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    Purpose
    Dreams, notes, and other experiments to assist in achieving high-quality lucid dreams on a regular basis.

    Terms
    Reality Check (RC): Action used to evaluate if one is dreaming. Common methods include plugging the nose and testing whether it can be breathed through, as well as inspecting one's hands for irregularities compared to waking reality.

    Memory Lapse (...): Where memory ends for a given stream of consciousness. For example, going to sleep in a dream and waking up in the dream later with no recollection of the sleep.

    Dream Initiated Lucid Dream (DILD): Lucid dreaming type that originates from the dreamer regaining awareness from within a dream.

    Wake Initiated Lucid Dream (WILD): Lucid dreaming type that originates from the dreamer maintaining awareness from waking near-directly into a dream.

    Wake Back To Bed (WBTB): Sleep cycle interruption technique used to achieve lucid dreams.

    Legend
    Blue: Denotes regular non-lucid dream recall.

    Purple: Denotes lucid dream recall (formerly Orange).
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    1. Night of Tuesday 2/27/24

      by , 02-29-2024 at 04:19 PM (Dreamlog)
      Chill Hell:
      I'm in a mall-like building. There is a large aquarium in front of me. My Mom is with me and a group.
      We see a set of stairs going down, and I know that it leads to Hell.
      But I also know that Hell isn't as bad as we've been led to believe.
      ...
      Later I've gone down the stairs to explore. There is a sort of sitting area.
      It's sunk-in, the same style I've been looking for in a house.



      Guess all my friends are gonna be here anyway.

      Updated 02-29-2024 at 04:37 PM by 99808

      Categories
      non-lucid
    2. Night of Wednesday 1/24/24

      by , 01-25-2024 at 04:59 PM (Dreamlog)
      Wanting Flight:
      I'm in a house structured like the standard Alliance floor-plan from World of Warcraft.
      If you know the game, think the two-floor homes in Moonbrook, except well-maintained.
      It is day-time. There is a super-hero dead facedown in the yard. He has feathers and I surmise that he had bird-powers.
      I'm taking the body upstairs, and I'm trying not to be seen.
      At some point while traveling up the stairs, the body transforms, leaving only the outfit.
      I may have been trying to steal the hero's powers.


      Manuevering:
      I'm at my childhood home. My Dad is on the phone with the water company, working out bills.
      He might have been trying to negotiate a better rate.
      ...
      I'm upstairs with my niece, B, and she is smaller than she is in waking life.
      We're in my brother and I's room, rifling through a set of drawers near the front of the room.
      I'm worried that B will find age-inappropriate stuff in the drawer, and she does.
      I quickly hide the stuff, and try to draw her attention elsewhere.
      ...
      I'm up by the upstairs bathroom with my Uncle J. He is holding what looks like a document from waking life work.
      He's trying to talk down to me, as if he knows it better than I do (he does not).
      I try to let him down easy, not keen on allowing him to act this way, but also not wanting to hurt him.
      ...
      My Grandma and my Mom are in the living room.
      I'm on my way out of the house.
      I've left, but forgotten something.
      I go back and they give me a drinkable yogurt.
    3. Night of Friday 1/12/24 (Comp Night 7)

      by , 01-13-2024 at 06:30 PM (Dreamlog)
      I'm Mary Poppins Ya'll:
      I'm in an outdoor space, a large field. There are several long banquet tables extending out into the distance.
      Between some of the tables, there is a man demonstrating a flying device.
      It's an umbrella that allows free-flight.
      ...
      Later I'm seated near the head of one of the tables with my coworker C and my friend H from the Tots.
      I'm got the umbrella and I've taken off. High into the sky.
      I feel uneasy knowing that the only thing keeping me from certain death is my grip on the handle.
      But I get more comfortable with it over time, taking more and more risky angles by maneuvering the handle.
      I go out of my way to make sure that the other attendees at the party can see me by gliding close to the other tables.
      Eventually I return to my table. As I approach, C, challenges me to land the tip of the handle on a small plate.
      I achieve that and return to my seat.
      ...
      I wake up somewhere that I don't recognize. My Mom comes into the room from a door in front of me.
      I tell her all about my flying umbrella dream.
      There's a CPAP machine next to me, and she is wanting the pipe part off of it.
      This device is somehow now identified as the one that will allow free-flight.
      I give it up freely, knowing that I have another one I can use.



      Showing off my new flying umbrella. Made with ChatGPT 4.

