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Since I am in two classes at the moment, my entries will be quite similar for my dream posts. I plan to do a straight copy-paste for the sake of accuracy.
09.19:
Strange dream that I can't really describe. I can remember being in California (I've never been) with multiple dreams connected to this premise. I can remember traveling, but I can't remember much else. It felt extremely vivid at the time.
9/20:
Was quite sick today (migraine, I believe), and thus, I slept a lot. My dreams were scattered, and bordered on realistic flashes more than anything. I can't recall much now other than I did dream vividly, but the headache I had after made it hard to recall for long =(
9/20-21:
Odd dream where I was with a woman I've never seen before. The dream was strange because while dark I could see everything...
I've been feeling tired and stressed out lately. Hopefully, I can get release.
9.21:
I dreamt of a violent war scene. The action was similar to that of a video game, and I could see shells flying as I shot my gun, and smell the gun powder.
My best recall came from me lying completely still and just remembering. I think between my alarms, I fell back into a dream. I need to practice over the weekend when I don't have work.
I'm excited about my first MILD session. I've attempted MILDing, but I can't grasp the instructions online so well, so a deeper explanation may be exactly what I need.
9.22:
Interesting flash dreams last night. I can remember one where I was playing a video game with my mind. The objective of the game was to clear a board of blocks. The intriguing part was one of my friends' boyfriend was there with a friend of his (one I've never seen), upset that she recently left him. I never liked him, so him turning to me for support was interesting.
The next flash was possibly Heroes inspired as Season 1 antagonist Bennett played a role. I had to kill people coming after me, then upload their deaths to a network, then I received "credit." While leaving, a woman stopped me demanding I let her show the house since she said I was planning to sell, but I wasn't.
I woke up this morning feeling... off. This means one of the dreams I remember (or don't remember in detail) contained something that if true would make me unhappy. I'm not sure why I get these feelings, but I know they are consistent. For example, I remember one dream where I murdered a homeless man, and I woke up terrified that I killed someone, couldn't fix it, and would surely go to jail. It's not a pleasant sensation at all.
I'm going to include a summary tonight of the class I missed, so I can keep myself caught up. Unfortunately, bad news always puts me in a bad mood.
9.24:
No recall. I think I may have had a small snippet of being late for work because I snapped awake when I first heard my alarm. I need to take more control in the mornings, but I was feeling extremely tired last night. I have the next 3 days off, so I will probably try napping a lot and go WILD.
With my back issues being complicated, I think the stress of that killed my recall. I need to practice meditating before sleeping now.
Good job!!
Keep focused on lucidity and try to repeat always your mantras.
You said you did not understand well something, please ask and I will be happy to help!
Will do! Interesting dreams last night!
9/24 - 9/25:
I went to sleep extremely early due to being exhausted from work. One of my core dreams was from a horror book I read (I believe). As the dream continued to complicate itself, it resembled a video game. At some point, I woke up while it was still dark, and I attempted to WILD, but failed because I just crashed. More dreams similar to the previous one, so I successfully re-entered THAT dream. This morning, I was sleeping when the phone rang. That woke me up, but I went lie back down. Then I started seeing visions similar to dreams, but I was completely awake. The vision came quickly, and I had some control over them (I could look down for example), but they were different because I could tell they were thin dreams. Interesting night indeed. During one, I started a mantra of "I am dreaming," and that brought me a bit deeper into the dream, but it was so unstable, that any movement took me out.
I need to test this more.
9.26
I successfully recalled dreams I forgot initially!
First, I was on a racetrack in an omniscience third person perspective. I could look down and see everyone and everything. For some reason, on top of a very large racetrack or roller coaster track, I was following some guy who just broke up with his girlfriend while my dad stopped to see you could buy Heisman Trophies. The dream skipped forward to us all driving away, underwater in race cars. We drive to a hotel where I entered the thoughts of the guy who broke up with his girlfriend. Later, I meet two friends online, one who is in Japan, having a conversation.
I was really excited that I managed to pull that much detail out of dreams I completely forgot!
