Thread: Task for the Month for March 2009

Introduction:
This topic is for the Lucid Tasks that are assigned by me or voted on by experienced dreamers. Please attempt one or both of these tasks throughout the month.

Report back in this thread, even if you didn't successfully accomplish the task, your efforts should make interesting reading! This is required in order to get credit, it is no longer sufficient just to say that you did it.

Whoever completes either of these tasks gets the following goodies until the end of the month:

• Your name will be displayed in ORANGE in the online members list at the bottom of the main forum page.
  
• You will receive a special title and badge.
  
• You will receive access to the "Lucid Task Club" which is a limited access forum for people that complete the lucid task each month.

Tasks for this month:

Basic Task - Eat Green Eggs and Ham*


Advanced Task - Walk across a Rainbow (on it)

*Dr. Suess' birthday is in March and Green Eggs and Ham is one of his most popular and well known stories. It was created on a bet that he couldn't publish a book with 50 different words or less. Both the eggs and the ham were green.

We wanted creatures D: Well I guess the rainbow one is cool but it seems more like april when it rains more. "april showers brings may flowers" and the creatures seem more marchy because of leprechauns

This will do I suppose. I better get started

I see... this march will be very colourful
I think i might possibly enjoy reading other people's dreams this march, mainly because im curious how people will describe the taste of...
green eggs...
and ham...
mmm...

Usually in my dreams, food and other things don't have much taste at all

What I did.

I woke up about 7 hours after going to sleep. I thought of this new technique last night. It's about your dream sign telling you to reality check, this still needs testing but it worked remarkably today.


After going through a cycle of people from my school saying reality check I went to sleep.

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It started off as me going snowboarding but it wasn't really snowboarding because we never went down the mountain. I think I blacked out because I don't remember. All I remember is my dream starting on the street. This is where my technique comes in. Two people I imagined saying "do a reality check, you are dreaming" I became lucid. I just wanted to talk to her to see what talking to a dream character is like. She didn't say much. After I asked her if I was dreaming she put her head down and said "pff no". I then hugged her.

Becoming lucid I wanted to complete a personal task of mine. Earthbending: I started out small and ran down the hill at superfast speeds, I was bending the street below me and as I ran, it pushed my feet. I then thought to myself. Oh yeah the task of the month!. There was a car coming up my street but I jumped over it and continued. It took me about 10 seconds to stop where I saw a trashcan. Green eggs and ham must be in it! Once I stop I go in the trashcan and put my hand in. I told myself green eggs and ham would be in my hand when I pulled my arm out. No luck, I just pulled out a water bottle. I then decided to shout "THERE ARE GREEN EGGS AND HAM IN MY HAND" and all of a sudden there was a plate with green eggs and ham! It was extremely small though but I took a few bites. It tasted like marshmallows Not some horrible putrid taste, but marshmallows. I liked the taste of it so I finished it and moved on to my next area.

The playground

I was on a play ground, I was lucid but I wanted to see where the dream would take me so I just kind of watched it. There were kids playing and I went up on the playset too. There were two old people, fat people. They boxed me in so I couldn't move and the girl said who gives a f**k. Then her supervisor came over and fired her.

My uncles house

We were eating in my uncles living room and everyone was drinking wine. They wanted me to take their plates but I didn't want to. I took control again and went outside, I told myself there would be a hot girl out there, sure enough there was. I lost ludicity here I think. I haven't done any reality checks/stabilization techniques since I first became lucid.
----------------------------- Non lucids-----------------------
The crisis

My brother sold something on ebay and this guy said he wasn't happy with what he bought. He took us to court and it was on the news. Not sure what it was though, think it was a game.

The dance

There was a dance at my old school and everyone was there.

http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...72#post1037672

Originally Posted by ninja9578

Usually in my dreams, food and other things don't have much taste at all

yeah i suppose you're right. neither do I. yet i still recognise certain textures when i eat in a dream... I still wanna see everyone's expereriences

Originally Posted by Wolfsbane

I realized that I was still dreaming, and I tried to think of something cool to do. I then remembered March's task to walk on a rainbow. I flew up into the clouds and thought of rainbows. I started to fall, going through misty rainbows in my descent. When I landed on the ground with a soft thud, I saw rainbows everywhere of all shapes and sizes. I willed a big, strong rainbow to appear. I told it that it had to be solid enough to support me (apparently I talk to rainbows in my dreams). It looked kind of like a slide or something that would belong in a playground.

At first it looked like a curved sheet of glass, but for just a moment it looked like weaved metal or plastic. I climbed all the way over it, but then went back to sit at the highest point. I wasn't sure if a pot of gold was part of the task, but I made one appear anyway. There were coins inside, but they all looked like they belonged to an ancient world. Some had Aztec or hispanic designs, others didn't look like coins at all. One in particular caught my attention. It was a rhombus-shaped piece of deep red metal, and it had a simplified picture of a phoenix stamped in to it. It looked like something you'd find deep in a temple. I tried to memorize it, but I could feel the dream urging me to do something else. I tried to eat the coins to see what they would taste like, but I dropped all of them. It was more like something forced them out of my hands. I got the feeling that it was forbidden to eat them.

