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I'm also going to try to remember the lucid dream I had maybe two weeks ago.

The End of September....

Lucid Dream:

I was dreaming about something that I no longer remember when I suddenly had the feeling that I was dreaming. I thought, "Why don't I just fly?"

I was on the top of a small mountain. I wanted to fly out and across the mountain until I came to the spot that it just dropped off, then I would be soaring way high in the sky. So I did that I enjoyed that neat sensation. I then thought about doing the Task of the Month--Walking on Water.

I looked down. I needed to find some water. Finally I saw a small lake and flew down to it. By the time I got to it it was very small indeed. In fact, small enough I could cross it in a just a few of steps. But I felt that I didn't need that many steps to complete the Task. I first hovered over it horizontally and tenatively placed my palm on the surface of the water. I then pushed down into the water. It went all the way to the bottom (about 8 inches). There was nothing solid about this water. I wondered if I needed a strategy to make this work.

I then decided to have faith. If I believed I could walk on water, then I should be able to walk on water. I got in an upright position and placed my foot on the water. I started to put some weight on it. It immediately sank to the bottom like my hand.

Okay...I needed to have a different approach. I decided that since I could fly that there was absolutely no reason why I couldn't cross a pond without sinking. So I hovered over the pond in an upright position again. This time I placed my foot on the surface of the water without puttting any weight on it. See...that was easy. So I slowly brought out my other foot and also placed it on the surface of the water. I adjusted it so it was perfectly flat on the water.

There.

I was "standing" on the water. This was cool.

I then slowly swung my back leg forward and placed it again in front of me on the water. I noticed that my body was getting lower toward the water, so my legs were bending somewhat. But I looked and saw that my feet were still perfectly flat on the surface. I took a couple more steps forward noticing each time that my body was getting lower and lower and my knees bending more and more until I was "walking like a duck" on the water.

But I felt that since I was able to keep my feet on the surface that I had successfully accomplished the Task.

Then the dream got weird and went on to me wanting to take off my shirt. Why, oh why does my dream self insist on this--I don't know.

And I think I lost lucidity a some point shortly after that.

Alright well first of all its been a while heheh. but just last night i had some really vivid dreams that i actually remember pretty well. But im only gonna put down two because they're the most interesting and make the most sense heheh.

Dream #1 : Broken Hearted No Minder
This dream starts off at what I think was a grocery store, when it introduces me to the main character which happens to be this tired, kinda scruffy guy in his mid twenties im guessing. He had messy but cute brown hair, a little bit of stubble, and was actually quite good looking. He had a look of "i dont give a f*** about anything" writen all over him. But anyways as he's going through this grocery store he runs into and old friend; something gave me the feeling that it was an exgirlfriend. That he was terribly in love with but they ended up breaking up for some reason and left him broken hearted and in the condition he's in now. She's happy to see him and acts like they were just old friends and had no real connection. They pretended like nothing really happen. He was silent pretty much the whole time. In fact I dont remember him saying anything at all. But he deicides to help her shop and carry some heavy things for her. But shes not alone, she is accompanied by what i believe was a new boyfriend or some guy that was interested in her but hes pretty much this dweeby loser and isnt much of a help when he tries to carry heavy things too. The next thing i remember is them walking out to her car and put the groceries away in her trunk. Im assuming the other guy is already in the car while they were putting things away. As she puts away the cart, the guy comes across a scratch/dent in the car which i think was from some special night or something when they were still together. He stands there and messes with it really sort of meloncholy until she comes back. When she notices him looking at it she looks hurt. The guy shoves himself away from the car and with out a word starts walking away and back toward his house. The girl i can tell feels really bad and wants to say goodbye and give him a hug. But he doesnt look back at all and just keeps going. Then it flashes to him in a small, messy, dim apartment where he undresses into just his boxers and a tshirt and settles down on the couch with a dead look on his face as he turns on his crappy tv. Then the dream sort of just fades out. But i do know that he stays there a couple of days and doesnt see the girl again for a week but thats all i remember before the dream ends.


