Thread: Lucid Task for the Month of October 2007

I tried it last night, but failed. I'll post my attempt, though

Originally Posted by Weelilhazel's Dream Journal

I was at school, and I was walking down the hall towards my class, when suddenly I realized I didn't have any of my things! I said to myself, "I HOPE I'm dreaming." Then I did a reality check and sighed with relief. I then decided to mess with one of my teachers, and found one (that doesn't exist IRL.) I picked up the telephone beside her and began banging her over the head with it. She got mad and started chasing me.

I ran from her, and the school became my grandparent's house. I managed to escape from the teacher, and then went out to the driveway. I had a good time practicing my flying, and then my brother mentioned the tasks of the month. I decided to do the one where you pull your reflection out of the mirror, and I knew that the cars were behind me, so I could use one of those mirrors. As soon as I turned around to walk to the car I kicked the window at the foot of my bed really hard and woke up.

I had a half non lucid half lucid where I was in a haunted house and accidentally released zombies, t -rexes, creatures that jump through your chest and leave a gaping hole, and other creatures of malevolent intent. Needless to say, the world was pretty mad. Especially about the t-rexes.

wow, this is cool, if i can lucid soon, i will try to get the pesky advanced task!
i just imagine me reaching my hand into a mirror, then a hand coming out of nowhere and grabbing me, then a clone of me asking me why i dream.

i wonder if i could make that happen!

nice lucid dreams everyone!

Moonbeam, great idea about counting up the number that have completed each task.

That would make a nice final post in each thread before I close it each month. Let's plan on doing that from now on and possibly if somone has TONS of free time on their hands, they can tally up all the old tasks.

So, any volunteers to do this from this month onward?
Any volunteers to tally the old tasks?

You can PM me the results.

So last night, I had an extremely long lucid dream... It started when i was flying... or rather some sort of superjump? Alls i know is that when i tryed to fly, i knew it wasnt going to work and i fell about twenty thousand feet to the ground. I sustained no injuries, of course, especially since i was already lucid. I became lucid because my long-ex girlfreind, who hates my guts, called me and wanted to hang out. Anyways, i was short of her house so i summoned a quad (who knows why a quad but w/e) and drove the rest of the way. From the moment i got there, i could tell this house was evil (maybe because my ex is seirously creepy? idk). I went inside, found my ex, and tried to sneak out (because it was the middle of the day)

The house was a muti story, U-shaped mansion on the side of a hill. All the windows on the east side were blackened, as if with spray paint. The road was along the bottom of the house, so it looked rather like this:
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Now what i soon discovered, was that her parents and everyone else that lived in the house were vampires.And not just the night lurking kind... this kind could go out in the sun and be just fine. When the vampires started chasing us, i instinctively knew to run down the road and across the rickety old wooden bridge. It appeared that the purpose of the bridge was to keep the vampires from coming across, as the bridge was designed to trip them and make them stake themselves. However, only a few vampires were dusted this way, The majority of the vamps that tried to come across succeeded. So then me and some other people were running to the federation checkpoint.The vamps turned my ex... and killed three of the seven guards. Some little kids in black ninja suits went out and started staking the vamps left and right... i tried to stake one but it turned out it must not have been a vampire.. just a real dick.

Anyways, the lucid dream continues... but it has nothing to do with the haunted house. I believe the vamps were kept out of the city of refuge (which wasnt all that much better )

I did the basic task in my third LD ever!!!! Here is what happened: I was in my gameroom playing PS2 with a friend when I got bored and went to sleep(in the dream). While I was asleep I had a dream bout being at my school and I didn't know how I got there. All of the sudden I thought "Yes a dream!!!!", I reached down to feel the rocks under me to stabilize a little bit. I wasn't sure what to do at first so I just thought for a few seconds then I remembered the task. I was going to try to teleport to the haunted house but decided not to risk losing the dream, so I "remembered" the haunted house by my school. It worked perfectly!!!!! I walked over and looked around and there were a lot of decorations all around, then I went inside. As soon as I got in I saw sooo much stuff all around so I looked into a crystal ball type item and saw some strange stuff I don't remember. I then decided I wanted to look around some more so I went over to a tunnel and walked in. As soon as I got in the tunnel I heard a voice say "Welcome to the tunnel of rape!!", I was thinking the tunnel of what?!?! I was pulled onto my stomach and started being propelled through a vagina(sorry if that offended anyone). I tried to hear what the noises were all around me and they were moans, not scary haunted house moans either!! The inside of it looked kind of strange when I thought about it but in the dream I could tell that was what it was. Well that was my experience in my terrifying, yet fun, haunted house! I can't wait to get another LD and go back!!

