Thread: Maria's Epic Dream Journal of Awesomeness

03.09.2010

Garden of WTF? (Non-lucid)

SCENE DESCRIPTION DREAM LUCID

I started out outside a movie theater. I was there with my sister. The building was brown wood, with a pit of smooth river rocks out front. As I searched for an ideal parking space, we got further and further from the theater, for two reasons: one, I drove like a maniac, and two, I didn't want to walk very far. I spiraled out and away, and eventually chanced upon a greenhouse. My sister had forgotten about the movie, as had I. These big, scary-looking government officials were everywhere, apparently searching for a specific automobile. The greenhouse was still open, so I passed through the government checkpoint and climbed out of the car with my sis.

This crazy dude was a short bit off, hollering at the government dudes. He had built some sort of small tank/snowmobile/4-wheeler hybrid. It was covered in yellow paint and rust and looked a mess, but the dude insisted it worked. The government people were questioning him, examining his vehicle and grilling the poor crazy dude on all sorts of things, including a chain that he used to tow the contraption behind his car. Satisfied with his answer, the government people moved on. I entered the greenhouse.

Inside, the first thing I came to was a spider plant that wasn't getting enough sunlight. I couldn't move the plant, but I grabbed one of its runners and thrust it up into the sunlight. The results were as immediate as they were astounding. The leaves on the runner oriented themselves immediately and began soaking up the light. The runner flowered and flourished, green leaves sprouting left and right. The main plant sent out a second runner, which I also placed in the sunlight. The second behaved as the first did. A third runner flew out of the plant; again, I put it up in the sunlight. The first two were doing great. The first one was still growing slightly, but the flowers had died and gone to seed, and there were underripe spore sacks on the undersides of the leaves. Apparently, these spores contained a powerful hallucinogenic. I decided that my work was done and moved on to other parts of the greenhouse.

The crazy dude was there, and he ran right past me and my sister. A few government officials were hot on his heels. One stopped and radioed in a helicopter. The chopper arove on the scene immediately. The pilot was very skilled, and hovered up to the second story of the greenhouse. The entire floor was made of dirt and vegetation, with seemingly no support beneath. Once in a good position, the pilot started turning backflips in the copter before finally touching down and releasing an equally-crazy war general. (The chopper landing was quite rough, though, and the blades bumped into some of the furniture on the second story landing. I speculated that even I could do better than that slack-jawed nimrod.)

The crazy general flew out of the chopper and immediately started down the war path. Apparently, he snagged the crazy dude and dragged him back to the copter, where the pilot was bored beyond all reason. The general threw crazy-man and himself into the copter and flew off, turning aerobatics all the way.

That issue resolved, my sister and I cut loose. We found a few gorillas and started running about with them, picking up fruit as we went. One gorilla snagged a pineapple, I got half a bread fruit, and my sis was complaining about the smell of the fruit. Eventually, I think she picked up a few bananas.

The dream skips to a different point in the greenhouse; a region modeled to look and act like the geysers in Yellowstone.The soil was white and ashy; perfect for growing all sorts of vegetables. I chanced upon some onions. One onion was a white onion of large proportions. It wouldn't come out via tugging, so I had to go in and dig it out. After removing the rock-shaped lump of vegetation, I discovered three large, yellow onions. I speculated that these were probably rotten, so I pulled them up and chucked them to the side, along with the white one. If they turned out to be fine, I'd grab them later. They smelled slightly of sulfur from the soil.

I made my way to a raised portion where it seemed that carrots or yams of some sort were growing. Tentatively, I drew one up; the patch was horribly over-crowded. The carrot easily broke free, but I wasn't prepared for what I saw: the carrot bore the image of a man from Survivor. All the carrots looked like this, and it sort of freaked me out. I dropped them and ran.

Dream skips again to another section of the greenhouse; it seemed to be the final floor of the massive sucker. There were benches and light vegetation. This floor was obviously a place to chill out. A door lead outside, onto the soft grass. The sun was dipping very low, and a reddish light filled the greenhouse. A small area off to one side had supplies for macrame and making bracelets. I thought, "why not?" and pulled off a few strands, along with my sister. I had just gotten enough when a rude guy and his son came up and kiped the thread, thinking I worked there or something. I shouted at the man, but he was gone. I pulled off another thread, this one multi-colored. The dream ended before I could snip it, though.

