Thread: Twoshadows' Dream Journal

Carnation Cafe... We ate there too. Enjoyed a very talented piano player who entertained us as we ate.

I wouldn't be surprised if I have another string of Disneyland dreams now.

I was away for two nights. At one point I remembered several dreams. BUT--I didn't write then down. So all I have left is an image of a little black girl who was about 7 or 8 years old. The rest is gone.

No lucids?

BTW - the dry spell I was on is gone! Had my 2nd LD.

You probably will have a dream of Disneyland. But hey nothing wrong with that

That's great about the Lucid Dream, Pyrox....and I see you also completed the Lucid Task. Good for you. I'm kind of bummed that I haven't gotten lucid for a while. I know this task (jumping off a cliff) would have been so easy for me as I have already done it. But I seemed to have run out of time. No problem, though, I seem to do a great job of completing them the next month. As fun as it would be to get the badge, the fact that I am able to complete (or attempt) some of the tasks at all is satisfying to me.

Okay, I had a whole lot of dreams last night. I went to bed at around 9:00 because I was so tired from the busy weekend. I had to get up at 5:30, but I had plenty of time for dreams.

I'm not sure if these were part of one long dream or different dreams, so again, I will call them "sections".

Section 1:

I am taking a math test. The questions are very simple two-step addition and subtraction story problems. But I am having difficulty doing them.

Section 2:

I am in a helicopter flying over a city. It is not a real helicopter since I am in a seat under it with my feet dangling (more like amusement park ride...maybe it was Disneyland&#33 I am not seatbelted in and everytime the helicopter turns or dips I have to really grip the armrest so as not to go falling off (Wish I would have gone lucid then it wouldn't have mattered if I fell. I could have "caught" myself and flew.

The helicopter then flies into a hotel lobby. I am worried because I am thinking that helicopters are not supposed to fly inside buildings, but apparently this was no ordinary helicopter, so it was fine.

Section 3:

I am in a Library asking the librarian if there are extra books that I can buy. She says "not at this time". I am disappointed.

Section 4:

I remember flying in the library. No...still not lucid.

Section 5:

I am flying in a friend's house. This "friend" is a black boy names Rocky, who was a character in a book I recently read. His house is cool. His living room is two story with the couches on the upper part. It was all done in shades of white.

Section: 6

I am flying in what starts as the hotel that I was in with the helicopter. Then it turns out to be outside. I fly over this bridge, and see this guy. Our eyes connect, and I instantly know he is my enemy. Suddenly my flying power gives out, and I fall the the ground against this wall and my strength is nearly gone. At this point I realize that I am Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The evil guy comes to me and is about to punch me. I feel completely helpless, but at the moment his fist is about to hit me I exert a little energy. Suddenly his hand hits a force field, and the punch doesn't touch me. He tries again and again. Each time I make the energy field I feel more exhausted. I wonder how long I will be able to take it. Then I have a brilliant idea. The next time he swings at me I grab his hand, and I now have the energy and strength to lift him and swing him over my head and smash him on the ground to my left. Then I swing him back over myhead and smash him to my right. I do this again and again (I'm not normally violent, but I am in this dream) until he is no longer moving.

I run and am suddenly in my Grandma's basement. I walk around, but realize that there are renters living there. I quietly sneak back upstairs to my grandparent's part of the house.

Section 7:

Two friends and I make plans to go to California.

Section 8:

Red gives me Justin W's info for the badges he needs for the Pack Meeting. I am Cub Master.

Section 9:

Someone was going to put indoor/outdoor carpet in this parking lot.

Section 10:

I saw my dog Link. Suddenly there were two Links running around.

Dream 1:

I was in what was supposed to be my house. It was night, and I was with a bunch of kids. I suddenly realized that we were in great danger--that something was coming to attack us (vampires, I think). I had to find a place to hide. I knew there was a small attic space we could all squeeze into. But to my surprise, when we climbed up, it was like a whole other level to the house with full-size rooms. I immediately forgot that we were in danger. I was quite excited about this discovery, and we started to exlopre the rooms. There were dressers filled with unusual things. This level had apparently been sealed up for a long time. It was just the neatest thing to have discovered all this in my house.

