Thread: Twoshadows' Dream Journal

Those pictures are gorgeous.

Originally Posted by Twoshadows

YEs, that's true...thanks...


Well, I'm not sure about that...but thanks for thinking so.


Oh, you should. Do you kayak on a lake? River? Ocean?

I think that you actually do have more views than any other on-topic thread.

I usually go on the lake, too far away from the ocean to go. I occasionally go on the Delaware River, but I own an open-top kayak so I can't do white water.

Those pictures are crazy. Its nuts that they are even from the same planet I see every day. It looks like some sort of martian or lunar landscape.

They bring back a ton of great childhood memories for me

Originally Posted by ninja9578

Those pictures are gorgeous.


I think that you actually do have more views than any other on-topic thread.

I usually go on the lake, too far away from the ocean to go. I occasionally go on the Delaware River, but I own an open-top kayak so I can't do white water.

Thanks, Ninja. If you do go kayaking, post pictures. I'd love to see where you go.

Originally Posted by Robot_Butler

Those pictures are crazy. Its nuts that they are even from the same planet I see every day. It looks like some sort of martian or lunar landscape.

They bring back a ton of great childhood memories for me

Thanks.

You know, it is true. There are places in that area where I do feel like I am on another planet. Especially the places wehre it is all rock and no vegetation. But I think it's a beautiful look, especially if you add water.

I hope you get a chance to get back to this area.

Lucid Dream:

I was in a grocery store. Another girl I was with was helping people by holding their babies while they shopped.

I remember standing by the produce section when the girl come over to me holding a very cute, but very young baby. She tells me that she has to go and asks me to hold the baby. I told her that I didn't feel comfortable holding the baby since the parents didn't know that I had the baby and that I didn't even know who the parents were. She told me not to worry, that the dad's name was Kevin Sullivan. Then she left.

I stood there holding the baby not sure what to do. I looked at the baby. He was absolutely adorable. I then started wandering around the store looking for someone who might look like the baby's dad. Near the front of the sotre I saw a guy talking to Jeff. He looked a lot like Gene Wilder. For some reason, I was sure that this was the dad. I went over to him making eye contact. He looked at me, then the baby, then I knew for sure that this was the dad. I handed the baby back.

I then followed Jeff toward the front doors. He was ahead of me, so to catch up I jumped over the carts. It was such a good and long jump, and the amount of the time that I was in the air made me question whether this could possible be reality. I instantly knew that I was dreaming.

I then took off and flew out the front doors. As I flew I thought about what I should do in this lucid. The DV lucid Tasks came to mind. I remembered that the Basic one was to eat something that wasn't really edible. I looked around. The ground was concrete, but in a crack I saw some wet dirt. It was really kind of gross dirty kind of dirt--the kind that people have been walking on all day and throwing trash on and all. But it didn't bother me. I grabbed a rather large pinch and put it into my mouth. It tasted like I would imagine wet dirt to taste like--kind of gritty with a mineral taste.

And like normal in my dreams, I'm never satisfied with doing the task once, so I reached out and grabbed a piece of a rubber tree leaf (the kind that leaks white sticky stuff). I put it in my mouth and chewed it up. It didn't have much of a taste, kind of like a mild lettuce.

I then passed (while still flying) a juniper tree. I pulled off a sprig. I smelled it. It had a strong smell that I recognized as real juniper. I thought it would be really strong to eat, but it too had a rather mild taste. I was grateful becasue I was worried that it would leave a very bitter taste in my mouth for a while.

I then took off faster and flew to this large open building. It seems like there were planes stored in the building. I landed briefly on on of the large beams that overlooked the planes, then took off flying again.

I then flew to another large building. This one was under construction. As I got close I remembered that I had wanted to fall backwards when I had my next LD.

So I flew up to a high floor, turned my back to the dropoff, then squatted down gripping something in front of me. I felt the thrill of what I was about to do and briefly wondered of I should feel nervous.

