December 22, 1991-1992 (Dreamlog)

By Christopher Dante Romano

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1884514162
• ISBN13: 9781884514166
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Inferno Press
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Short Attention-Span Neurosis

It's a peek into Romano's subconscious. The entries are short and sweet and defy analysis. Some of them don't have a beginning. Keeping track of the real-world analogues to Romano's dream-characters is like watching a soap opera in twenty second snippets. People come and go in a chaotic storm, puppets of Romano's unconscious... and since this is a genuine collection of the author's dreams one can't help but wonder what his friends thought of the dreams they were in.

You've heard of REM? This will make your eyeballs spin!

For those of us who don't seem to be able to remember our dreams, "December 22" is like the User's Manual for twitching in the night. It's a Disney ride through The Great Dumpster in which young men deposit their cerebral refuse. In other words, it's a riot! To appear in one of his dreams must rank as one of the night's unspeakably funny humiliations. Especially if you are his grandmother.I highly recommend reading this before going to sleep. In fact next time I will read it WHILE I am asleep. After all how many of us have dreams that are this much fun?

Honest as a straight razor

Each entry harbors a desire, a need, an obsession which the weak should turn away from. Romano's Dec 22 is a trigger for bitter and pleasurable memories, both acutely American and fantastically personal.

I'm glad I'm not him...

Like most of the residents of Planet E, Romano's obsessed with two things- fecal matter and chicks. With this chronicle of a year's worth of his dreams, the reader is invited into a murky subconcious and is welcome to explore. We get to travel with Dreamboy deep into worlds of humiliation, self-deprecation, and embarrassment, as we find out more than we wanted to know about his pathetic existence. We meet re-occuring characters, and witness endless repetition of certain themes. Though it's tempting to psychologize Romano, who really cares? The book is an enjoyable read, well-written, and filled with the compelling minutia of everyday life.

a look into the dreams of a sick and twisted mind

Imagine spending a year writing down some of your most outrageous and disjointed dreams. Then imagine making them available for others to read. Dreamboy, a voyeuristic look into one man's dreamworld. Odd, grotesque and ultimately funny, the passages are like potato chips, you can't just do one and set it aside. I have also been fortunate enough to catch some animated Dreamboy shorts on MTV's Video Sushi and if you like the book you'll love the video.