Dream 2:

This was sort of connected to the first. We were still in the house with the attic. But it wasn't mine anymore. I was looking at it very interested to buy it. I was with a realtor and made an offer. I was excited thinking that I was going to get the house, but then this huge family with all these kids comes in and says that they are going to buy it . I was upset. I told the realtor that whatever they offored I'd beat it. But this family acted like this house was already theirs.

While I was waiting for all that to be settled. I went to my friend Shannon's house to wait. In the dream her house was this tiny single-wide trailor. It had old flooring and torn wallpaper. I was trying to help her figure out how to fix it up, and come up with ideas on how to make it look more open and less cluttered.

I had a funny little "audio dream" (no visual) while I took a five minute power nap this afternoon. It's one of those times where you don't feel like you've been asleep at all. But suddenly you go, "Wow, I just had a dream." So you know you must have been asleep, even if briefly.

All it was was the song "Yankee Doodle" being played on a viola. The sounds were up close and very clear. Then it was gone.

The night started with dreams I couldn't remember. Then towards the end of one particular dream things got very vivid.

End of dream:

I was in a garage (supposedly mine) with Kelly and Becky. We were looking for something. BUt I had noticed that there were spider webs--big orb webs above us. There was a huge spider that had just had babies and there were many spiders in the web. As I moved about the garage, I saw that there were other equally big orb webs filled with big spiders. It finally got to a point that there were so many spider webs with spiders that I was suddenly surrounded and I couldn't go anywhere without walking through a web of spiders. I finally thought I saw a way to get out. I started walking cautiously toward the way out. But suddenly I felt the tug of web on my bare arms and body. I had walked smack into a huge web. It also hit me that each web was covered in many huge spiders.

The feeling of terror I suddenly felt was enough to snap me awake right then and there.

Notes:

Although in real life I don't have a particularly geat fear of spiders, I get the "spider web dream" at least twice a year. Usually it is Black Widow spiders in those dreams since that is the only spider I dislike enough to sometimes kill. (But at this time I am allowing two to live on my front porch because they will eat the cockroaches. They are far enough out of the way so I won't acidentally kick a bare foot into their webs.

In this dream I was surrounded by Orb Web spiders. I know why I was thinking about them. I get a few in my garden each year. As a kid I really didn't like these spiders because they would spin huge webs on my jungle gym in our back yard and a couple of time I almost walked into them like in the dream. The ones in my garden here seem to stay in the plant area so I have never had a close call. They are fun to take pictures of. But if they ever start making their webs where I might walk into one, then the spiders will have to go.


I just have to make sure that when I pick off dead flowers that I look carefully.



This is what I don't want to walk into.


Took this one a couple of days ago. It was in a place I couldn't get close to so I just stuck my camera down by it and hoped it would focus. And it did...on its leg.

Afer the spider web dream had fully awakened me, I lay in bed for a while thinking about lucid dreaming and WILDing. I thought I might attempt a WILD when I started getting tired. BUt I wasn't tired. I just laid in bed staring at the ceiling and listening to the noises of the night....my cat making her warning noise to what was probably another cat. A siren going by and the usual chorus of four dogs that have to join in. It is a haunting medley of whines and howls that goes one for at least a minute. The bubbler in my frog's tank is a constant quiet noise that I ususally don't hear unless I am laying in bed unable to sleep.

Then I heard my Grandma's voice. She was saying something abou the dog. We were in the driveway and Link was running toward us.

I opened my eyes and realized that I had finally gone to sleep. I had about a half hour left before my alarm, so no sense in trying to WILD at this point.

I had two more shorts dreams. One was with my friend Theresa and her twin girls were being silly and embarrassing her.

And another very interesting dream about Smallville. I can't remember any details. But I remember it was cool. And I had scribbled the word Smallville on a piece of paper on my night stand when I woke up so I wouldn't forget.