But before I could think too much about it I let go with my hands and kicked off with my feet, and did a backwards dive. I let myself fall for a time enjoying the falling sensation. Then flew up to do it again. This time I stood with my back to the edge and just let myself slowly fall back.

This time I went all the way to the ground. I felt a light thud as I hit the ground. As I stood, I thougth about the Advanced Task. I tried to remember what it was. Wasn't it something about traveling to different places? I wasn't entirely sure, but it sounded good enough for me to try. I took off flying again. I wondered how many places I would have to go to get it to count. I figured that I would have to be at least three to four.

I decided that I needed to get to a jungle first. As I flew I imagined everything turning black (like my last successful LD where I transported to a different place), then coming out in the jungle.

But as I flew the dream faded and I last lucidity.



Dream fragment:

I was talking with Carl (who is a drummer). He was telling me that he was going to call his band "Two To Four" becasue that's the time he liked to practice.

congrats on the lucid. I'm due for one soon!

Hey, thanks Ranma.



I had a Lucid Dream last night. I think it was another long one. The only problem (unfortunately, it's a big problem) is that I didn't wake up afterwards....so I remember next to nothing about the dream. But let's share what I do remember:

I remember saying to myself, "Wow, I'm lucid."

I remember flying somewhere (No surprise--that could be any of my lucid dreams).

I think I kissed a guy. (Hmm. I seem to do this a lot these days.)

And that's it.

I slept really hard last night. And I'm going to share the reason why. Take a look at what I did yesterday. Whoo hoo....








Yes, I kayaked Antelope Canyon on Lake Powell. I took over 100 pictures, each one completely unique and beautiful. So choosing only three to share is harder than you might imagine.

Anyway, it was a fantastic day.

I hate you so much

This one is gorgeous.

Originally Posted by Twoshadows

Oh Jesus Chrimes! I love your pictures! No wonder you have such spectacular dreams. You must have tons of crazy source memories to make dreams out of.

When is the best time of year to do this? I'm a sucker for kayaking, so I'm going to make this happen.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

I hate you so much

This one is gorgeous.

Haha...thanks.

Originally Posted by Robot_Butler

Oh Jesus Chrimes! I love your pictures! No wonder you have such spectacular dreams. You must have tons of crazy source memories to make dreams out of.

When is the best time of year to do this? I'm a sucker for kayaking, so I'm going to make this happen.

Thank you. And yes, you've gotta do this!

I have only been kayaking on the lake, myself, May, June, July and August.

May had good weather, but the water was too cold for swimming. June is probably ideal. The weather is not as hot as July and August and there is less chance of thundershowers, and the water is warming up.

July and August are good if you want to keep jumping in the water to cool off. But you have to be careful of potential storms. If you kayak, for example, to the end of Antelope Canyon and want to hike up it a ways (like we did), you would want to make sure there was no chance of flash flooding.

Lake Powell has such gorgeous canyons--you would totally love it.


Dreams:


Fragment:

In one I was kayaking. There was something magical and special involved that I can't describe. It had to do with something I was holding, something flat and rectangular.

Fragment two.

I was running a marathon-like race. Running felt really good--like I could just run forever.

Originally Posted by Twoshadows

Oh my god, that is gorgeous. It's...like out of a dream! Since I can't see it in real life, I might as well dream about it.

Originally Posted by Twoshadows

I was running a marathon-like race. Running felt really good--like I could just run forever.

Aren't marathons great? Except for when you hit the wall with three miles go up all up hill

Originally Posted by Keitorin

Oh my god, that is gorgeous. It's...like out of a dream! Since I can't see it in real life, I might as well dream about it.

It is dreamlike. And believe me I used to dream about it until I made it a reality.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

Aren't marathons great? Except for when you hit the wall with three miles go up all up hill

Hold that thought. I'll talk about marathons next time I have more time. I just have a sec right now. But I have a few pictures to add. Just to make you jealous, of course, Ninja.