Dream #2: In the light
This dream starts with a group of richer people on a ship, its pretty much all women as i recall. Our main character this time is a young woman about 17. She has an over protective, pretty crazy mother. This girl was raised to be obidiant and proper without faulter and just be the perfect young woman. But what she really wants is freedom and to find love. I know there was a lot more detail to this dream, something about a curse and being left to freeze in the waters below but I really cant remember them. I think I had two versions of the dream but im gonna stick to the one that makes more sense and is easier for me to recall. So anyways one night this when theres some party going on on the ship and theres actually guys on bored. The girl happens to find this spanish boy and ends up doing the dirty with him later that night. Which unfortunatley the crazy mother hears right below her feet. I cant remember all that happens afterwards but i think the boy is thrown into the water and the girl is yelled at and whatnot. But all I really remember that happens next is the mother and the daughter sitting and looking at the moon. The mother wrapped a blanket around the girl to keep her warm and keeps and arm around her. The girl is broken and silent. Then the mother says "See, It is better to be warm than in the light..." its that quote that i remember the most. It repeated a couple of times and got me thinking before the dream fades out. It was really quite painful... thats what vibe i really got from this dream.

And thats pretty much it, now that i look at it they're kind of similar in vibe and such. The quote is kinda confusing and doesnt really make sense but somehow i get it......

Alicia was having a girls night out for her birthday. All the girls from her actual bday party and some from high school were all there. Everyone was dressed up in sexy cocktail dresses and high heels. For some reason we were all supposed to meet up in a mall. I remember walking through the well lit mall, looking for the store that I would find all of them in. I finally reach the store and they all are making a lot of noise. I run up and make a big hello, giving everyone hugs and talking in a really loud, fakish, excited voice. Then I could sense some trouble coming. U-Turn from the show “Weeds” walked in with a few of his gangster friends. I knew that he was up to no good and that he was going to rob all of us. I jumped for one of those circular racks of clothes and hid in the middle. I shouted for all my friends to hid, but they just kept on being loud and obnoxious. U-Turn walks in and sees my friends. He says something I cant make out to one of his gang banger friends but they don’t appear to being doing anything. I then suddenly realize that my hiding spot isn’t as good as I anticipated and that I was completely exposed to U-Turn. He walks up to me and squats down to eye level with me. He has a glock in his right hand. He then calls out to one of his friends and says “Ahhh look here now, this one is scared of me.” They all laugh. He then explains to me that he isn’t going to hurt me and that I need to come out from the middle of the rack. I do as he says and I felt foolish for trying to hide from him. After I crawl out he explains that my fear of him hurt his feelings and that to make it up to him I had to be in his gang. I reluctantly agree. We leave the store and walk through the mall together. We enter a room full of wooden crates and metal platforms. U-Turns gang starts to go through the crates like an obstacle cores. I crawl up to the top of the crates with U-Turn and we have a long talk about being a thug in the gang bang business. I fell extremely nerdy and out of my league during the conversation. Then U-Turn pulls out a whole bunch of cocaine and tells me to eat it. I ask him why and he says “Bitch, just do it!!” I say okay but I don’t think eating it will do anything since you’re supposed to snort it. I eat what seems like fistfuls of it (it taste like shit and I felt no actual drug like effects from it) and then U-Turn yells at me and tells me to start my training. I have to then go through the wooden crate obstacle cores like everyone else in the gang. I remember feeling incredibly ridiculous going through an obstacle cores, having cocaine all over my face, and having U-Turn shout at me the whole time.

Dream Fragment: Contribute to not enough hours of sleep.
Was moving out of a house with Allen. Apparently we needed to get everything out THAT NIGHT. I had finished most all of it but my closet was still full of clothes and some miscellaneous boxes. Once again I seem to be having a dream about moving and having a ghost in the closet. I was generally in a good mood and was very energetic. However, I was frightened of seeing that ghost that lived in closet and I was working as fast as I could to get everything our before it got dark out. My grandma Lou was there too, which provided me some comfort. I remember throwing things into the back of my car and getting upset at how messy it was making my car
*memory laps*
Me and allen are driving in my car late at night. We see a group of “gangsters” on a street corner. Loud rap music is bumping and it looks as if a fight between rival gangs is about to break out. Allen and I roll up our windows and turn on our dance music. We both laugh at ourselves

I was at my old house with a random friend. We were talking about a bear that lived in the woods behind my house. I brought my green laser and he brought a gun. We explored the woods for a bit and couldn't find anything. On our way back home we saw a dead dear on the ground. I knew the bear would come. It came and we started running. The bear went straight for us. I made it but the bear grabbed my friend and started ripping him. I shined the laser in the bears eye and nothing happened. My friend was shooting the bear but nothing was happening. He threw the gun over to me and I tried to shoot it. I shot it in slow motion and did minimal damage. I threw it back to him. All this time the bear was ripping him apart. His arm was gone and he was bleeding everywhere. He shot it one more time and the bear died. I blacked out.

