Graham's DJ

I attempted WILD before taking a short nap, laying on my back for about 5 minutes before I could feel numbing. After hearing what i thought to be footsteps outside, I rolled over to stop the numbing and listen in case someone was outside. After a minute or two, I decided it must have been an animal and tried to go to sleep. Interestingly enough, I fell into Sleep Paralysis after basically daydreaming (I wasn't in REM as I wasn't even asleep... My mind was just wandering), having a scenario play in my head. My mom and I were looking for my cat in the bushes. I stood near the doorway of what I guess was our house when she got in her car. She turned it on and began to drive forward (towards me) and I felt SP hit me. I wasn't planning on it happening, and so I was a little shocked, but I was able to move my arm to shake out of it within seconds. In the 5 seconds after I had fallen into it, though, I could feel my body vibrating and a very loud roaring (I guess of the engine of the car).

This is the furthest I've ever gotten with WILD, and it was completely unintentional!

The first two dreams were extremely vivid and I remembered them for a long time after waking up. Remembering my third dream involved me looking at my girlfriend's iPod and seeing the band name Agalloch. As soon as I saw the name, the entire dream came flooding back to me. It really makes me wonder what other kinds of dreams I may have no memory of, but would immediately have remembered if I had some sort of cue.

I was with a battalion of battle droids (Star Wars) and our job was to exterminate some kind of beast from a cavern below us. I'm pretty sure the dream was in a first-person shooter kind of perspective, like I was playing a game.Anyway, the cave entrance was a hollowed out tree. When we walked in, we were attacked by these four legged, green horned beasts. I believe all the droids were destroyed and I was the only one left of the squad when I jumped down into the cavern below. It was too dark to really see, but somehow the room became lit and like 5 of those horned beasts were in front of me. After shotgunning them all down, one large purple beast (which resembled that of an antlion guard from Half-Life 2) came around the corner. There was some kind of tank beside me that I hopped inside of, and after figuring out how to control it, nearly killed the beast. The tank had taken a beating though, so I thought it best to hop out of it and shoot the thing down. After I killed it, my attention was turned to a large square block of bricks in the middle of the room. The walls of the bricks slowly fell to reveal what looked like some wall textures from the game DOOM. I descended further down in an area where the block has disappeared, and I guess I played a level or two of DOOM.

The second dream I had involved my dad and I cleaning what looked to be the inside of an Egyptian pyramid or tomb. I was mopping with a liquid that was the colored of water after you spill some blood into it. Once on the floor, this stuff dried very quick and disappeared, which was odd. My father was on the talking on the phone to someone about how I was lazy and good-for-nothing (despite me doing the cleaning and him being on the phone). After hearing him talk about me for so long, I confronted him angrily and we got into an argument. Apparently I made the front page of the school news paper for being laziest kid of my class or something. We wound up in a very large burial chamber with a statue of a Sphinx in the middle. At one point, my aunt Kelly came in, defending me in the argument.

The last dream I remember involved me being a third guitarist for the band Agalloch. We were about to play an encore when John Haughm (The frontman) said "And now we're going to play a song we call (Something along the lines of) Kiss of the Midwinter Bluejays." I was like what the fuck? Isn't it Ghost of the Midwinter Fires? I guess this new song was supposed to start off with guitar, because john looked to me for the cue to start, and I just stared blankly at the audience. I decided to start off playing "In the Arms of Our Pale Companions" instead.

Can't remember anything from last night. I tried MILD again, with the mantra "I will do reality checks in my dreams". Must not have worked.

My first dream took place in a restaurant where I was sitting at a table with my girlfriend, my dad, and his ex-wife, Jen. Apparently they were going to give their marriage another shot (after one date?) after 5 years of divorce. We basically went out to eat somewhere shitty (I don't remember how the food tasted). Jen was abnormally quiet, but this might have to do with the fact I haven't seen her in 5 years and my subconscious didn't really know what personality to give her in my dream.

The next dream I remember somehow made a switch between me playing The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion to Runescape. I'm not sure what I was doing in Oblivion, but I remember dropping some stuff because I had a full pack. Levi got bored of watching me and wanted to show me how to make a zerker on Runescape. I kept dying and he got pissed at me after a bit.

Another dream involved me getting glasses (I am going to be getting another pair soon) and not being able to see out of my left eye while they were on. I looked at them, and noticed a sticker I hadn't removed. I also realized I had never been to the eye doctor, so the glasses must be those cheap ones you buy from Kmart.

