I had the weirdest dream last night.

I was back in Allegany, the little town in western NY that I grew up in. I was there with my roommate, Joe, and we were walking up this big hill near the high school, on the way to my house. Across the street is where the football field was, and our friend Andrew was there. Andrew’s a hard guy to miss, he’s a 6’7” Jew. He walks over, and Joe’s begging him for a cigarette, but Andrew won’t give him one. We start walking past the elementary school, and for some reason, there’s a big pad of grass in the middle of the parking lot, and people are playing baseball on it. We continue walking past the school, the nursing home, and all the houses on the way to my old house. We finally get there, and we’re hanging out in my garage, standing on skateboards. All of the sudden, we’re on a cruise ship, and I’m in the room by myself, soaked with my swim suit on. I had water in my ears, and I couldn’t hear. I went and got q-tips, and proceeded to dig a shit load of dirt out of my ears. It literally wouldn’t stop coming out. And then my mom came into the room, gave me an incredulous look, and walked out.

There was more, but I don’t remember.