Thread: Big Moot's (e·the·re·ous accounts)

August 15th

1: I should get paid for dreaming I'm at work
I’m at work, coordinating a major maintenance outage. I notice that there are a lot of broken electrical conduit jobs on my schedule. Technicians that are assigned to these jobs are complaining that they do not have the material to complete the jobs. I’m frustrated because planning didn’t prepare for these jobs. I go into the field to inspect some of the jobs, when I see the drafting department secretary climbing a scaffold. I’m very surprised because she works in the administration building. I stop to observe for a while. She climbs down from the scaffold and proceeds to pick up some pieces of broken glass at the base of the scaffold. She signs her name on the glass and puts them back on the ground. When I ask her what she was doing, she said, “I want the big wigs to know that I’ve been out here. Don’t you?” I tell her, “Mrs. C. I really don’t give a flying rat’s *** what the big wigs think.” She laughs at my remark. I wake up.

August 16th

Trains
A friend and I are talking. A train passes in the distance. I had a stressful day so that's all I can remember.

August 17th

1: Technical Cloves
I'm walking down a major highway with a friend. We are disscussing technology. He gives me some mold spores that are the size of cloves. We walk a little further, then I plant them on the side of the road.

2: Thunder
There is a Mexican woman watching my children. I hear a clap of thunder. I wake up.

August 20th

1: Dead Skin Mask
I'm under some stairs hiding. It's very gloomy. There is a huge man on the step right above me, I think he's looking for me. He moves along and I can see him clearly. He's wearing the skin of small children over his head. He smells awful. I realize that he is blind and can't see me. I sneak past him to make my escape. I exit the building that we're in and run toward a train that is headed toward me. I climb on board. The train is full of children. There is a set of twin girls in front of me. I notice that the train is headed for a small town. The environment is still gloomy, the sky is black with hints of dark clouds. When we get to the town one of the twins tells me that they're going back to the huge man's house to help him. I told the girls that he would skin them and use them for a hat, but they are determined to go. I agree to go with them. The girls are wearing metal shoes. They travel on the high voltage lines that pass over the huge man's house. I'm standing in the yard and don't know where the girls are now. A grey haired man, with a BB gun approaches me. He tells me, "If you are going to come on our property, keep moving. If you stop, he will get you. I'm his brother." He shoots a seagull with the BB gun. The huge man picks the bird up and holds it to his chest which brings the bird back to life. The bird is alive but is now in a advanced state of decay. That's all I can remember.

2: Cool new amp
I am approaching a stage. David Chastain is going to play. There is a guitar player setting up some equipment. His name is Mark, and his amplifiers have his name on them. I ask him if he designed his amps. He tells me he did. He says he had a hard time finding the tone that he wanted so he designed his own amp and cabinet. He turns the cabinet around and I notice that it has about 30 one-inch speakers in it. I ask him about the small speakers. He said that the small speakers sound great, but he had to use a bunch to get the volume he needed. I depart. The band starts playing. Mark is right; it’s one of the best guitar sounds I’ve ever heard! I wake up.

August 21st

Not much interesting today.
I'm at a car dealership shopping for a new truck. I really like the Nissan Titan. That's it.

August 22

One of those owls
I'm a young boy again. I'm at school and it's the end of the day. I see a girl leaving the girls locker room. I think that I know her so I follow her outside. Her dad picks her up before I get a chance to talk to her and I'm left alone. The busses have left, now I have to walk home. I call home and leave a message for someone to pick me up at the "big ship". I have to walk through a rough part of town. I'm very uneasy because I can feel the thugs and criminals watching. I happen upon an old black woman sitting on her porch. She says to me, “Child, you look lost. Come here and I’ll help you.” As I approach her I notice the wrinkles in her face. The wrinkles appear almost luminescent. She says, “It’s sad that these folks have lowered themselves to scaring a child like you. I’m going to call the police.” I feel safe with this woman. The police arrive and begin questioning me about a pair of owls that they find. One of the owls is alive in a cage. The other is burnt to a crisp. I wake up.

That dream about the guy wearing the skin of dead children was pretty freaky. Nice DJ, but the dreams could use some titles.