Last night:

Zombies, everywhere, running from them, hiding, climbing things to get away...same scenes repeating...something happens, they go back to being normal people...skip to another scene and they are zombies again....find a tiny dog, try to save him and take him with me, he squirms and jumps out of my arms, crawls under something and gets away...

Other night:

Don't quite remember the dream, but I do remember trying to dive into the floor the way I would dive into water, and I was doing it to become lucid, but wasn't lucid.

09/27/2011
Dream One
"I'll Take My Chances with the Zombies..."

Zombies were attacking. At first, I was in an unfamiliar home, with some chick. I know that we were friends, at least, but I don't know if there was anything else going on between us. Without warning, zombies began breaking into the house, and I grabbed the girl by the hand and tried to help her escape, while she was busy losing her mind about the situation. It took us some time to find an exit that wasn't overrun with the undead, and we eventually made our way to the garage. Immediately, I started thumbing around for any tools I could use as weapons. I don't remember what I actually grabbed (if anything), but we were soon trying to force our way out of the garage and passed the growing mass of zombies that were coming up the driveway. During the scuffle, one of the zombies had gotten a hold of my arm, raking its fingernails across my flesh and tearing open the smallest of gashes. It was just a tiny scrape, and I didn't really think anything of it.

We continued fighting our way through the streets, and it seemed like the zombies were constantly multiplying, the longer we stayed alive. Dozens turned into hundreds. Hundreds seemed to turn into thousands. By now, my wound had visibly worsened, and I could feel an intense throbbing, slowly creeping its way up my arm. I knew that I had been infected, but I wasn't about to just rollover and let myself succumb. The longer we ran, the more that this girl seemed to be going crazy. She kept clinging to me, begging me not to leave her - even though I made no implication that I was doing so. Then, she started actually coming onto me. She began talking about how we were like the last 2 humans left, and she wanted me to be with her forever, and be her 'one and only.' (She continuously used that exact phrase.) At first, it was just annoying, but then it really began to freak me out. After a while, she could see that I was becoming more stand-off-ish, and she was becoming even more clingy. The clingier and crazier she got, the more I just wanted to get the hell away from her. Soon, it was like she became just as much a threat to me as the zombies, and I began running and hiding from her as well, while she tenaciously tried to hunt me down, attempting to make me want her.

The last few moments of the dream that I remember, were when I was coming to a T-junction of two city streets. In front of me, there was a horde of zombies walking in my direction. Turning to the left, I could see another large group of them, coming up the perpendicular street. Then, looking back the way I had come, the street was filled with the zombies that I had been chasing me for the last couple of blocks. I was surrounded, and I was running out of concrete, between myself and the approaching hordes. Practically out of options, and feeling the onset of panic, it finally hit me. I was dreaming! Immediately, relieved, I launched myself into the air and flew up to the top of one of the tall buildings nearby. Just when I looked back down to the zombie-filled streets below, I woke up.


Dream Two
"Tonight, We Dine in Hell"

The only thing I remember was that I was in a truck accident, though I don't believe I was driving. Another guy and I actually had to lift this damaged truck up off of a female figure, whom we had struck and was stuck in the undercarriage. I had some vague awareness of the previous (dream) situation with the zombies, and I was convinced that we had simply hit a zombie, but the other guy obviously wasn't, so I helped him raise the tail end of the vehicle, which was surprisingly lightweight. I was surprised to see a young (human) woman, tangled up in the bottom of the truck; slightly battered and bruised, but actually not looking half bad, for having just been run over by a pick-up.

After removing the woman from the undercarriage, we began to walk with her down the dark, deserted stretch of road. After some time, this enormous RV pulled up behind us, apparently offering us a ride. A wholesome-looking family beckoned us inside, and we happily accepted. However, the moment we got on board this mammoth vehicle, we were greeted with the business end of a double-barreled shotgun. An old, conservative looking man was behind the trigger, and his face was stern, yet calm. There was a young boy standing beside him, and they - and a couple more members of the family, looked us over for a moment. Then, the man suddenly said something like "looks like you joined us just in time. We were just about to eat dinner..." he then motioned to the little boy, never taking the gun off of us. He said that the little boy was their hostage, that they were about to eat him, and that we were either going to partake in the meal, or he was going to kill us all, right then and there.

