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    1. Murder Victims On A Stormy Sea

      by , 08-09-2012 at 02:34 PM (Krista's Dream Journal)
      Dream - Lucid

      Something about a murderer and a ship at sea. The ship had three of the killer's victims on it, two men and one dark-haired woman, all middle-aged, but they weren't dead, just slashed, stabbed, and tied up. I think the woman and one of the men were actually not only victims, but the killer's parents as well. All three had knife wounds, but one's wounds were on a different part of the body than the other two's. I also want to say the one with the wounds in a different place was in worse shape than the other two.

      The ship sank in a storm, and we were all worried about the stabbing victims, but I knew they were going to die. They couldn't survive this being bound and wounded. I remember talking to at least one of them when we were all floating in the stormy sea, and I remember seeing one or two of them die. It was inevitable, though; they had no chance of survival.

      I remember something about my friend Mandy being in this dream. I was in a crowded room with many other people, and I saw her walk by, and one of the other people in the room that was standing close to me said her full name, just acknowledging that they knew who she was.


      I know there was more to this dream than what I can recall, but I just didn't sleep very soundly last night. The room was way too hot, as seems to be the trend lately. Oh well, after typing it out, I recalled some details I had forgotten at first. Maybe I'll remember more as the day goes on.

      Updated 08-09-2012 at 02:37 PM by 32059

      Categories
      non-lucid , dream fragment
    2. Flight to ..Greece ?

      by , 08-09-2012 at 01:42 PM (. - ~ = * [ |{(Welcome to my Weird Dream World)}| ] * = ~ - .)
      mm i just remember that i was with brother , mom and we gotta fly with plane to greece..
      iwe bought somehow ticket and the last day we had to fly somthing happen idk , and i was late or we were late and boom i woke up XD?
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      Uncategorized
    3. Mojang Makes Weird Zelda Games

      by , 08-09-2012 at 12:14 PM (Fennecgirl's Collection of Dreams)
      Last night, I had a surprisingly vivid dream.

      I was playing the "new" Zelda game on the Wii (I have no idea what it was called, but it's not a real game IWL). I was playing it on my TV in my room, though, so it should have logically been an N64 game (only console in my room; the Wii is in the living room), but it was a Wii game. It started out in the Shadow Temple, which reminded me a lot of the Shadow Temple in Wind Waker (wait... Wind Waker doesn't even have a Shadow Temple). I soon found out that Link could transform into a wolf, like in Twilight Princess. After hearing him scream upon returning to Hylian form, I decided I wouldn't transform unless absolutely necessary (there was no way to skip the transformation like in Majora's Mask).

      I kept playing and soon found Zelda. She was unconscious. I brought her out of the temple, and she woke up. She had a bag of something that looked like pot (I think). She said it was actually cocaine and suggested putting it in coffee to make the coffee taste better. The only option for replying to her was to refuse. Then, a message popped up that said something about the Swedish not supporting the use of cocaine (as the game was apparently made by Mojang).

      I somehow ended up back at the title screen. I turned off the game and decided to watch My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (even though I don't have Netflix on the TV in my room).
    4. Visiting my future school

      by , 08-09-2012 at 09:16 AM (The Fourth Dimension... Almost)
      I am moving house soon, to the Scottish Borders. My family have already been up there, we've sampled the schools, and thus I have chosen the school I would like to go to when we move to Scotland.

      -DREAM START-

      Somehow, I'm at my new school. I thought it was strange, but it never triggered that I was dreaming. I notice a girl from my current school, and walk up to her. It's someone I've known since I was 3, so we get into a conversation. She says that she has moved here because her parents forced her to. The bell went, and we found our way to the headteachers office, as It was our first day at this new school. The headteacher is scary and ginger, so we are quite intimidated by her. However, she is quite nice and introduces us to another girl who is also having her first day here. We are in the same form group, and so we went to the room and introduced ourselves.

      Suddenly I find myself in the cafeteria with the two girls. Everything is busy, so I assume it is lunch. I grab my lunch - a piece of cheese pizza along with a drink - and line up. I go to pay with a special fingerprint mechanism, but my account has not been set up. The lunch lady - bizzarly someone from my current school - tells me to go back to form. I wait for the other two girls, as their accounts haven't been set up either. I then wake up.

