2) The day I was invited to join MM (and about an hour after I signed up) I walked out of the shop to be confronted by the biggest, boldest, most clear in-your-face rainbow I've ever seen. A double rainbow at that. I stood there in awe and RC'd a number of times. Then I continued to do so for another half hour as I drove across town to run some errands.
I was sitting in a very serious lecture a few months ago (a political science course), and all of a sudden a bunch of students dressed in animal skins ran into the lecture hall and down the isles, screaming and shouting at the top of their voices. They made a full circle around the lecture hall and left as abruptly as they came. Yeah, did a few RCs there. :D
Oh here's a really recent one:
I had had a dream about bringing back cereal from the dream world into real life (it was a false awakening :( ), and it tasted incredibly good - it was sweet and salty at the same time, really yummy. Well a few days later, I was at a South Korea workshop, and they had Korean cookies there that tasted EXACTLY like my dream cereal! :lol: I definitely did some RCs there. I got chills all over because it was like I essentially succeeded in bringing it back after all.
(http://media.primelocation.com/PTJMGR/logos/smallAgentLogo.gif)
And what did it turn out to be???
Where do you expect it to be?
Then I had to RC one more time after reading the accompanying note which ends:
P.S. You're Dreaming
Every time I see that image I think of asher; It's so similar to his avatar. Come to think of it, pj is MM's asher so it only makes sense :paranoid:
Not only am I not playing that particular role, but we're looking at ways to make that role difficult or impossible to create here in the future.
Huh - thanks for the recommendation!
Posted by: annsie
Are you saying that for most people it is difficult to tell if one is awake or dreaming ?
Posted by: annsie
I have always considered this reality is like a dream itself, so what if the planes of different dream worlds cross over one another ?
Well, we were driving through Lakeland today to go to Tampa, and I saw a sign with "GH" on it. Needless to say, I was shocked that the sign really said GH, that my hands were still the same, and I was actually awake.
Thank you PJ :)
Please correct me if I am wrong here, so as I understand it, reality check is an exercise to train oneself to become more aware of the surrounding environment at all time so that the brain will be more used to recognising a dream when in a dream ?
Are you saying that for most people it is difficult to tell if one is awake or dreaming ?
Well, we were driving through Lakeland today to go to Tampa, and I saw a sign with "GH" on it. Needless to say, I was shocked that the sign really said GH, that my hands were still the same, and I was actually awake.
Too bad it wasn't me. Hey, I saw a girl in the back seat of a car - about two weeks or so ago - who looked a lot like you. I was hopingYeah... poor timing, and I might be going through Lakeland more often, so if I do find that road I will find your guitar store... now the issue is getting Mes there....youshe would look over so I could give a subtle 'dreamers' sign' and see howyoushe responds. I know you come through here periodically and always hope to see you randomly. No luck thus far. Maybe some day (just don't laugh too hard at me).
If you know where Combee Rd. is (I doubt you would), that's where the shop is that I work at. Bring Mes with you, please.
Yeah... poor timing, and I might be going through Lakeland more often, so if I do find that road I will find your guitar store...
Would it be OK to ask how you landed a concussion that brought on amnesia?I was sledding with friends and family, and flew off a bump some idiot kid made at the bottom of the hill.
We were coming home from a late movie this morning and there was a line of storms approaching from the west. They were far enough away that we couldn't hear any thunder yet, but the sky was being lit dramatically by flash after flash, with an occasional bolt visible. It was quite lovely and very surreal.
I screamed and grabbed hold of my mom, pulling her in front of me. (Something I am not proud of!)
Annsie, a reality check is something you do to see if you are dreaming or not, such as trying to breathe while plugging your nose.
The situation you described might cause somebody to do one, though.
This thread is for posting those kinds of situations.
I seem to always know whether I am dreaming or not, is that normal ? ???
I seem to always know whether I am dreaming or not, is that normal ? ???
I seem to always know whether I am dreaming or not, is that normal ? ???
It's a talent that most of us would pay to have.
Whenever I've used RCs in dreams, it's always been as a confirmation that I'm dreaming. I usually, for some reason, just know that I'm in a dream, but to just to be absolutely certain, I plug my nose and try to breathe through it. I'd rather take a second to do that than jump out of a window and find out shortly thereafter that I'm still awake.
There must be something wired wrongly in my head ???
once she even wet the bed accidentally because she dreamt that she was on the toilet but she wasnt !
Why dont you trust your "knowing" that you are in a dream ? Have you hurt yourself before doing something thinking that you were in a dream but you were not ?
I had always thought everyone is like me, ie know all the time instantly whether one is dreaming or not, just like I thought everyone LD because I could naturally. Yesterday I talked to my mother and found out that she often could not tell whether it was real or not and had had to do RC occasionally too. She told me that once she even wet the bed accidentally because she dreamt that she was on the toilet but she wasnt ! :P
There must be something wired wrongly in my head ???
Startles me almost every day, but good for a reality check. The monkey actually went missing today, but he'll probably be back.
>.> Today, I grabbed a pitcher, certain it was the water one, and offered to pour a customer a drink. Luckily, I looked right before the liquids plunged into the glass. It was iced tea O.o I did an RC after profusely apologizing and grabbing the right pitcher, too bad, I'm awake >.<
A couple of days ago I was sitting under a tree writing in a journal. An orangy gold dragonfly landed right on the tip of my pen as it sat idle between my scribblings. I inhaled and willed myself to float up off of the ground. I didn't. The dragonfly took off a couple of seconds later. Was a nice little moment though.
You're a waitress? Last weekend I went to BD's Mongolian Grill in Lakeland and there was a (cute) waitress that a swear looked like you. A lot like you. I RC'd a few times over that one. She was in a different section and never came near our area or I would have commented to her how much she looks like some one I know.Aww, that's okay GH, if it were me though, that'd have been cool. I don't think you'd find me working while you're eating unless you're willing to drive all the way to Orlando for some sushi.
Aww, that's okay GH, if it were me though, that'd have been cool. I don't think you'd find me working while you're eating unless you're willing to drive all the way to Orlando for some sushi.
I don't care for sushi though. So I doubt I'd ever see you where you work even though I do pass through Orlando every few months or so. Last time was two weekends ago. I'm not surprised to hear that you work at a sushi place. I know you love your sushi *cringes*Haha, it's okay GH, they serve cooked food too XD Like curry, and fish, and other stuffs XD
Mmmmm.Yay Pj! See GH? This is how normal people react to sushi XD [Just kidding, ya know we love ya]
Sushi.
The second was coming home and holding in my hand a lovely gift that a gracious and thoughtful friend put a lot of time and effort into. The thing is a small sculpture... boxes in boxes, all trapped in one another, with the smallest being almost impossibly tiny, all carved out of a single block of wood. It is gorgeous, weighs almost nothing, and is absolutely surreal. Multiple RCs there...
Those are funny, Dodo. I bet you're right about the dogs taking the pants.
It seems like the cops should have been more concerned that you were all right, rather than had stolen the car. Who steals a car, then parks it and falls asleep in it? :shakehead: Well, I'm sure it's happened before, but not usually!
That sounds just like GH's work.
I would so RC if I ever got my hands on anything like your works GH~That sounds just like GH's work.
:paranoid:
I would so RC if I ever got my hands on anything like your works GH~That sounds just like GH's work.
:paranoid:
Last year in painting class an alien took one of the other students.
It was short, with a purple robe, and a glowing scepter. It just walked in, and lead one of the students away while we were painting. I still don't know what that was about.
Ha, that's a good one. I wonder who's who. The caption makes it sound like they are referring to two goats but there's only one. I've never heard of "Chrysalis" as a person's first name but I suppose it could be.
