Type A Dream Influenza
by With the current fears of a swine flu influenza pandemic at hand, I discovered that in recent days it has been subconsciously affecting me.
The second dream further realized the strong reference to the virus outbreak. I was in my former home in Riverview, Florida, watching TV from my grandmother’s bedroom. I saw a public service announcement which started with a set of double doors closing, with the word SOIL in white boldfaced lettering if front of it. The voice-over detailed the symptoms of swine flu and its preventive measures as the white text displayed statistics on the doors in a dim room with shades of magenta and purple. The ad proceeded to display white-lettered text of information, along with the white Ad Council logo. The ad ended with 3-D lettering of a particular victim who succumbed to the disease. I went to the bathroom just to brush my teeth and the doors closed on me and that ad played again, with me seeing it outside television. Afterwards, I woke up.
Of the two dreams I had in the recent two consecutive days, the latter better referenced the swine flu epidemic. Maybe in each consecutive night, I’ll dream of another reference, maybe even dream of actual people afflicted by the virus. In the near future, I can refer my dream ad to the Ad Council and revamp the idea of a swine flu awareness ad Maybe someday I’ll even have a nightmare about it, but to me it’s a wait-and-see approach…
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