02 Field Study and Dream/Daydream Study
- Kiki Wu
- Sep 17, 2019
- 4 min read
Field Study
A Typical Morning at Sep. 17 9:30am-ish
I tied my phone on my forehead with a hair band.
A Double-speed video ⬇️
Dream/Daydream Study
Sep 12 Thu
(A super active night + Incredible memory the next morning...)
Chat History
I was in a kinda luxury hotel, waiting to pass through the unbelievably strict security check. One of the two guards asked for my cell phone and started to browse through. The line is getting longer after 20 minutes, and I finally lose my patience. Therefore I angrily grabbed my phone back and noticed the screen stayed at the home page of WeChat, with a floating window saying "Do you confirm deleting the account 'K I K I'". Without any hesitation, I kept tapping "no" to ensure I didn't confirm that non-sense account deletion. I left the hotel lobby and imagined that if the account was deleted, and all of my chat history with my best friends got erased, I probably wouldn't need any more chat records in the future, since it would no more be perfect and complete.
Laundry
I was in the hotel room putting all of my dirty clothes in the washing machine, and planned to dry them in the evening when I came back. However, when I was back, it was already late night and way beyond the regular check-out time, but I insisted finishing the laundry. No one stopped me so I figured out that the so-called check-out time didn't matter that much. As I was thinking, I spotted a plastic bag of clothes in the drying machine, probably from the previous customers, and then I began to worry about the time...
Subway+Sake Drinking
I lived nearby line 6 in NYC, and I always needed to take one transfer in order to get into the downtown vibe. The subway station was very old and shabby, like an abandoned engine room. After swiping the card, we would take an elevator, which looked like a giant metal container box, and arrived to the downstair platform. It was always better to have a minimum of 2 people getting in simultaneously, so that one can stand on each side to keep this metal box in balance. The subway itself was also very old, and every cabinet was tiny with one row of padded seat at the back, 4 hard chairs in the front and a stand area in between that could only fit in 3-4 persons.
One time when I am taking the subway out to an Izakaya, my friends kept reminding me that we should avoid the rice remain in the Sake, because it might easily cause vomiting and drizzying...
Guitar
My guitar had some problems, which seemed like some old ones. Although there was a Guitar Center nearby where I lived, I decided to take it to the music store next to it. Therefore, I hold my acoustic guitar walking through some brunch places, alleys and streets, and I didn't understand why everyone is staring at me like this guitar on my hand was some mysterious tool. When I finally arrived with a sense of embarrassment from all those attention, unfortunately the music store was close, so I had to go to the Guitar Center...
Sep 13 Fri
I didn't recall anything...
Sep 14 Sat
(my favorite dream this week)
Moon
There was a little boy, who always perceived a larger moon than others did. His perception of the moon revealed slowly covering the actual moon as a magnified filter/image in between. That image is in a watery style, but he cannot erase it no matter how he tried. Therefore, he was extremely confused and sad that no one shared the same moon with him.
Sep 15 Sun
Travel + Teeth Brushing
I travelled to a place I couldn't recognize, and I was brushing my teeth with a homosexual guy. Apparently he was also traveling with me, but I didn't know him that well. While we were brushing teeth, he kept splitting water to my knees, and I felt impolite and embarrassed to asked him to mind himself. Therefore, I had to keep a polite yet far enough distance with him, this teeth brushing seems to last forever until I woke up...
Sep 16 Mon
Chinese Supermarket
After moving to a new apartment, my roommate asked me to visit a newly opened Chinese Supermarket somewhere in Brooklyn. Although I didn't need any grocery, I still went with her. The elevator in this Supermarket was very sketchy and old-schooled, where we will need to pull the door manually (like the ones I used to see a lot in Boston). In the fruit area, a weird vegetable caught my attention: it is a grape-shape radish, and even the texture of each tiny round radish on a wine felt exactly like grapes as well. This vegetable had a really lame name called "White Beauty"... I was boring so I decided to leave early. On my way out, I saw some soy milk but the soy bean dregs was completely separated from the liquid, which really discouraged me from buying them...
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