August 24th

Thank you for your reply. I will try to come up with some titles. Here Goes!

1: Reverse Clairvoyance
I’m with a friend and we are going to his girlfriend’s house. When we arrive, we visit for a while. A friend of hers shows up, my friend and the new girl go into another room. The girlfriend begins to flirt with me. I’m very uncomfortable with her advances, and tell her that I’m married. She becomes angry. I seem to advance into the future. I’m now walking on a sidewalk. I see an old woman with a small girl with red hair. We meet in front of a high school that appears to be closed. The small girl gazes at the school and begins to cry. I ask the old woman why she is crying. She explains that the child can see all of the bad things that here mother did in her past. The old woman is the child’s grandmother. I find out that the mother of the child is my friend’s girlfriend, the one that made advances at me. The grandmother tells me that the she died giving birth to the girl. That’s all I can recall.

2: Fishing for Cat-people
I’m on a boat with a friend. We arrive at a weir structure, dock the boat, and begin fishing for flounder on the bank. The water is flowing over the middle of the weir and is so clear that we can see the flounder on the bottom of the canal. There are about 10 people on the bank with us. A boat docks on the other side of the weir and a beautiful woman dives off of the boat and climbs onto the middle of the weir. She shape-shifts into a cat-like creature with fangs like a vampire. I notice that there are more of these creatures on her boat. The other creatures come onto the bank and take some action figures from us. They take them back to the other side of the weir and begin teasing us. I grow tired of their teasing and jump to the other side of the weir. I begin picking up the action figures, but I’m captured by one of the creatures. They put some kind of device on me that bind my hands. I notice that they forgot to fasten a crucial piece of the device. Because of this mistake, I remove the device. I pick up several of the action figures and throw them to my friend on our side of the weir. Two creatures grab me, but their leader tells them to stop because she wants to make a deal with me. She wants me to spy on regular people. I refuse. I wake up.

Originally Posted by The Cusp

That dream about the guy wearing the skin of dead children was pretty freaky.

Yes, very freaky. I watch a lot of horror movies, maybe that's where those ideas are coming from.

I'm wondering if my dream recall is developed enough to try going lucid? I'm having trouble recognizing my dream signs. I never seem to be aware of any light switches, clocks, or mirrors in my dreams. Any suggestions are greatly appriecated.

Best regards,

Big Moot

Your recall is more than good enough to start LDing. Just pick a method that appeals to you and go for it.

I've never been good with dream signs either. The only ones I notice are the ones that are trying to eat me, and I always make them pay!

August 25th

Birds at the speed of light
I am observing lightning striking in the distance. It is hitting some power lines. I notice that there are some birds on the lines. As the arc approaches them, they jump, and the arc passes under them. I’m laughing hysterically. Lightning strikes the line again and begins to travel toward the birds. Suddenly I’m next to the birds, in some kind of container. The first bird begins to run down the wire, the rest follow in single file. I’m traveling along side of the birds, and the arc is not far behind. I notice that we are about 300 feet above the ground and we are approaching the end of the wires. The birds fly off the end of the wire with the lightning following them. The container that I’m in runs off the end and I’m falling. I remember thinking, “Man this is going to hurt”. I land on my feet unscathed. I’m now near a swamp and decide to look for treasure in some dried ponds near by. I notice that there are some scaffolds in the swamp, which make a board road. I’m thinking, “It would be cool to walk those boards and find out where they lead”, but I don’t have the time. I realize that I can’t find a girl that I know. I begin looking for her and I’m walking down a road in the swamp. It’s getting dark. I come upon some heavy equipment next to the road. My friend SV and his family are in the equipment sleeping. I wake him up and ask him if he’s seen the girl. He tells me that she’s in the truck sleeping. I leave.

Big Keek strikes again
I’m at a bar with my friend Keek. This place sucks! No one in the bar has a full set of teeth. I go to the pool table and notice that all of the cue sticks are broken. Some guy tells me, “We do that incase we need to fight with them”. Keek and I decide to walk somewhere else. We are walking through a city and the roads appear to be changing direction right before our eyes. Keek walks into a wedding shop and begins to make fun of a very large bald-headed man. I remember thinking, “That figures”. Then I woke up.