The last thing I remember is doing my best to stall him with some nervous banter, while frantically trying to get enough awareness of my surroundings to devise a way to get us the hell out of there.

Sleep 10:00 pm
10/5/10

Smoked last night, terrible recall.

Was driving on a motorcycle to taco bell (could have previously been lucid, I don't remember if the dream started like that or not). I was driving on the main road in my town, and I didn't have my permit for a motorcycle. I quickly zoom through traffic, but the bike was not accelerating. I end up trying to find a parking spot, and I think I can't fit because the space was too big? Anyway, a geek squad car just corners into the parking lot and steals my spot. I was pissed and then I realized I was inside the building. I was walking around trying to find the bathroom or something and someone was with me.

Real Life Non-Lucid

1) I shot up out of bed at about 1:05am, convinced that I had slept an hours or two through my alarm, and therefore was very late for school. I jumped to the far end of my bed, my heart racing and breathing very heavily, before trying to make out the time. It was too dark to see the clock, but this alone showed it was too early to be 9am. I looked at my mobile quickly and realized the time, laughed and went back to bed.

2) Me and my friends were sat in a grassy area in our college eating or lunch. It was very sunny but a few clouds in the sky - at the times a cloud was covering the sun, making it shady. It felt like we were sat on the field of my secondary school, but I'm pretty sure we were at college. A girl called Rebecca.Ro was sat opposite me, sharing around a canteen packet of chicken nuggets and chips. The packet was white with red and yellow diagonal stripes going across it, like the ones in my secondary school. The chicken was more of a fillet than a nugget, only two large ones making up the chicken side. I really wanted to ask for some chicken, but I felt embarrassed to as I don't really know her very well. My good friend Sarah.S then started to do the same, sharing around food, except this time it was a little cylinder-shaped sachet of salt (try saying that 3 times faster ). She ripped the top off and threw the packet towards me but without letting go, so that the salt inside flew out and landed perfectly in my mouth, without any grains spilling anywhere else...like a boss. I was initially worried it would taste disgusting, but it wasn't very salty at all - I was both pleasantly surprised and disappointed. I then updated my Facebook status, telling the world about my sodium adventure - because it was just too exciting to keep to myself I think I did this via a smart phone, as I later returned home and the status had been left. I was sat in my spareroom on the family desktop, and my status basically read that the salt really didn't taste salty, although it came across as tasting like ASIWYFA(then with about 5 unknown letters after). For those of you who don't know, ASIWYFA stands for 'And So I Watch You From Afar', a post rock band. So yeh, that made no sense. I think the other letters mixed in may been confused from OFWGKTA (A hip-hop collective called Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All). My friend Latham had commented already explaining that no-one knew what the abbreviation meant and that I should actually clear that up. However, he wrote it in extremely bad spelling and grammar - the kind a 12 year old boy has when he first discovers MSN 11 people 'liked' his comment.

3) I was in a hotel with a mixture of my Explorers troop and my secondary school, but I can't really remember anyone who was there. We were downstairs in a hotel lobby, although it was more like a youth hostel - pretty shabby. The lobby area was the back room that we used to wait around in during dress rehearsals at my old drama group. It was night time, and it was dark outside - however all of the lights were on in the room, the kitchen, the hallway etc. so it was nice and bright. We were stood around unpacking etc. in the lobby - which makes no sense if we were staying in a hotel? But yeh, people were getting into their sleeping clothes and what not. I decided I was going to go and brush my teeth, hoping others would come along, but they didn't. I looked to the left of me, and my mate Jamie.K had no trousers of boxers on!! Just his bare arse. I noticed he was very orange and tanned compared to usual. I looked at him awkwardly for obvious reasons and he looked at me back as if to say, "What? It's only natural!" I walked upstairs somehow, and was stood in the hallway of the area where rooms were found. The lighting was very scary - a very dark red, like something in a horror movie, although we just put it off as bad maintenance. Before brushing my teeth, I decided to check the public shared freezer to make sure our items were still in there. I walked over to it - it was a fairly big freezer on the ground and pretty organized. I figured it was going to be all broken with our food stolen, but it was pretty good. Strangely, in one of the top shelves, someone had put two chicken drumsticks.

