L33tsaber's Dream Journal

[L33tsaber]

This marks the start of my more serious attempts to keep track of my dreams, even when there isn't much to report. ----- Last night's dreams are a bit of a blur, and I only remember one detail... I went to a game store and they had a bunch of used copies of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess for $3.00, so I bought one. But then the store owner told me they were bootlegs. ----- Several things about this should have tipped me off that it was a dream. 1. Twilight Princess for $3. It's just not possible. 2. How the HFIL do you bootleg a GameCube game? Instead, however, I was just very caught up in the whole "zomgit'sTwilightPrincessforcheap" feeling, and so did not reality check. In short: Today's dream........FAILED.

[L33tsaber]

Once again, very lacking in details that I remember. I must be having a minimal moisture spell. ----- I wore my handmade classic-Trilogy Obi-Wan Kenobi robes to a sci-fi convention. There were about twenty other Jedi cosplayers who sat on the bus next to me. ----- Things that should have tipped me off: 1. No sci-fi conventions (aside from Willy-Con which is too far away for me to attend) in my state. However, everything else was so normal that I did not suspect a thing. So: Today's dream...........FAILED.

[L33tsaber]

Awright! Decent recall this time, at least on the second dream! ----- Dream One: Something about the government passing a law that birds had a flying speed limit of 4 miles per hour. ----- Dream Two: In my room, something was squeaking and chirping. I looked on my bookshelf, and there was a snowy owl chick that kept shifting back and forth between being real and being a plush toy. Same with my big plush Snowy, whom I have affectionately dubbed "Merlin". I held the chick up for Merlin who began to preen it. I then placed my head up against Merlin's chest, and he began to run his beak through my hair. I then climbed up into my loft bed and curled up, watching something that was happening to "me", yet I was completely separate up until the last few seconds of the process. First, "I" became a pair of silver branches, which Merlin called a 'Mystery Egg'. The branches became an egg dyed magenta with yellow stars. The real me hatched out of the egg, yet I was exactly the same as when I started, even if I was supposed to be an owl. I was told to protect a nest that contained the owl chick and a Pikachu plush toy. Merlin then said something about his three grown-up sons earning owl medals of honor. I asked him if that meant his sons were dead, and he gave me this answer: "all owls die...". Merlin's answer scared me a little. Then I can't remember what happened. Something about the plushie nest being relocated to my school, while I continued to guard it. ------ Things that should have tipped me off: 1. Bird speed limit? 2. Toys that keep turning real and back again 3. Owls, real or fake, that speak English 4. Turning into things like eggs 5. Sudden changes in scenery However, once again, I ended up accepting everything as reality. Therefore: Today's dream...........FAILED.

[L33tsaber]

Today's dreams seemed to have some definite themes... -------- Dream One: I was going to play bells for a holiday concert, but one of my classmates had already claimed that instrument, so I had nothing to play. -------- Dream Two: I was at a buffet/potluck at my new house. By the time I got through the line, it was all side dishes and small things swimming in huge pools of red sauce. There weren't any main dishes left. (Then there was something about Beast Boy from "Teen Titans" eating a hot dog, which puzzled me...) -------- Dream Two, Part Two: I was using my new camera to take photos of a holiday parade, but I only started photographing toward the end. I was still depressed about the dinner. -------- Things that should have tipped me off: 1. That particular classmate isn't in band. 2. Beast Boy eating a hot dog. First, because he's vegetarian, and second, because he's a cartoon/comic character... 3. It's not November/December... So... Today's dream................FAILED.