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03.09.2010

Mario Neutron, Boy Genius (Non-lucid)

SCENE DESCRIPTION DREAM LUCID

This was a strange dream in that I seemed to be both watching and participating within it. I was living out the Jimmy Neutron movie, with a twist. The evil egg things kidnapped my folks, and my folks only. I managed to make it to their home planet and sneak inside a stadium. Carl and Sheen were with me, too. I easily located my parents, as they were dressed in the typical hideous jump suits. They were relieved to see me, and to finally going home.

Dream skips to home, where my parents were acting oddly. They disappeared down a secret hidden passageway in a zombie-like stupor. I retreated to my room, wondering what the hell was going on. I speculated that the egg people were somehow brainwashing my parents in a ploy to get them back. My rocket had disappeared, and since it sat two, I knew that this was exactly what they had done. I assembled the town and had them build a fleet of spaceships. At the end of the dream, I was high up in the stratosphere, engaging the pulse rockets, which was a hell of a lot of fun. ^_^

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03.09.2010

Computers in Chemistry Class (Non-lucid)

SCENE DESCRIPTION DREAM LUCID

This dream is fading rapidly. I know that I was in my chemistry class. The lights were out, and the room was relatively dark. The only light was coming from the windows, and from across the hall. I had my computer with me, and was somehow connected to the school's nonexistent wi-fi. I don't remember what I was doing with the computer, or what was going on in general.

03.10.2010

Becoming a Girl? (VILD)

SCENE DESCRIPTION DREAM LUCID

I am not entirely sure what to make of this thing, to be honest. I did a VILD very similar to the matter; it could have been just intense VILDing, or an actual dream. I do remember that I realized I was dreaming, so I'm counting this as a lucid dream.

Basically, I was walking on a sandy beach. It was bright out, but not unbearably so. If I recall correctly, I did have computer glasses. I was able to activate them, and commanded them to make me into a girl. The process was very slow, so I commanded them to increase the transformation speed by 900%. My pecks became nice, smallish, perky breasts, but a package check revealed that I was only part female. As I grappled with the computer, the dream ended.

Can't let Portalboat have all the fun.

Wow um cool dream...

Yay!! Your glasses worked!

Originally Posted by Mario92

03.10.2010

Becoming a Girl? (VILD)

SCENE DESCRIPTION DREAM LUCID

I am not entirely sure what to make of this thing, to be honest. I did a VILD very similar to the matter; it could have been just intense VILDing, or an actual dream. I do remember that I realized I was dreaming, so I'm counting this as a lucid dream.

Basically, I was walking on a sandy beach. It was bright out, but not unbearably so. If I recall correctly, I did have computer glasses. I was able to activate them, and commanded them to make me into a girl. The process was very slow, so I commanded them to increase the transformation speed by 900%. My pecks became nice, smallish, perky breasts, but a package check revealed that I was only part female. As I grappled with the computer, the dream ended.

Can't let Portalboat have all the fun.

Haha... Nice. I actually had a gender bender dream too, but I didn't post it on DV.

Um...interesting dream, Mario...

Originally Posted by eternalstar01

Yay!! Your glasses worked!

Yay! I was actually able to check something off my LD checklist! I'm also very pleased that the VILD worked. I like this method. ^_^

Originally Posted by Kraftwerk

Haha... Nice. I actually had a gender bender dream too, but I didn't post it on DV.

You should have posted it...those dreams are the most fun to read.

Originally Posted by lucidreamsavy

Um...interesting dream, Mario...

Indeed.

I lol'd at the 'package check'

Originally Posted by Mario92

Yay! I was actually able to check something off my LD checklist! I'm also very pleased that the VILD worked. I like this method. ^_^



You should have posted it...those dreams are the most fun to read.



Indeed.

Ohhh no. My dream was 10 times worse than portals.