Originally Posted by Seeker

Moonbeam, great idea about counting up the number that have completed each task.

That would make a nice final post in each thread before I close it each month. Let's plan on doing that from now on and possibly if somone has TONS of free time on their hands, they can tally up all the old tasks.

So, any volunteers to do this from this month onward?
Any volunteers to tally the old tasks?

You can PM me the results.

I'll try to start doing that starting this month.

Originally Posted by Brendan13

I did the basic task in my third LD ever!!!! Here is what happened: I was in my gameroom playing PS2 with a friend when I got bored and went to sleep(in the dream). While I was asleep I had a dream bout being at my school and I didn't know how I got there. All of the sudden I thought "Yes a dream!!!!", I reached down to feel the rocks under me to stabilize a little bit. I wasn't sure what to do at first so I just thought for a few seconds then I remembered the task. I was going to try to teleport to the haunted house but decided not to risk losing the dream, so I "remembered" the haunted house by my school. It worked perfectly!!!!! I walked over and looked around and there were a lot of decorations all around, then I went inside. As soon as I got in I saw sooo much stuff all around so I looked into a crystal ball type item and saw some strange stuff I don't remember. I then decided I wanted to look around some more so I went over to a tunnel and walked in. As soon as I got in the tunnel I heard a voice say "Welcome to the tunnel of rape!!", I was thinking the tunnel of what?!?! I was pulled onto my stomach and started being propelled through a vagina(sorry if that offended anyone). I tried to hear what the noises were all around me and they were moans, not scary haunted house moans either!! The inside of it looked kind of strange when I thought about it but in the dream I could tell that was what it was. Well that was my experience in my terrifying, yet fun, haunted house! I can't wait to get another LD and go back!!

I have to say, that is one of the creepiest things I've ever read.
Great and odd lucid.
And... you'd better update your lucid count in your sig.

I've just joined, but I did have a lucid dream about a haunted house about a week ago, probably because I promised my nephew I'd take him to one. In the beginning, the things "popping out" of the dark corners of the maze in the house scared me, and my nephew was laughing (he always does when I jump, typical teenage boy). Then I caught myself and started really looking at my surroundings and what it was that was scaring me, especially since I hate nightmares. One by one, I realized the scary things were actually people or stuff that represented worries that I've been having - and that my nephew was the practical side of me that was trying to tell me not to worry so much. So, I re-traced my steps backwards through the haunted house trying to "push back" the scary images in the hopes that it would help me not to worry about them so much. I'm not sure how well that worked, because my 7 year old nephew came in and woke me up before I had gotten very far. I'm not sure if this qualifies as completing the task, you'll have to let me know.

I then remembered the advanced lucid task which I haven't done yet. I saw a sparkle in the water and pulled out the mirror that was hidden among the rocks.

It was a makeup mirror, only five inches across, I could see my reflection floating in the water on the other side of the glass, but there was no way that I could pull myself through that little area, I was going to have to be creative.

I tried pulling the mirror right up to my mask so that it appeared to fill up my vision, but it didn't. I then pulled off the mask, knowing that I didn't need it in a dream. I still couldn't get the edge out of my vision field. Then I got a brilliant idea.

I used the mirror as a portal vision instead, it still was a mirror, but it showed me another part of the river, it showed myself from overhead. I then looked down through it and the glass vanished, leaving my (dream) self above the water and my reflection had been successfully pulled out and was now thrashing around under the water. I guess my reflection couldn't swim.

I reached into the water and waited for my reflection to grab my hand, after a second I got him and pulled him (me) up. He was naked, for some reason we both were, I rested him on my knees, out of the water and asked him why we dream.

