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This was a very long, somewhat strange, but overall cool dream.

The first thing I remember is that I was at a restaurant with some random person who was apparently my best friend. Anyways, it was then strange because a waiter then came and handed each of us a card that simply said 'Delta' on it. However, I had apparently been waiting for this moment, because I then let out a loud "WHOOHOO!" and immediately ran outside from joy.

In the dream, this card meant I had been accepted to Delta Force, and I would soon be getting some super duper awesome mission to go on. From here, I don't remember exactly how my mission was assigned to me (phone call, email, man in black, whatever) but I remember the mission being that my buddy and I had to arrest general Burnside (who was apparently back from the dead as the Civil War was over 100 years ago), due to his poor combat performance during the Civil War.

I remember then that I was all suited up to go and my buddy and I (in broad daylight for some reason, in a populated urban center) proceeded to 'sneak' up on his car. With M4's at the ready, we demanded his surrender, but he took off on us. We chased after him on foot, and I can remember that I told my friend to hold his fire, as there were civilians in the kill zone we did not want to hit.

We eventually cornered Burnside in a grocery store parking lot, and just as he was getting away in a stolen car, I managed to shoot out his tires with my pistol. I don't remember how events proceeded from there, but the next thing I remember is reading the newspaper and seeing the headline "General Burnside Still at Large, Wrong Prisoner Taken". I could not believe this news, as the man we had caught looked EXACTLY like Burnside. However, I then received info that intelligence had been incorrect, and Burnside had apparently changed appearance quite a bit since the Civil War

From there, I can't remember if the dream went on or not, but it was a very cool mission, and getting to be a member of Delta Force was very awesome. It felt SO BOSS when I was running around at top speed with all my gear chasing down the general.

I can remember two dreams from last night....

#1. I was at some sort of strange indoor fishing arena thing. I hadn't brought any of my supplies, but I was holding this strange purple fish. I then went over to a bait shop that was conveniently in this place, however they didn't have the Minnows I wanted to use. Then I randomly handed the guy the fish I was holding and he put it in a cooler full of ice water

#2. I was working on some code in my Sonic game and then one of my friends came by and said "Yep, that is definitely the way to go there." Now the REALLY weird thing is that today I was working on my Sonic game IRL and tried out this code I had dreamed about... it worked... I'm not sure whether this is so cool I am shocked, or kinda freaky and I'm shocked. Either way... at least now this month long quest I have been on to solve this one trig problem for my game is out of the way. Thanks brain... you were... actually not a scumbag for once.

Well I think I found out the hard way that when you work out every day and don't eat enough... your body has a nasty way of telling you. I planned on using the new technique again last night, however instead of having vivid dreams that I became lucid in, I just had tons of scattered fragments that I didn't even bother recording. After that I even slept through my wake up alarm at 8:00 and slept until 9:30! Either way, I gotta eat a little more in the evenings I guess, cause just an apple for dinner isn't cutting it.

Anyways, here are the dreams from when I first tried the new technique...

#1 - I was in history class, and the teacher got up and reminded us all of the assignment that was due that day that we were supposed to do o ver the weekend. I had forgotten to do it obviously (since it's summer!) and I started reasoning with myself why was I even in school during summer vacation? I then rememebered the exact date and was like "I'm DREAMING"! Soon after that I got up and started walking around the classroom. I was focusing on just staying in the dream and not letting the rest of the class distract me and lose lucidity (like my DC's usually do). I then gave them all A's on thier papers cause I was in charge now that it was MY dream, and let them all go outside, away from me. Then after my victory I got woken up anyways by my mom cooking breakfast. -_-

#2 - As soon as I woke up though, I just went right back to sleep and re-entered the same dream. The room was a little different, but now there was a clock in there. I looked at this clock, and it was 8:00. I then looked away, and looked back for a reality check, and boom! 8:15 I then knew I was dreaming. Soon after another teacher entered and left a cell phone on a desk. I grabbed it and gave it back to her, saying she forgot it, but she just said it was her husband's and he wanted it left ther for some reason. Soon after though, I got woken up again by some sound from the kitchen.

#3 - I re-entered the dream and then looked at this same clock again. It worked like a charm, and I became lucid again. At this point I decided ti was tome to work on dream goals. I went and sat in the corner and focused. However, I got woken up again. Grr...