9.27
Interesting night, yet again. I can recall interacting with more people, but I couldn't attain lucidity. In the early stages of sleep, I kept being jolted awake as if I was being startled. I've had this experience before when I lived at my parents house, and I would wake up from a nightmare, and feel a presence in the room. When I finally entered the dreamplane, I met people who told me I was safe and not to panic.
I woke up several times last night, and as soon as I did, I focused on re-entering the dream and repeating a mantra "I will go back into my dreams." They worked (mantra or not), and the dreams always restarted from where I was. Before sleeping, I was in a pretty great mood, so maybe that helped.
9.28
While clinging to the scraps of dreams I had while sleeping, none of them make sense without the full context of the dream. For example, one I was on a road clearing crew during a hurricane (I live in Louisiana), another I was working at school again, etc. It's impossible for me to draw out the entire dream because the flashes were so unrelated.
While going to sleep, I tried to think as definitively as possible that I was going to become lucid, and I was going to be dreaming shortly. Since I was awakened an hour later, I think it ruined my concentration.
9.30:
Weird night. I kept waking up, tried to WILD, crashed, but the main dream was odd in that I was trying to ride jet skis at a really tacky camp, and this doctor kept trying to give me advice unrelated to my conditions. The doctor kept refusing to let me go which is obviously my real-life desire for such a purchase leaking into my dreams.
For the sake of clarity, I had several false awakenings. To make it clearer, I will use brackets.
{dream 1: in bed
I could tell where everything was in proportion to where I was asleep. I didn't last long, as I went into my first deep awakening.
{dream 2: in the same bed, but totally different house
{dream 3: somewhere else
Not sure much on this dream. I remember having various bad dreams, and I could hear talking. Physics was almost a non-thing, so I "woke up" pretty quickly."
/dream 3}
Things were just bad when I woke up. I could hear arguments from my girlfriend's mom and dad. I couldn't remember important stuff I needed to do.
/dream 2}
I woke up into false awakening 3, which was an origional scene in the beginning. A man wanted to buy a movie from me, and I was confused because I wake up, relieved that the previous dream was in fact a dream. While dealing with this situation, stuff poured in from that previous dream, and Danny Devito showed up as Frank. He also nearly killed my cat by poisoning him accidentally.
I didn't have the movie, and the guy went beserk and started going crazy. I had a friend tackle him, I for some reason bit his face, then I woke up fully understanding that this was in fact real life.
/dream 1}
I wish I would have gotten RCing at awakening into my unconscious habits.
10.3
Nothing last night. I was exhausted and crashed hard.
10.4
This first dream or so I don't remember much. I know I was chasing a friend with a "drug problem" but in reality he just wanted to go to his old place of employment for some unknown reason. Dream was weird as this point with a guy we knew cheating physics to win money.
Second dream was somehow stranger. Essentially, there was a "create your own story" where real people acted as animals, etc in virtual reality to a story someone created. So, basically, I was the one who betrayed everyone to prove some moral, so I was going to end up in a bad position. I knew this, but I was compelled to do so anyway.
Missed Class #1:
While MILD and DILD are quite similar, DILDing is far more random whereas MILDing is based on day-to-day work and focus. With DILDing we have to do RCs and intend on LDing. With MILDing we focus on a specific dream to force ourselves into (ala Dream Tasks). Dream Journals are massively important in inducing lucid dreams because they help us draw connections in dreams, become aware of our dreams, and hopefully, become lucid. Waking Journals are great ways to keep your mind clear, such as writing down things that bother you as well as general thoughts. Wake-Back-To-Bed (WBTB) is a great way to break the sleep cycle and initiate a MILD. The human mind works best when there is a direct goal to keep it on track (again, like that tasks). TV is best to be avoid 10 - 15 minutes before bed. Dreams engage our receptive right side of our brain, and that forces us to accept dreams as reality, which is the opposite of what MILDing is all about. While bad day residue can be bad (say thinking of stressful things), some day residue can help create a lucid dream such as focusing our time on LDing. It's good to have a short mantra to repeat and focus on while heading to bed, and we should affirm ourselves as we head to sleep.
