Heh I had a lucid dream last night which became infected by a conversation I had earlier that day with a mate, about coconuts.

When I realized I was dreaming I decided to see if I could exercise a little control and make a chocolate bar appear in my hands; Unfortunately the 'nut convo was obviously in my thoughts as instead of a chocolate bar two half coconuts appeared in my hands. I stared at them hard but they stayed as coconuts, although their shape did kind of contort. However I was walking along a road holding these two coconuts when I saw what looked like a chocolate bar on the ground. it looked much like this



except that when I bent down and picked it up I found it wasn't actually a chocolate bar but sweets in a wrapper. I felt a bit cheated, and this is about when I woke up.

Has anyone found that the more you look at far off objects the closer you get to waking up? I'm beginning to find that to keep a grip on the dream it helps to stare at a close object like the one I'm holding or my hands. I managed to make it all the way up the road even as I could feel myself being tugged back into wakefulness, just by keeping focused on my hands.

Again, I say goddamn coconuts! My mate spent a good ten minutes telling me about these special coconuts and it obviously seeped into my consciousness. I still find it fascinating how that happens.