He said it was just because. Hmm, boring answer so I left him, happy that I had done the task.

This was a small chunk of a much more interesting dream, the entire thing is recounted in my dream journal. Yippe!

I had another lucid dream last night which I worked on doing the Tasks....

Dream:

I remember I saw my older sister that has cancer. I went up to her and said, "S, How are you doing? How are your legs doing?" [In real life her legs hurt so bad that she's now on crutches or in a wheel chair.]

She talked to me for a few minutes about what the doctors had been telling her. She had all her hair, unlike in real life.

The next thing I remember is that we are now in this park with the rest of the family having a picnic. I remember flying up to these powerlines and then back down.

Doing this made me suddenly lucid. I went up to my sister and said something like, "Oh my gosh, S, I'm lucid! I'm going to take you flying with me."

I took her arm and lifted her into the air with me. I said, "Let's fly to the mountains over there."

She said, "I'm not sure I can make it that far."

I said, "I think you can-- you're with me. But I'll stop when you need to."

We flew out of the park and over the Safeway parking lot and over the stores.

I noticed that music was playing really loud and was distracting me from the experience. I believe the band was INXS. For some reason I was sure that this music was playing in real life. I thought to myself that I needed to try to turn off the music with my real body while still remaining in the dream.

I could feel what I thought was my real body reaching out and turning the knob on my car CD player. [Goodness know what I thought I was doing having my real body asleep in a car] I got the music turned down most of the way, to the point it didn't bother me as much.

We flew a little ways further and then the dream faded.

I thought I had awakened in this motel room where my family was suppose dto be staying. I was disappointed for not being able to fly to the mountains. So I concentrated on getting back into my dream.

Suddenly I was standiing in the Safeway parking lot next to my High school best friend M and her boyfriend.

I told them that I was dreaming and going to fly to the mountains that we in front of us. I invited them to fly with me. But I think only the boyfriend followed.

When I got to the mountains, I was alone. I flew to the rocky ledge and touched the rock face. The rock was a brown color and very rough.

I suddenly thought about the Tasks. At first I thought that being in the mountains made it impossible to do the Tasks. Then I thought, "Well I could just make a mirror appear right here."

But then I thought, "Nah..I've tried that one twice now. I want to do the Haunted House one again since I only did that one once."

I flew along the mountain side looking for an old house. I then saw ahead of me a place where the mountain went in. I knew it was a cave. I suddenly thought, "Wouldn't it be so cool if the haunted house was in the cave?"

I got close and I indeed saw that it was a cave. I also saw that the front of the cave was built in. I saw it had shutters (for some reason I felt it had to have shutters to qualify as a haunted house). I flew to the entrance. It was actually built with very nice dark polished wood.

I went inside and started to look around. My first thoughts were that I wanted real ghost in this house not just decorations. The inside of the house seemed small. Around me everything was built out of the same beautiful dark polished wood. On several of the tables and other flat surfaces there were large white candles.

I flew to the back of the house and waited for something else to appear, but at the point the dream started fading again.

I ended up "waking up" in the same motel room. I had been sleeping on the floor. I tried to stay motionless so that I could try to reenter the dream. But then other people inthe room started talking and made me fully "wake up". I went into the motel's bathroom and saw that there was something in the tub that looked like spilled arpicot jam.

At that point I woke up for real, and felt that I needed to write this down.

I'm not so sure if this counts for completing the Advanced Task or not, seeing as my Doppelganger never told me why we dream- Either way, he paid the price...

Lets begin with how my dream started..

I was in Te Awamutu, my home town- And i was hitch-hiking to Auckland to see my Auntie, As my family had all gone there to visit and i was left behind!
Anyway, i got there- and they were all sitting around having a chat. I was relieved to see them, but my Mom made me go back home. That should have been my first clue, but i never thought anything of it.
So, I rode home with a Trucker- I can still see his stupid little red hat.. Anyways, I got home and my family was already there. Another clue i managed to ignore..