It's important to withhold thrill since it can destroy focus during a MILD, and this can cause you to wake up. It's also important to know why you want to lucid dream (my personal reason is to expend some creativity that I have bursting to get out). About this point in the transcript I learned I missed the most important MILD class (FML...), but I'll use that as a test. Instead of focusing on negativity and feeling of insurmountableness, I'll focus on proving I am capable even without. I notice most, that since coming to DV, I've begun "meditating" and clearing my mind before sleep. This usually brings me to a faster sleep.
Once again it was reiterated that missing the next class (which I did do to a schedule change), but I feel confident that I can accomplish anything. I will try to post my next summary tomorrow some time, but tonight, I must sleep early. I lacked much recall last night, so I want to make sure I have enough time to sleep, wake, and recall.
AND MY PAGE RELOADED AND DIDN'T SAVE ANY OF MY MESSAGE AHHHHHHHHH
To summarize: Lucidity induced from MILDing comes mainly from incubation and positive thoughts. Instead of incubating the entire dream, it's important to focus on a few instances of the set-up along with creating something that will stand out. It's important to positively believe you will lucid dream rather than let failed attempts bump you out. Lucid dreaming also works well when setting goals, like the goal of the month. I think for mine I will incubate a classroom where I can IM via a computer that responds to my voice. While on the same concept, I have a personal LD goal of doing parkour in an abandoned city. In order to incubate this I must focus on creating the abandoned city. I have a recurring city, that I've visited since childhood, so I plan to base it around this.
While my summary is no way near as long as my previous, the core ideas I've learned is incubating a dream that is significant enough so I will perform an RC. While doing this, I should maintain the concept that I will LD without issue.
Incubation for 10.06: I picture a lush forest set in the distance on my desert scene. The forest, which engages my synaesthesia, reminds me of watermelon candy and a pine tree smell like at a campground. In the barren sand, I smell salt air like a beach. These two juxtaposition should create enough disarray for me to become lucid.
10.7:
Fun night. From about 10 - 12:30, I had no recall. At 12:30, I woke up, inexplicably, and I checked my phone a few times. When I went back to sleep, I tried to WILD for all of 10 seconds. I had a dream of a desert visage, but it wasn't deep enough and I wasn't lucid, but 30 minutes of incubation can cause that then I am in good standing! I also began my Task of the Month with a computer screen and Facebook. I was QUITE close to getting that one.
Before going to bed, I started reading Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self by Robert Waggoner until I was too tired to go on. As I headed to sleep, I tried to clear my head of all things except my MILD attempt.
Incubation for 10.7: I want to build that desert some more, and make it more unique. At work, during my 15 minute breaks, I plan to commit enough of it to memory along with my Task of the Month so neither are overwhelming my mind, and it gets bored.
10.8:
Absolutely no recall. Not sure what happened, but I spent the last few minutes of being awake incubating. I think I may have watched too much TV before bed though. Gonna try to go to bed early tonight and make sure I have no TV and just video games. Bummed...
Incubation for 10.8: Yesterday, I spent every few minutes incubating the dream when I was free. I formed the desert clearly, but I need to focus on my surroundings more. I need to focus on awareness.
10.9:
EXTREMELY close to my task of the month. First, I woke up after using my REM dreamer to no dreams at all. Once I finally stopped trying (WILDing and all), I had a dream where I woke up to my day, disappointed at no dreams. In the dream, I conversed with two people via AIM, and spoke to MANY more. So close!
Incubation for 10.9: Gonna go A LOT more passive with my desert scene. I need to find my gentle medium.
Had a good buzz going last night after a bottle of wine (I know, I know). I expected no recall, and I had 3 good dreams. Dream one I remember realizing was a dream when I had a false awakening and went into dream two. I was upset that I had no recall so I threw that one out, then started dream 2 which was similar to waking life. Dream 3 I was an assassin along with some assimiliation into The Office (US version). In this, I was spoken to about several life events and briefly on lucidity (tried to hit Task of the Month before bed). I then walked to an area in a desert which a task Percy set for MILDing.