      -DREAM END-

      This dream really should have occurred to me as a dream - I really don't mow how I went along with it. Especially the fact that a girl I know was there. Anyways, the dream was pleasant - does that mean I will enjoy my new school (Third best State School in Scotland, apparently )? I certainly hope so!
      Categories
      non-lucid
    5. Adventure after adventure - Wednesday - 2012-08-09

      by , 08-09-2012 at 08:56 AM (The Path of Iapetos)
      [COLOR="royalblue"]Non-Aware (Dream)[/COLOR] - [COLOR="blue"]Partially Aware (Lucid Dream)[/COLOR] - [COLOR="navy"]Fully Aware and Vivid (Astral Projection(OOBE)[/COLOR]

      I got home from the party earlier than planned... Some guy sat down on my knee when they were angled, so that hurt pretty bad. And went to the beach to take a night swim I could barely walk, so I took a cab and fell asleep around 02:15.
      I did listen to the GWE Wave 3 - Liftoff again and even though I was not completely sober I actually started to feel really weird sensations, I felt my right leg vibrate heavily and I thought to myself "If I am able to stay aware I might be able to feel those floating sensations!". But I fell asleep.... I did woke up sometime during the night and noticed that I had fall asleep, so I put off my headphones and fell back to sleep.

      [COLOR="royalblue"]I had more dreams, but this is the only one I remember because it felt like it never ended!

      Some girl named Emma showed me a photograph of a mountain and she told me that it was called "The pit of the dead babies". I wondered why they named it that and she said "Ehhh do you really don't know? And if you don't know do you really want to know?". "Wait they throw down babies their? Why!?" I asked in shock. "Well it's an interesting story have you ever been there?". Well obviously I had not, in the next second I was on the top of that stair cased formed mountain and I am a little afraid of heights... :? I looked through a fence and I turned around the corner of a big stone and almost fell down the cliff because there was no fence there... But then I wanted to get down of that scary mountain and the girl said "Ok but we have to watch of the nazis". "Uhm ok.." I said. Then I noticed that there were lots of kids there and when we reached a gate guarded by an old woman she told the kids "Ok you can go through here, but remember to don't fool around. Look sad tired and the guards will not recognize you as normal kids. "Ok Mrs Guard" they said and then they ran out super foolish through the gate, but as soon as a guard turned around to see if something was going on they stopped and looked sad and like they had not got food in a week. I laughed to the sight, but remembered that it was soon my turn :shock: When I got in there looking as tired as I could a guard approached me and said "Stop there don't you have a job to do?" I looked like a frightened question-mark :huh: And then he escorted me to a house nearby where people was wearing weird clothes but I remember that I thought they were going into some mine and work.
      While I was dressing I was for some reason afraid that they would realize that I am not an aryan and that they would kill me at the spot. Then some woman got in there and saved me she yelled "Where is he? There! What is he doing here guard? He is supposed to be with the survivor squad!" and she took my arm "Oh sorry mam didn't know" he said. Then I walked with her to a big hangar and I saw my dad. He told me we where going to help the soldiers out in the field. For some reason my mind started to think that I was in the dark knight rises movie and I thought to myself. "Why isn't Christian Bale in the movie and why is my dad Batman, is Bale ever going to appear?".
      Then I experienced the dream like it was a movie and when the soldiers reached their destination and started to talk with some other soldier they call their allies, I hear someone screaming "It's a traaaaaaaaaap!" and I hear a big explosion and gun fire. I was back in firstperson again and I see a big field of mines visible, I see some blonde girl on the other side of the field and she yells "No problem!" then she magically deactivated all mines I ran over and saw a small box on a table, I approached to open it but the girl said "Ah.. Ah. Ahhh, do not open, can't you see the laser next to it that trigger the alarm? Don't worry I'll fix it". Then she turned off the laser easy as pie and I opened the box and saw a yellow book.
      "Guard it with your life" she said. To my right were a Chinese mansion and the girl told me that we were going to steal on more thing and that I was the one who was going to do it while she kept them distracted. We completed that mission and then I locked myself into the toilet opened the window and escaped. They had a high fence but I was able to climb over it. I was afraid that they would find me so ran and ran and kept running until I reached a a group of people wearing the Mason symbol. They told me that they knew who I were and that they would lead me to their headquarter in town.
      They did, but when we opened the door we saw that all the masons in there were dead, murdered.
      I asked them if I could get some new clothes and they gave me a mason robe with a big hoodie, I remember that I thought it felt cool lol. I hear one of the men say "Oh I hope they didn't stole the 1/3/3 Gracet book." I looke at the book I had stolen and see that it was named exactly that and I say "Do you mean this one?". He looked surprised and say "YES! this is it!" Then one of the men found another book on one of the dead bodies and they say "Maybe there is hope after all!"