I then remember getting hungry and going up the stairs to get a snack- Halfway up, I realised that i was exhausted. So i lay down, on the carpet- Fully clothed, and attempted to WILD.
Next thing i know, I feel a wave of energy sweep over me, White clouds over my vision and i remember vividly the red and blue waves dancing in front of me. Looking exactly like voice patterns you see when you listen to someone speaking.
I remember opening my eyes into my pillow. I knew instantly what had happened, i was in a False Awakening.
This was the best bit, I was totally Lucid for the first time in a few weeks.

I jumped off my Double-Bed, (Which was now single-sized and as high as five matresses stacked on top of eachother) and onto my rug. I thought about testing how well my Lucid Powers were working, so I span around and tried to visualise New York City. Nothing. Having another idea- I climbed back onto my bed- Pushed my face back into the pillow (Which had a groove moulded to me exactly) and thought very calmly and clearly. "I am not in my Bedroom, I am lying in the middle of New York City." When i opened them, I was still- In my bedroom.

Giving up on the Teleporting, i thought about going to the bathroom for a mirror, to complete the Lucid Task. Just when i was about to leave the room, i saw that where my usual picture of Dolphins was hanging- there was now an Oval Mirror.
I climbed back onto the bed and looked into it, I could see myself, wearing an orange shirt- Hawian styled, and my hair being my natural dirty-blonde colour.
(It has been dyed Black for a few months.) Anyway, i knew that i had dreamed alot before this- so i threw my hand into the mirror, just before it made contact- Everything slowed down like the Matrix. I could see a close up of my hand flying through the mirror surface and then i snapped back to my original LOS. I felt a wet, gooey feeling from the mirror- and searched around untill my hand grasped something solid. I pulled my reflection straight out of the mirror, and looked into his eyes.
"Wdwedra..." i said. I felt a chill run down my back, and i realised my lips were not capable of moving very much, and they were ice cold.

I gave them a good stretch and focused hard on the words, "Why do we Call?" i asked him hopelessly. Shaking myself with silent anger, i focused as hard as i could- and managed to blurt out the right words.
"Why do we dream?!" I said to him.
"..." He did not respond at all, nor did he make any movement.
My temper was rising fast, I had no idea how long i was going to stay Lucid- so i yelled at him. "WHY DO WE DREAM!?!?!?!" He still didn't awnser.

I was extremely angry now, and my surroundings were getting blurry. I looked at him once more- as hard as i could, and said- "Why do we dream?"
He poked me, So i'm not sure if this counts- Because he didn't give an awnser- But the question was only to ask them why we dream right?

Either way, i was so annoyed with this that I attacked him.

Without a doubt, my finest Lucid moment! Probably because he just stood there and took it. Everything was slowly blurring out, and not thinking of anything to do- I commanded myself that i would recall all this when i woke up, and would not forget untill it was recorded in my dream journal.

And before i knew it, i was looking into my pillow again. I threw a fit, dancing and smiling because i had been Lucid in the night- Before i heard my nana call me out to help her with her printers Ink.
Then i woke up for real, even though I am sure the dream continued after that.

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If anyone can tell me if it is common to induce a WILD during a dream, using that fake WILD to become Lucid within the dream- Losing Lucidity as soon as the fake WILD finishes? But the dream still continues on?

* Hehe, sorry not too make much sense, but it was all pretty funny and complex to me. *

Originally Posted by Altasi

I'm not so sure if this counts for completing the Advanced Task or not, seeing as my Doppelganger never told me why we dream- Either way, he paid the price...

Looks like it counts to me!

I did it!!
Well here how it goes. i fell asleep had one of my usual DILD's and what happened was that in my dream i had a was ready to go to bed and i decided that i was going to WILD so i fall asleep in my dream and have a lucid dream in the dream of my dream. so im in my Lucid bed room and im about to go off and transport myself to meet some one, but then i see my reflection in the mirror and i remember the task so i walk up to the mirror and i stand there for like 15 minutes and then decide to put my finger in it, it felt so weird, i could feel myself waking up. So, i am about to pull myself out, but i stop and think that it would be too rude to pull them out so i go in instead (tisk... thinking about manners in dreams) but what happens is that the reflection comes towards me as well and we both get pulled in at each end, i figured that we were inside the thin glass part of the mirror because i could see two rooms one on each side. I feel really akward there with the refection, so i talk to it and we have a nice little conversation, after a while i ask why do we dream and it replied "because we always want what we cant have". i didnt really understand but it seemed good enough. Then we teleported ourselfs and went off and visited Kurt Cobain.

