i finally had a good lucid the other night. i was in bed asleep and i woke up (not FA) around 4 in the morning. as i was trying to get back to sleep, i just kept repeating to myself "i am dreaming . . . i am dreaming . . . i am dreaming . . . " eventually, although i was still laying in bed in the same position and everything, as far as i could tell nothing had changed, i RCed by plugging my nose. lo and behold, i could still breath, indicating that i was still dreaming. at one point in my dream, i met this guy who looked a lot like Eli Vance from Half-Life2, only a bit younger than Eli. i asked him, "are you another lucid dreamer, or just a character in my dream?" he said, "i don't know." later in the dream, i decided he was probably just a DC, because i was waking up somewhat and becoming more aware of my real body. as this happened, he started to fade and become transparent. even though the rest of the dream looked solid, he started fading, and i decided that meant he was just a DC in my dream, not another LDer. what does everybody think?
by the way, in the start of my dream, i successfully used the techniques of rubbing hands together and repeating "I am dreaming" to help solidify myself in the dream world.
it was way cool.