Yup, just as the title suggests. Well I've been lurking for quite a while and believe me I have questions too! Oh but first; hi everyone!

Getting right too it. I don't want to create other threads with these questions so I'll just be asking them here. I do hope I get some answers, because I've been wondering for a while.

First one, I became lucid after what seemed like a very long dream. I was happy, because it happened at a place I really wanted to become lucid and in control at, so I just went from there, skipping along the road leading to the apartment of the guy that I really wanted to see. When I was at his front door, I remembered that people often appear if you expect them to (naturally, since dreams seem to only run our own expectations), so I counted down 3-2-1 in my head and what do you know! On 1, the door really opened. Too bad I woke up completely right before I could see his face! It seems that my dreams (the lucid ones anyway) never really wants me to see this guy. Any ideas why?

Secondly, I had a case of my head rationalizing why my reality check (trying to breathe through a pinched nose) failed. That makes me mad, because they were sparse, but worked perfectly fine up until now! Was it just bad luck, or could it have happened for a reason?

Thanks!