Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night and think, “Holy cow! That is a great idea/hilarious joke/beautiful song that I just dreamed of!” This is something I do on a regular basis. I used to keep a pad of paper and a tape recorder next to my bed when I was in high school and college, and I really wish I still had the recordings and scribbles because, while a few of them WERE good ideas, the majority were as decipherable as Bela Karolyi after a fifth of vodka. Mumbled songs that sounded like an alien communicating, and hieroglyphics where my hilarious joke should have been.
I have a bunch of writing I need to do and I’ve been wracking my brain trying to come up with topics to cover. about 10 minutes ago, I had a flash of memory – a couple nights ago, I woke up throughout the night and typed a bunch of ideas onto my blackberry. For a minute I thought maybe I was remembering a dream, but after flipping through my blackberry I saw that I had, in fact, left myself some 2:37 am gems.
Reading through these makes me wonder not only what I was dreaming about throughout the night, but also how the hell I thought any of these things would be interesting, LET ALONE make sense.
dancing and high gas prices
Mike eats all the peanut butter
guns
arthritic diver’s sweatpants
Rigby has rabies
Mike script lobster
So, let’s see. “Dancing and high gas prices”…the only thing I can think is that maybe I will have to start exotic dancing to pay for gas. Over four bucks a gallon is killing me. “Mike eats all the peanut butter” baffles me since we don’t even have peanut butter in our house. “Guns” makes me laugh because seriously, what kind of mommy blog writes about guns? I have nothing to say about guns other than they’re shooty. And I am an excellent shot. So…I have two things to say about guns. But that’s it. “Arthritic diver’s sweatpants,” The only think I can think is that I was watching Olympic diving before I went to bed, and I have arthritis in my pointer fingers. (OLD.) “Rigby has rabies” doesn’t surprise me – have you seen the way she attacks Mordecai? “Mike script lobster”…I must have had an idea for Mike to write about. A really terrible idea.
So, Mike – you should totally write about a lobster that partners up with rabid Rigby, and together they stop people from eating all the peanut butter while simultaneously stitching sweatpants for divers with arthritis, and in their spare time they go out dancing at a new club called Overpriced Gas and wind down by going to a shooting range. Don’t you think that would be a million-dollar script?
No? Yeah, I don’t think so, either. These ideas don’t even make a good blog post. I am clearly going to have to do my brainstorming when I am slightly more awake. Although, I do think I’m going to resume keeping a voice recorder next to my bed to capture my sleepy ideas. I’m pretty sure I wrote the greatest song in the world the other night, but you’ll have to take my word for it.
Mr Lady says:
So much as he’s not eating all of MY peanut butter, we’re cool.
(PS: Vancouver? $6.50/gallon. No joke)
Mr Ladys last blog post..I’m Still Not Exactly Sure Where I Was Going With This
Backpacking Dad says:
“…other than that they’re shooty…”
They are shooty.
I’m afraid of what blog ideas I’d have if I wrote things down after a dream. Most recent weird dream? I was Batman, assaulting Congress, which was on Cyprus. There were a lot of smoke bombs.
Backpacking Dads last blog post..And Make It Better
moosh in indy. says:
Only use a voice recorder if you can upload the audio, because that? Sweet blog post. Money. Srsly.
moosh in indy.s last blog post..Hot: Day 17-Blog Indiana
Ms. Moon says:
I am always CERTAIN that I will remember those two a.m. insights, poems, and songs. There is no doubt in my mind. And then, the next morning, I am lucky if there is even a wisp of a memory.
A brain is a terrible thing to wake.
Ms. Moons last blog post..R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
Fiesty Charlie says:
Funny stuff…
I live with two “talkers” and write down their dreams, screams and giggles. I love it when Abbie laughs hysterically in her sleep. Sign of a happy kid.
I am with Moosh… we want the tape recordings uploaded….
LOL
Middle-Aged-Woman says:
I have not only talked in my sleep, I am capable of arguing in my sleep. And I have been known to write down an idea or two, but not from dreams. Last night’s dream was of a stomach tumor(!) yeesh.
Punk Rock Dad says:
Its odd that I was reading this for the first time at about 3:30 am. I decided to hold off on commenting until a better hour lest you read something that would confirm my insanity.
Punk Rock Dads last blog post..Leaning Tower of Pisa
laurie feldman says:
This reminds me of a post that I want to write about a joke that my friends and I have been passing around. It stems from my cousin winning a road race on the fourth of July. Then, another one of our friends got tanked, she also ran, so it didn’t take much, and said repeatedly throughout the night, “Chris we’re just gosh damn proud of you, we’re just so dog gone proud of you.” NOTE, I have paraphrased to be less offensive.
