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> In awake life on the north side of the place I live is a road that goes to another town where the man who owned the store lives.

In the dream the road was separated like it would be in a video game with a loading screen in between one part of the road and the next. Then, There was this short section off the road in which I explored and I remembered that there was a very large area with a passageway that led into the abandoned building which was a store, Which is about five or six miles away. When I got there all four passages to the end were blocked by walls, And I told someone about it. I recalled in the dream going there by the route before, Prior to it being known.

Later I think Twilight Sparkle had part to do with the center passageway off the path I found to the store and there were bright colorful lights.

I've had other dreams of this store, Before and after it closed which was in 2011. The building is falling in on itself now.

I had more dreams too.

8:15am
Time Lucid - 10 seconds
Non lucid - grey text
Semi Lucid - red text
Lucid - blue text

I woke up and tried to focus on the scene in front of me. The scene was as if I was only peaking through to the seen. I felt as if I needed to force it open. I tried to force it open but I'm not sure if this bought more imagery on. I willed my dream body to get up, and I got half way up from the bed, then flouted back down. I tried again, and this time I completely got out of bed. I did a RC (Checked Hands) and knew I was dreaming.

I was now lucid. The scene felt hazzy/not vivid enough. I did not stabilise the dream, instead rushed over to the bed room light switch and tried to turn it on, which failed. I saw a shadowy figure get up off of my bed and ran towards me. I flung my hand out and felt a a bit of a thud sensation. It definitely didn't feel normal. I felt no pain. I woke up.

The shadowy figure surprised/scared me which ended my lucid dream and woke me up.

Note:
I need to focus myself on stabilising the dream. Both DEILD's have ended with me getting up out of bed in my bed room. I will attempt to imagine another location as I walk through a door next time.

-A man lost his water creature. The setting was some kind of enclosed space with foliage and streaming water. Best way I can explain the creature is if it were a tadpole version of the dragon from the book I’m reading:



Except the dragon in that book is still young at that size, that’s why I say a tadpole version. =P The creature is really just a bit bigger than a lobster.

I remember being there in some capacity and looking the other way when I hear he lost it, as if I didn’t want to get involved.

-We’re (me, mom and dad) packing our stuff in a car to move, but it looks too crowded in to me. Mom asks me to get in, but when I do, I feel very claustrophobic and have to get out. There’s a big desk in the back.

-Before moving, I go to a pool to say my goodbyes. I think I wasn’t polite as I could have been.
~Carrying like three bundled up white blankets to put into the trunk, mom is helping me. I notice that you can see semi-provocative BL images on the sides of a couple of them, but I decide to pretend it ain’t no thang and continue packing them in.

-We’re in a hotel type place and there are a few people coming and going - seems like one of them is going to stay there after we go. I am sitting on the floor or leaning over and tickling the toes of a little girl sitting on a coach as I wait. She gives me a grumpy face and kicks her feet away. Mom is disassembling the desk. I worry that she’s mad about it for a moment, but she actually almost seems gleeful as she breaks it up. Someone says “we still have two minutes” - just in case the people staying there next seem antsy.

Inspiration: Water creature - probably from the book I’m reading. Pool - possibly inspired by Free!. Same with the BL.

Notes: Why am I having so many moving dreams lately? o_O

Emotion: Panic/claustrophobia, feeling like I was rude

I was with Nat, her friend Natalie and her boyfriend(NBF), David and Lee.

NBF asked me If I was only being nice to him in a computer related friendship.

I was with Lee in his car and we were driving through the night. I think Lee had a bit too much to drink, because he was veering off to the side of the road and getting extremely close to the barrier. I stepped in, and said that he shouldn't be driving.

I was now in a mash up of my old house in blacksland and my Auntie J's house.
I had a controller in my hand, which is used for opening the garage doors automatically. I looked through the window to see If the garage door would open, and it did. I thought it went up faster then it normally does.