August 26th

They make me work when I’m sleeping
I’m in New York, inspecting a chemical plant that my employer has built. Things are extremely wacky! There are crane operators swinging heavy loads as fast as they can. My collogue comments on how unsafe this behavior is. We find that they have a theater and a bar installed in the plant. Of course, we step into the bar. There is a band setting up to play. There is a beautiful woman at the bar. She tells us that she is the Plant Manager. She begins to tell me that they have had problems starting the plant because of electronic problems. We leave the bar to go take a look at some of these problems. We arrive a machine that several different chemicals are dumping into. There is a sensor located on top of the machine. The conductors are in bad shape and they are spraying water onto it. I tell her “I think I’ve found your problem. I’ll take a closer look.” The sensor is too high to reach. There is one of those inflatable men that you see at used car dealerships near the machine. She tells me that this is the only way to get to the machine, so I climb onto the things arm. So there I am riding this thing’s arm like a bucking bull, re-wiring some kind of sensor. When I finish, the plant starts up with no problems. I remember thinking, “How the hell am I going to get off this thing.” A ladder appears. I climb down. I wake up.

August 28th

Manna from Heaven
I’m walking in the country with some teenager that I don’t know. I tell him that I ordered some guitars that belonged to a famous guitar player. Suddenly three guitar cases fall from the sky. We open the cases and I realize that they are left-handed. I forgot that the famous guitar player is left-handed. I decide to sell them and buy one really good right-handed guitar. We proceed to my grandmother’s old house. The teenager asks me to borrow one of my cars. I let him do so. My wife shows up and begins asking the teenager questions. He’s hiding some cigarettes from her. He leaves. My wife leaves too. I’m sitting on the porch when he drives up. I walk to the car and notice he’s got an infant in the car with him. The infant has a full beard. I remember thinking, “That’s one ugly kid”. I can’t remember anymore.

The one that got away
I’m fishing with some fellows from work. I’m in one boat and they are in another. I cast my bait near some coon-tail grass and catch the biggest bass I’ve ever seen. I lift the bass out of the water and it measures from my forehead to the top of my feet. I can’t wait to show everyone my catch. While I search for my stringer I place the large fish on the bottom of the boat. The fish flops, and flies out of the boat back into the water. I can’t believe that I let the fish get away. We return home and no one believes I caught such a large bass. I wake up.

Originally Posted by Big Moot

The infant has a full beard. I remember thinking, “That’s one ugly kid”.

Lol

August 31

Nothing but dreams about work for the past few days! I hate when that happens.

That's the worst. You work all day, dream about working all night, then get up and do it all over again...

September 2nd

Boats, Shards, and Lucidity
I’m headed to Shell Island with my dad. We are in a boat. We pass Mo Mo, who is checking some limb lines. We arrive at Shell Island. Dad and I begin searching for artifacts. We find pottery shards, a skull, and a complete skeleton. I look down into the hole where we found the skeleton and notice three glowing spots. The spots are blue with red writing in them. They appear to be warnings. Suddenly, I see a boat coming toward the island. There is a man in dressed in black with two swords standing on the deck. I grab two swords from under the bank and head out into the water to meet him. We begin to fight. For some reason, I win. I go back to the island and meet dad. Dad is wondering why someone would want to protect the island. We find an old camp, which contains the answers. Someone had been conducting experiments on humans on the island in the past. We find a generator that won’t run. Suddenly I realize that I’m dreaming. Things begin to fade, and then I wake up. WAHOO My first lucid dream!

September 3rd

Dad’s Flying Boat
I’m with dad in his boat. We are making some sharp turns and the boat is nearly flipping over. Dad makes another turn and the boat flips. I’m in the water looking for dad. I remember that he can’t swim and I can’t remember if he was wearing his life jacket. Suddenly he pops up. “What a piece of crap”, he says. We hold the boat up and drain the water out of it and climb back in. We drive the boat back to the shore where an insurance adjuster meets us. She starts explaining that the design of the boat does not allow for sharp turning. I interject with, “ Hell no lady, the problem is that the metacentric height of the boat is too close to its center of gravity. So, no moment arm is created to right this piece of crap.” She storms off because she knows I’m right. I get on a motorcycle and ride to a restaurant to meet my wife. She orders for me and is complaining about the service. I tell her unless she wants to eat the spit of the waitress, she should settle down. I eat artichoke salad. I leave on the motorcycle and am traveling down some strange roads. They are hilly and the bridges on these roads are extremely high. I wake up.

