Thread: Task of the month for July 2009

Nice job

yay i did the advanced task

13.07.2009

exploding ld (MILD)

NON-DREAM DREAM LUCID

it started out with the fence in our back field broken. i thought this was pretty weird so i did a reality check. i found i was dreaming and then remebered the task of the month. i had something in my hand so i turned it into dynomite. But before i could swallow it, the scence changed and I found myself at my school. so i went into another room and started rubbing my stomach trying to make it hot. it worked and i fell over but could still see. my body wasnt attached to my head anymore, but i still saw flames shooting up the walls. Then i went back into the gym and people were talking about how they saw flames in the other room.

Do we have to just explode on will or can we blow ourselves up with an explosive?

A failed attempt:

(...) Then I remembered the Lucid Task of the Month. I pulled a stick of dynamite out of my pocket, but the fuse wasn't lit. I placed my hand in my pocket again, and felt around for a lighter. Instead I found some round shape, and when I pulled it up it was a candle made from wood, with a lit wick. I thought about using it to light the dynamite stick, but I decided that the wooden candle was also dynamite (at this point the original stick of dynamite lost my attention and ceased to exist). I considered swallowing it, but I thought that might be hard. So I thought I'd hold it next to me. Then I though I'd better make sure the dynamite worked properly before I tried blowing myself up, to see how volatile it was. I threw it, and it stuck to the branch of a tree, without any visible means of support. It just stuck there like glued. Then I ducked and covered, while looking at the dynamite. It blew, but only like a standard firecracker. The stick of dynamite was still stuck in the tree (it hadn't been destroyed), and it faded. I thought "I can't really blow myself up with that." Then I thought that I perhaps should do the Basic Task. I started feeling tired, and could only keep my eyes half open. At this point I had a strange FA and lost lucidity.
(excerpt from my Dream Journal entry)

Originally Posted by khh

A failed attempt:

Then I remembered the Lucid Task of the Month.

Too bad; you were close though! Are you going to try again? Might try the Basic Task first next time.

I remembered the tasks of the month, but I had to save my mother from someone >.>

Spoiler for Dream:

I pushed my mother on the platform below, and quickly jumped down myself. When I landed, she was nowhere to be seen. I was infuriated: Here I was saving her when I should have been trying to complete the tasks of the month, and she runs away! I thought about leaving then and there, but what could I do - real or not, she was my mother after all.

Originally Posted by Higurashi

I remembered the tasks of the month, but I had to save my mother from someone >.>

Lol! Bad luck, that. Hey, but at least you remembered even if you didn't have control.

Originally Posted by Keitorin

at least you remembered even if you didn't have control.

I'd rather explode and eat a burger

Originally Posted by ninja9578

I came up with both The TOTM club was pretty dead this month

I would like to be a part of this club. I've got some free time to spend somewhere and this looks like fun. would be cool if we could add 1 extra challenge per month as an extra tough task. just pm me and talk to me about it sometime.

I really like the second task so I plan on doing this tonight and posting in my dream journal the results.

I also just finished posting my tutorial I mentioned earlier and heres the link for that:
http://www.dreamviews.com/community/....php?p=1132557
It's more than just a tutorial its also an experiment to see how well people can learn the techniques so the tutorial will change over time to better suite people on this site.

looking forward to the insane explosion i create tonight. XD

Yes, I completed both the Basic task and advanced task.
I had a DEILD, in a form of a false awakening, so I already knew I was dreaming. Here's my dream:

I 'woke up' in my bed, already knowing I was dreaming. I got out of bed, and examined my room, to increase clarity. Then, I walked over to my pink curtain, and felt the material. Like in real life, the curtain was smooth, and velvety. I felt the curtain for about 5 seconds. I walked over to my closed bedroom door. As I had my hand on the door knob, I took in 4 deep breaths and said out loud, " there is no need to rush, this is just a dream, I have lots of time." I proceeded, to open the door. Everything looked exactly the same. I went into the kitchen, when I remembered the basic lucid task, which was to eat a hot dog. So, I opened the fridge, expecting there to be hot dogs, and there were along with chocolate cake.There were about 7 hot dogs in the middle of the fridge, all had steam coming from them. I reached for the longest hot dog, I could feel the heat, it felt like it could burn my hand. Once my hand reached the hot dog, I pulled it back as soon as I could. I tired to think of what I could do, when I saw a fork on the counter next to the fridge. I took the fork, stuck it in the hot dog, and plopped it in my mouth. The hot dog didn't really taste like a hot dog, it tasted more like a barbecued sausage, but I wasn't complaining. After I finished eating the hot dog, my stomach started to rumble, I could hear it and feel it. Each time the rumbles got louder and louder, and I started to get a headache. All of a sudden, I exploded, it felt like my limbs were being stretched apart. Then, the dream switched to 3rd person. Tuna splattered all over the place when I exploded, then I switched to 1st person again, but I was a different person. I continued on with my dream, which lasted for about another 3 minutes, then I woke up to write it all down. I'm so happy that I finally completed the tasks.

I attempted the Basic Task of the Month once more, with disgusting results:

Spoiler for My Attempt:

I run to the pantry and open the door, sticking my hand in without looking inside. I tell myself that there'll be a hamburger there. I wrap my hands around something and excitedly pull out. I've nearly done it - instead of a hamburger, I have a hamburger bun. I'm a bit frustrated, but I play it off. That makes sense, I think. I mean, the actual burgers would be in the refrigerator, right? I open the fridge and look around, disgusted: the only meat I find is deli turkey.

I go into a rage. I rip open the package and stuff the turkey in the buns, smashing them together. I jam it into my mouth. 'This counts!' I scream to no one. 'I've just completed the basic task of the month - THIS COUNTS!'