I don't have much time so I will quickly write down the notes I wrote on paper when I first got up. I'll write the details when I have time later.

1.I am invisible/game

2. Bathroom with curtain in public

3.discussing disaster plans.

4. lipstick

I never got around to adding the details of yesterdya's dreams, and now I'm not sure that there are enough details to make it worth while--SO--I'll go on to a dream from last night. Unfortunatley recall is not that good.

Dream:

I was flying.

I remember that part. It's great that flying comes so naturally in my dreams. That bad thing is that it has become so natural that I don't question it. I used to fly maybe 2-3 times a year. Now that I have gotten into Lucid Dreaming, it comes a lot more often. I need to go back and count my flying dreams, both lucid and nonlucid. I would be interested to see how it has increased. I have had a slow month for LDing. I had several at the begining of August, but none since. BUT--I have flown several times, so I don't see it as a waste. As much as I have loved LDing, I still get great enjoyment out of my good old fashioned regular dreams.

Back to the dream. In this dream I wasn't supposed to be flying. So I was trying to hide the fact that I could fly. But I couldn't help but sneak in a brief flight here or there. I had an interaction with some kids at some point. I don't remember much. I think they caught me flying or something.

Then I was flying in a very large room. I was with some famous guy (no one that I knew) and his wife that was a body builder. And we were flying together and talking.

Flying could be a dream sign for you.

And I feel the same way you do about normal dreams. I enjoy normal dreams too. A few nights ago I had a dream about me on a pogo stick jumping all around town on my way home. It was fun and I woke up happy even though I wasn't lucid.

Flying could be a dream sign for you.[/b]

Well, it certainly should be. But I think dream signs are hard to catch if they are so common in your dreams that you no longer think of them as any way unusual. Maybe this is a "sign" that I need to start doing RCs on a regular basics.

I had a dream about me on a pogo stick jumping all around town [/b]

That sounds like a fun dream. Something about "jumping" is makes me feel happy. Ever since I was a kid I have loved trampolines. :yumdumdoodledum:

My dreams...

Dream 1:
There was a vampire after me and some other people. We had stolen his money and had really pissed him off. We got to a point where we realized that we couldn't get away, so we came up with the brilliant idea that if we just returned his money that he would go away and forgive us. Apparently it worked.

Dream 2:

Debbie had had a baby. He( sometimes she) was very little and cute with dark brown hair. I got to hold the baby part of the time. But as the dream progressed, the baby became a doll, then finally am imgage on a computer screen. Odd....

Newborn or very small babies seem to show up in many of my dreams.

Dream 3:

I was staying with a group of teenage girls either at a dorm or some kind of camp. At first I thought of myself as one of the teenagers. Then as the dream went on I began to think, "Wait...I'm not a teenager any more." But no one seemed to notice.

Then a friend Kim B passes me and hands me two notes. I never got a chance to read them.

It's amazing how many dreams I can remember when I have a good night's sleep, especially when I can sleep in. Here are my many dreams:

Dream 1:

I am in a store looking at rock tumblers. In this store you can custom make your own. Instead of the regular canister thing, they were using big hollow shells. I found a really cool looking pink top shell that was huge and hollow. I decided to buy it.

Dream 2:

There was a band and it was playing on stage. I was on stage too. I have no idea what I was doing--I was laying on the floor.

Dream 3:

I was at a big teachers convention. Former President Clinton was there sitting at the front as a guest speaker. Before it started one teacher got up and started saying all these horrible things about Clinton. Then other teachers got up and joined in. I have never liked Clinton, but I felt it was terribly rude to do this to a former president that was an invited guest.

Dream 4:

I was at an apartment (supposedly mine) with a group of people. We had been making cookies. Everyone decided to leave and go somewhere. I walked out the door with Jeff. We crossed the street together. Suddenly I remembered that no one had taken the last tray of cookies out of the oven or turned the oven off. I had to go back.

I tried crossing the street again, but it was too busy. I finally decided to go to the corner a ways down to cross at the light. After I crossed I looked back toward the apartment and I couldn't find it. I wandered around a little trying to find a way to the apartment. There seemed no way to get there.