My mind seems to work in that I can set the dream before hand, but I have trouble gaining lucidity. I think I need to study DILDing.
Incubation for 10.10: I need to figure out a manner in which I can attain lucidity by my environments. I think I will focus on a mantra similar to Robert Wagonner's "Look at your hands."
Tried using my REM Dreamer and it failed me again. For some reason, I just wake up from the bright lights/tone. I MAY be having a few false awakenings, but it's hindering my recall.
10.12:
Hmm... I had a epidural yesterday to work on a spinal disc that is herniated. After the procedure (about 4:40 - 5), I was babbling incoherently for the ride home. When I came home, I slept until 7, took NyQuil, then slept until 11, then woke up this morning. I, jokingly, attempted to WILD but I crashed before I could even clear my mind. I had one memorable dream where I was a good 10 years younger, and I was with a friend in the woods deciding what we should do that night. Some girl invited me to a Halloween Baptism (I didn't follow, but apparently I knew what it was, and it was supposed to be lame), but I was attracted to her. The rest of the dream was me trying to convince this friend we wanted to go via games. I can't remember any of them except one where he had to hide of pile of dirt, and if I found it, we'd go. As I counted, he disappeared. The rest of the dream was spent looking for him.
10.13
Strange dream, no doubt encouraged by the amount of painkillers I was on. First, I remember the dream was dark, yet vivid. Then, the dream was a cross between Lovecraftian monsters, Freddy Krueger, and the video game Diablo. Sadly, it was, yet again, a non-lucid.
The key enemy was a man, like Freddy Krueger, who could dream hop and loved to harm children. I, along with three others, were immune to him as long as we killed 4 creatures that gave us elemental powers. The colors were red, green, blue, and black, representing fire, life, water, and death, respectively. At one point, under the power of fire, I began to cook meat while the enemy spoke to me. For me, he saw potential and wanted to teach me more. I assume it was a guise because once we surrendered ourselves to him, we'd be killed, and he'd be free. The ending of the dream was extremely fuzzy, but I can remember fearing nothing. The colored creatures we faced, representing each element, were very Lovecraftian. I can remember the blue creature being a Toad Man similar to the fish monsters in "Shadow over Innsmouth."
That was an awesome dream :) I like those Epic histories movies.
To bad it was against Freddy Krueger! I always deified him... when I was a kiddo, if I had a lucid nightmare (99% of my nightmares were lucid) and control was bad, I would summon Freddy and he would help me out!
Haha, that's awesome. The entity wasn't clearly shown, but I just knew who it was supposed to be.
10.14:
Missed a good chance at DILDing.
I was at my aunt's house who was showing me pet snakes when I saw a cat that looked like mine, then a second cat that looked like mine. She claimed it was the same. Later in the dream, I deduced this was impossible, but rather than going lucid, I assumed she was lying.
Another aspect of the dream, which was much longer, had me in band from high school. I can't remember too much from that one.
Percy, you'll be pleased. Even while sick, I mediated on the desert scene and ccommunication. Without fail, I communicate with people in my dreams (basic TotM). I need to focus on lucidity.
10.15
Weird dream. I woke up after getting attacked by a fan of a celebrity I was hanging out with. He wanted drugs, but the guy had none, so the fan attacked me with a coat hanger.
I remember three more dreams as occurring, but I cannot remember details.
Another violent dream.
I bought a house, and every couple of minutes, I would have a visitor, and they'd attack me. I'd subdue them, and that would be it. In another dream, I was basically in control of a video game similar to Grand Theft Auto.
10.17:
Tried something different this morning. I woke up, but I was a little tired, so I attempted to WILD. Since I knew I'd likely fail recall if I did this, I jotted down as much as I could remember. In my failed WILD attempts, I also attempted to visualize the dreams.
