non-lucid

Waking Thoughts/Dream/Lucid

I am finally getting my sleep schedule back to where I want it. Hopefully I can keep it this way. Had a fairly successful night of recall and focused on two mantras while falling asleep. Those are "I wake up after every dream." And "I remember my dreams." I have read that avoiding the word 'will' in mantras are more effective.

I have recalled two dreams:
The first one was a bit foggy. I was at work again helping get rid of a huge cardboard display that was left in the rain overnight. I remember it being quite a drudgery.
The second dream I was in my house watching TV. For some reason a cartoon I watched as a child was on. It was an episode of Ed Edd n' Eddy that seemed to be mostly the main characters looking back on their past. I recall it was quite entertaining. Later the cartoon changed a bit and turned into a mixture of DBZ and other shows I used to watch.

Waking Thoughts/Dream/Lucid

I had several dreams last night, but only one seemed to make enough sense to write down. I forgot to write down the time, but as usual it was very early morning. I would guess around 04:00 to 06:00.

I was once again in an area that seemed to resemble where I work. Only this time the building I was currently in was absolutely huge and convoluted. It seemed to have multiple buildings put into one. There was a Wal-Mart, movie theater, hospital, and a school all in one package. The strange thing is that some parts felt like they came from past dreams; it was one big hodgepodge. Anyway, I was talking with a manager about another employee who was asked to get a few things. We will refer to this coworker as 'M'. M had come back with nothing and made no further attempt to retrieve the items in question. Being a friend however, I did not really get mad, but I was asked to find the things myself. I am pretty sure I was given a list of things with a map of some sort, but I cannot seem to remember what was on it. Walking around, I come across the different parts of the building. My first stop being a back room type area for the hospital wing. For some reason there were a lot of cramped halls, even in the actual main hallways. For some reason, I had to sneak around and act as if I work in that area to get by without raising alarm. Eventually I make my way to the theater, completely forgetting about the 'scavenger hunt'. The theater was large and had two podium like platforms on either side of where the audience sits. I was not sure what was playing, but I recall sitting in the podium and watching the film. The dream then ends shortly afterwards. Looking back, the main color I remember seeing are shades of red.

Now that I look back at these dreams, a recurring setting seems to be where I work. Maybe I will try to incorporate more RC's and practice ADA while working.

Waking Thoughts/Dream/Lucid

The first dream is in my own home, only slightly altered by past dreamscapes. Travis was telling me that some weird things have been happening lately to new people who come to this place. (Remember that my house is fused with another retail-like place.) He says people who go to sleep have reported waking up in a huge amount of pain in their torso. It seems someone, or something, has preformed surgery and removed certain... organs from their bodies. Mostly removal of parts of the reproductive system. Keeping that in mind, my brother and I attempt to stay up all night in attempt to preserve ourselves. I suggest, as the cliché horror story would have, to take shifts sleeping. That is the last thing I remember before waking up. I made sure to do a reality check.

The last dream was another dream that I'm at work. I seem to be having Lots of these lately. Except this time I'm not actually working, more like exploring. There seemed to be a very old part of the building underground. It almost seemed to have old classrooms. Thee were only a hand full of people there mostly minding their own business. I recall talking to a friend about the camera system in place. Apparently there was an artificial intelligence who kept watch over the place, and I needed to repair a camera where I usually work. Taking a borrowed camera, I begin to look for a place to hook it up. Along the way, I encounter an old friend I once knew. He was some sort of hacker, and was messing with a cartridge thing attached to a pillar. He was talking about how it can alter this dimension through the use of the tool he had. I tried a few things myself but just managed to change the scene to a messed up videogame of sorts. I wake up not too long afterwards.

Waking Thoughts/Dream/Lucid

Past few nights have been out of the ordinary, so my sleep schedule is wrecked again. Seems to be a common theme for me. Anyways here a few bits of information I have managed to remember.

Yesterday:
I was at another house. It was going to be mine, but certain family issues prevented it. There were some people there that I never met before that were cleaning up the place. All I remember doing was explaining what needed to be done and what the past plans were. The house was in a state of heavy disrepair. Much like when the project was first started. I recall talking to a few kids there that were going to mow the lawn. Not all that much happened until I woke up and had to get ready for work.

