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-Brother quote: "maybe just over an hour"-

Well, I had a rather disconcerting dream this week involving filling out a form to bust a terrorist... which thoughtfully included a box to check if I wanted to be an organ donor (it's gruesome enough to check that box on one's ID card in real life -- though I do personally have a pink donor dot, and I highly recommend it. After all, you wouldn't be needing those organs anymore, and there's a real shortage of them). I also had another dream in which I was in a conference room and talking with people I know. As is often the case in dreams, I said something I would probably not in real life -- not bad, just somewhat more confrontational and straightforward than the norm. Which led to some interesting stuff happening, again not bad but not things I or the others involved would actually do in real life.

And yet, I still didn't get that it was a dream. I am SO dense.

It took a bit longer to notice than it probably would in other regions of the country, but I managed to pin down the odd language quirk of Colorado folk. Specifically, where a normal individual would say "frankly", "to tell you the truth", or "can I be honest with you?" (though these phrases are generally not preferred because it makes one sound less honest in general, but that's beside the point), a Coloradoan would substitute the phrase "not gonna lie".

Ooooooooookay. I suspect that this phrase is now so devoid of its original meaning that it could lead to conversations like this:

Starling Moon (from The Great Domesticated Desert of Doom^TM): So, like, I totally wish people would, like, be just a little more open about stuff, you know? Like not be embarrassed about their age or whatever.

Lisa (from CO): Not gonna lie, I get a rush from lying about my age.

Reality check. Really should do reality checks more often, not gonna lie.