Ha, that's a good one. I wonder who's who. The caption makes it sound like they are referring to two goats but there's only one. I've never heard of "Chrysalis" as a person's first name but I suppose it could be.Haha, I live near this commune and I'm thinking it may be a pseudonym for the man in the photo, because the farm that grows most of their CSA produce is called Chrysalis Farm, and many artists and dreamers live there as well.. :)
:lol: I don't know exactly what "furling" is, but it can't be bad.
Furl:
To decrease the angle of attack and reduce drag.
To gather into a compact roll and bind securely.
To gather at the mast.
I've been using the same alarm clock for... I don't know, a few years...
I just noticed the name of it is "Dream Machine". (Which is ironic, as it wrecks my recall sometimes.)
If I hadn't been delayed at Wal-mart, I wouldn't have seen the meteor. Both RC moments. I try to remember that.
Anyway, that's always cool to see.
Driving at about a quarter to 6 am (still very dark),I wondered when the next meteor shower was. I knew the Nov shower was soon. About five seconds later a HUGE blueish-green meteor streaked down the sky and split into several pieces before fading away. I slowed down and thought, 'did that just happen?' Quickly did the finger bite check and then imagined the truck levitating up off of the road. Neither RC worked and I realized I'd seen the most gorgeous meteor I'd ever seen in my life.
Later found out that the meteor shower peaked had peaked that morning.
I'm at the gym talking to a hot friend of ours who is married.
I'm at the gym talking to a hot friend of ours who is married.
I know this is off topic but what an interesting way to think of a friend, I dont think I have ever thought of any of my friends as a "hot friend". Am I the odd one out ? :P
Maybe you don't have any "hot" friends? :D
At my parent's house I look out at the ocean from their second-story window. I see a huge ship on the water. I lived at that house from the ages of 4 to 18 and can't ever recall seeing a boat that size. Plus, because of the haze it looks like a ghost ship: pale lavender-blue without visible details. It also has an outline that is far too angular, with lots of pointy things. My mom tells me it's a stealth ship.
:chuckle: That's weird. Sometimes I think my cats can talk too, but they only answer yes or no questions, no names.
I like your new avatar/sig combo, very attractive.
Oh no, I don't even want to hear that. I have a feeling I wouldn't like my pets as much if they could talk.
Today I saw a woman walking 2 identical medium sized beige dogs. While I was driving past, I saw both dogs sitting side by side, next to one another, to poo in an identical posture.
Last evening at about 10PM, I went out for a walk.Are you saying you saw tree trunks with a bunch of different species of tree coming out of it? Like some crazy grafting experiment?
I came across a tree with little leaves, and out of this tree grew a brunch of a different kind of tree, ficus tree. And then the tree next to it, was also the same kind of tree, and out of it also grew a brunch of a ficus!
I arrive home just after sunset. There are four hummingbirds in the front yard and about 10 moths the size of hummingbirds, all going from flower to flower.Last evening at about 10PM, I went out for a walk.Are you saying you saw tree trunks with a bunch of different species of tree coming out of it? Like some crazy grafting experiment?
I came across a tree with little leaves, and out of this tree grew a brunch of a different kind of tree, ficus tree. And then the tree next to it, was also the same kind of tree, and out of it also grew a brunch of a ficus!
(http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n461/julieandcandy/3064017084_635b4abf12.jpg)
That would be worth a reality check, indeed!
Luckily the person with me knew why I suddenly stopped and then started gnawing on my finger.
So. . . what is the question? I don't seem to be picking that bit up.
Today while driving home from work, I saw a teenage girl riding a bike while wearing a blue bucket upside down on her head.
The handle of the bucket was under her chin. It looked quite odd, and I definitely RC'd when I saw that.
XD I'd have to double RC to that. That's just bizarre for an IRL run in.Today while driving home from work, I saw a teenage girl riding a bike while wearing a blue bucket upside down on her head.
The handle of the bucket was under her chin. It looked quite odd, and I definitely RC'd when I saw that.
Ha ha! I think it must be a dream... : D
OK, this was really weird....I went to join a forum, which I got to from another forum I'm on...and the last introduction post was from somebody that I am 99% sure is a member here...(this has nothing to do with dreaming.)
I'm still doing RC's. I wanted to post in her thread to freak her out but I hadn't been activated yet!
Today while driving home from work, I saw a teenage girl riding a bike while wearing a blue bucket upside down on her head.
The handle of the bucket was under her chin. It looked quite odd, and I definitely RC'd when I saw that.
Today while driving home from work, I saw a teenage girl riding a bike while wearing a blue bucket upside down on her head.
The handle of the bucket was under her chin. It looked quite odd, and I definitely RC'd when I saw that.
Yesterday I saw a friend that I haven't seen in three or four years. The reason that this is a reality check moment is that missed my friends from back then an have had several dreams about meeting them again, so would be a dream sign exept that it turned out to be real!I would have been reality checking like crazy!
Well, Doc, as long as the equipment was there...?
Swedish people are weird.Weird is an understatement. Made me laugh though. Funny weirdness is good, usually. Bet I'm going to dream about those guys tonight... :chuckle:
http://vodpod.com/watch/1548742-sweden-got-talent-naked-guys-dancing (http://vodpod.com/watch/1548742-sweden-got-talent-naked-guys-dancing)
And then it was an RC for me, when I walk in the door and Tom tells me there is a message for me from a crazy guy! I started laughing as soon as I heard who it was.LOL I forgot you two know each other in person >.> Sort of woke me up here.
What!? But we haven't tried the effect of sensory deprivation on dreaming yet! Please, pj, talk some sense into her! I'm sure you can find room for it somewhere....push the bed over?
Nothing wrong with being able to roll up your sleeves and get a job done. Plus, you have the added cool factor of the dome design.
I went to see Where the Wild Things Are earlier this week. Man, that movie is so surreal... I did reality checks all throughout the movie, sometimes thoroughly surprised I wasn't dreaming!
I went to see Where the Wild Things Are earlier this week. Man, that movie is so surreal... I did reality checks all throughout the movie, sometimes thoroughly surprised I wasn't dreaming!
That movie was sure ripped by the critics. Was it worth the time and money to see it?
So I took a detour from my routine, and followed the river to the beach:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2789/4257929895_86f1cc7658.jpg)
Strange beach scenes are a major DS for me. And while walking in the surf toward the pier a man stops me to start a brief conversion about how magical it is. Very DC-like behavior, but a reality check reveals that he is not.
I always try to RC when somebody mentions dreaming,
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s172/Ro_Kess/dreamsuit.jpg)
:chuckle: iadr! How do you always attract all these animals! The word has already got out at your new house about you!Must just be my animal magnetism. :chuckle:
I killed a man to watch him come back to life . . . yesterday.
:lmao: Damn it, I'm going to be laughing all day at this.. :goodjob:I killed a man to watch him come back to life . . . yesterday.
Woah.
O_O I hope you don't get stuck in Folsom Prison for that.
That's too bad, PJ. For your dad's sake, I wish it was a dream = (
*blink*:wtf: You didn't do anything!
My work here is done.
I'm worried for your friend, as well :(
The whole while I'm doing a million reality checks, wishing that this was all a dream. But it's not.
Kudos to your folks for pulling together and supporting you, Hazel.
"WHAT YOU GRABBIN YO NOSE FO BOYY???"
"WHAT YOU GRABBIN YO NOSE FO BOYY???"
I know that must have been horrifying, but this really made me smile.
I had one of those moments when this huge guy was threatening to rape and murder me, really loudly, in a public pool. I kind of just stood there, hoping he didn't yell "WHAT YOU GRABBIN YO NOSE FO BOYY???"
Is he still doing that? I remember seeing him quite a while ago and he was talking about that; I think a project with his wife. (He looked old then, and she was quite a bit younger.)
