Thread: Task of the Month for December 2015

Thanks gab! Sorry guys for falling behind.

Several of you have asked if there was a way for me to grant winging permissions to Percy or someone like that to help speed up the winging process. Unfortunately that perm comes with the admin package only. So best thing I can say is, if I fall behind more than a couple days, please just PM me and CC: gab. Ever since the last forum update (I'm assuming it was that), the TOTM usergroups are really stupid. It's requiring a ton more effort to wing and dewing, and still doesn't always come out right. So the best thing is, if you're waiting to be winged or dewinged and it's been 2 or 3 days, I swear to you I will not be mad if you PM me. Hell, I'll even tell gab to text me on my cell, because I don't want anyone to go more than a day without wings once they've completed a task. Especially if it's completed at the end of the month, because then every wing day is even more precious.

Again, sorry for the tardiness, and thank you to the ones who do PM me when I get behind. If anything, for me a PM is something that gets moved to top priority. PMs are power!

Yay, lucid again! I've really been slacking the past few months. Last night I was able to complete Advanced Task i, although an untimely waking cut the conversation all too short. Full dream here: Too Many Spiders / Phone Call (DILD)

Portion relevant to TOTM:

I begin by imagining that my phone is right in front of me on top of the wall and ringing. It doesn't immediately manifest, so I decide I need to build expectation: the phone must be ringing in the house. I dash back as though I already hear it and don't want to miss the call. Bursting through the kitchen door, sure enough, I see my phone on the counter. Although it is not making an audible sound, the screen is lit up with an incoming call, so I quickly grab it and push the button.

I hear the voice of a polite-sounding young man with a Middle Eastern accent. He is already talking, and sounds like he was in the middle of leaving a message when I took the call.

"Hello?" I interrupt.

The man doesn't seem to hear me at first, and continues with his message. There was more to it, but this is the part I can remember: "—honey and sweetness. Despite Middle Eastern rituals and invocation of Far Eastern gods, we regret to inform you that—"

"I'm here! I'm here!" I insist. Finally I get his attention. He states my name. "Yes?" I ask.

"What is your opinion of our company's business practices?"

The question mystifies me, because I still have no idea who he is or what company he represents, so I inquire, "What is it that you do?"

Instead of answering directly, he asks, "What do you think about your reduced number of intimid—?"

He was interrupted by the sudden dispersal of the dream. My impression was that the last word was going to be "intimidating," but "intimate" is another possibility. Unfortunately, neither one adds much clarity to whatever it was he was about to say!