Horses For Corsairs

I had a dream. Not in a 'I have a dream!' sense, but in the 'and then I realised I was naked' sense. I had a dream that I went to Mt Beauty to ski, ran into an old work colleague and went shopping. Pretty Weird hey? BAM! That's to the type of strange-arsed kryptonite you expect hanging around me! Not even in a dream state - for real! Tomorrow!
So we went shopping and then there was this emergency - I had to go to the big Dark Crystal tower type thing in a hurry. Unfortunately that was in another country. So I needed to swim. Luckily swimming in dreams is usually pretty quick and not at all cold or wet. So I was there. I started riding to the tower (now looking more like Howl's Castle) and was hiking it along these dirt roads at around 100kmph. (I say about, but really I mean exactly. In dreams you just know) Did I mention I was riding a horse? There were plenty of horses around, of course, but none of them had riders and none of them had me. (Not that this horse had me, it wasn't like that) So I'm racing along a winding dirt road, (great handling, horses) trying to avoid the herds of horses floating across my path and I see this fence up ahead. Ahah! I think (again, not really. This was another of those I knew moments) that's Customs! I wonder if they have Calpis? I wonder if they know where Felicity is? I pull up and this guy just stares at me in an 'oh my gawd I can see his sack' type of expression which stops me from powering into my questions regarding Calpis and Felicity. He says 'You're riding a horse?' I hop down and shrug 'so?' back at him. He asks me if I've paid the horse. I shrug 'uhhIdunnohuh?' back. (That's a difficult shrug. Thankfully, my dream-self has flexible shoulders. Thankfully, my real self doesn't or these boulders, trucks and cushions wouldn't get anywhere) He explains. To ride a horse, one must make a business arrangement and pay the standard rate. I ask what the standard rate is. He says '840 durran.' I pull out the $4.65 I have in change in my pocket (That's a made up amount based on how much I remember it weighing in my hand) To this he harumphs and says 'Ahhhh, Australian money' I ask what the current exchange rate is. He says 'one durran is ten thousand Australian dollars'
Shit. How can I pay that. I think. (You know, if you read that line just like it is written, it makes no sense. Very Zen. Ah!!! I have a Zen story I made up on Wednesday! Now what was it...)
So he arrests me and I get Calpis and meet up with Felicity and go Snowboarding while Felicity does cloud shopping. Very cool.
No let's see, I remember the thinking of a Zen story part, but from there it is cold. I can't remember where I was. Maybe if I return I will get it all back.
Maybe this is just a sign I should sleep now.

Also, Andrew drew a Sumosaurus. Go have a look below. If anyone else wants to post one, go for it. Anyone that actually reads this that is.