#4 - I was then in my room. I remember walking out the door and seeing the box for my Genesis. The box art kept changing and I knew I was dreaming. After this I went to the back porch to get outside and work on my dream goals. Woke up again though from breakfast being made.

#5 - Finally though, I re-entered this dream and was now standing on the back porch at my house. I remember watching all these cars going by, just like normal life. It was so life-like I wasn't sure if I was actually dreaming, but it was re-affirmed when some random person on a bicycle came by, tipped over, then just randomly kinda floated back upright and continued on. This strange occurrence assured me I was dreaming, and I wouldn't look like a fool trying to spin in circles and change the dream scene. However, I apparently don't have much experience changing the dream scene, as it didn't work and I just fell on my butt I then just sat for a minute and stabalized the dream. I then tried commanding the dream to change scenes, but right as I was doing this I got woken up again!

Well, I guess I only had 5 dreams But still, it was pretty awesome! I'm gonna eat more for dinner tonight so I have energy in the morning adn try this technique again! Can't wait!!!

See ya

Yep, you heard that right, I had 6 lucid dreams last night! They all seemed sorta chained together but eh, I was awake between each one so I call it 6!

Since it's getting late and I haven't had much time to record these on DV yet, I will do that tomorrow. But here is the technique I used to achieve this..

So last night I was reading about lucid dreaming and I came across this thing called the napping technique. It is really similar to a WILD except you stay up for a long time in between waking up
and going back to sleep. What I did was go to bed around 11:30. Then I set my alarm clock to get me up at 5:30. From this point I made myself stay awake for the next hour. I read out of my lucid dreaming book during this time to keep myself focused on dreams. When I first went back to bed, I remember having a non lucid for a second, then waking back up and realizing it. (or maybe I didn't wake up? I can't remember) Anyways, after this dream, my thinking during my dreams was VERY logical. Without giving away the first dream that started it, basically I was questioning why I was back in school, when it was June 3? (yes I remembered the exact date) Anyways, from there I became lucid. I kept waking up for some reason though during these dreams, but I was easily able to chain them together using a clock that was located in the room in the dream world. By then end I had had 6 dreams, and was VERY, VERY close to FINALLY meeting that individual I have been trying to for soooooo loooooong now.

Anyways, I found this technique to be the best thing since sliced bread, since it produced 6 lucids the first try. I'll log the dreams tomorrow, and hopefully alongside even more from tonight!

See ya

FYI before I get into this dream too far, this one was so awesome and personal to me... I am only going to write down a general outline of it.

The first thing I remember is that I was standing on a dam between a lake and these huge, open plains. It was sunset and the sky was a beautiful red with some clouds. However, I somehow learned that the world was about to end, that very night, due to a huge meteor that was going to strike the Earth. I went to see who had caused this and when I found them, they said there was nothing they could do. Ready to accept my fate, I went back to this lake and just waited for the inevitable, deciding to be at peace by just relaxing in the sunset by this lake. However, right before the meteor hit, I became lucid for a couple of seconds. Intead of seeing this as the end, I saw it as a way to accomplich my dream goals. Maybe... if I concentrated enough... when this meteor hit... I.. could... meet.. them...BAM! The meteor hit before I could concentrate on creating a new scene for after everything was destroyed. My lucidity was lost although I was still aware that I needed to find them, I wasn't really aware enough to figure out a creative solution.

Anyways, after the meteor hit I ended up at this strange hotel place. I could remember that they should be there if I just kept looking. I frantically began running as fast as I could go throughout the entire place, but no luck. Eventually, I ended up heading outside to this huge market area that was very nice and relaxing, well, if it hadn't been destroyed by this meteor. The strange thing was... it seemed like I had been the only survivor and the whole world was wiped out, but I managed to survive. Anyways, an immense sadness overcame me as I walked through this destroyed market. I couldn't help but stop and grieve for all the lost sould who, an hour before, had been part of this thriving market area. I also feared, that since it appeared I was the only survivor, the one I was looking for had probably been lost as well. I simply sat down and began weeping.