Originally Posted by Mario92

Yay! I was actually able to check something off my LD checklist! I'm also very pleased that the VILD worked. I like this method. ^_^

I have yet to VILD, but I can DEILD, which is very, very close

Originally Posted by eternalstar01

I have yet to VILD, but I can DEILD, which is very, very close

Same here. I've had 1 DEILD, and have attempted wilds about 20 times with little success :/

Originally Posted by Kraftwerk

Ohhh no. My dream was 10 times worse than portals.

All the more fun to read. Hey, when you're reading through dozens of routine dreams every week, it's nice to come across something that makes you go, "hunh...well, you don't read that every day."

Originally Posted by eternalstar01

I have yet to VILD, but I can DEILD, which is very, very close

I'm glad DEILD is working for you.

Originally Posted by Kraftwerk

Same here. I've had 1 DEILD, and have attempted wilds about 20 times with little success :/

I can't WILD or DEILD, as it requires getting up. VILD I can handle, since you can do it on no sleep whatsoever.

Originally Posted by Mario92

I can't WILD or DEILD, as it requires getting up. VILD I can handle, since you can do it on no sleep whatsoever.

Kinda sorta... with DEILDs you have to be able to wake up, yeah (which I do, naturally), but if you get up, it decreases the effectiveness.

I've only ever DEILDed unintentionally, to date... so it's weird trying to figure out how I got it to work those times I know essentially how I did it... now it's just replicating it intentionally

DEILDs (I think) are better for people where a full WBTB wakes them up too much.

Originally Posted by eternalstar01

Kinda sorta... with DEILDs you have to be able to wake up, yeah (which I do, naturally), but if you get up, it decreases the effectiveness.

I've only ever DEILDed unintentionally, to date... so it's weird trying to figure out how I got it to work those times I know essentially how I did it... now it's just replicating it intentionally

DEILDs (I think) are better for people where a full WBTB wakes them up too much.

Or those of us who are just too lazy to get up and stay up.

I should get back into LDing. I have a good feeling about MILD.

I like MILD, and it's a part of my custom DILD/MILD/VILD hybrid.

Essentially, I MILD at the start of the night, but in the middle of the night, I've been losing too much sleep when trying to WBTB. So, I thought I might try to DEILD and go from there.

I need to try this VILD thing. It sounds do-able.

I'm holding off on VILD for a bit. I can't fall asleep when I try it Using too much brain power trying to keep all the senses activated in a scene

I'm a "set it and forget it" kind of person, which is what I did this morning, and I just realized something...

My TOTM today was a MILD!! A true MILD!

Realization: That's what I did this morning. I woke up and couldn't really recall the dream I had woke up from. I was still sleepy, so I kept thinking about rainbows and lucidity over and over again as I passed out.

Woot! Two goals completed in one morning!

03.12.2010

Super Mario Daredevil and Banana Breezes (Non-lucid)

SCENE DESCRIPTION DREAM LUCID





The dream started out in the early morning in my house. The curtains were drawn, and the living room was very dark. Rupert, my banana tree, had finally unfurled a new leaf, in what appeared to be the nick of time. This leaf had taken months to unfold, and I was curious as to why. I brushed back some of the other leaves, including the new one, which had turned out a tad bit deformed, and found the problem: Rupert was in bloom. Well, sort of. On first glance, I mistook the large, branching leaf for a small cluster of flowers, but upon closer inspection, found it was a leaf with a center stalk and three dainty, tender offshoots. I was a bit crushed that bananas were a bit away, but happy that Rupert was surviving.

The scene skips to me driving down the highway. It was summer, and the highway was laid out a bit differently. The bends and turns were sharper, shorter, and bordered by fences. A few trees grew up on the side of the road every now and then, offering brief patches of shade. I was on my way to my new place of work. The steering on the car was malfunctioning, and had a delay of a second or two. When I began drifting off the road, I made a correction, and when the car didn't respond, made another, much larger one. After making the larger one, the car corrected itself, but then kept right on going. I shot across the two lane highway and into a field. A fence kept me from merging back onto the highway, so I followed it to the end. There was a bend in the road, and this would let me attack my lane at a 90 degree angle. Perfect. The steering had returned to normal, and I gunned the accelerator, bouncing over a small crevasse and back onto the highway, narrowly missing a pea-soup-colored SUV.

