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So I've decided to do a 30-day challenge of using the SSILD technique. I have experimented with the technique before with somewhat mixed success. So this time I'm going to use nothing but SSILD for the next 30 days and record how many LD's and FA's I get. So here we go:

Day 15

(So I missed a couple days... yeah whatever...)

I went to bed at 12:30 and woke up at 5:45. I did the cycles a little different. I did the first 3 or 4 sitting up, and then laid down to do the rest. That way I would get at least some cycles in before falling asleep. Sure enough, it worked.

I was in a large grocery store, kind of like Sam's Club or Costco. I think I finally realized that being in a grocery store is a dream sign ('bout time. All my dreams are either about working at a grocery store or video games...), which is what made me lucid. I didn't really take the time to stabilize the dream since I was just flying all of a sudden. The way I flew was kind of weird. I was standing up straight but continued to move forward, and when I kicked out my feet to the side, I turned in the opposite direction (kind of like ice skating). I tried at one point to lean forward and fly Superman style, but I just started to stumble, so I just decided to go with it.

After a few minutes of flying, I woke up in this zoo. My friends M and J were with me, and we were in front of this giant tarantula exhibit. Like seriously, the tarantula was massive, about the size of the average dog or cat. As we watched, it broke out of its cage/box thing and came after us. We ran to another part of the zoo until we got to a dead end. I began to wonder if this was a dream too. I plugged my nose, and sure enough, I could breathe through it (although it took a couple tries to get it right...). I told M and J that it was okay since we're dreaming. "Great," M said, "but how do you explain that?" He pointed to the spider as it came around the corner, seemingly bigger than it was before. I was still a little scared, but I said, "It's okay, there's an exit right over there!" We all turned around, but there wasn't an exit like I said there would be. Maybe this isn't a dream, I thought. Soon after, though, I woke up.

I got some more flying time in, but then failed miserably at the second part of the dream... Oh well... I'm still somewhat happy with my results after reaching the halfway point of the challenge.

Day 15: LD - 2, FA - 1
TOTAL: LD - 11, FA - 9