Thread: Task of the Month for August 2012

I have written down my dreams in a dream journal in a FA... but it wasn't because I was intentionally doing this task of the month! It was merely because I write down my dreams immediately upon waking up, and roll back asleep.

I think I changed my mind. I will attempt surgery. It's just that a part of me always wonders if it is really happening. Like what if I wake up and I am hacking away at a real person. Silly I know. Anyway, I am watching surgery on YouTube to get some fresh visuals!

Originally Posted by xanous

i think i changed my mind. I will attempt surgery. It's just that a part of me always wonders if it is really happening. Like what if i wake up and i am hacking away at a real person. Silly i know. Anyway, i am watching surgery on youtube to get some fresh visuals!

doo eet man

Advanced Task!

I remembered the advanced task of the month almost immediately, as the thought of completing the basic task flashed through my mind. However, I knew I didn't have much time (you'll see why in a minute), and the fact that I was in the garden was going to make it hard to find a pen and paper. So in a panic, I willed something, anything to write with, to appear. A Bic, black ink pen appeared on the ground. YESSSSS I thought. I grabbed it, and not even bothering to look for paper, I tried to write something on my arm. I was able to scratch my arm a little, which hurt, but the ink wouldn't come out or show up on my arm. I wishfully looked at a table on the back porch, and I saw a pice of ripped manilla paper that Chris usually likes to doodle on. Double YESS! I ran and grabbed it, and quickly scribbled on it, and it worked. So I tried to think of something to write from my waking life, and the first thing that popped into my head was "Last night, I cooked chicken for dinner." I even recollected quite clearly the actual dish, as it was something I had never made before. I wanted the sentence to be simple though, and started to write, "Last night, I.." Then I got distracted by some scribbling that was on the top of the paper already. I don't remember what it said, but when I looked back to the sentence I was writing, it was all gibberish. I scratched it out and tried it again, just under my first attempt. Exact thing happened again haha! So this time, I made myself focus on the task. I mean, we're talking pain in the brain, making myself focus on writing this tiny little sentence without getting distracted. I finally got it all written out, and I remember being ecstatic that I completed both tasks within the first week of the month.

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

Advanced Task!

That's awesome, and really amusing how the text kept going to jibberish. It's fascinating how you can fly across alien worlds quite easily in a dream, but the simple task of writing something down is such a hard thing to accomplish.

ok well ill give it a go tonight.

Gaaaa I managed to remember the advanced task last night while lucid. I was literally sitting on a rock, holding a pen and paper, scanning my brain for any waking life memory. It was sooo hard!! D: Eventually I started waking up in real life, but the experience was still very intereting

I'm going to be having a normal dream, but one of my DCs is going to have a heart attack in the background or something and I'll be there to cut him open and do who knows what. =3
Really though, I don't see this happening in a perfect hospital-doctor scenario. Most likely it's gonna be improv'd in public with tools out of nowhere. But whatever works.
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I think I'm a bit too squeamish to do the basic task. However, if I do manage a lucid (unlikely!), I will attempt the advanced task. If I can't, there's always next month!

Originally Posted by Reisen

Really though, I don't see this happening in a perfect hospital-doctor scenario. Most likely it's gonna be improv'd in public with tools out of nowhere. But whatever works.

That's so true. Mine was in my livingroom, using my kitchen knives lol.

Originally Posted by Ozhleth

I think I'm a bit too squeamish to do the basic task. However, if I do manage a lucid (unlikely!), I will attempt the advanced task. If I can't, there's always next month!

Awww, well that's ok. I can certainly understand squeamishness. September's tasks will be less bloody, I promise.

However, for OCTOBER...

However, for OCTOBER...

Aww, damn Halloween!

Thinking more on this, the advanced task is an AMAZING exercise to strengthen our control of the logic center. The levels of lucidity seems to be determined by the amount of our logical mind which has awakened. Though randomness is fun and entertaining, true mastery of lucidity to me would entail complete activation of our logical self.
Several lucid jaunts over the last few days, however my short term memory seems 'turned off', as when thinking of things to do in dream the current task completely escapes me.