Everyone around the area was pretty unfriendly and arrogant - they were all old than me, so they looked down on me as a wimpy kid ruining their fun. I even think some of them were travellers. They were all gathered in the hallway, leaning against the walls doing nothing much but insulting the younger people there. After checking the freezer, I started to leave without brushing my teeth - I'm guessing I got a bit intimidated and decided to come back when some of my friends were with me. As I was walking past one of the guys, I dug my hand into my left pocket to get some Skittles to eat - they were loose as they'd fallen out of the packet. I got a couple of yellow ones, but I caused a couple to roll out of my pocket and onto the floor whilst I was doing this. I got really embarrassed and clumsy, walking backwards to look at the skittles briefly, shrugging it off but tripping over my feet. They just said various stupid things to me, and I forgot about the skittles and continued walking around the square banister that led to the staircase. A guy by the staircase who looked just like someone in my Music Tech class called Josh.S said something to me - I can't remember what, but I remember it being friendly and possibly apologizing on behalf of everyone for being prats.

Suddenly, I was on the second floor landing of a much fancier hotel. I think it was possibly the same hotel, but in a different room or something...I don't know. Either way, it was very, very posh, well lit by chandeliers with fancy paintings and gold decor all over the place. I was now looking for the toilet again, and a butler stood by a large set of double doors asked me if he could help me. I asked him to lead me to the toilets, so he swung open the doors, ushered me through and began to lead me into a large hallway. There was a sharp right turn in the huge building. The carpets were very fancy. Suddenly, Amy was with me. The place looked very much like a church. As we were walking through, the man was teaching us about the ancient parts of the halls, but I couldn't help but be distracted by the fact that Amy was texting away on her blackberry - I thought it was really rude. Eventually, he told her to stop texting, which I was relieved about. However, we got to a set of pews where we stopped and the man told us to follow him further to examine something, but amy said "Wait a sec!!" as she was fiddling with her phone again on the pew. The man told her that he had asked her to stop that, and she told him to chill out as she was just finishing something.

Later on, I was in a circle of strangers (other than my friend Josie) just to the right of the pews - they all knew Amy somehow - however Amy was no longer there either. However, for some reason we had her phone. A little notification 'bleep' went off on her phone, and a girl that was in the circle checked it for her. She announced to everyone that our friend Ryan.Herb had died! Josie, who was sat to the left of me, asked if Ryan was the guy that started doing weed when he was in year 5. We said yes, it was.

4) My friends Will, Mandey, Mandey's friend who I did not know and myself were walking home from college via the same route I'd normally go. We were gonna pop into town, but decided to go back to my house to watch the rugby together. It seemed like some sort of date. We caught the bus from town to my house, but it seemed very short and my house was in the same town as my college in the dream - in reality, it is a good 30 minute drive. It was a cloudy day and about 4pm. Mandey had to leave early as she had other responsibilities at the Academy - i'm guessing it was dance or balet. However, she still said she'd manage to catch a good hour of the match. We also saw my dad at some point. As you can probably tell, I don't remember much about this dream - I'm just summarising what I wrote in my phone notes

I dreamed I was on a old-fashion train (like Hogwart's Express train). Ron Weasly was on the train. I think he was suppose to met with Harry&Hermione on the train. But for some reason they' never showed up. So he kept yelling at older adults saying 'WHERE ARE MY FRIENDS?". When they asked him who he was he said "YOU DON'T KNOW WHO I AM? I'M RONALD 'RON' WEASLY" but the older adults thought he was in a delusion-sp?

Okay, moving on the the DV Member Dream:

It was actually a very long complex dream. I'll share the fragments that I remember. I was with my sister (that died) for a while. I thought it was nice that we could be together again after so long. We were staying at this hotel type place with a large group of people. There seemed to be a lot going on. At one point we were river rafting. Then we were climbing in the snow. I had a raft/sled and slid down this tough part of the montain. It felt like I was white water kayaking. I was able to maneuver the sled thing fairly well. The group was impressed with my skills.