[L33tsaber]

Nearly forgot... --------- There's a tower in the middle of an ocean. There's a high-ranking bad guy on each level, and to get to the top, I have to kill them all, level by level. The first few are easy, because they're nameless, faceless drones. I bite and scratch at them and push them out of the window down to the sea below. But then I get to the top, and their Commander is waiting for me. He's an old man with glasses and long silver-copper hair surrounding his bald spot. He taunts me, and we begin to fight. He whacks me with two old-fashioned wire-framed parlour chairs. I am about to admit defeat. The Commander taunts me again, saying, "Do you think you could fool me? Do you think I was born yesterday?" I reply with a wisecrack: "No. You have too much hair..." The Commander holds up his hair and mouths the last three words as I say them. He teases me again: "I like that. Four more times!" So I repeat "Too much hair". The first time was easy to say. The second I barely choked out. The third was a whisper. The fourth, I couldn't say. I woke up uttering, "Too much hair" in a hoarse whisper. ---------- Should have tipped me off things: 1. A tower... in the middle of the ocean? 2. Me killing people 3. People with no faces 4. "Too much hair" Today's dream................FAILED.

[L33tsaber]

Recall's not working too well today. I only remember a few random details, in no particular order: A candle that lights when you twist the bottom Looking for a round marble, but every single marble was deformed My entire class making a fried dessert with small round balls of dough. We were supposed to have enough dough to have three desserts apiece, but one of my classmates used up a huge amount of dough, and only enough was left for me to have one dessert. My best friend giving me a brownie (unrelated to the dough incident) A strangely-lit shrine atop a set of steps inside a store full of things like books on magic and plush dragons. ------------- Today's dream(s)............FAILED.

[L33tsaber]

Very lacking in recall today. I only seem to remember being jealous about being left out of something. Today's dream..........FAILED.

[L33tsaber]

Recall's on the blink again. I only remember one detail. Someone gave me a marionette puppet made from a dead fox. (Very sad.) ------------- Today's dream..........FAILED.

[L33tsaber]

Recall's a little better today... ---------- 1. I'm at an anime convention. I'm singing "Melodies of Life" for karaoke. Halfway through the song, my voice gives out, and I have to stop. Later, I find this stuff you're supposed to rub on your neck and it'll keep your voice from going away. So I request the song again the next day and sing it all the way through. 2. I'm at school, and I head into the band room. One of my friends is following a second behind me, but I don't see him. So when I close the door, he runs into it, bounces backwards, and slams into the wall behind him. I get scared that my band teacher will punish me for this, so I run and hide in one of the practice rooms. 3. I'm watching Azumanga Daioh on a television made out of strawberries and mochi... ------------- Yeah. And none of that seemed weird at the time. Today's dream...............FAILED.

[L33tsaber]

Not much recall today... -------- I'm at play practice at my school. We're performing Wicked. Even though I'm one of the best vocalists in the high school, I was relegated to a non-singing part. For some reason, whoever got the part of Elphaba never showed up to practices, so I stepped in during the songs. (For some reason, the only song we practiced was "No Good Deed". However, that's my second-favorite song in the musical so that's kind of awesome.) ---------- And of course, I didn't suspect anything wrong because I was singing all the correct lyrics... But there are three things that should have tipped me off: 1. We already DID our school play this year. ("When In Rome") 2. Me being cast in a nonsinging role. (and most obviously...) 3. WICKED. There isn't even a DVD version out, let alone scores and scripts for school students... Today's dream..................FAILED.

[L33tsaber]

I was very lacking in recall for the past two days, but now I've got a great jumble of dream-stuff from last night! ----------- 1. In a film class, we were shooting scenes for an indie superhero Batman-esque movie. There was a scene where I was supposed to pretend to stab a villain, and somehow, I ended up stabbing him 'for real'. So I had to run away. I put a cloak (which was really just a quilt) on and ran away at night. At first, I just kept going in circles, but then I ended up in Kansas. And that's where I ran into... ...Sasuke (from Naruto), who was acting like Gaara (same show) for some reason. He was trying to instruct this girl on how to find her inner demon, and how to walk on sand. Whenever they weren't looking, I tried the techniques for myself. I half-mastered sand-walking, but not transformation. While still in 'Kansas', I found this potluck banquet in the park. I had a great big serving of noodles, but they tasted undercooked, flaverless, and... rough. Woke up to find I had a corner of the sheets in my mouth. Eeeew. 2. Taking photographs of wolves. 3. Sudoku-meets-connect-the-dots-meets-star-stickers-meets-minesweeper. I sucked at that game. 4. I was in a strange house, sleeping on a huge four-poster bed. Suddenly, this guy tells me that it's not safe, so I have to sleep in a much smaller bed about the size of a large dog-crate, surrounded on all sides by pink curtains. I find it bizarre that I have to be protected like a princess. I look back on the four-poster, and there's another girl there. There's a bowl of broth next to my 'bed', so I drank a little of it. Then I gave some to the other girl, thinking she must be the real princess for her freedom. Then the guy comes back and tells me that there are people who want to kill me, so we climb up a tree. Hiding there was no use, so he said he had to use a 'dangerous technique' that involved pulling us both into the dreamworld. This reminded me of an ability that Dream/Morpheus from The Sandman has, which made me think that this guy either was Dream or borrowed his abilities. Yeah... it was weird. --------------- Okay, waaaaay too many things should have tipped me off. So, cue the usual Excel Saga reference... Today's dream....................FAILED.

