i was in a city that looked something like tim burton's gotham. i was outside of a locked shop with a girl i was friends with. it was some sort of occult bookstore. they said they'd reopen at 2am, and it was only 11pm. then the light went on, and some cute guy in a beanie was in there. he opened up the shop for us, and we started looking around. then my friend said we should get married (to each other) while she was looking at some herbs and what not. i laughed and said that sounded like a splendid idea. then some crazy, skinny lady started screaming at us from outside of the shop about how we were going to burn for eternity, etc.

then all hell broke loose.

we ran outside, and i grabbed the scrawny woman by her arm and started saying things to her that clearly horrified her. i don't remember what it was i was saying, though. then there was a lot of gunfire, and i think i might have been involved in that. i got shot, and i was lying down behind a knocked over table. suddenly, michael madsen was there behind the table with me. i told him that i loved him and that i was shot. he picked me up, sat me on his lap, and married me. the guy from the occult shop was presiding over the ceremony, and i'm pretty sure that we were married with the blessings of satan. instead of trading rings, we each drank a shot of sake after we took our vows.

i was going on a trip into some sort of frozen waste/jungle place. meaning that sometimes it was a frozen waste, but sometimes it was a jungle. you know how dreams can be. anyway, apparently, that nick lachey guy or something was going, too. he was going to have to leave his wife behind, though. there were some other people that were going, but i don't remember who they were. we were going on some sort of medical mission or possibly a scientific study mission. it was going to be very dangerous.

when we left, it was on a wooden boat. really ancient looking. there were monsters or something that we had to beat (it was really left up to me to do this), and then collect pieces to a puzzle that would help us gain access to wherever we needed to go.

at some point, we ended up in some ice caves. something happened in there, but i can't remember what it was.

i was in the car at night with my mom and my sister and my cat teddy bear. teddy bear may have been a kitten again. the window was cracked, and he jumped out of it. i put my hazards on to save him. we got back into the car, and a woman wearing an "officer" shirt was talking to us. it occurred to me later that she may not have been a cop at all. she was nice, though.

we went to the petsmart and took teddy inside even though he didn't have a leash. we figured we could just hold onto him. it looked like some sort of weird everything store, except really high quality inside. there were clothing sections, food/meat sections, etc. i told my sister i needed to get my green snake (which i was suddenly holding) a new heat rock. he was also really dehydrated. we were going around the store, and i was in the clothing section with amy when some woman started giving us attitude. i pulled out my snake, and she went away.

i looked at the aquariums in the pet store. there was a talking frog that had sort of a tigger face. it was albino. i loved it. there were also great big fish tanks, and an arowana was in one. it looked like a rust-colored armored fish. it had plates on itself like an armadillo sort of. it was enormous and had eyes that looked like those goggles a lot of goth kids wear. it had long whiskers, too. then i guess i went home.

at some point, i had put the snake in my pants to keept i warm i think. while it was in there, it crawled up my butt. i had to poop it out. it was still alive. i washed it off, and put it in its cage. it could also talk to me. it had some babies or some friends or something in the aquarium i kept it in. it had to take care of them. i almost lost it in my house, but it came back.