Task of the Month for February 2009

I think I did it! I'm sorry the actual description of hugging Clairity is kinda vague... but it was right before I woke up... Here's the basic stuff taken from my DJ...

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As I flew down I remembered the task of the month: I wanted to hug Clairity. During my short flight instead of telling myself, "Clairity will be just down the stairs", I unsurely told myself "Well, she might be there." Needless to say she wasn't there, but my dad was just standing there.

I ran to my downstairs half-bathroom and said "She's DEFINITELY in here!"... nope. I turned around and still saw my dad. I did a flying kick at him from about 20 feet. I started to lose clarity because of this. He yelled at me and my mom came down. They both convinced me I was awake... lucidy gone...

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And then...

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Other than that, I don't remember anything until at one point I saw Clairity (looked kinda like her avatar, couldn't see her face but I knew it was "her") and she said "Aww. Don't worry I'm sure we'll be hugging soon..." like what she said a couple times in the task of the month thread... BAM! Lucid. Then the horror came: I was waking up soon, I could feel my physical body in my bed and my dream was fading, I was only in a big pitch black room.

I basically said "Oh no the $#%^ YOU DON'T!" and spun around, rubbed my hands, and shouted "INCREASE LUCIDTY!"... but it didn't help much, it was time to wake up. I just put my head down and started walking saying to myself "I'm gonna find her..." Soon enough, she appeared and I bumped into her. She appeared the same as before... I wrapped my arms around her as the dream began to fade...

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I don't know if you'll accept that, if it's not sufficient enough for you, I don't mind, I'm just happy I did it and had my first LD... Also, if you want my full journal goes a little bit more in detail...

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Originally Posted by Neverman

I don't know if you'll accept that, if it's not sufficient enough for you, I don't mind, I'm just happy I did it and had my first LD...

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Neverman, I hope they'll accept it and I'm very honored to have made an appearance in your first LD!! Congratulations!! :boogie: .. :hug:

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I'm so angry.

I had a dream last night where I broke something but I was like "pfft, don't worry this is a dream I can fix it" and then I used my dream powers to fix it...and then I kept going along with the story I had in my dream.

Never even crossed my mind to hug Clairity.

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Originally Posted by Sandform

Never even crossed my mind to hug Clairity.

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But at least you had a lucid dream and that's always a good thing! :D

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Way to go iadr!!

:dance: I completed the second task!! WOOT!!
I was in the middle of another awsome dream when I realized I was lucid. I told myself I mUST find Cupid and steal his bow, so I left the dream immediately. I went to a woodland area and saw Cupid. He himself was lovestruck and had lain the bow beside him. I grabbed it and shot the girl he was looking at and then I shot him and I gave him his bow back.
Then I rushed back to where I was so I could continue my dream naturally lol. I had to fight to stay asleep, but I've found this is starting to get easier for me if I attempt it while napping. I didn't even need binaural beats to help this time!

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I feel like a royal idiot. I went back to read the first page to make sure we didn't have to complete the tasks during the same dream and I saw that we're not supposed to share the dream tasks outside the forum. I took that to mean this *thread*. So I can post my success in my dream journal then? And what about my blog? Do you mean just other BB sites?

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Originally Posted by Zhaylin

**Edit**
I feel like a royal idiot. I went back to read the first page to make sure we didn't have to complete the tasks during the same dream and I saw that we're not supposed to share the dream tasks outside the forum. I took that to mean this *thread*. So I can post my success in my dream journal then? And what about my blog? Do you mean just other BB sites?

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That was for when it was still in the Lucid Task Club forum. I'm sure you can post it wherever you'd like now.

Nicely done. :D

Thank you both.
Before joining I was beginning to think lucid dreaming was mostly a myth lol
Now I'm very happy to be learning otherwise!

:D Lots of people think that at first.

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Originally Posted by Clairity

Neverman, I hope they'll accept it and I'm very honored to have made an appearance in your first LD!! Congratulations!! :boogie: .. :hug:

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Thanks! I thought I wasn't going to find you after a while. I guess dream control is more difficult than I previously assumed. Also, I, like others, found you very tall... You were at least 9 feet tall when I found you! :eek:

congratz zhaylin!