      Then I woke up with a really big hangover. :roll: [/COLOR]
      Categories
      non-lucid
    6. Examining Objects Up Close and DreamViews Influences Me 08/08/2012

      by , 08-09-2012 at 08:47 AM
      I'm copying this from my Workbook. I'm trying to get back in the habit of writing things down as I get ready for Matte's competition.

      So last night I had three very long dreams. All of them had something to do with the forum or the forum members and lucid dreaming.

      I recall one involving me sending a forum member into a moving vehicle in front of me to induce lucid dreaming in the truck (think it was a truck) and suddenly the vehicle exploded, bodies flying every which way. It was weird because the bodies seem to fly up and then fall rather realistically and the whole thing reminded me of a patchwork of elements I've seen on various documentaries and news reports.

      It was the act of trying to induce lucid dreaming that caused the truck to explode. Not sure what what means.

      When I woke each time I could recall being in a lengthy dream and some of the events that happened. The visuals are fairly easy to recall but examining them in hindsight produces only vague impressions. It's a weird mix of recall and lack-of-recall.

      Think I need more sleep. I haven't been getting enough rest this week and when I lie down I see lines of text scrolling past my eyes, just like chat.


      As for the most vivid object...it was small, round, perhaps two inches across. I believe it was a Happy-Meal toy, the bottom of which had a space slightly smaller than the diameter of the circular base in which I was placing another object. There were three cutouts on one side and I was able to fit a small object (a disc or coin, perhaps a watch face of some sort) into the base with the buttons (?) lined up with the three cutouts. I knew they didn't belong together but it felt like they were made for each other. I examined it for a while. The light was bright and reflecting off the object, shining occasionally into my eye. The toy was a lime-green plastic along the base and the fitting object was yellow.

      I seem to have a lot of moments like that. Often they become a trigger for lucidity or I'm already lucid by the time I'm examining the object or scene. I think this stems from my general nature of being a hyper-aware person.

      I should write all this in my dream journal but I feel like relaxing for a bit before sleep.

      Tonight will be the third night in a row in which I haven't had enough sleep. Tomorrow will likely be the fourth. [sigh]
    7. Can't remember much...

      by , 08-09-2012 at 08:02 AM
      Dream 1

      I was worried that someone might not return because I somehow managed to predict the future.

      Dream 2

      I was struggling in my chemistry class, but it was more like maths. Then one group spilled a lot of Hydrochloric acid over the floor and the teacher got really angry. Not long after, when the lesson was meant to end a few kids walked out. The teacher said they couldn't leave because they hadn't finished the work, they went off anyway.
      Categories
      non-lucid
    8. Data

      by , 08-09-2012 at 07:51 AM (Exploring my mind)
      A friend of mine and I looked at the files stored in a game. We looked at the games mechanics and explained things to each other if we didn't understand something. As we looked at a buff I suddendly woke up.
      Categories
      non-lucid , dream fragment
    9. Deja vu [Nightmare]

      by , 08-09-2012 at 04:08 AM
      This is my first dream journal entry!
      Will keep this Dream journal updated on a regular basis.


      So, it all starts of into this castle. I was reading a book, and suddenly i got teleported into the story of that book. I didn't realise this while i was in my dream, and i can't really remember how the story went in the book. I just know it had a 'scary' side to it. Then suddenly i had a false awakening. I was about to do a reality check, but something grabbed me and was tossing me around the room. I realised that this already happend in a previous dream, so i knew i was dreaming! I was telling myself that i shouldn't panic. Sadly it was really dark in my room, so i didn't see what was happening around me. I decided to do a kamehameha wave! Who knows how i got that idea in my head. So i started saying "KAAAAA-MEEEEEEEE-HAAAAAAAAAAAA-MEEEEEEEEEE-HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA", and it failed. Needless to say i was embarrassed, but the nice "whatever it was" letted me go anyway (Maybe i got some bonuspoint for trying!).