I answered the door and it was my Uncle Mac. We greeted each other, and had a convocation about why he wasn't hear earlier or something?. He was walking in the lounge room and looked taller then he is in reality. I said he looked at least 5cm taller but probably a lot more then that. I looked at his shoes to see if he was wearing plat forms, instead he was wearing trainers on which had a decent sized rubber sole. (whole scene was at Auntie J's house)

I was in the kitchen and we were all eating. Dad was sitting next to me. I was eating a small plate of what looked like, rice bubbles and a grain of something through it. There was a plate of 2 kind of sugars and I asked what it was and stirred it into my food. I saw a plate with a liquid substance in it. It was in a glass, which was flipped upside down onto a plate. Someone pulled the glass up to let the liquid spread out onto the plate, leaving all the layers in the right spot. I put some on my plate but it didn't look the same. I had a taste of it, and wow.. it tasted amazing and I was really enjoying it. (scene in blacksland kitchen)

Note: It's the first time I can remember ever eating something in a dream. I never thought food could taste so good in a dream. I think I know what i'll be doing in my next lucid

Location in dream: In a video game environment - In a city by a river which had a raised bridge.

Todd, The team manager had a mission for me to do: Save his hat from falling off the raising bridge. Someone had stolen it from him and I had to get it back for him and I had to do this within five seconds or I had to start a combo skating line to the bridge.

I heard his voice clearly: He said "Oh boy. Some (person; ?) --- bridge. ?" The question marks designate parts I didn't recall yet.

These might not be all of the dreams I had.

> Might think of this one later.

Edit 2: I'm not sure when I had this dream, But I dreamed of the scene from The Andy Griffith Show in which Rafe Hollister was in jail after having refused his vaccination and Andy was singing "Dig my Grave" Or whatever the song is.

> After a pirate routine and fighting with someone the thought of making kids with Satan (Who was a female dog or something) came up. I (Or whoever I saw through the eyes of) did not do that but thought about it.

This was near and island of some sort and I recall a boat or swimming.

It was (I think) Highly influenced by this video which I saw in the four hours prior to sleeping:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdCgPc5wrcs

And now after I went through the video comments and thought of the video some more, yes it was. I even remember the bats in the dream, Somewhat. I met Satan on a boat, On a raised part of it where the floor had mostly fallen off or was damaged.

I also recall someone moving around on the island which had trees but in general was very dark.

> Three kids had super-powers of some sort

I recall seeing in a house and in the bedroom where the kids lived, I thought of Fairy Oddparents but I never watched the TV show, And an image of one of the (Cartoon) kids had "655" on his shirt when at first I thought it may have been "666". I think it was explained how they got their powers too.

> In a warehouse?

> There was a lucid one or fairly lucid dream at some point of the night.


Reason for editing: The title said this was on September 3 but it was September 6.

No entry for yesterday since I'd rather it not be public, but for documentation's sake I did dream about Dave Strider again like I'd intended! Bro, too! I also became lucid briefly to change the scene twice so I was pleased about that :) Tags/categories for that dream are: lucid, memorable, nightmare, fandom: Homestuck. Now for last night's:

1.
Jake trying to get our mom to buy him a subscription to something on the computer, a game? She won't because she's too busy with job stuff at the moment, and Jake harasses her, asking exactly what she's been doing this whole time since she has yet to gain a single client.

After/at the time this is happening (idk) I'm looking at a Dragon Age mod for a new character race called 'Fajjyn'?? The character is a slightly creepy-looking female with deep eyes, grey skin and bright red hair. Then I hear a short police siren and when I look outside I see the light from a flashlight shining on houses, but the light is pink.

2.
I'm on the floor drawing with Brandie, using paper and pencils. Somehow she is really fast and near-perfect, and I get frustrated because whatever I draw isn't that good. She tries showing me her technique by drawing a rock, and I copy it but the rock looks too flat. We practice more til I create some decent-looking rocks, but unlike her small, smooth stones, mine are large, black and jagged things that pile up in sheets, literally! As I keep drawing, the rocks become real.


notes: During 1, I was feeling upset with Jake for acting that way but I wonder if it's my subconscious worrying that my mom will back out on everything after she's put in so much effort. The drawing dream definitely came from my worrying about being good enough when it comes to my art. But it was cool to draw something into existence, I'd like to try that again sometime!