First section of dream:
The theme of these were schools. I have been looking to go back to school, so it was interesting. The first dream surrounded around a letter that stated that a class I took in high school wasn't credible, so it invalidated both my high school diploma and college degree. I went back to what was supposed to be my high school, but the school looked quite different (missed Dream Sign). I continue school, and my REM Dreamer kicks on and I wake up to flashing red lights. I go back to sleep back in the dream I was thinking about before, and I was successful in that, but I missed more dream signs (we were talking about LDing). Eventually, the dream ended as I had to write "Ring around the Rosey" for extra credit.
At this point, I wake up, thinking I'd be up for the day, but then decide to attempt a quick WILD. The WILD failed as I couldn't get into SP. Once I stopped trying, I went back to sleep. The new dream had a family reunion with MANY missed dream signs. My bed, for example, was a waterbed in a bunk bed frame, but when I drained the bed, it was actually in a bathtub. Confused, I let it drain completely, met more family and friends. When I came back, the bed was made on a patio recliner. I, for some reason, decided to get my dream journal, and the jot downs were similar but different (yet another missed Dream Sign). I try to explain to someone who was nearby about my journal, but they were uninterested.
So, LOTS of dream signs I didn't train myself for. I need to start making dream sign testing a regular habit, and I really need to figure out where my issues are for WILDing. =\
An enlightening night, but a failure is a failure.
10.18
I can't remember my WILD attempt or the dream from it, but my first dream had me watching the world end. Missed dream sign: as I thought something, it would happen.
Possible second dream: I remember a cage filled with snakes of various types and two lions. The cage was various animals I found at this campground, but the animals got massive. Missed Dream Sign: the colors of the animals, along with the sizes, did not match real life.
Also, I could distinctly remember people talking about LDing. I think my dreams want me to get my Lucid Task.
10.19
Despite a great day, no recall at all. I tried to lay still for a while and nothing. I think I had too much anesthesia.
10.21:
Well, it's been a long ride, but I had my first intentional lucid dream. Per the usual, I'm going to put in red what was lucid, and blue what was non-lucid. Black will be non-dream stuff.
Going to bed, I repeated the mantra "I lucid dream." When my thoughts wandered, I would chant it louder in my head. During my trying to fall asleep, I could imagine daily things being effected by it (I see a scene from earlier play out, but instead of normal words, it added things like "I loudly dropped..." which followed the same first letter of my mantra. Somewhere in there, I fell asleep.
I am in an extremely dark house. People are all around, and for some reason, I feel a sense of urgency. I try to turn on lights, but they fail. My first thought is the lights are broken. Somewhere in the dream, I get the notion that it's a dream and try to RC. I try poking my finger through my hands, counting my fingers, but both worked flawlessly. Undaunted, I do the nose test, and it failed. This forces me to realize I am dreaming. Since it's dark, I conjure up a potion, for some reason, and drink it. Within seconds, the room brightens up. I drink another, and the room gets brighter. Eventually, the entire room is dark, but bright enough to make out details. I know the LD is extremely unstable, so I began to think of tasks to do. Yes, this was my first thought because I am goal-oriented. I ask a woman wondering around what are my tasks again, and I remember it's to talk to someone, so I ask her to tell me about lucid dreaming when I try to conjure a fireball for Nomad's class before the most recent one. She explains I need to wait to develop dream control and duration, but it'll come. I start to create the fireball in my hand, but while I feel the heat and hear the sparkling, I lose the visual. Begrudgingly, I wake up. I quickly jot down my dream, then I try to return to the dream, but instead, I have a non-lucid where I see a radio host willing to have his kidney removed for the sake of radio. Later, I am planning a trip to local colleges (day residue) to watch their graduations.
All in all, good night!
Tried to WBTB last night into a WILD. Before the break, I remember a dream where someone was creating explosives using children. Disturbed, I tried to go back into that dream while attempting to WILD, but I ended up with no recall at all after the break. I was conscious enough to jot down a series of notes on that first dream.
Dang, I was feeling so confident after my first LD.
10.24
Did a WBTB-WILD attempt last night, which failed.
