the latest from my unconscious

[squirrelhaven]

I dreamed last night that Abraham Lincoln was a friend of mine, and he was into trying out new hats. Every week or so he'd have a different kind of hat -- beret, tam, porkpie, etc. -- and it was sort of his thing, and we'd all tease him about it. And then one day he showed up in a stovepipe hat, expecting everybody to make fun of it, and to his

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[norwich36]

Hee! Maybe you were secretly a haberdasher in a previous life? (And I love the idea that Mary Todd Lincoln was actually a man).

[squirrelhaven]

There's something charming about this notion; other people recall past lives leading armies, etc. But in my past life, I outfitted the leaders of armies with hats. Sure, why not?

[kristiinthedark]

My explanation is that you're seriously awesome. *nodnod*

[squirrelhaven]

I try. Even answering comments like a week late, I try. *hugs*

[the_shoshanna]

Well, thank god you recommended the stovepipe, is all I'm saying.

[squirrelhaven]

I know, right? Would anyone have taken Abe seriously if he'd stuck with the tam for decades? Or accepted a Great Emancipator in a pimp hat? It just wouldn't work.

[winterborne]

Yes, the explanation is that you have a lovely and well-developed psyche.

[squirrelhaven]

I love that I posit that Mary Todd Lincoln was a man in drag and that's the conclusion you come to.