SHORT TAKES : Houston Dwelling on Dreams

Ugly giants and unsteady bridges are preying on Whitney Houston’s mind these days.

The 25-year-old singer said she has spent the time since two consecutive No. 1 albums making new friends, learning about business and trying to decipher her recurring dreams.

In one, a statue turns into an ugly giant “8 or 9 feet tall, kind of discolored,” she said in the October issue of Life magazine. “He’s always running after me but never gets me.”

Another dream has her crossing the George Washington Bridge between her home state of New Jersey and New York City.

“The bridge starts swinging,” Houston said. “It’s raining and snowing and sleeting. It’s so windy the bridge turns upside down. But I’m making it; I’m making it across.

“And when I’m almost there, a hand reaches out for me. It’s a man with white hair who says, ‘He told me to come for you,’ and lifts me up and puts me on the other side.”