Quote Originally Posted by sivason View Post
My first contribution: 5) I5tt '"s VE %^RRY H@rRd TUO RE#QD tHe RrRuOu-L BuOuK INn EaA DRRREAm.
My 4th contribution 9) Don't bother trying to count in a dream.
Finally, 8) Accept that not every thing will be in the right order.
Haha, I see what you did there. Also, very good points. That is quite like something that might be said in a dream. I do find that attempting to read while dreaming greatly distorts the coherency of the dream itself, because all my focus is poured into making sense of the nonsense text and away from the scenery. As a result, the scene loses stability because my attention is no longer fixated upon it. I imagine that trying to count objects would have the opposite effect; they'd multiply by the hundreds and I'd never get an accurate count! I think your last point ties in fairly well with both examples, along with other in-dream scenarios I've experienced. Sometimes, no matter how hard you try for control, the dream simply has other ideas.

Quote Originally Posted by Jabre
Don't look in mirrors.
Or at least, be overtly cautious of them. I quite enjoy looking in mirrors during my lucids; never know what to expect. Sometimes my reflection is evil, sometimes a talkative weirdo, and sometimes she wants to come out and play... You're right, though. It can be all too easy to get distracted by whatever the mirror holds.