Also, I had intended to dream about Dave again, but if it happened, I don't recall it.

The lights in my IRL home won't turn on. None of them will, and I think of the darkness as a danger, which makes me wonder if this is a nightmare. I start to head down the stairs, by floating, head first. Yes, this is definitely a dream. I start to do my light-of-Apollo anti-nightmare trick, which after 2 uses appears to be my go-to way of avoiding nightmares now, but then it occurs to me that while I'm here, I could enjoy some lucid dreaming instead. I decide that there is no ceiling, so that when I look up, I'll see the night sky and be able to float up into it - and then I turn over and am pleased to see that this is so. After I've floated up into the stars, I look down to the house again to put the roof back on, and then, as if it was just a task I'd briefly delayed and had to get to now, I start up the anti-nightmare trick, and wake myself up in the process.

(5:08 am, just half an hour after bed. As I was trying to get back to sleep, it occurred to me - this has happened a few times now, nightmares with this timing and on the theme of darkness - I'm starting to suspect this is the result of trying to sleep before dawn. Possibly on some level I'm aware that it's much darker than when I usually sleep, and my dream interprets that as something wrong. Reliable way of getting lucid, though, so that's not really a problem. Back to sleep.)

Fragment: "Ancient papers, and an age a fraction of that."

I'm discussing an upcoming ball with a young woman I'm acquainted with, leaning against her desk while she goes over the invitation, pointing out the bit where they encourage everyone to dress colorfully, and she, thinking herself quite clever and looking for me to praise her, tells me about the black outfit she's planning, so that she'll stand out in a sea of bright colors, and she asks what I think. I tell her I expect that's exactly what the people throwing the ball are planning themselves, so perhaps take that into account. She reconsiders, and asks what I'll be going with, as she can't picture me in anything but black. I say not at all, my basilisk coat is blue, isn't it? - it's entirely black except for the basilisk design but that's enough, and I think about the feel of that dark blue color, the warmth of that creature's image on my back. As I think about that coat I either am or am referencing The Etched City's Gwynn.

(Woke up. Back to sleep.)

OUAT's Belle is binding Rumpelstiltskin in a contract without realizing it. She was speaking in metaphors and he's got to abide by them literally. While the two of them were attempting to patch things up between them after a fight, she asked him to pretend she's the mistress and he the servant in their deal. He, sitting on the side of her bed, is thinking that they've done this before, thinking of a particular scene in which Julia was a princess and I was her servant, and how utterly beyond my reach she'd been then. (A scene from a dream I had years ago, accurately remembered as far as it goes, though he left out the unflattering parts.) He's been silent too long, and when Belle says something, he jumps up and makes a game out of it, addressing her as milady, going to her window and throwing the curtains open, asking what she'd like for her meal. And although she didn't at all mean that he should literally treat her as his mistress, only that she wanted him to think about things from her perspective for a moment, she's not surprised by the game and she takes it as a sign that all's well between them again, so she gets up to make breakfast herself.

As she leaves the room, she finds a strange object in a corner of the hall - a statue of a unicorn that she hadn't noticed before, with what looks like a real horn. She knows Rumpelstiltskin's been after such horns, so she's wondering why he leaves one just lying around here - unless this is what he makes out of them. She thinks it's odd, and goes on about her chores, when she finds another one, smaller, in a window sill. She knows that wasn't there before, and she calls to Rumpelstiltskin, and turns to see that he's already found the first one, and is looking at it with obvious displeasure. This is something that shouldn't be in the castle.

(Woke up. That last one was almost certainly influenced by watching Legend the other day.)

In (elementary school) class, I’m sitting at a desk at the front of the room. We’re assigned a project where we have to make a music video based on a topic the teacher gives. I write down ideas on a slip of paper, but see that Nikki (5th? grade classmate), sitting to my right, keeps glancing at it. I ponder songs I could use for it - it needs to be perfect.

