fringe pants and roller-skating

fringe pants
ti was along on the smith rock camping trip with erb, amp and i. while the three of us shared a tent, she had her own tent setup nearby. i was talking to t and noticed she had some impressive fringe attached at shin-level to her blue leggings. i commented on the fringe and she said she had made it 'finger over thumb'--or some other odd saying that meant she had done it by hand. she had not only attached the fringe to the leggings by hand, but she had actually made the fringe herself, too. it was a nylon-y kind you might expect to see on a flapper dress. t was also wearing a leotard--but it was hidden by her black coat.

i wanted to make some fringe-shin-pants, too, and so i went to the sewing store to find out how. a woman was helping me, showing me supplies, and asking lots of questions. first she was showing me the shin guards i had to use for attaching the fringe. (ti's fringe was attached directly to her leggings and not to shin guards, and i was discouraged at the thought of using clunky shin guards for my project). the sewing store lady also asked me if my fringed pants were for a man or a woman, and reminded me that i would also have to deal with copyright issues before making a pair myself. quite discouraging. i did all i could to just get out of the store without her offering any more help.


roller-skating
in another dream there was a roller-skating contest where all contestants had to wear red, white and blue (although some wore red and black). two graduate students from my library were participating (sw and dr) and were preparing a roller-skating routine together. i also saw some of my fellow tap-dancers there preparing a tap routine. it seemed strange to me to have tap dancing in a roller-skating contest.

i was regretting that i had not prepared a roller-skating routine for the competition, but resigned myself to the fact that it was too late to do anything about it. i was then introduced to another tap-dancing duo--a woman and a man. the woman was unremarkable, but the man was about 2.5 feet tall and consisted entirely of a stubby pair of legs and two blind eyes. i didn't see arms or a head, although he did shake my hand when we met. he had in fake eyeballs that looked more 'normal' than his regular eyes, but they were irritating him and the skin around his eyes was quite red. he also was wearing a bench on his 'head' for some reason. and, later, i saw him getting on the bus and i was impressed at his ability to navigate public transportation with all his apparent disadvantages.

i dreamt these dreams on saturday night while sleeping in a tent in central oregon.