Dream frag:

I was kayaking. Finally I found what I thought was an alcove. I paddled in and found that it was actually a cave. There was a wonderful magical blusish light illuminating the cave. I wanted to go on and explore. But I was so excited that I woke up.

I makes sense that I dreamed aobut kayaking since I spent the day kayaking. Beautiful day....


Pictures from yesterday:








TS

I'm so jealous. I especially like the last one Looks like that'd be great snorkling too, are there cool underwater formations too? Oh, or underwaver caves? I haven't gone cave diving since last time I was in Mexico, it's sooo awesome though

damn! I love those pics. I'm jelous i can't travel to places like that yet.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

I'm so jealous. I especially like the last one Looks like that'd be great snorkling too, are there cool underwater formations too? Oh, or underwaver caves? I haven't gone cave diving since last time I was in Mexico, it's sooo awesome though

Cave diving sounds like fun if you had as great place to go. That's cool that you go to do that. Tell me about it.

I suppose you could go snorkling here, but I'm not sure it would be as much fun as in other places. The only person I have talked to that has SCUBA dived in the lake is my friend who used to work for search and rescue and did so for body recovery. And that wasn't a whole lot of fun.

Originally Posted by ranma187

damn! I love those pics. I'm jealous i can't travel to places like that yet.

Thanks. I hope you can travel there some day. It really is a beautiful place to go.


I've been at my mom's again, so I'm behind in writing up my dreams. I have a page of notes, though. Maybe I'll get them up tonight.

Tomorrow I'll be kayaking down the River (Colorado). It should be a long fun day. I'll post more pictures.

I never posted these hike pictures here. They are from June 5th. It was a nice narrow slot canyon. It was hard to get pictures that showed just how beautiful it was.

Cave diving is sooo beautiful. I'll find some of my pictures and scan them in (last time was before I had a digi) Some of the formations look kind of like the ones that you have in your pictures except more jagged. You just have to bring a lot of lights because once you get away from the cave entrance it is pitch black.

The coolest thing I've ever seen is entering a cave from the ocean into an underground river. Where the salt water meets the fresh water you can see a physical divide in the water and it's awesome

How'd you get that first pic from way above your friends? Did you scale the wall?

Originally Posted by ninja9578

Cave diving is sooo beautiful. I'll find some of my pictures and scan them in (last time was before I had a digi) Some of the formations look kind of like the ones that you have in your pictures except more jagged. You just have to bring a lot of lights because once you get away from the cave entrance it is pitch black.

The coolest thing I've ever seen is entering a cave from the ocean into an underground river. Where the salt water meets the fresh water you can see a physical divide in the water and it's awesome

How'd you get that first pic from way above your friends? Did you scale the wall?

I'd love to see some pictures! That sounds really cool. Wow...

I wonder how I would do. I have been in really tight caves before and I have done okay. But being in a really tight area with limited air might freak me out some. But I suppose it makes it all the more exciting.

I wrote up a cave experience in this Dj a long time ago. Did you ever read it?



Dream:

Okay I got to get this in even though is was extremely uneventful. This has to at least pretend to be a dream journal still.


I was in my mom's backyard. There was a black dog that was supposedly hers that I kept patting. There were other pets too. I remember a black cat named Sarah. This looked a tlot like my old backyard in LA, but I knew this was a new house that my mom had just moved into.




I had a really nice kayak trip down the Colorado River Thursday. The weather was perfect. We saw petroglyphs and (my favorite) two baby herons and a baby golden eagle.

Pictures from Thursday:

A (big) baby eagle


The picture was not as clear as I wanted because the eagle was sitting on the rocks in a place where the water was a little rough and I couldn't hold the camera completely still.

The water by the eagle:



I've got more pictures I can add later.
TS

Dream:

I dreamed that my sister who has cancer was getting better. She had gotten almost all of her coordination back. I was sitting on the couch in her house next to her and talking to her about how she had started making jewelry again.

