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At her own request she received an epidural and was awake for the entire experience, which she describes as the most surreal of her life.

Some arty party events tonight have been canceled, but otherwise, D. F. life as normal, if just a bit more surreal than usual.

I feel as if I'm in a surreal Swedish movie being threatened by bizarre trolls.

Watching recent events in Egypt I have had a sense of both surreal distance and of personal connection.

It's a little surreal to see my point guard on the list with those guys especially since when I got here he was like seventh on the list.

El Alcazar is an impressive castle in that it rises in an almost surreal way near the heart of the city.

At Marx's concept of Freedom, the Freedom has never been surreal, super-class, but concrete and historical.

To me it is very surreal to see the movement of the sun - or more precisely the movement of the earth around the sun in such a way.

Taxpayers trying to cope with such surreal situations need to understand how they came to be.

The strap of my wristwatch broke, and for some surreal moments I found myself looking at my watch on the floor of the plane.

All the children grew up in a surreal world, with access to foreign films and luxury goods.

He also has a fine ear for speech, and a good sense of what feels real, even when chronicling the surreal.

I tried to comprehend, through the film of tears blinding me, the surreal fact that this amazing person was mine.

It was very surreal sitting next to him as he was dissecting the game and giving his opinions. . . it was just awesome for me! ! !

And if the latter is the case, aren't these quarterly reports just a bit surreal?

Suddenly it has evolved into a surreal dream of my life during last half month.

There's almost a surreal sense of unreality in my interaction also with all this and the world at large.

Instead, you get surreal rants and bizarre streams of consciousness obviously unmolested by the hand of any editor.

The thesis concludes that Dickinson's surreal death poetry is an expression of her unconscious wish for sensual love.

One after another, in what felt like a very surreal experience, I had to contend with a series of seriously insightful questions.

They wake up in cells in a surreal facility, without knowing how they got there or why.

For a brief, surreal moment, the prevailing narrative in Washington was that the 2008-09 bail-outs were not really so bad.

That was only a prelude to a two-week sojourn that historian John Lewis Gaddis would characterize as "a surreal extravaganza. "

I watched with surreal anticipation as my body of forty-two years jerked its way out of the flat.

In view of such a surreal experience I am perhaps not the best person to write about Control, and what follows is not a review.

A phone booth in the middle of the desert with a sign that said "Talk to God" was a surreal sight even at Burning Man.

Sometimes life feels like a giant bubble in the sun, shiny, shapeless and surreal .

There were autopsies and coroners' reports and legal things and a funeral, weeks of awful surreal stuff that passes in a blur.

"It's a little surreal to have your first donations by donors with a capital D like that, " says Khan.

It was very surreal to watch all of this happening in real time -- just as these insiders had indicated.

Lady Gaga's costumes are a pure creativity exercise that allows me to design spectacular, almost surreal pieces.

Indeed, investment bankers transformed stock markets into a surreal circus.

This is not unusual. Remember the bums getting bused out of town when the Olympics were in Atlanta? Pretty funny in a horrible surreal way.

New jersey rocked our world! Thank you to everyone there tonight- completely surreal. . . Thank you thank you thank you.

he expresses his perspective on life by means of surreal animation . the humourous tone makes his works unforgettable.

A two-hour drive north of Beijing's oppressive smog and colorless high-rises, the town provides a surreal sense of escape.

Known for his vivid imagination and his surreal, potent dreamscapes, Murakami's works have earned him widespread critical acclaim.

It was a historic kick: Phelps touched the wall . 01 seconds before Cavic, clinching a surreal victory.

Haruki Murakami, whose surreal stories feature talking cats, giant frogs and fish that fall from the sky, has been labeled a cult author.

'Yeah. . . I guess you could compare the two. I'm certainly doing something different now. It's quite surreal. '

"This is so surreal, " he said, looking out over the huge crowd.

A community is a surreal construct, whether it's a New York residential hotel like the Chelsea or the Factory itself.

The surreal blue haze that hangsover the region is a fine mist ofvolatileoilgiven off by eucalyptus trees.

I have to say - they were the 2 most fantastic (if not slightly surreal) days of my life!

Surreal experiences included seeing at least 50 workers with shovels, clearing the sand from the road. Somone has to do it!

In his sensationally surreal apologia, a weepy Anthony Weiner had only one thing to brag about: "I've never had sex outside my marriage. "

This body of work is like a time-lapse dream. A dream can be vivid and surreal.

