I try to look at my watch, which DID work for my first lucid dream, but in real life the battery started acting up and so I couldn't do serious reality checks.

The finger through the palm thing sounds good, i'll probably start doing that.

I need to start doing reality checks regularly, methinks. I just always seem to forget after i've been awake for like an hour.

I should probably just get a marker and put a huge dot on my palm, and when people ask about it, or when I notice it, i can shove my finger at it, and then they can laugh at me. Or I can become lucid because i'm dreaming and kill them all... whatever.