Dreams:

I got to sleep in for the first time in what I believe is about two months. (I know that's one of the reasons I don't dream much anymore.)

I had long strings of dremas. But I've gotten out of the habit of remembering them. So I'll do the best I can in recalling and wrinting them down.

Dream 1:

I remember.....Mice.

I was in a place that I think was either supposed to be my apartment or my sister's. There was a guy with me that I don't remember. But I heard something scurrying on the hardwood floor in the living room. The guy rushed out and grabbed a little black mouse.

I remember saying something like, "Wow...we finally caught it."

Then I pulled put a little cage nad put the mouse inside.

Then later in the dream I was in the garage. I had left some of the mouse food out and there were two more mice eating onit. I was also able to catch them and put them in the cage too. One of the mice bit me, but it didn't break the skin.

Then I missed lucidity, as I noticed that the mice had now all changed to kittens. They each had a pattern on their back like fabric. I noticed the pattern and colors had a South Western theme. I knew that if I took them to the pound that they would all have a decent chance of being adopted. I especially liked the kitten that had tan stripes and grey green triangles.


Dream 2:

Long complex dream. I remember parts that don't really fit together.

I was at a school. I had been going for a while. I think when the dream started I was having my first day at school.

I remember I was walking down the hallway with a guy and girl and telling them I had to go to the bathroom, that I usually could "make it through the day", but today I needed to stop in. There were two girls bathrooms across the hall. I knew one didn't have stalls. I wanted my privacy so I went to the other one that I knew would be more crowded but had stalls. I walked in and was surprised to see a man in there. He was trying to fix a toilet. I saw that the other two stalls were full and that there was a line with two girls in it waiting. I waitied for a while, but I never remember getting to go.

I remember another scene where I was standing in a room wearing my little tight blue workout shorts and sports bra. Suddenly all these tall tan cheerleaders come in the room. At first I felt really intimidated. But this was a good self esteme dream because I started to notice that the cheerleaders didn't have perfect bodies. That their legs had veins and cellulite, and I thought, "Wow...I look better than that." (Okay, vanity dream.)


Then the dream changed a bit...or it could be that this was a completely different dream. Now that I think of it, I can't see a connection to the last dream. So we'll call it:

Dream 3:

I had a vampire lover. I don't know when he came into the picture. He was extremely good looking with longish black hair. I know we had had sex, not actually in the dream, but I had pretty good dream memory of it and it was great. I also remembered that he had been after me to seduce me for a while but I had always resisted until that time.

When this scene started I was going over to his (or my?) place to tell him that I couldn't be with him anymore even though our night together had been incredible. I just didn't feel it was right.

I got on the porch when I saw a group of guys coming. I knew these guys were enemies. I also knew that they were in a band. They all had long hair and were also good looking. I hid in the bush/tree at the side of the porch. I heard them talking about how they were going to hurt my vampire. They also mentioned me. They knew that the vampire had a girl in his life. I knew they would hurt me too if they saw me. I hoped that I was hidden enough.

Two of the guys went inside. One stayed on the porch close to me. I was afriad that my vampire would be waiting in bed for me and that these guys would catch him off guard. Then I remembered how strong he was and that I really didn't have anything to worry about.

The guy on the porch suddenly started coming closer to me. He looked down and saw my shoes and stopped completley still. I knew he had seen me, but I still didn't move. Then he reached slowly into the bush until he grabbed me by the arm. He started making comments to me about my choosing to be with a disgusting vampire.

Then I reached down. He must have been wearing shorts because I was able to pinch him really hard on the inside of this thigh. I kept on holding until he let go of my arm. I then got him talking. He told me how he was gay and attacted to the lead singer of the band. I told him that I hadn't really wanted to know that. He was the best looking guy in the band by far. I made the comment how it's "always the good looking ones."