The paper is sitting in the top right corner and Nikki has it. I get really upset, because Nikki stole my idea. I leave the room in tears?

I wade my way through the crowd in a mall. Miss S., the teacher (from 3rd grade), is trying to find me?

-Sitting at a table with her and her friends, they’re younger.

I’m outside on my Asian friend’s porch (in the dream only). There are two pianos standing together. I move the front (wood?) one forward and say something about how I miss it (playing), and press the keys of the big, but thin, black piano. My friend starts pressing them too and we just play it for a bit, no particular song. The notes are a bit quiet but it sounds nice.

-Something about rice.

-Going to stay the night again(?) if it’s okay with her family.

-Impressions of other dreams.

Inspiration: The topic for the project was something to do with the book I’m reading (The Book of Earth/Dragon Quartet #1) but I can’t quite remember what. I was getting really worked up reading it last night because it has so much injustice and sexism in that world. :/

I hit sleep paralysis for the first time, ever. Wow what a trip that was, it was awesome.. I was hearing noises, tingly sensation and the visual was there a bit. I had my eyes open at one point and thought I should better close them (trying to DEILD)

My favorite part had to be the sensation of my head swaying side to side lol, now that was cool.
I broke sleep paralysis by swallowing unfortunately.. and didn't really need to swallow, I just wanted to see if I could. I kind of struggled to swallow as well.

Dream - The Workshop

It was daytime, and I was near an old friends house (Tash S). I was trying to walk, but it felt as if I was fighting around gravity to move forward. I was pretty much stationary, and tried different walking techniques to break through the barrier which was holding me back. I tried walking backwards, nothing happend, tried arching forward and walking, nothing.

I was now with my Dad and he was trying to fix a bike. It looked as if we were in an old shed/workshop. He was using tools to fix the handle bars, but was fumbling around when trying, as if he was just a full unco. He was dropping parts on the ground, like washes and bolts etc. Dad grabbed something to prop the bike up. I looked around and saw a lot of timber blocks lying around on the shelf's. I mentioned about the timber to prop the bike up, but he was too stubborn. He gave up and just held the bike up with his hand and started cutting into it with a saw.

I was walking by myself in a shopping center. I was feeling really awkward and shy towards everyone. I had feeling that I may have been dreaming. I saw a mirror as I was walking, and thought of looking at myself to see if I looked normal. I kept walking and forgot about the mirror.

I was now in a public toilet. I decided to do a RC (Fingers looked weird), and I knew I was dreaming, but wasn't lucid, only semi-aware because I thought I should have a piss before I start controlling the dream. I continued on to go to the toilet, losing any sort of lucidity in the process . I was pissing next to two guys. I started to piss on myself, as I was fumbling around with my dick. When I finished I went over to dry my hands, on the automatic hand dryer. The two guys were lined up using the dryer, so I stayed back and waited. I think I may have been next to use it, but let the other guy go in front of me. He said no no, you go first, you're a nice guy.

Dream ended.

No Memory at all from last night. Guess I'll just write down my frame for attaining LD's.

• Bed time
Normally 10:50pm to 6:50am
Actually 12:00pm to 7:10am

So 7-8 hours of sleep on the avg. - Will have to work hard on that one.

• Supplements
I supplement daily with Zink 30-50mg and Fish oil caps 3-5.
I heard they have a positive effect on vividness & "strangeness" of dreams, but that's not my primar reason taking them.
Occasionally noopept 10mg/day.

Few supplements I am eager to try out:
Aniracetam + Choline

• Mantras, RCs, ADA
My daily RC's are every hour to ask myself "Why am I not dreaming right now" and find a logical reason for it. I.e. "I woke up this morning" either that or I try to push my right hand trough my left.

• Stress level
My daily stress level may be quite high, because I work in a architects office as construct. draughtsman and it gets pretty wild sometimes.