Today... A random kid came up to me in the hallways (Doing summerschool to get ahead on credits), and gave me a sheet of paper. I unfold it and it was instructions on how to make a bomb. I promptly reported it to the administration, while reality checking like crazy. I think I may just be a weirdness magnet.
Is he still doing that? I remember seeing him quite a while ago and he was talking about that; I think a project with his wife. (He looked old then, and she was quite a bit younger.)
Apparently he is! Didn't know that was his wife. The old dog.
Today... A random kid came up to me in the hallways (Doing summerschool to get ahead on credits), and gave me a sheet of paper. I unfold it and it was instructions on how to make a bomb. I promptly reported it to the administration, while reality checking like crazy. I think I may just be a weirdness magnet.
Possibly RC moments, but funny slip-ups, nonetheless...
Part of my job is to perform hourly check ins on the guards during my shift (I work at a dispatch centre for a security company). I first check messages left on the voice mail, and then I call the guards who didn't leave a message. I was in the middle of checking the voice mails, when I get a call from a guard, who was calling in late. I tell him,
"No worries, I was just in the middle of doing my reality checks..." *5-second pause* "Did I just say reality checks?"
"Yep," he says.
"Oh... Haha!! I meant check-ins!" *reality checks*
Secondly, again at work, I answered the phone, "[Company name] dispatch, [Serenity] sleeping..." *pause again* "Ahem! Speaking!"
Possibly RC moments, but funny slip-ups, nonetheless...Freud calls that failed acts :chuckle:
Part of my job is to perform hourly check ins on the guards during my shift (I work at a dispatch centre for a security company). I first check messages left on the voice mail, and then I call the guards who didn't leave a message. I was in the middle of checking the voice mails, when I get a call from a guard, who was calling in late. I tell him,
"No worries, I was just in the middle of doing my reality checks..." *5-second pause* "Did I just say reality checks?"
"Yep," he says.
"Oh... Haha!! I meant check-ins!" *reality checks*
Secondly, again at work, I answered the phone, "[Company name] dispatch, [Serenity] sleeping..." *pause again* "Ahem! Speaking!"
I got back to work today after vacation. I had these two e-mails (amongst a bunch of normal ones) and...I remembered to RC! :DHow odd!
1) Subject: perpetually and forever the clod and the pebble
perpetually and fore ver
2) Subject: into the dangerous world i leapt
into the dangerous world i leapt: where the travellers journey is done. for the eye altering alters all; he shall follow his sheep all day yours? he laughd at my proposal: but i by force suddenly caught insanity. I collected some of their pro verbs: thinking that as the poet like an acrobat
I've had an instance or two like that in waking life...people will act in patterns similar to DC's. A friend who I recently helped have her first lucid dream routinely approaches me (I'm the dream go-to guy for her apparently) saying "Last night I dreamed the weirdest thing" (trying not to steal your DJ title Moonbeam :p)..or the rare "I realized I was dreaming!". Each time I try to force myself to RC.
That's OK, I stole it too. :)
I always try to RC when somebody mentions dreaming, because the subject comes up more in dreams than IRL.
both kayaks explode off the top of the van! One misses me to my right, and the other to my left. Both land just off the highway, on the shoulders to either side. Nobody was hurt.
:bored: mu... :bored:I know! That's why I'm confused so often. ;-D :stillnorecall: :) :shakehead:
That's a hell of a lot of dream signs in one place!!
I quote, "P.J. kids make dream room a reality."
Awesome Bro.. Northern Lights! Makes mine here seem mundane.
Um, no; no, it doesn't. That was one of the weirdest experiences I have ever read, and this part tops it off..."P.J. kids make dream room a reality."
I agree.
Indeed lots of dream signs in the same spot...Those kinds of situations make me feel like something's toying with our minds. Or maybe we're just more attentive to detail.
A very strange account.
We have red ants in abundance on the high ground up north, and some truly huge ant hills with smaller, darker ants down in the valley. The red ants bite - not miserably, but you wouldn't want ten thousand bites.They have these ants here in Florida that are called Fire Ants, that are just downright mean, as the little bastards will attack anyone who gets close to their ant hills and start eating right through their flesh. I bought this stuff that is supposed to kill them and spread it all over the yard, which has gotten rid of most of them now.
O_O That picture and pj's comment brought back a dream fragment to me--I looked up in the sky and saw some double and then triple rainbows, then everywhere I looked in the sky there were rainbows, hundreds of them. I thought the conditions were right for a real rainbow the other day, but there wasn't one, so I guess that's why I dreamed about them.
In the video, it looks like that rainbow was so bright, brighter than they usually are.
As they leave the store, each gets on their unicycle and rides in line out into the parking lot in a neat line.That's a good one. Also, I can't believe that billboard of yours is real.
The Pope in his PopeMobile at the end of my street. RC!Really? o.o
What a nightmare!
Really? o.o
To make it even less comfortable - my crown didn't come off. . . the crowned tooth broke clean off at the gum line. For no apparent reason at all. And it was a live root.
For mine, it was the underlying tooth that broke as well. The crown was only two years old!That really sucks! Sympathy winces went out to you, both.
LOL at the goat, TS! I would have been all over my RCs!
The goat on a leash. . . I'd have been just leaping into the air to fly without even doing an RC.
But here is a pretty good one from a little while back. I was in Walmart. I saw a lady with a dog near the DVD section. A few minutes later as I was walking through the clothing section I saw a couple of ladies with a kitten. Then I walked over to the produce section..... and saw a lady with a goat on a leash. That was all soooo typical for a dream. But real life can also be full of surprises, I guess.
:wtf: I think you actually were dreaming.
That's a high recommendation!
(defun vacuum (x) (vacuum x))
(vacuum #'vacuum)
The function vacuum calls itself on itself. This will "suck" all your memory.I think we all better get used to this sort of thing.
:paranoid: I can't actually remember what I was thinking when I said that.
:goodjob: Me too!
Not a huge deal, but today I walked passed a train station musician who was playing Let It Be. It reminded me of a dream I had, where a busker was playing Yesterday, so it made me RC :)
:wtf: And what is a normal sound for a coffee cup to make?
Oh I saw a mother bear and 3 pretty big cubs, all sitting in a row, just watching things. I don't know if I told you that. I think I RCed. I hope I did.Awww! So cute!
I can totally see that happening.
You were in mortal danger, you know. . . glad you escaped unscathed! I seriously doubt I would have had a clear enough mind to remember to RC in the midst of that.
Caradon all this time you've been worried about bears...but deer are really your enemy! Good thing you were on your bike! And you RCed! The fact you remembered to RC is an RC-moment itself!
(I like the "expression of happy relief" that the fawn had. :chuckle:)
I've heard of people being "attacked" by deer, but it always seemed accidental, except for that one moron who put on a deer suit and challenged a buck during mating season. I also heard that mother deers had very little protective instinct, and counted on their fawns to follow when they ran away. I guess that's not right. Thank you, not, deer-experts. :?
A long time ago, I was walking my dogs once along a wire fence with about 4X4 inch squares. The fence was around a reservoir by the MO river. One of my dogs stepped on a fawn that was hiding in the grass, and the thing jumped up, started baa-ing (or meh-ing) like a sheep, and stuck its head in the fence between the wires. It squeezed its shoulders thru, holding its front legs flat back at its sides, and went like a worm right thru the fence in just one or two seconds. Then it ran to the water, jumped in, and swam across, behing loudly the whole time. I was like, damn, I didn't know a deer was like a mouse, and can fit thru any hole its head fits in. Now I'm glad the mother wasn't around to hear all that.
But I didn't RC, because I didn't know about lucid dreaming yet. :sad1:
Oh I saw a mother bear and 3 pretty big cubs, all sitting in a row, just watching things. I don't know if I told you that. I think I RCed. I hope I did.