[L33tsaber]

The unusual thing about my second dream is that it unlocked memories of two previous related dreams that I had forgotten. ------------ Dream One: I had to go through an obstacle course that was sort of like a human-sized Mario level, spikes, fire, and endless pits included. The goal at the end was a piano, where I set up the sheet music for a Lord of the Rings piece, but somehow ended up playing a song from Wicked. ------------ Now, before we delve into Dream Two, we must first bring up two dreams I had forgotten that are, undoubtedly, related. They both look silly now, but were quite serious when I dreamed them. An old wizard (who reminded me very much of Gandalf) told me that something was out of balance and a sacrifice was required to free these spirit-deer. At first, he thought the texts meant himself, but then he found they meant me. In the first dream, I had black plastic chains attached to my wrists. The wizard then broke these chains. We thought this symbolic gesture would be enough. In the second dream, we found this was not the case. This time, I was to eat coffee beans (Don't ask me why, it was quite serious at the time). We thought this worked. However... ...in last night's dream, the wizard was there again. I was led into my brother's room, where the wizard explained that a life was required. I was told to jump on the bed to represent a leaping deer, and the wizard took aim with an arrow. I was struck in the right side, and as I settled back onto the bed, I muttered that "it was the wrong side, it wasn't enough...". However, the wizard told me that perhaps a mark was all that was needed. As he removed the arrow, there was, indeed, only a scar left. The scar was there in whatever subsequent unrelated dream fragments I had but do not recall, and I was almost... disappointed... to find the mark gone when I woke up. ------------------ While this was NOT an LD, I will not say this dream was exactly a failure. After all, I remembered some dreams I forgot, and I've got a recurring character!

[L33tsaber]

I was walking back from school when someone going past me slaps me on the back. I figure it's just one of the pervert boys, but then I feel two, three, four, five more of them. I look and there is an entire pack of boys riding bicycles, a high school cycling race. I duck and cover, waiting for them all to pass. Then I go back into the school building and all the boys are riding their bicycles inside. Then there's something about onion rings and chocolate chip cookies, but I forget... ----------- Today's dream......FAILED.

[The Cusp]

All those dreams you labeled as Failed seems a little harsh. Your recall if great, and a lot of people would love to have your consistancy in dream recall. Lucids aren't everything.

[dave2245]

im working on my dream recall now, its soo poor i can barly remember half my of what is going on in my dreams. but its improving. im just wondering where to start a dream journal to post on here?

[L33tsaber]

All those dreams you labeled as Failed seems a little harsh. Your recall if great, and a lot of people would love to have your consistancy in dream recall. Lucids aren't everything. I meant it jokingly. It's a reference to a silly anime called "Excel Saga". At the end of the episode, the words "Today's experiment........FAILED" appear on the screen.

[L33tsaber]

1. Slot machine sort of thing made out of ice cream, with a different flavor for each wheel. If you win, you get a bowl of that flavor. (The only two flavors I remember were vanilla and bacon. Eeeew) 2. Watchmen... The Musical... Animated... DVD Edition. When I finished 'watching' it (For some reason, dream movies never show any of the actual film...), there was a pair of red eyes staring out from the black screen and a creepy voice went "Just eject the DVD now. There are no special features." It scared the heck outta me. (One thing that should not exist, and Alan Moore will probably wish to kill me for dreaming of its existence. And what's strange is I've never even READ Watchmen!) ------------- The Usual Excel Saga Reference.

