i dream of katie. i had the most vivid dream yesterday. about katie abbott. this red headed girl i liked in eighth grade. in typical juvenile fashion, my "like" for her culminated in my friend steve asking if she would talk to me by putting a note in her locker. her response at the time, "if jon wants to talk to me, tell him to do it himself." quite mature at the time i thought. she ended up going out with some vegetarian guy who ran cross country with me. he could do twenty eight pull-ups. i could do two. no wonder i lost. she did wear my jacket once, at some dance or other. and i kept that jacket around forever. the residual smell of her was intoxicating. or maybe it was just my residual smell that was intoxicating. no, it was most assuredly her perfume.



anyhow. i dreamt about her. and in my dream, she transferred to michigan. and i saw her over someone's shoulder, sitting at the computer lab, at a desk surrounded by big blow up pictures of herself. at first i couldn't figure out who she was. but then the pictures tipped me off. i'm bright like that. i went over to talk to her and said, "katie?" and then we ended up walking around and talking. and we got along famously. and even though she had a boyfriend (even in my dream) she said that she could like me. and i told her "hey! i liked you in eighth grade!" and then there were some other details and such (involving other boys and goats). nothing super significant. but the point is, i woke up really happy. and thinking of flame haired, green eyed, katie abbott. it's rare for me to remember my dreams, much less with such clarity. kind of fun. i'll have to dream more.