Then my sister was gone and her mother-n-law was giving a speech about how horrible cancer was. In the middle of the speech I realized I had left my purse behind. I went back to the hotel room. There were new people in the room. It didn't surprise me. I knew that there were going to be new people joining me. I tried to use the restroom because I really had to go. But they were cleaning it. I thought. "It figures. At least it won't be so gross and dirty like it was last time."

Then I was with this large group that had a lot of little kids in it. I had climbed up this tower thing to hear the person who was teaching the seminar. Some kids climbed up with me. One little girl almost fell. I had to help her.

Then I was talking to Ninja about lucid dreaming. I think we had been eating breakfast together. As we left to go back to the hotel, I said, "I don't want to invade your privacy or anything, but are you staying here for business or just for fun?"

Ninja thought for a second then answered with, "Well, I'm getting to do everyting that I wanted to here." Which made me assume that he was here for both. I thought about answering back about why I was here. And then I wasn't so sure why I was here. I had been having fun, but wasn't I here for the seminar? I wasn't sure what to say so I just said goodbye and crossed the street toward my hotel.

I don't remember what I was doing in the dream, but I had this feeling "Well, this is just a dream, anyway, so I might as well try something interesting."

I was thinking about doing a Task of the Month, but for some reason I thought the Task was to "Eat a Bug".

I started to fly low to the ground and very slow. I saw some rocks. I picked a medium sized one up and looked under it to see what bugs I could find. Under this rock I saw several large long legged ants. I thought about picking one up. But suddenly the thought of those long hairy-ish legs moving on my tongue have me the heebie jeebies. So I moved on.

I wondered what kind of bug would be less creepy to eat. I thought about trying to find a ladybug. They didn't have long legs. They bodies were small and compact. As soon as I thought that I saw movement out of the corner of my eye. It was a ladybug. What luck. But as I looked at it scurrying along I just couldn't bring myself to eat it.

I then looked over to some grass to the left of where I was still hovering. I saw a large sow bug crawling up a long blade of grass. I reached to grab it, but again, the thought of actually putting that thing in my mouth just made me shudder. I decided that I just couldn't do it.

And that is all I remember from that dream. I am a little surprised at how squimish I was in the dream about eating bugs. I mean, I knew it was just a dream. It should have been easy. Heck, I've even done it in real life from being dared. I know it's in me. Oh well. It wasn't really a Task anyway.

Super wtf semi awake dream

I am lying in bed and almost falling asleep. I hit a half asleep state and I hear a voice in my head. It sounds like Ariel... I can clearly hear her saying, "This is what's coming for you," I geel a tremendous wave of energy hit me and I jolt out of bed and My heart races and it takes me a few minutes to calm down.

J texting

I remember getting a text from J, who was saying that her cell battery died and she couldn't get a hold of me until she had it charged or got a new phone or something.

Psychic

I had a dream that I was going for a psychic reading with evangeline, who I've used in the past. But this time she didn't seem all there and her vibe threw me off. I felt that there was nothing that she could tell me that could help me. I realized I had just wasted money on her. it was a very distressing feeling.

Wal Mart dreams

Had various wal mart dreams throughout the week too. Mainly of being in a wal mart that was like a shopping mall, complete with levels, stairs and escalators. I am pushing carts into the strangest places... the parking lot is call curved. at one point I realise there's 5 or so different store standards scheduled for the same shift... so I clock out early haha.

Later me and some people... are running through a hidden section of walmart with strange rooms that are under construction. I am holding onto a woman (Asuka?) during some of this. There's some guy I am running from or trying to find? Something that I want to fight him. I am going through all sorts of elaborate routes to look for him.

At sea

This dream starts where I am at some sort of mall with my family. We all want to watch a movie or something. After I read the title I refuse. But my dad is pestering me to watch it.

Later I am on this island house that's on top of a high cliff. I am looking at boats pulling away from the shore... There is a man I recognize on one and he says he's going to see the movie... But he needs my smokes. I try to get down the cliff but there's only a rickety ladder that I won't dare climb down. I see another man I recognize and he attaches a more sturdy ladder. I try to climb down but I am scared lol. I see at the top there's almost nothing to keep the ladder from going sideways. I look harder and see that there's notches preventing it from falling. I continue to climb down a bit shaky. but I near the bnottom an dswitch to another ladder and I feel better. At the bottom I am looking at a cave... There's something shiny inside. It's gold! I wonder if it's fake gold. There's specks of it all inside the cave and around on the ground at the mouth of the cave. I shrug and don't think to test if the gold is real and I leave it there. I go towards the dock but my memory ends here.

