Hey, guys, I just have a few questions, newbie that I am...

I had heard of lucid dreams before, and had been trying to have them for sevral months. I realized I was dreaming twice, but woke up immeaditely afterwards. The night after I visited this site, I had my first LD! A few problems, though, I couldn't really controll anything. I kept chanting "I will escape the bonds of gravity" (Learned that somewhere else) over and over to try to fly, but no luck. Any advice?

I've also seen the abbriviation WILD around the forums, and i'm not too clear on what that means...

Finally, a forum question, are newbies allowed avatars? If not, it's no big deal, I'll just have to get some more experience, won't I?