I'm only a newbie to this sight. And a beginner at practising the Art of Lucid dreaming. If I only manage the beginner task do I still get some credit?

Originally Posted by Starlia

I'm only a newbie to this sight. And a beginner at practising the Art of Lucid dreaming. If I only manage the beginner task do I still get some credit?

Absolutely! You get a set of wings for completing the beginner one, then additional wings for completing the advanced.

I really want to do at least one of these before August is over! Posting here to remember doing it (after I've eaten a delicious Hemsworth sandwich of course)

Originally Posted by WDr

(after I've eaten a delicious Hemsworth sandwich of course)

Best sammich evuh!

I just did the advanced task.

Spoiler for "advanced task':

I was in the lounge room with my parents. Suddenly I realised I was dreaming and to prove it I levitated. I ran out the door where I heard shouts to stop. Mum followed me with a whip. I was afraid I knew she would hurt me. I used telekinesis to remove the whip this was exciting as I have never done that before. I ran thinking of the diary task. My mum still followed me I called on duke my dog and everyone to attack. Only duke did. I then watched mum go back inside before hurrying on. I found a house and broke into it. as soon as I was in the lounge room I saw a pen and a pad of paper brilliant. I thought of something to write. I wrote last night I worked on my dream diary by preparing for the task of the month. The writing came out as clear as day it was blue ink. I then sensed somehow that I had to leave now. I ran out side and jumped on the roof. I sensed they knew I was there. I then flew up into space with the intention of completing the task of the year.

I'm so happy I did the advanced task. Especially since I'm a newbie . However the basic task I'm almost sure it will be a night mare. I'm a bit squeamish about those things.

I don't mean to be impatient but dam where are my wings, where are my wings, where are my wings, where are my wings, where are my wings, where are my wings, where are my wings, where are my wings

Originally Posted by Starlia

I just did the advanced task.

Spoiler for "advanced task':

I was in the lounge room with my parents. Suddenly I realised I was dreaming and to prove it I levitated. I ran out the door where I heard shouts to stop. Mum followed me with a whip. I was afraid I knew she would hurt me. I used telekinesis to remove the whip this was exciting as I have never done that before. I ran thinking of the diary task. My mum still followed me I called on duke my dog and everyone to attack. Only duke did. I then watched mum go back inside before hurrying on. I found a house and broke into it. as soon as I was in the lounge room I saw a pen and a pad of paper brilliant. I thought of something to write. I wrote last night I worked on my dream diary by preparing for the task of the month. The writing came out as clear as day it was blue ink. I then sensed somehow that I had to leave now. I ran out side and jumped on the roof. I sensed they knew I was there. I then flew up into space with the intention of completing the task of the year.

I'm so happy I did the advanced task. Especially since I'm a newbie . However the basic task I'm almost sure it will be a night mare. I'm a bit squeamish about those things.

I don't mean to be impatient but dam where are my wings, where are my wings, where are my wings, where are my wings, where are my wings, where are my wings, where are my wings, where are my wings

Due to my hectic schedule on Saturdays and Sundays, wings earned on the weekends don't get added until I get home at night.

thats fair enough by the way I got my wings, I got my wings, I got my wings, I got my wings. Thank you Ophelia btw what did you think of my dream?

Did beginner task of the month surgery

Spoiler for Beginner task surgery:

I arrived in some kind of building with avatars from dream views. I also noticed a picture of a purple men with a sword painted on a wall. I did an RC check and levitated. I went into the next room telling myself a men would have passed out. There I saw a passed out men. For some reason I believed I get extra points for removing all of his organs especially his intestines. Though it was called something else in my dream a insestined. So I told myself by removing his organs into the air i was curing him. I grabbed a scalpel near by. It was then I felt queasy. I told myself I needed to do this task. I grimaced and used the scalpel to draw a mortitionary line on him like in a movie I saw. I cut from belly button to half way and cut either side to form a v shape. It was a bright red line that resembled blood but didn't bleed anywhere as though he was dead.

