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Resistance session was almost filled today. Lots of people came back from trips or vacations. I felt strong in today's workout. Doing the presses seemed to be more fluid today, more complete. G&B class tomorrow! Looking forward to being there.

Had a cascade of dreams last night! It began with a performance by a group of singers. The performance was being held in an old theater. The place was packed. I had to park in a section of street that was known for being an area where vandals and criminals seemed to hang out. I managed to get into the theater without any incidents. The singing group was very good and did a number of crowd favorites where people could sing along.

When the performance was over, the audience had to go back out onto the street and not hang around. The area was unsafe. I ended up hurrying to where my car was parked, but along the way a woman that I knew collapsed onto the sidewalk. I went to her and told her I would get her to safety. I picked her up (she felt really light) and carried her to my vehicle. We got there without incident even though there were several shadowy figures starting to follow us. When she was safely in the vehicle, I asked her where she wanted to go--a hospital or where. She indicated that she wanted to go down near a river that ran through that part of the city. She would come back tomorrow to retrieve her car.

We went down to the river and walked along the trail on a bluff above the stream. There were people fishing and lots of kids playing in the shallows. We spent a long time walking along the riverbank, taking in the moving waters and what the people were doing there. The whole dream was very real--I felt like I was in a physical place and not in a dreaming state.

Watched a film this evening--Martha Marcy May Marlene. It's a film about a woman who gets enrolled into a Manson-like cult. She ends up staying with the cult for two years before she manages to escape. Her sister takes her in and tries to deal with the wild mental state she exhibits as previous events surface. The film dances back and forth from her present day activities with her sister and the sister's husband and flashbacks of events with the cult members. The way the flashbacks are handled often left me confused and not quite sure what I was seeing. I think the story could have been just as effective (perhaps more so) if it were told in a more linear way--or some clues or visual hints that indicated when flashbacks were being shown. I had to work a bit too much to keep up with camera.