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    He Loves Zebras

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    Xanous
    , 01-08-2014 at 01:19 AM (870 Views)
    #262 - WILD - 4:55AM
    WBTB 4AM: 4 peppermint green tea bags

    I wake from a short non lucid dream and roll over to glance at the clock. I feel really wakeful, but with much effort, I relax my mind enough to get back to sleep. After a few minutes, I start lose my concentration but I notice vibrations and that's enough to pull me back just a bit. I begin to feel really excited and my heart rate increase but I manage to calm myself enough. I focus on the vibes for a moment to maintain the transitional state. After a moment I start trying to "move".

    After some effort I suddenly and unexpectedly I roll out of bed landing face first on the floor. I pick myself up but feel something like the sheets attached to my head and back making any movement sluggish. I ignore it the best I can and walk away. After a few steps I feel free but I stagger around like a drunk man.

    When I reach the main room, I realize I am totally blind. I decide to combat this by thinking about what the room should look like in the day time. After a few seconds the lights sort of fade in and I see in full vivid color. I am pleased, but also a little surprised this worked so well. I feel like I have gained some equilibrium and begin walking toward the front door. I can't help but notice sunlight filtering in through the blinds as I make my way outside.

    When I step out on the porch I notice that it feels very cold even-though all the snow has melted in this version of reality. I don't like this so I shout out loud, "I am impervious to cold!" I am always amazed that I don't talk in my sleep when I shout so I do it few more times paying close attention to the odd sound of it. After the cold fades, I try to remember my goals. The basic TOTM comes to mind; Ask a DC for his or her resolution(s) for the new year. I immediately begin search around for a dream character.

    The neighborhood looks way different than normal but I see nothing too crazy. There is a dark brown, old Ford pick-up parked at an unfamiliar house next door. I take a closer look and it appears to be running. As I start walking over, I notice a man sitting in the passenger side. He looks like Cousin Eddie from Lampoon's Vacation but a little chubbier in the face. I become way too excited that I found a DC so quickly and worry that I will wake up before I get close enough to talk to him. Because of the excitement, I deliberately walk slow and calm.

    When I reach the truck, the man notices me and smiles. He seems genuinely happy to see me and gets out to greet me. He puts a hand up and we high five, but something odd happens. I get a double vision, like a dream glitch, of him connecting with my hand but also missing and hitting my face. I flinch a little but mostly try to ignore the strangeness. I decide to waste no more time and ask, "So, what's your new year resolution"?
    He immediately answers, "Australian zebra zombie apocalypse."
    I laugh a little and repeat it back making sure I got it right. He gives me a nod. Amused, but slightly annoyed I say, "Ok. That's not a new year resolution." Then, jokingly add, "you dick." Now, more serious, "No really. What is it?"
    His reply was just as confusing as the first. With a flourish of his and ending with pointing at me he says, "Live from New Zebra, It's Saturday Night!"
    I give up and just laugh. I play along, "Ok. Before the year's up, I want to see a bunch of zombie zebras from Australia on your porch." I punctuate my demand by making a swirling pointing gesture at this front stoop. I feel like I am done here and start to walk away, but quickly change my mind. I am actually enjoying this too much to leave and I can't think of my other goal. I lean my back on the side of his house as I ask another question, "So, what's going to happen to me today? Anything significant?"
    He thinks for a second and begins to speak. but now the dream is fading. I faintly hear him say, "Oh no. Nothing special just...

    I wake up.
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    1. Highlander's Avatar
      Congrats on TOTM!

      He gives me a nod. Amused, but slightly annoyed I say, "Ok. That's not a new year resolution." Then, jokingly add, "you dick."


      BTW the (WILD) part where you move is always a bit odd and sluggish I find. I seemed to notice this too in some of my FA's.
      I guess that would make a good RC falling out of bed like that - no mistaking!
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    2. NyxCC's Avatar
      A good one! But seriously Xanous, what was in that tea in addition to caffeine? The Aussie zebra zombi apocalypse was absolutely hilarious. And the double vision sounds cool too!