      Updated 01-13-2024 at 08:37 PM by 99808

      Categories
      non-lucid
    4. Night of Sunday 12/3/23

      by , 12-04-2023 at 06:32 PM (Dreamlog)
      Musical Arms:

      I'm with my Mom, brother, and some others in a small music practice room.
      We are oriented specifically on the floor, sitting down.
      My Mom has me move to a slightly different position.
      I'm now near the front.
      We are playing music together. There was a specific tune.
      Mom is struggling to explain, so my brother, somewhat begrudgingly, helps her.
      ...
      I'm outside now, at a marching band visual rehearsal. I'm at the secondary parking lot from highschool where we used to rehearse.
      My blanket is stuck between some mud and cracks in the concrete. I'm trying to pull it free.
      ZW from highschool marching-band, is calling me out for being weak. I feel embarrassed.
      But somebody else behind me says that rotator cuff surgery is a serious surgery, so obviously weakness is expected.

      Updated 12-04-2023 at 10:41 PM by 99808

      Categories
      non-lucid
    5. Night of Tuesday 11/7/23

      by , 11-08-2023 at 06:33 PM (Dreamlog)
      Went to bed at 10:30PM.

      Teleport Sprints:
      I'm in a highschool hallway that reminds me of one from the show, Stranger Things.
      HM is there and she has an umbrella. We have a brief conversation about some other function the umbrella has and she leaves.
      She's going to catch a bus, and I'm late for that bus. I try to catch up but I can't.
      ...
      I'm leaving JM's house after a game-night, but my car isn't around. I remember that I teleported here.
      I walk into the road and find a long stretch of open space.
      I break into a sprint and close my eyes. It reminds me of what Ness does in the intro to Super Smash Bros Melee.
      https://earthbound.fandom.com/wiki/Teleport
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXs4-M-ZiOg (at 1:02).
      When I open them, I've teleported to my childhood home.
      My friends are inside and they have used the kitchen chairs to make a fort.
      At one point a drink gets knocked into JM's face.
      ...
      I'm with my Dad and my Mom driving on a mountain road. Dad is driving and Mom is in the front passenger seat.
      There is a lake far down below us, and my Dad gets too close to the railing.
      We go over the edge. We are all panicking less than we should be as we go into freefall.
      I start to think about how I can survive. I think about undoing my seatbelt so that I don't get stuck underwater, or opening a door so that the water pressure doesn't hold them all shut.
      We impact the water and it isn't that bad. Turns out the water was not as deep as it looked.
      The car careens forward and then we do hit a larger body of water.
      I wonder if I can teleport my Mom away, but then I realize that I need a runway to do so.
      ...
      I'm at work with GO and CP. We are on the 2nd floor of our building, but it looks like it has elements of my middle school bandroom.
      There is a woodshop water fountain (the same one that was in the bandroom) and GO gets water in his face from mis-operating it.
      Another DC tells me "the woman is from the Maw, the Underworld".

      Recorded at 6:30AM.

      372 words for the night.


      Parts of these dreams felt semi-lucid. As in, I was using dream control to address situations that I thought presented danger.
      I'm excited that my mind gave me a way to teleport. Can't wait to try the teleport sprint in my next true lucid dream

      Updated 11-10-2023 at 06:28 PM by 99808

      Categories
      non-lucid
    6. Night of Thursday 10/5/23

      by , 10-06-2023 at 06:34 PM (Dreamlog)
      Went to bed around 12AM.

      AI Dream Augmenter
      I'm in bed telling S about a dream I just had.
      I have recorded it on my phone through voice, and an AI program augments it with video and sound.
      It's playing an anime-esque intro about me as a ninja.
      I think it is hilarious and cant wait to record more dream with it.


      Game Night
      I'm at my current home, though it is mixed with my parent's house from northern Michigan.
      We are sitting by the doorwall on the ground ready to play a board game. It might have been snowing outside.
      D, my brother, and my sister were among the group. Some of my sister's friends may have been there too.
      D is standing nearby with a big bowl of goldfish crackers.
      The game pieces are mixed with another game. There are red, white, and off-white. The game was Risk.
      My sister says they were playing something last night, to explain why they are mixed up.
      We start to unsort the pieces.


