my first dream journal post, this should be fun!

i'd like to point out that i'm pretty excited to have found this website/forum. i've been itching to learn more about dreaming as i have been intrigued by my own dreams and my "abilities" to really interface with them for as long as i can remember. it has been so interesting going through the content posted on this forum, and as a result, having that little light bulb go on when i realize certain things about my dreams, (such as dream signs, particularily the fact that many of my own dream signs are fairly common).

sadly, i actually cannot recall my dreams from last night, so i thought i would start off this jorunal by listing some of my personal dream signs, since i am now able to recognize that is what they actually are.

-flight! flying is quite common in my dreams. sometimes i am in a craft of some kind, but most often i actually have the ability to fly. at times it is actually challenging for me to fly, and i end up flapping my arms trying to stay up, however sometimes i do find it more satisfying when it is more challenging and i am able to succeed. by far my favorite thing to do in dreams.

-leaping great distances. often in my dreams iam trying to be elusive, and i enjoy utilizing leaping to do so. sometimes i eventually leap into flight, other times my leaps are so great that i have to wake myself up just before i hit the ground, otherwise i feel certain that the impact will wake me up, and i will lose the dream. so i wake myself up just before the impact, and then allow myself to return into the dream just after the impact.

-presence of people from my past. often a main character in my dreams are an ex boyfriend, usually my "first". also often any random people who i went to school with when i was young, in elementary, junior high and high school. 99.9% of these people i would not have thought of, or ever have thought of, consciously since my childhood, and many i had literally no interaction with back then. i'll also point out that in basically all cases, there are multiple people from my past in one dream, never only one.

-wonders in the sky. usually in the forms of highly advanced craft, sometimes i'm not sure whether they are "ours" or "theirs", other times i know exactly who they belong to and how to deal with their presence. also multiple huge planets and moons are not uncommon in the skies, and always beautiful.

-setting or place of dream is somewhere i lived. this is probably quite common, but i am always able to tell i am in a dream when the location in the dream is the place i grew up, or other places where i have spent significant time. i moved around a bit when i was younger, but it seems places i did not spend alot of time at are not often included in my dreams.

-setting or place of dream is not familiar what-so-ever. if i haven't been there, i can tell i'm dreaming pretty quickly. however, what interests me is that even though my location is unfamiliar, i always seem to know where i need to go.

-small animals. more specifically, a hamster. this seems to be an up and coming dream sign for me, as i've had several dreams that include one or two small animals.

-david duchovny. in most cases of dreams that include this actor, it is probably best if i do not include any details.

-all of my teeth falling out. i never would have thought that this is something that common! i haven't had a dream where this happens in quite some time, but it was a fairly common happening in my dreams a few years back.

-harlem globetrotters. this is another dream sign that i haven't had in many years, but was very prominent as a child, as they appeared in many of my dreams growing up. even way back then i was able to know i was dreaming when these guys showed up in my dreams.

that is about all i can come up with for now, i'll add to this list if anything else comes to me.