Meeting Ben in a dream

I’m so happy because I got to meet Ben Folds- in a dream, but I’m still happy. He knocked on the door of my mothers house (in which I live somehow) and I wasn’t even surprized to see him. I probably said, “Come on in” and he did. He told me he got my DVD and was afraid it might be something nasty of the homemade variety. I said, “Oh so you threw it out huh?” kind of disappointed. Then he said, “Actually it was pretty good. I like what you did with the characters all dancing to my songs and the band playing their little instruments. Kind of cute.” I then said, “It was actually only the second project I tackled with the camera.” And he said, “That was just your second try? I’m impressed.” Since he was obviously so happy to meet me and talk with me, I asked for his autograph and he signed my copy of the DVD. Then I asked if he had time to let me get a picture of us. He said yes and my Mom took our picture. He still didn’t leave and I asked him if he wanted to play rock garden tag for a while. He said ok and some of my neighbors came over. I had never heard of rock garden tag before I went to bed last night, so I am fuzzy on the details, but here’s how it goes vaguely. You stand in the rock garden on rocks. You are protected by a ring of rocks which you must stay within. Other players have to try to get into the circle before you tag them. Also it helps if the rock garden is surrounded by a variety of terrains such as trees, vines, a small cliff, and a pond. I was trying to get past Ben and into the circle (he’s really fast at tag) when I woke up. But I was still so happy I met him sort of.

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