Click me. (http://therevolvinginternet.com/)
I want a clock like that! ;-DHehe, it's broken. When I arrived home it was zapping through all kinds of number at random. Then it would rest on a weird one for a while, and start zapping again.
I'm trying to figure out what that weird blue stuff it's sitting on...it looks like alien grass or something. :chuckle:It's the carpet of my room.
I hope you did a whole lot of reality checks.I did. It was such a classic dream moment it would be hard to miss.
:wtf: You must have some kind of weird aura, breaking all the clocks around you.:) That one is working just fine. It is supposed to go counter-clockwise.
Ok - so I pull up next to my house after driving home from work yesterday, step out of the car. . .Definitely not the kind of thing that happens every day. He must have been able to tell after sniffing you that you were the kind of guy who would help him find his way home. Great job pj! :clap:
. . . and this huge Siberian Husky walks up to me, gives me a sniff, and pushes me out of the way to climb into my car.
He had a collar and was returned home after a difficult time reading the tags and a convoluted journey into Detroit and back.
:chuckles: I thought it was a menu.
(Hello from fellow Wisconsinonian. I've eaten at Hmong restaurants but I didn't recognize it either. Not that that would make me an expert.)
Ok - that's just disturbing.
I'm not sure what I've done. But the entire forum has shrunk to tiny proportions. My text is so small I can't hardly see the letters at all. Even the avatars are tiny. The forum is pretty much unusable in this manner. so weird.Use Ctrl + or Ctrl - to adjust the size of stuff. Or Ctrl and your mouse-wheel.
Hmm, Not figured out the problem but switching browsers solved it for now. Happened while I was in the process of making a post in my journal. Everything just shrunk on me all of a sudden. And It's only the forum that has shrunk. Everything else I look at online is normal sized.
What browser are you using? If FireFox, try hitting alt, then View>Zoom>Reset and see if that doesn't fix things.
Yes - a good RC moment!
Use Ctrl + or Ctrl - to adjust the size of stuff. Or Ctrl and your mouse-wheel.
There is some motion that makes it zoom when I don't want it to, using the touchpad on my laptop. I think it is intended for use in touch devices for pinch-zoom or something.
It has been a nuisance to me, but fixing it has become routine.
:chuckle: That happens to me. Sometimes I think my cat is doing it. But I learned how to fix it.
I also have to pop all the buttons on the bottom row (around the space bar) because there is one down there that deletes everything you have written if you hit it. I get so pissed I pop all the buttons off, since I don't know which one it is.
The only thing I could think of, mooni, would be the ctrl button. If you happy to press "a" while the ctrl button is down, that will highlight all the text in the field, and your next letter will replace all of the text.
Most of the time ctrl+z will undo this and bring it back.
Of course all keyboards are different and you could very well be doing something else...
I also have to pop all the buttons on the bottom row (around the space bar) because there is one down there that deletes everything you have written if you hit it. I get so pissed I pop all the buttons off, since I don't know which one it is.
The problem that causes ends up looking a
lot like this
where every other line is cut off because she
keeps her
edit box way more wide than I view my emails
within gmail.
Tom was trying to a google a question starting with the words "Can you have..." and the top choice was "....sex in skyrim". :wtf:
Whoa, I love it.
Can we steal it?
*stealing*
Oh, good idea, if I can remember how to do that...
Whyyyy bluebird? :bored:
http://news.yahoo.com/video/woman-films-interesting-encounter-wild-193000048.html (http://news.yahoo.com/video/woman-films-interesting-encounter-wild-193000048.html)
Caradon that was an adult red fox in that woman's video not a baby one. Cool video. I wish I had a video of our two cats being chased by a cottontail that was a true reality check moment! About like this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-BH3Pc91LQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-BH3Pc91LQ)
What the heck is wrong with those people allowing that cat to get so close. :angry1:Totally agree. :goodjob: Iadr would have been more interested in running that fox away from his cat than taking a video of a fox eating one of his cats. But then we wouldn't have this interesting video to watch would we? Lucky for that cat, that it was able to bluff that fox so well into thinking it was a mean predator.
Caradon that was an adult red fox in that woman's video not a baby one. Cool video. I wish I had a video of our two cats being chased by a cottontail that was a true reality check moment! About like this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-BH3Pc91LQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-BH3Pc91LQ)
Those alligators must have been well fed already. What the heck is wrong with those people allowing that cat to get so close. :angry1:
What the heck is wrong with those people allowing that cat to get so close. :angry1:Totally agree. :goodjob: Iadr would have been more interested in running that fox away from his cat than taking a video of a fox eating one of his cats. But then we wouldn't have this interesting video to watch would we? Lucky for that cat, that it was able to bluff that fox so well into thinking it was a mean predator.
It's XHTML, of course. You are probably so fluent in it you didn't realize you were writing it!
We could use you in the back room. We need people fluent in PHP, styles and XHTML. I think.
Damn, I'll have to come back in google to see that; I can't see videos in firefox.
I got one of these, which I wanted as soon as I heard about it. It's an old-style basic rear wheel drive sports car, joint venture by Subaru and Toyota:
https://www.google.com/search?q=brz&hl=en&prmd=imvnsl&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=mm89UNTAN5P7yAGYw4CQDA&sqi=2&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=893 (https://www.google.com/search?q=brz&hl=en&prmd=imvnsl&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=mm89UNTAN5P7yAGYw4CQDA&sqi=2&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=893)
I told her I was going to feed some horses, and she said, "Oh, you!", and punched me in the shoulder! So I slugged her right back!
(Just kidding, I didn't hit her back. But it was funny how she did that.)
I saw it now, that's hilarious! He needs one of those big flags that used to be on kids bikes so he doesn't get run over. At least you would stay dry if it was raining. If you get one, you'll have to get a trailer for it, for your dog to ride in. :chuckle:
I ought to drive over to MN and race you. :D (You would win.) It's not incredibly fast, but it feels like it is. Actually people are passing me all the time now, lol. I'm not used to being so low to the ground, or something.
I told Tom it's an investment, since I'll save a lot of money on gas not driving my truck all the time. Plus I'll save miles on my truck. Makes sense to me.
Caradon those minicars make gulf carts look like luxury sedans. They look like perfect first cars for kids, except if they got high or drunk they would be road coffins, but at least everyone else would be safe ;)
That would be fun. But maybe a good dream-goal.
Most of the Speedway and BP stations here in the Detroit area now have them, which I find incredibly irritating. At least back when they started installing those squalk boxes they had a mute button. I might have to start carrying a hatchet or something.
Caradon, the bird-whisperer. I hope you use your powers for good.
Caradon, the bird-whisperer. I hope you use your powers for good.
Just a fluke. Next time I'm sure I'll be attacked.
Lol, your next encounter will be like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-79qIvQgjz4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-79qIvQgjz4)
I hate to be a killjoy, but it sounds like Chines lanterns
(http://www.halsteadgazette.co.uk/resources/images/1433615/?type=articlePortrait)
There's heavy snow in Minneapolis today- yay http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62RwHHFuf14 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62RwHHFuf14)....wait reality check I'm in the Mid West too and am like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cpLoC6Raq8&list=UUXYX3JctUyM5TSSBFktBNtg&index=70&feature=plcp (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cpLoC6Raq8&list=UUXYX3JctUyM5TSSBFktBNtg&index=70&feature=plcp)
I hope Caradon is not a quitter like Jesse Ventura ;)
It's just starting here. (northern WI.)
This would make me do an RC:That was great johnb. It was especially funny when he fell down while going across the wall, and when he fell into the fountain at the end.
http://arthurmag.com/2012/12/
http://arthurmag.com/2012/12/
Would also be fun to do during an LD. Or IWL.