Originally Posted by Wolfsbane

The entire walls and floors, fixtures and everything else were pure white. Open fish tanks of varied sizes were set up all over the room. I saw colorful tropical fish and corals, sea anenomies, pygmy sharks, barracudas, sunfish, angelfish, turtles, water snakes, and many exotic fish. I tried to stay floating in the air so that the scarier ones like the barracudas couldn't get to me.

I walked into the next room and saw small rodents in one corner, and bird cages that filled the rest of the room. Lovebirds, macaws, cockatiels, cockatoos, parakeets, finches (some were the size of acorns) and very small chickens. The hen was the size of a regular egg, and the chicks were as small as those finches. There were also parrots, and the one that caught my eye was a pastel-colored parrot. Instead of the brilliant reds and blues, it had baby hues of pink and light blue. It had the entire rainbow, actually. I took it out of the cage and put it on my shoulder, pretending to be a pirate. I walked further into the room and saw old, dusty birdhouses.

As I walked by some sinks, I closed my eyes and attempted March's task of eating green eggs and ham (the funny thing is, I don't eat meat). I tried to summon a plate of the food, but then I realized that I didn't want to eat in a room full of furry/feathery animals.

The task didn't work out, so I went to my dream guide's room.

I'm proud of myself. Both of these happened today, and I was able to write about them as soon as I awoke. I think they were both WILDs. I also learned that my DG's name is Dan Vagnagun/Vallahan. He wasn't too clear about the lastname.


Mike: Omg, I want blueberry-flavored pot! I'm jealous of your awesome dream. :]

Awesome dreams everyone! And grats for all the successes!

I'll attempt these but my dreams have suffered greatly in the last couple weeks.
The wings are beautiful though- especially the rainbow one

Nicely done Wolf, I should have thought about the cute vegans when I made the green eggs and ham task Oh well.

Think of it this way - they're green because they're actually made of vegetables.

I like the aquarium/ pet store/ zoo dream, Wolfsbane. Especially the part about the sunfish, my favorite animal . That was very polite of you to refrain from eating the eggs in front of all the birds

Originally Posted by ninja9578

Nicely done Wolf, I should have thought about the cute vegans when I made the green eggs and ham task Oh well.

Thanks!
lol, it's fine. It's just a dream. Not like I haven't had (gross) meat-eating dreams before. I could always make a tofu ham.

Originally Posted by Robot_Butler

I like the aquarium/ pet store/ zoo dream, Wolfsbane. Especially the part about the sunfish, my favorite animal . That was very polite of you to refrain from eating the eggs in front of all the birds

Thanks (:
Actually, I didn't want to eat in that room because it wasn't very sanitary eating conditions. I'm sure the birds still thanked me, though. lol


The rest of those dreams are in my DJ, if anybody is curious. I just posted the task parts.

Instead of getting both tasks done in the same dream like I often do, I got one task done in two dreams. I hope it counts.

Part one: I suddenly suspected that I was dreaming. I was in a house. I tried to remember one of the tasks. the first thing I thought of was eating green eggs and ham (I hope that really was the task--I haven't double checked yet). I rushed into the kitchen of this house (not mine).

I looked for the green eggs and ham. Often all I have to do is just look, and it is suddenly there. But all I saw was a table with some dirty dishes on it. I looked at the stove. There were some dirty pans. I opened the fridge. I saw a carton of eggs. They were white.

I then realized with a little frustration that I would have to go through the effort of cooking them myself since my brain didn't magically create them for me.

I grabbed one of the dirty pans and took it ot the sink and scrubbed it out. When it was mostly clean, I filled it with water. I then took it to the stove. Then I cracked the egg and dropped it into the hot water. Why I did it this way, I have no idea. I usually eat my eggs boiled or fried/scrambled.

As I watched the egg cook in the boiling water I focused on it really hard willing it to turn green. Finally I could see it change color until it was a nice shade of green. Satisfied I reached in the pan and pulled it out (I obviously didn't notice the heat). I put the egg in my mouth and really tried to notice the flavor. It tasted like one big yolk, but it didn't really have the dry texture of a plain yolk.

After I was done chewing the egg, I started searching again for some ham to eat. But before I could find any I started to wake up.


Part two:


At that point I was fully aware that I was dreaming. I then remembered that I really needed to eat some ham to get credit of the "Green eggs and Ham" Task that I had started in my last LD.

I was now in an alley with my old best friend Marie. I saw a doorway up on the second floor I grabbed her hand and told her that we were going to fly up to the door. She was easy to lift. We flew in the door.

I saw several people I decided that instead of looking for Ham (like I did in the last dream and had no luck with) that I would ask someone to bring me some. I called out that I needed some ham, and a guy brought me a bite-sized hunk. It was normal colored. I suddenly wasn't sure if the ham needed to be green, or just the eggs. I decided to play it safe and make this ham green. I focused on it until it slowedly turned first white, then green.

