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Halloween Countdown ’08: On Topic.

Last night, I dreamed that I found the elusive Boardwalk piece in the McDonald's Monopoly contest, thereby guaranteeing me one million dollars. In the dream, I yanked the piece off a cup, stared at it for what felt like hours but was probably only a moment, put it in my pocket and debated how I would get it home without damaging or losing it.

Basically, I acted the exact same way I would've acted had I found the Boardwalk piece in real life. Aside from suddenly becoming a millionaire, there was nothing abnormal about this dream.

That's probably why I still believed I had won when I woke up. It was still early enough to get another hour of sleep in, and since the financial gain of a million dollars brings a certain sense of self-satisfaction with it, I had no trouble falling back asleep.

Then, I had another dream. This time, I was trying to figure out if I really won the Monopoly contest, or if I had just dreamt that I did. Real meta shit. In this second dream, I retraced the steps of the first dream, hunting for clues. Finally, it hit me. In the original dream, I yanked the winning piece off of the McDonald's cup while eating at a bar-style counter outside McDonald's. The fact that I hate eating at bar-style counters notwithstanding, I realized that McDonald's doesn't have that type of seating outdoors.

So, my second dream confirmed that my first dream was a sham, and my world collapsed. A moment later, in the real world, my girlfriend started poking me. It was time to drive her to the bus. I leaned forward, waiting for my head to clear up enough for me to realize just how pissed off I was. Then I noticed that one of our cats puked on the blanket at the foot of the bed.

It took a good thirty minutes for me to come to grips with the truth. I didn't find Boardwalk and I wasn't a millionaire. I really, really hate dreams like that. Plus, a cat puked on me.

Residual angst over not really winning the McDonald's Monopoly contest may seem like a bogus reason to skip out on today's scheduled Halloween coverage, but as my late father always said: Use whatcha got.

I'd feel better if I actually got to spend any of the money in the dream, but noooo.

On the plus side, It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown airs tomorrow night at 8 on ABC. If I wake up in a minute and find out that that's not true, I'll cancel the fucking Advent Calendar.

Posted by Matt on 10/27/2008. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 98 comments

Why’s everybody always picking on me?

Chestnuts roasted by Charlie Brown @ 10/28/2008 3:24 PM

That does suck about those dreams Matt.  I once had one where I could move any object with my mind.  Needless to say, I was also bummed when I woke up, though that didn’t stop me from taking the next hour or so looking over my shoulder to ensure I was alone and give it a try.  You never know……

Chestnuts roasted by Loneman1 @ 10/28/2008 3:38 PM

The Melting Grimace ad freaked me out so bad, I had actually dreamed it verbatim, and dreamed myself into it. Just another reason for me to hate that ad.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 10/28/2008 4:01 PM

Omg Matt. Are you rich?

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Chestnuts roasted by Jesus @ 10/28/2008 4:03 PM

Here’s a dream I had once. I was in a building and there was a zombie talking political stuff into a radio microphone. All of a sudden, I wake
up to find the radio alarm on. And it’s the same voice from my dream
speaking the same political stuff. Is that a waking dream?

Chestnuts roasted by LoneStar76 @ 10/28/2008 4:18 PM

Here’s a dream I had once. I was in a building and there was a zombie talking political stuff into a radio microphone. All of a sudden, I wake
up to find the radio alarm on. And it’s the same voice from my dream
speaking the same political stuff. Is that a waking dream?

Chestnuts roasted by LoneStar76 @ 10/28/2008 4:18 PM

Sorry that came out twice, it was an accident.

Chestnuts roasted by LoneStar76 @ 10/28/2008 4:20 PM

No cable for me, so I’m downloading The Great Pumpkin now and I’ll start watching it at 8pm, just like everyone else. I’ll have to find some classic Halloween commercials here, or on YouTube for true authenticity.
Meanwhile, it’s snowing outside.

Chestnuts roasted by GloriousKyle @ 10/28/2008 4:38 PM

Funny, about a week ago, I had a dream that for some reason we were giving out monopoly pieces where I work (a pizza place) and for some reason I was pealing them off before giving them to people. I ended up finding a single stamp that counted as getting all three or the orange properties at once, and ended up fighting the lady I was supposed to be giving the piece to. Damn McDonalds… invading people’s dreams. At least I’ve managed to get some free food along the way.

Chestnuts roasted by Duskull @ 10/28/2008 5:18 PM

“Then I noticed that one of our cats puked on the blanket at the foot of the bed.”

… My cat did this to me too last night. Yay, gross cat vomit twins.

Chestnuts roasted by Jade @ 10/28/2008 5:55 PM

Reni – What are ‘sauce policies’???  You mean they only let you have one container of sauce?

Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 10/28/2008 6:18 PM

I’ve had dreams about owning a certain CD or DVD I wanted at that particular time but waking up a little depressed to realize it didn’t exist.
I also have dreams about TV shows that don’t exist. John Larroquette’s Boston Legal character pisses me off, so to compensate I had a dream where instead of riding out until the last episode of BL, Larroquette started a new Fox sitcom called L.A. John. I woke up depressed because it seemed like an awesome concept. The show was about his character (Appropriately named John) and his radio talk show in Los Angeles. It was actually pretty funny too, from what I recall.

