It started with a party up at a cottage that was part of a row of cottages set along a large lake in the middle of a forest. There were a ton of people around and everyone was watching TV and discussing various reality show characters. I proudly announced that I don't know a single one of the people they were talking about. A moment later someone turned on a baseball game so I went down by my mom's van which was near the dock and took a shower because my hair smelled.
Later I was in the kitchen of one of the cottages with my aunt Kathy Heckert. A woman who resembled my old neighbor Joan Uhlenbrauck was there with us and she was making fun of atheists. Kathy interrupted her and said "Hey, don't make fun of atheists-some of my closest friends are atheists."
"Exactly!" I shouted. "I am an atheist and I still love everyone, which is more than I can say about most religious people." Kathy and I traded glances and suddenly we were just a tad closer than we were a minute ago.

We ended up back outside and Kasia went out to the end of the dock and jumped onto a white stabilized raft which was anchored to the bottom of the lake. She jumped from raft to raft to get back to our cottage area a few houses down and everyone watched to see if she'd make it. She motioned for me to join her but I was wearing a slightly tight dress or skirt of some sort so I knew I wouldn't be able to jump as far as I needed to.

I was still out on the dock when suddenly I was stalked by a man who chased me to the end of the pier and once I couldn't go any further he asked "How do you feel about the war?"

"There is no war anymore!" I replied.

"How do you know?"

"Because I watch the news."

As I say this I begin to climb this big, thick rope that held a ship tightly to the dock and as I get further up the rope the old wooden worn out exterior of the ship began to break away, revealing a beautiful shiny new red exterior beneath it.

The man kidnapped me and we ended up taking the ship over to this big Utopian paradise where everyone wore flowers and robes (think "Hair: The Musical"). I ran ahead of the group and hid beneath the boards of a long, wooden bridge and everyone tried to find me as they walked over it.

The main kings, etc. walked right over me and I could hear them brainstorming about all the clever creative ways I could have hidden myself. At the end of the line a commoner/simpleton looked down and noticed me. I smiled and jumped out and told him "Its a lot easier than that, guys- you just have to stop thinking too much."

At the end of the bridge everyone began to dance and march in a big circle and somehow I ended up in the middle of the line so I decided to go the opposite direction in order to catch up with the main guys in the front. Everyone marching was looking at me with eyes that said "You're going the wrong way!" but I didn't care- I knew I wouldn't get into trouble because it was apparent that I was now their king.

(And no, I did NOT watch "Where the Wild Things Are" last night) =)