Dreams

Conductor: Wakey! Wakey! Wakey! Wakey! Wakey! Wakey! Wakey!

–Penn Station

College girl: Oh, no-no-no-no. Do not even get me started on teacher-student fantasies, okay? I have dreamed about my senior year English teacher every night for months, okay? It’s magical, yet haunting, yet I’m terrified but don’t want it to stop. It’s taken over my mind. So don’t even try to compete with me on teacher-student fantasies. You will lose.

–Columbia University

Middle schooler: Sometimes, when I look at certain people, I feel so tired.

–School bus stop, 5th & 5th

Chick: I know, and I’m addicted to dreams, too!

–Broadway & Washington Pl

Overheard by: Janet

Conductor: We now return you to your regularly scheduled nap, already in progress.

–Metro-North, 125th St

Guy: … And I had a really weird dream last night.
Girl: Oh, yeah? About what?
Guy: Mass murder.

–Columbia University

Overheard by: Taking the stairs next time

Angry, sweaty man pushing through crowd: Come on, move in! There’s a lot of room in the middle!
Calm man: There’s also a lot of dreams in this world.

–2 train, 34th St

Overheard by: mf

Headline by: CVK

Runners-Up:
· “The Buddha Grows Up” – Barry P.
· “Both Require That Someone Else Gives a Fuck” – Rick Felice
· “Crowds to the Left Of Me, Dreamers to the Right, Here I Am” – Golf Widow
· “The Alternative Martin Luther King Speech” – Peter Madsen
· “Well, Get Them the Hell Out Of My Way!” – Jo

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Queer #1: So, what is this movie about?
Queer #2: Gael Garcia Bernal moves to Paris and starts having some weird dreams.
Queer #1: Of an erotic nature?
Queer #2: I certainly hope so.

–Angelika Film Center

Overheard by: queer_number_3

Hipster guy #1: And then there was a huge dick.
Hipster guy #2: A dick?
Hipster guy #1: Yeah, and it was ejaculating a swastica all over the concrete.
Hipster guy #3: What a fucked up dream.

–3rd Ave & 9th St

Overheard by: Lloy-Duh

Young guy: I was in a spaceship speaking Arabic.

–Chambers & Broadway

White guy on cell: You’re Japanese. You should like Swiss.

–Penn Station

Overheard by: Lizzerd