Caradon's Dream Journal

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Originally Posted by Sara

Aahhh, that's the trick, don't push the mind for images, but go with the flow...
I had another failed WILD attempt last night, my pet rats scared me awake with loud noise :(
Wow, that is soooo cool! It sounds like an incredible WILD. Definitely worth counting!

An image appearing from what starts with a sound... Ow, I had WILDs like that too, but that was more than 2 months ago :(


I haven't seen that movie yet, is it worth watching or not?

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I don't usually push the images, but I end up being in the scene so suddenly that it surprises me. If I listen for sound first, it's easier to just sit there and listen, and then the scene will gradually fade in, taking away the surprise and making it smoother.

LOL, I forgot you had rats. Thats annoying, I have to wear ear plugs.

Thanks, it was a pretty cool experience. I loved that fantasy world feel it had to it.

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Originally Posted by Pancaka

Grrr my normal lucids aren't that long or good, but you managed to WILD. I think I can sympathize with Mark now :embarrassed:. Nice one. I should try WILD for the heck of it some time. I think I'm due for a lucid any moment now...

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Yeah, the failed attempts are even fun. As long as you experience at least something.

You will get there.:)

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Originally Posted by Moonbeam

Yea I guess it wasn't that, since it was a WILD. That's cool that you WILDED, since you were lucid before seeing it. Otherwise, you might have just gotten attacked. :lol:



Yea, you're right--Speed Racer, Batman, and Get Smart movies (did you see that preview too?) it's like my childhood after-school TV. Did you used to watch those? And Brady Bunch and Gilligan's Island.

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LOL yeah, I probably would have. To bad I didn't have the presence of mind to let it attack me. I could passed the task of the month that way. Oh well, I think it was more fun the way it turned out.

Yeah, I saw the get smart one too, Funny. You right, this summers movies are like after school TV.:lol: I didn't think of it like that before. Yeah, I used to watch all those shows. I only saw get smart a few times though.

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Originally Posted by raklet

Congrats on the WILD! That really was cool. The TK, wizarding, lion man. I really enjoyed that.

I like your new avatar and sig as well. Radical change from what you normally put up. Now you look lovable and cuddly.

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Thanks raklet, and welcome back!:)

Lovable and cuddly!
That's it, going back to scary demon face.:P

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Originally Posted by mark

cool wild you had there mate! it must have been good to be a wizard!

Is that film good by the way? It looks it but its not out here for a while yet.

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Thanks, that was really cool being a wizard like that. I need more fantasy style Lucids.

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Originally Posted by Sara

I haven't seen that movie yet, is it worth watching or not?

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Originally Posted by mark

Is that film good by the way? It looks it but its not out here for a while yet.

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It's not as good as it looks, the special effects with the Mammoths, and Saber tooth were good. they looked pretty real. But the movie was pretty boring really. No suspense or anything. The action scenes seemed like they were only made half heartedly. they fell pretty short of being able to be called exciting. I liked the tall grass in the jungle though, I would love to walk through a place like that. As long as the bugs were not to bad of course.

Back to Colorado
I remember walking along with some people for a while, then I was by myself, and I was thinking about leaving my life behind, and traveling the world as a hobo. For some reason, that sounded like a really good idea.:lol:

The next thing I know, I'm in the hall of my old apartment building in Colorado. I felt so happy to be back there. It was like I just left on a vacation, and was now returning.
I'm about to enter my apartment, when the landlord comes up to me, and asks me if I'm good at playing tennis. A little confused by this, I tell him that I played before when I was a kid. But other than that I don't know. He seems happy that there is someone around he cam play tennis with.:lol:

He tells me I have to help unload some trucks or something. I tell him I can't, because I just got back, and I'm tired, and want to be left alone. But doing work is something I'm supposed to be doing to help pay for my room. I enter the room and I'm tired and just want to sleep. There are windows on every wall, I go look out one of the windows and there is a great view.

I suddenly remember I don't have my dog with me, she got left behind in Minnesota. I wonder how I could have ever abandoned her. I start stressing out really bad, and wake up relieved.

The cabin
Just some fragments, about being there and walking down trails. And washing dishes at the cabin.

The balloon game
I'm on some kind of show I guess. I'm with the other contestants,and we are on this platform high in the air, inside some huge chamber. There are these balloon things, in the air above. they are all different colors and sizes.. The host of the shows explains how we have to jump into the air and try to collect the most balloons.

I get scared, and tell him I'm not doing it. but for some reason I don't feel afraid to jump off to the ground. I then actually fall off the platform somehow. Not afraid, I do two back flips as I fall, then I grab onto some rope that's hanging and start swinging all over the place, trying to collect as many balloons as I can. People are watching in amazement at my sudden skill.:lol: And I swing by some spectators and hand balloons to them as I pass.

