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I Dream of Xenu

Thu, 12/15/2005 - 11:20 — deadprogrammer

Here's the dream I had last night.

Scientologists asked me and my dad to help with a gigantic unfinished skyscraper that looked like a cross of the Ryugyong Hotel and the Hearst Tower. We tried to install some floor tiles somewhere close to the top, but could not locate the right equipment. My dad left, and I asked permission to look around and take some pictures (which I surprisingly got).

A helpful scientologist took me to one of the finished floors closer to the bottom and showed me a computer terminal that allowed you to do all your Christmas shopping without leaving the tower. I was very impressed with the user interface and the choice of products. The Church employs a huge amount of people, so it can buy in bulk; also many scientologists are computer programmers - my guide explained.

We wandered the halls for a little while, I played around with e-meters, and then my guide started digging up a floor in some hallway. He unearthed a body of a man dressed in superhero uniform of some kind, and proceeded to break off a toe from it. He explained that many people were buried in the floors of the tower, and that this in fact was the _original_ Xenu. My galactic-overlord-grave-robbing guide was planning to sell the toe to pay for auditing.

The whole thing ended badly - alarms sounded, I left, but did not rat out Xenu's grave robber. Later, they accused me of stealing Xenu's toe.

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Wed, 12/21/2005 - 11:45 — Anonymous

Whoa, reading that thing hurt my eye and head. Were you drunk when you wrote that or still dreaming?

"Later, they accused my of stealing Xenu's toe."
my? shouldn't it be "me"?

"Scientologists asked me and my dad were asked to help with a gigantic unfinished ..."
huh? how many "asked" did you really need?


Wed, 12/21/2005 - 20:02 — deadprogrammer

I did not have my coffee yet.


Thu, 12/22/2005 - 00:39 — I.A.I. &raquo; Blog Archive &raquo; Deadprogramers Cafe - I (not verified)

[...] Deadprogramers Cafe - I dream of Xenu [...]


Mon, 01/23/2006 - 22:55 — JohnR (not verified)

If you're going to record a dream, it's important that you write it down as soon as possible after waking. Given the level of detail here, I'd say the deadprogrammer hadn't even rolled out from between the sheets before jotting down his notes.


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