Three interesting dreams

Last night I had not one but three interesting dreams. I felt like describing them and here seemed like a reasonable place to do so.

The first dream:
I was outside the house where I grew up, although it was in a place that isn't familiar to me in waking life. I was building a wooden bridge across a small stream. I had a suspicion I was just dreaming because I don't normally go outside with no clothes in real life. I also discovered that pinching yourself to see if you're dreaming is not an effective strategy: it feels pretty much the same as it does in real life.
This dream I feel is most likely to have a significant meaning.

The second dream:
I was riding my bike round some park by a lake trying to figure out where the exit was. I don't know what lake it was but it was one of those really intense blue ones. There was pretty lush vegetation both in the park and on the other side of the lake: a lot of ferns and that kind of stuff.

The third dream:
I dreamed I woke up (first time that's ever happened to me) in my own bed but in an unfamiliar room. Kinda ties it to the first dream by having a familiar object in an unfamiliar place. Anyway there was a party going on in the hallway and some guy with a South African accent was wanting to introduce me to all these people and I just wanted to eat breakfast and take a shower.

I wish I knew more about dream interpretation.

Photos from YM

As promised: I'm uploading the photos I took while I was in Auckland for Yearly Meeting. Also the ones on the way there and back.
I saw a rainbow and some snow on the desert road. Fortunately my camera is great for taking pictures through the crap glass of the window of a moving bus. Unfortunately it is limited to the visible spectrum seen by normal humans so the rainbow comes out looking right to all you guys but missing a stripe for me.

I'm a little unsure of where I was when I took this one. Mount Eden is somewhere behind me and one of the harbours is somewhere in front.

A couple of my friends discussing something interesting.

Young friends sorting out the details for a presentation.

Everyone getting ready for the next meeting.

Sunrise from Mount Eden.

The city at sunrise, from Mount Eden.

The city a while later.

The crater of Mount Eden.

This one makes it look more like a crater, but doesn't really convey how deep it is.

More crater.

One tree hill from Mount Eden.

I forgot which volcano this is.

There are a few volcanoes in this picture.

Rangitoto Island, as seen from Mount Eden.

Another volcano visible from Mount Eden.

An awesome tree growing in the Mount Eden crater.

Marvin: an old friend of my family.

Mount Ruapehu looking spectacular. This time it wasn't ruining any paintwork by causing liquid sulphur to rain from the sky as it was when I first saw it.

New Zealand Yearly Meeting

It's been a wee while since I posted to this blog. I spent last weekend in Auckland attending the Quaker Yearly Meeting for New Zealand. I took some pictures but they're at home so I'll post them later.
It was a very interesting experience. I didn't actually say anything during the discussions but I was fascinated by the decision making process used, and by thinking about what seemed to be easily decided and what ends up being argued about three years in a row (something that could have been sorted out immediately if certain people were willing to follow established procedure.)
As well as the interest in the event itself, it was also lovely to meet some people I haven't seen for several years. On Sunday morning before meeting for worship I walked to the Mount Eden crater with one of my parents' friends from university.

In other news: my current job finishes on the 8th of August so I'd welcome any suitable offers of subsequent employment. If you happen to be an employer please check out my cv.

Trucker's protest

Today in Wellington there was an organised protest by a whole lot of truck drivers. They made a big convoy and made life difficult for all the motorists wanting to drive into the city. Basically what they were asking for is that the government make fuel prices lower so they could do their jobs more cheaply. While I sympathise with them for wanting their business to be more efficient I think they're wasting their time.
Oil is a finite resource. It's like a half full cookie jar in a world with no ovens. Eat one cookie there and that's one less cookie in that world, burn a gallon of gas here and that's one less gallon of gas in this world.