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DREAM
I'm hungry, so I put my credit card into a vending machine. To my shock, the machine releases about fifty different food items: lots of dry packets of sauces and gravies, spices, artichokes, cantaloupes, tomatoes, zucchini bread... It's all pretty random, but healthy.
I'm really worried about the charge to my credit card for all this. I'm guessing it will be well over $100. I had expected to get a little bag of Cheetos for $1.50. But I'm glad I have this store of healthy food now.
Then the vending machine releases a tangle of snakes.
I take a baby snake that's black and pink with four heads, and put each head into a specially-designed holder made of black plastic. The heads are threaded into grooves exactly like an RJ-45 ethernet cable connector. I remove the plastic reluctantly to readjust the heads, and realize I might not be able to get them back. But to my relief, all the heads thread back in place, despite everything wriggling around, and I shut the case.
I worry about whether or not the snake will survive, and which of the heads will eat (if any), but I definitely think I picked the coolest snake.
INTERPRETATION
I had a class in which we threaded (eight?) tiny, colored wires through a cable connector. It was a little tricky. I would get a little something from the vending machine downstairs during class breaks, but the machine was usually broken. So I'd swipe my card multiple times and worry about extra charges. And I'd feel guilty for not trying to eat something healthier. So I think this dream is just remembering and rehashing that time of my life.
