step away from the car, sir
i had the most vivid dream i've had in a while last night, probably brought on by watching "reno 911" on comedy central last night, talking about john ashcroft while out at a surprise dinner party for kari's 30th birthday, and seeing a state dept. of corrections car parked in front of work yesterday. i dreamt that i was leaving work late one evening, but when i got outside, there were 3 or 4 cop cars in the parking lot, and they weren't letting anyone leave. i asked one of the cops what was going on, and she said that they were investigating someone who had bought a copy of the communist manifesto. i said, "fuck that," and started walking toward my car. the officer said "okay, you're under arrest," and handcuffed me to this 20-foot chain that had been anchored in the middle of the plaza in front of the building. the rest of the dream involved just sitting out in front of work, handcuffed to this chain, and talking to various people who walked past (including a bunch of people i used to party with). i think i called the police "fucking pigs" a few times, too. i thought about how i would tell the story of my arrest to my mom, and if she would think it was a good act of civil disobedience, or just tell me i was being dumb. then, about 3 minutes before my alarm went off, the cops just let me go, and i woke up.