I put the piece of ham in my mouth. It tasted just like I remembered ham tasting like. The texture was just right and it had a salty taste. I swallowed it. I felt good that I had been able to get that done do easily.

At that point I was suddenly hit with a wonderful idea. Why stop with ham?? Why not eat something I really wanted to eat. Next me me was a Japanese girl. I asked her if she could bring me some chocolate. She left and came back with the tiniest thinest piece of chocolate. I put in on my tongue and let it melt. I could taste a little chocolate flavor.

I saw row of freezers along the wall. I asked the Japanese girl if anyone would care if I ate something out of the freezers. Then immediately I remembered that since this was my dream I could do what I wanted and no one would care.

I opened the freezer in front of me. It was full. I could see a slice of pie in from of me. It looked like it was made out of mint chocolate chip cream. I grabbed it and stuffed it in my mouth. In two bites I had it all in. It was cold, but not frozen hard. It didn't hurt my teeth by being too cold.

I then looked and saw a few ice cream sandwiches. I pulled one out and tore half the wrapper off. I ate the first half in one bite, then I sqeezed the wrapped and the other half just slid out into my mouth. The favor was wonderful. The temperature and texture were also perfect. I thanked my mind that it was all so enjoyable. After eating a few ice cream sandwiches, I saw some Twinkies. I unwrapped one and found that it was also cold but not frozen hard, but cool and slightly firm. I ate that in one bite and went to grab another one.

Then I started to lose the dream and everything faded.

I'm in. I'm starting late in the month but think I can at least get one of the task.

I'm doing a WBTB now...maybe I'll be posting something later today!

If not I will post my progress.

Hey everyone...
Just got back from an extended camping trip in which I successfully completed March's task of the month. Even though I did it on the 18th, I didn't get internet access until now - just in the nick of time it seems! Anyway, here is what happened (view my dream journal to read the whole account):

ATTEMPT #1: SUCCESS
03/18/09

[...] In the next scene I can recall, I find myself within a big expanse of open country, surrounded by lakes. A storm front moves in and it starts raining, but there are patches of sky where light is still filtering through. This reminds me of my DV Task of the Month goal: to walk on a rainbow. None are present, so I decide to make one. At first I give a half-hearted effort at spinning a new dream scene, but it doesn’t work and I realize that this is the perfect spot anyway. Next I try creating the rainbow by tracing its arc across the sky with my middle and pointer fingers. It takes a few tries at first, but this eventually works! The rainbow itself is a bit dull, but it’s there so I can’t complain.

Then I try finding the source of the rainbow so that I can approach it properly. I fly over the landscape until I see where the colorful light touches the ground. It happens to be right at the cusp of a cliff overlooking a lake. Strangely, it starts snowing while I am still a few steps from touching the rainbow. By the time I get there just seconds later, a few feet of snow have already accumulated. It gets me thinking the wrong thought: what else could possibly stop me from completing my goal? Of course, to think it is to in some sense expect it, and to oblige me a huge African rhinoceros comes charging at me from behind! I’m not lucid enough to control or ignore it, so I run in terror – though I do run up the rainbow itself. Strangely, with all the snow, a lot has accumulated on the rainbow’s surface, lending it a colorful, translucent quality. The splotches of color, however, are not striped but rather are concentric circles. I see all of this in a flash as I make a panicked jump out of the path of the charging rhino.

Of course, Mr. Rhino isn’t just passing by, but is actively hunting me down, so he turns around for another pass. This time I’m on the rainbow itself, which is really narrow, so there’s not much space for dodging at all. When he’s within feet of me, I just instinctively grab a colored snowball (which happens to be orange) and chuck it at the rhino. To my amazement, this causes him to turn into jelly, taking on the orange color of the snowball but keeping roughly the same rhino shape. Seizing the moment, I sprint past the gelatin-like rhinoceros and run further up the rainbow. However, the rhino doesn’t stand frozen like that for long; he returns to his usual form and charges at me again, angrier than ever. Knowing now how to neutralize him, I once again throw an orange snowball at him when he gets close. This works, and we continue this game for a while – the rhino charging, me turning him to jelly, until the scene changes.

[...]

In the new scene I am outdoors in an open space not unlike the previous rainbow scene, once again fully lucid. I decide that the other rainbow didn’t really count and that I want to create a more “pure” rainbow walk experience. So this time, with considerably less difficulty, I trace a beautiful rainbow across the sky with my fingertips. It’s bright and vibrant – how a rainbow should look. I fly over to where it meets the ground, although here the light looks a bit duller, but at least there are no rhinos! I make the first step onto it, and as I walk on its surface, I notice the “material” to be a thin, translucent, papier-mâché type substance. By all means it should not hold my weight, but it does. Further, as I press onward, the rainbow’s arc flattens out, but only in anticipation for my approach, for not ten feet in front of me the arc remains intact. I walk, run, and fly around this marvelous creation for a while, but eventually the scene changes once again...

//That was a lot of fun, albeit quite unexpected. Can't wait to try next month's task!

Nicely done guys