[L33tsaber]

It was snowing, and my driveway's all full of snow and ice. People in fancy dresses, suits, and snowboots were dancing to an orchestra. Meanwhile, I sat on my porch and watched, feeling a little left out. (Apparently, I wasn't invited to a party at my own house.) Also on the porch is a cardboard mannequin wearing a sparkly baby-blue dress that I'm certain I've worn in another dream. Suddenly, the orchestra strikes up a waltz with no melody line, but I recognize the chords in the accompaniment, and I start singing "Once Upon A Dream" (I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream. I know you, the gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam...) Somehow, I find myself wearing the dress and dancing with someone as I continue singing. (Whether it was a guy, myself, or the cardboard mannequin, I don't recall.) ------------- This is the third instance since I started this journal of singing a song with all the correct lyrics. This is one of those tricky things that makes me think I'm awake...

[L33tsaber]

1. We decided to perform "When In Rome..." again, but for some reason, nobody was wearing a costume, and all the props were missing, and everyone forgot the words to the songs. So for some reason, we had the princess singing "Defying Gravity" from Wicked during the scene where Gladius, Julia, and Minimus are supposed to sing "I Could Be Royalty". We butchered the songs so badly that we had to stop and give up on the musical. 2. Pants in a toy store that resemble the legs of a Gundam. Weird, but cool. 3. Selling board games based on random anime. One of the ones I was selling was supposedly very rare... and I think I've dreamed of selling that same board game before. Odd... -------- I just have one thing to say about last night's dreams: ...Gundam pants?

[L33tsaber]

I think I may have just had a breakthrough~! ---------- 1. I'm in a bookstore. Some guy purchases volume 2 of Watchmen. (Wait... there's only ONE volume. Silly dream logic.) Outside the store, I find a (probably stolen) copy of the Watchmen graphic novel, and start reading it. For some reason, despite the Watchmen cover, the story actually involves Firefly. I somehow get involved in the story... then there's something about Silly Putty and K'nex. Darth Vader is acting as replacement for the main villain in WM. Vader is now after me. I wake up. 2. Straight back into the Watchmen-meets-Darth Vader theme, this time in my old town. I try to get one of the dream characters (who's dressed up like Nite Owl II) to return the supposedly stolen graphic novel. Darth Vader is once again after me, and I run into and out of stores, and start running for my house on all fours. At this point, everything seemed a bit too clear and vivid, especially the stormy sky. So, my mind went "I'm dreaming, I'm dreaming, I'm dreaming, I'm dreaming..." over and over again. I stand up, take a Superman flight pose, and take off. It takes several tries to get my balance, but then I start flying around through the stores. Then I lose control and wake up. ...or do I? I'm in my house in my old town, looking for a pen and my clamp lamp so I can write about my breakthrough. Mom comes in and tells me it's time to get ready for the college campus visit... ...and I wake up for real. Everyone else was still asleep. But w00t! I'm actually getting a little closer! And once again, for the record, I have never read Alan Moore's Watchmen.

[L33tsaber]

Erm... something about arguing with my brother over the pronunciation of "sleigh". Even though in real life, we both pronounce it correctly.

[Swikity]

I didn't know there was more than one pronunciation xD

[L33tsaber]

Something about crows, Ouran High School Host Club, and trying to name all the members of Organization XIII of the top of my head. (Roxas, Axel, Xigbar, Xaldin, Xemnas, Demyx, Marluxia, Vexen, Saïx, Larxene, Luxord, Lexaeus, and Zexion! I can do it when I'm awake. ^_^)

[skysaw]

Good recall! Do you write in a journal when you first wake up?

[L33tsaber]

Good recall! Do you write in a journal when you first wake up? If the dream appears to be important, then I write it down. Most of the time, though, I only get fragments which I post here. And today... I don't remember a darn thing.