Wednesday, March 23, 2005
An old dream sequence
I attended parochial school from fifth through eighth grade. The school, Our Lady of Mercy (OLM), was associated with our parish in upstate New York and was run by the Sisters of Mercy. It was more regimented than public school. Initially I had a hard time adapting. A fair percentage of my classmates had been sent there by parents hoping the strict discipline would "straighten them out". That wasn't my parents' motivation. They both had attended parochial school and felt that the schools were safer and that we'd get a better education there.
At that time Catholic nuns wore dark flowing gowns and headgear. Combine that with strict discipline and unruly classmates and you start having some odd dreams. I started having dreams about gun-toting nuns. A sort of police state with nuns as enforcers. When I saw this video about a graduation ceremony for Iranian Policewomen, the dreams came flooding back. Wow. Comic and disturbing. Almost Monty Pythonesque. (Via Memepool)
Damien Katz linked to a photo from the same ceremony and said he had a "dream like this once". Is gun-toting nun a common dream symbol?
Note: After my initial adjustment, I had a fine education at OLM. I have no complaints. And the dreams eventually went away.
At that time Catholic nuns wore dark flowing gowns and headgear. Combine that with strict discipline and unruly classmates and you start having some odd dreams. I started having dreams about gun-toting nuns. A sort of police state with nuns as enforcers. When I saw this video about a graduation ceremony for Iranian Policewomen, the dreams came flooding back. Wow. Comic and disturbing. Almost Monty Pythonesque. (Via Memepool)
Damien Katz linked to a photo from the same ceremony and said he had a "dream like this once". Is gun-toting nun a common dream symbol?
Note: After my initial adjustment, I had a fine education at OLM. I have no complaints. And the dreams eventually went away.
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