This would make me do an RC:That was great johnb. It was especially funny when he fell down while going across the wall, and when he fell into the fountain at the end.
http://arthurmag.com/2012/12/
The ingredients sound kind of weird. But only $10.....
Went for a walk this evening with my wife. She found something on a dirt path and asked me what it was. It looked like dog poop. But taking a closer look I could see it wasn't. It looked more like a coiled-up brown rubber snake. I touched it with my hand. It moved a little bit. It definitely was alive. I touched it again and it moved a bit again, but never tried to slither away. I think it was a type of snake that hides from its enemies by disguising itself as poop. Wish I'd had a camera, but neither of us brought one.
There was a joke, that is somewhat alike in this scene...
there were two drunk men walking way home, on the street, they saw there was a dog poop.. one drunk man said, "hey men, there's a poop!" but the other one said, "no! it wasn't"
"o c'mon, it was"
"ok, let's take a closer look"
"now, do you believed me?"
"not yet, we need to confirm."
"then how will you do that?"
"let's taste it!"
"that's a great idea!!!"
then, the two drunk men tasted it... and both shouted and laughing "yeah right! it's a dog poop!!!" O_O
:wtf: How come I never heard of a poop-snake?
But for a while it was like being in a Twilight Zone episode.
:therethere: You'll get used to this, now that you are getting older.
Her mother saved it and gave it to her many years later.
That's pretty cool.
then, the two drunk men tasted it... and both shouted and laughing "yeah right! it's a dog poop!!!" O_O
After they touch it, and smell it, and taste it, they say, "Yes, that's dog poop--good thing we didn't step in it!" But then again, they probably didn't know about poop-snakes.
That was cool. I love that Octopus.
http://www.cracked.com/article_18746_the-9-most-mind-blowing-disguises-in-animal-kingdom.html
I am definitely getting older. :profound: Not sure that's the complete explanation, though. I've been preoccupied lately by a possible career change. So I was on autopilot.
That's exciting! :)
That's a start, John. I'm horrible for remembering to RC too. At the very least when I see or hear or think the word dream (or variants of the word) I try to RC. Other things, odd things, may occasionally trigger me. Apparently I don't rc enough because in dreams I dismiss the strangest things as normal and don't even think to rc. Wish I had a better memory for it.
Here's a Cracked article on animal mimicry:
http://www.cracked.com/article_18746_the-9-most-mind-blowing-disguises-in-animal-kingdom.html
I loved those "ants" even though I was counting eyes one fooled me :oops:
No one always knows they're dreaming, even things that aught to tip one off sometimes don't, e.g. a couple nights ago I had a dream that was mainly in pink, with a pink monster shooting pink fireballs from it's mouth and still did not realize I was dreaming - at least I had a smile on my face when I did wake up 8)
Great dream! The part of the brain that questions things like that is mostly deactivated. Unfortunately. Or maybe fortunately. If it weren't mostly deactivated, then all dreams would be lucid. Dreaming would then become boring if you were lucid all the time. At least I think it probably would.
True. Then we'd all be striving for non lucid dreams instead.
I forgot, the main reason I'd popped in here earlier.
Went shopping the other day and I could have sworn the guy with me called me Elijah. (for those unaware I had a frustrating encounter with a couple of Elijah Wood's characters a couple of LDs ago). I spun on the guy and said, "What did you just say?" He backed up a step, I must have looked pissed. "What did you just call me?" I asked. "I didn't call you anything. I asked, 'You didn't find any, did ya?'"
Yes. Definitely amazing that spiders could look almost exactly like ants. But, to me, the shape shifting octopus is the most amazing. How does that capability work, exactly? Does the octopus observe what other sea creatures look like and then consciously imitate them? "OK, I'm going to make myself look like a sea snake now." And how does it _know_ it looks like a sea snake? It doesn't have a mirror. I guess it can look at parts of its body to see if they look right. It can't look at its own face, though. Wonder if it can learn to mimic objects it's never seen before. If you put a coffee mug in a tank with an octopus, would it be able to make itself look like the coffee mug? Maybe the information regarding the shapes and colors of other sea creatures is encoded in its DNA, along with the physical ability to morph its body into those shapes and colors. But how could that DNA actually evolve? What evolutionary steps did the octopi's ancestors go through in order to develop that capability? And it would have to update its capability as the other sea creatures evolved. It wouldn't be useful to mimic extinct sea creatures.
Octopi are very intelligent. They're almost certainly imitating the creatures. Here's one doing a simple intelligence test http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kuAiuXezIU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kuAiuXezIU)
Speaking as a hunter, I've seen both incredible intelligence and stupidity in animals - just as in humans.
John, Yeah, that guy probably was messing with me. He knows about the lucid ring quest so I wouldn't put it past him to say something like that. Also, I find the dream reversal thing intriguing. It makes me wonder how different we would be if lucid dreams were the norm and non lucids were rare.
I went to this group last year were a woman claimed most of her dreams all her life were LDs. Thing was, she hardly ever has control in them. Wouldn't that be frustrating as all hell, lucid all the time but without any dream control.
EARTHQUAKE this morning in Ontario. RC moment for sure!
I went to this group last year were a woman claimed most of her dreams all her life were LDs. Thing was, she hardly ever has control in them. Wouldn't that be frustrating as all hell, lucid all the time but without any dream control.
EARTHQUAKE this morning in Ontario. RC moment for sure!
My wife is like that with lucids. She hates them because she doesn't (and can't seem to) control them ever, even though she knows they are dreams.
My wife is like that with lucids. She hates them because she doesn't (and can't seem to) control them ever, even though she knows they are dreams.
I don't have much dream control, but I don't mind. It's just like IRL; you can pretty much only control yourself. I don't think that makes them any less fun.
I have much more control IRL, when I think about it. You rarely get that surprised, luckily. It seems weird to me for peoples' dreams to be otherwise.
:chuckle: What is that hierarchy of needs again? Water, food, shelter....surprise?
lol @ Surprise. I wonder what would happen if I put that as an answer on a psych test.
Try it. :D If you are challenged, use us as a reference. We need our surprises!Today, saw a bright yellow punch bug sitting in the midst of a newly plowed field. Strange and RC-worthy and got to punch someone in the arm as an extra bonus.
Punch-bug like a VW? In the middle of the field? We used to say slap-bug when we saw one, highway game, first person to see one got to slap somebody, but then that escalated to punch-bug.
It's more correct to say "slug bug, no tag back".
:wtf: "Slug"-bug? That's utterly ridiculous. Who "slugs" a bug? You "slap" bugs. :shakehead: I do concur that adding the "no tag back" is prudent, lest the same bug that you just saw is then re-used against you.
Punch-bug like a VW?
OK then, did you play concrete monster, or cement monster?
Punch-bug like a VW?
Yessir! We only ever call them punch bugs. See one you punch someone in the arm and say, "Yellow punch bug no punch backs!" If you fail to say the correct color of the car the no punch backs is null and void and you can punch the person back twice as hard. When I was a kid seeing a punch bug meant all out war cuz there were 6 of us kids all trying to punch each other at the same time.
It's funny, we started out with slap-bug, but evolved to punch-bug on our own. You and johnb started out with punch-bug and slug-bug, I imagine for similar reasons (your predecessors realized that a slap was not as much fun as a punch.) So the violence escalated. I wonder what kids today are doing, "roundhouse kick to the head-bug"? "Stab in the heart-bug"? :shakehead:
Probably totally non-violent these days. Hug-bug, or something like that.I'd be so pissed off if someone took the punching out of punch-bug. :boxer:
Probably totally non-violent these days. Hug-bug, or something like that.I'd be so pissed off if someone took the punching out of punch-bug. :boxer:
Thought yall was kidding about the poop snake. :o
It's funny, we started out with slap-bug, but evolved to punch-bug on our own. You and johnb started out with punch-bug and slug-bug, I imagine for similar reasons (your predecessors realized that a slap was not as much fun as a punch.) So the violence escalated. I wonder what kids today are doing, "roundhouse kick to the head-bug"? "Stab in the heart-bug"? :shakehead:
Probably totally non-violent these days. Hug-bug, or something like that.