I nearly became Lucid when I fell off the platform and started doing back flips. the thought of Lucid dreaming entered my mind, but I got to caught up in the moment, and forgot about it.

there was some dream about the end of the world that I couldn't recall much of.

Todays WILD attempts
Focusing on listening to sound again, I begin hearing a man talking in another language.
it sounds like Spanish to me. I keep listening, annoyed that he isn't speaking English so I can understand. I start to get a vague impressing of his form, with his hands and arms moving. He is using them to punctuate what he is saying. I slide back awake after a bit.

Attempt # 2
I begin hearing a little girl crying, there is an old woman who asks her what is wrong. The little girl begins telling the old woman about a long series of events that led up to something that made her cry. I can't remember everything she said though. I listened to them having a conversation in my mind for quite a while with no visual. before sliding awake again.

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Originally Posted by Caradon

I was thinking about leaving my life behind, and traveling the world as a hobo.

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:lol: :lol: That's too funny!!

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Originally Posted by Caradon

I suddenly remember I don't have my dog with me, she got left behind in Minnesota. I wonder how I could have ever abandoned her. I start stressing out really bad, and wake up relieved.

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Good thing it really was just a dream! :( You live in Minnesota? That's where my best friend is from. Well, before she moved to NH, she lived there... she's moved around a lot lol.

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Originally Posted by Caradon

The balloon game
I'm on some kind of show I guess. I'm with the other contestants,and we are on this platform high in the air, inside some huge chamber. There are these balloon things, in the air above. they are all different colors and sizes.. The host of the shows explains how we have to jump into the air and try to collect the most balloons.

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This is seriously all I could think of: http://youtube.com/watch?v=YOfZPZJHnKg
It's worth watching! :lol:

It seems as if focusing on sounds rather than images works much better for WILDing with you! I bet you'll be a natural in no time once you get the hang of it more!

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Originally Posted by meggyfayephotography

This is seriously all I could think of: http://youtube.com/watch?v=YOfZPZJHnKg
It's worth watching! :lol:

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THAT WAS HILARIOUS!!!:laughtillhurts:
Can't Laugh
Silent Library
My favorites. Those guys are hilarious.

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Originally Posted by meggyfayephotography

It seems as if focusing on sounds rather than images works much better for WILDing with you! I bet you'll be a natural in no time once you get the hang of it more!

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I once concentrated on the feel of something on my fingertips (a keyboard to be specific). That worked pretty well but only once. So I've only had one successful WILD that I planned on actually being a WILD. I think that next time I'll try sounds. Seems like it would work pretty well for me.

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Originally Posted by Caradon

Back to Colorado
I remember walking along with some people for a while, then I was by myself, and I was thinking about leaving my life behind, and traveling the world as a hobo. For some reason, that sounded like a really good idea.:lol:

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I don't know what a hobo is (in dutch it's a music instrument) but traveling around the world sounds nice :)

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The next thing I know, I'm in the hall of my old apartment building in Colorado. I felt so happy to be back there. It was like I just left on a vacation, and was now returning.

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Sweet, just the idea of leaving your life behind was satisfying enough :)

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I suddenly remember I don't have my dog with me, she got left behind in Minnesota. I wonder how I could have ever abandoned her. I start stressing out really bad, and wake up relieved.

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Oh noo, how could you forget her :( One of those moments you're happy it was all just a dream :)

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Just some fragments, about being there and walking down trails. And washing dishes at the cabin.

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Haha, washing dishes, such a useless activity to do in dreams (mainly cause when you're finished and wake up, the mess is still there, at least in my student flat ;) )

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The balloon game

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Sounds cool!
Like an idea for a new gameshow :D (in Japan, hahaha)

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I get scared, and tell him I'm not doing it. but for some reason I don't feel afraid to jump off to the ground. I then actually fall off the platform somehow. Not afraid, I do two back flips as I fall, then I grab onto some rope that's hanging and start swinging all over the place, trying to collect as many balloons as I can. People are watching in amazement at my sudden skill.:lol: And I swing by some spectators and hand balloons to them as I pass.

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LOL, even when not lucid, you are really agile!

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Todays WILD attempts

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Focusing on listening to sound again, I begin hearing a man talking in another language.
it sounds like Spanish to me. I keep listening, annoyed that he isn't speaking English so I can understand. I start to get a vague impressing of his form, with his hands and arms moving. He is using them to punctuate what he is saying. I slide back awake after a bit.

