Task of the Month for November 2015

I attempted Basic II last night (Full DJ):

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I ask Mom if she can tell me a joke. She gets a really serious look on her face and says "No ... no, I can't," then launches into this weird philosophical monologue about how telling a joke really exposes the depths of your soul, especially when you're in a dream.

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Technically, I suppose I completed the task - as someone pointed out, the task was only to "ask" for a joke, not to "be told" a joke - but I'm going to try again and hope for something better.

I bit a DC.

I was in a grocery store, lucid, trying to think of other fun things to do, when I recalled the "bite DC" task. The first DC I went up to was a young Mexican guy, and I asked him if I could see his hand for a moment. He let me get that far, but as soon as I started to put it hand near my mouth, he jerked it away. Then a DC version of RareCola appeared, and came up to me teasing me about something, so I just said "Oh YEAH?!" and I grabbed his hand real quick. He kinda fell down, giggling and I nipped his hand and said "that'll teach ya :D "

Bah, hands & fingers everywhere! Woblybil had the right idea at least :P

p.s. and congrats, Patience108, I think you're the first to do the crumple!

Non-lucid TOTM trend continues:

My dad was telling a joke during the preparations for the combo Christian/Jewish wedding of my sister, being held outdoors at some large estate.
It involved some very complex ideas about the cosmic powers being both displeased at the combination of their religious symbols with others.
The punchline was "...Hawkin' and consumin'!" (a pun on Stephen Hawking's name).

Along with of course an appearance of the music task, this time incubating me reading along with some sheet music in a book store, hearing a beautiful chorus start to sing along, and wondering there the heck I'm going to get a chorus to play this chamber music with us. After looking over the poker and blackjack books.

After being somewhat excited by my recent TOTM success, I managed another last night! Unfortunately I had an FA in which I wrote it all down and by the time I realised it was an FA my recollection of it had faded a bit, but I can recall the following salient details:

I'm looking at a female DC and put my fingers to my temples in preparation to communicate psychically with her. I didn't really think too much about what I was going to say so my SC chimes in with "Would you like to have sex with me?" To which she replied by fixing eye contact and reaching down to rub my crotch, while her eyes were saying "what do you think, sexy?"

(Brief intermission)

I look down at my hands and remember that I want to practice doing reality checks, so I watch my hands growing new fingers and changing colours for a bit, then remember I also want to ask somebody for a joke. I spot O (former workmate) and ask him to tell me a joke. The first one comes out as gibberish and I five him an unimpressed look, so he comes up with something at least intelligible. I can't remember what he said but it might have had something to do with mushrooms. I decide to leave it at that. It's not my fault DC's have a crappy sense of humour...

I remember thinking about doing the paradox task but deciding to try the joke one first, so I didn't try the paradox one at this point, perhaps tonight!

So I reckon I'm due two sets of wings, yay:-)

SammyTheSnake

Keep the awesome work!

Tomorrow or Friday the voting polls will open!

Did basic I, advanced II, and bonus last night.

Spoiler for DREAM:

I am in the military, and apparently they sent me and my wife on an undercover mission (I think that they actually just sent me, and my wife somehow snuck in, because she wasn't there at first. I realized that this was a dream when I was chilling out with the crew and the talking to all of the guys about the plan for the next morning. I think about how bad I would be at this if it wasn't a dream, I have way too much empathy for anyone and wouldn't be able to see the enemy and betray them, thank goodness it is a dream. They are giving us all guns and telling me the plans. In the morning, we are going to be leaving. Will have to fast forward later I think, as I lay down to go to sleep a lady comes in and debriefs us. She gets super ticked off at me because I falling asleep. I am confused myself since it is a dream, but I use some dream control on her to make her not think anything of it. We all lay down and go to sleep. I am getting ready to fast forward the morning, but then I look next to me and there is a really cute girl snuggling against me, I am getting ready to kiss her, but then my wife appears on the other side of me.
"I already told her that me and you were married." She says.
"Why would you do that? You are going to blow our cover. Why are you here?"
"I came to help, the mission has changed. You just do what you were planning on."
I lay down and still have both of the girls cuddling with me. What is that girl thinking being close to me? I read her mind, I am so lonely and he seems to know exactly what he is doing with his life, he is so hot. I bite her on the nose and she doesn't know exactly how to react, she just gets up and leaves. That took care of that problem. I close my eyes and fast forward to the next morning.

