Gabe and I were jumping on rooftops in a small village. At dusk, we got some flashlights walked along the paved pathway north of town. We eventually came to a building resembling a modern Egyptian temple. It had glass windows and was lit by torches. In the basement, we saw a group of statues and soon realized they were people frozen in place. I immediately thought of Medusa. Mud worked its way up my legs, quickly covering my entire body before drying. I was to remain there indefinitely.

Part One

I was at CSU with Teena in the evening. We were part of an auditorium of people watching The Hobbit. In this version, Gollum was afraid of the Roosevelt and Kennedy families. There was a man in the auditorium selling hand-rolled cigars filled with common culinary herbs. I’m not a smoker but I decided to try one anyway. It was easy to light but difficult to smoke. There were enough people smoking to signal the fire alarm, so the movie was cancelled.

Part Two

I was home alone. My room was on the third floor. I found an aquarium containing strange animals. Fish started floating in the air and out the window. A floating cat followed. I was able to photograph the cat.

It was the solstice and the first day of summer school. Gabe sat to my left. He talked but no one listened. Teena came late and sat to my right. She was wearing a red sundress. Our class was outside. It was an economics class with a focus on drugs. It had two young male teachers. After class, Teena and I went for a walk. We came to a cornfield and noticed a lunar eclipse.

I had three new foster brothers. Christian was the oldest one. He was a famous emo musician. The other two were Asian. I hated Christian. We argued constantly. One time we were in a fist fight and he ended up stabbing himself on my bed. There was good amount of blood. I told my Asian brothers that he died. They wanted to see his body in my room. Christian got up and started chasing us. We asked him if he was undead, but he didn’t answer.

Teena and I were in Cornwall, a Celtic part of England. Some elderly people helped us research my mom’s ancestors. While on the beach, we made plans to visit the Eden Project, which is the world’s largest greenhouse.