I realize that I am now in a cafe area and it is Gay Day and there are all these gay guys sitting around me. I start to feel a little out of place. There are these misters on the awnings that are supposed to spray a fine mist to keep everyone cool. But I walked into one that is spraying a full stream and I get kind of wet.

Finally I see Monica. She is pregnant. We talk and I suddenly remember I am supposed to be finding a dress. I look thourgh these racks of dresses but can't find one the right size. I finally pull out a Medium and start carrying it around. The Mary is there and lets me know that I am dragging the dress in the dirt. I pick it up and hold it more carefully.

Then I am walking again with Monica, and we see this airplane. It is coming in over the city very low and slow. I have this dread come over me as I realize that I am about to witness a terrorist attack. We watch as this big, odd-looking plane comes to a point about two blocks away and stops and hovers. Then it flips upside-down and dumps out many of its passengers. There are all Japenese tourists. I feel sick as I see them fall to theirs deaths.

Then I am afraid it is going to see us and come and attack us in some way. Monica and I run a couple of blocks away until we feel a bit safer. Suddenly she is not pregnant anymore, but has this tiny baby with her.

Dream 5:

I am at a dance. I seemed to have a friend who is DJing. He calls me to where he is and tells me to stay with his stuff for a minute. Then I look and see all the people dancing. They are all on the stage and no one is on the floor area.

Dream 6:

(May be inspired by dream 4) Someone had given me this newborn baby. I am with a group of people and we are stranded out in the desert away from any place I can get formula or milk for the baby. But I think, "No problem, I'll just nurse the baby." I didn't seem to realize that since I didn't give birth, that this wouldn't be possible.

Oh Gosh, why do I seem to have this baby obsession??

Dream 7:
(Fragment) I chop this onion in half and see this big back spider in the center.

Dream 8:

There are these two guys that are dressed like pirates and they are telling me about this goose they have with them--about how it started following them so they decided to keep it.

Dream 9:

I am at Zion National Park and explaining to someone about the East Rim Trail. I was telling them that it was a long trail, but it had this cool slot canyon along the trail. And how you had to be careful at the end because there was a huge drop off.

Dream 10:

I was with a group of people, and we are looking over at this hill, and we notice that there is a graveyard on it. I have this great desire to go see it. So I talk the others into walking up the hill with me to see what's there.

Dream 11:

I am at a hospital and watch as they bring in Anakin Skywalker who has just been injured. An official comes in and needs to talk to Anakin and see what happened. The guy standing next to me asks him, "You want the point of view of the Sith?"

And the official guys says, "No, the Sith is out there." Pointing the other direction "I need the point of view of Anakin".

I remember this conversation because I immediately woke up after this little dream and wrote the exact conversation down.

Dream 12:

I am standing by this window. I suddenly feel the urge to look out. When I do I see a window right across from mine. In the window is a guy staring right at me. I can't tear my eyes away. Part of me is totally creeped out, but part of me wants to stare deep into his eyes. He is older with long dark hair. He is not particularly good looking, but there is something about him...... and I can't look away. It was very intense.

For fun I went back and skimmed my dreams and came up with the following themes that showed up most often (there may be others I didn't pick up on, that I may find later). They are:

Common Dream Themes:

Flying The only one I counted-- 12 times while Lucid, 10 times while Non-Lucid.

Babies

Disneyland/Amusement Parks

New/Big House

Planes/Helicopters

Hiking/Camping

Lake Powell

Kayaks

Ocean

Softball

Vampires

Graveyards

Smallville

At some point I may count the numbers of times I dreamed about each of those.

I just went out and checked on my front porch Black Widows. I could only find one. Not sure where the other one moved to.

But the one I found was very much alive and healthy. But I don't think she liked having her picture taken. When I found her she had just caught herself a nice juicy pillbug. It was barely caught and she hadn't bit it yet or wrapped it up. I started taking pictures because I thought it would be cool to catch her progress on film. But after the first few pictures she couldn't decide if she wanted to hide or go after the pillbug. She kept running to the corner under the leaves, then back toward the pillbug. But her indecision lost her her meal. The pillbug had gotten itself loose and quickly made itself scarce.


