Thread: Task of the Month for August 2015

Managed to accomplish the remaining two tasks. All the relevant parts are highlighted in blue.

Spoiler for Dream:

Dream Log Entry, Date 18.AUG.2015

Mine memories of what happened are still scattered.
Whilst lucid, I found a body of water in an ancient building. The walls in said building were of a smooth rock with various shades of blue. With telekinetic force, I scooped up a sphere of water and let it fall apart above mine hand. A sardine-sized fish plopped in mine hand.
The next thing I remember was approaching a black hole and being sucked inside. For a moment, all I saw was flashing colours. The next thing I knew, I was falling through a cylindrical corridor. The walls of said corridor were of a wet, black-and-red organic material. As I fell, the corridor narrowed, and strange, transparent creatures crawled toward me from below. Said creatures reminded me of Hades's cells from Kid Icarus: Uprising. At the end of the corridor was a large, pitch-black, cadaverous face who's eyes and mouth shone a bright red. As I neared--at this point I was practically squished by the walls--its mouth opened wide. The last thing I remember was conjuring mine Keyblade and thrusting it into the face's eye.

While strategizing about another task, I almost accidentally completed Basic task i, attending a concert. Full dream here: Muppets Sing of Amos and Andy (DILD)

I really can't explain why muppets were singing about Amos and Andy. Usually I can trace random things even in my LDs to day residue, but this just seemed really random, and yet oddly specific:

Spoiler for Singing muppets:

I decided that I should do something useful as long as I was in the dream state, and tried to remember this month's tasks. Eating a moon rock leaped to mind. Okay, how should I do that? I didn't feel like shifting scenes just yet, actually traveling to outer space. I thought, well, maybe a rocket could land nearby and an astronaut could get out and present me with the moon rock. It sounded like a good strategy but I was not strongly motivated to try it, so I tabled the idea.

As I was contemplating the possibilities, I heard music from nearby, and noticed a miniature stage on one edge of the deck. This reminded me of one of the other TOTMs, attending a concert. Well, here are some creatures playing music in public, that might count. I call them "creatures" because the music was being played by what looked like muppets, only a foot or two in height. The initial music sounded like a piano, and a female muppet was playing it, but her fingers were moving over a clear plastic stand, with no visible keys. I thought she resembled what I can only describe as the "hippie girl muppet," but googling that now, it seems to be a good search term and reveals that the name of the muppet in question (in WL, anyway) was "Janice."

After her piano solo ended, a male muppet to her right began playing guitar. This muppet resembled Fozzie Bear, and and was singing as he played. I listened closely to the lyrics and did my best to remember them. As usual in deep dream, I was impressed how easily the rhymes came—though of course on waking, it was hard to remember the lyrics clearly.

The first rhyme involved the phrase "...how we live," which later rhymed with "...give." There was another stanza that I couldn't remember at all by the time I was writing my report. I have a slightly clearer memory of the third stanza, apart from the absent first line:

...
...and I'll let you do the rest,
Because you know Amos and Andy
And can put them to the test."

After that, the muppet went into a refrain of:

Can you help me?
Stranger, can you help me?

The lines may sound plaintive in plain text, but they were a little more jazzy the way they were sung. I was listening to the song and smiling down fondly at the muppet. I felt that "Amos and Andy" was a phrase I had heard before... was it related to cookies? Or an old TV show? I was certainly willing to offer help, if it was needed, but a moment later I woke up.

Obligatory Basic-I miss:

DO flyover of destroyed castle, 2-3 flutists are playing on a ledge, they're covered in flour/dust and a cloud of it puffs up when they play.

Did the basic task ll last night

Right, TotM
I walk to the edge of the buffet and off course, I find a pond there. I pull a string out of my pocket and throw most of it in the pond, no bait or anything. When I pull it back, I find a small fish attached to it. Upon further examination I see that it's actually a miniature version of one of those prehistoric whales, with the tiny teeth and all. I toss it back into the pond.

From this dream :Family party - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

Last night I had a non-lucid dream in which I ate crack cocaine. I don't think that's the right kind of "moon rock"...

Originally Posted by Intet

Last night I had a non-lucid dream in which I ate crack cocaine. I don't think that's the right kind of "moon rock"...

