I know we all hate n00bs.

Feel free to hassle me, buuuuuut, I was also wondering if any of you knew the best method for a beginner (if you expected anything else, the title of this thread should probably go retire). I think everything in my dream is totally normal. I could be cooking prawns for a teacher I hate in the middle of the dessert with a beard long enough to put any bearded woman out of business and it will seem a-okay. :*

I've been checking my hands, the clock, asking myself "am I dreaming?" during the day. Also been trying to implement dream signs manually by using that Kooky bird thing. I even started a dream journal. What to do?