Just as an update of sorts, last night I tried FILD, and after about 30 seconds of that I did a nose RC and it worked! I'm a little fuzzy on what happened afterward, but I'm pretty sure that I got a little excited and then relaxed a bit after telling myself that if I failed I could just try again later on. After this I progressed into a semi-lucid dream (I say semi because it seemed more like I was watching a movie than actually taking part, but it was cool nonetheless, and I did feel some degree of control.)

It's neat now that going to sleep isn't totally boring...