Thread: Twoshadows' Dream Journal

Hehe, I realized that was probably what you meant. But cheesecake started to sound pretty good to me too.

Ah I get it... and now I want cheese cake.

Now we all have to get lucid so we can eat cheesecake. No cheating and eating it in real life either.


Dreams:

I had long dreams that blended together. I remember something about looking down on some Lakes that I called the Mineral Lakes. I also remember talking to this nice lady who was very pretty with long brown hair. I remember "skating" across this large tile area that was slick with water. I remember there was a lot with "water". Pools of different shapes.... Swimming...kayaking...?


Normally I wouldn't write that down. But I want to do better at recording all my dreams no matter if I don't remember an exact sequence of events.

Yeah anything you write is good, your recall will slowly start increasing even if you only remember random bits.
Also, it's settled I'll take you and ninja (I'm not sure what he looks like though) to a cheesecake place. Mine will have cherries on it.

Originally Posted by ooflendoodle

Yeah anything you write is good, your recall will slowly start increasing even if you only remember random bits.
Also, it's settled I'll take you and ninja (I'm not sure what he looks like though) to a cheesecake place. Mine will have cherries on it.

And I'll take chocolate cheesecake, thank you.


Dreams...

I have been having soo many dreams. It seems like the last three nights were one ongoing dream (per night). I have taken notes, but I know that I won't even begin to scratch the surface of the details that occured in the dreams.

I'll start backwards:

Last Night's Dreams:

Dream 1:

I suddenly was visiting my high school marching band. It felt like I hadn't seen them in years. But as I looked there was Ed, and Geoff and Kelly. I could see that they were all lined up for a competition. Some of the members saw me and we started talking. There was suddenly a map on the wall next to us. I started teaching them the "States Song" but for some reason all I could remember was the "Countries of Africa Song". Several time I started, but had trouble. Then suddenly I realized that half the band was gone. The competition had started with only half the band. I looked out and could see them on this big stage. I told the other members that we had to somehow sneak out there without it being too obvious that we were late. I tried to follow Kelly, but she ended up further ahead and I was behind the percussion. I slowly worked my way over towards her. I wondered if it was obvious that I had no idea where I was going or what I was doing. Suddenly the band started doing this whole part in sign language. I fantically looked around and tired to copy the people around me. I hoped I wouldn't be responsible for the band receiving a low score when it was judged.


Oh what a typical "unprepared" dream. I got to tell my friend Ed about it this morning and he got a good laugh too. So it was worth the temporary agony.

Dream 2:

Very long and too many different parts. The theme was traveling. I was always on the go trying to get somewhere. I was traveling with different people at different times or sometimes along. I don't even remember the order of the scenes that I remember.

I was driving a car that had these strange handlebars (like a bike) they were very wiggly and I felt I had terrible control of the car. I felt like I was in Southern Arizona somewhere between Tucson and Phoenix and I was heading North. I kept going down the wrong roads and having to turn around.

Later I was in a gas station with Tanya and Marie. I was holding a bowl and a spoon. I took it in the little store, but worried that they would think that I stole it. At some point I was crying. The lady behind the register tried to make me feel better.

I was in a restaurant with several friends. We ordered this big meals.

I was in another little store with my mom. We needed transportation. A lady gave us these tricycles. We started to ride them. I saw how slow we were going. I knew that we would never get to our destination in time. I knew that my mom couldn't make it at all. Her handlebars were cracking off. And then both of mine broke.

I looked at the side ofthe road and was fascinated by these strange animals. At first I thought they were a kind of pig. But then saw that they we more rat-like. But they had wooly hair like a sheep. One was trangled up in some string. I tried to help it, but it tried to bite me.

I was walking through this town. I was alone and walked up this hill and saw a Mine. I walked closer and saw a man at the entrance. He started to talk to me, but I had this creepy feeling and wasn't sure if I could trust him. So I jumped down the hill. I remember thinking, "I'll bet this will surprise him. I'll bet he has never seen anyone jump down this big hill in just one jump before." I enjoyed the feeling of floating down the bottom. I knew there was something significant about being able to do that.