Next, I had a dream that Rosas's dad was going ballistic over something and yelling and screaming at her and her brother for something stupid. I still had my guitar, which I held relaxed on my leg as i was trying to tune it. There was some sort of locking mechanism near the bottom of the backside of the body. I should have picked up on the fact that I even had a guitar in the first place, as mine was taken away.

My fifth and final dream was a dream I have had once before, I remember. I was outside a tall building, circling it with my friend, Nick. We were looking for an empty office to throw a bomb into. We were both armed with concealed pistols, and I had a set of like 6 more in that plastic stuff you buy toys in that's so hard to get open. In one of the windows we passed, a man picked up his phone, looking at us as he did, so I chucked the bomb into the window and we began to run. By the time we turned the corner, a cop had his gun out and pointed at us. Our guns weren't drawn and I believe we surrendered our weapons. We got down on the ground, and I don't remember much else after that.

I distinctly remember having four seperate dreams (quite vivid, in fact) but I didn't have access to a pen and paper to write them down in time. I kinda just layed in bed, thinking about them, and eventually forgot them as my mind wandered. I do still remember one though.

It was about my friend and I who were in an MMO type setting together (goblins and werewolves and such) and he was to buy some Hogwarts robes for some special occasion. He got Slytherin robes, I believe. Afterwards, I recognized a few items from a game I used to play: Global MU Online (Dark Lord items).

Fuck, I couldn't sleep last night. Got home from work at 11:30 then couldn't sleep because of people stomping around upstairs. I ended up moving my bed into another room where it was less noisy and fell asleep around 1. I only remember one dream from last night, and only a fragment at that. I thought I was on a roll with the dream recall until today.

All I remember about my dream was going to Levi's house and playing Runescape I think. His house looked a lot different. I can't place where I've seen it before, but I have.

I downloaded a binaural beat app for my phone and I may try it if I can get to any bed earlier.

I don't remember any dreams I had during my nap, and I'm not sure why. I attempted FILD but fell asleep quick (I was tired).

I remember watching an instructional video on how to make a guitar body, specifically, the Fender Jaguar. Oddly enough, the body didn't actually look like a Jaguar, but was the word "Jaguar" in very large script. I remember an old man holding the guitar body up and talking about the pickups.

I also remember a dream in which my girlfriend's father was planning on renting the downstairs to someone and was going to talk to them on like skype or something, so I joined in to see what they were saying. It turns out the person who was going to rent was my favorite guitarist, Tyler the Creator (I know, he is a rapper, but that was the name of this guy in my dream). Interestingly enough, I've never listened to this rapper before. Anyway, I remember seeing his guitars which were made of 10+ strings and 7 or more pickups at odd angles on the body. I remember pulling for Tyler moving in before I had to move out, but I don't remember if he did or not.

I drank half a cup of natural apple juice before bed, and practiced ADA/RCing at least 15 times during the day.

That's right. 4 separate dreams! I drank half a cup of natural apple juice before I went to bed (Not sure if this had any effect on my dream recall or not). Anyway, I'll try to go in the order I remember them.

My first dream had to do with some kind of family gathering at the Clevenger residence (The family I am going to move in with once I graduate). I don't remember much about this one, besides the fact that there was a spider chilling on a fence and I was messing with it. The spider looked something like a mix between a predator and a skulltula (and almost as big). I remember doing something to subdue it, but I don't remember what. I know I didn't touch it; that thing was scary as fuck.

The next dream I remember took place in school, as usual. There was a party in my classroom. Possibly having to do with being the end of the school year. Not sure. The classroom was packed, so I decided to go in the lunch line to get some food. My friend, Diorra stopped me and teased me about going in the line to see Vanessa (ex). I didn't understand why she'd even bring her name up to me, as we haven't dated in a year and a half and haven't talked in months. When I got to the lunch line, I saw her about 5 people in front of me, and I just went back to the classroom.

I'm not sure if this is the same dream or if it continued where the last one left off or what, but I'll count it as a 3rd dream... The bell rang and I began heading to English class (I took English last semester). The teacher said my group's assignment was to fill up a bottle with shampoo from some really old theater/stage that was all the way out in like Virginia. Why my teacher wants us to go to Virginia is beyond me, but we did it. I forget who drove. We arrived at the stage in about 15 minutes time (Virginia is a 3 hour drive minimum). It was dark, but the stage was lit, and we got whatever amounts of shampoo we needed for our bottle. Before getting back in the car, I saw some steps leading down a hill into some trees. I followed them 'til I saw a large house with the lights on. For some reason, it just popped in my head that this was Abby (some girl in my AP Environmental Science class) and that I should leave, so I got back in the car and I think the dream ended.