Apparently over shot, we are getting ready to leave. I notice marks above all our names saying how many shots used as well as people shot. I am going to have to shoot people and put a late healing spell on them, I am not really feeling like killing people even if it is a dream. We travel via train and get to the mall, of course. In front of the mall is an old man I recognize. Doc Brown, probably due to Back to the Future day a couple weeks ago. I pull a serum out of my pocket. To use in emergencies. I use it and think summoning power I summon a Delorian. He asks me why I summoned this.
"Because they have a similar serum, and we can't make this without you. I am sending you back in time, because you are the one who gave this to me." I say as I hand him the other serum. My job was assigned by you, you needed me to send you back in time, you know, so you could make this serum and go back in time."
He laughs and gets in the Delorian and leaves.
A couple of the guys come out of the mall talking about how they have been juiced up and are ready for battle. We see the "good guys" on the other of the parking lot. One guy shoots tons of ice across and the other guy transforms into a sled and another one uses fire to get the sled going across the parking lot. I jump on and forget to not use dream powers. I use tons of power to jump into the sky and land on the other side of the parking lot. accidentally crushing sled guy as well as sending the sled guy and fire guy into the mall wall.

I didn't even think about the "other implications of paradox" when I suggested it, I generally think of time travel paradoxes, but thinking about it now, I think that a lot of dream control is generally a paradox by definition. I used the time travel version of a paradox though. haha.

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Originally Posted by woblybil

Whew, I was worried about being set upon by a flight of enemy fighters with no wingman :yddd:

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My wings are invisible, but they are there (I completed the ToTY :P)

Thank you very much for posting the suggestions without dashes, difficulty tier, etc. Makes my work much easier!!! :D I skipped some suggestions because they were already suggested or very similar to other suggestions.

You can find the December´s ToTM voting booth here:

December 2015 ToTM Voting Thread

Those who have wings, please go and vote for December´s ToTM!!!

Since we have a lot of suggestions and maybe you have already an idea what to vote, I am adding to the following spoiler the NEW ideas suggested this month, in case you change your opinion:

Spoiler for December 2015 new suggestions:

Basic
Jump onto a train from a bridge. littlepooky04
Seek employment by going to a job interview. (imazu)
Try on different wigs and check them out in a mirror. (imazu)
Co-host a show with your favorite host. (imazu)
Go to a stand-up comedy show. (imazu)
Go to an adoption center and adopt a child. (imazu)
Do a common household chore. (imazu)
Ask a DC if they have any pets. What are they? How many? (imazu)
Eat an entire horse. (imazu)
Set someone's house on fire. (imazu)
Blow up a building. (imazu)
Throw a live grenade and cause an explosion. (imazu)
Participate in a war. (imazu)
Jack (steal) someone's car like in GTA. (imazu)
Hand a baby to President Obama. What happens? (imazu)
Witness the 2016 American Presidential Election. Who wins? (imazu)
Sunbathe. (imazu)
Go skiing (imazu)
Jump on a trampoline. (imazu)
Roast some marshmallows over a campfire and eat 'em. (imazu)
Find a book and read the title. (imazu)
Paint your nails. (imazu)
Invite a stranger into your home and observe them as they do whatever. (imazu)
Have a realtor show you an expensive home. (imazu)
Ask a DC what a good TotM/TotY would be! (Jellyd0nut)

Advanced
Climb a volcano with another Dream Character, push them in and then jump in yourself. What does it feel like? (Lauraw)
Crush a DC or a rock like a soda can. (Jellyd0nut)
Use a portal gun and fall through an infinite loop. (Jellyd0nut)
Find yourself sleeping in your room, and slap "yourself". Describe what happens. (Jellyd0nut)
Make it rain from the ground to the sky. littlepooky04
Swallow sunlight until you glow. littlepooky04
Encounter the Loch Ness monster. (imazu)
Go to Jurassic World, before or after the dinos break loose, or both. (imazu)
Light the way by emitting light from the palm of your hand. Must be in a dark scene. (imazu)
Discover a strange crystal, plant or animal and ask someone what it's called. (imazu)
Ask your phone to ring, then answer it when it does. Who is it? Why did they call? (imazu)
Make a phone call to another planet. Who or what is on the other end? Do they even speak your language? (imazu)
Take a picture of bigfoot. (imazu)
Get inside a lava lamp by any means. (imazu)
Explore an abandoned mine shaft. (imazu)
Conjure/summon your favorite Pokémon. (imazu)
Meet someone in person who you only know online in waking life. (imazu)
Do back flips in the air (or water) until the dream ends or you just can't anymore. (imazu)
Go through the Washer, Dryer, or dishwasher for a full cycle. (Sensei)

Bonus
Go back to a memory where you did something you regret and make it right. (Jellyd0nut)

However, you are welcome to read the entire suggestions pool if you desire, and as always, you can add new suggestions :)

Another music one: I had an entire non-lucid epic, in multiple chapters, centered around an orchestra concert in which I was supposed to play a solo concerto. Much mayhem ensued.