Today:
Again more fragments, but I'll write what I can. I was at my grandmothers house. Sort of. The place seemed to be fused with other places in past dreams. I tend to get these feelings a lot. I recall that a couple friends were there, one of them being an online friend from a video game I like to play. Alan was gone on some sort vacation in Europe, and I wanted to know how that went. He of course said it was a blast and had a lot of fun. Next I met another friend, Irving. He was going on about wanting to go to space and kept talking about some crazy plans. He eventually trailed off and talked about space movies and animation.

That's the gist of what I can recall the past few days. I will try to be more vigilant in keeping my dream journal up to date every day.
On a side note, I have recently purchased a new nexus 7 tablet. Anyone suggest some good LD apps?

Waking Thoughts/Dream/Lucid

I was walking over to my neighbor's house to collect the mail that was incorrectly mailed to them. It was about mid day I think. Walking over, a policeman stopped his car nearby. He said that there has been some sort of outbreak (I am assuming some sort of sickness) and warns me to stay inside. I then head to my neighbor's house to quickly get the mail. Upon getting the mail, I notice that one is for me. But it is a ticket... That doesn't tell me what I did. Strange thing is though, is that it looks like an oversized raffle ticket with different colors. It almost looks like a prank. Later, I head to the store to meet my mother. Not too much happens and the dream finally collapses. I am in my bed at roughly 03:30ish.

Waking Thoughts/Dream/Lucid

Before bed, I really concentrated on a mantra, " I will wake up after every dream, and remember it with clarity." This has worked well in the past when I first started to try lucid dreaming, and seems to have worked again. I remember I did wake up more than twice, but did not write down anything other than two vivid dreams.

There was a timer. Quietly counting down day by day. Anybody who came across it really did not know what it means. For as long as they can remember, or so a random dream character told me, this terraformed moon is all they have known. I look up into the sky and can see Earth. But it looks strange. Almost dead. The dream character was telling me that this was an old government project. Sending people to the moon to terraform it that is. As to why they needed it livable was beyond me, but I have a feeling that something bad happened. Looking out at the horizon, I can see a brilliant fiery sunset. The dream begins to fade as I wake up in my bed around 03:42. I quickly jot down what I have seen and heard. That dream was fairly short, but extremely vivid.

I go back to sleep and wake up around 07:40ish. Another quick, pointless work dream. Nothing really exciting to post here, but I need to post as much as possible.
My bro and I are at work. We are headed out to where our manager needs us. It's outside by a bunch of makeshift storage areas. Things do look a bit bigger though. Like higher stacked shelves and a almost two story building. The only thing remarkable is a song I was letting my brother listen to. Can't remember what it was though.

Waking Thoughts/Dream/ Lucid

So it's another off day for me. I sorta stayed up too late and threw off my sleep schedule a bit. Not a lot recalled and got a bit lazy this morning and did not write much down. I'll fix that tomorrow.

I am in some sort of car lot with a few empty car shops scattered about. Not too sure what happened, but I recall complaining that we were not selling something... All I managed to write down last night at about 04:40 was: "Car lot and not sell cars?" Yeah, not a lot to go off of.

Later in the morning I am at a horse stable. Which in of itself is strange since I NEVER see any horses. I recall getting on one and riding it around for a little bit before waking up. Yeah, not the most eventful dreams. Tomorrow should be better since I will get back on my regular sleep schedule. Since I have been working on my recall, I was thinking it's about time to work on getting lucid. Will type more later.

Seems my recall is getting better. Tonight I managed to recall 4 different dreams.

The first one was a bit short, but strange. I was at work doing normal things... Sorta. I recall I had some sort of mecha that assisted me in adjusting many prices and labels quickly. I pass by another employee who I have never seen before. She just gave me a look like, "This day needs to be over, now." Returning a gesture, we go on our way. Right before the dream collapses, I hear what sounded like almost like my dad calling my name. It was clear and somewhat loud. The dream ends and I am wide awake at around 03:40.