And I don't remember what happened after that.

Right before bed I did two things. I watched a Twilight video clip (which I won't post because I don't want to spoil it for people who haven't read the book or who plan to see the movie). Then I took the first B6 that I have taken in months.



Vampire Dream:

I don't remember how this started, but I remember that James had captured me. He was an incredibly beautiful and incredibly cruel vampire. (He was the same guy as the actor who is playing James in the movie). He was holding onto my arm painfully tight telling me how he was going to slowly and painfully kill me. I was quite terrified, actually.

He then throws me around the room (also painful), then grabs me by the arm again. He then tells me that I am now going to die. He brings his face closer to mine, and I know that he is about to bite me, and that it is going to be horrible. So I did the first thing that came to my mind. I started singing a children's church song that I know. That seemed to throw him off. In fact as long as I was singing he didn't seem to be able to bite me. His face remained just inches away and he glared at me, but I continued to sing. I noticed that my voice was all trembly and that I was off key and even sang a few of the words wrong.

At that moment Edward arrived, crashing into James throwing him off me. They wrestled on the floor for a few second before James threw Edward across the room and pounced on me again. This time James pinned me to the floor. He grabbed a skateboard that happened to be next to us and pressed it against my neck and started to slowly put pressure to it. I was laying with my face to the floor so the skateboard was against the back of my neck. I felt a very real pain. I have felt this pain before in dreams. It was suddenly so bad that I woke up.

As I awoke, I could still feel the pain at the base of my head, and it slowly eased up as I became fully conscious again.



So , wow...another vampire dream....and a painfully real one.

Here is James who was trying to kill me:

I remember another scene where I was standing in a room wearing my little tight blue workout shorts and sports bra.

I'd rather see that than those cheerleaders

What's with the vampire dreams suddenly?

Originally Posted by ninja9578

I'd rather see that than those cheerleaders

I don't know...they were very tall and tan....

What's with the vampire dreams suddenly?

Well, vampires are...powerful and sexy. Does it get any better than that? I'd dream about vampires every night if I could.

But really, I guess some of the things that I'm reading and watching (vampire-wise) are finally making it into my dreams.

I like the way you dealt with your attacker. Pinch him and get him to admit that he's gay. Interesting battle tactics. You should have tried the same thing with James.

I shouldn't have read your DJ before bed the other day. I had a mean nightmare about you and Ninja diving at the lake:

Originally Posted by Robot_Butler

DV Member Tragedy:

I am hiking along a swampy looking lakeside. It is raining, and the ground is treacherous and slippery. I am trying to catch up to Ninja and Two Shadows ahead. They round a corner, and jump down to the trail below. Suddenly, the whole hillside collapses in a mudslide, and I see them tumble into the lake. The landslide brings down trees and mud, and I know they are trapped under the water. I jump in to try and rescue them. I pull Ninja out right away, but T.S. is trapped somewhere under the debris. We dig out endless amounts of broken tree branches and bamboo, but she is nowhere to be found. I am horrified that she has been underwater so long. Even if we do find her, there is no way she will have survived this long. I call to ninja, in a panic, asking him if he knows CPR

Originally Posted by Robot_Butler

I like the way you dealt with your attacker. Pinch him and get him to admit that he's gay. Interesting battle tactics. You should have tried the same thing with James.

Yeah, it is funny the way that first dream worked out. And it was interesting how in the second dream I was so helpless. Man, I just let James beat the crap out of me.

I shouldn't have read your DJ before bed the other day. I had a mean nightmare about you and Ninja diving at the lake:

Wow...what an intense, emotional dream. It was cool, though, that the three of us were hiking together. I like that. (Even though I died....and that's okay.)

You know, the dream I had with you in it was extremely emotional as well (the floating on the wind dream). But the opposite kind of emotion--complete elation. I really think that that dream was one of my favorites ever. I can't think of another deam that made me that happy. So I'm glad you were there.