• WBTB
Will try to actually wake up when my alarm rings at 5am.

Slept over the last few times..

• Recall Quality
IF i can recall any dream, the quality is high and i can recal feelings, sounds, emotions and so on.

• Level of control
None yet, hope to be able to control my dreams troughly.

• HH
None yet, hope to get as as vivid and real HH's as they can get.


I'm convinced this will get me somewhere in the next few weeks/months.

I was pretty confused last night. When my WILD alarm went off, I could've sworn that I was already awake and that I hadn't slept at all. I shrugged it off and attemted a WILD/FILD, but I failed and ended up dreaming about spiders again. FML. I guess hordes of spiders is a new dream sign, lol.

I start school tomorrow. What does this mean for my lucid dreaming efforts? Now that I have an actual reason to get up in the morning, I'll be able to establish a regular sleeping schedule and better understand my sleeping patterns. This should make the whole process a hell of a lot easier.

Date: 03 Sept

Comment: Ok, I don't have much time and the other fragments were not very interesting, so I am just posting the WILD here.

WILD: I repeat to myself that I am going to AF and will/intend to get a vision/dreamlet. At first I see something like a corner, then another place like in front of garage, I try to make repetitive movements and reach out for the snow.

Then suddenly I see my legs, wearing blue pants. I am in. A small moment of confusion as I partially look around and think this is my room while my body begins floating by itself and phases down through the bed (I wonder if this is obe, feels like a dream though). As I try to stabilize I move my hands, legs, etc. and take a few steps and accidentally end up walking on the wall. At that point, I remember the advanced task and continue walking on the wall. I go back down and decide to start again, for a short moment, it doesn't work. I go near the corner of the room, walk a bit on the floor towards the corner, then I guess my body bends so that the wall looks a bit more like the floor and get on.

I do a quick walk on the ceiling but then notice my hair is getting over my face and in the direction of gravity and I am also wearing a white doctor's coat which makes it hard (or distracting) for me to move. I acknowledge that this is a bad idea, yet do my best to take off the coat, struggling for a bit and thinking that I am always undressing in dreams. I wonder if I should quickly make a ponytail but then decide to do nothing with the hair and just ignore it. It stops bothering me. Then I continue walking on the floor, on the wall and up the ceiling, selecting somewhat spacier areas with less furniture parts to walk on. The room is quite small and all this walking makes me feel as if I have been spinning inside of a washing machine. I feel the dream fading and am afraid that I will wake up any moment but continue to engage.

The room turns into a mix of the present and past bathrooms as I continue having fun. I can hear the neighbors being noisy and lock the door to make sure no expectation of DC will come to interrupt me. When crossing over near each corner of the room (which helps me uphold the illusion somehow), I also have the peculiar sensation that as I switch walls, I am actually making the room spin around me. I lose my concentration for a bit and the ceiling turns into the floor and I find myself in the bathtub. I go to the corner of the room to start it again but the dream finally fades.

I can't remember much of what feels like the longest dream, was too tired to try writing it down after waking up last night :/

1.
Something to do with a witch and this big company that was working for evil but no one knew except me and a few others. I tried escaping this huge building and made it outside where it looked like some kind of exotic zoo area.

2.
I was in a bar/food court? At the table with Dave, Rose, John and Jade (from Homestuck). There was a guy at the next table who was being really obnoxious so I got up and asked him to keep it down. He argues with me, insulting me. I reply, "I said, 'be quiet'." and take the lid off his drink and pour it over his lap (careful now, badass right here). Then a fight that feels like a musical number for some reason breaks out and I get shoved towards Dave and he balances me.

3.
I go to visit Brandie, but she's lying in bed acting ill. She says she's been in labor for a few hours, but she's never had sex. I suggest maybe it's calcium build-up. (wtf she's not a coffee maker???)

notes: Wish I could remember more but at least I had a dream about Dave! Really wanted some kind of fandom dream so I tried focusing on him last night. I'd hoped to actually talk with him, but I guess getting his own close-up and catching me works too :P