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Thanks for keeping notes of your WILD attempts. Interesting AND motivating!
I once had a WILD-start with spanish sound as well, really weird, cause I could clearly hear all the words, but didn't understand them.

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This is seriously all I could think of: http://youtube.com/watch?v=YOfZPZJHnKg
It's worth watching! :lol:

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OMFG! Hilarious! I haven't laughed this hard over a video ever before!
Those Japanese guys seriously know how to make a fool of themselves :laughhard:

Reminded me of 'human tetris', which is Japanese as well. I like this kind of craziness, if I would have lived there, I think I'd have joined as well, hahaha.
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll2kajMH2u0

How long do your WILD attempts last? How can you afford to do so many a day? When I try to WILD, it takes at least 1.5 - 2 hours just to relax enough to the point that I can feel some change. I wouldn't get any sleep if I tried two of those a night!

that balloon game was just brilliant!! even in your non lucids you have such skills :bowdown:

hmmm those WILD attempts sound like they could have been emotional especially the last one with the little girl

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Originally Posted by Pancaka

THAT WAS HILARIOUS!!!:laughtillhurts:
Can't Laugh
Silent Library
My favorites. Those guys are hilarious.

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WHAT??? WHY IS IT OK TO BEAT SOMEONE IF THEY LAUGH??? LMAO! And that's just horrible when they make that guy smell the bad air!!

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Originally Posted by Sara

OMFG! Hilarious! I haven't laughed this hard over a video ever before!
Those Japanese guys seriously know how to make a fool of themselves :laughhard:

Reminded me of 'human tetris', which is Japanese as well. I like this kind of craziness, if I would have lived there, I think I'd have joined as well, hahaha.
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll2kajMH2u0

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Lol I don't think "fool" is a strong enough word! I've seen the human tetris one before! Some of the positions they have to put their body in... too hilarious! Lol

lol just to chip in with the dodgy Japanese vids here is cant laugh taken to the extreme lol

http://youtube.com/watch?v=nLEIChh6p7E&feature=related

oh and just to show how messed up these games are check this out....its nasty stuff lol its called meet an asshole

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HUR3zv6FgW0

Thanks for all the comments. And funny videos.:lol:

I'll reply to comments later when I get time. I don't want this weekend, to end up like last weekend. So I'm going to to stay off for now.

Good luck, Caradon. :)

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Originally Posted by Moonbeam

Good luck, Caradon. :)

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LOL I love Futurama. Good luck dood :P.

I got Thirty Days of Night; gonna watch it tonight! I remember you had some good dreams after that movie.

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Originally Posted by Moonbeam

I got Thirty Days of Night; gonna watch it tonight! I remember you had some good dreams after that movie.

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its a good movie that is, I enjoyed it I hope you do to and I cant wait to see if it influences your dreams :)

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Originally Posted by meggyfayephotography

:lol: :lol: That's too funny!!

Good thing it really was just a dream! :( You live in Minnesota? That's where my best friend is from. Well, before she moved to NH, she lived there... she's moved around a lot lol.

This is seriously all I could think of: http://youtube.com/watch?v=YOfZPZJHnKg
It's worth watching! :lol:

It seems as if focusing on sounds rather than images works much better for WILDing with you! I bet you'll be a natural in no time once you get the hang of it more!

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Yup Minnesota here.:)

Funny video, I thought that last guy was going to get his nose broken.

Thanks, I'll keep working on the sound thing. I used to do it a lot more often, I guess I started getting lazier, because it's A lot harder. But it's more fascinating, and easier to flow into the dream scene Lucid.

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Originally Posted by Pancaka

THAT WAS HILARIOUS!!!:laughtillhurts:
Can't Laugh
Silent Library
My favorites. Those guys are hilarious.

I once concentrated on the feel of something on my fingertips (a keyboard to be specific). That worked pretty well but only once. So I've only had one successful WILD that I planned on actually being a WILD. I think that next time I'll try sounds. Seems like it would work pretty well for me.

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Yeah, I remember that dream, thats a good way to do it too.

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Originally Posted by Sara

I don't know what a hobo is (in dutch it's a music instrument) but traveling around the world sounds nice :)

Sweet, just the idea of leaving your life behind was satisfying enough :)

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A hobo, is basically a homeless person. Hobo/bag lady. Some of them travel around the country hopping trains. Sounds like an adventurous life, but I couldn't handle being hungry all the time, and eating out of garbage cans.

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Originally Posted by Sara

Oh noo, how could you forget her :( One of those moments you're happy it was all just a dream :)

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Yeah, I hate that dream. I've had that dream quite a few times.