      Grandma's Mafia
      I'm at a mixture of my Grandma P's past houses. This one feels more like a compound.
      Currently upstairs in the guest room getting ready for a shower.
      My Uncle J calls for me before I can get in.
      ...
      I'm out on the patio. It's sunny.
      There is a wooden file organizer, and there are dollars sorted into smaller sections of it. I think I see a $1000 bill.
      A black lanky man approaches and I'm worried he'll attack me.
      Turns out he's just here for payment.
      I now 'know' the backstory that my Grandma P runs some mafia operation.
      I direct the man to my Grandma, because I don't know how to pay him.
      My Grandma P shows up, gives him some money and walks him out.
      My brother and sister are here now.
      My Grandma P gives me a see-thru golden ball, and there is a sudden urgency to deliver it to a safety shed nearby.
      I run to the shed, make it past a closing metal door, then a sharp turn inside, and another timed door.
      Shed is barren and musty, but more brown and orange hues from the sun bleeding through.
      There is a conveyer belt running through the shed, but it goes through a wall.
      There is a tiny opening to the room where the ball needs to go, but I can't fit.
      ...
      I'm out in the yard below the patio with my brother and my sister.
      We're talking about the big reveal that Grandma has been a mafia boss this whole time, and Uncle J too.
      It has been generational too. We talk about that and look at the muddy yard in front of us where some kids are throwing footballs around.
      I reach a troubling conclusion that this mafia info explains my Mom's death, and that she had been innocent.
      I see here briefly as a ghost, and she seems relieved that I understand.
      I'm hit with an intense sadness and I fall to the ground for a minute.
      My sister notices and asks if I'm OK. I lie, saying everything is fine, and move along.
      We reach the underside of the patio and enter a garden area.
      I'm carrying some garden wireframes of dogs.
      Grandma P is there, and she shrugs off our concerns about the situation, as if we disapproved of her new bingo meetup or something of similar caliber.
      We move up the stairs leading to the patio deck, and I hear an incessant bee or bug buzzing at my ear.
      I start slapping my arm at it, not wanting to be stung.


      All recalled/recorded on waking around 9AM.

      Updated 10-06-2023 at 06:44 PM by 99808

      Categories
      non-lucid , memorable
    7. Night of Sunday 9/24/23

      by , 09-25-2023 at 04:33 PM (Dreamlog)
      Went to bed around 10:45PM.

      Banjo-Kazooie Remade
      I'm seeing a remake of Banjo-Kazooie. It is running in 1440p and 120fps.
      The player is at Spiral Mountain and it looks amazing.
      There is a spokesperson demoing the game and he goes around Banjo's house to show a secret area.
      He makes a point that while there are changes to the remake, it still remains faithful to the original game.
      Through this back path, there is an alcove and I can see Gruntilda's hand reaching out from somewhere.
      This is meant to prove that the game is remaining faithful, but in waking life there is no such section of the actual game.

      Recalled from around 4:30AM.

      Investigating M
      I'm with my brother A, sister M, and Mom at my Grandma P's condo.
      It is the same one where I had the nightmare about the hairy-faceless monster, as well as the one with the crying girl upstairs.
      My brother and I suspect that my sister has done something sinister so we make a plan to investigate her room while my Mom is distracting her.
      We go up the stairs and find her room with clutter all over as expected. We find a side closet that isn't normally there.
      We find that it is set up for her daughter to sleep in. We don't find anything sinister about it.

      Recalled from around 4:30AM.

      Fragment
      Something about Hagrid from Harry Potter.
      Recorded at 7:00AM on waking.
    8. Night of Sunday 3/12/23

      by , 03-13-2023 at 04:46 PM (Dreamlog)
      Woods Mansion Nightmare
      I'm walking in a heavily wooded area at night. Grass is above my ankles and wet. I come across my best friend D. He has a bed just outside the window of a mansion with lights shining on the grass below. We talk for a bit and then decide to go into the mansion.

      I'm running sideways and side jump through an open window in the mansion. It is well-lit and makes me think an older person might live there. Meticulously clean, lots of furniture we wouldn't be allowed to sit on, bookshelves all over. Then a woman with big 80's hair appears. It is blonde and straight up. Her face reminds me of older photos of my Mom (rest in peace). The woman runs into the room frantically.

      "DO YOU REMEMBER ME?!?!" the woman yells at me.

      I don't reply. At this point I'm in fight or flight mode. I'm running sideways again, and I do a side jump out a window. I fell as if I'm being chased but I don't look back to check. My escape route takes me back into the mansion. I'm running inside it again. I tried to change my path and leave through a window I previously came in from, but now there is a wall there.


      I had a thought as I stared at the ceiling, since I couldn't sleep after this dream. The way she said "Do you remember me?" was aggresive in the context of the dream (nightmare) but the actual content of what she said wasn't. I was thinking that if my mom was actually in some kind of collective unconscious in the afterlife, maybe she was trying to reach out and the message got scrambled by the context of the dream? I'm not normally so much the "hand wavy" type of guy. But I still find stuff like this interesting to think about.

      Fragment
      I'm in a more casual setting now. It reminds me of Grandma P's bathroom from a few houses ago. My mom is there, but her skin looks older. I don't recognize/recall that she passed some years ago. We spent some time together but I can't recall much.

      I've had some similar dreams with her showing up like this. We were close when she was alive, so I like to think she is just dropping by to say hi.

      Updated 03-15-2023 at 04:10 AM by 99808

      Categories
      non-lucid , nightmare , dream fragment , side notes