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 #dreamjournal had a dream I was in the car with my brother and I was telling him about the history of some famous guy that went missing recently - it was odd because I was very confident about every detail yet none of it happened. 
"Oh yeah I know about this guy" says my brother - I say "no but you don't know about this, nobody talks about this" and I proceed to tell him that decades ago his wife filed for divorce for infidelity and in the court proceedings they discovered this guy had several different identities, one of which he was using to defraud the government of welfare checks which made no sense because he was rich and famous. I said he "faked unemployment" and in my head I saw him spending part of his time faking homelessness. 

Then suddenly I woke up and wondered what the fuck I was talking about. I've spewed nonsense in dreams before but never have I woken up mid-bullshit and completely lost any sense of what I was talking about just moments ago. I have the memory of recounting something I knew everything about - being eager to reveal the next detail and yet I wake up and I know nothing about it and it's all just made up. 
 @cassidyclown I've had a few dreams recently which felt very real and involved people in my life, and couldn't figure out if the events were real or not. I've forgotten them though so I can't verify either way.