08 Jan 2004

It's evening and I'm walking in a large park in Denver. The city is louder than usual and in the park I find a stranded bear cub. It's crying. I go to it, cradle it, and take it back home where I warm the cub and feed it. It's day and warm for a while. Brian comes home and sees the cub. He tells me that we can not keep the cub, that it can't stay. I tell Brian that I would eventually call Animal Control, but for now I was watching the cub. We are living in an apartment on Logan and Colfax, but it's this huge and spacious ground floor flat, with a decent sized garden. There is at least one large tree in the garden.
Soon after, it's evening. Betsy and Jason come over for dinner. They bring two big blonde dogs over, and the dogs immediately start to antagonize the cub, who becomes defensive. I take the cub outside and lay it at the root of the tree, while the dogs stay inside.
Now it's the next day and I'm in a hurry. I leave without bringing the cub back in, though I don't realize it til later. When I return, it is still my home, but the apartment building looks different. The hallways are wide and there are tall ceilings. There are tenants, my neighbors, and they are painting the hallways with large artistic murals, over the lime green walls. The building is several stories tall and I go to the third floor into an apartment where a meeting is being held.
Everyone there is female, and it' very loud. I'm not really participating, and soon I leave. I go to my own apartment but Brian is at work. I step out onto Colfax in my underwear to get the paper. A car full of women see me and they cheer me on. I go back to my apartment where there are several guys. One guy gives me an invitation to his party, 'hand delivered', so he's sure I will go. I am trying my best to push him along his way and his companion is irritated at his shameless flirting. Another guy is a midget, who is practically stalking me, and I keep forcefully telling him to get out. He does not seem to hear me because he is almost in a trance while he declares his undying love for me. I eventually pretend to drop something down the hall, and when he goes to get it, I close the door on him. Shaken by all this I sneak out and go to meet Brian at work. Sporadically through out the dream I remember the bear cub and become anxious, having visions of his fur being a hallow shell with the entire body inside having disappeared because I never got back to him.