I knew right off the bat that I was dreaming. Remember the doctor? She was in this dream and I got a closer look at her. Turns out, it was actually my grandmother. Both sets of my grandparents were there, and my old friend, Rikki.
"So, is this...,"I trail off, and I look around at them.
The doctor--Mamaw isn't as...unique...as this woman--gives me a look and says,"We all know its a dream. Why would it bother us?"
I give her a look and think,"Ah...Well, considering how indecisive the characters in my previous lucid dream were..."
Papaw--maternal grandfather--and the doctor start discussing stuff that I don't care about. Rikki smiles and says that she is really happy to talk to me again.
"Do you still draw all the time,"she asks.
"Yeah. All the time...It's wonderful being able to create characters and such,"I exclaim.
Everyone is listening now.
"Draw something for me, then?"
I pause for a moment, then ask,"Um...What?"
"A skeleton. Halloween is coming up and I want to scare my neighbors."
"...Ah...Right...Sure."
A skeleton wasn't exactly scary, but whatever.
We talk about how we've been and then I walk into my paternal grandparent's living room. Grandma isn't talking about growing up in Germany for the millionth time, so even if I hadn't known I was dreaming, I would now. She offers me some chocolate chip cookies.
"Nah. I've tried that dream food before and I am not impressed."
They all laugh and the doctor exclaims,"That's because you don't put any effort into the food."
I glare at her and say,"Well, my grandmother was the one who made the cookies."
"It's your dream."
"...I can't argue with that, I suppose. At least my visual sense is good,"I reply, looking around at the detail.
"You're artistic, so all this is a given,"Grandpa says, taking a sip of his Miller...fruit juice. A football--American Football--game is on and he's watching it now. Football of both varieties does not interest me, so I turn my attention to Papaw. He walks outside and I follow him. All of a sudden, it starts to rain.
I really felt sopping wet and as I turned and walked towards the house, I wanted to ask him,"Is this rain, or something else?"
But, I woke up.

Non-Lucid
Wake time: 5:17 am, 10/6/11
Recall: 8/10



I am in some sort of video game; the object being to collect the most magic stones (or whatever they were) before my opponents. I begin to panic as I try to keep up to have the most.

Somehow, in a way that isn't clear to me, I end up alone in Vickie's (my little sister's) room. I see that there is a microwave on the floor, and cheesecake and corn dogs on the top shelf of her closet. I reach up and grab two corn dogs, but before I can get them in the microwave Vickie and an attractive friend of hers with an English accent came in through the door.

I quickly hide the corn dogs in the mess of clothing and stuff Vickie has on the floor, and try to make small talk, in the hopes that they leave soon. However, it develops into an interesting conversation about Vickie's friend. (At one point, her friend becomes a bit irritated at me, though I'm not sure why. I think it was because I was trying to mimic her accent ...) Eventually they find out I was trying to snitch corn dogs and I know I'm in trouble.

The next thing I know is that I'm in the family room. I go into the kitchen, which now has a big mirror on the counter facing the family room. I walk up to it, so close that I can only see my face. (which has terrible acne on it) I'm disgusted by it, and as I slowly walk away, I see the same amount of acne all over my body. (I'm wearing a shirt, but the reflection shows me shirtless)

At that point I notice Shayla (my older brother's wife) nearby. I am utterly embarrassed and ask her if she saw the reflection. She doesn't answer, so I keep asking her, becoming more and more angry. I walk into the living room and see Jacob (said brother) sitting on the piano bench, telling me to calm down.

I now feel that it is hopeless, so I tell everyone to just forget it, and I head upstairs. I don't get too far though, before Robert (my oldest brother), who is studying his scriptures in the family room, says that he would like to have a word with me. I become grieved because I know that he is going to lecture me on my attitude. Still, I go ahead and sit down with him.

He turns to a passage in the scriptures and begins reading to me, putting extreme emphasis on pretty much every other word. He says this helps him better understand what he is reading. In the middle of this I suddenly come up with a way to more easily remember my dreams. (Although looking at the idea now, it doesn't seem too likely that it will work...) Right after that, I wake up.