First picture--before I freaked her out


Going after the pillbug


A moment of weakness--running to hide.


Poor Black Widow watches in dismay as her meal happily runs away in bottom left.

Wow, I'm glad I live in England, the only venomous animal we have is the Adder! Cool photos.

I like that last picture alot.

It's looks like it was a perfect photo opportunity.

Niiice pics, TS!

Is that one, further up, a banana spider? We have those all over the place, down here, and that's kinda what they look like. They're annoying as hell, though, since there are so many of them to run into, around here.

Niiice pics, TS![/b]

Oneironaut: Thanks! It was difficult in the dark (the black widow pics). My camera has this little red light that shines before I take pictures in the dark. It helped me get close--but not so close I accidentally bumped the spider.

Is that one, further up, a banana spider?[/b]

It's probably not exactly the same thing. But I'm guessing that is is related--like its South Western cousin or something. I've always called then Garden Spiders or just Orb Web Spiders...both are pretty generic names. I did a search on the internet for "Orb web spiders"...and there are hundreds of spiders in that catagory. So have you ever bumped into a banana spider?

Wow, I'm glad I live in England, the only venomous animal we have is the Adder! Cool photos.[/b]

Jess: There aren't Black Widows in England? I thought I saw a map showing them distributed everywhere in the world, but the poles. They have been everywhere I have lived...but I guess that includes only the Western US.

I like that last picture alot.

It's looks like it was a perfect photo opportunity.[/b]

Pyrox: Thank you. I have always enjoyed doing things like that--taking pictures that tell a story.

Originally Posted by Twoshadows

So have you ever bumped into a banana spider?
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Oh yeah. I did a lot of playing in the woods and dirtbike riding as a kid and I've had my fair share of run-ins with them.

Originally Posted by Twoshadows

Jess: There aren't Black Widows in England? I thought I saw a map showing them distributed everywhere in the world, but the poles. They have been everywhere I have lived...but I guess that includes only the Western US.
[/b]

I've never seen one. If they do live here they're very rare. All I could find about Black Widows in the United Kingdom was this mildly amusing article:

TESCO yesterday admitted using deadly Black Widow spiders to kill off insects in its bunches of grapes.

Funny......

The spiders, which have red markings on their backs, were introduced to Tesco vineyards in California as an alternative to pesticide, following customer demand for “natural” food.

The shock revelation comes after three women found Black Widows — two of them ALIVE — in fruit they bought at different Tesco stores.[/b]

I especially liked this line (below).

The fact that the spiders are alive is evidence that we’re not using pesticides — because if we were they’d be dead."[/b]

I don't doubt they did a good job eating the bugs that would have eaten the grapes. If you don't mind the fact that they are very poisonous, they are good spiders to have around.

Oh yeah. I did a lot of playing in the woods and dirtbike riding as a kid and I've had my fair share of run-ins with them[/b]

Uhh-h-h-h-h-h-h....... Makes me shudder.

I have come close, but besides my dreams that has never happened. Hope it never does.



Took this one this afternoon.

Since I'm using my dream journal for my photo album too, here is another cool pic.

Oneironaut: My Golden Hour Pictures

Whoahoah.. Very nice.

I love the way the little patch of blue sky contrasts with the gold, in the bottom pic. Really shows how surreal golden hour can be.

Thanks, Oneironaut. We've had some "golden hours" before, but this was the goldest one I remember.

Hey, and guess what? You (Oneironaut) were in one of my dreams again last night. Unfortunately my recall wasn't really good. But we were in some sort of build building, like a library--and there was this large male lion roaming around. It was making me very nervous. I remember going into this room and trying to shut the door, but the door wouldn't close because there was no door knob, and suddenly the lion was right there by the door. I don't remember what happened, but I do remember walking out of the building with you. That's all.

In the next dream I was with my Aunt and Grandma in my Grandma's house. We were planning a meal.