I then had one of the most intense flashbacks of my life. It went back about 6 years. I would of been about 10 I think and I was strolling through this same market area. It was so beautiful and peaceful. Everyone was just strolling about, buying this, looking at that. Then in the flashback, the one I was searching for appeared. Although I had never met them, they came over to me. Then we went about through this market and spent a very nice day together. This all occurred in the flashback. When it was over, I rose from weeping and pondered the flashback. I was still somewhat aware at this point, although I felt utterly hopless being able to actually find them in the dream. I was still awestruck however at how wonderful the flashback had been. Although it was more like watching a movie, it really inspired me that it would still happen, although maybe not in this dream. I then proceeded through the ruined marketplace, feeling a very intenst mixed emotion of being extremely sad and still hopeful at the same time. Sometime during my walk, I woke up and recorded the dream. When I woke up, I had tears in my eyes and I was breathing very heavily. I felt so amazing though, like... i don't know, it was just one of those dreams that makes you feel amazing for an entire week.

I am now very hopeful for my next dream that it will happen.

So last night I was able to get to bed around 10:00 which was nice. This allowed me the full 8 hours of sleep a teenager is supposed to get.

Anyways...

This dream started out as a false awakening, and a very vivid one I might add. The first thing I remember is lifting my head up from the sink after brushing my teeth. I then reached for my razor to shave. The wierd thing was... it was dead! Now, in the dream I remembered plugging it in the night before (which I actually DID do) and thought it most peculiar it was dead. I don't rememebr exactly how but this somehow made me lucid.

Ready to go have some fun, I went out of my room and headed upstairs, only to be confronted by my math teacher in my house! She started asking me why I was headed upstairs. After one too many times of my DC's ruining my lucids, I had learned, and completely ingonred her and proceeded upstairs. Even though I was fully aware and lucid, I felt the need to go put my contacts in. It was very realistic, and blurry just like in real life. I went back to my room to put my contacts in and my math teacher again asked my what I was doing. This time I told her to can it and go away and she promptly evactuated the house.

After my little victory over my DC, and now actually able to see after putting my contacts in, I then decided it was finally time to accomplish my dream goals! I recounted how the night before I had been reading about summoning characters and decided on a technique to try.

I went and stood in the corner and just closed my eyes. I then reached behind me and envisioned that if I reached my hand out, they would grab it and be there when I turned around. Well... I reached around, desparetely grasping for them. I did this for about 10 seconds, focusing intently on them being there. After a few seconds more... I felt someone grab my hand! I was elated. I opened my eyes and began to turn around. Time seemed to slow down as the adrenaline started pumping. It seemed to take forever to turn around. Maybe 10 minutes?!?! But, i still had ahold of them and I was fine with it. I just envisioned all the adventures to come and finally made my revolution. It was then REALLY upsetting though because... as I was finally able to see them, they started to vanish, just like a ghost. I called out for them to come back but we were helpless to stop it. I was only able to see them for a few seconds when this happened. Feeling very setback and upset about this, I went and climbed back in my bed and woke myself up. THis dream was very intense and emotional. I woke up feeling this rush of happiness and sadness all at once. I was breathing pretty hard too from the excitement I guess.

However... this is one step closer to my dream goals!!!! The first time I saw them, it was only for maybe a second. This time... it lasted about 5 seconds. I think I just get myself so excited when it is finally happening that I do myself in. At least I am making progress. Next lucid goal... 10 seconds.

Well, last night I my homework was amazing lacking, so I was able to go to bed around 9:30 instead of the typical 11:00. I blame my AP Chemistry for causing my late night excursions. I mean really, should it take me from 4:30 (when I get home) until 10:30 to get my homework done? Ah well, at least last night was better. Anyways... dream time!

#1 - I remember this one started out and I was in this little byplane, way up in the sky. I was in the bak seat and whoever was in front was driving. Anyways, we decended in for a landing on this REALLY short runway (it was more of a stop and fall out of the sky deal). We managed to decend very nicely though and we were coming in for a smooth landing when I randomly went against gravity and floated straight up out of my seat. I looked down and realized I hadn't had my seatbelt on but I was still puzzled. Either way though, it was quite interesting although I'm not sure why I didn't see this as a good opportunity to become lucidl. I then went and explored this farm we had landed at and that is all I remember.

#2 - This dream had a strange feeling to it. At first it was like I was working on my game, typing away at some code. Then I guess I ran the project or something, because then all I could see was a screen with Sonic running along. It was one of those wierd things though where it is like you are in it, but you still have control with some invisible keyboard type device. Anyways, the other wierd thing is that the game was 3d (mine is 2d in real life), it was in this level called Crisis City (which is also not in my game) and it was the little chubby Sonic from the 90's (I'm using Modern in my game). Anyways, this level was going on for a REALLY long time. I swear, it was like I was there for an hour just going through this level. It was like I could see the end the whole time but in slow motion or something. Anyways, I FINALLY made it to the end and that is all I remember.

