hey all, so i'm sorta new to the whole Lucid dreaming thing.. i haven't actually had one yet, lol.. i've been trying moderately for about 2 weeks now.. (well. including time to build up my dream recall) last night, though, i finally got really close. I've been doing regular reality checks (every time i see a clock i look twice, Also i do the hand-distortion one sometimes). Now. in the dream, someone actually directly asked me what the time was. I looked over at the microwave (it said 1:40), and i did the RC, and looked over again. it still said 1:40. so i'm like shit. not dreaming. anyway.. earlier in the dream i had found a CO2 tank (like for paintball guns) and was carrying it around. after i told them the time the person was like why are you carrying around a CO2 tank. I looked down at the bottle, and i'm like.. umm.. i thought it'd be useful.. while i was looking at my hands i'm like.. well.. perfect time to try out another RC.. so i looked at my hands, and moved them close, and away.. and they were rock-solid. so again i'm like crap, not dreaming.. and anyway.. then after this i glanced at the clock again, to see what time it was and the clock said 1:43. you know.. normal time progression.. none of this clock jumping thing..

you guys have any idea why this would be?? i'm thinking that RCs not working is gonna make it hard to get lucid.

thanks for your help.
pyrhho