Advanced Task 1: Again, I'm not sure I'd count it. It's hard to say honestly, a lot of my dreams are like that. Anyways, the dream:

I become lucid in the middle of a dream and find myself twirling around in excitement (which is weird, but it's a dream, so...). It was really low quality though and most everything was black. I could occasionally see my hands and I knew I was outside in some sort of field or desert. I don't remember "feeling" wind, but my memories of it also feel like there was a cool breeze or something (idk how to describe it, it's like how I experienced it and how I remember it are different).

There was a faint glowing above my head, so I tried to look up at the sky, but my eyes wouldn't look up and at one point the light got bright and was blinding so that I had to look down. I believed it was the moon, and in fact I was right. I eventually was able to see the moon before it quickly devolved into changing shapes of white in the pitch black sky. Eventually very dim stars lit up the sky, connected by lines that demonstrated certain clusters of stars (like the Big Dipper and stuff).

Unsatisfied with my dream, I put my hands in front of me and imagined crumpling up the night sky and consequently the dream world around me. The lights, as dim as they may have been, seemed like they came towards my hands for a millisecond, but I don't remember well, and it may not have happened. Either way, I do remember seeing some sort of fold/crease developed around my hands like a folded thing of paper and suddenly my environment was different. It seemed to change rapidly until I rubbed my hands then reached out to touch something. I ended up in my bedroom. Funny thing was, I'd totally forgotten to rub my hands together, which was probably why I had such a hard time seeing the sky in the first place.

Anyways, I sort of did it, but I don't trust my memory of dreams all the time. I do remember some sort of crumpled look to what I did to change the dream scene, but I can't guarantee that my mind didn't impose certain images on my memory just so I could complete the task. Memory is fickle that way.

Basic Task ii - Ask a DC to tell you a joke (Rodrodrod)

Other things occurred earlier in the dream, but the first thing I remember was a character in tall snowy mountains. He kept walking around and yelling "wooliath" or something like that. The dream follows him up some steep slope in between jagged mountains to the very top. Then, I'm in the dream with my friend Terry. We speak about some random thing and then I'm looking over the cliff. Suddenly, I accidentally fall forwards off the mountain. My mind questions how far up I am and how far I have to fall. The first thought that pops in my mind is that I'm so high it's like I'm skydiving. Sure enough, I fall through some clouds and beneath me I see the earth. I'm miles in the air. This actually puts me to some excitement but I fear that when I hit the ground it might seem all too real and it will hurt. Anyways, my view is of a lot of water and some land masses on the edges. I'm falling closer and closer to earth when I realize that this is a dream. When I realized it, I just decided I could float up right as I got close to earth. Before I hit the ground, my momentum shifts and I'm flying upwards now. I look at my hands and decide to do some reality checks. First, I rub my hands together to feel some friction. Then, I do some math. "2+2 is four. 3x3 is 9." Okay, I'm solidified now. A thought comes up, "okay now what I do want to do?" At first I was going to just explore the dream but then I remembered the TOTM and decided I go onto the ground and look for someone to ask to tell me a joke. So, I fly towards the ground through the clouds until I see a bridge over water. I fly down and land under it now standing in shallow water under the bridge. I look over and see two people against a wall. I do not know who the person is on the left, but on the right is my friend JP. A smile lights up my face and also his as I walk over to him. I say hello and then ask him to tell me a joke. He refuses and says that it will disgrace his family and also the university that we go to. I lose interest in his story and turn around. My left eye starts to close so I try to look at my hands and rub them together but the dream collapses.

A good lucid but no task, Mostly because I killed all of my DC's except the other me that seemed to stay occupied peeing down holes in the floor :YDDD:

Ok, wings are officially borked. For example, I just winged greyswanson and the wings don't show up. So for now, I'll keep going by the book and winging folks, but if they aren't showing up for you, please direct the situation to gab, our illustrious tech admin. Hopefully she can fix it.

Sorry for the inconvenience guys. Also, great job on all the TOTMs!! These task threads are my favorite in the whole forum. They are truly what make this place DreamViews.

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Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

Ok, wings are officially borked.

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Them damn cigars are gonna kill ya :yddd:

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Originally Posted by woblybil

Them damn cigars are gonna kill ya :yddd:

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Down here in the South we call them "stogies"

Hey guys! I bit a DC last night...

So I was having a dream about being in a sort of beach resort when I started to wake up, I seized the moment and focused on the dream to go back to it (lucid).

I was back in the dream and I told all the DCs around me that we were dreaming, they didn't seem to have much of a reaction. I remembered the task and found a little girl with an aqua dress walking around there, she was about 5 with short hair. I grabbed her arm and she started pulling it to break free but I didn't let go. I bit her between the elbow and the hand... she shouted and started crying instantly :( (poor thing), I decided to fly away before getting in trouble haha

JP.