Dream skips to my new place of work, which appears to be an aircraft hangar. My co-worker is a 50-something woman, who was as laid back as can be. We got to talking about banana plants, and she asked why on earth I would pay for one, when my neighbor just a block or two away is giving them away left and right. She said I could find them in "the alley." I got some vague instructions, and here's the cool part: I remembered chunks of other dreams and dream scenery in my dream in vivid detail.

I asked if I could leave, and she said sure. She even clocked out with me, even though we were the only two there to keep the place from being looted or robbed. She said she was going to help me get this banana tree of mine.

Back home, it is still warm and summer, with not a cloud in the sky. I took a stroll down the alley, remarking that the shade was very pleasant. Hell, I was just happy that the skies weren't gray and things had a shadow again.

I found the man's house, but I wasn't sure if it was the right place. In the yard, there were two large, sleeping, ferocious-looking dogs. The man had placed numerous "beware of dogs" signs; more than a few of which were funny. I walked past the fence, and somehow, one of the dogs got out and started following me. I feared an attack, but the dog was more out for an ear rub than blood. I petted the dog's head, and followed him back home. I let him into the yard, then noticed that the neighbor's house, (which was red), had the front and back doors open. It wasn't the wealthiest family in the world, and I could see right through the structure, but I thought they should at least keep the doors closed. I went to the front door and peeked into the house. One room, basically, with a small kitchen. It seemed that nobody was home.

I wandered around back, and noticed that the man who lived there was an avid gardener. He had a few beds of vegetables, but what really caught my eye was the long row of banana trees. They had pupped many, many times, and each plant was in a different stage of development. Some had thick trunks and tiny crowns, while others looked more normal, and still others had the weird little tri-leaf things that Rupert had going on. I had found the place...now I just needed to wait for the man to return home.

I wandered back through the room and out the door, then went back, as something had caught my eye. I peeped around the corner, and found a somewhat chubby woman quietly nomming breakfast. I had just walked right through her house without asking permission. I began apologizing, but she told me to relax, and that this wasn't really her home. She was just house-sitting for the old man, who would be back any minute now. Sure enough, the man appeared in the doorway. I asked him very politely if he'd be willing to part with one of his banana pups. He told me he'd be delighted, but said he didn't have a container for me. The only one he had left was housing a dying cactus. I told him I would supply my own, and he gave me some weird brick things. They were rectangular hunks of soil, wrapped in mesh. The mesh was there to hold the cube together, and also to provide structure for the dirt. The bricks were rock-solid...they would have to be reconstituted in water later. He told me to "layer" them in the pot I chose, as these cubes worked wonders.

I ran home and found a suitable pot...it was rectangular, and of somewhat fancy design. I layered in a few of the bricks, then found that I didn't have enough. I tried to messily fill in the gaps with ordinary potting soil, but it wasn't working. After some grappling, I managed to figure out how the end pieces worked, but I was still a few bricks shy. I set the box down on a large stack of the exact bricks I needed, but the thought never crossed my mind to use them. Brilliant.

I somehow managed to fill my pot to a satisfactory level, and even made a small hole to accomodate the new plant that would soon inhabit it. I dashed back off to the man's house.

Since leaving, he had taken a garden spade and a hair dryer and cut off a beautiful young pup, about Rupert's size. As I was transplanting the new banana tree, (the man told me it was an "Ice Cream" banana), the dream ended.

I like it when I get these massive dreams of epic vivid recall.

Do you actually have a banana tree named Rupert? If so, then that's awesome.

Yup, Rupert is real. He's about 3 feet high, which isn't all that bad for two years. Another year or two and I should have nice, tasty bananas.

Wow, that is a RIDICULOUSLY long dream, good recall

I get a ton of fragments in addition to decent recall, sometimes

Now I wish I had a banana tree... =P

I could hook you up with a great, very trustworthy vendor. There are cold and wind-hardy ones available, and they're very easy to take care of. ^_^

And thanks, Zez. I think I broke another personal record of mine.