I'd be so pissed off if someone took the punching out of punch-bug. :boxer:Think about it: this :hug: would be much more annoying to your siblings than this :boxer:.
:evilchuckle:
Oh, the designated cement monster's feet have to stay on cement, and tries to get the other people as they run back and forth from the grass on lawns to the grass between the sidewalk and the street. Some people call it concrete monster, some call it cement monster, depending on which block you live on.
I just realized, it's tag.
Aw, hug-bug, I hope so. :love:
Think about it: this :hug: would be much more annoying to your siblings than this :boxer:.
:evilchuckle:
That poop-snake stuff was interesting. I did not know that. I guess they don't live where I've lived, so I never got to see one.
We do have hog-snakes which play dead and ooze and do repulsive things when threatened. But I'd like to see the poop-snake hiding its head and sticking out its tail.
Hog snakes sound like fun.
Especially when they play dead and start oozing this disgusting slime stuff.
...if handled too roughly, they will musk the holder (excrete very smelly substance from their vent), but absolutely will not strike in defense. Upon being picked up, a Rubber boa will gently wrap around the holder's wrist for upwards of an hour or more before seeking to crawl around.
Actually, my siblings would like hug bug because they like hugging. I do not. So it would only be much more annoying to me to play hug bug. They creep up on me as it is and wrap me in a bear hug just to hear me threaten them with a variety of different kinds of torments once I break free. They're such meanies.
That is very interesting about the rubber boas. I had never heard of them.
Actually, my siblings would like hug bug because they like hugging. I do not. So it would only be much more annoying to me to play hug bug. They creep up on me as it is and wrap me in a bear hug just to hear me threaten them with a variety of different kinds of torments once I break free. They're such meanies.
That is pretty mean.
It is. I found out the extent of my dislike for hugging when I took a short addictions info course couple years ago. At the end of classes they liked to do this stupid thing where we had to walk around in a circle and hug each member of the class. The first time I did it I felt physically ill afterward, hugging 17 complete strangers. They all thought I was kidding when I told them I couldn't do it anymore, said I'd get used to it. I didn't. I suggested that instead of me hugging anyone we could do a light punch to the shoulder instead, which was much less traumatizing for me. Eventually got the whole class punching each other. I thought the playful punching was more stimulating and comforting than hugging but I suppose part of it goes back to me and my siblings punching the crap out of each other playing punch bug.
I CAN hug people I know, but only if I have to or it seems like it's the appropriate thing to do. Yeah, I got issues...
MB, I'll figure out some way for jedi kind to help you to the moon.
jb, If you manage to get people punching instead of hugging too I'd be impressed and use both our cases as proof that forced hugging is evil and should be replaced by friendly arm punches, fist or shoulder bumps. They're much funner and not as invasive as an all out hug.
Turns out this turtle was a female and had to lay it's eggs. I guess the man had the turtle outside to lay it's eggs. And for a short period of time he was not watching the turtle. Next thing he knows the turtle is gone. It had walked off into the woods and disappeared. Every since the man has been walking the woods searching for this turtle.Sure hope he finds his turtle. Iadr has turtles come up into his yard all the time to lay their eggs, and had to rescue one that got going the wrong way and ended up in the middle of the road the other day, that all of these cars kept driving by and scaring. We either carry them down and set them next to the lake so they can go back into the water where they came from, or at least get them pointed in that direction. One day we saw one of the babies. It was the cutest little thing, as it was only about the size of a quarter, and was moving its little legs as fast as it could. And yes, those were both reality check moments.
I tell him that it probably went into the creek and swam away to who knows where. He tells me that it would probably stick around the area because of it's eggs. At least that's what he is hoping. He asks me to take down his number in case I see the turtle. He says he lives near and will come running if I see it. We shake hands and part ways.
My RC moments from lunch: my fortune cookie said, "The thing in us that we fear most just wants our love." I'm not sure what that is referring to.
Tom's said, "The fact that others are bad does not imply that you are good." True, but kind of odd for a fortune cookie to say.
Lol yes that's what Tom said; that it was rather insulting. Lol no he didn't blame me this time. It was fun; I never saw Tom start laughing when he read his fortune like he did this time.
OK, I have to post this one. I was driving home from the cabin and I was trying to stay focused on awareness work and reality checking as I was driving. And I suddenly see what must have been about the strangest thing I can remember seeing in waking life. To my amazement, I see a helicopter parked on the power-lines that run along I-94. Yes, literally. A helicopter is sitting on the power-lines. The belly of the helicopter is resting on the power-lines, and the landing skids are hanging down below the lines. And to make it even more odd, there is a man sitting on the landing skids of the helicopter, his feet dangling. And Parked along side of the road I see a highway patrol car with it's lights flashing. Granted, they were doing work on the power-lines, and have been the last two years. But that was just weird. very surreal. They actually landed the copter on the power-lines...
I'm like whoa, that is so weird. I'm doing watch RC's like crazy. It doesn't seem to be a dream, right. Okay, I shrug it off.
But then, I'm just driving along. do de do de do. Not more than Five, maybe ten minutes farther down the highway. There is a very long limousine stuck nose down into the ground on the side of the road. Yeah, the front grill of the limo is buried in the ground, and the rear end is sticking straight up into the air. And this thing was huge. And I'm like no fricking way. First the helicopter and now this.... Something ain't right here. I watch RC several times. Seems to be no dream. Now I'm wondering if I've been drugged. I take a sniff of my water, it smells normal, lol. What do you do? Shake your head and continue on down the road.
What? Those things aren't possible.
Oh, I get it...you're trying to make us RC. Well, I read that a few times to see if I understood, and I did RC.
I was driving home from the cabin and I was trying to stay focused on awareness work and reality checking as I was driving. And I suddenly see what must have been about the strangest thing I can remember seeing in waking life. To my amazement, I see a helicopter parked on the power-lines that run along I-94. Yes, literally. A helicopter is sitting on the power-lines. The belly of the helicopter is resting on the power-lines, and the landing skids are hanging down below the lines. And to make it even more odd, there is a man sitting on the landing skids of the helicopter, his feet dangling. And Parked along side of the road I see a highway patrol car with it's lights flashing. Granted, they were doing work on the power-lines, and have been the last two years. But that was just weird. very surreal. They actually landed the copter on the power-lines...Are you sure you didn't just dream all of that, and that we aren't just dreaming that you posted that now? That kind of stuff doesn't happens IWL. :chuckle:
I'm like whoa, that is so weird. I'm doing watch RC's like crazy. It doesn't seem to be a dream, right. Okay, I shrug it off.
But then, I'm just driving along. do de do de do. Not more than Five, maybe ten minutes farther down the highway. There is a very long limousine stuck nose down into the ground on the side of the road. Yeah, the front grill of the limo is buried in the ground, and the rear end is sticking straight up into the air. And this thing was huge. And I'm like no fricking way. First the helicopter and now this.... Something ain't right here. I watch RC several times. Seems to be no dream. Now I'm wondering if I've been drugged. I take a sniff of my water, it smells normal, lol. What do you do? Shake your head and continue on down the road.
Are you sure you didn't just dream all of that, and that we aren't just dreaming that you posted that now? That kind of stuff doesn't happens IWL. :chuckle:
You should have taken some pictures!