OMG You're never gonna believe this but I had a dream last night I was smoking crack and I ate some too. I actually had forgot about it until I read your post.

Originally Posted by Intet

Last night I had a non-lucid dream in which I ate crack cocaine. I don't think that's the right kind of "moon rock"...

eheheheheeee

i love the word crack cocain since new girl

Spoiler for Crack Cocain:

http://www.criticalcommons.org/Members/AMST125/clips/new-girl-cabin-episode-clip-2-1/view

I'm back from hell!

Please let me know if anyone's wings got missed, looks like gab got everybody. Thanks gab you little Madmin <3

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

I'm back from hell!

Please let me know if anyone's wings got missed, looks like gab got everybody. Thanks gab you little Madmin <3

Mine! I did Basic 1 here >> #88

I'm still without wings after riding a dinosaur.

http://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/dolp...no-totm-69148/

Completed the Bonus task, finally!

Spoiler for Jump into a black hole:

Okay, teleportation next. I was determined to fly into a black hole too, though (the little ball of air had reminded me of that TOTM). Maybe I could do that with the intent that it would be a wormhole and teleport me somewhere? I jumped off into the super-huge night sky, and it was so much easier to get into space than it usually is for me. I just had to sort of fly toward one of the huge celestial objects in the sky. One of them was a galaxy, at the center of which I expected to find a black hole. It was so weird, the galaxy just sort of got closer. It didn't feel like I had moved, as if I was in a planetarium and it was just zooming in. But it was a 3-D planetarium and stardust was flying around me.

I came to the center of the galaxy, and there was a black hole. I just sort of knew it was one. I jumped in and managed to remember to say "Geronimo!"

At first it didn't feel like anything was happening, It was dark, and then I looked down at my legs and was amused to see them all stretched out and wiggly. Spaghettification!! I felt myself being sucked to the center and there was a little teensy ball of light which I assumed was the singularity, even though physics as we know it wouldn't allow it to be light. It got closer and then I sort of just passed through it.

I had closed my eyes (tried to keep them open but it was too weird for me...), and when I opened them again I was in my bed.

Le Full Dream

gotcha!

Originally Posted by imazu

Mine! I did Basic 1 here >> #88

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Just kidding, congrats!

Originally Posted by FryingMan

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Just kidding, congrats!

Hahaha! Nice
Thank ya

Hey oneironauts!

So, believe it or not, this was my first time attempting the monthly challenge in all my years on this site!

I decided tasting a moon rock would be interesting, and so below you will find my experience:

To make matters easier, I decided to make the setting of the dream on the moon. I performed a WILD and soon found myself on the desolate, grey (with a strange tinge of pink?) surface of the moon. I'd been on the moon before, and began my quest across the surface to find an edible moon rock. It didn't take long before I came across one that looked delectable enough; it was oddly shaped, and what I mean by that is it was symmetrical. After dusting it off, I took a bite which was met with little resistance as my teeth sunk in (upon picking it up, it felt lighter than I had planned, possibly a result of the gravity?). Expecting it to be somewhat like a donut, I was surprised to find it tasted minty, almost like a peppermint patty. Then, even stranger, it seemed to dissolve in my mouth (kind of like when you eat cotton candy and it shrivels up as soon as it touches your tongue). Anyway, I ate the whole thing, and it was definitely an interesting experience. I will surely be completing more of these challenges! Hope you enjoyed!

Congrats! Away to go everyone!

OK I give up. Basic (i) is impossible for me, I spent too many years playing in orchestras/bands and going to rehearsals to notice anything weird about being in a concert or playing in a musical group. Oh, and *another one* last night.

I arrive at rehearsal and realize I've left my instrument behind. I'm walking out to get it and run in to another <my instrument> player, I "recognize" [false] him (looks sort of like a young Steve Wozniak, asian-ish features, beard) and say hello, then I see another <my instrument> player, and wonder if I'm still the principal player or if they've replaced me.