Before the WBTB, I had at least two or three false awakenings. Most of them were around waking up late for work. On the longest one, I was going to work, when I saw my boss in one of my dream cities. For some reason, I often dream of two completely different, unique cities, and I usually walk instead of drive. In this one, this young boy was lost, and while late for work, I decided it was best to take him home. About halfway, I realized he wasn't far from home, and I should have driven. Along the way, I see my boss operating a bridge, for some reason. Following this dream, I wake up at 5AM to my alarm, a bit confused. I go for the phone, but then I wake up to my alarm two hours later. Strange.
Finally, I get some water and walk around and write down that previous dream. Feeling tired, I go back to bed and attempt to WILD. I start counting, and get to around "40" "I'm dreaming..." when I lost consciousness. For some reason, I cannot keep hold of my consciousness while trying to go into a dream. I dreamt I went back into the same city as before, and then, I could see historical buildings being closed down. This dream was long but rather uneventful. Mostly me meeting people and talking about the closures.
10.25:
Before I failed the WBTB attempt, I remember Steve-O being around my house for some reason, but he was afraid of everything. Later, I can remember a world of flying things (very fuzzy), and tons of false awakenings. After my WBTB, I attempted to WILD, which just ended in me sleeping. I can distinctly remember doing the nose RC, it failing, but I can't remember anymore. DANGIT!
10.26
What a strange night! First, I entered several dreams that ended. Nothing lucid, but I did revisit this mall I've dreamed of before. I can also remember a school (high school?) that I may have visited in my dreams. Last night, all my dreams blurred together without stops, so I am having trouble remembering where one ended and one began. Nothing too out of the ordinary sticks out, but I can remember album store with music EVERYWHERE.
10.27
Strange night. I had a few super vivids, but once I woke up, I really only remember one dream, a piece of the other, and a cursory part of the third.
- I went to visit a friend who didn't even notice I entered the house. He was super weird, and then, his ex-girlfriend came to get him. As we were driving, she said they wouldn't have time to drop me off until 6AM, I go to work for 7, so I was a bit panicked. The rest of the dream, she treated me atrociously for no real reason, while my friend didn't say much.
- Second dream, I see flashes of imagery like an army cot, a computer with me talking with friends, but I can't connect the dots.
- I am in an elevator with a woman, roughly my age. For some reason, I know it's a sex dream (I think a video ran that I was forced to follow), but I don't remember any details.
10.28:
Violent dream. First, I woke up, inexplicably, at about 1AM. I attempted to WILD, but with only 3 hous under my belt, it got as far as "I'm going to WILD." Oh well.
The one dream I really remember was a long, long one. I felt something in the air, but I, along with several friends, were looking at a house to buy. Later, while discussing it, one guy was being particularly obnoxious, and I began to fight him. Later, when the police came to look for me, they held up pictures that looked nothing like me, but people swore it was me. Very strange dream.
10.29:
Strange night. My dreams were odd, so I think my mind is trying to help me become lucid, but something is blocking it. I can't remember all the dreams at the moment, but I remember two distinctly:
1. Aquarium - I was in a very large, and creepy looking aquarium. In one tank was a megalodon shark, moving little. We were offered an opportunity to go swimming with some fish as they do at some places, but as I got in the water, seeing the shadow of the meg. was terrifying. Woke me up.
2. This dream neat. Essentially, it was a fighting battle royale with characters from movies, books, and games. I can't remember much action, but it was a cool dream.
There were two or three other dreams I can remember having, but I can't remember details.
Going to focus on being more aware today, checking dreamsigns/RCs, and going to try to WILD today.
Tried to WILD a few times, but I only ended up waking up about 3 or 4 times (only once with my alarm). Failed miserably. Because of all that waking and going back to sleep, I cannot remember any dreams.
10.31
Tried to WBTB to WILD after 5 hours of sleep. I woke up, was pretty conscious and began counting to remain conscious. My body was exhausted. Next thing I remember, it's 6:20, an hour exactly from my attempts. Either I fell asleep or that was a False Awakening. Attempted again, and that lead to a lengthy dream.
Dream 1: Before FAs/WBTB - I don't remember anything from this dream, but I remember it was extremely short.
