Hi everybody

First of all, I'm David. I'm 21 and I'm a musician living in Toronto.

Normally I'm not one to post an introduction in the newbie forum of a message board, but looking around here I can see that this community is one I would genuinely like to become involved in, and so what better place to actually meet some of the other members.

I found myself here after watching a podcast clip from The Hour with George Stromboulopoulous. (For those of you not in Canada, don't worry about the reference.) The clip was about dreaming, and it was just a 3 minute long ditty with random facts about dreams. Watching this reminded me of how years ago, when I was a kid, I used to (for lack of a better word) dream about one day being able to achieve lucid dreams. Next thing I knew I googled 'lucid dream' and now here I am.

I opened up a dream journal as my first step to committing to achieving this goal, and in it I provided a more detailed introduction of myself, but I just wanted to throw in a post in this forum so that I could make myself known as a newbie in the appropriate place.

My dream journal, where you can read my real introduction as well as my first dream journal entry is here:
http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=46675

I am looking forward to meeting you guys, as I will surely be needing a lot of help along my way.

Oh, and before I go, I do have my first question: I have noticed that many members here follow a convention for their signature, which involved a lucid dream count. I have also noticed that many such variations on this convention abound around here, and some of them I am unable to interpret. While I have yet to have a lucid dream, I would be interested in learning this convention so that I can better intergrate myself into this community.

Man, I came off as a tightass nerd in that last paragraph, but... maybe that's part of what I am at heart. Anyways...

Nice to meet you all.