this dream came to me years ago when money was a real problem for me. and it was right after i saw a commercial for '
play it to the bone' with woody harrelson and antonio banderas.
dream starts out with me travelling cross-country thru the american southwest with banderas and harrelson, open top car and all. woody says he needs snacks so we pullover to some little gas station/convienence store. i need money so i hit the atm.
the atm spits out something like $5,000 instead of the $50 i need... and my bank account didn't have $5k so i don't want the overdraft and i'm trying to put the money back in the atm to no avail.
woody harlson sees my plight and says, "hey, don't worry about it. i'll watch that money for you. trust me!" and antonio banderas is all like, "man, don't *DO* it. don't trust him, i'm tell you!"
for whatever reason, i give my money to woody harrelson and he like disappears.
anyway, i leave the store and run into banderas again and says, "i tried to warn you, man."
that's when i look at the car. woody harrelson spent all the money i had on a horse and a 6ft chicken.
yeah, you read that right: it was chicken that was 6ft tall. now, maybe that would mean something in the real world, but in my dream that was a lot of money to spend on something that wacky.
i'm mad as hell now and i charge harrelson demanding to know what he was thinking. these word have stuck with me since that night, and this is what harrelson says verbatim...
"Look, i know the horse was over-the-top... but, DUDE, IT'S A SIX FOOT TALL CHICKEN!"
that's when i woke-up. and man, was i pissed. ever wake-up and it takes awhile for you to realize that it didn't happen? i just lay in bed swearing bloody vengence against woody harrelson.
months later, whenever i saw harrelson in a film i would stop and think, "that fucker blew all my cash on god-damned 6ft tall chicken! I HATE HIM!"
insofar as the symbolism of a giant chicken and a horse... i don't wanna go there.