This morning, I was having a very bizarre dream about being at the beach in an underground cave that was a house where Michael Jackson lives and was having friends over for something that resembled Christmas, except it was a festival of bitching at Michael for being a child molester while honoring him for being a great entertainer. It was in a neighborhood. Any way, my father and I left Michael Jackson's cave/house and went to pick up my nephew who was staying a few houses down the road. My father and I got into an argument, and I flew off the handle (which doesn't happen in real life). I immediately apologized by saying something like, "I'm sorry. I'm really tired right now. In fact, I am asleep and dreaming." For some reason, knowing that I was dreaming did not register any more than enough to have me make the comment. Ordinarily, such knowledge would have me exploring the dream with awareness that I am dreaming. This time, I knew it for a split second and kept going without the awareness that I was dreaming. Has anybody else done this, and do you know any tricks for making sure you don't remain in such a weak state of lucidity? I plan to work on training my mind to catch such knowledge every time and act on it accordingly.