I Heart 747s
Mar. 8th, 2006 08:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
c9I had a recurring dream last night. MOre accurately, I had a dream last night that I have had before. But it only occurred once last night.
I was trying to catch a plane at Heathrow (though it's my subconscious' version of LHR, it's not actually very similar to the real airport). It was a 747, but Air Canada (they don't fly those any more). I was very late, as in still in the cab approaching the airport when the plane should have been taxiing. Somehow I ended up making the plane (no memory of how) and got a seat that wasn't guaranteed -- maybe I was on standby? The seat was the very last one in the plane, right by the tail, but was still business class and very comfortable. Better than my business class seats last month, that's for sure. I was worried that the actual passenger was going to show up and bump me out of my seat, but must have dozed off because I was woken with a jolt when the plane suddenly moved. I thought "Hooray, we're taking off so my seat is safe!" As soon as I looked out the window I saw that we were just taxiing, but when the engines revved the plane instantly sped up, like a sports car would, rather than a however-many-thousand-tonne aircraft. We coasted up a hill, and then we all realized that we were going up a drawbridge that was open! We were clearly doomed to fall in the Thames, but the captain revved the engines again and we hopped over the water and landed on a road perpendicular to the bridge. Then (possibly a while later) we were moving fairly quickly and we had to go under a bridge, with the same magical-engine maneuver. This hop landed us on the left hand side of a highway, which amusingly now I realize was the correct side of the road in the UK but was incorrect in my dream. I found a bug in my dream! Anyway. We zoomed over to the correct side of the road, and then took off I assume. I don't remember anything after that point.
I think it's my standard "I'm going to miss my flight/train" dream, along with subconscious "what will you do then?" bits added on. I'm on the train to Toronto right now (will post this later, as there's no wireless onboard*).
* VIA has started offering pay wireless on their Toronto-to-Montréal trains in first class, soon throughout the train. I hope they eventually make it free and every train, at least in the commuting corridor. Would probably draw some more business from the "I blackberry while I drive down the 401" crowd.
I was trying to catch a plane at Heathrow (though it's my subconscious' version of LHR, it's not actually very similar to the real airport). It was a 747, but Air Canada (they don't fly those any more). I was very late, as in still in the cab approaching the airport when the plane should have been taxiing. Somehow I ended up making the plane (no memory of how) and got a seat that wasn't guaranteed -- maybe I was on standby? The seat was the very last one in the plane, right by the tail, but was still business class and very comfortable. Better than my business class seats last month, that's for sure. I was worried that the actual passenger was going to show up and bump me out of my seat, but must have dozed off because I was woken with a jolt when the plane suddenly moved. I thought "Hooray, we're taking off so my seat is safe!" As soon as I looked out the window I saw that we were just taxiing, but when the engines revved the plane instantly sped up, like a sports car would, rather than a however-many-thousand-tonne aircraft. We coasted up a hill, and then we all realized that we were going up a drawbridge that was open! We were clearly doomed to fall in the Thames, but the captain revved the engines again and we hopped over the water and landed on a road perpendicular to the bridge. Then (possibly a while later) we were moving fairly quickly and we had to go under a bridge, with the same magical-engine maneuver. This hop landed us on the left hand side of a highway, which amusingly now I realize was the correct side of the road in the UK but was incorrect in my dream. I found a bug in my dream! Anyway. We zoomed over to the correct side of the road, and then took off I assume. I don't remember anything after that point.
I think it's my standard "I'm going to miss my flight/train" dream, along with subconscious "what will you do then?" bits added on. I'm on the train to Toronto right now (will post this later, as there's no wireless onboard*).
* VIA has started offering pay wireless on their Toronto-to-Montréal trains in first class, soon throughout the train. I hope they eventually make it free and every train, at least in the commuting corridor. Would probably draw some more business from the "I blackberry while I drive down the 401" crowd.
