Do you ever suddenly remember some recent occurrence like a conversation, but can’t figure out whether it really happened or whether you dreamed it? I was cooking the other day, and suddenly the details of a recent conversation washed in. We were talking about Alanis Morrissette’s song Ironic, and someone said that nothing in that song is actually ironic. I remembered saying that irony wasn’t saying the opposite of what you were feeling, that that was sarcasm. I couldn’t think of a place I’d recently been where I could have had that conversation, so I think I might have dreamed it.

Now I just “remembered” a conversation where I was saying there was no way the upcoming movie The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen would be true to the comic book, because the latter is so politically incorrect (plus the movie would be too damn good). The only reason I suspect this is a dream is that I’ve recently been reading LXG in bed.

Most dreams are so outlandish or extraordinary that it’s easy to tell them apart from reality. When something really odd happens in a dream, I actually realize I’m dreaming, telling myself “Nah, this can’t really be happening”. I recently commented on Blork’s page that I dreamt I rejected Keanu. Ok, THAT’s a dream.

But these days I can’t tell the difference, so I guess I’m going through a dull dream phase.