Metaphyz1k
The Dream Problem

NON-LUCID / LUCID / NOTE

It is nighttime and I am walking down my street. I decide to fly to a nearby house and punch the window in. I expect to see J there lying in her bed and there she is. We make out for a little while and the next thing I remember is being on the rooftop of a very tall building. I look down and doubt my ability to successfully fly to the top of another building without falling and waking up. I decide to lower the building that I am standing on to the ground so that I can walk off onto the street. I punch a few more windows in and the thought of David Letterman crosses my mind for some bizarre reason.

NON-LUCID / LUCID / NOTE

Being on this vacation resort may be a new dream sign.

I am in a beautiful indoor/outdoor resort sort of environment and I remember being disappointed to have to leave because the breakfast was so good.

NON-LUCID / LUCID / NOTE

I am working in a CVS pharmacy. There are boxes and stacks of paper needing to be placed in certain boxes. I am going down the list and putting papers in these boxes. I ask my uncle if all of the items on the list will be put into boxes and he says yes. I realize that I have missed many items and that I have done this completely wrong. I am unable to go back and undo it because the papers in the boxes are so cluttered and messy. The boxes seem to be marked with a long number on a digital display screen that I had entirely overlooked, and I figure that this must have been necessary to successfully complete the task. I look over to my uncle who was recently laid off from his real job, and he is helping a customer. I decide to give up and roam around the store. I see a customer who needs help and I offer to help them. They are in search of a video game by the name of "Lebron". I look at the shelf and I somehow know that the game has been out of stock. It's only in stock for the PSP, and I assume that the lady does not want this version. She then asks if the CVS card she has will give her a discount on something, and I inform her that I don't even know the answer to that question. Embarrassed with my inability to do anything, I head for the exit of the store. I see a girl coming into the store and I decide to kiss her. I see an even more attractive girl who is much closer in age to me and I decide to follow her to the mall. She is moving away from me at an enormous speed and I cannot keep up with her. She gets on an escalator and I run to board another escalator nearby. On the next floor, she has disappeared and I see C who I am friendly with. Because I am angry with the girl who has completely abandoned me, I tell C that I want to fight. He comes towards me and I am not afraid because I know that this isn't really happening. The dream fades.

In retrospect, this was probably a semi-lucid of sorts (if such a category really exists) because I knew I was dreaming, but I put this information on hold in favor of the plot that I was already deeply involved with.

NON-LUCID / LUCID / NOTE

My house seems empty, but I can sense the presence of others. I am aware that a game is taking place in which the last man standing is the winner. To eliminate other players, one must engage in a wrestling match and win or throw a crumpled up paper towel and hit an opposing player in a dodgeball-like style. I step out of my room and narrowly avoid a crumpled paper towel. It whizzes past me and down the hallway. I spot a player who is a student at my school who I believe to be a wrestler. I don't know how to wrestle but we begin pushing one another. I run to the kitchen and crumple up a paper towel and I pelt it at his leg and it's a hit. I shake his hand and he departs in a sportsmanlike manner. I become aware that I am one of the last few players remaining. I run downstairs and spot a small hill of crumpled paper towels. I dive into the room while simultaneously grabbing two armfuls of paper towels that I hurl at a group of remaining players who seem to have formed an alliance. I eliminate all but one who is an old friend of mine. We look at each other and smile. I feel confident that I'll win as we shuffle around the room and avoid thrown towels. I finally hit him and win the game. I feel very pleased with my performance and the next thing I know I am outside and aware that I am dreaming. The exact moment when I gained lucidity is unknown, which is quite unusual for me because I often become lucid by RCing or just realizing that I'm dreaming. I cannot recall the precise moment. I begin walking down my street, which is how I begin most of my lucid dreams. My vision is blurred and highly shaky, and I can only make out the gray street and some trees beside me. I stop for a moment in an attempt to stabilize the dream. Things come into focus and a few dream characters appear in front of me. This is also unusual, as I am often alone in my LDs. One character is D, the old friend. Another is J, a girl from my school who I had a crush on a couple years ago. One or two other characters are there as well, and they are ready to take flight. D grabs onto me and J grabs onto D as I lift off from the ground. The other two characters fly independently of me and each other. We fly down streets as I follow the others and D and J are unable to hold on. I stop flying and tell them to hold on tight for the turns. They listen, and I am happy for them to be holding on and experiencing this flight with me. I then test my control and I am able to gain speed and slow down rather well. I then decide to turn on warp speed and leave the other two flyers behind. I am gliding at an insane speed down another street. I live in the suburbs and I take note at how beautiful and realistic the houses appear. I then think to myself how this is all my creation and I promptly wipe out and wake up.

NON-LUCID / LUCID / NOTE

I am outside of my friend's home, which is surrounded by various foliage overlooking a river. This is not how his house or lawn appears in reality, but I somehow know it is his home. My friend, T, is some yards away from me and his mom throws T and myself a lighter. I take out a cigarette and begin to smoke. I don't smoke cigarettes, and I feel somewhat guilty for doing this. The next thing I can remember is being inside the house and in the basement. Again, the environment doesn't look anything like it does in waking life, but it feels familiar as if I'd been there many times before. My field of vision now looks as if I am looking into a microscope at a germinating Cannabis seed. A small growth is protruding from the seed, and I am quite excited and perplexed as to what I am seeing. I somehow believe this plant to be mine and the next thing I can remember is being in my room on a very sunny afternoon. The sunlight is pouring into my room and two Cannabis plants are sitting on my windowsill. They are growing very quickly before my eyes and the sun is moving rapidly throughout the sky, and I am quickly adjusting the plants so they are receiving sunlight. They continue to grow larger and larger and I begin to feel somewhat overwhelmed. Then, S appears in my room to take one of the plants. I somehow know that one is Cannabis Sativa and one is Cannabis Indica. I give him Indica and he leaves my room. I begin to feel paranoid due to the presence of an illegal plant in my room, so I take it outside and that concludes my recollection of this dream.

Strongly influenced by day residue and recent occurrences.