Chestnuts roasted by palmerholic @ 10/28/2008 6:33 PM

I’ve had CD related dreams too. Mine usually involve finding some CD store that I never knew existed before. As I browse through the store, I find CDs I never heard of by some of my favorite artists. Half the time the songs titles aren’t recognizable either.

My other reoccurring dream is being back at college either at the beginning of semester or right before finals. In the finals dream, there’s always a class that I’d skipped all year and I was desperately trying to cram for the test hours beforehand.

What’s really weird is that my college dreams take place in the present day, but I always see one person I knew from college in the dorm, even though that was 12 years ago now.

Chestnuts roasted by zombie file grievance @ 10/28/2008 6:46 PM

Sorry to disrupt everyone’s dreams talk because I don’t have any particular dream to share.  I do periodically get dreams of my dad still being alivem but over time they come less and less considering he’s been dead over three (almost four come this January) years now.  Anyway, I decided to get a bag full of treats for tonight’s “Great Pumpkin” airing.  I decided to get a bag of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.  I thought I should have gotten the pumpkin shaped ones instead to get into the spirit of the season, but the package had less than the regular cups so I stuck with those.  This probably will be my only viewing of Great Pumpkin.  Up until last year I would just watch it on either my old videotape or now DVD and watch it with Garfield’s Halloween Adventure.  Last year was the first time I watched the special on DVD and network television.  Matt’s reviews just have a way of getting to me and made me “crave” seeing it on network TV.  Oh, and I don’t feel it’s right if I end up DVRing it.  This is something I just have to watch live for some reason.  Anyway, I’ll see how I feel after this viewing if I feel like watching it again before Halloween is over.  If so, I may watch it on Halloween along with Garfield so I can see it as a “double feature” like I always do.  I don’t know, I still have “Witch’s Night Out” to watch, but I don’t think that would be a good combination to go with Garfield.

Anyway, I should be back after Great Pumpkin so I can talk more about how I’m dealing with my fading Halloween spirit (not like I had much to begin with).

Chestnuts roasted by BJ @ 10/28/2008 7:03 PM

Ok has it always been like this and I never noticed it in 32 years of watching The Great Pumpkin or is this new?

Lucy is on the cover of the TV Guide she’s reading!?

Chestnuts roasted by Mamas Boy @ 10/28/2008 8:10 PM

I noticed that too Mamas Boy! And for the first time, I really noticed the “OH MY GOD why would you do that?” face on Snoopy when Schroder is playing the piano at one point.

Chestnuts roasted by Pepe @ 10/28/2008 8:47 PM

Mamas Boy:  Yes, as long as I can remember watching the special, Lucy has always been on the magazine cover.

Chestnuts roasted by BJ @ 10/28/2008 9:51 PM

I once had this wicked cool dream where the entire world was destroyed by evil machines, and me and some other guy where the only people left on Earth. I was so sad when It ended, but I guess that happens to everyone at some point.

I also had a terrible one where I turned into Misty. I woke up and I was like, “WTF?”. Really, really surreal.

Chestnuts roasted by Supermarioman @ 10/28/2008 11:01 PM

Matt, thank you for the reminder that Charlie Brown was airing. Somehow I’ve missed it the past several years even though I watch it every year on DVD.  It was nice to see it on television again even though i was exhausted from seeing New Kids on the Block in NYC the night before. My sister and I have decided one of my cats looks like Snoopy and are trying to figure out how to dress him up as the World War I Flying Ace for Halloween without him killing and/or hating us. :)

Chestnuts roasted by MelissaY @ 10/29/2008 12:40 PM

Yes, thanks for the reminder Matt! I got to watch The Great Pumpkin and in fact even had McDonald’s for dinner while watching it. It was super great. Although I am not a big fan of the “newer” Charlie Brown episodes, I still watched You’re Not Elected Charlie Brown. I can’t remember when they started showing that one right after the great pumpkin, but it seems as if they just started doing that in the last few years.

Chestnuts roasted by Alyssa @ 10/29/2008 2:58 PM

Fake-out dreams are fun in retrospect, agonizing in the moment. I’ve had days where it was hours before I realized a book I was reading, place I’d visited, or piece of mail I received didn’t exist, or that a conversation I’d been thinking about had never taken place. I’d just dreamed about them the night before.

Anybody ever get stuck in the fake-out loop where you dream three or four times in a row about waking up and starting the day, only to realize you’re still dreaming? It can take an ugly turn if you start to feel scared.

Chestnuts roasted by Phenlandia @ 10/29/2008 5:10 PM

LoneStar76, your dream reminds me of when I was in the hospital last month.  I had a dream, don’t remember where I was or anything, but there was this beeping, incessant beeping…I woke up and my IV was beeping because it was empty!

Chestnuts roasted by Teddy Ray @ 10/29/2008 10:11 PM

Alyssa, McD’s and Peanuts…doesn’t get much better than that does it? :) You’re Not Elected Charlie Brown was cute but not one of the better T.V. specials…pretty soon it’ll be time to watch Snoopy make popcorn and pretzels for rude Peppermint Patty and friends inviting themselves over to the Browns’ for Thanksgiving dinner!

Chestnuts roasted by Melissa Y @ 10/30/2008 3:06 PM

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