      I really like how you made the most of the dream despite the initial glitches of blindness and blankets.
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    3. Xanous's Avatar
      @Highlander. I wonder if it's just a matter of waiting to transfer from nREM to REM or something similar. Or maybe its just a poor schema or expectation. I find WILDs to be a higher level lucid and therefore more literal in my interpretation of the dream world. I think that's why I always have the OBE type experience in my bed verses some exotic location. Sometime though, I transition into a bedroom that I used to live in verses my current location. And in even rarer instances, I just flop into a random dream. Maybe one day I'll perfect this issue.

      @NyxCC. Thanks. I know it was complete nonsense. Maybe it was menthol that did it!
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    4. CanisLucidus's Avatar
      Great dream, man, congratulations! Nice work with task of the month. I love your interaction with the DC! Your DCs are getting funnier and stranger every dream. It's great. I also enjoyed when you called him a dick for his "New Year's Resolution".

      You really had your head screwed on straight with the emotional control as well. It seemed like you were able to turn back concerns as they'd crop up and get right back to your dream. Even when getting high-fived in the face!
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    5. Xanous's Avatar
      DCs say the darndest things.
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    6. Highlander's Avatar
      @Xanous
      I wonder if it's just a matter of waiting to transfer from nREM to REM or something similar. Or maybe its just a poor schema or expectation.
      I would say the sluggishness is the former maybe? As I say, I have had it.
      It seems to be a common theme or schema in a lot of accounts.

      I find WILDs to be a higher level lucid and therefore more literal in my interpretation of the dream world. I think that's why I always have the OBE type experience in my bed verses some exotic location.
      I tend not to get WILD's, mine are like early FA type DILDs (as I'm still technically asleep, if you see what I mean.)
      However the vivid 'own bedroom in the dark' schema is really common (usually with FA's mostly.) The bedroom/location seems to be the common denominator every time.
      I have noticed one thing occasionally. When I was younger I used to just drift off to sleep when tired at the start of the night.
      During it, my eyes must have opened slightly where I perceived the light fitting, blankets as hallucinations and new schema (the start of hypnagogia, etc.)
      I would see the dark room in a more sinister way where my mind would represent the light shade seen as a shadow shape, more like a person, etc.
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    7. Xanous's Avatar
      I tend not to get WILD's, mine are like early FA type DILDs (as I'm still technically asleep, if you see what I mean.)
      However the vivid 'own bedroom in the dark' schema is really common (usually with FA's mostly.) The bedroom/location seems to be the common denominator every time.
      I have noticed one thing occasionally. When I was younger I used to just drift off to sleep when tired at the start of the night.
      During it, my eyes must have opened slightly where I perceived the light fitting, blankets as hallucinations and new schema (the start of hypnagogia, etc.)
      I would see the dark room in a more sinister way where my mind would represent the light shade seen as a shadow shape, more like a person, etc.
      Yeah you know I've wondered how many WILDs are actually FA DILDs especially when I try to DEILD. And when does DEILD become WILD? Is there an agreed upon amount of wake time before a DEILD is WILD? Bah it's all the same I guess but I always wonder.

      I think I get what you mean about hallucinations in the dark as a child. I've always had vivid trippy half sleep stages like that. It usually ended with me screaming and running into my parents room.
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    8. NyxCC's Avatar
      Lol, all those definitions make life more difficult. I also don't like it when I wild but catch my awareness 5 seconds after the dream has started then according to whoever's definition it's a dild. Nooo!
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    9. Highlander's Avatar
      @ Xanous
      Yeah you know I've wondered how many WILDs are actually FA DILDs especially when I try to DEILD. And when does DEILD become WILD? Is there an agreed upon amount of wake time before a DEILD is WILD? Bah it's all the same I guess but I always wonder.
      Or conversely "How many of my FA DILDS are WILD's?"
      Mind you, it is like that old saying: "If it aint broke then don't fix it!"

      @ NyxCC.
      Lol, all those definitions make life more difficult. I also don't like it when I wild but catch my awareness 5 seconds after the dream has started then according to whoever's definition it's a dild. Nooo!
      Looks like I've opened a can of worms? Maybe I should start a thread.

      Yeah, too many definitions. lol
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      Updated 01-10-2014 at 11:54 AM by Highlander