I haven't started doing reality checks etc yet because I've only worked on my dream recall for the last few months. Still, I've had a couple of low-lucid LDs just by sheer luck I guess.

Anyway, last night I had this dream in which I was washing my hands in the bathroom. All of a sudden I hear a friggin beep from my hands. "What the heck?".

Now, I've read about a RC technique recently where you read something, look away for a while, and read it again. If it's a dream the text should change.

So because of the beep I was suspecting that I was dreaming. I found a name tag embroidered on a towel, so I read it slowly, looked away for a few seconds, and then read it again. It said the same thing, and after that I didn't remember anything more and I woke up.

Now, have I misunderstood this technique, or why didn't it work?