Thread: Twoshadows' Dream Journal

Those are beautiful.

So pretty, how do you like those toe shoe things? Do they give you good grip on the rocks? Don't get so close to rattle snakes

Originally Posted by ooflendoodle

Those are beautiful.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

So pretty, how do you like those toe shoe things? Do they give you good grip on the rocks? Don't get so close to rattle snakes

Thanks. And yeah, I love my Vibrams. They are perfect for most of what I do--kayaking, water, climbing, short hikes. My feet get a little tired in them on longer hikes, but maybe I just need to build up to that.

And thankfully that was not a rattlesnake. I don't get that close to the rattlers. It was actually a teeny snake about as big around as my finger (maybe smaller). I must have totally freaked it out getting as close as I did. I was not expecting a strike. Poor little guy.

Remember this video? This has my best rattlesnake footage.

Lone Rock Canyon, September 3, 2009 - YouTube

Wow, those shoes are really blowing my mind! I've never seen anything like them before. And seeing all that beautiful canyonland in so many pictures really gets across a sense of how strange and alien it must be there (to somebody who doesn't live there). Even the dirt and sand is the same color as the rock (really it all looks like it's just one big sculpted rock). I can't help thinking of the beginning of the original Planet of the Apes.

You should post this in Pictures of your Daily Life. Hey, it's pictures, right?

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Ok, just saw the 2nd video. Wow! I guess it sucks to run into a rattlesnake in a narrow pass like that - you pretty much have to hike at its pace after that!

Originally Posted by Twoshadows

Thanks.



Thanks. And yeah, I love my Vibrams. They are perfect for most of what I do--kayaking, water, climbing, short hikes. My feet get a little tired in them on longer hikes, but maybe I just need to build up to that.

And thankfully that was not a rattlesnake. I don't get that close to the rattlers. It was actually a teeny snake about as big around as my finger (maybe smaller). I must have totally freaked it out getting as close as I did. I was not expecting a strike. Poor little guy.

Remember this video? This has my best rattlesnake footage.

Lone Rock Canyon, September 3, 2009 - YouTube

Oh, it looks like a rattlesnake. Yeah, my feet probably wouldn't get tired, I hike barefoot. I hate wearing shoes, that's why I asked about yours. Oh yeah, those are some nice rattlers. Yours are bigger than ours. And <3 the skull rock.

Originally Posted by Darkmatters

Wow, those shoes are really blowing my mind! I've never seen anything like them before. And seeing all that beautiful canyonland in so many pictures really gets across a sense of how strange and alien it must be there (to somebody who doesn't live there). Even the dirt and sand is the same color as the rock (really it all looks like it's just one big sculpted rock). I can't help thinking of the beginning of the original Planet of the Apes.

You should post this in Pictures of your Daily Life. Hey, it's pictures, right?

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Ok, just saw the 2nd video. Wow! I guess it sucks to run into a rattlesnake in a narrow pass like that - you pretty much have to hike at its pace after that!

Yeah, the shoes are great. And yeah, I guess this landscape would look strange to someone not used to the area.

The Planet of the Apes...I had forgotten that was filmed here.

I thought about that rattlesnake as I went through those slot canyons last week. You are kind of trapped, so you have to be extra careful.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

Oh, it looks like a rattlesnake. Yeah, my feet probably wouldn't get tired, I hike barefoot. I hate wearing shoes, that's why I asked about yours. Oh yeah, those are some nice rattlers. Yours are bigger than ours. And <3 the skull rock.

If you already hike barefoot, you would be fine. I am used to shoes. But that's why these are good for me. I can wear a shoe and still feel almost barefoot. I love the feel of grass and sand under my feet in these. Yet I'm protected from stickers or sharp rocks.

Yesterday's dreams:

I had climbed to the top of this huge cliff/mountain. I was alone and I got tired so I fell asleep on this little ledge next to the highest steepest part of the cliff. I "woke up" and saw where I was and freaked out. I was so scared that I couldn't move. I noticed my cat was now with me sleeping by my head (as she was in real life). I noticed she was right my the edge. I was a little worried for her. I didn't want her to fall. But I knew cats were pretty sure footed, so I started worrying about me again. I had no idea how I was going to get off this cliff when I was so terrified I couldn't move. So I just laid there.

Finally this man comes to me. He looked about 45 or 50 years old and Mexican, but spoke with an American accent. He told me his name was Journel. He was very calm and confindent. He convinced me to take his hand and stand up. Once I was up I started getting my confidence back, and I knew I would be able to make it down the montain.

Dream 2:

I was excited to start this long hike. It was something I had wanted to do for a long time. I had gotten all this stuff ready for it. It seems like there were things distracting me from getting started, but finally I was off. But when I looked at my watch it was 4:00 in the afternoon. I had wanted to leave by 6:00 in the morning because this was going to take about 12 hours. But I decided that I was just going to go anyway. I was with Susan at this point, and Carl, I think.

