Mercury World Report

Tori Spelling keeps having that dream where she's famous again

HOLLYWOOD--For the third time in the past two weeks, Tori Spelling has been jarred from sleep by a haunting and vividly realistic dream in which the former "Beverly Hills 90210" star is somehow famous again, the actress reported Wednesday.

"It's really weird," a still shaken Spelling told reporters. "I'm at a photo shoot for some big project I'm working on and all the production assistants and stylists are making such a big deal about me being on the set. And I'm just soaking it in, like it's my due. In fact, I'm kind of a bitch to them.

"And then I go to my car and there are paparazzi waiting for me, shouting and jostling for the best shot of me," Spelling said, shaking her head at the improbability of her own narrative. "And then I'm in a restaurant where the patrons are actually asking for my autograph. Can you imagine?

"And then I wake up and I'm like, `Wait a minute, I'm not famous anymore. Whew, that was scary and exhilarating at the same time.' I don't know what's causing these dreams. I probably need to stop eating Ambien right before I go to sleep."

Stoner convinced everyone in theater knows he's stoned

In the quiet and agonizingly long moments before the lights went down and the trailers started at the Century Suncoast Theater, 17-year-old Jamie Chambliss became convinced that everyone in the auditorium knew he was stoned.

Chambliss and high school friends Terry and Will each did about six bongs before going to see National Treasure at the cineplex. Chambliss began harboring concerns about his obvious blisteredness during the ticket- and concession-purchase process, but his concerns didn't turn to paranoia until the trio had taken their seats inside the theater.

As Terry and Will began talking and laughing, Chambliss sunk ever deeper in his seat, certain that his friends' volume was alerting fellow patrons to the trio's totally stoned status. Though he repeatedly urged himself to calm down and quit worrying, Chambliss soon became convinced the entire theater could hear his labored breathing passing through his cotton-dry mouth.

Man follows bliss right into bankruptcy

OXFORD, Miss.--Empowered by a self-help seminar that urged him to "follow his bliss," Mark Thompson quit his job as an insurance adjustor more than two years ago and set off on a journey of personal and professional self-discovery.

"I'd always had a dream of opening my own restaurant, but I'd never done anything about it," Thompson recalled. "I didn't know anything about the restaurant business, but I figured, `I can listen to all the negatives and never even try, or I can just go for it.' Well, I went for it, all right.

"A lot of people thought it was a mistake to open a satanic-themed restaurant here in the Bible Belt, but I just listened to my heart," Thompson said. "Looking back, I guess it was a mistake. Once in a while, some Goth kids would come here on dates, but that was about it. I went through my savings in about four months."

Though he's now in bankruptcy court, Thompson doesn't regret for a minute his decision to risk it all. "Hey, I had a great time going broke," Thompson said. "And I still follow my bliss. Look, bliss is a great tour guide. He's just a shitty career counselor."