Sharks and Stooges
A friend and I are fishing on the bank of a bayou. He catches a shark. I tell him that I would like to catch a shark also. Suddenly I hook a large fish. It's a 25 ft. Great White. I land the fish and begin trying to remove the hook from it's jaw. When I return the fish to the water it begins flipping around and making three stooges noises (Bwu Bwu Bwu Bwu......Neuk Neuk.......). I awoke laughing!

05.08.2009

Great Deal on Nukes (Non-lucid)

NON-DREAM DREAM LUCID

A friend and I are talking and he mentioned that one could buy nuclear bombs over the internet. I found the site and purchased a 3 MTon warhead for $100.00. There was an option to purchase it "armed" or "unarmed". Of course, I chose "armed". The company delivered the warhead to my place of employment. They were not really happy about that. They told me I had to keep it in the middle of the room so no one would trip over it and accidently set it off. Wakey Wakey

07.08.2009

Fight in the Supermarket (Non-lucid)

NON-DREAM DREAM LUCID

I'm in a supermarket doing some shopping. An older man begins picking a fight with me. He takes a swing at me and misses. I put him in an arm lock and bring him to the floor. I awake.

07.08.2009

Strange Gigs (Non-lucid)

NON-DREAM DREAM LUCID

I'm playing a gig with Blues Tonic. We are set up on a huge stage and the concert is outdoors. I notice that there is a set of drums set up, but no drummer in sight. I'm using a bass amp that I don't own anymore (DS). My mic stand boom will not tighten and it keeps falling (DS). We begin to play and I notice that not all of the members of the band are there. Just Jason and Travis are playing. Even though there is no drummer I can hear drums (DS). We play about two songs and Jason decides to re-arrange the instruments. We do so and it begins to rain. My amp is soaked with water. When I turn it on, there is a flash of light and smoke. My amp is fried. I turn to Jason and say, "Gig's over". He agrees. My wife is there to pick me up. The car that she is driving is not our car (DS). We load my equipment and as I'm driving off I notice that the car is very hard to control (DS). I awake.

09.08.2009

Sunday Morning Headcount (Non-lucid)

NON-DREAM DREAM LUCID

I'm in a hotel room. There are garden hoses running everywhere. My boss is there. We are discussing gig cloths. He shows me a shirt that he wares at his gigs. It's like a shirt that has a chrome job. I tell him that that is a really cool shirt. Two people arrive. I don't know who they are, but they want to listen to the new Sunday Morning Headcount CD. We go to my truck to listen to it. We get to a part of a song that's got some really fast kick work. One of the guys says that Shane (SMHC's durmmer) is playing the part wrong. I tell him, "I doubt it, he wrote the damn thing". He said there should be six beats, not five beats. So we count them, there are six beats. He says, "Maybe I'm mistaken". Suddenly we look at the sky and notice that there is a huge mushroom cloud in the distance. I comment on how tall it is saying, "It looks like they set it off way too high". One of the people with me asks, "Do you think that we are far enough away"? I respond, "How the hell should I know". I wake up.

14.08.2009

More Money than God (Non-lucid)

NON-DREAM DREAM LUCID

I'm very rich. My assistant tells me that I'm worth over 100 Billion dollars. We are in a boat just riding around. We come upon my brother who is having trouble with his boat. He says that the hull is cracked. We tow him to the dock a and see that there are cigerette burn holes in the bottom of his boat. I tell him that I will fix it and not to worry. I see that there is a band setting up. It's a band named Choke and my cousin is playing bass with them. I help him change his bass strings which are square(DS). I stay and listen for a while. I take a beer from the guitar player's ice chest. Then my assistant and I leave. He is asking me how much to pay someone who has done something for me. I tell him 100 Million. He ask me if I really think that their services were worth 100 Million dollars. I say, "You're right, make it 125 Million". We arrive at my home. Woke up.