Hey! I've always been interested in Lucid Dreaming, and once in a very rare while I'll get the chance and make it last a bit, however I've found I've had some difficulties.

For one, detail in dreams. One technique I always hear about is looking at details that make you go "hey, thats not right...." so you get the idea that it's a dream, or looking in a mirror in your dream and seeing something else (which, by the way, would scare the hell out of me). I just don't have that level of detail in my dreams (VERY rarely I do), so I never really notice or comprehend things out of order. What can be done about this? I heard something about if you have a snack before you go to bed or take certain vitamins it can stimulate your brain a bit more, I dunno.

Second, if I do realize it's a dream, I wake up really fast. I've read that if you physically spin your body in your dream it can help you stay in that dream (and it has helped a few times that I remember), but sometimes it's just so fast I can't help it. Any tips or techniques I should try out?

Third, and this is the one that REALLY bothers me, is even when I am in control, and I am asleep, and not worried about waking up, well, I try and make stuff appear, but it never works. For example, in my dream, sometimes I'll go "Oh my god, I'm in a dream... HOT CHICK TIME!" and I'll actually snap my fingers in joy and to my surprise, no hottie appears in front of me.
How come even when I realize I'm in a dream, I can't get stuff to appear or happen? I'm really confused by that, and even if I could learn how to acheive this, I'd be really glad.

Thanks!