insideout

Nonlucid, Lucid, Partially lucid

June 17, 2011: There are giant rhino people, each maybe 10-15 feet tall, running fast through things. They destroy everything in their path, without slowing down. I hurry to get out of their way.
They sort of replicate and radiate outward from their original path. I comment on how they are big, noisy, and scary.

They spread out, then meet again at a single point, where they crash together and form a star, just a few feet off the ground. The star gets bigger as more rhino men jump into it.
Lots of people are walking away from the star. I ask a woman how she feels about the end of the world. She seems OK, or doesn't care.

I suddenly become lucid. I am floating along with a lady who has a toy-looking cell phone. I ask her where she lives (thinking she might be a person from the waking world who is also dreaming). It sounds like she says L.A. and something about lemonade.
I tell her where I live. She doesn't understand and thinks I said something else. I tell her again but she still doesn't understand. I laugh and say "You need to work on your lucidity." Then I take her phone and leave.

I fly to a tree that has electrical things on it and power lines. I am less lucid, and afraid of being electrocuted.
]The scene fades and I think I have woken up. I pinch my nose to reality check anyway and I am surprised to realize that I am still dreaming.

There are several men around me. One guy says he can check if I'm dreaming by stabbing me with a pocket knife. I tell him that is not a good idea. The guys keep bothering me and I am starting to get scared. I make it stop by doing a dance. The men then go away.

Then I make out with Zoe, a nurse from the show Nurse Jackie.
I see a lady I recognize from waking life that I haven't seen in a long time. She is at a desk in the middle of my grandparents' (father's side) living room.
I say to her "Why are you working at a desk/doing paperwork in a dream?" meaning, she could be doing something more interesting. I start to read a piece of paper. It makes no sense and I decide it's a waste of time. Then I toss the papers in the air.
I point out that a train is driving through the house, straight towards us. It is moving very slowly.

I walk around the house (now my old house), and remember my task to attempt telepathic communication.
I say aloud that I will find my girlfriend, the real one, and not a dream representation. I walk into the living room and find only cats. I try to make her appear behind me, but she doesn't.
I yell out her name. I yell that I wish to "sense what she senses," or "see what she sees." I say that I want real information.

I yell out "I know you're not at work. What are you doing?" (or something like that). I listen for a response, but the TV is on, so I turn it off. I think I hear beeping and wonder if my phone is ringing in waking life. I make myself wake up.

I am in bed, but I reality check and I am still dreaming. Then I really wake up.

Notes: I wish I had thought to use the TV in the dream to communicate, or to make her appear.
I must have been in a deep sleep, since I had two false awakenings, and had a hard time waking on purpose.