The mirror-like surface reflecting all the absorbed surrounding landscapes like sky and clouds also adds a surreal sense to the work itself.

The surreal cheerfulness of the snow-covered peaks and scarlet lovebirds contrasts brilliantly with the darkness of the pages within.

The main plot is related to the surreal encounter between a female medium (called a shaman) and a fisherman.

It was quite surreal seeing all our friends sitting in the kitchen eating and drinking dressed up as animals.

The early morning sun rays add to the surreal image as they burn away the river mist.

Here the artist presents the fodder for his imaginary characters and surreal stories through paintings and drawings.

Explanation: Sometimes a morning sky can be a combination of serene and surreal.

In 1941, newlyweds William and Rosalie Schiff are forcibly separated and sent on their individual odysseys through a surreal maze of hate.

I remember just being amazed by how surreal and extreme all of it was.

The situation becomes increasingly surreal and halfway through the series the detectives are removed from the case, losing their jobs.

Beneath the hazy canopies of the enormous pitcher plants and leafy growths is a surreal color-drenched landscape.

As Christmas approaching, people are fleeing from this surreal town, dashing into all directions eager to feel reality again.

whacks you in the head with a bat and sends you reeling in surreal ecstasy.

Bonuses are a crucial part of the package, however surreal the amounts may seem.

The interior's surreal setting, designed by Karim Rashid, is combined with the seemingly physics-defying architecture.

To do this, she has used the sunken lobbies, with their large expanse of glass, to create a surreal image of the cityscape as it passes by.

I've always been drawn to desert landscapes for their stark, surreal beauty and rich, warm light.

Arms wrenched, legs twisted, you utter a hysterical scream; your soul blazes through the surreal ordeal.

But psychologists and brain scientists have recently renewed their interest in this everyday surreal activity.

Yeah, this is omit's incredible. I feel like they never left the last, the last premiere. It's amazing. This is very surreal.

Talent: French musician-turned-director Quentin Dupieux helms this surreal film, which debuted at the Cannes International Film Festival.

To see the end of Gayoom's rule - it's very surreal.

The surreal shot, which was used to show his state of mind, is now "completely inappropriate, " producer Leslie Urdang said.

Our "static period" in the tent was quite surreal in some ways, partly because we were still not truly static.

'Women have more nightmares, more emotional dreams, more surreal ones and greater trouble sleeping. '

Sources are drawn from popular culture to iconic art and literature to provide a myriad of settings both mythic and surreal.

THERE is surreal calm in Brussels, amid the greatest crisis to befall the European project in its history.

The surreal love story is not rare, but not from which part of the same film so eloquently, aftertaste letting a person is boundless.

While the initial interest is the color and surreal quality to the environment, much of the power comes from the detailed textures.

It can pull all gothic and industrial crowds together into a surreal unification on dance floors world wide.

"Forever's First Day" is a song filled with surreal memories, and consequently confused emotion.

The so-called mysterious mind is similar to a surreal aesthetic attitude.

Look closely at how they're composed, and the way everyday items are made surreal by the addition of miniaturized living subjects.

I myself prefer to transform them into stories - stories that tend toward the surreal .

Playing without the crowd today was a surreal sensation.

The slightly surreal stand-off, which drew a sharp protest from Washington, was carefully calibrated.

It was a surreal sequence of events during a dark time for the world.

Also, his surreal spin on his commissioned work is especially enjoyable.

We wanted to bend the rules a little bit and be a little bit more surreal.

Here's a conceit so surreal it makes Waiting for Godot read like a cereal packet.

Mr. Burton also said that he sees his version of "Alice in Wonderland" as primarily a lark, surreal and comedic but essentially benign.

When criticism cross into Xenophobia , which they sometimes do, they also cross into the realm of the surreal.

Now, after two busts, several wars and growing fears of global warming, it makes for somewhat surreal reading.

Somewhere someone is admiring a breathtaking sunrise, and somewhere else a surreal sunset.

If you've sussed out this surreal mystery's meaning, let us know in the comments section below.

A moment of revelation, combined with close proximity to the vaulted roof, calls to mind a surreal penthouse that is one-third too short.

Criticism is a surreal state, like a good drug gone bad.

'This is completely surreal -- politics is turning into a play, ' said Hakim Bouras, 24, a bank information-technology technician.

The tsunami transformed cars into a kind of surreal jest.

Its so surreal to drive onto a studio lot for a show, not visiting my dad.

Unbelievable, it's part of the whole package that's just been really surreal.

