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Two nights in a row I have dreamed about Rush in concert. The first was in the present and the one last night was back in 1978.
My friends went in without me and had my ticket-so I pushed passed the gate and ran into the show. I turned the wrong way and went down a hallway with doors lining both sides so I went in-only to find another door, then another and another and they looped around with the last door opening back to the hallway where two old ladies were waiting to bust me for sneaking into the show. Instead of running-I told the truth that I was from the Future and my friends had my ticket. They wanted me to pay for another ticket-but my money all looked like fake (monopoly) money with holograms on it. Luckily Geddy was coming by and was intrigued so let me come on in and gave me a backstage pass to talk with them after the show.
So I tell them I am from 2014. Think about that from 1978? We thought there would be flying cars like the Jetson's and be having a vacation on the moon.
So they start asking questions and it was surreal-they didn't believe me.
1. Ronald Reagan- the B movie actor-would not only be elected President-he would get a second term. And no his Chimp Bonzo is not elected.
2. The Royals would win the World Series in 85 and then not even make the playoffs for the next 30 years. Who would have thought?
3. John Lennon is shot by a crazy fan hours after signing an autograph for him.
4. Disco finally dies only to be replaced by something worse (Rap). The state of music gets so bad any 14 year old girl with a webcam can sing about Friday and make millions of dollars until being replaced by another sad girl singing about the Royals.
5. A little known rich kid named Bin Laden takes US money to beat the Russian's then changes the world on a nice September day.
Then I tell them in the future -everyone wants and thinks they are famous. They post their faces on a weird thing called the (Internet) on a weird thing called a computer. They make videos of themselves singing off tune trying to get on tv shows with people singing off tune. They post every thought that pops in their head and other people actually read it on weird things called Blogs and websites. And all the information in the known universe can be accessed on a small device know as a cel phone- but most people use them to take dumb pics called "selfies" and try to make themselves feel more famous and more important to other people that want to be famous and feel important as well.
Of course I sound crazy and they don't believe me. So I pull out my phone and show them. Then I take a "selfie" of us so I can post it on a weird thing called a Facebook-so I can feel like I am famous for my ten seconds until the next million people post something.
Thanks for reading my about my dream- you will never get that ten seconds back. You could have been taking selfies of yourself instead. You could have been famous even. If you get a chance to go back to the past -don't read it this time.
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