Weird. I haven't even posted much in the past two weeks or submitted since mid-July. I've totally had my mind elsewhere, but last night I dreamed of Gordon Van Gelder.
How odd. I've never dreamed about Gordon or John or *any* editors in the past. I don't even think I've dreamed of writers like Burroughs or artists like Frank Zappa.
It wasn't anything to do with sex, in fact, I've never had a sex dream in my whole life, I don't think. Certainly not to completion. And besides, I'm not into dudes.
I don't know what it was about. GVG was animated and unpredictable in a way that he is not represented or does not popularly present himself. That's all I can recall.
Today I heard "A Dream", by DeBarge. I listened to that keyboard hook that has been interpolated into so many hip-hop songs, the one that's in Blackstreet's "Don't Leave Me", and 2Pac's "I Ain't Mad At Cha", and I began to wonder over what my own dream had been last night / this morning.
As often happens when I grab for a dream memory, I got the pillowcase but none of the stuffing. I know that GVG was there, and that he was fired up. Beyond that, I don't know what the deal was.
So I am posting to ask GVG what he was doing in my dream? Gordon, please explain yourself! This was about 10AM California time, so it would've been about lunch for you. Did you eat something funny or get into a fist-fight or something? I received a strong signal from you today and I'm just checking in.
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.
In case you're wondering, I'm fine, myself.
Brian Jackson