Dream 3:

Another bad bathroom dream.

I was in a large group of people. I think it was by a mall of sorts. I needed to go to the bathroom. I wanted to go in the mall to my sister's Salon. I had to wait in a line to get into the mall. And then I found that I had to have some kind of pass to get in. But I convinced the lady that I knew the person in the Salon.

When I got to the restrooms I was that they were really just four toilets sitting out at the side of the store. There was a curtain that was supposed to pull across all four. I watied until there was a spot open and sat on the toilet. I couldn't get the curtain to pull across. I looked out and saw that the store was full of guys. I felt really embarrassed. But no one was paying too much attention to those of us on the toilets, so I finally just went.

I had baby dreams last night. I don't remember details--just that I had a baby girl and was excited to be doing stuff with her. But at one point there was an older toddler boy.

It seems like all your dreams have patterns mine never seem to have a common theme.

Originally Posted by ooflendoodle

It seems like all your dreams have patterns mine never seem to have a common theme.

Do you think so? I guess you're right. I do have a lot of repeating dream themes. What kind of things do you dream about?

I had a super long Lucid dream again last night. So that's good. I seem to be picking up again on the lucid dreaming. It was anothe WBTB. And is one of the rarer times where I let the dream sort of take me along.

Lucid Dream:

The first thing I remember in the dream was being in a large body of water. I was swimming, I think. I saw two boats in front of me. I went over their wakes and enjoyed the bouncing motion. I then decided to surprise the drivers of the boats by speeding up and catchin up with them. So I did and came up right between them when they were quite close. I remember one driver (a nice looking man) looking at me in amazement. I smiled back. I decided to really surprise them by suddenly taking off into the sky.

At some point here I was lucid, although I don't remember the exact moment.

It took me a couple of tries, but soon I was flying up and above the boats and up into the sky. We were close to shore at this point and I could see a resort right there on the beach. I knew the boat drivers were going to the resort. I wanted them to find me again. So I decided to hang out there and wait for them.

There were many patios and terraces. I wandered around. I passed several pools and saw some hot tubs. I wanted to get in a hot tub. I was sure that the warm water would keep me lucid, and I didn't want to lose lucidity until after I found the drivers. Each of the hot tubs I came to had people in them. Some hot tubs were small and had a couple in them. But there were at least two big hot tubs--but these were full of kids or teenagers. I finally decided to just squeeze in a hot tub. After all, these weren't real people. But each time I came to one with a couple, it just felt weird to get in. I decided that I would get into one of the big ones. I came to an upper level where I remembered there being the biggest hot tub. But it was just crowded with boys about 12-14 years old.

Suddenly I remembered a thread I had just read that day on Dreamviews about weather, and how a lot of people have no interesting weather in dreams. I looked up toward the sky (there was a shade covering over the pools, but I could see out past it toward the ocean). I could see many grey clouds. I decided to help it rain. I asked the boys by me in the hot tub if they would like it to rain. Several said, "Sure". So I concentrated on the grey clouds and made them swirl bigger and blacker. Then I focused on making rain come down. I finally saw something come out from the clouds. It wasn't rain, though. They were flowers. A whole bunch of small black flowers. Could there be anything cooler than making it rain black flowers??

I then decided that I would just get in a pool. Maybe the cold water would be better for lucidity. On the way down to a lower level, I kept running my hand along the iron rail posts. I felt that the bump bump bump against the side of my hand would be good for that physical sensory that keeps me in a dream.

I came to the pool and started taking my clothes off. I knew I had my blue swim suit on under. I seemed to have on several layers of clothing and it was taking longer than I wanted to get undressed. Then Jeff was there and he started talking to me. I told him how I was trying to stay lucid. Part of me wondered if I was talking to him in real life and that he would think it was cool that was was actually lucid dreaming.

Then I got in the pool. The water was neither hot or cold. I swam to one end. I saw a man and a little boy. The boy had sand all over his hair. He was black and the sand was covering his short hair completely. When he leaned over I saw that it ran into his face. I told him to lean over and hold still, that I would help him brush it out. I brushed and brushed, and so much sand came out...and bigger rocks too. Finally I felt that I had gotten most of it out, and the boy went back to playing with his bucket and shovel.

I started walking around the pool area again. I saw a glass water container with ice and lemons. I got a plastic cup and turned the little spigot and filled my glass. I took a drink. I was disappointed that the ice water didn't taste cold. I turned around and saw two nice looking guys standing right by me. One was tall and had curly blond hair. The other was a little shorter and had brow hair. I took my cup of ice water and splashed it right up at the tall guy's face. He looked surprised. I said,"I've always wanted to do that." I laughed. This was a dream, but I still wasn't sure how the guy would react. He just wiped the water of his face and kept looking at me with a half smile, but confused look.