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Originally Posted by Sara

LOL, even when not lucid, you are really agile!



Thanks for keeping notes of your WILD attempts. Interesting AND motivating!
I once had a WILD-start with spanish sound as well, really weird, cause I could clearly hear all the words, but didn't understand them.

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Your welcome.:)
I'll be sure to post more of them. It's cool if my fumbling attempts helps others.:)
Thats odd about the spanish, it's probaly like how are minds can create music in detail.

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Originally Posted by raklet

How long do your WILD attempts last? How can you afford to do so many a day? When I try to WILD, it takes at least 1.5 - 2 hours just to relax enough to the point that I can feel some change. I wouldn't get any sleep if I tried two of those a night!

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generally when I have multiple attempts, They are either back to back attempts, or some in my nap too. Once I wild into a scene the first time. it usually doesn't take long for me to do it a second time. Because I'm already in that relaxed state.

If I'm well focused, I can do it in probably about ten fifteen minutes. But it usually takes me that long to force myself to stop thinking about crap. My thoughts never want to shut up lol.

See, I don't fall asleep easy without working at it. So Wilding techniques are just a part of how I make myself fall asleep. I'll try it on my back for a while, and if I can't clear my thoughts enough to do it within about a half hour or so. I give up and just roll onto my side. But, even on my side I will still have to use the same mental focusing to fall asleep. And I still try to wild that way. Sometimes I can do it on my side, but more often I just fall asleep.

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Originally Posted by mark

that balloon game was just brilliant!! even in your non lucids you have such skills :bowdown:

hmmm those WILD attempts sound like they could have been emotional especially the last one with the little girl

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Thanks Mark. Yeah, that kind of stuff just seems to come natural to me in my dreams sometimes.:whyme:

The WILDS were not emotional for me, I was just listening. The curious observer.

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Originally Posted by Moonbeam

Good luck, Caradon. :)

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Thanks, wasn't to bad a day.:) got pretty tired at the end though.

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Originally Posted by Pancaka

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...Scuffycopy.jpg

LOL I love Futurama. Good luck dood :P.

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Thanks
I watched futurama a couple times, it seemed pretty cool.

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Originally Posted by Moonbeam

I got Thirty Days of Night; gonna watch it tonight! I remember you had some good dreams after that movie.

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Cool! A lot of people didn't like it I guess. But I loved it. It was my second favorite movie of last year. Next to the Transformers.:)

I can't wait to watch it again, but I've been to tired and lazy to pick it up after work yet. I drive right by a Best Buy every day lol.

Hopefully I'll still like it after watching it a second time. Sometimes I watch a movie and think it's great. Then I watch it again, and go what was I thinking that was lame lol.

After watching that movie, I had one of the most intense zombie style dreams I ever had. Trapped in a mall, with a small group of people trying to defend against, these Intelligent zombie Vampire's from hell. That were in the mall with us. I never did end up posting that one. because of some Lucids or something, I didn't have the time. Forgot all about it until just now.

I hope it works for me. Those were some different vampires. I'd rather fight zombies, I think.

We thought maybe the sun would cure him at the end, instead of frying him. Nice surprise ending.

We really wondered what the advantage of being up there would be. Even if it was night for 30 days, it seems like a big city would be more nutritional.

Just going to quickly right a few things not much detail.

House of Pancaka
I was about to enter an old friend of mines house, when I notice that Pancaka lives in the house across the street. There is a sign on the front that says "House Of Pancaka":lol:

I go into my friends house, and another one of my old friends is there as well. There is an electric
guitar. I pick it up and try to play it, but the cord keeps shorting out. I eventually get it working, but the strings are out of tune. I'm actually able to get them tuned in the dream.( Thats a surprise!) I try to play a little bit, but people are watching and I'm out of practice, so feeling a bit nervous I'm having a hard time coming up with something.(I always played by improvisation. more fun that way.) I start hitting a few random notes, just trying to get my imagination going. One of the notes reminds me of the theme song to the Inspector gadget cartoon, so I start playing that. It's kind of funny, I never played that before.

Work dream
I had a really long crazy work dream. Cant believe I didn't get Lucid, there were so many dreamsigns everywhere. Everything was off. Though, I do have a vague memory of waking up as I was doing a reality check. I think it was just a random one though.

Exploding truck
There is this semi truck I'm driving, there are people all over it. I'm not sure whats going on, but I want to get the people off the truck so I start swerving all over the place trying to shake them loose. It doesn't work. I pull over, and there is a trail of gasoline leading away from the truck. I set the gasoline on fire and run. The line of gas works like a fuse, once the fire hits the truck it explodes. I'm running as fast as I can trying to get far enough away. I dive behind a building.