Are you sure you didn't just dream all of that, and that we aren't just dreaming that you posted that now? That kind of stuff doesn't happens IWL. :chuckle:
Lol. Yes. At least I can say that I know it was an event that took place in physical reality. Whether we want to call the physical an extension of dreaming reality or not, is a different matter entirely. :)You should have taken some pictures!
well I was driving 75 mph. It went by pretty quick. And not really a good place for stopping, especially with the highway patrol sitting there supervising the helicopter. I'm not sure if I will see the helicopter sitting there like that next time, but I'm sure the work will be going on for quite some time so who knows. I imagine the limo is some new permanent roadside structure just to weird out passers by. If I have someone with me, as I sometimes go with family, I'll try and get them to have their phone ready to take a picture. As I have a crap phone that doesn't connect to the computer anyway. Then I'd have to figure out how to even post a picture. I've never even tried to, lol. Though I read you're supposed to go to photo bucket or some such thing.
It will be even stranger if that limo is gone next time.
This might have been similar to what you saw:Wow! How would you like to have the guys job who is sitting on the landing skids of that helicopter working on the power lines?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chpOgJwqBXU
This might have been similar to what you saw:Wow! How would you like to have the guys job who is sitting on the landing skids of that helicopter working on the power lines?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chpOgJwqBXU
Sitting at the Sugar Shack eating some icecream with kidlet #2, when an ant bites my foot - I'm just sitting there not moving my foot!Must not have been one of those bastard fire ants like we have here in Florida, because you wouldn't have been just sitting there not moving your foot if it was. :chuckle:
Sitting at the Sugar Shack eating some icecream with kidlet #2, when an ant bites my foot - I'm just sitting there not moving my foot!
Oh, they are crazy, all right! But that's the first time I've been bit my one in a long time! BASTIGES! :guns:
johnb, maybe it was pre recorded at a time when I still was Vex Kitten. heheheh
Same person who "stole" my job helping mental health school children, has now "stolen" my job as manager of it, all because she is bilingual and I am not. :explode:
No, johnb. Last year a new program was started, so I applied for a different job. I was vastly more qualified, but the other person knew several people.... and this is according to other people, not me. Hence the word stolen in quotations, as not really mine, but could/possibly should have...
Now, they need a manager in our office. Same person is bilingual, the program isn't even up and running yet, and she got it, still with no mental health experience nor managerial experience, just that she is bilingual. I wasn't even offered an interview for this one.
So I still have my job that I really do enjoy, just not the people I am forced to work with. An ongoing saga in my life... Again, I'll get over it... eventually, but thanks.
Just doesn't make sense that 2,000 plus worms could just disappear
Don't be sorry. Maybe a PLANE will plummet from the sky and CRASH right into Mickelson. Happiness will ensue.:yesss:
I did a reality check when I saw this news ;) Truly fun.
http://rt.com/news/models-3d-yourself-instant-964/ (http://rt.com/news/models-3d-yourself-instant-964/)
A toad sitting on the inside window ledge in the kitchen. :hrm:Now that's a good way to help in getting rid of that bug problem you had a while back. iadr finds toads sitting in his rain barrels all the time because they like the water there.
Wow - what happened there? Monsoon?
While moving a work bench from our metal shed to our house today we noticed a couple of small white eggs in this box, that we assumed were spider eggs. As we went into the kitchen to throw them in the trash, one of them hatched open right in our hand, and out comes this cute little lizard, about 1 inch long, that then goes running all around our kitchen... RC Time. Later while were in the bathroom brushing our teeth here comes the same little lizard again running across the sink...RC time again. That little guy is really making his rounds today. At least he's not climbing up the walls yet like some of the others do. :chuckle:
(We don't mind the lizards, as they provide constant entertainment for our cats, and don't hurt if they bite. Once when we caught one that we were carrying outside to relocate, he turned his head around and bit us as hard as he could, which we couldn't even feel since he had not teeth. :chuckle:)
Here, it's toads that are like that. So many little toads when I try to mow the lawn, I'm constantly having to get them out of the way. I've gotten pretty good at holding onto the lawn mower, reaching out and scooping them up as I pass, and tossing them back onto the already-mowed area. They move so slowly, you have to get them going the right direction, or else you will catch up with them again.We've never had a problem with stepping on or running over any lizards with the lawn mower, because they're too fast. The cats even have trouble catching them, and usually end up at the bottom of a tree looking up at them. So we just let them be and go wherever they want, which is just about everywhere. :chuckle:
Re-reading iadr's post, something strikes me:We stated that wrong. We were actually already in the kitchen throwing something away when the eggs rolled out of the box, so just decided to throw them away too.While moving a work bench from our metal shed to our house today we noticed a couple of small white eggs in this box, that we assumed were spider eggs. As we went into the kitchen to throw them in the trash...:wtf: I can't see why anybody would do that if they either like or don't like spiders lol.
I wonder if an episode of temporary synesthesia is possible. I'm trying to make it happen again right now. Not really; I can almost imagine some yellow around the double L's, but that's all.
Me - 4 cats, 3 dogs, and a cockatoo all cuddling up to me, looking for attention.
The cockatoo, "Jack" is 24 years old and LOVES to be cuddled. The last (and only) cockatoo I have been around tried to eat me :gladiator:
Jack walked up to me on the couch I was sitting on at a home visit, said hello, and looked at me until I pet him - I WANTED to take him home! :content:
Wow MB! I'd be concerned too if something like that happened to me, concerned and highly curious just like you were. I hope you find out what triggered it and I hope it isn't something bad. If people can get temporary/hysterical blindness I think it'd be possible for the pendulum to swing the other way and trigger temp synesthesia too.
Synesthesia is caused by abnormal neural connections in the brain. I can't figure out how that could be induced, but yes maybe it's more like a hallucination than real synesthesia.
Lol, reality like snow in Vegas http://rt.com/news/saudi-arabia-rare-flooding-844/ (http://rt.com/news/saudi-arabia-rare-flooding-844/) If humanity in lucky Bandar Brush drowned.
I don't think I can put into words how jealous I am right now :P Sounds like an awesome trip Shellidfl!Same. The Galapagos is one of my bucket list places. You get lots of pix?
One day I took over 260 pics. When I get a chance, will post a few here. Don't hold your breath for instant, but don't hesitate to remind me. Seriously!
On an entirely different note, today I met a lady who makes a living massaging dogs and horses.
FINALLY getting to dig in the garden - well, digging weeds, but it's a start!
I know, right? Have to keep RCing after that long ass winter, wondering if spring is finally here for good. I'm afraid I'll wake up at any point and it'll be still blizzarding outside.
A little while ago, I'm sitting at my backyard window watching the birds and stripey rodents when someone walks through the field behind my place. There are sparsely leafing shrubs between the back of my yard and the field. This guy stops, faces my house and just stands there for a few second. I wonder wtf is he doing when I see a glimmering stream trickling from his midsection. The guy is pissing right there. I don't think he saw me, and if he did, he's one sick bitch. Reminded me of iadr and all his funny piss-capades so I had to RC.
And last month, I'm shopping for a grad outfit when I round a rack to see a little boy, maybe about 2, peeing right there in the middle of the store. I was startled at first and then tried not to laugh as I turned away. I RCed it, again thinking of iadr.
One of these times I'll get lucid and me and iadr will have the ultimate piss-off.
:giggle:
A little while ago, I'm sitting at my backyard window watching the birds and stripey rodents when someone walks through the field behind my place. There are sparsely leafing shrubs between the back of my yard and the field. This guy stops, faces my house and just stands there for a few second. I wonder wtf is he doing when I see a glimmering stream trickling from his midsection. The guy is pissing right there. I don't think he saw me, and if he did, he's one sick bitch. Reminded me of iadr and all his funny piss-capades so I had to RC.Just glad that iadr's been able to be such a positive influence on you. :chuckle:
And last month, I'm shopping for a grad outfit when I round a rack to see a little boy, maybe about 2, peeing right there in the middle of the store. I was startled at first and then tried not to laugh as I turned away. I RCed it, again thinking of iadr.
