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GOSSIP IQ
THE GOOD, THE BAD, & THE UGLY
DREAM ON
Two of your favorite East Enders share their most memorable dreams to help them understand what they mean...
BY LAYNE DALFEN
• BRUCE BLAKEMAN, Politician
The Dream: “I am walking through my childhood
backyard, which is filled with alligators, but rather
than attack me they let me pass through.”
The Interpretation: Your dreams are triggered by
something that either happened to you or that you
reflected on the day before. In essence, your uncon-
scious mind continues to mull over the issues that you
thought about (or tried not to think about) during the
day. Since our first goal is always to find the subject you were discussing with yourself, I wonder if someone has recently come at you in a dangerous way but then let you “pass through.” Alternatively, you might ask yourself if you’ve noticed a shift from one that is possibly harmful to one that is more benign or accepting. These two possibilities could be simultaneous and might even involve the same person.
Looking a little deeper, many people think about their childhood home as the place where all the things they experienced and learned back then come
to mind. Some might consider alligators in their childhood backyard as a way of reminding themselves of behaviors and memories they may not be happy remembering. In your dream, you seem to be saying you’ve moved away from your previous fears or from the possibly dangerous responses you may have become accustomed to in your past. This is a dream where you sound as if you are considering the changes you have made.
To give you an example, if my knee-jerk response as a child was to yell when angry, and now I work to step away and think first in these moments, it would make sense that the alligators are letting me pass through. I have moved on.
I have either forgiven others for my experience when I felt frightened, or I am no longer attacking myself for behaviors I adopted and considered harmful... or both!
For me this is an action dream, full of change and movement from past to present and pointing you toward healthy attitudes going forward. In the plot you are revealing new results from what you would have expected in the past, and I say bravo!
• ROSANNA SCOTTO, Cohost of Good Day New York The Dream: “I have this recurring dream of moving into a new apartment. It is a rental. I am torn about moving into it because I am living in my current con- do... but the rental has a fantastic private pool.”
The Interpretation: When a recurring dream happens
over a short period of time, it’s meant to grab your
attention for a waking-life situation you need to resolve.
A recurring dream that happens over a period of years is more
like a favorite expression you might use in different situations. Since this dream contains your current condo, it seems more recent and is designed to draw your attention to some important issue in your life right now.
Ask yourself what recent waking experience has you feeling “torn” between a situation where you feel satisfied (your current condo) and an alternative that offers one thing that is more.
You’re struck by the “fantastic private pool” at the rental. Could the advan- tage offered by the new situation involve greater privacy?
You dreamed about a change in your space, which includes the people. This suggests the possibility your dream could be about a relationship. While the choice might be as simple as changing your manicurist, consider the possibil- ity of it being a friend, a family member, or a business associate. Regardless, this decision seems to be one to pay attention to!
When looking for the solution, your decision might be made easier by making the matter smaller. Must you give one up altogether in order to enjoy the other? If the issue concerns someone you know, whether it’s a personal or a professional relationship, you might consider asking for what you need (for example, greater privacy) instead of “moving.” n
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1. First lady of philan- thropy (last name)
6. British singer, pianist, and composer (created the music score for the Tony award-winning hit Billy Elliot (last name) 9. He would love to hand Pete Davidson’s head to him (first name)
11. Half of a celebrity couple who raised
over $30 million for Ukrainian refugees (last name)
12. Stadium cheer
14. Aging rock star/ac- tress, known for having matching kabbalah tattoos with her 16-year- old son
17. Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly, for example
19. Road sign abbrevia- tion
20. Exceedingly
21. If she could “Turn Back Time” to when she dated Bagel Boy
22. Stan who created Spider-Man
25. Surfing the net
27. Married three times, this actress had a best seller with Inside Out (first name)
30. Actress/singer/song- writer who collaborated on an album with a sea- soned crooner (last name) 32. The designer who made “f--king fabulous” a brand (last name)
34. Pal of Harry and Hermione
35. Tag player
36. To ___ for
37. Slap-happy celebrity
cuckold (first name) 39. Member of a reality-show dynasty and cosmetics mogul who sold her company for a cool $600 million (first name)
41. Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Mark Zuckerberg never got one
44. He should stay away from guns and Twitter (first name)
46. Finally got control
of her out-of-control life (first name)
48. Pacino to friends
50. Conniption fit emotion
51. Hollywood mogul compared to a scorpion by Matt Damon and nick- named “the Pig Monster” by a victim (first name) 52. The president known for quoting the Russian proverb: “Trust but verify” (last name)
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1. Drink you might order at Sushi Noz
2. Host of Talkin’ Golf on WFAN who also hosts an annual charity golf tour- nament in the Hamptons (first name)
3. Championship win- ning coaches love to hate it, ___ bucket
4. What all U.S. bourbon must be aged in
5. Barbarella, political activist, aerobic-exercise guru, and acting dynasty (last name)
6. Accused of staging his own vicious attack (first name)
7. Spokesperson for the BCRF’s Hot Pink Party, Vanessa Kensington
in Austin Powers (last name)
8. Media heiress on trial for sex trafficking (first name)
10. Word repeated many times in a Beatles song 13. Witty remark
14. U.K. honorary title 15. No or Pepper?
16. Pricey celebrity hot spot on UES
18. Abbreviation on folk song sheet music
21. A national trea- sure who donated his two-headed snake to a zoo because the heads would fight each other (last name)
23. The Auld Sod’s nation 24. Denouement
26. Nifty virtual art, abbr. 28. Celebrity restaura- teur on Main, starring in a hot new reality show about the Hamptons (last name)
29. “Who, me?”
31. Phone trio
33. Off. with an eagle insignia, abbr.
35. Below par
38. Austin Powers fa- mously, for love
39. Hamptonite, cook- book author, food critic, who was married to the Uptown Girl’s ex (first name)
40. Festive affair
42. Beach ___ on Foster Avenue
43. A baseball star who dated a Grammy award- winning songstress
and actress who is now engaged to her former fiancé (first name)
45. Make a boo-boo
47. MIT degree, abbr. 49. “__ , Myself and I” Beyoncé
50. Cool
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