      Then i wanted to turn on the lights. This didn't work sadly, but suddenly i could atleast see a little bit. So that was good enough for me, and then i left my room. Then i wanted to go outside. So i decided i was gonna walk through the door, but while i was going through that door a girl was just in the middle of it and stopped me. At that point i was thinking about sex, who wouldn't with a girl like that! So i did my thing, won't go into details . Then i woke up for real. DAMN U DREAM SEX!!!!!!! Overall, pretty happy. Didn't do as mutch as i hoped for though. I really wanted to meet my dream guide!

      (All my dream entries will be short. Just so you guys know.)


      This is how she 'looked' like: (But just with a red dress)

    10. Personal record 6 Lucid dreams in one night

      by , 08-09-2012 at 03:46 AM (My Dream Journal)
      I don't remember much of my dreams from last night. However I was glad to see that I had had six lucid dreams that night. A personal record. I attribute this to reading all the information in this site and trying some new techniques dream spinning and hand rubbing. Before I went to sleep I had an idea. Being Christian I don't pay as much attention to prayer as I want to and I thought if I was to spend one dream just praying, paying attention to god even building a temple. That he would appreciate it and it would make me feel less guilty for not paying attention to him in my daily life. As i could do this every night. I kept this image in my head as I drifted off to sleep.If I want something enough it will happen

      I remember waking up in my bed. The first thing I did was a R.C. I did this by making myself levitate. I remember I wanted the sun to come through the window and light up the room it was night and the darkness frightened me. as usual I knew the light switches wouldn't work. So instead I turned away from the window and told myself the sun would come up and brighten my room. this didn't work. I then looked into the mirror for once not afraid of it but rather more curious if I could notice any changes in appearance. My hair was a lighter brown. I then made myself merge through the window into my front yard.

      google fun...-dog-1.jpg

      When I arrived there I first rubbed my hands together. I then kept touching everything I could as I walked afraid to loose the dream. I enjoyed the sensations as usual. As soon as I was on the foot path I thought about a faster way to travel. traveling is often too slow. I then called to Duke my dog. He ran up to me happy as usual. I feel by calling someone I know I can trust really helps alot more then calling someone I dont trust or hardly know. I mounted him and told him to run. Duke ran down the streets. I remember being frustrated that it wasnt fast enough though I told him to go faster. didn't work The rest is in patches. I tried to tell myself we would arrive at a temple I made for god.

      google fun...-temple.jpg

      We instead arrived at Mc donalds. I remember being afraid it would also be a church. it wasn't. Here I met a men who said he was travelling from another dream making me think if it was possible that someone from another dream across the world could merge with yours you would never know. He said he knew some sports guy I was curious if I could recover buried information in our brains in our dreams that I wouldn't usually use. I asked who it was and forgot what he said so didn't get to test the theory. I also compared two fingers of a women's hand to see if I was dreaming. I tried to make a temple for god by dream spinning. first I got different scenarios an island theming aladin and a temple. not being happy I kept spinning going through each scenario till I woke up. I was disapointed then I remembered to do an R.C check levitating again. my new favourite R.C check. I use to just observe things out of the ordinary 3 times and if there where 3 things out of ordinary id know it was a dream. Its harder then it seems. Or even harder once you question if you are dreaming tell yourself it is a dream as if you were awake you wouldnt question if you were dreaming.

      google fun...-warrior.jpg

      I tried to get a temple and got one it was boring. a lady came up asked for a dangerous potion to kill someone. I agreed gave it to her it was red. she fought some ppl and killed them. the ppl she killed was actually herself. I saw a car wreck infront of my house. I was afraid it would follow me. it did. fear made it happen

      remembering I was dreaming I ran towards it and faced my fear it turned into an puppy that had died that I had missed and all had forgetten about her. facing fear made the car go away I used all these powers and thought I am a god. seeing god I quickly changed it to I am a sorcceress as I dont beleive anyone should pretend to be god even in there dreams. and was afraid of what god would think. Finally tired of taking time for god I felt aroused.

      Spoiler for adult material = rape:

      google fun...-giant.jpg

      I was handed a giants head. It was a bit gross I had to throw it into the water to make the giant emerge it was blue and stone like. The giant told me in order to have sex i was to attatch butterflies to my head walk out into the open where they will be eaten by catepilliars then eating my face. I saw several examples and was afraid and felt trapped. I tricked the giant by agreeing with him. then fled to a ship dodging the giant in the sea. My goal to reach the southern sea where I would be able to teleport as someone could cast a spell to help me there. I ran into an oil rig and the giant was saddened and cleaned the mess. I teleported to another oil rig. I was able to teleport when I usually can not because I imagined a scenario where someone helped me with magic making it possible

      I dreamed I was to take care of some children. I put on black stockings as that would make children easier to control. When I arrived I had to clean this whole yard and put away this mail. I told my dad I did everything else he could clean the bucket. I felt guilty about that. I was proud of my accomplishments. I went to grandmas and had earned a big feast of I think nachos.