Moxley says that although his experience was surreal, it's "surprisingly common. "

The same slightly surreal atmosphere obtains across the world of investment.

The installation works as a personal and surreal news review.

FOR years America's fiscal problems had a surreal quality.

It must be the most surreal moment in Anglo-Indian relations.

I am truly blessed to have them in my life. Everyday is so surreal.

It is so surreal it's like sitting with Salvador Dali to watch lobsters eat with chopsticks.

And now removed from Taiwan and replacing and encryption the decades surreal never stop.

Johnson's surreal illustrations are right on target for the offbeat story.

Feel the pleasure from viewing these surreal illustrations!

The natural beauty is the unity of the realistic and surreal beauty.

The colors in the sky look surreal.

The terrifically surreal sets in this comic and touching film are wonderful.

The giant opencast mines of Rio Tinto create a surreal, almost lunar landscape.

It is one of the most surreal and tense scenes I have seen throughout my journeys.

In this surreal daily life that is full of illusion, we left along the innocence of childhood, the origin of life, only too far.

It's a little surreal. There's not much time to contemplate. There's a lot to do still.

At another point, things took a surreal turn.

Surreal film market is depressed into the vitality, but also break a film out of the crisis bottomed out the Chinese New Road.

Now to learn that he came the closest, that his was the right path, seemed almost surreal.

Macfarlane: It's always really surreal playing Japan.

Steve Jobs described it as being "Surreal" . I agree.

Where do your surreal ideas come from, what's your creative process like?

But they inhabit a wildly varied landscape of surreal beauty.

Downhilling is a pretty surreal sport, really is. 5 minutes with the world fades away and nothing else matters.

Toy story 1-3. Felt very surreal, what an incredible experience. Such talented people n nice people creatin these movies. I wanna do more.

The memos make disturbing and surreal reading.

under the influence of the drug my mind was filled with surreal images.

It's not posing for the annual boardroom photo, which is like playing a surreal game of Twister.

You'll notice some are surreal while others are quite funny.

AW: At the censorship board meeting, I was surrounded by 11 people, and it was surreal because I was brought in and attacked.

You'll see all sorts of surreal things in the fairgrounds, such as the Merry-Go-Round spinning as the zombie horde attacks.

It's all a bit surreal .

It is when you reach the hall displaying aspects of modern life that the show reaches its most surreal heights.

Surreal black, green countryside, the Chinese classic red, white pure romance.

A very surreal feeling to view the splendor of this ancient land from outer space (9-4-2010).

It all seemed so surreal because of the ever-present cameras.

He described the whole 90-minute operation as at 'quite surreal. '

What happened next was surreal.

I'm very sorry about the "surreal but nice" comment.

"At first I thought it was surreal, " Zhang Furong, 38, a lead actor.

' The horrifying details stick in our minds, however, while the surreal elements melt away.

It's a very surreal vision.

For now, there is a surreal atmosphere in Brussels.

The effect is Borat, only more surreal.

I met an American couple from the States who just came back from Shanghai and they think the Shanghai skyline is like surreal.

And it was surreal for me because I don't exactly understand that world.

Mr Allen's first time-travel fantasy, "Sleeper" , posited a future dystopia that is a surreal vision of California.

In one e-mail to a friend, he called a meeting with ACA and Paulson "surreal" .

Me too-- they're so surreal.

Q: How did you get the idea to create this surreal environment?

One very surreal day.

But the thought that a cold shower could protect a ship from attack is almost surreal.

But at the end, if we are not greedy, we will not believe in those surreal "lucky draws" .

Recently, I made the surreal sum of $12, 500 in one night.

For those of us who have been in the industry for a long time, it's surreal.

Part V of the surreal idea of the way contemporary artists in China and work in the analysis.

So for me the situation is a bit surreal because he hasn't played for us. He has to show that he can play.

The world and history spins around it extending outwardly, building a record of historical reality that is both mythical and surreal.

Donald Hay, who runs a manufacturing company in the Pearl River Delta, remembers a surreal trip to Hong Kong in the early 1980s.

"Even though the footage is real, the piece is still a surreal work of fiction, " added McDonald

his surreal looking image shows the micro-flow pattern in a thinning soap film

Archaize, modern there, popular, surreal;

As computer graphics and robots get more human, they often seem more surreal

Walking Between the Real and Surreal

Dali & I: The Surreal Story

We are surreal, 'cause someone gave us up

and it feels like everything's surreal