There is a chicken, I'm watching it walk around. Without noticing the change, the chicken turns into this alien, half humanoid chicken looking thing.( It was really strange looking.) It stares at me with this blank stare, and I stare back, and am trying to see if it can read my thoughts.(who knows why.) I think I was close to Lucidity. when I woke up I felt like I had some awareness I was dreaming. And had to think about whether or not I was lucid or not.

there was some dream about shooting baskets at some park. But there was something odd about the hoop, and I couldn't get the ball into it. there was a weird angle to it or something.


Not much WIlding, there was a little bit of stuff I can't remember to well. One attempt where I started hearing some really strange psychedelic sounds, that I couldn't even begin to describe. it was cool.:P

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Originally Posted by Moonbeam

I hope it works for me. Those were some different vampires. I'd rather fight zombies, I think.

We thought maybe the sun would cure him at the end, instead of frying him. Nice surprise ending.

We really wondered what the advantage of being up there would be. Even if it was night for 30 days, it seems like a big city would be more nutritional.

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Yeah, they were pretty scary I thought.
Well, besides being night for Thirty days straight. I think the other advantage was that it was easier for them to keep a large amount of people from finding out they really exist. Otherwise they would become hunted, and Exterminated.

But probably, the writers just liked the idea of a long night.:)

I read a vampire book once where a vampire went to a place like that to hide from the majority of humanity.

Yea I guess they wanted to avoid discovery. It just seems like there weren't many people there. They were very wasteful too. :lol:

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Originally Posted by Caradon

House of Pancaka
I was about to enter an old friend of mines house, when I notice that Pancaka lives in the house across the street. There is a sign on the front that says "House Of Pancaka":lol:

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I know someone who is going to LOOOOOOVE that dream! :P

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Originally Posted by Caradon

Work dream
I had a really long crazy work dream. Cant believe I didn't get Lucid, there were so many dreamsigns everywhere. Everything was off. Though, I do have a vague memory of waking up as I was doing a reality check. I think it was just a random one though.

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Too bad you didn't get lucid :(

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Originally Posted by Caradon

There is a chicken, I'm watching it walk around.

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This would have been a much better dream if you left it at that. :P Talk about random after making a truck explode!

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Originally Posted by Caradon

House of Pancaka

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LOL! Yes! I was just thinking a few days ago if I was ever in anyones' dreams. Well there we go lol.

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Originally Posted by Caradon

There is a sign on the front that says "House Of Pancaka":lol:

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LOL! Damn straight. Keep it up every day. AWWW! I just got the greatest idea! I should open up a 24 hour pancake house...in my DREAMS!!! You guys can all come :D!

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Originally Posted by Caradon

There is a chicken, I'm watching it walk around. Without noticing the change, the chicken turns into this alien, half humanoid chicken looking thing.( It was really strange looking.) It stares at me with this blank stare, and I stare back, and am trying to see if it can read my thoughts.

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LOL! That sounds like fun. If only you got lucid. I would've tried to have a conversation with it or something fun like that.

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Originally Posted by Caradon

One attempt where I started hearing some really strange psychedelic sounds, that I couldn't even begin to describe. it was cool.:P

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Sounds awesome. I still don't have any success with WILDs. There was the one with the keyboard, but it was followed by the dumbest FA ever...(stupid! stupid! STUPID! :bang:). Oh well. I still have plenty of practicing and my RC's are coming along well. Keep up the good work Care Bear (lol. That's definitely your nickname now) and good luck with future dreams.[/QUOTE]

cool dreams mate!

That humanoid chicken sounds freaky, things like that scare the crap out of me lol nice one on finding Pancaka's house ha ha great stuff

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Originally Posted by Caradon

See, I don't fall asleep easy without working at it.

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Whoa, that sucks. I have those times when my mind won't shut off and it makes me crazy, but for the most part, I'm asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow.

That makes me think of another question though. When I try to WILD, the "asleep when head hits pillow" doesn't apply anymore. There is a short period where I have to fight my thoughts straying, but then my thoughts are free and clear of any distractions - I only focus on my breathing and counting the numbers, but no longer can I fall asleep. I feel wide awake until that 1.5 - 2 hours have passed. Any idea why this might be?

Caradon there was a show on PBS last night that I've seen before and when I saw it again I thought you might like it. It's called "Alone in the Wilderness". It's about this guy who goes to Alaska in the 1960's and builds a cabin and lives there by himself.

It' really good; he did all the filming himself by setting the camera up. I've got it on DVD, so you can probably rent it. You would like it I think.