#3 - I think this dream was my failed attempt at a DEILD last night. I think i tried to re-enter dream #2 but this is what happened instead...
It was still a 3d Sonic game, except now it was Modern and on some level from Sonic Colors. Anyways, now I was at my computer watching a playthrough of this game and then the guy got to this part where he would not stop complaining about some really random glitch. He basically went and found this one area where if you boosted or something at the right time one of the enemies would get stuck in the ground by a couple pixels. Even though it didn't affect the gameplay at all, and was just one of things that you would usually laugh about and move on, he just would not stop complaining about it. It was then really wierd because I kinda just hopped through the screen or whatever and somehow fixed the enemie's placement with my invisble keyboard again. By this point it was more like I was in the game again and the playthrough guy wasn't there anymore. I seem to be having these invisible keyboard dreams a lot recently. Hmm...
At least i got some good dreams last night.

Well, the first thing I remember about this dream is that I was in the lobby of this movie theatre. It was a super fancy one too, which was really cool. I then remember going in to see the movie and it looked similar to my basement, where we have our large tv set up. Anyways, then the lights dimmed, and I turned around to look at the crowd. It was wierd though... I was all by myself! As I lookeed on, the whole theatre opened up into this endless black landscape.

Suddenly, I heard someone falling through the air and I looked up, although it was too dark to see anything that was farther away than a couple of feet. Anyways, a second later whoever had been falling hi the ground with a thud. I went over to see who it was and it was Sonic! (I think I am getting a little too into this game I am making. Sonic seems to be appearing more and more in my dreams but I guess it's always fun to go on an adventure in your favorite video game )

Anyways, I asked him why he was falling through the air and he said that old Eggman was up to his usual evil deeds, and had thrown him down here. Turns out that this theater was actually this huge dungeon area and we were locked in here. (don't ask me how it went from a theatre to a dungeon. Just happened) Then there was this really bright light, like someone was welding or something, but then it went away like nothing had happened. I honestly have no clue what it was all about, although it was now brighter and we had sunglasses on, looking like bosses. We then decided we needed a way out of this place so we went off to explore the dungeon and find a way out. Soon after we set off, I think I woke up cause that's about all I remember.

Well, I guess my brain picked the perfect time to achieve a breakthrough, considering this is my 100th enty now.

Anyways, this dream was very cool because I had SO MUCH control. I mean, in my recent lucid dreams, I have had really good control, its just that in this one, it felt like I was there for hours!

So anyways, I was at my house. I don't know why but I suddenly got the notion that I was dreaming and did a nose pinch. It worked perfectly, and I did it like 100 times just loving the feeling of knowing I was dreaming! I spent probably a good hour in the dream world just making plans for when I was going to work on my dream goals. I decided to go about getting everything perfect, would then wake up from the alarm and record that I was about to work on my dream goals, then go back into the dream where everything was already prepared and FINALLY accomplish my goals. Well, the alarm went off like i expected and I woke up. I had this strange feeling that I had just been having an amazing dream, but my need to go to the bathroom sadly made me forget what it was. By the time I got back to bed,i just went back to sleep, totally forgetting everything.

Then today at school, I suddenly recalled this dream and was pretty mad that I had let myself forget it! At least I am having really good control now though, so next time, I am going straight to the goals.

See ya.

This dream started off in these ice caves that were way underground. I was with some other people and each cave had lanes carved into it and we were all racing eachother through the cave. We made it to the bottom and then began the hike back out. When we reached the top we found another series of caves and all jumped in for another race. It was pretty fun because it was just a big slide basically, and it went REALLY fast. After making it to the bottom of these caves, we hiked back out and made a strange discovery.