      I dreamt of an old best friend. who I'm no longer friends with. There was a dress I was to wear for an important event. I was to rest. I woke to my friend who said she was raped by a guy. I was angry as I had been abused before. We tried to confront the guy. The dream got confusing a higher power a women didn't believe her. It turned out my friend had gone to the pub. We were accused of making males rape us. Some guys chased us at one point and I felt like I was making them rape us. I apologised to many women. And at some point someone wanted to pick a dress and I rushed and picked it first choosing it over my original choice. It was green and suited me.

      I woke up for real several times during the night but found it easy to go back into a dream. I remember when I was 16 I had a recurring nightmare where I was paralyzed and my heart beat hard against my chest. I learnt to make this experience lead to a lucid dream by falling through the depths into a black void where I would make myself fall faster and faster untill I was in a dream. Quite frightening at first but it soon become enjoyable.

      Updated 08-11-2012 at 01:43 AM by 57223

      Categories
      lucid , false awakening , memorable , dream fragment , side notes
    11. Blaze tunnel

      by , 08-09-2012 at 02:38 AM
      (this was a very cinnamic dream, it was 3rd person at times and had a story similar to an adventure movie) I see my self in a dark blood red stone cavern, I flip a switch on the wall of it. I then run as fast as I can into a large open space where there is lave mixed with spots of obsidian and large chunks of rapidly melting and reforming cloudy white ice. I view myself jump across the ice being careful not to slip in the lava however I do move with a sort of urgency. I make a final jump and land on an obsidian and red stone island in the center, with a swift step I run over to a chest and pull out a small bit of mine track. As soon as I pick this up I drop it on the ground and it begins growing into a long track, I look around for mine cart but don't see one, I do however see a larger chest and after a look inside I have acquired my transportation. I lift the heavy cast iron cart and put it on the track and as I do this fireballs are hurdled towards me from above by a flaming semi spherical flying creature. (as this happens my view also switches to first person) I push the cart off and begin going down a diagonal pathway in the ground. The creature comes after my and in a swift pass by it injures me with its heat, I hear a deep voice say loudly "DO YOU THINK YOU CAN ESCAPE BLZE?" in response I begin throwing snow balls at the fiery beast, then it throws a single fireball and I return a single snowball. This repeats about 3 times before it crates a lightning bolt out of thin air, it uses it as a sward like weapon and I feel the high voltage surge through me down my legs and arm, I grasp when it gets to my hand and I form my own bolt. I swing at "Blaze" and repay the damage it has caused to me. It hits me agin and I use the electricity in my hand to strengthen the weapon, needless to say this time I more than repay the damage, however it gains a higher strength weapon with a golden handle. It impacts me one last time as we hurtle down the diagonal shaft. (I slowly awaken and after a short moment of though recall this adventure, I just wish it had an end!)
    12. Turtle crop

      by , 08-09-2012 at 02:33 AM
      I stand next to a produce farm of my construction, it is about 3ft. by 5ft. To one end it contains sugar cane and it has water channels in between small pumpkin crops most of the rest of the way down, on the edge slightly longer Mellon vines grow. I think to myself that I have a lot of good crops, however there is one I cannot identify next to the sugar cane, about 6ft. in hight and 4in. in diameter, and off white in color. As I look closer I realize that it is hollow, I look inside and see a turtle shell with a floating almost digital translucent gray name tag above it that reads T-Dog. (here the dream skips) I now stand in a church while the turtle is being mummified in another building, the walls are lined with tall and vibrant stain glass windows. I stand next to the priest, other than us the entire place is empty. Suddenly rocks come hurdling through multiple of the brightly eliminated windows, the priest gets red in the face, I can tell he is furious. (the dream skips agin) now I find that I am standing outside the church at night, my friend Jacob pops out of nowhere with a tiny crossbow and shoots me with it, however the minute dart simply bounces off my chest. (and the dream fades into an end.) I also recall a fragment of another, something about my old teacher Mr. Van giving me something.
    13. Frog,mummy,and the repeating story

