1/25/08

I am at the top of a dark castle tower after just having defeating an enemy I can't remember with some companions whose images also elude me. I do remember however, that this wasn't the first time that I had fought this villain, and that it was not going to be the last either (he seems to have an uncanny ability to reincarnate). Now I am alone on the tower facing in the open air, when suddenly I am being chased by red and green lasers coming from another tower in the distance. The lasers are from a scope, so I crawl down the steps getting cover so that whatever sniper is aiming at me cannot get me. Before long I reach the bottom of the castle and am resting in an enclave on the shore. I am watching the tide and the night sky when the green laser catches up. It belongs to a horseman (or maybe it was a centaur): he is glowing blue and has horns, and then mocks me for relying on physical strength in order to defeat him. He throws objects at me using his mind, while I use a red laser to very slowly (but surely) hurt him. I am unsuccessul, and so the entire dream starts over again until I face the horseman again. I don't remember how many times this repeated, but I believe at least a couple. I finally manage to dodge his mind powers and defeat him, and after he and his horse (or just him?) collapse, there are treasure chests strewn across the beach. I open the chests and find some armor (one piece was a cloak). My success reveals to me a new part of the castle, where two creatures are enthroned: a wizard and another horseman (which I assume must have been the leader of the horseman creatures, unless it was the very same horseman reincarnate and tamed). The wizard congratulates me, and when the horseman speaks a panther-like monster comes from the opposite side of the room. My laser doesn't harm her, and she is too fast for me to get close enough to hit her with my sword. I am now back at the beach where I killed the horseman, and make my way back to the throne room. When I speak to the enthroned horseman now, there are metal poles slowing coming out of the ground around him. I yank one out as it is rising, and then another. The first is midsized and the second is much longer with a slightly curved and bulky end, like a field hockey stick. They are also quite heavy and I can only weild one of them efficiently, so I choose the long pole and get into a low stance. The horseman agrees that this is what I should do. When the monster comes this time I am ready: I swing the staff and it magically has incredible reach. I hit her in the side and send her across the room. I continue to hit her, sometimes before she can even hit the ground. I defeat her with ease.

Maggie and I are arguing over the importance (or according to her, lack thereof) of eating breakfast. She claims that I eat to much for breakfast, which I retort is not true since I only have a bowl of cereal and some cottage cheese in the morning. She still says that that is too many calories to eat in the morning, but I think that is ridiculous. I explain to her that eating a full breakfast in the morning gets your metabolism going and prevents you from being much hungrier later in the day, which would result in eating many more calories at lunchtime than you would otherwise need.