Hi everybody. I want to say that I'm very glad I found this site. I have been lurking here and doing lots of reading for about 2 months and finally decided to register. All the information on the main site and the discussions here are wonderful and informative. I also want to thank the two Dream Guides who sent me PM's welcoming me to the forum.

I should probably introduce myself. My name is Jonathan Reding. One PM I got asked why my username is jwreding, and that should explain it. That's the name I use to post on most forums, and also my email address username. My middle name is Whitaker, which explains the "w." I live in the beautiful and exciting state of Indiana. I am from Anderson but right now I am living in Bloomington. I went to Indiana University the past two years but now I am going to Ivy Tech in Bloomington to pursue a career in nursing.

I have always had a deep interest in dreams and the workings of the mind in general. I can't remember how I stumbled on this site since it was several months ago, but I'm sure I was searching Google for some dream-related topic that I was interested in. My dreams have always been very vivid and interesting and I look forward to sleeping every night and seeing what my mind will come up with next. I had my first very-semi-lucid dream just about a week ago and I'm sure it was somewhat caused by spending so much time on this site. I saw something that I just knew wasn't supposed to happen (the bare frame of a truck trying to drive itself up the outer wall of my house to be exact) and thought "I have to be dreaming." I then proceeded to do a couple of reality checks, and they both failed, but I was still convinced it was a dream for some reason. I didn't get to take advantage of the lucidity however because I quickly woke up. I'm not sure if it was because I got excited or if it was just time for the dream to be over, because I do remember that I had been dreaming for quite a while before this happened. It's fun to know that I have at least one minor LD under my belt now, though so I will be more prepared for the next one.

That's about all I'll bother you guys with for now. I won't go into extensive details about myself, because I am sure I will mention them as I start posting more often. I doubt I'll post a whole lot starting out since I don't have enough knowledge and experience about lucid dreaming to contribute much, plus it takes me a while to get comfortable posting in any new message forum. I'm looking forward to having fun and learning a lot here.