I still have to catch up with past dreams. But I'll quickly post last night's little dream fragment. (I slept terrible... was awake between 2:30 and 6:00--had to get up at 6:30.)


Dream Fragment:

I was in what was supposed to be my kitchen. I saw these lizards. I thought that I needed to get them out of the house. But them I saw that they ran over to a place under the sink where there was an anthill. They started eating the ants. Then I saw some ducklings there also eating the ants. I then realized that it was a good thing to have them in the house. I heard a funny rhythmic sound and saw that the ducklings were stamping their feet in unison to get the ants to come out of the anthill so they could eat them.


Very odd.

I just noticed that I have been a member of Dreamviews for exactly 2000 days.

Wow....I've known about lucid dreaming for 2000 days. That's a lot of days...and nights!

Yet I still feel like I'm at the start of this journey. I have so many adventures ahead.

So many new things to try.....

Awesome TwoShadows I really hope to still be talking to you in another 2000 days

Originally Posted by ninja9578

Awesome TwoShadows I really hope to still be talking to you in another 2000 days

Wow...that would be like 11 years on Dreamviews. But if the next 5 and a half years go by as fast as the last.....

I wonder what DV will be like. If it's still around. I'd like to think that I'd still be here if it stays the same.


Well, I go kayaking/camping on the lake tomorrow. Sunny, high of 76, low of 54, wind at 3-4.....perfect day. I'll be laying on the sand looking up at the gazillion stars tomorrow night. I hope I have a good LD.

Briefly, before I zip down to the lake....

Dream:

I was at my backdoor (to my childhood house) I was with a few other people, like Tito. It was night and we were sitting on the floor by the door. My cat came in the house, she was orange with wet sand. I thought she looked liked a tiger. Then I noticed that she had a branch wrapped around her that she was dragging around. I tried to take it off, but she was jumpy and ran back outside again.

There was more to this dream, but this was the end part that I remember. Something about camping, maybe.

Have fun

Originally Posted by ooflendoodle

Have fun

Thanks. I had a great time. Many many pictures. Great sunset...moonrise...fish...toads...striking snakes, slot canyons, reflections, yipping coyotes, warm campfire, relaxing kayaking....

View from campsite


Moonrise

So pretty

Agreed, if you don't mind me asking what do you do for a living TwoShadows?

Originally Posted by ninja9578

So pretty

Thanks, ninja.

Originally Posted by ooflendoodle

Agreed, if you don't mind me asking what do you do for a living TwoShadows?

Haha...because you think I would have to be rich to do this the way I do. Not so. Honestly, kayaking is one of the cheapest forms of outdoor entertainment there is. Really, the biggest thing is living close to water. You can buy decent used kayaks for $150-200 or so. Kayaks are man powered so you don't spend money on gas. They don't break down on you. You just need to arrange your schedule so that when you (and your friend) have a free day, you go out and kayak or hike. Simple and nearly free. So no glamourous job. In fact, my friend and I were talking about that when we were up there saying how the rich and famous could never do this like we do.

That sounds pretty fun, although I don't usually do stuff like that, I love hiking, fishing (when I can), wood working, and fires, but not the more physical stuff, Colorado is amazing for out doorsy people.

I had the longest lucid dream last night that I had in a long time. Will write it up later. But it was one of those when you wake up you are like "Oh Crap...I'll never be able to remember everything I did" But I took notes on what I remembered.

Long LD from two nights ago:

Ed called me and told me to look at the Moon outside. I went out onto my oorch. I was at my old home in LA. I saw the full moon. It was very large. I then was what looked like a satelite passing the moon. It then sped up and brightened up until it looked like a fireball. I thanked Ed for hainvg me go out to see that.

Then I was in my kitchen. Several family members were there. There was a hole on the floor and water was leaking in. Ed was there. Marie asked him about the army.

We then went back out to the porch and my telescope was there. We pointed it at the moon and looked at it. I was amazed by all the detail I could see. I could even see red streaks on the rock which made the moon look like it was made from sandstone.

Something about this seemed odd. I wondered if this was a dream. But I knew that this was real. This was way too real to be a dream. But at the same time I decided to jump up in the air like I would in a dream because it seemed like a funny thing to do.