Alright! Remembered to do the advanced task with one week left in the month.

I've been hatching this plan to get my girlfriend into lucid dreaming for about 8 years now. Last night, I finally got her to agree to WBTB with me, and try a WILD.

About 5 hours into the night, I WILD laying on my back. It doesnt seem to be working, I am too focused on my girlfriend, C's breathing, and wondering if shes getting anywhere. I roll onto my side, about to give up, try for a few more minutes, and BAM! SP city.

I always get the feeling theres someone in the room when I'm in SP, but this time it was strange because I was positive that David Hasslehoff was right behind me. I'm not a 'Hoff fan at all, and sort of forgot he even existed until he appeared in my room last night.

I step out of my bed (and out of my body), and walk out to the living room. It's too dark to see anything, and I can tell the dream is very unstable. I try to 'will' the lights to turn on, but I can feel the world slipping away when I focus too hard. In the darkness, I have this feeling like there is someone next to me who is about to attack me, and I'm worried this is about to become a nightmare. I run into the bathroom, hit the lightswitch, it doesn't work, but the lights are on anyways for some reason.

I keep worrying that there is someone next to me, just outside my vision, with a knife, and I know that the more I worry about it, the more it's going to come true. I turn quickly and turn him into someone unthreatening... My brother. When I see the mirror, I remember the task of the month, and decide to give it a try.

I lean across the counter toward the mirror, and inspect my reflection. It looks perfectly like me. I start to wonder if this is really a dream. It's so convincing, almost too detailed. Just then, my reflection winks at me, and I say out loud "Tight!". As I open my mouth to say it, I notice that my reflection has messed up Hillbilly teeth. I then also notice that he's wearing a white softball tee, with black 3/4 length sleeves.

I put my hand on the mirror to try to reach in, but the surface feels way too solid. I decide to try to pretend the mirror is not there, and try to reach through like it's a window. I put my had down, and then quickly reach up and right through the mirror to grab my reflection's shirt. When I hit the surface of the mirror, I get the most intense pain in my hand and arm. It feels like peeling off a really bad scab, or what I would imagine peeling the skin off your hand would feel like.

I pull my reflection forward, and he doesn't resist at all. He floats out of the mirror, and it seems like he's just a head and shoulders. I ask him "Why do we dream?". He smiles his hillbilly smile and says "I guess, at a certain point, we just need something to keep things interesting".

I let go of him, and he sort of refocuses back into the background of the mirror without moving. I sort of wonder if I hurt him pulling him out, since my hand hurt so bad going in.

I spend a bit more time flying around outside on the lawn, changing my size so I can fly between the blades of grass. Things go downhill from there. I find my dream journal to write the dream down. It's sitting in a sheep pasture, it's about 2"x2" in size, and is filled with mini travel photos. I end up having a picnic on the lawn where I argue about whiskey vs bourbon with some really bossy lady.

Originally Posted by Robot_Butler

I pull my reflection forward, and he doesn't resist at all. He floats out of the mirror, and it seems like he's just a head and shoulders. I ask him "Why do we dream?". He smiles his hillbilly smile and says "I guess, at a certain point, we just need something to keep things interesting".

I let go of him, and he sort of refocuses back into the background of the mirror without moving. I sort of wonder if I hurt him pulling him out, since my hand hurt so bad going in.

I spend a bit more time flying around outside on the lawn, changing my size so I can fly between the blades of grass.

Great job of completing the advanced task Robot_Butler.

That is one of the most interesting dreams I've read.

Awesome job of changing your size so that you could fly between the blades of grass!

Wow, completely unexpected, but when I was dreaming last night, I suddenly became lucid, (can't remember how this happened), and I went searching for a haunted house. Couldn't find one, so I entered a haunted school building, and inside, I found naked ghosts in the locker room (quite frankly I was more disturbed than scared).

Thanks, Iadr. I thought it was pretty fun.