The next dream is a bit harder to recall all of the details. The main idea is a few friends and myself are in some sort of zombie apocalypse area, but feels like some sort of survival game. Lots of platforms and other such useless obstacles. I recall that something happens and my friend and I find ourselves in a pit with thousands of them. They pretty much leave me alone, but go after the other guy instead. Running to try to help out however I can (we are dead anyway), the zombies all stop. Circled around us, the leaders of the undead army are speaking with us. They have a ancient Egyptian ruler look to them. I don't quite remember what they said, but due to the death of someone living, they needed someone who is alive to rule the army, else they cease to exist. Looking at me, something happens, bright lights blind me, and proclaim me as ruler. At this point, the dream ends gradually.

The next dream my brother and I are at some undisclosed location. It feels like a school, but is like an apartment complex. I really have no clue what the place is. Red brick seemed to be the common theme. Not much happens as the place is still under construction, but eventually a bunch of people are carrying my bro towards the entrance. He does not look good. They say he ate something, and suddenly cant move. The dream implies an ambulance took him to the hospital, and he recovers. Not long after that, my cat did the same thing! Very weird, so I decide to take him to the vet. Though this proves troublesome as we had a hard time keeping him in the vehicle. Which is weird since he should not have been able to move. The dream ends around this time.

The last one not too much happens. I am heading to a relatives house, but decide to get some food before hand. I pick up some popcorn chicken from a generic chicken joint, but still manage to get a chicken sandwich. I get there and my parents are there as well. Not too eventful as it's just normal conversations that I can't recall.

=Stats=
Month: Phoenix
Goal: Fix Recall
Dreams remembered: 4 (+2)
Time: 03:00 - 08:00
Length: Normal
Clarity: Somewhat clear
=End Stats=

Most of the dreams I had were early morning instead of during the night. I would guess around 6:00 - 11:00. Today is my off day, so I was able to sleep in.

The first one I remember is a Super Mario based game played on the SNES. Strange thing though is that the game itself, instead of being in 16-bit graphics, was played completely in 3D. Though it was different; like trigger-based pre-rendered scenes. The colors seemed to be hues of grey and darker blues due to the fact it was taking place in space or something. I am guessing on a space ship of some kind. I remember most of it was creeping around corners and seeing some huge robots that looked vaguely like another video game character (Samus). It was just weird since my field of vision seemed to encompass the screen. Not much happened other that loosing and the dream scene slightly changes. Now the dream is not a video game at all, but somehow the current character is like a miniature figure of a person sneaking around for some reason. Somehow I knew that it was remotely being controlled. All I recall is that the room had yellow hues and dressed similar to a normal home... In space? Later the scene changes yet to another video game themed dream. (It's been some time since I have had these.) This time mixed with elements of Minecraft, Mario games, and Touhou. Generally the scene was in the actual game viewed in 3rd person. It had strange levels with Touhou bosses that I really can't explain. After each level, I could freely walk to other levels Minecraft style and dig as usual. The only other character I ran into was my brother, Travis. Did not really do much... I wake up and jot down a few notes then fall back asleep.

My last dream was like watching a really bad movie with Santa in it. He was in the United Kingdom in an undisclosed location, but somehow I knew where he was. He was having a weird parade. Things got a bit trippy and I can't recall all of the details, but somehow he opened up a floating box and a puppet-like harlequin thing came out and attacked me in my own bed. How this happened I have no clue, but it did. Finally I managed to smash the horrible thing to pieces and went on my merry way. Not too sure what happened afterward, but there's my story.

... Well, at least recall is increasing. XD I came across a very helpful post that I highly recommend: Linky
=Stats=
Month: Phoenix
Goal: Fix Recall
Dreams remembered: ~2 (+2)
Time: 06:00 - 11:00
Length: Normal
Clarity: Somewhat clear
=End Stats=

The dream began with normal stuff at work that I can't quite remember. Obviously it was not all that exciting. Later that night, my father took my brother an I to Sonic (the fast food restaurant) to get some chocolate malts. During this visit, he insists on blaring some music; Though I can't quite remember what the song was. It was not too long before i woke up and got ready for another day...

