oh man, I have so much to put here, and so little time... I'll start with the dream I had about a week ago:
(In case Jon reads this blog at all, I apologize that my writing style here is so immature, but it jumps around to match my dreams)

I remember being in a large building while a banquet of sorts was taking place. My family was with me, but I went upstairs to check out the library. I searched through the stacks in the library (there weren't many) and found a large collection of Simpsons DVDs, a find that excited me to the extreme. :) The dream switched at some point, though, and I was then standing in a room with high ceilings and windows on one wall. I was with someone that resembled Cyclops from the X-Men, but without the eyewear. A girl was there as well, possibly Storm from the X-Men. On the other side of the room, an adversary was awaiting us. Cyclops jumped forward and claws came out of his hands (yeah, I guess I get my X-Men confused in my dreams...). But he checked them, and they were extremely flexible, like they were made of rubber. He poked me with one, and it didn't hurt at all. I realized the problem and explained to him that he had to "transform," thus becoming something more dangerous to fight the bad guy. He claimed to not know how, but I encouraged him to concentrate very hard, and offered to fight first to show him how it worked. I started running towards the bad guy and concentrated really hard on turning into a large cat of some sort, but could feel no changes taking effect. I stopped running and kept concentration, tightening every muscle in my body until my stomach was sore. (There was a car there or something, but it really has nothing to do with the dream. I just remember leaning on the car when my stomach hurt) As I tried and tried to transform, I started to think that maybe I WASN'T a superhero like I believed. This realization was devastating to me, and I began to feel depressed. Suddenly, I heard the word "RAPTOR!" from behind me (I think this may have connections to a friend back at Calvin :) ) and Cyclops jumped over my head in raptor form, ready to fight the bad guy. I woke up, and found myself desperately depressed and wanting to cry. Woo! ARENT MY DREAMS GREAT??? :'(