I wish I could remember more of the end of the dream, but I was sort of losing lucidity by that point. I'll have to remember to try altering my size again. It seems like I only come up with clever things to try when I'm in that half-lucid state.

I'm cracking down this whole week, so I hope to have some more noteworthy dreams.

Originally Posted by Kordan

Wow, completely unexpected, but when I was dreaming last night, I suddenly became lucid, (can't remember how this happened), and I went searching for a haunted house. Couldn't find one, so I entered a haunted school building, and inside, I found naked ghosts in the locker room (quite frankly I was more disturbed than scared).

A haunted school building with a bunch of naked ghosts (lol) sounds close enough to a haunted house to me Kordan.

Congratulations on completing the task!

Okay, this might not count because the person in the mirror didn't really reply, but whatever, next LD I'm trying this again!
Exerpt from my awesome lucid last night~

I was in my room, and after swimming in jello didn't work (it wouldn't harden, so it was watery xDD) I remembered the task. I have about 12 mirrors in there, so I looked in one, and saw myself the way I usually do in LD mirrors. (hair everywhere, ruddy cheeks, deformed face...) I reached for the mirror (it never even crossed my mind that I wouldn't be able to reach through it) and tried to grab at my reflection, but it ran away.
I tried multiple times, sometimes touching its (deformed) face, but it always managed to get away. I noticed that the mirror didn't reflect my room behind it, but just...white. So finally I decided to jump through the mirror. I arrived on the other side, in a white room, nothing in it as far as I can remember. (I lost a lot of this dream because I didn't write it down right away, though I know it was pretty long for me, maybe 20 mins.) Anyway, I wanted to go on and continue my dream, so I sort of...willed myself back.
Finally, I saw a reflection of me that had a really tall face. ( sometimes it was really wide, small, etc. Also, it always had a smug grin on its face >.<; ) I tried to grab it, grabbed its face, it tried to get away but I grabbed its hair, and...SUCCESS! I managed to pull my reflection out of the mirror by its hair.
I held on to its shoulders and turned it to face me. (It still had that annoying grin!) "Why do we dream?" I asked as seriously as I could in the situation. Then, of COURSE, it says "mfghhhsgdj" (as in, mumbles gibberish - maybe that means it didn't know?) and...jumps back in the mirror and disappears.
I was pretty angry, but there was some other stuff I wanted to do, so I let it be.

Anyway, it was really fun! <33

I made two custom badges for this month if you wanted to use them

basic:

advanced:

I completed the Advanced Lucid Dreaming Task last night during the following dream last night:

I seem to be out of town and am spending the night someplace like an apt building in this dream.

During the night I become concerned that my alarm clocks may not wake me up in time to get to work on time.

I wake up at about 07:00 in my dream and realize that I have overslept as I was supposed to have been at work by 04:30.

I think about calling my boss and letting him know that I am running late, but decide to try to sneak into work unnoticed instead.

I then decide to check out my reports from home to make sure that they all ran ok, however I am unable to find a computer in my apt to check them out with.

Although I am sure that this is really happening to me, and that there is no way I could be dreaming, I decide to ask myself if I am dreaming anyway, and to try floating.

To my amazement I float up into the air which then convinces me that I am dreaming.

I keep hearing male voices in the hallway of the apartment I am staying in, and begin getting very annoyed with them as they are quite loud, as I hear one guy yelling at another guy.

Then my cuckoo clock goes off (I have these go off every 30 minutes during the night to help me become aware in my dreams), but this time it is very annoying as it is interrupting my lucid dream.

I continue concentrating on the dream until the alarm finally stops, at which time I begin hearing the male voices again.

With an act of will I fly out of the apt where I no longer hear the voices.

Now I am free to fly at will, so fly all over the place doing all sort of aerobatic stunts while flying.

I decide to try the advanced lucid dreaming task so start looking for a mirror, but am have a lot of trouble finding one.

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Finally, a mirror appears in front me.

When I look into the mirror I see something that looks like a small tree instead of a reflection of myself.

I reach in and pull the small tree out of the mirror and ask it why we dream.

Instead of answering me in words, the tree begins expanding, and grows into a beautiful little tree with a magnificient design.