=Stats=
Month: Phoenix
Goal: Fix Recall
Dreams remembered: 1 (+1)
Time: Late REM, last dream before waking
Length: Short/Fragment
Clarity: Below Normal
=End Stats=

Woke up this morning and could not recall much of anything. The last thing I remember, I was talking with a coworker asking him what my dream was about. He said, "I don't know man, the last thing I remember is a boat or something." He was right, the only words that came to my head this morning was a boat of some sort or an industrial area. Still, better than nothing.

Once again, I had multiple dreams. The first dream was during the night. The location was on some sort of colony ship in space. Most of the people in it had evacuated due to something happening. I am not sure what it was, but it was probably due to mutated killer animals running loose and killing people. I remember I was hiding with 2 other people. We were underneath the floor in some sort of maintenance room. One man was saying something along the lines of " If we survive this, this would make such a great Sci-Fi movie.". Of course, after saying that, a mutated tiger monster thing reached down from somewhere and ate him almost whole. Using that as a distraction, I was able to get away.

Another dream, I was sen to the store to get a few things. Arriving at what I thought was Kroger, I went up to this main counter thing, and had to get a number. Once a number was called, we could go in. My number was 300. O_o Looking around, I could see that this place was far more than a grocery store. Connected to it was also like some sort of casino type place for some reason. I remember after talking to a few people about pretty much boring stuff, or asking about how to just get some stupid groceries, I gave up, gave my ticket to some random passerby, and left.

My final dream was more along the lines of a nightmare. I recall seeing some little kid come out of a dark room crying and being extremely frightened. I am not sure where this was, but I decided to face what was in there. In the room, now with the lights on, were a few mirrors, and a door leading in, and another leading out. I did not see what the deal was, so I turned out the lights. Standing there for a few seconds, nothing happened. But turning around, I could have sworn I saw a face in my peripheral vision. Startled, I quickly turned toward it, seeing the mirror that was now dimly glowing. The figures became more clear, they were like very angry souls. I attempted to flee, but it was like my whole body was paralyzed, I could not even yell for help. Then things got weird. If I recall correctly, it was like looking into a mirror reflecting a mirror, seeing infinitely and filling my whole vision. I could hear the screaming of the shadowy people getting loud, At some point, I think I managed to make it to the door, when I woke up. At least I thought I did. I believe I had a few false awakenings before I finally woke up.

The first dream was about Travis and I going to get up early and go with our Grandfather to go hunting with some other family members. Travis is my brother by the way. I have never hunted before, so I am not quite sure as to why we were suddenly going. The day before, I had made myself a huge bowl of ice-cream. Man, was it good. But something happened, and I had to stop eating and put it in the sink to melt. >:[ The next morning, I think we were at my Grandparents house, we were getting ready again I think. It was a pretty weak attempt, as if nobody was taking it seriously. And, again, I made myself another huge bowl of ice-cream. I could not get enough of that stuff. >:O~ I don't remember too much afterwards. I think the dream faded.

The second Dream I was at high school again. This time a partner and I had to present a project to the class. My partner was a student I once knew a long time ago, but were never really friends. To make a long, and quite boring story short, he presented it without me for some reason, and later I just recall walking around the campus.

The third dream happened a bit later in the morning. I was with my Dad and we were in some sort of shop. The owner had a lot of tools and for some reason custom firearms. I recall that at one point, after meeting a few people whom I have never met in real life, including someone claiming to have the name Terezi, a web-comic character. We were trying out a new weird gun that the owner had made. But the strangest part was that someone volunteered to be the target. O__O After getting shot multiple times, he walked away with several huge whelp marks. It seemed to be a non-lethal gun, but the bullets were huge! I finished off the clip into some targets that were setup. We later went into another part of the building where there were a ton of people walking around. It looked like a very crowded convention center. Walking through the place, there seemed to be a lot of people fighting and getting angry. Even I got caught up in a fight with some punk who looked familiar. After a few punches were thrown and him ending up on the floor, I guess I spared him and went along with my business. I don't remember too much more as I guess the dream started to fade into oblivion.