The brown haired guy then got a glass of water. I told him, "Go ahead." I faced him expecting him to splash water on my face. Instead he splashed it on his own face. I laughed again. Then I just grabbed the guy and started kissing him serious and deep. We were suddenly very passionate. We moved as we kissed until we were in another room. I pulled away for a sec and asked, "Is this okay with you?" I didn't want him to have a girlfriend right here that would see us. He said, "This isn't a problem. I'm willing to go all the way." I was suddenly a little unsure. All I really wanted to do was kiss. More than that seemed wrong.


Then I seemed to wake up. I thought, "Oh man, another really long lucid dream for me to try to remember. I started to back track the dream in my mind. Then I knew I had to start writing it down immediately. I didn't want to forget, and I somehow knew that I only had a matter of time before this dream slipped away. So I grabbed the closest thing to write on which was a piece of cardboard. I started writing it down. But part of me knew that this was a waste of time since this wasn't real. I knew I needed to wake up for real.

But I don't think I woke up at this time. I went on to another dream involving my younger sister...but now I can't read my notes...and I no longer remember.

Dreams:

I was transplanting this pretty plant that has long hanging blue and pink flowers. At first I thought I planted it in a hanging pot. But as I looked at it later it was in a large flat bowl that looked like a mini-pond. It was very cool looking.

Dream 2:

My radio alarm in real life was playing "Dust in the Wind" but I was dreaming that I was talking to people I knew that wrote that song and were playing it to me.

Usually odd adventurous situations, the only common thing I've noticed is occasionally an ex friend will show up and try to re initiate our relationship.

This morning I had this wonderful dream where I was riding onthe back of a giant bald eagle. I will write more details later.

Since you wrote a hello to me in the sand on a trip, and this reminded me of you:

Aw, cute. Thanks, ninja.

I suppose this is a hint for me to get back on my healthy eating plan.

Haha. No, I know. It's the Pig Puppet Thing. (Is it a puppet? It's cute.)

No, that's just a stuffed animal. Will you and your friends still hike in the winter? I'll bet some of your trails are beautiful under snow, or is it not high enough for snow?

Winter actually is hiking season here. Summer is pretty hot to hike, unless you are by the lake and can jump in to cool off. We don't get a lot of snow right by where we live, but we are close enough to drive to snowy places.

Dinosuar dreams. Will try to get them up later.

Dream notes: dead mice and aquariums at mom's (?) house.

Lucid Dream.

Will try to write it up later.

Lucid Dream:

This seemed like a long dream. But at this time it's fairly mixed up in my mind. I remember parts, but I am unsure how they fit together. So there will be some guessing.

I remember walking down the street with a group of people. I could see little alligators coming out to the sidewalk. I thought it was amazing and cool. I had never seen alligators on the streets like this. I pulled out my camera. But my camera was having problems and wasn't taking pictures. I felt frustrated at first. Then I thought, "But this is just a dream--why do I even care about getting pictures of alligators at all. Well, because alligators are cool. I have to keep trying to get my camera to work."

But then, of course, I suddenly realized that if this was just a dream then I should do something else. So I flew up in the air.

But this is where I get mixed up. I think I was suddenly with Jeff. I flew away from him. Then I flew back knowing he would appreicate it if I stayed and made out with him. I think I kissed him a little, but for some reason it seemed he didn't want to do anything. I took off my shirt and looked at myself in the mirror and saw that I looked sexy. And I flew off again.

I wanted to fly to the ocean. I flew over the countryside with rolling hills and pastures. I thought I saw the ocean, but it ended up being a lake. Then I looked beside me and saw a mountain. On the side were ledges that had animals like elk and deer. I thought it was so cool. I flew very close to a huge elk.

I can't remember what happened next. I'm pretty sure I was with these kids for a while. I think my lucidity was slipping away.

I do remember that I thought someone from real life telling me it was time to wake up. But I told them that I wasn't ready to wake up. And to be a rebel I opened a cabinet door and pulled out some chocolate bars. "I still need to eat chocolate." I took a bite. I wanted there to be carmel inside the bar and was happy to see that there was. I took many big bites, being a complete pig. I looked in the mirror and saw chocolate all over my face. There was a little girl with me also eating chocolate. She was making a mess too and we laughed at eat other.


When I awoke from my dream I noticed my alarm hadn't gone off like it should. I thought it was interesting that I had that voice telling me it was time to get up, probably about the time my alarm should have gone off.

I also know that there was more to this dream, and I have forgotten it.

I hate not being able to remember dreams, I love pictures though, I love to go through all of mine and look at the cool ones.

I'm totally a picture person, too.

That's why my camera is such a great dream sign. At the same time there is almost always an element of disappointment when I realize that the cool things that I have been taking pictures of aren't real.

So have you posted any of your pictures on this site?