Anyway, as this story travelled through our group of friends, we all recognized how saying this line in any number of situations proved to be hilarious. I wanted to tell a coherent story of how this all happened on my blog, but I’m not sure that I can remember, coherently, anyway.
P.S. Your Maddie is cute, but have you seen my Tasha?
P.P.S. No, of course, you haven’t, but give me a couple days and I’ll post a pic.
ali says:
i blogged about what i dreamed about: beer slurpees
alis last blog post..2 conversations, 2 problems and one birthday princess
Jennifer says:
Yeah–sometimes those “brilliant” ideas we have in the middle of the night just don’t hold water when we’re lucid! Although I did have a couple ideas for paintings that weren’t half bad…
I think you’re on to something w/ combining all your ideas!
Jennifers last blog post..Bizarro Grocery Store
sam {temptingmama} says:
Hahaha! Ya, I did this for a little bit that realized it proved to be futile if I didn’t elaborate because – well, I’d end up with a list like yours. LOL
Rock and Roll Mama says:
I rarely wake up once I’m asleep, (hubs can attest to this- kids do not faze me) but I do have a notebook on me at all times. Often, when I harken back to my brilliant otions, they are…illegible pretty much sums it up. Which is nice, as it maintains their brilliance. I can’t read them, but if I could? freaking AWESOME.
Rock and Roll Mamas last blog post..And the Winner issss……
anymommy says:
I have a notebook by my bed too. My notes are just as incomprehensible, when they are even legible.
merlotmom says:
Yes! I always think my midnight musings are genius only to read them in the morning and think. wha? But I’m sure the songs are beautiful. Let’s hear some.
merlotmoms last blog post..If You Don’t Like Getting Drunk Dialed, Don’t Read This Post
cindy w says:
Wow, your middle-of-the-night ramblings are at least interesting. I just wake up, stagger to the bathroom to pee, and then crawl back in bed. I don’t think there’s a single thought in my head during the process except, “so. tired. Try not to doze off while still on toilet.”
Black Hockey Jesus says:
I liked it. That’s how I write mine. Keep it up.
Black Hockey Jesuss last blog post..Dinner Party Review
AMomTwoBoys says:
Wait until you see what I came up with at 3:30 this morning. It’s for my about thingy and it’s SURE to lure in the PR people.
And Mike’s such a bastard for eating all the non-existent peanut butter. Men.
Christy says:
I have those “brilliant” insomniac ideas all the time…my favorite was the time I had myself convinced that my husband should have his vascectomy reversed so we could have a 3rd child…luckily I cam to my senses by breakfast time (I don’t think he would’ve seen any humor in that one.)
Lori says:
Did you wake up mad at Mike though? I have these weird realistic thoughts and then wake up thinking they were actually real and hold a grudge all day. Guess us moms better get more quality sleep!
Loris last blog post..Um, your headlights are on
Kristin says:
I rarely remember what I dream about, but if it’s about my husband, I tend to wake up angry. Ooh and it makes me mad because it bugs me the rest of the day. How odd. You’d think I’d be so tired what with all the children that I’d just pass out. But no…..
Kristins last blog post..Damn that Michael Phelps
memphislis says:
I was looking at Maddie’s 1st barrette picture and had to give you unsolicited advice: open a barrette and keep it open. Run a small bead of hot glue along the edge that will be touching her hair, let it cool/ dry, then put it in her hair. It absolutely Will Not Slip Out.
Jackie says:
i want to hear more about your new exotic dancing career. bring it!
Tara says:
Sidenote: You also used to talk so much in your sleep at sleepovers that I wished I had a notepad to write down the crazy stuff you said!!!
Erin says:
I was okay until I got to “arthritic diver’s sweatpants”. Then I lost it. Not only should you be careful what you write when tired, but apparently, I need to be careful about what I read when tired. I almost choked on my own saliva. Not cool.
Erins last blog post..Blech.
Daddy Dan says:
I’ve done the same thing. I’ve had what I thought were great ideas in the middle of the night but suck when I try to write them up. And you’re probably up a lot more in the middle of the night than I am with Maddie. I saw on Twitter you were letting Maddie “cry it out”. I know it’s tough, but stick with it a few days because it WORKS! I don’t envy you.
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Bec says:
lmao
I’ve had REALLY good ideas that have woken me up at night that I’ve even gotten up to write only to find that the story line really makes NO sense at all.
Becs last blog post..Worst episode ever