It was then the man with a sword in the picture came to life and fired gun shots at me. I dodged side to side as I yanked the men's heart, lungs, kidney and intestines out determined to get as many points as possible. I remember thinking that I might have to hide this in a spoiler tag with warnings gruesome violence. After I yanked everything out I went to leave. I stopped realising that butchering a men doesn't count as surgery. I then used the scalpel to jam the door to keep the purple men out. The door reminded me of a butchers fridge room door all black plastic. I put all the men's organs back inside him and closed the flaps of skin. I imagined staples stapling him back together. I slapped him and waited to see if he would wake up. I heard a voice "will the men wake up we will see next week." I groaned just as I saw the men lift his head and open his eyes.

Completed advanced task again

Spoiler for advanced task story:

I awoke from a south park dream to hear a south park toy playing the theme song. I attributed this to be the cause of my dream. Thinking how good it would be to voice record all my old dreams as there were 12 so far and I was afraid I would forget them. I searched for a sound recorder. I found one and started to record all my old dreams. I then connected it to the computer somehow and logged into dream views. It was then my dream ended.

Do I get extra credit for completing advanced task twice :p

Originally Posted by Starlia

Completed advanced task again

Spoiler for advanced task story:

I awoke from a south park dream to hear a south park toy playing the theme song. I attributed this to be the cause of my dream. Thinking how good it would be to voice record all my old dreams as there were 12 so far and I was afraid I would forget them. I searched for a sound recorder. I found one and started to record all my old dreams. I then connected it to the computer somehow and logged into dream views. It was then my dream ended.

Do I get extra credit for completing advanced task twice :p

Just a pat on the back

I'll take it *presents back*

Now that I finally remembered to do them in a dream I got both of them done last night

DJ one:

Much to my delight there was a notebook lying on the sidewalk, one much like my waking life DJ. I grabbed it and opened up to a page in the middle only to find a pen! Thanks subconscious . Most of the pages in the book were blank except for a few in the beginning which seemed to have little doodles on them. Nothing really jumped out on me, it just looks like somebody got bored in math class.

I thought of what to write and kept thinking of my MILD mantra (did a WBTB/MILD last night) but I wanted to do a real waking life thing. Then I remembered that we had had a marching band practice that night and did a run-through of our show for our parents, the "parent preview." Once I thought of marching band all the details came to me and I just quickly wrote down something along the lines of, "Went to marching band practice, did parent preview, woodwinds rushed and got off the beat in the first song, rest went smoothly." Thinking back about it now that's actually pretty accurate. There, one down, lets see if I can get two

Surgery one:

I looked at the patient and he was already unconscious, whether it was from anesthesia or passing out I didn't know, but he was out cold. The nurse who had dragged me through the hospital told me he had been shot twice with a 22 caliber pistol in the thigh but luckily it missed the femoral artery. I looked at his legs and noticed two small holes in the right thigh (he was laying on his back). I looked around the room and saw a pair of tongs, perfect! I grabbed them and went over to the patient. When I got a closer look at his leg I could see the bullet just about an inch under the skin and spread the whole a little bit with my fingers giving me enough room to fit the tongs in. Thank god I had gloves. There wasn't a lot of blood, however, at least not the amount I had expected. There was some but it wasn't all rushing out. It was like if you prick your finger to test your blood sugar or something, one drop every few seconds.

I reached in with the tongs which were more like what I had used in chemistry class than any surgical tongs I've ever seen. It was quite easy to grab the bullet, just like picking something out of jell-o, but the bullet wasn't deformed or anything. It was still perfectly intact, as if it had never been shot from a gun and just broken off of the cartridge. I dropped it in a little tin the nurse had been holding next to me and grabbed the other one which was a few inches below the first one. This came out just as nicely and in perfect shape as well. Having no clue how to stitch a wound I asked the nurse if she could. She nodded and grabbed a needle and this weird thread. She sewed up the wound in just a couple seconds and did so just like one would to a blanket.

Full DJ Entry

Maybe the woodwinds were on beat but the brass was dragging, ever thought of that Burke, hmm?

Anyway, awesome dreams! You really impress the hell out of me with your lucid dreaming abilities.