Basically, I cannot stablize LD's when I get them. I've really had only a couple LD's that were totally stable, and the rest were destroyed when I either tried to summon something, pick something up. Take for instance, one I had last night. I don't know if any of you have ever played a game with horrible fps w/ a crappy video card. It was alot like that - choppy, and blurred. I rubbed my palms and stabilized it, and tried to create something in my hand, but then it all went black (dream ended, but I was still sleeping, just no imagery). Do you guys find it better to make something appear in back of you and then pick it up, rather than summoning it right into your hands?

How do you guys stablize LD's once you get them? I think my excitement when it happens certainly doesn't help. I'm not getting 1 second LD's, but they aren't long if I try to do too much.