Dream 2: After WBTB - I was the assistant to a super popular musician, and they gave me the chance to perform something. Strange thing with this, on my last attempt of going to bed, I was counting "1, I lucid dream. 2, I lucid dream..." In the dream, I was counting off the same way. After the concert, of which I remember none, I met up with people to perform various tasks. The premise here was confusing, but I can remember having to perform stunts to get tools to pull of heists.
Still can't achieve WILD!
Had a super lengthy nap dream while I attempted to WILD. I was awaken about an hour into it, then I managed to re-enter by focusing on the dream. My re-entrance lacked lucidity, and the dream was extremely unstable, but this is definitely progress.
The first part of the dream had me in a huge locker room, with people for a swim team. I would go swimming a few times, then I found a bunch of people staging an elaborate prank, that I cannot remember the details. The re-entrance had me watching the prank pan out, but it was super fuzzy.
11.1:
Lucid Dream #2:
Per the usual, I'm going to put in red what was lucid, and blue what was non-lucid. Black will be non-dream stuff.
So, last night, I decided to try to use my REM Dreamer since I was having such poor luck as of late. When using the dreamer, I always have vivid dreams and I wake up a lot. Before the wake-back-to-bed, I had a really vivid dream where I was in a brand new house we made. The house had a large kitchen flanking the left side of it, with a cozy looking living room. I didn't get much further than that. I wake up the first of several times and fail several WILD attempts. I know once I checked my clock to be sure I was awake, then within seconds, I see a different clock saying I should be dreaming. Somewhere in this waking and falling asleep, I dreamt of this tiny kid with a basketball. It was in my journal, so I know it happened, but I can only see him in silhouette. Finally, it was close to 6:30 or 6:45 when I went to sleep again. I believe I see the dream form around me, but I am not too sure, until I hear my text tone go off, which is a loud 2 second sound, for some reason, I know that this is a dream and I become lucid. I am in a theater with people watching dreams. In the dream, it didn't dawn on me that this was my recreation of the November advanced challenge "Visit an offline DV." As I walk around the theater, I see a girl following me, but my main goal is to get to the lobby to tell death to steal her soul. Again, I am very goal oriented. Instead, I realize I do not have full control over the environment, so I poke my finger through my hand, which succeeded. It was an erie sight. I see my mom in the theater, and I tell her my basic task because I am aware the dream is ending. I tell her I am thankful for learning how to dream properly. Not long after that I can feel the dream fade to the room I was sleeping in, and I wake up.
My strange penchant for completion, lead me to perform two major dream tasks on the first day of the month, but I still lacked control over my environment. Also stranger is the fact that I became lucid, not by WILDing, but by the external text message sound. I still lack control in my lucidity =\.
I think I woke up last night trying to remember my dreams, but this morning I can only remember my last one. Somehow, I inherited a corporation, and I was in charge of its day-to-day. Nothing too exciting came from that.
Had some pretty solid, and I believe long dreams, but I woke up with a pounding headache, so those are all gone.
Less of a headache, but I ruined my own recall. I think tonight I will go to sleep much earlier than normal.
No recall for the third night straight. I don't understand this.
Better recall last night. I can remember dreams but I had no context to connect them and lost them when I woke up. This is vexing...
Strange dream. I remember I signed up for a college program an hour and half away. I remember having to leave early or I'd be late. Day 1, went well. Day 2, I got stuck in a house with vampires attacking. Not the lame sparkling vampires from Twilight, but damn near Nosferatu vampires. I was in a house with a few people, one being my boss. Every now and then we'd get a a surge of them running in (They were bikers too so they could travel from town to town). We let in a girl and an older woman, who were part of them, but wanted to get away. They were careful not to infect us. We destroyed each rush though, which was fun.
Drought continues, but I am waking up on my own in the middle of the night, so once my recall returns, I can start trying to WILD.
Dream 1 was strange. I can remember a colony of people, all with distorted faces who were super natural in some regard. A man in an area where they lived was a criminal, and they were trying hard to destroy him. Strange.
The second dream had people I know looking for a musician, but the people looking were shapeshifters.