Last night, I had a dream that Bill Murray and I were in love. Like, big, BIG, star-crossed lovers, love. Me and Bill Murray.
It all started when he nearly hit me (or did – the details are somewhat fuzzy) with his bright yellow Hummer. I don’t know what Bill Murray was doing driving a Hummer down the residential streets of McKinney, Texas (it was springtime. Dogwoods were blooming), but just like that, BAM! we were in love.
Actually, at first, only Bill Murray was in love. He made the most moving overtures and showered me with gifts (including an iPhone I didn’t know what to do with and repeatedly turned down), but I was holding back. Wasn’t he old enough to be my father? And what if this feeling wasn’t real, and it didn’t last? The idea of another failed romance scared the shit out of me. And this hurt Bill Murray’s feelings. Eventually, we talked it out and I overcame my fears, because we spent the rest of the dream in a lovely romantic haze. I even took him to meet my grandmother.
The subconscious is a funny thing. It obviously had some lingering attachment to a conversation I had with Todd last week about the nature of our… relationship. You know, wherein ‘relationship’ means friendship + making out in cabs.
Todd: Your choice of cabs: red cab, yellow cab, checkered cab…
Heather: What about those little guys on bikes?
Todd: Or rickshaw? Or horse ride? Wait, that’s too romantic.
Heather: Yeah, I stayed clear of that one; didn’t wanna freak you out. You know how boys are.
Todd: It’s better if it’s scandalous and not romantic. Just my personal opinion.
Heather: Oh, hell yes. Romance gets way too complicated. Someone always cries – usually the girl someone – and I’m just not up for that.
So, the fear-of-love thing, I get. It’s relevant. But, Bill Murray? Of all people! I mean, maybe he represents my deep affinity for men who make me laugh. But honestly, there are a thousand other guys I’d put in line before him. And as far as that iPhone goes, well, I woke up thinking Biscuit was going to be so pissed that I got one first.
I also woke up a bit disappointed that I wasn’t really, truly in love with Bill Murray. It felt sorta nice.
I really, truly AM in love with Bill Murray! Okay, not really, but he’s my “older man whom I’ll never meet” crush.
And I too had a yellow Hummer in a dream recently! What, are we like two peeps with but one mind!?
Love your blog.
I think Bill Murray is an EXCELLENT choice for dream lover. I bet hanging out with him would be hilarious in a very sweet, intimate way.
I love Bill Murray too.
Aaw, how sweet! I’ve recently grown quite fond of Bill Murray, largely due to the fact that I just saw Lost In Translation, and I loved it…especially the last scene where he whispers in Scarlett Johansson’s ear (I love that she wasn’t all glammed up), but you have no idea what he whispered. I liked to think that it was something incredibly romantic and sweet
I had a dream I was wildly in love with Eddie Izzard…of all the people I could dream about, Eddie Izzard is who my subconscious chose….
And I am a huge admirer of Bill Murray too. I am not sure what it is about him, but he’s got this essence that I could totally be in to.
It happened to Laura for real – they went on a date, remember that crazy story?!
Maybe you have Groundhog Day on the brain?
I so have you beat in the weird dream love match category… Mario Batali. oh yeah, orange clog guy. I must subconsciously be in desperate need of some comfort food.
I use to read you back when you where on blogger! I am happy to find you here great BLOG!
ahhh the famous residual Lost in Translation dream – that movie that every twenty something year old women related to…I love it. Yellow hummer on the other hand I don’t know what inspired that!
I have a Todd too. And it is wonderful and hilarious. And I have not read all of your blogs but sometimes my Todd and I take breaks if we are dating someone else – which never seems to last that long…then back to eachtother for a kiss or two.
You must have watched Lost in Translation recently. =]
Bill Murray is sexy. And that love thing? It’s scary. Potentially worth it… but scary.
Recently, I dreamt that I broke up with my boyfriend, and in the dream, I started to list everything that I didn’t like about our relationship, and everything that I did, and I felt so incredibly awful at having broken up with him. Then, I woke up to find him sleeping peacefully beside me, and I was so, so incredibly relieved. The effects of dreams can be unpredictable…maybe yours was meant to tell you that you’ll fall in love with the person you least expect…or that you deserve more than a few smooches every now and then.
I wouldn’t mind having a dream where Bill Murray and I were in love. So Lost in Translation…I loved that movie, and their relationship, especially the fact that it was never sullied by the physical. Not that I’m against the physical, quite the contrary, but in that setting it would have cheapened their connection, I think.