I think we all owe clairity hugs :) great idea, even if they are dream hugs that she won't get

I was so close to hugging Clarity. T_T

So yeh, this is my dream. :P

As I was in the play, I followed my friend, Rebecca. When the play was over, we all headed to the stairs to jump on them frequently. As we jumped, I felt tired. One of my friends fell off, so I decided not to jump anymore. One girl said "can you show me how to jump high"? I said "no, it's dangerous", but she still said "do it anyway". So I did, and she jumped so high that she hit her head on the ground and died. I was absolutely terrified. I was crying for the rest of the day.

The rest of the dream went normal, and I hadn't remembered that I "killed someone". I was with a "friend" (more of an acquaintance) who threw a football at me. As I realized how inappropriate that is for her (she is a very gentle girl) I tried to breathe in my nose while it was pinched shut. It worked! I'm dreaming!

Then, I thought long and hard about the dream challenges. I remembered the basic task; hug Clarity. I was on my way up to the top floor, but there was a baby in the way. :shock: I pointed to the baby and said "This baby is just what I fear so please just get it out of here". The baby left the room, but then I could see him in a YouTube video, and remembered "Oh drat. I forgot that every time something that I make disappears, it gets put into a YouTube video.

Near the end, I got a glimpse of Clarity, but I just HAD to be woken up by my father. :oops:

hug clarity - sounds pretty simple, but, how do I know? :P I dont know who to look for
o well... lets hope i get an LD tonight...
wish me luck!

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Originally Posted by ninja9578

Introduction:
This topic is for the Lucid Tasks that are assigned by me or voted on by experienced dreamers. Please attempt one or both of these tasks throughout the month.

Report back in this thread, even if you didn't successfully accomplish the task, your efforts should make interesting reading! This is required in order to get credit, it is no longer sufficient just to say that you did it.

Whoever completes either of these tasks gets the following goodies until the end of the month:

• Your name will be displayed in ORANGE in the online members list at the bottom of the main forum page.
  
• You will receive a special title and badge.
  
• You will receive access to the "Lucid Task Club" which is a limited access forum for people that complete the lucid task each month.

Tasks for this month:

Basic Task - Hug Clairity*
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/1984/basic2ux0.gif

Advanced Task - Steal Cupid's bow and shoot someone with it
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/7807/advancedzl6.gif

*Clairity is a well known DV member who joined in February 2005 and started the popular Do You Need a Hug? thread.

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As a newbie I see I can't do tasks yet but I thought I'd share this.

During a WILD fragment on Sat night I was flying over a barren garden. I looked down a noticed a girl with dark hair. I then looked in my hand and I was holding a candelabra full of pink roses. As I'm looking at the figure she looks up at me. She had only the bottom of a face, the top was just shadow. I realized it was Clarity, or better, my minds eye showing me her avatar. I tried to descend to get a hug but I couldn't. I'm looking down trying to focus on her and I notice the roses started to wilt and then turn to ash. I awoke with a strong dark and sort of gothic feeling. I would be interested to know if this fits Clarity's persona or if I simply inferred this from something I saw.

Thanks!!

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Originally Posted by lagunagirl

I think we all owe clairity hugs :) great idea, even if they are dream hugs that she won't get

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YES!! HUG ME HUG ME!! :boogie:

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Originally Posted by Astroman129

The baby left the room, but then I could see him in a YouTube video, and remembered "Oh drat. I forgot that every time something that I make disappears, it gets put into a YouTube video.

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Now that's freaky! :shock:

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Originally Posted by Astroman129

Near the end, I got a glimpse of Clarity, but I just HAD to be woken up by my father.

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Ooooh so close.. but you'll do it! ;)

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Originally Posted by Desert Claw

hug clarity - sounds pretty simple, but, how do I know? :P I dont know who to look for
o well... lets hope i get an LD tonight...
wish me luck!

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You can find what I look like in my profile pic or there's a link to a pic of me earlier in this thread. Good luck! :)

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Originally Posted by WiLdMaN_78

As a newbie I see I can't do tasks yet but I thought I'd share this.

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Anyone can do the tasks.. it doesn't matter if you're a newbie!

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Originally Posted by WiLdMaN_78

During a WILD fragment on Sat night I was flying over a barren garden. I looked down a noticed a girl with dark hair. I then looked in my hand and I was holding a candelabra full of pink roses. As I'm looking at the figure she looks up at me. She had only the bottom of a face, the top was just shadow. I realized it was Clarity, or better, my minds eye showing me her avatar. I tried to descend to get a hug but I couldn't. I'm looking down trying to focus on her and I notice the roses started to wilt and then turn to ash. I awoke with a strong dark and sort of gothic feeling. I would be interested to know if this fits Clarity's persona or if I simply inferred this from something I saw.