I know, I know - it doesn't count

I had my third successful WILD last night. Whenever I entered my dream scene I found myself walking through my university (despite the fact that i'm off at the minute), I imagined that there would be a food bar round the next corner and sure enough there was. I walked up to the counter and asked for a hamburger and was instantly presented with one, it looked absolutely delicious and I devoured it immediately, though strangely I don't remember what it tasted like.

Unfortunately I couldn't remember the advanced task so I was unable to attempt it, but even so my third successful WILD and first successful task of the month; not bad going in my opinion.

Recently I have been too busy with my own tasks to actually care to do these simple tasks. Id much rather constantly push against my own limitations than to easily complete such simple tasks. I'm about to be spending a lot of my time elsewhere so I won't be filling in a dream journal here but ill keep visiting the threads related to my own manipulation system.

So yea basically I said I would do this earlier but now i've got other things to deal with so sorry but I won't be completing this.

Peace

Originally Posted by Mylynes

Recently I have been too busy with my own tasks to actually care to do these simple tasks. Id much rather constantly push against my own limitations than to easily complete such simple tasks. I'm about to be spending a lot of my time elsewhere so I won't be filling in a dream journal here but ill keep visiting the threads related to my own manipulation system.

So yea basically I said I would do this earlier but now i've got other things to deal with so sorry but I won't be completing this.

Peace

No need to be so arrogant about it. I like how you mention how "easy" they are then say you don't have the time to do them. Exploding is the worst though, took me about 5 seconds. I'm sure pushing your own limitations and only visiting your own threads leaves no time for our lowly simple task, you lucid master.

EDIT: You also mentioned earlier how much you liked the second task and were looking forward to creating an insane explosion. What's with this change of heart?

Originally Posted by Mylynes

Recently I have been too busy with my own tasks to actually care to do these simple tasks. Id much rather constantly push against my own limitations than to easily complete such simple tasks. I'm about to be spending a lot of my time elsewhere so I won't be filling in a dream journal here but ill keep visiting the threads related to my own manipulation system.

So yea basically I said I would do this earlier but now i've got other things to deal with so sorry but I won't be completing this.

Peace

don't be so humble!

Lawl, someone can't cope with failure.

But, seriously, it makes me sad when I see real life ambiguity rivaling that of Holden Caulfield. . .

Originally Posted by Mzzkc

Lawl, someone can't cope with failure.

Tomorrow night I will push myself to eat a hamburger, lucid or not. mmm.

-Reality.

Originally Posted by DarkLucideity

No need to be so arrogant about it. I like how you mention how "easy" they are then say you don't have the time to do them. Exploding is the worst though, took me about 5 seconds. I'm sure pushing your own limitations and only visiting your own threads leaves no time for our lowly simple task, you lucid master.

EDIT: You also mentioned earlier how much you liked the second task and were looking forward to creating an insane explosion. What's with this change of heart?

It's fine if you guys find this challenging then go for it. Most of my free time has been taken up though so I can't really take enough time to constantly fill in a dream journal. I've very busy thanks to things that have happened recently. And yes, focusing on these tasks would only hold me back.

ok mylynes,just that you should say that in another manner.
I wonder what things happened.

about the thread...
I'm waiting for a reply of magical mike, so when I get lucid, I'm sure I will try both tasks.

Originally Posted by Mylynes

It's fine if you guys find this challenging then go for it.

Originally Posted by Mylynes

And yes, focusing on these tasks would only hold me back.

The tasks are mostly for fun, not a difficult challenge. Seriously. If you're too good for this forum then kindly leave.

Also, if focusing on these tasks would just hold you back, aren't you skilled enough that focusing on them would be effortless and hardly a hindrance? If they were oh so easy as you act like they are, I think you would have done them on the first night when you thought they were a great idea.

So please, don't act like you're too good for a task you haven't even shown you're able to do.

You're a funny one, aren'tcha, Mylynes?

Meh, either way, if someone, such as yourself, can't bothered to complete a task it took people, like us, a few seconds to do, without any real effort, then I guess you must really be busy. For that to be the case, however, you must be pretty bad at getting and/or maintaining lucidity. After all, if a lowly being such as myself, with my incredibly limited abilities and experience, can go lucid after a rather long dream, do the task, and then still have time for crap ton of other stuff, while you, a seemingly much more advanced oneironaut, don't have enough time to even attempt the task, let alone do anything afterward, then the only logical conclusion is that you're ability to stay lucid needs some work.

I think I controlled that sentence well enough. I don't know, I might need to work on that a bit. Nah, I'm too busy with other vague happenings to be bothered by its incomprehensibility.

Speaking of being busy. I'm pretty sure the only one busy right nao is Ninja, since there's so many people without their names made up all pretty and such. Here's hoping he gets done what he needs to get done.

Edit: My bad, there's only a few people left. He's doin' fine.

Originally Posted by Mylynes

Recently I have been too busy with my own tasks to actually care to do these simple tasks. Id much rather constantly push against my own limitations than to easily complete such simple tasks. I'm about to be spending a lot of my time elsewhere so I won't be filling in a dream journal here but ill keep visiting the threads related to my own manipulation system.

So yea basically I said I would do this earlier but now i've got other things to deal with so sorry but I won't be completing this.

Peace

None of us give a sh** if you do the task or not. This is a useless post and I find it funny you had enough free time to tell us that you don't have enough free time. When no one cares either way. I don't find the tasks difficult either, but it isn't about extreme difficulty, it is about the fun.

Originally Posted by KingYoshi

This is a useless post and I find it funny you had enough free time to tell us that you don't have enough free time.

I lol'd