One of these times I'll get lucid and me and iadr will have the ultimate piss-off.
:giggle:
I'd pay big money, or at least donate maple syrup to see that!I'll gladly accept all maple syrup donations. :D
Just glad that iadr's been able to be such a positive influence on you. :chuckle:You're always an inspiration, iadr. Everyone is here. Even when I'm not online my mind will often associate something back to people at MM.
I got into a friend's truck today and it was so clean it almost looked like new. A massive change from the disarray usually to be found there. I got into the truck and said, "WOW! It's so clean in here. I better reality check." He glared at me and said, "GET OUT.":rofl:
:chuckle:
:rofl:Yeah. I do kinda have that effect on people. :thatgrin:
Sounds like he was quite "vexed", if you know what I mean. ;)
Was driving down a very bendy road alongside a river. A truck comes whipping around the bend. It was driving on the wrong side, straight at us. It veered back onto it's own side, passed us and then darted back onto the wrong side of the road again. :Oo:
Wow. Thunderbirds. I've always wondered if there was some truth to stories about those things. I'd love to see one. You must get photos!
mentalenforcer, maybe you should look at some soaring bird silhouettes and see if you can find the general shape of your bird and it's wings. Or check through other reports in the area, Usually when something that big is soaring around others will have seen it. There was a bald eagle around here recently (rare in my area) that people kept spotting, taking photos of and putting up on facebook. If we're lucky maybe someone else has done the same with your bird.
So I was scrolling through MM and suddenly the window closed, my desktop background flipped upside down, and the computer shut down. Did a couple reality checks before turning the computer back on. And when I logged in, my background was still upside down! I flipped it right way up again, but I've never seen a computer do that before. Like, what da heck, man?
Forget tree house. That's a tree city!A very cool tree city. I need to spend a lucid dream there.
One rather large skunk walking on the side of the road this morning - the biggest skunk I've EVER seen![/
Could it have been a badger?
A stinky badger - you probably know your animals better than me. Canook
Was listening to the Nikki Sixx show on the radio and out of nowhere they begin talking about dreaming and lucid dreaming. RCed. Apparently neither of the hosts have lucid dreamed before but would love to.
Was listening to the Nikki Sixx show on the radio and out of nowhere they begin talking about dreaming and lucid dreaming. RCed. Apparently neither of the hosts have lucid dreamed before but would love to.
Lol ....Vex listening to a metal show? < Cool
Cool they brought that up on a fairly mainstream radio show.
Or did they? :um:
He had apparently died from an OD & brought back to life. Maybe he never did make it and he's in a dream world?
That would make you in his dream. Which would
.....I haven't had enough sleep. Forgive me!
Though... that would pretty much explain why I am the way I am.
*rcs in case I really AM in a dream as someone else's random DC*
Though... that would pretty much explain why I am the way I am.
*rcs in case I really AM in a dream as someone else's random DC*
Wait wait wait... Would a DC reality checking actually work? What does a DC know about reality? Is there really a reliable check to see if you're a figment of someone else's imagination? We only know it works if you're in your own dream... What about someone else?
Your welcome. :D
Though... that would pretty much explain why I am the way I am.
*rcs in case I really AM in a dream as someone else's random DC*
Wait wait wait... Would a DC reality checking actually work? What does a DC know about reality? Is there really a reliable check to see if you're a figment of someone else's imagination? We only know it works if you're in your own dream... What about someone else?
Your welcome. :D
Though... that would pretty much explain why I am the way I am.
*rcs in case I really AM in a dream as someone else's random DC*
Wait wait wait... Would a DC reality checking actually work? What does a DC know about reality? Is there really a reliable check to see if you're a figment of someone else's imagination? We only know it works if you're in your own dream... What about someone else?
Your welcome. :D
It worked for my DC. http://mortalmist.com/forum/index.php/topic,2545.msg84112.html#msg84112 (blue dream, last one in the post)
Though... that would pretty much explain why I am the way I am.
*rcs in case I really AM in a dream as someone else's random DC*
Wait wait wait... Would a DC reality checking actually work? What does a DC know about reality? Is there really a reliable check to see if you're a figment of someone else's imagination? We only know it works if you're in your own dream... What about someone else?
Your welcome. :D
It worked for my DC. http://mortalmist.com/forum/index.php/topic,2545.msg84112.html#msg84112 (blue dream, last one in the post)
"Ghost in the machine"?
First time I went to a Wacky Wings was up in the Soo. Really liked the variety of chicken wings. Had my first dill pickle flavored wings there. Hope more pop up. That place is Vex approved.
:goodjob:
A side note, I think their food may be lucid dream inducing. Both times I went to the WW near me I got lucid the same night. The common denominator those nights was poutine. Next time I go back I'll have the same and see if lucidity ensues.
I'll put that on a list of things to learn to make.
When I was driving home from the store this afternoon, I thought up a new kind of reality check, based on expectation. The roads near home are bendy and narrow, and I thought to myself "If a train comes around the next bend I'll know I'm dreaming." At first I thought maybe this was a dumb idea, but a couple of bends later, at a corner that I'm always really careful about, a big ol' truck came roaring around it, in the middle of the lane! I, of course being wary of that corner since it's blind and drivers around here tend to cut blind corners, was already slowing down and it was the guy in the truck who was more surprised than me. I then remembered my silly little idea from a moment before and had to do an RC.Great idea of doing reality checks based on expectations. :goodjob:
:chuckle:
Watching kidlet #2 doing her final figure skating dance test. And her flubbing everything up. The judge then asking her to do it solo. Much better, but for sure she failed...
Finding out she PASSED?!!!! Very major RC done! (The judge later said she saw her practicing with the partner and KNEW she could do it well...)
Silly me, goes out with the Newf through the deck door to check to see if older puppy has returned. Nope, so I go to open the door - it's friggin' locked! And so are the other two doors to the house. I go get the key that Hubby tells me opens the lower door. Oh, it does, but apparently not the dead bolt on it!You need the kind of combination locks that iadr just installed on all of his doors so you never have to worry about taking a key with you. Just put in the combination, and you're in.
You need the kind of combination locks that iadr just installed on all of his doors so you never have to worry about taking a key with you. Just put in the combination, and you're in.
Silly me, goes out with the Newf through the deck door to check to see if older puppy has returned. Nope, so I go to open the door - it's friggin' locked! And so are the other two doors to the house. I go get the key that Hubby tells me opens the lower door. Oh, it does, but apparently not the dead bolt on it!You need the kind of combination locks that iadr just installed on all of his doors so you never have to worry about taking a key with you. Just put in the combination, and you're in.
Driving to work after being off last week. I had just put my watch on, it beeped for my hourly RC. I look at the time to confirm a real time. As I look back at the road, a coyote runs within 10 feet of me in front. Had I been in the right hand lane, I would have hit it.
Lesson - don't look at watch while driving 100 klicks/hour. :rolleyes:
Watched Spiderman Far From Home last night. The movie itself had me RCing quite a few times thanks to some freaky dream like scenes.
I saw an upside down rainbow last month. Aka circumzenithal arc. I reality checked a few times while staring up at it. It was so odd with the sun was down near the horizon and the arc shining high above it, like a rainbow smiling down at me.
I found this creepy Flowers For Bodysnatchers music that has my youtube user name right on it...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7kDfSVV004&list=PLKV_GWcNnW6TkyW0pX22tI4H8upfjtYxE&index=3 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7kDfSVV004&list=PLKV_GWcNnW6TkyW0pX22tI4H8upfjtYxE&index=3)