Am I the only person who absolutely HATED Lost in Translation? I love Bill Murray, (and your blog) but that movie drug on and on.
Uhm, I might have all of y’all beat. When I have those kinds of dreams they’re always about me and George W. Bush. But all we’ve ever done is hold hands as we walk across the lawn to get on the helicopter. I wave at everyone just like him. I think I need to stop falling asleep with the news on.
Jen,
My wife hates Lost in Translation for the same reason. For a guy, that movie is an easy lock. Bill Murray and Scarlet Johansen. Next to Beer and Football, those are probably a guy’s two favorite things.
Anyway, dude is a national treasure, loving him would not be difficult.
iPhone – It holds 150 Ka-billion contacts.
I looked at iPhones online, but cannot find the price…anyone know how much they are?
They aren’t out yet.
Sign me up for a dream where I get to hang out with Bill Murray. Bill Murray’s brain makes up for his looks. Kind of like David Spade.
I had a dream romance with Matthew McConahey, or however you spell his last name. I don’t really like him, but he is sexy in a bad boy way.
The iPhone will begin retail at around $600. But the good news is it replaces the video iPod you already paid $400 for.
You are so right about that love thing. Scary, scary ****. I remember when I was single and did not worry about anything. Now, I am in a relationship ready to have my first serious talk because I am freaking out a bit over having feelings for him. Weird I know– but this is what happens when a control freak falls for a guy.
Wow, you made Bill Murray seem hot to me for the first time, like, ever.
Where do I find my own older fellow to get romantic with? LOL
OMG, if you get Bill Murray’s iPhone before I get mine, we’re totally going to, like, throw down or something.
Maybe Brandon Routh or Jared Leto wants to give me an iPhone. I know what *I’m* dreaming about tonight! Woo!
Jared Leto is one for my celebrity hot tub….
Bill Murray, not so much on the romantic front, but hanging out chatting & laughing my butt off, yeah, I could be persuaded.
Oooooh…Matthew McConnaughey. My dirty, dirty dream guy!
I once dreamed that Samuel L. Jackson proposed to me. I’m not really sure where that came from. I also dreamed I had an affair with Arnold Schwarzneggar. I was afeard of Maria Shriver, though.
Why do I never dream about, say…Johnny Depp? He is SO invited!
Wow. I can feel the Bill love. I love Bill, loved Lost in Translation…I think I fell in love with Bill back in Meatballs! He was so goofy and awkward and kind of sweet. That’s a guy you have a lot of fun with.
Being a tree-hugging gal, I’m NOT feeling the Hummer!
That was a great dream! I love those dreams where you wake up still feeling all dreamy…they’re the best.
Here’s to weird dreams. i dreamt last night that i was in a relationship with someone but was going to have my Making-out-in-cabs kind of guy’s child….what up with that.
I dream about hummers sometimes, too.
Dreams are so freaking weird… While I slept the night leading into this past Sunday, I had a dream that Rex Grossman did horribly, and Lovie Smith threw in the towel. The weird part is that Lovie left in the middle of the game, and played ping pong with me at some rec center. Totally bizarre. =)
My latest dream guy was Danny Devito! I literally woke up and said out loud to no one “Danny Devito!?!?!?” He was actually quite suave in the dream! Notice a lot of the dream guys are comedians, we must like our men w/ a sense of humor.
Hey Linda,
yer right. But all I can think of when i think of DeVito is when he played a stripper on Friends. That’s about as Suave as I can think….yeek
And unlike the iphone, Bill Murray’s battery life is probably more than twenty seconds.
at least it was someone not hideous. I have these bizarre, frequent dreams where I’m sleeping with a professor. Often with my husband’s knowledge. And it’s never the hot professors.
Fish, your “dream man” is on Letterman this week.
Hey Fish. I’m headed to NYC in late March. Any suggestions on great places to go, things to do, people to see??
Hey Fish, This isn’t my URL, but this Trillian girl has dreams about Bill Murray as well… You should check her out, she’s a pretty damn good read.
I’m the straightest guy I know, but Bill Murray….I’d hit it. Anybody that effortlessly funny’s probably pretty entertaining in the sack, as well.
I totally had a dream about Bill Murray, too! It was right after I saw Lost in Translation, and in my dream he and I had to keep our love affair secret from Scarlet Johansen because she was in love with him too!
I dreamt that Bill Murray was my sugar Daddy and he was gonna pay for me to have a new tatami room.. It was a few weeks after watching Lost in Translation but the movie wasn’t on my mind.. Therefore I think Bill Murray is a dream demon!! He’s haunting us all!!!!!!!!!