Well, I jumped and hovered a sec. It wasn't much, but I thought about it. I knew that in real life I wouldn't hover for even a second.

Suddenly I knew without a doubt that I was dreaming. I flew up in the air over my old neighborhood. It felt amazing. I noticed that I could feel the wind and the coolness of the night air and the feeling in my stomach of going up and down.

I wanted to go even faster, but strugged, like I usually do. I focused on rockets coming out of my feet, and I felt like I was going faster, but nothing around me moved much faster.

I then remembered that I needed to do a Task of the Month. One Task was to go Trick-or Treating. I landed back down in my neighborhood where I Trick or Treated as a child. I seemed really big, like my neighborhood was made out of dollhouses. But I leaned close to a house and rang the doorbell. Someone opened the door and I said "Trick-or-Treat!" They put something in a bag I was holding. I didn't see it, but I knew it was a tootsie roll. I went to another house. This time the person saw me and ran away screaming. I went to another house, and they gave me another toosie roll. The person in the fourth house ran away again. I laughed and knew that they were programmed to do that.


I then looked around. Things around me looked like a World of Warcraft setting. I saw these kittens all around me in various places. I thought, "Oh, that's for the new quest. If I had accepted the quest the kittens would be all sparkley." I wished I was on the quest so I could collect the kittens.

I floated up in the air again and came to a boardwalk. I landed. I saw a good looking guy with short brown hair and decided to kiss him. I didn't even bother to say anything to him first. I just pulled him to me and kissed him. After the kiss, he looked at me with a surprised, but not unhappy look. Then as if to get in the spirit of things, he then pulled an older lady to him and kissed her. After that kiss he looked at me to make a face, like "that wasn't really a good idea. I should have just kissed you again." So I asked him to kiss me again. But for some reason he started talking about "okra" and we never did kiss again.

I then decided to talk to some dream characters. I saw a bar next to me. I went up to the counter and saw the bartender. He was about 55 with graying hair and he was very tall and had a beer belly and stubble on his face.

I leaned toward him across the counter and asked him the first thing that came to mind, "Am I dreaming?"

"Yes." He answered.

"How do you know?" I asked.

I can't remember what he said, but he started going off on all this scientific stuff. It really surprised me to get this from a bartender. I then asked him something else that I no longer remember. This time he said, "Ask Nurse May." And he pointed to a lady standing next to him.

I leaned to her and said, "Hey, Nurse-- I mean, hi May..." And then I asked her if I was dreaming.


"Yes." she answered, and I am pretty sure she went off on a complicated explanation why she knew that.

I then asked, "What do you see when you look at me?"

She said some word that I didn't understand, "Ethano..."----something.

I then turned to someone else by me and asked then to look up that word for me since I was unfamiliar with it. They read me the definition...."one who is ruled by the hourglass."


Hmmm...that was odd.

Then the dream started to fade. I looked over to the bartender again and also at my hands and willed the dream to come back to full clarity. It seemed to do so.

Then I was back in the World of Warcraft setting. Around me were frogs. I knew the quest was to chase the frogs. But I remember somehow my sister Susan was there. I didn't want to do the quest anymore. I wanted to talk to my sister, who was dead. But then I knew that I could do both. So I said, "Self, go chase the frogs while I talk to Susan." And I saw myself go running after the frogs. And I started talking to Susan.

And that is all I remember. I am pretty sure that there were a couple of other parts of the dream that I don't remember.

So tranquil How are you not jaded to the beauty of your area?

What's on the bottom of the picture?

Originally Posted by ninja9578

So tranquil How are you not jaded to the beauty of your area?

I don't know if I would ever get tired of seeing sights like this. Maybe it has something to do with growing up in a big city and hardly ever getting to be out in nature. Or maybe there is so much varied beauty that is impossible to ever really "get enough".

Originally Posted by ooflendoodle

What's on the bottom of the picture?

Oh, that's my cooler that's strapped onto the front of my kayak. There is a little porta-potty strapped onto the back . Not that we used it, but regulations say we must carry one. The tent and sleeping bag are in the back compartment.

See...haha