New to DV and LD

[Peach Fuzz]

Hi guys. I've just discovered DV through (believe it or not) Google tonight when I was researching lucid dreams. I've always been fascinated by dreams - more than anyone I know. It was probably quite natural, since I usually have at least one dream per night, which I normally recall quite vividly. I've only had 2 LD's in my life, one when I was very young (prepubescent age) which was a DILD [I was walking in a field, saw two dogs that didn't look like dogs, thought to myself WOW THOSE AREN'T DOGS, I'M DREAMING! and ran into a diner, telling everyone that I was dreaming. They told me to get under the table and close my eyes and count to 10, and I did so but nothing happened.], and one last summer while I was taking a nap during the afternoon [Scenes kept switching; ended up in my bedroom but my computer was different, thus came to a conclusion that I was dreaming. However, everything turned into static, both sight and sound, and when I woke up I was in sleep paralysis]. A few days ago, I had a dream, in which I had a dream about having a dream about having a lucid dream. This was all during a nap on the couch, and I kept having false awakenings where I was lying on that very couch. Sorry for that huge blob of information; just thought I'd let you guys know my LD history. It wasn't until I watched Waking Life that I became completely amazed by dreams, especially lucid dreams. I've known for a while that you could train yourself to have one, but I was always too lazy to try. However, I'm extremely curious, thus have joined this forum. YAY! I'm thinking I should start keeping a dream journal starting now. Tonight, I'm going to try to WILD, but I dunno how effective that'll be, for it'll be my first try. Actually, before, I was always wondering if I closed my eyes but still thought about being awake, if I would still fall asleep. I'd always open my eyes by intention and have a semi-just-woken-up feeling, if that makes sense....and if that has anything to do with anything. Well well...we'll see how this all goes! I'll update you guys tomorrow Oh btw, I have no idea why my username is Peach Fuzz. I was clueless on what to make it. EDIT: Also, what's the most effective way to do a WILD?