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How strange that the roses started to wilt and then turn to ash! :shock:

Strong dark and sort of gothic. It definately isn't Clairity's persona (online or in reallife) but perhaps you got that impression from my avatar?

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i finally became lucid again, so i was able to give it a shot.

i had enough time to DEILD, so i ended up having 4 LDs in the morning, because i kept waking up, talking of which, i need to change my signiture.

one of the LDs(2nd or 3rd):
i was in a skate park that i know from a game, there were people skating, including some people from this site, just random people, ones i dont speak to much. like walms and someone else, i think john11. so, i was in that skate pak, but because i know it from a game, i dont know the way out, because in the game, you cant get out, so i just changed the scene, well, i changed what the building was, i changed it to a warehouse, with exits. i made a scene which would be good for shooting people, so all these monster things came, and then cupid flew in, i grabbed his bow and his arrows and i was shooting the monsters(i was shooting to kill, not for love), i dont know where cupid went, he just sort of dissapeared when i turned around. then i woke up.

after i woke up, i DEILDed again to try and hug clairity, but the monsters were still there, and i made them dissapear, but they kept coming back for some reason, i coudnt get rid of them and it was annoying to i woke up. so i failed that one.

nicely done sir :D

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Originally Posted by slash112

after i woke up, i DEILDed again to try and hug clairity, but the monsters were still there, and i made them dissapear, but they kept coming back for some reason, i coudnt get rid of them and it was annoying to i woke up. so i failed that one.

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Yup.. Clairity and monsters don't mix! :P But I'm still waiting to hug you! :D

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Originally Posted by Clairity

Yup.. Clairity and monsters don't mix! :P But I'm still waiting to hug you! :D

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ill try, i dont think i need to get up early for any reason tommorow, so if i get the chance, ill DEILD again and you'll get your hug

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Originally Posted by SleepyCookieDough

True :content:

I had them this morning.... I was fighting not to fall asleep in the bus. Would be kind of humiliating to be caught sleeping in the bus... in high school :paranoid:

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meh... Just don't make anything of it. I used to do it all the time. After the first time, they just stopped bothering me with it. I mean, is there anything wrong with it?

No progress on the Cupid's Bow task, but on Friday I managed to remember that I was supposed to hug Clairity after I fell back asleep. Unfortunately, time kept skipping in pockets around the scene, different people slowing down or moving so fast I couldn;t see them, and I wasn't able to do anything.

But it's sort of progress! I'm hoping that being able to visit the lucid task thread and Clairity's hug thread again will help.
Interestingly enough, I have not seen a single cherub this year. Just hrearts. And stuffed puppies and bears.

Edit: I just got a good idea. I shall focus tonight on a rose similar to that on this delicious box of chocolates the store was practivcally giving away, and I shall give it to claurity, useit to remind me of the lips on her avatar, or extend it into Cupid's bow like a magician's wand into a sword (at which point I shall go Clairity-hunting ;))

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Originally Posted by JET73L

Edit: I just got a good idea. I shall focus tonight on a rose similar to that on this delicious box of chocolates the store was practivcally giving away, and I shall give it to claurity, useit to remind me of the lips on her avatar, or extend it into Cupid's bow like a magician's wand into a sword (at which point I shall go Clairity-hunting ;))

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Hey, the power of association.. that's one way to go about it! Good luck!! :D

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Hey, it worked! I was in the Aperture Science Testing Facility from Portal. One of the targets at the end of the level was a bunch of flowers, and that reminded me of Clarity. I wanted to finish the testing before finding Clairity and giving her a hug, and I remembered even after I dropped the flowers. I would have been able to do it, too, if GLaDOS hadn't stopped functioning properly and left me sealed in the last test chamber (a different final chamber than the one in the game).

I even thought about a crossbow one or two times with the portal gun, which may or may not have had anything to do with the cupid'ss bow task.

So! One step closer to completing the task!

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Originally Posted by JET73L

So! One step closer to completing the task!

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YAY!! :boogie: Huggies are comin' soon!! :hug:

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