Booth will close tomorrow (we got 31 days, we have the three nights chance-to-chain

So you still have time to vote! As long as you earned your wings, of course!

http://www.dreamviews.com/lucid-task...ng-thread.html

I still want to do the Black Hole one, but haven been working a lot lately. 70+ hrs a week Kind of a full on schedule here with not a whole lot of time to sleep. My dad tells me that he can dream about anything he wants. He just tells himself he'll dream about dinosaurs (for example) and then he does. He didn't specify if it was lucid or not though. I'd like even non-lucid dream control like that after my current dry spell of lucids. I was watching some old episodes of 'Cosmos', particularly the one about black holes, and the host Neil DeGrasse (not sure on his name) posited that on the other side of a black hole is another "Big Bang" and a whole 'nother universe, complete with its own black holes. He said that if you want to know what's on the other side of a black hole, just look around, because our universe might be inside one right now...

3 days to see what my mind comes up with! I hope I get a shot at it! I know I can do it any other time I get lucid too, but I like to do these monthly tasks here.

ToTM for September ready, for those of you who have wings:

http://www.dreamviews.com/lucid-task...er-2015-a.html

Quick and chain your wings before Mrs Butcher here cuts them off

Ate a moon rock!
>>Here<<

Originally Posted by PercyLucid

Quick and chain your wings before Mrs Butcher here cuts them off

cluck cluck cluck

A few tasks I forgot to post this month:
DJ entry for dino & black hole
DJ entry for music task

Spoiler for Dino task:

I decided to try another TotM, so I attempted to summon a dinosaur in my direct vision. It didn't work, so I looked around to see what I could use as a base object. I saw a very large topiary of George Washington's face, as depicted on Mount Rushmore. I walked up to it and put my hand about where his cheek was (at my eye level), and the shrub began to morph into the face and neck of a brontosaurus. When the transformation was complete, the dinosaur looked at me and said, "Hello," and a short sentence that I can't remember. I said hello back, and mounted his neck. I looked to the ground and envisioned the rest of the dinosaur rising up from below. The ground rumbled and the dinosaur started breaking free from the earth - I watched his neck emerge and felt myself being lifted into the air as he pulled the rest of his body out. He was still entirely made of plants, but his body felt quite solid like there was some wiring and plastic underneath. We towered over the buildings now, and the dino started to move in a slow, clunky trot at first, speeding up to a steady canter as he got used to the feeling of his legs. I looked at his gentle face and patted his neck, and hoped he didn't mind giving me a ride.

I was intrigued by the surrounding environment as we travelled. It seemed to be made up of small, translucent plastic parts from a child's toy, like a stained glass pattern forming the grass, trees, flowers, and lake.
I reached my hands into my pockets to summon food, and pulled out some flax cracker dog treats. I gave 2 to my dinosaur friend and reluctantly ate 2 myself in a shameless display of point farming.
I decided to dismount the dinosaur and explore the strange environment.

Spoiler for Black hole task:

I started flying at super speed to get to outer space. The sky transitioned from blue to black, and I was suddenly surrounded by stars.
I wanted to find a black hole for TotM, and I immediately saw a yellow "road sign" floating in the air. It said "2 miles until [_____]" - I can't remember the word it used, but I knew it was referring to the black hole. I found it strange that it said "miles" instead of "kilometres"... I guess they haven't switched to the metric system yet in deep space. The stars were in a formation like lights on either side of a road, leading the way. I kept flying and saw another yellow sign with an arrow saying, "Left here", so I followed the directions. Soon after, without any warning, another yellow sign appeared directly in front of me saying something like "End" (I think it was 2 words though), and I felt like the meaning was "you have reached your destination". I was flung forwards past the sign and all the stars around me disappeared. Gravity seemed to change and I was suddenly weightless, just floating in the middle of darkness. I was a bit surprised by the sudden appearance of the black hole, and a little bit annoyed because I had intended to make it a portal as I flew through. I hadn't thought about what I'd do if the portal failed, and I started getting distracted with fears of waking up.

Spoiler for Music task again:

I've been incubating the TotMs, so the first thing I thought to do was turn on a huge sound system in this rich guy's house. I raced into the other room where the DCs were and started doing a ridiculous, enthusiastic dance for all to see. I felt very happy and free to realise that this was my dreamworld and I didn't need to have any inhibitions. The music playing was a hardstyle techno song that I haven't heard before, but it was similar to the style of DJ Zany/Donkey Rollers. I turned the music up even louder with my mind, and boosted the bass so the whole house rumbled as the song reached a dubstep-style breakdown. I finished off my dance with some more crazy, energetic moves.

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

cluck cluck cluck

No Beer ?