      by , 08-09-2012 at 02:28 AM
      (recall has given me three dreams to record that increase in length.) I first find myself near the top of a pyramid *and I decide I want to put on a frog costume, my friends, Jacob and Dillan are with me so I pull a green shirt out of a large backpack that one of them is wearing. As I put it on a frog mask pops into existence in my hand, I put it on as well. The next thing that happens is my arms are instantly painted green, I am now in a frog costume. (the dream fades and I re appear in a sort of continuation of the dream.) my friends and I stand inside of the pyramid in the tomb chamber, we are running for fear that we have awoken the mummy. We sprint out of the pyramid and up a ramp to a treehouse like building that is located inside of a monumental tree's branches. We instantly begin looking through chests and storage containers for any kind of weapon, I find a flimsy bow and five arrows, and the others find a wooden sward and a stick. We continue looking for something better, however the mummy eventually walks into the room, I yell and begin trying to hit it with my arrows but mostly miss and hit the wooden floor because of the low power of the bow. (this dream as well ends and I show up in completely different one all together. *I am in a large backyard and just across a short white fence is the neighbors yard. I look over and under a large hedge lies a enlarged human head. It's eyes open and it looks at me, signs of decomposition are obvious, it says "hello" to me and I simply walk away and go inside the house. I return the next day and talk to it, we eventually meet every day. (this is time lapsed from my view however it feels like weeks.) one day it tells me "come here, I have protein saved up, come take it" I reply "you need it more than I do, im not the one who is dead" and then with a chuckle it says "but you are dead" the next day I go to a cemetery and see my name on a tomb stone. I say to myself "so the only surprise is when it is going to happen" *then a van comes speeding through the cemetery and crashes through multiple headstones before crashing into me at full speed and killing me. I then awaken as the head below the shrub, and I know it was me the entire time. (the dream fades and I awaken to see that I have slept in late)
    14. Pre historic face tattoo

      by , 08-09-2012 at 02:23 AM
      I began in a laboratory with a another person who is operating a digital microscope, we view a small area of a human skull on a monitor, the surface of it has small chipped places in the shape of a tiny smiley face. The person (who I realize is wearing a lab-coat like I) explains that what we see is a type of pre-historic tattoo. (the dream begins to fade and I slowly wake)
      Tags: science, skull
      Categories
      non-lucid , memorable
    15. Advanced TOTM - Write a Waking Life Entry into a Journal Inside a Dream (whew!)

      by , 08-09-2012 at 02:14 AM (Ophelia's Book O' Fun II)
      Alright I have a TON of notes for this one, because several important things happened to me in the course of about 10 minutes. For time's sake, and the sake of recollection, I'll go straight into describing the dream.

      I was dreaming about being in our backyard, and looking at what damage the drought as caused some of the plants. I noticed that one of my bushes had spontaneously grown tomatoes in the center, though it was not a tomato vine. I poked at one. Then I noticed one of the citrus trees looked dry as usual, and the ground surrounding it also dry. But it was mysteriously missing it's little decorative brick border. Also, it was too close to the fence all of the sudden. I looked at the place it should have been, and there was an entirely different plant (like a basket topiary), in its place with the brick border. I thought, "This isn't right, OH I'm dreaming!!" This next moment is extremely important.: Right after becoming lucid, and for the few seconds before remembering that I want to complete a TOTM, I became very aware of the fact that I had only fallen asleep a minute before. And while the transition was by no means perfectly seamless, as there were a few moments where I couldn't account for the time exactly, and I had blacked out a little. I'll explain in a bit why I know how much time had elapsed, and why this is important. Anyway, moving on. I remembered the advanced task of the month almost immediately, as the thought of completing the basic task flashed through my mind. However, I knew I didn't have much time (you'll see why in a minute), and the fact that I was in the garden was going to make it hard to find a pen and paper. So in a panic, I willed something, anything to write with, to appear. A Bic, black ink pen appeared on the ground. YESSSSS I thought. I grabbed it, and not even bothering to look for paper, I tried to write something on my arm. I was able to scratch my arm a little, which hurt, but the ink wouldn't come out or show up on my arm. I wishfully looked at a table on the back porch, and I saw a pice of ripped manilla paper that Chris usually likes to doodle on. Double YESS! I ran and grabbed it, and quickly scribbled on it, and it worked. So I tried to think of something to write from my waking life, and the first thing that popped into my head was "Last night, I cooked chicken for dinner." I even recollected quite clearly the actual dish, as it was something I had never made before. I wanted the sentence to be simple though, and started to write, "Last night, I.." Then I got distracted by some scribbling that was on the top of the paper already. I don't remember what it said, but when I looked back to the sentence I was writing, it was all gibberish. I scratched it out and tried it again, just under my first attempt. Exact thing happened again haha! So this time, I made myself focus on the task. I mean, we're talking pain in the brain, making myself focus on writing this tiny little sentence without getting distracted. I finally got it all written out, and I remember being ecstatic that I completed both tasks within the first week of the month.