So now the year is back to 1989 and we are all actually over in Japan testing out the Sega Genesis, which is soon to be released in North America. We had actually been sent inside the console itself to see what it was like. Since we all had a great time in the ice caves (which were the inner workings of the console) we said it was ready to go. Then they asked us to hop in for one more test, to see how a future game they would be releasing was going to go. I then climbed onto a little platform thing and shrank until I could fint inside the console. I then remember going inside and feeling the freezing cold. It was so realistic! Anyways apparently the year was now 1991 because we were now testing Sonic the Hedgehog. It was still basically the same though because we were all just sliding through these caves, although now there were loop the loops and stuff. Anyways, I then remember getting separeted from everyone and ending up way down inside this one cave, carrying a book. I had to meet someone there and give them this book, but I was starting to get really cold. I just left the book there, hoping they would find it. As I climbed my way back out, I woke up to the alarm although unfortunately I couldn't recall the dream to re-enter it for a DEILD. Still a cool dream though.

Well, last night I was as close as I have come to completing my major dream goal, and yet, it still didn't quite happen which now that I think about it kind of just makes me mad, because I was SOOOOO close and yet it still didn't happen...

Anyways, the first thing I remember is that I was at this old walled city, somewhere in Italy I believe. Anyways, in this city, two futuristic armies composed of robots were duking it out for control of the city. It was kind of like a video game, because each robot had a little health bar above its head and stuff like that. Anyways, sometime during my explorations of the city, the alarm woke me up. As soon as this happened, I was able to recall the dream and instantly go right back into it.

When I first got back in, I was a little drowsy, thinking myself to still be asleep. I then realized however that I was back in this city and became lucid. This time, I remembered to stabalize the dream, which is a good step in the right direction. I just told myself over and over that I was in a dream and it was going to stay stable and I would stay lucid so I could work on my dream goals. I then decided to accomplish my major one. (I also contemplated the group project goal as well, but just couldn't help myself. :-/ Anyways, I just began telling myself that as I explored the city, I would find who I was looking for. As soon as I had said this, a little arrow just popped up in the center of the city, floating above a building. I thought that this myst be leading me to them so I followed it. As I made it to the building, the arrow started bouncing up and down as if to say "Your destination is ahead" I entered the building however, to find no one in it. I went into the basement, where there was a kitchen.

I then remember turning around and seeing a shadow coming around the corner. I looked closer, and then they came around the corner and it was none other than who I had been wanting to meet this whole time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In the dream, I was literally speechless and just kind of stood there in shock. They they came over and we were just about to greet eachother and then a bunch of the robots suddenly came in and stormed the building where we were. They instantly came in and violently separated us from each other. I was so furious that I woke myself up, trying to kill the robots so I could get back. Man I was so mad!!!!! Here I was about to finally achive a HUGE goal of mine and these damn robots come in and ruin it!!!!!!!!!!! GRRRRRR!!!!!!

After waking up from that, I just went back to sleep because I was so angry. I do wonder though... did the robots storm the building because I was so excited t was finally happening, and I almost didn't believe it myself? I just need to be really confident next time so that doesnt happen again. Either way though I AM going to achive this goal soon. I also am going to try and meet some people from the shared dreaming project tonight as well.

See ya

Awareness - 9 / 10
Control - 9 / 10

The dream started out in this abandoned warehouse area. I have to admit it was pretty creepy, but I had a flashlight. As i was exploring this location, the alarm went off, waking me up. I was able to recall the dream very easily and went right back to sleep. I was able to successfully re-enter this dream and have a WILD!!

Now lucid in the dream, I continued exploring. Then it got kind of wierd because although I was still inside this warehouse, I was also out in this huge open field. It was like a bunch of grassy hills and stuff, just all inside this dark old warehouse. I didn't really mind though and decided to work on my dream goals. I forgot to stabalize the dream however, so it was all a little shaky during 'testing'. First, I decided to accomplish my dream goals, I would need to work on more control, so, the first thing I did was change my flashlight into a screwdriver, because there was this old door that I needed to get through. I went through it and changed the screw driver back into a flashlight.

At this point I was getting anxious to work on my dream goals so I couldn't help myself and decided to do that. Anyways, I came up to this big hill and decided this was the place. I said "As soon as I go around this hill, the person I want to meet will be waiting for me on the other side." Well, it kind of worked... I went around the hill and sure enough someone WAS there, but it wasn't who I had in mind!! It was this little robot thing and then I just went over and kicked it. Frustrated with myself for getting too anxious and not stabalizing the dream first, I went back and just sat on the hill. I thought that maybe if I tried again but really focused on what they looked like and such, maybe it would be successful this time. When I went to do this however, I woke up.

