The Binturong
I was watching a show on the Discovery network, called @discovery.ca, and learnt about a creature called the Binturong. According to the facts sheet they can be found in Indonesia and Malaysia so it's possible that a couple of my readers for that side of the world may have seen them before.
They look kind of like a otter crossed with a raccoon. I think one of their coolest features is their prehensile tail. I love animals and learning about strange and exotic ones is always fun.
Dreams
I had an interesting dream last night that I have to recall before it all slips away.
I dreamt that I was going to a conference in the states. The conference was on the American side of the border by Windsor, Ontario. For those of your who know the geography of Southwestern Ontario you'll know Detroit, Michigan is on the American side of the border. I think I was going to this conference with someone from my undergraduate class.
We ended up going to this motel/hotel that was suggested to us by the people who set up the conference. It ended up that this place was a type of mental institute. It wasn't the kind with locks on the doors, bars on the walls and electroshock devices. It was a cushy mental institute. When I talked with the supervisor of the institute he said that according to the medical tests, we took in order to come to the conference, it would be beneficial if I stayed at the institute for the duration of the conference. To straighten things out here. We are not required to take a medical exam when we go to conferences.
I also remember going out to a bar the first night we were in the states. I bumped into a friend of mine who goes to school in Windsor. She was there with a girl I didn't know and at one point she broke down and cried. She wouldn't tell me what was wrong but I thought it might have something to do with her boyfriend/fiancee.
There was more to this dream but I can't remember any more of it. I remember taking a trip with my undergraduate friend to a town a couple miles away from the institute but I don't remember why.
The thing about this dream is why was I in an institute? Is my subconscious telling me something? Am I losing touch with reality? Who knows? You probably don't even care :)