Interpretation: The dream seemed to be showing me that the reason I dream is to branch out or expand, and become more fulfilled.
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I then begin flying around some more and find myself someplace like a remote oriental village where the people live in grass huts, where I complete the advanced task for next month, which I will wait until next month to share.

I hope completing it early still counts. If not, I will do it again.

Good job, Kitties! You've gotten a lot further than me this month.

Lostification--I like that answer (classic Freudian wish-fulfillment )

Kordan--yes, that naked ghosts are disturbing, but again--much further than I've gotten.

Robot Butler--tell that lady that bourbon is a kind of whiskey, and Scotch is the best. I'm jealous, you did a good job.

Congrats on the task, iadr.

Has that cuckoo clock ever actually helped you? I never could get an external noise (beeping watches, etc.) to do anything other than occasionally wake me up.

It does count if you do the task ahead of time--benefits of being in the club--so congrats on that too!

Sugarglider--thanks for the badges. Can you use them, Seeker? I'm glad we've gotten so many responses on that--no shortage of talent around here.

I have to admit, I hadn't put too much effort into the tasks this month, as I've been in a rather harsh dry-spell. It seems, however gradually, that I'm coming out of it!

I'm not perfectly sure this will count, but I'm hopeful! Haven't had terrible success with the Monthly Tasks in the past.

To give a visual, please imagine the most ridiculously stereotypical haunted house ever. It seemed the entire gray-brown house was made of shutters.

To conserve room, I'll use 'Spoiler Tags' for the dream.

Spoiler for My Wonderfully Obtuse Dream:

I was quite weary the morning this dream occurred, so the details are quite hazy. At some point, somehow, I found myself in some sort of poorly lit mansion. I began climbing several flights of rickety wooden stairs. While the way up, I do remember looking out several windows.

Outside, it was nighttime, with giant whispy trees all around. The moon was up, if I recall, and there was a simple chain-link fence about 20 yards from the structure. I could see a little road, and a dumpster, with a man in an orange suit throwing a garbage bag inside (this is vaguely creepy, I now realize.)

After climbing further, I passed a short hallway, and into a flight of descending stairs. For reasons unknown to me, I was now a rat catcher. This was convenient, because a few dozen football-sized rats were now swarming the stairs.

I'm not entirely sure how I 'caught' the rats, but I believe a car hood was involved. I eventually was overwhelmed by a giant multi-colored rat, and 'died.'

There is a short gap of memory, but it returns with me, as a ghost, in a bedroom of the mansion.

{For the following, I should explain that I have named my dream/spirit guide Virgil, which I thought quite apt for a guide of this sort! I have 'concluded' that my guide is part of my conscious thought, or 'Inner-voice.' I won't dwell too much the topic, but I discovered this notion from Robert Monroe's OBE book.}

I somehow was personifying Virgil. I draw this from the fact that I recall other ghosts in the household. Most of them were dressed in the classical Victorian style that television associates with ghosts. Anyway, one of them, a woman, called me Virgil several times.

This caused me to remember my #1 Lucid Goal: Finding Virgil in a dream. This association caused a very brief state of Lucidity, likely one of the lowest I will know.

During these few minutes, a portly ghost in striped pajamas came into the room, and started speaking. He interrupted only to light a cigarette (I have no idea how a ghost is capable of this.)

While talking quite rapidly (possibly in some form of slurred German), and laughing, he made wild hand motions, searing me with the light cigarette. I remember little pain, but I recall looking at my arm (which I found to be a translucent light blue) and seeing black marks where burned.

Before totally losing lucidity, I walked past him, and saw a small room with another flight of stairs. In it were roughly 2 dozen ghosts, wandering around, some talking, some dancing.

I woke shortly after, and, having only a few moments before leaving to catch a bus, could not record the dream properly. It was only after getting on the bus that I realized that I had completed a Lucid task unintentionally.

Wow, that was rather long... my utter respect to any who read it in full!

I hope I might enjoy my 5 days of badge bearing. They would be my first, and hopefully not my last...

In conclusion, Hooray for Dreaming.

Thanks for allowing me to ramble!
-Graysong