MOT alongside tax and insurance. And I’ve just given my old car away with the contents inside. I didn’t take anything out and I’ve got no idea where it is. I didn’t even look the BMW over or part with any money; it was just a straight swap that felt a good idea at the time. I’ve got a horrible feeling that I’ve just been fleeced.

It's all Relative #warwick 31

I’ve got ramparts in my eyes, as if my dream is in my sight. There’s steps everywhere waiting for me to explore them. It’s like I’m in a Relativity painting and I’m trying to work out how it all connects and where everything is while not wanting to miss out on anything. The only thing that will get in my way is other visitors. It’d be cool to be able to charge about at speed around these corridors and chase off invaders. I also see it as the ultimate game of Hide and Seek. I don’t intend it, but as soon as I turn my back to read an information board, my friends have vanished into another section and it’s quite comical that we won’t catch up with each other and end up waving at one another from the top of a turret or something. At least it makes for interesting photos.

My parents are spending my inheritance. What can I do about it?

Have you drawn up a legal agreement or are you just concerned? If you have, the law is on your side and you can use it to force them into labour to protect yourself. Be aware that costs have increased and not everything runs according to plan. If you’re concerned, there’s other actions that you can take. You can seek out better employment or change your lifestyle so that money isn’t a worry to you. Or you could spend time with your parents. At least that way they’ll be sharing their wealth with you. They may also respect you for it. After all, it is their money. If they’re doing it out of spite, there’s not much you can do about it, unless you can prove that they’re incompetent in managing their funds and seek their power of attorney. But if you’re really desperate, you could make them disappear; though there are legal complications if you’re discovered. 

Bricking It #warwick 30

It looks like it’s all been put together very neatly, but it also looks very easy to push one of those bricks out. Either that or it’s designed to swing open with a little force from inside. It looks like you could pull out that whole rampart by tying a rope around its top and giving it a good yank. Even though it’s weathered, it’s amazing how straight they’ve managed to get everything considering the technology that they had available to them at the time. Someone would either have to measure the bricks or have a template made to ensure consistency. At least the locals have somewhere sturdy to retreat to in the event of an emergency, though the current owners may have something to say about that as it would eat into their profit margins. They’d have a great choice of places to visit for dinner though. They might even learn a trade.

Pukemobile #dreamdiary 187

It’s the first day of our holiday1 Our accommodation has a late-check-in so we’ve decided to kill some time by visiting a village stately home which is a bit of a walk away from where we’re staying. It’s further than we thought so we’ve called in a local taxi firm. There’s a bit of confusion over where our driver is going to meet us. We find our way out to the main road running through village. At first we get excited as a limo pulls up, then I realise that it’s a grey van. The taxi company has split our ride into two cars as some of us are going to different places and they don’t have large vehicles. I’m put into one lined with white walls and there’s malnourished children leaning up the sides. As we get moving, I notice that I’m covered in an orange substance. One of the kids is standing right behind me.

A Future Viewpoint #warwick 29

It’s not exactly the attire of the day. It’s as if a passing tourist has walked in on a historic moment of war being declared, hence the herald’s sword raised in the air to attract attention. I wonder if in the future there’ll be roped-off areas for time-travellers to gather so that they won’t get in the way of history; though they’ll also have to be cloaked and swear a vow of silence so that history won’t calculate that something’s up. Though you may be masked so that they can’t identify you, there’ll still want to question why you’re there, and it’s probably easier for them to despatch you rather than the other way around. But if you are there to change the course of history, then you need to act quick before other people get ideas. It’d be very easy to grab the scroll and sneak off back through the door.

Why Must You Treat Me So?

I got bullied a lot at school. I always ended up doing different things and no-one seemed to want to correct or help me. The teachers all seemed to be elderly and didn’t want to offer correction. So I wanted a character that I could get revenge on to punish them back for ruining my childhood years. There were a few things that I had to find out for myself as I didn’t have much to offer in the way of friendship. So this is the person who would cause me the most harm or they attempted to isolate me at my expense to enhance their own social standing and admiration. And yet when I tried to defend myself I just seemed to make things worse as no-one else had the courage to come to my aid. And of course, when I retreated, I was the hot topic of the playground and people had plenty of opportunities to come forward and enhance the bullying. This is my journey and my struggle and an attempt to get the revenge that I couldn’t get in real life.