I usually don't do this, but last night was really odd...

I'm walking down a street with some of my friends (I think I've been on this street before... it's in Salem. It's an ordinary residential neighborhood between my friend's house and the local bars.

Anyway, in the dream, there's a bar right on the sidewalk - not an actual building with a bar, but just a bar. And despite the fact that it's outside, it's got that dark, smoky bar atmosphere. There's a woman sitting there, drinking and crying. So I go over, and it's Belinda Carlisle. Normally, I don't dream about Belinda Carlisle... but I was listening to The Go-Go's yesterday, so maybe that creeped subliminally into my subconscious. I'm not complaining. Anyway, she's crying... I'm not really sure why, but the next thing I know we're making out. Weird. Then my friends come over and tell me that we're going to another bar. So I just leave. (Note to subconscious: Why?!?) Belinda Carlisle does not come with us.

So we're at this other bar, which as far as I can tell is a real bar, but I don't recognize it, and we're watching "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" (again, pop culture being assimilated into my psyche). Anyway, I start mouthing off about how easy the show is, and the next thing I know, I'm actually ON the freaking show.

Except it's not Regis hosting, it's my dad. And my dad asks a question about penguins (Note to subconscious: Why?!?). I have no idea, so I try to Phone-A-Friend Belinda Carlisle. But they can't find her anywhere. My dad (who in real life has no idea who Belinda Carlisle is), tells me that Belinda Carlisle wouldn't know the answer, and even if she did, she wouldn't tell me, after I just left her at the bar. So I quit playing (I don't even think I got the check), and the rest of the dream I'm walking up and down that same street (there's no bar there anymore), looking for Belinda Carlisle.

Very odd. Most dreams, I can find at least some real-life translation as to what it means. The only meaning I can find in this dream is that I want Belinda Carlisle. But it's not like I'm repressing that. I'll admit it outright - I want Belinda Carlisle. So I think there's another meaning.