I've been secretly reading the TOTM threads for a while now and I really like last month's and this month's basic tasks. I think combining these with my personal goals may help increase my lucid frequency. Hopefully I'll report back with a joke.

Everyone keep up the great work!

Awesome job everybody!

Those with wings head to the Lucid Task club to find December ToTM! On the 1st it will go life for everybody!

I completed advanced task II last night:

Spoiler for Dream:

I was using the restroom when I became lucid. I finished and left the restroom down a flight of stairs. I ended up in my college's lecture hall, where a physics lecture was taking place. I tried to fly down to the level where the lecturer was speaking, but could only manage to jump long distances. After I jumped down to the lowest level, I remembered that one of the tasks of the month was to communicate with a dream character using telepathy. I telepathically broadcasted "send me a message," and then listened to hear what the DCs said. I heard a couple of them whispering "quiet" non-telepathically, but I wasn't sure if they were saying it to me or not, so I wasn't satisfied. I left the lecture hall and saw a door to the outside with two of my college's community safety officers standing next to it. I telepathically asked them, "may I come through?" One of them said "yes" out loud, and I went through the door and started walking toward a different building. Outside that building I saw X, who was leaving a group of friends but wasn't sure where she would go next. I asked if she wanted to come to my room, and she said yes. At one point during this exchange, she phased partway into the ground and then came out again. We started walking across campus, and when we crossed the quad I told her "I'm in a lucid dream right now." She said "That's nice; most lucid dreamers don't talk strongly about it." Then I moved my IWL legs and woke up.

I didn't do another task but it was fun so I'll post it here anyways just for some end of the month giggles......

Spoiler for Nudist Camp:

11/28
9:00am As I started to recall the dream I was at a naturist compound,(I knew I was dreaming but thought taking control now would be really dumb so I just played along) About a hundred acres surrounded entirely by trees on top of a high berm so people couldn't see inside, There was a paved perimeter bike path with planters inside the trees and benches at intervals with a sort of swale in the middle of a large grassy field..I was riding naked with a group of mostly naked girl cyclists riding around the outside trail and we stopped to rest periodically at which time some of the naked girls were hugging and loving me up we stopped at a bungalow sort of place and one of the girls said "C'mon, I want to show you something" (You already know what she showed me) and as we went back outside I said "We need a shower, We smell bad"
I guess we didnt shower because next we were walking thru the field on paths with some other nudies and started talking about hiding places for pot where there were other tall plants to hide it and the girl I did in the shelter still hanging around my neck said "Most of these planters are aleady hiding some but I'll show you where to plant a couple" so I somewhere got two, foot tall plants in big, black plastic pots was somehow carrying them stacked one on top the other without wrecking any with one hand while holding the girl with the other and as we were carrying them investigating possible hiding places by the planters I woke up wishing I could recall more of the best parts

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11/29 Telepathy Task Fail. (badly)
7:00am I was driving along a dusty road in a one wheeled something or other with a chicken in a crate on the back of it and thought of the telepathy task. (I already had guessed I was dreaming) I tried to ask it to tell me a joke and kill two birds (joke) with one stone but instead it got just one big eye and it's pecker (beak) fell off out of the crate and stared to become another chicken so I said forget the joke and one leg fell off out of the crate and started to turn into another chicken and while I was thinking of it it became a one eyed, short-peckered, flying, purple, people-eater. (Only Kidding) But that's about the best description I can think of, I was trying to think of ways to keep it from multiplying more when fortunately the train came by and woke me up before it got worse
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In a new first for me, I think this is the first time I got several TOTMs done on the very last day of the month. Too much to hope for for wings for a day?

Basic I and II Success
Like many others the jokes were weak and sort of nonsense, but at least the guy tried, then I bit him to make sure of the TOTM success :).

Advanced I fail (hey at least I tried it, I'd feel bad if I didn't try my own task at least once)
I started trying to crumple up the cloud-filled moonlit night sky, but didn't feel any physical traction, and got distracted by a screech and ran to investigate.

2015-11-30 LD#156,#157 strange stuff on sand, in houses [TOTM], weird animals, vague encounters - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

Got on this late but made it in time... Last night I became lucid in a dark room and saw my nephew (he's 7 now... though he looked about 4 in the dream) sitting on a bed and I went over to bite him. I couldn't really get my teeth in though it was like I couldn't open my mouth very wide and he had really tough skin that my teeth would just slide off of. He shouted "Mommy he's trying to bite me!" Not really too alarmed just matter of fact. I stepped back and tried to get him from a different angle and this time got a better bite bit still a crumby one. He shouted even more matter of fact "Mommy he's trying to bite me again!" like it happens all the time lol.