      Then Danny's snot rocket ritual (in real life) woke me up momentarily. I fell back to sleep, and again lost a little consciousness, and reappeared in the garden. I became instantly lucid again, because all the plants were jacked up in the same way. And this time Jason (RareCola) was there. This is also important for 2 reasons which I'll get to later. I was so excited to see him and show him the "journal". In this second lucid, it actually had grown from a simple piece of ripped paper, to a big book that looked like something that would be on Harry Potter's bookshelf. I opened it to the first page, and there was my waking life entry! Although, it now said "Lst nghnit, I cked CHKN fr dnnr," though imagine that with some Ns and Rs backwards. I explained to Jason that this happens apparently if you look away, then back again, at my journal. Then I turned some pages and there were drawings that Chris had made of bears, and dogs, and other animals. Same magic. If I looked at a bear, then turned the book around, then looked at the bear again, it changed. It looked all poofy, like it got its tail stuck in an electrical outlet. Same thing for each animal drawing, and I showed each one to Jason, who found it remarkable.

      At this point in time I think my lucidity became a bit hazy, but then I got it back, or I woke up briefly then fell back to sleep and got lucid again. Which one I can't recall, but I DO recall being lucid again, and going inside the house, being so proud of my TOTM accomplishments. I decided it was time to celebrate, since I couldn't really think of anything else to do. So I summoned a DC and we got it on. I actually awoke from that final lucid, because my DC and I heard a soft buzzing noise. I told him, "Oh that's just Danny in real life, brushing his teeth with the electric toothbrush." Then I woke to the sound of the electric toothbrush.

      Now, how did I know exactly how much time had passed in these lucid dreams, and furthermore, how did I know that I had little time before the dream would end? First, we set our alarm this morning for 6:30am. And Danny ALWAYS gets up first (because his bathroom ritual takes about 10 minutes, whereas mine takes 5 or less). At any rate, it's always the same ritual: 1. Peepee for 2 minutes (I swear he has a horse bladder), 2. Snotrockets in the sink (3 minutes), 3. Wash face and comb hair (3 minutes), and 4. Electric toothbrush (2 minutes). Then the bathroom door opens and it's time for me to get up. So, when I first became lucid, I knew it had to be between 6:30 and 6:40, because after the alarm went off and Danny went into the bathroom, I tried to sleep in for those 10 minutes, and I felt some mild vibrations. When Danny's snotrockets woke me up after the first dream, and I went right into the next lucid dream, I know I had maybe 5 minutes left (hair, face, and toothbrush).

      Next, why was RareCola's presence so important? First of all, the advanced task was his idea. And it's particularly noteworthy that he just realized in real life, that I don't actually keep a written dream journal (only online). Also, the night before this lucid sequence, Jason and I were talking about the subtle differences between a DEILD chain, and simply having multiple DILDs. I realized that I was really having the latter, because I couldn't honestly recall a single instance where I truly went from conscious wakeful awareness, to a lucid dream, without skipping a beat. There has always been a few moments of time, and fuzziness, and unconsciousness that I couldn't account for. So when I became lucid in that very first DILD, I couldn't help but think of our conversation, and I made that attempt to bring, into this DILD, the analysis of how I became lucid, and of how long it took (which I knew because of Danny's ritual), and of how I could really concretely admit that there was a moment of loss of awareness between those vibrations, and being in the garden and not lucid, then lucid moments later (holy run on sentence batman!).

      Finally, I find it truly remarkable, that a DC and I both heard Danny's electric toothbrush, and I had the true, acceptance of what this was. I was in a dream, and my body was in bed, and my sleeping ears were gradually picking up more and more of the sound of his toothbrush in the bathroom. I felt like I existed simultaneously on two planes, if only for a few seconds.

      I managed to stuff a shit ton of activities in just 10 minutes!