Wildman

Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays to all. Dreams do not stop for holidays, however, so here's my recall from last night:

#974:
Date: December 23rd, 2010
Length: 6 minutes

This dream was quite interesting, unfortunately it was pretty long and complex and much of it has faded from memory. Essentially, I think I was on some kind of alien planet, or maybe it was just Earth, but something was deeply wrong. It seemed that some very serious (ie, humanity-threatening) event was going on, though I'm not quite clear what. I think someone (aliens?) had launched a massive operation, perhaps as a kind of experiment. I vaguely remember running from monsters in the early part of the dream. Not only that, however, I felt like no one could be trusted anymore. Most humans around me had been changed in some way, behaving like zombies in the service of whoever was behind this.

I met up with somebody who was still normal, and we tried to get out of this area, a large place which had some resemblances to my college campus. My familiarity with the campus helped me figure out where we were going. At some point, I think the dream surroundings sort of morph, and I feel like I'm part outside in a city and part in a movie theater. I realize I really, really need to take a leak, even though it may be dangerous to wander off to find a bathroom. I split up from the person with me, and we agree to meet up somewhere. I then follow a Restroom sign into some kind of alley.

I turn left at the end of the alley, almost bumping into a bunch of people who seem somewhat suspicious of me. I take a look around, and see a sort of large lot that is filled with a crowd of people (zombies?), I think listening to some kind of concert. Everyone looks sort of rugged and angry, like a mob. Within the crowd, I see someone I used to know in high school, and he notices me. He invites me over, but I quickly walk away, up some kind of hill.

I now find myself in a pretty open area, kind of like a long valley. After more walking, I reach some kind of building. In front and inside of it are people who all look normal. However, just before I enter the building, I start hearing screaming, and realize that some more freakish creatures have been released. People are panicked and confused, unsure exactly what is happening. More and more, I realize that whoever is behind all this is basically toying with humans and experimenting on them. Despite the panic and the danger, I quickly step into the building, go up one floor, and find a bathroom. I quickly take a leak and walk out, figuring that there is nothing I can do to help at this point.

I eventually reach the point where my companion was to meet me. I don't quite recall if he (or was it she?) was there.


There are some other dream fragments -- I'm not positive if they are part of this dream or not, though they did "feel" quite similar. I guess it doesn't really matter, here they are:

- I was in an old trailer. Outside the world seemed devastated, post-nuclear style. Looking around, I saw some strange writing scrawled on the wall to my left. There were a few words written in one style, and then the word BLOOD written in much larger letters in a blank spot between two of the words. A few moments later, a woman entered the trailer. She was apparently my wife.

- I was in some kind of room in a house or mansion, trying to figure out some sort of mystery (a murder?). Everything felt very eerie and tense as I tried to look for clues, though I don't really remember any details.


Could I get a nice, long lucid dream for Christmas, pretty please?

#971:
Date: Around December 12th, 2010
Length: 3 minutes

The first thing I recall is being in some giant skyscraper, apparently the headquarters for some major corporation. Whoever is running the corporation is apparently evil and has some sort of dastardly plan. I don't recall much of what I did in the early dream, but at some point it dawns on me, at least partially, that I'm dreaming. Now, my lucidity is still somewhat fuzzy at the start, but I realize that nothing I do has any real consequence. Thus, I make my up to the top floor of the building, and bust into a large conference room where the head of the company is speaking with some of his henchmen.

I think a sort of firefight ensues, where numerous people are shooting at me and I'm just kind of standing there, not even feeling or seeing any bullets hitting me. They seem to realize guns are not working, so we start talking for a while. Unfortunately, my recall of this specific point in the dream is very unclear. I think they try to kill me in some different way, but it still doesn't work.

As far as I recall, I end up in some other room with a bunch of people I (supposedly) know. There is a large sort of sliding door/window in front of us. I think someone is out on the ledge, perhaps about to commit suicide, though I don't think he ends up doing it. At this point, I start considering jumping out the window and flying. I hesitate for a while, thinking that it would be a pretty stupid way to die if this were real life, but eventually I convince myself it is indeed a dream. To encourage myself, I start floating in the air before actually going out the window, then fly out.

I float through the air, losing significant altitude over time so it's sort of like a controlled skydive. Below me is a pretty beautiful landscape, consisting of bodies of water and some buildings -- it all looks like some kind of tropical island. Shortly after flying out the window, I turn and do a sort of backstroke, so to speak, looking back at the window. I see several other people jumping/flying out.

Eventually, I land on the ground, in some sort of long, shallow pool. After a few moments I spy two people who were in the building with me. They are fishing in the pool... with AK-47s. They just fire volleys of bullets down at the water, hoping to hit a fish. I don't recall much after that.



That's it for now, gonna be trying to work on recall and lucid dreaming regularly for a while now. No specific plan yet, but I hope to come up with something soon.