Xanous' Dream Journal

#188 - 4:06AM - DILD

WBTB time: 2:45AM-3:00AM

I was really tired during this WBTB and could barely manage the 15min though I wanted to go for 30+. I think the tiredness and lack of good technique resulted in a failed WILD and a somewhat sloppy DILD.

I have a false awakening lying on my stomach. I feel like a child again and I notice I must be in my parents bed since my mom is next to me. I feel a finger poke on my back and roll over to see my dad. He says something about sleeping in my own bed and I feel a little embarrassed.

I go to another room that looks similar to a childhood bedroom except the furniture is scattered and out of place. I begin rearranging things and notice a soda fountain glowing in the corner. I think this is really cool and get closer to investigate. My mom starts talking to me from the other room so I leave it.

Now I am driving to work in heavy sleet. There is so much sleet on the road that it looks like heavy snow but the consistency is that of a flavorless snow cone. I try to get up hill and see a truck sliding on ice in front of me. My car dissolves and I begin walking. My sister calls me and starts talking about the weather and asking if I need a ride.

Suddenly I am in the house of the guy that was driving the truck. I felt a little out of place and exposed like I was trespassing. When he and wife looked surprised to see me, I waved and thanked them for the help hoping they would be fooled and go with it. They instantly smile and nod at me. I am annoyed at my sisters constant talking so I tell her I am busy and need to go. Her voice is suddenly cut of with out a good bye. I look at the phone in my hand to see if I had a dropped call but what I see there looks similar to a WiiMote. I shrug and push the power button and put the wiiphone away.

I make my way to the front porch and see my brother-in-law talking to my mother-in-law. I join the conversation and we talk about how I should have just shrunk my car down and put it in my pocket instead of letting it dissolve like that. I realize we are talking dream control and for some reason I say, "I am still dreaming" This surprises me and I think back and remember that I must have briefly lost lucidity. I feel like I have the beginning of the LD in my memory so I put the thought away intending to remember it later. Unfortunately, I have no idea what that part of the dream was now.

I wander off into the green grass of the lawn. I notice it is sunny and bright. Deciding I want my car back, I reach into my pocket trying to summon a shrunken car. There is nothing in my hand but I continue anyway hoping the dream will catch up. I make an enlarging motion like zooming on a touch screen but nothing happens.

I look around and see a really strange looking car parked on the street. It looks like the real life version of the car in Paranorman.



At first I think it's an old Ford but as I get closer its definitely more station wagon like with an exaggerated long front end. I hop in the driver seat and take off. At first the steering wheel becomes detached and floats unconnected. I do a double take and suddenly it is right. I shrug and take it as a strange dream glitch and continue on.

At first I realize I am driving in a suburb but as I set my intent the scenery quickly changes. I am purposefully trying to drive to the Great Wall of China. I don't try to force anything and let the change all with expectation and intent. I see dry grass land and then hills. Then out the side I see something just over the top of a small hill through the tall grass. I catch a glimpse of the Great Wall. I notice the large brown stone bricks with castle like parapets on top.

I become excited and veer off the road to drive up the hill but the car gets stuck on top of large rock and a deep rut. I get out of the car and notice there are people with me. The darkness swarms in but I hold it back and try to get my bearings. My wife suddenly walks up and begins talking to someone not part of the scene. The DC's that got out of the car start talking to me at the same time. I get a double image of two dreams overlapping each other and I become very confused. I relax my concentration and the darkness comes.

I find my self in the void then laying in bed in a REM atonia like state. From some reason I am very aroused and begin visualizing my wife having sex with me. There is no physical sensation but I wait in anticipation. Then I suddenly remember that I woke from a lucid dream. I begin recalling the details and the effort wakes me up completely.

Later I have another long dream about some kids bullying me and I confront them. Then I have to inflate the tires on my car but there is a problem with one of the valve stems. Some friend of mine helps me and I end up getting some contact cement from in the house. I create a gooey clumsy mess and doubt it will all hold. I tell my friend that is doesn't matter since this is all a dream anyway. For some reason I think of all as HI and not a full dream. I sit and wait on the dream now. As I do I begin to notice a strange faint grinding sound. I realize I have been hearing this for quite some time but I just didn't pay any attention to it. It becomes louder and louder until I am awakened by the sound of my wife snoring.