Clairvoyance
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We've all heard of it. If you think you're in a dream, you just push one of your hands through your other one. If you hand goes through the other one, congrats, you're in a dream!

Except reality checks don't always work. I'm sure some of the more experienced members already know this, but I, for one, would have wanted to find out about it earlier. Here is what happened:

I woke up in a bed that wasn't mine, in a house that certainly wasn't mine. I decided to do the reality check mentioned earlier. Not only was I able to see my hands very cleary, which is something that many people say does not happen in dreams, but I was also unable to push my arm through my hand. It seemed as though whatever part of my brain was constructing the dream had a firm grasp of real physics.

I ended up going back to sleep, which ended that dream.

I hope this servers as a heads up for others. Not all reality checks might work. In fact, none of them may, if your brain understands the difference between what is and is not possible in the real world. I'm still trying to find a way to get around this problem.

I had a number of dreams, but most of them were simple and short glances.

For example, in one dream, I saw someone driving down a highway in the middle of a dessert. Then, as soon as it got there, the dream seemed to end since i don't remember much else.

Later on, I had a slightly longer dream. In this one, I was around 6 years old and my parents had taken me to a toy store. They seemed to be wanting to buy me a controller of some sort for a gaming console. The controllers were shaped like gloves, and I assumed that one would put them on to play a game. I remember only looking at the box of one of these.

Then, the dreams ended and i woke up.

(12/11/09)

I had a very short dream last night. It was something like this:

I found a small baby panda crawling around in my back yard. I remember looking down at it at first from the balcony at the back of my house. I got out and picked up the little cub and brought it in. I don't remember seeing my own hands or any part of my body as I picked the animal up.

I briefly took my eyes off of the little panda and, when I looked down again, it was a grey hamster instead. I didn't see it transform or anything. It was just no longer a panda cub at that point.

Shortly after, I remember waking up.