Thread: Task of the month for February 2010

I looked off of the front porch over the railing. The sun was shining brightly. I could see it reflecting off of our tiny pond. I could see our fish swimming around in the tiny pond. Goldfish. They were overgrown goldfish, the pond wasn't large enough for koi. I would fly. Flying always makes me feel good. I climbed up on the railing and took to the sky. I remembered something about a dream task… to look and see if I had a shadow when in sunlight? Of course I would have a shadow… how could I not? My thought was confirmed when I looked down at the desert below and saw my own shadow following me on the ground below. Wow… that was sure easy… I remembered I had originally thought the goal was to fly into the sun itself. I remembered I had wanted to do that. I flew higher and higher. The height I was at was dizzying. It was exhilarating. I loved it. The wind in my face… Would I be able to escape the Earth's gravity? Sure. This is a dream. I can do whatever I want. I continued flying higher and higher until everything around me faded to black and I woke.

The Funny Dancing Shadow

Method: DILD
Black = non-lucid
Red = lucid

The first part of the dream that i remember is being in a lady's house, in which i have never been before. There was a big get together where everyone comes together to have a large meal. There were several tables everywhere and a lot people were there, most of them were people from my old high school. Jill (a girl i used to like in high school and still kind of do even though i haven't seen her in over 3 years) was there. She started singing and the man next to her (whom i assume was her dad) started making guitar noises with his mouth. What was funny was that he actually sounded like a real electric guitar. She sang really good. I told her that she sang really awesome, and she said, "I know, it was awesome wasn't it." Then a radio came on. It was a girl singing, except she sang horribly. I said, "Now that is not awesome." and Jill said, "Yeah." The guy next to me said, "Man, don't be diss'n." After that, i noticed an woman there who gave off an evil vibe. I ignored the woman for now and decided to play my guitar. My friend Matt was there and he told me to try playing it left-handed. I tried, but it couldn't do it. I then started playing a small riff that i made up before going to bed that night.

Then my attention changed to a large tank on the side of the room, there was a big fat boy in there. He had locked himself in there and never came out. Eventually, the evil woman convinced him to leave. I went inside the tank and found another doorway inside. I followed the doorway and came to some really steep steps. After going up the steps, i noticed a doorway for midgets. I crawled through it and came out into a maze of halls and stairways. The further i went, the smaller the rooms got, until all i could do was crawl. I was completely lost and getting very claustrophobic. I told myself that i would never get out and would die there. Then i thought, no i won't it's just a dream so i'll get out of here eventually. Sadly, those were only idle words, because i did not become lucid from that. Then there was a scene change.

I was now in my backyard, where i noticed the evil lady. She now was wearing a white kimono and was a zombie. She was really pale and mean looking. She had some kind of cake that was poisoned. She fed some to my miniature dachtsund and it died. She was going to try and feed some to my beagle to, but i ran over to her and snatched the cake from her before she could feed it to my beagle. I ran from her for a little ways and then stopped. While i watched her begin to chase after me, i thought that she was too odd and the likelihood of me being chased by a zombie is very small. I must be dreaming.

Now that i'm lucid. I have no fear of her at all. She started to throw stuff at me. I don't remember everything she threw, but she did throw a gourd at me that had been made into a birdhouse. I caught it and decided to feel the texture of it to stabilize the dream. After that i rubbed my hands together to stabilize a little bit further. Now i remembered to try the basic TOTM. The sun was out, so i looked for my shadow. I saw it, but it was kind of dim. The more i stared at it, the darker it became, until it was easily visible. Somebody else that did the basic task said that their shadow's movements were delayed. I moved and my shadow was delayed also. It also had elongated arms and a strange arch in its lower back. I started to dance around to see how it would react. It followed me perfectly, except for the delay. I was going to try flying to the sun, but i wanted to keep dancing for a while. The shadow was so funny looking, that i started laughing hysterically. The zombie woman tried to take this as a chance to attack me. She ran towards me, but i kept dancing until she was right in front of me. Then i gave her a flying knee drive right to the face. Sadly, i didn't get to see her reaction, because as soon as my knee connected with her face; i woke up.

Yay! My first TOTM.

I'm gonna jump on this, however late into it I may be. Gonna shoot for just the basic task for now, though I love the idea of going through a marriage on the Maid of the Mist.... Inner romantic speaking, there.