in the parking lot behind what could have been a wal-mart, a few people were setting up a small stage and equiptment. i asked a stage hand what was going on. he told me that in the afternoon there would be a music show consisting of some 'real' bands and some unknowns performing for charity, and that anybody was welcome to join in.

i spent a while pepping myself, and then signed up to perform. and then i panicked. i realised i had no songs i could sing, that i have a terrible voice, and that worst of all, i had no equiptment or backup players.

enter the band creed. now, before i tell further, i'd like to tell you that i have no idea why the band creed would pop up in my dream. it might have been that i saw half a video of theirs on mtv half a week ago, what do i know. it was just so funny to have a band i'm not at all familiar with pop up in my dream and participate. anyways. onward.

they heard me panicking about not having any stuff for my performance, and eventually the lead singer offered me the use of their instruments after their own gig, as well as a few of them to back me up music-wise. for some reason, the offer sent me further into panic, because now i had no excuse but to perform, and i still had no material. still, i accepted, and quickly walked off to try and figure out what to do.

i ended up in a book store. i was looking at books in the tv section when all of a sudden it hit me. "i'll do a star trek performance!" - i quickly found the star trek section, picked up a paperback of the "dummies guide to.." variety, and after a brief interlude of me having to walk through a whole system of gym shower rooms (???) i was back by the stage.

by now it was night, and creed had just finished their set. i got on stage alongside with their drummer and keybordist (i don't even know if they have a keyboard player!) and ... performed some strange art performance thing.

it consisted of some floaty space sounds filling up behind me, a faint slow drum beat, and me singing off immortal lines such as "beam.. beam.. beam me up.., " "peremiter de-activated," and "captain.. are you alright? captain.. are you there? can you hear me? am i here?"

sometime in the performance i woke myself up from laughing very, very hard. and heh. i still am. so much for sanity. beam me up.