The last dream I remember is a dream I've had for awhile. It has to do with the video game "DOOM". I used to play this game a lot as a kid, and last night I dreamt I was on the Nightmare difficulty setting (basically the hardest thing you've ever seen. 10x harder than your Call of Duty Veteran or Halo Legendary) but died as soon as I took damage from anything. If you've ever payed on the Nightmare difficulty, you could imagine how annoying this really is.

I'm somewhat surprised I didn't DILD in my dreams last night, as I performed at least 20 RCs the day before. I also attempted MILD, using the mantra "I will be aware that I am dreaming".

I attempted to WILD and got the closest I have ever been. My entire body was numb (I don't think it was paralyzed yet) and I could feel my hearing slowly fading out the noise from upstairs and could hear a faint whirring. I could also see flashing lights as my eyes moved quickly back and forth inside my head. I like most everything about where I am sleeping now, except that my girlfriend's parents' room is directly above mine. There is a lot of noise coming from upstairs, especially when I try to take a nap. I felt the numbness begin to wear off and rolled over and slept normally.

I dreamt some kids from my school were on Dream Views and were explaining to me some tips on having my first LD. One person I specifically remember was Mark. This is very interesting, because he talks to me and shows me a lot of things in my math class. For a 3 hour nap, it is relatively disappointing to only remember one dream, and so vaguely. I took a 50 mg half-tablet of B6 before I took a nap. I think I'm going to do the B6 once a week from now on, after reading about side effects and such.

I took a 100mg B6 supplement before bed, and left a very dim light from my speakers on in my room (otherwise it would have been pitch black). I initially remembered 3 distinct dreams upon waking up, but only remembered part of one because I couldn't get to a pencil in time.

My dream had to do with my girlfriend's father's family company and something about a discussion about a major corporation that pays for all his supplies (like a franchise would). I can't remember the exact name of the company now, but I find it interesting that he told me many months ago that they have to pay for all of their supplies. None are supplied by their clients nor by any company.

I can't yet tell if the B6 is making my dreams any more vivid or not yet, but it seems to be helping a bit with recall.

I am sleeping in a room with no windows and directly under my girlfriend's parent's room, so I can hear everything they do (mainly walking around and dropping things). I took a B6 supplement before this nap.

I had a dream I was trying to get another student I.D from my school counselor for some reason. There was a corner of a room I was waiting in with other students where the lights were reminiscent of a rave or something. After I got up to get my I.D, I looked down at it and it wasn't mine. It belonged to a friend of mine named Taylor Sikes. What was odd about it was his I.D had his face with my hair (very short right now, where he normally has longer hair with like blonde highlights) and vice versa. Once we switched and had our respective I.Ds, the lady I handed it to stamped GED on it (I am about to graduate high school and plan to go to Community College, so this is a little odd). When I went back to the room where I was waiting, my seat was taken, and everyone's positions changed. This seemed normal until I started looking for a seat, people started changing positions every time I looked back. I don't remember anything else.

I tried MILD/DILDing last night, telling myself that someone in my dreams will ask me if I am dreaming. Probably 30 minutes into the night, I felt sort of a quick wave where there was a bright light and I felt like I was speeding forward towards this light. I don't remember anything after that, besides part of one dream where I was looking up the same thing I just mentioned, and someone on this board described the same thing I did. The forum responded that's what it feels like to enter a lucid dream, and I got excited. I am sleeping in a new environment, so I'm not sure if that will affect my dream recall or not, but we'll see how it goes.

Went to bed and didn't try anything special so I could predict an REM cycle for WILD. My alarm was set for 7:50 (approx 6 hours after I was going to fall asleep) but I woke up are 6:30. I went to the bathroom and got on the computer for literally like 2 minutes then went back into bed and couldn't WILD because I got a runny nose! It was distracting me bad enough that I sort of rolled over and gave up. I can't remember a single dream from last night (even when I originally woke up at 6:30), so bleh.

I couldn't concentrate at first because there was too much light coming in through the windows. I put up some old bedsheets over the windows so it would be a lot darker in my room. Right when I settle down to WILD, my dad takes a telephone call and is practically shouting at it, which I can hear from my room. I had a numbing sensation all over my body and felt like I was beginning to spin, but I couldn't clear my mind because I could hear my dad talking on the phone. I will, of course, try again tonight. I do not remember any of my dreams from this session.