The first dream was Minecraft related. Strange, seeing as I don't play it much any more... I remember we had built a world and that there were a ton of monsters. One of them was buggy, and kept crashing the game. Although the dream was in the game, the scenery never changed too much, even if it was crashing. Not too much happened other than finding the buggy enemies and blowing them up with TNT.

The second dream was a bit different. The location was at home and it was nighttime. I remember seeing Travis, Mom, and Dad mostly. I do not remember too much of what happened, but here are the important events in order of least to most interesting. In the first event in this dream, I remember filling a bath tub to take a bath. Even if I like taking showers instead. And I remember our kittens jumping in the tub and playing underwater for some reason. I kept trying to get them out, but they kept jumping back in. It was kinda weird since it looked like they were trying to drown themselves.

The second event was that Mom and Dad had found a drawing on the back of one of their fans. It said: "I was here. M-a-d-n-e-s-s" with a drawing of a cartoon character underneath. The weird thing was that the drawing seemed familiar, as if I had drawn it in a previous dream a long time ago.

The last, and most important event took place in a dark room in the house. I remember hearing a voice compelling me to come in. Once I was in, I recall seeing a glowing clock in the room that was incomplete. I don't remember exactly what color, however. The voice guided me through the process of finishing the pendulum. Once I finished it and attached it, something was happening. Something important. But before I could figure it out, I got distracted by those cats jumping into the bath tub. I am starting to like these sort of dreams. Very strange, but feeling that the event taking place is important. Here's hoping to more dreams like this.

Been out of the loop for a long time, decided to try my hand at lucid dreaming again. Maybe this will help me have lucid dreams? I will copy and paste entries from Liquid Dream III here from now on. Last night/ this morning I had several dreams that I don't think were connected, maybe they were, but they seemed like fragments. This is my first major post, so here's hoping my strange subconscious will be accepted here.

The first one the setting was at some sort of old, one story building, pretty cramped, and was jam-packed with computers. I am not sure what their function or purpose was, but I remember it being important. One of the things that stuck out was a flight simulator, that to be honest, was sort of out of place. Perhaps it was employee stress relief? The building was divided into many rooms separated by glass walls with automatic sliding doors. A recurring color I recall seeing was beige and black. I do not remember too much more as I either woke up or the dream faded into the next one.

The second fragment was the strangest. It seemed to have an important atmosphere and seemed a bit darker, both atmosphere and the hue of the dream. I don't remember too much as there is heavy fragmentation. The important thing is I had a computer running a strange program. Either life support for a strange creature I was trying to keep alive or some other purpose. I can't remember. I do, however, recall being very diligent and keeping an eye on it almost constantly. Later, after events I cannot recall, I returned to where this was running. And found the creature, who was this giant (ancient?) spider like creature that was slightly humanoid, in what seemed suspended in a huge void. Everything was black except the monster. It was as if the room that held the equipment had been transported into another dimension. I remember it had an important role, and did not fear it. I remember it saying that it had grown to great stature, as I recall I was only a speck compared to it, however it saying that I was just as powerful as it somehow. Maybe talking about the fact that I can do anything in a dream? I am not sure what it's purpose was, maybe I will try to seek it again once I am able to accomplish lucid dreaming.

The third dream I had was strange as well, as it involved some sort of video game and me trying to find the name of this really cool video. In the video game section, I had to destroy the 'core' of some sort of mechanism. I think I have seen it somewhere in waking life, but I cannot remember. I was shooting at various exposed pillars decorated with strange writing that was multicolored. Although at some point I think I stopped playing for some reason. Probably to find that video. I don't think anything else happened afterwards.

Now, another fragment I recall working at some place that had become overrun by human like machines (cyborgs?). And the only way to avoid capture was blending in with some sort of bio-mechanisms that produce energy or something. I cant recall too much except later I was riveting a box together. That held some other equipment. This is about as far as I got when I woke up.