Well, another successful WILD! However, now I just need to work on some personal control and not let myself get so anxious. Just need to stabalize the dream first, master control of the dream, THEN meet them...
Oh well, it's getting better every night!!

Awareness - 8 / 10
Control - 7 / 10

I was at my house and it was night. I heard a commotion outside and decided to go investigate. Then I saw these two huge robots running towards me, trying to kill me with these giant hammer things. I started running as fast as I could go to try and get away. As usual however I had the running speed limitation thing when my dreams aren't lucid. Anyways, I kept on running but they were closing in. I circled around a tree and one of the bots went one way and one went the other and they collided on the other side. This gave me some time to make a break for it. However, they quickly got back up and resumed thier chase.

They were super close to catching me and then out of no where Sonic came in. I was like "What the heck??" But at that point I was desparate to get away and went along with it. He grabbed my hand and we went zooming away from the bots. Have to say it was kind of scary moving that fast but at least I wasn't going to get pancaked by those robots. Then we went out over the water (cause you know Sonic can run on the water) and the robots follow us, leading to thier demise (caus you know huge ol' robots CAN'T run on the water ) That is about all I remember.

Awareness - 7 / 10
Control - 6 / 10

Well, I was in this huge city and there were a bunch of people walking about on the streets. Then a huge storm came in over the city and settled over the bay. (The city was a coastal one). Anyways, then this HUGE, and I mean HUGE typhoon came in and started sucking up the whole city! It was wierd though cause it seemed to be just teleporting them to another dimension rather than killing everyone and destroying everything.

Anyways, I went to see how I could stop this. Then Sonic came along, seeing if he could help. We went around behind the storm and found out it was actually a giant machine sucking everything up!! We made a plan that I would go deactivate the machine and shut off the vacuum mechanism. It turns out that it had a self destruct if it was shut of though se we had to be careful. Anyways, once I had done this Sonic would dash in and help people get out before the machine exploded, while I continued attempting to shut the rest of the machine down and try and keep the self destruct from going off.

Anyways, we went about our plans. I went and foud the controls and and shut it down. With the vacuum safely turned off, Sonic was able to go and start helping people out. I then said I had found a way to shut it down for good without it self destructing, however, anything still left inside the 'vacuum bag' you might say would be lost. There was a timer however so we had to be fast. Just as the timere was at 00:30 left Sonic said everyone was out. I shut down the machine and the day was saved, although now half the city was gone, but at least eveyone was safe. Only way to make that dream better would be to of been lucid but oh well, still an AWESOME dream.

Awareness - 9 / 10
Control - 10 / 10

Well, the first thing I remember about this dream is that I was at my house and we had just got a pool table. I was shooting some pool all by myself and ended up getting a scratch (because I am just such a good pol player ). Anyways, I went to retrieve the cue ball and then the alarm went off, waking me up. Since I was awoken fresh from the dream, I was able to remember it easily. I then went right back to sleep, telling myself that I would recognize when I was back in the dream. Sure enough, I ended up back in front of the pool table, holding the cue ball about to go reset it from the scratch. At this point I was like "Oh ya, I'm back in the dream!"

I then remembered how I had read a thread yesterday about verbal commands and how they can be very effective at perfect dream control. In the dream, my room was really messy, so I thought I would start simple and clean my room. I started off by saying "My room will now be clean", however, nothing happened. I thought maybe if I said it differently. I then tried this... "Stuff, (to all the stuff on the floor) ORGANIZE!" Then everything came to life and started putting itself away. It was amzing. I then went and talked to it as if I was a drill sergeant, honing in my skills. I said "Stuff, ATTEN - TION!" Then all my clothes and everything snapped to attention to hear the next order. I then said "Stuff, AT - EASE!" Everything then relaxed just as I had told it to do. I was dumbfounded at how well this was working. I then decided to go work on my dream goals and went to head outside. For some reason however I decided I needed my mp3 player, but I couldn't remember where I put it. I said "MP3 Player, Please report in." It then just came and kind of walked over and lept into my hand. Satisfied, I put it in my pocket and went outside. When I opened the door however, I must of been a little too anxious or something because a there was just a void outside, like my mind hand't generated it yet or something. I closed the door and returned to my room to stabalize the dream. As I was about to do so however, I woke up.

That was definitely a step in the right direction in terms of having my dreams go however I want. I am just elated right now at how well that worked and super excited for my next lucid!!!