LC 65 - The Great Library! Books found: 38

Oh hey, points on the first day! I’m gonna switch up my format for this challenge since we have those awesome stickers! The claim section will break down the points in more detail.

General Points:

  • :writing_hand: dj entry
  • :sleeping_bed: reality check

Dystopian Escape:

  • :blue_book: dream a science fiction dream (Dystopian Fallout-like world)
  • :crown::crown::crown: actively use a piece of scifi technology (Voice controlled and secured doors)

My “Stats so Far” will also be updated in format. It’ll collapse the stickers to daily entries with no explanation, but will still link directly to the journal entry as well as the claiming post.

Stats so Far:

[spoiler]Week 1: Science Fiction
August 18, Sun: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :blue_book: :crown::crown::crown:
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the librarian is pleased with Cornelia Xaos’ meticulous record keeping

“security lock voice encryption!” :lol: i love dream dialogue.

Books in the Great Library: :open_book::notebook_with_decorative_cover::closed_book::blue_book::blue_book:

Had 1 ND here this morning. No tasks.

[spoiler]week 1

sun: :writing_hand:
mon: :writing_hand::sleeping_bed:
tue: :sleeping_bed: [/spoiler]

No SF for me tonight (where are you, Mon Capitaine?), but collected a new book and had a short LD.

[spoiler]Week 1
Sun: dj, morning rc, personal rc, sf dream, book, meditation, personal goal
Mon: dj, morning rc, meditation, book, rc in a dream, short ld
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P.S.: Yes Obliverum, TNG is so good, I’m re-watching it ATM (which can definitely help with this challenge!). I love Patrick Stewart, I look forward to seeing him playing Picard again in the new series.

Second day was ok. I meditated and did WBTB, but dreams were fantasy instead of scifi :grrr:

I’m not sure if this is how the book task works, but you said I could either see the book, or experience the story inside the book? Well the latter happened as a made up LotR book was narrated to me in a dream. Not sure if that counts for the book task. Interesting story nonetheless. Would love to learn more about the Featherless Crow. DJ link

Edit: Took a nap, used a machine that took me to a game world, completely. So scifi dream and using scifi tech?

[spoiler]Week 1
Sun: :writing_hand::alarm_clock::sleeping_bed:
Mon: :writing_hand::alarm_clock::sleeping_bed::closed_book: :star::blue_book::crown::crown::crown:[/spoiler]

18/8/2019 - waking goal, meditation
19/8/2019 - dj entry, sci-fi dream - fixing a robot

DJ entry

If I meditate it is normally before bed, same as my waking goal is related to evening TV watching, so will have to update that the day after.

SPOILER - Click to view

18-9-2019 - :alarm_clock: :star:
19-9-2019 - :writing_hand: :crown::crown::crown:

yay, first lucid dream of the challenge! and so many great scifi dreams! and MORE BOOKS! :woo:

for this weeks scifi challenge, only scifi stories can be counted as books in the library if they are had from within, but your nap dream definitely counts. you may be ahead of the game a little with fantasy genre dreams… :wink: and i too find the Featherless Crow to be a curious figure!

obfusc8 those robots sound cute :smile: i sure could use some robot helpers in my shop.

the librarian is pleased

Books in the Great Library: :open_book::notebook_with_decorative_cover::closed_book::blue_book::blue_book::blue_book::blue_book::blue_book:

Same report as yesterday, unfortunately, 1 ND w/ no tasks

[spoiler]Week 1
Sun: dj, personal rc, meditation
Mon: dj, personal rc, meditation[/spoiler]

Oh look, more points! I do have a quick question, though. We can only claim the “dream a science fiction dream” once, right? Otherwise… I feel like I had two more scifi-ish dreams just this morning. :tongue:

General Points:

  • :writing_hand: dj entry
  • :sleeping_bed: reality check (actually did this twice :tongue: )

A Strange Metroid Level:

  • :medal_sports: find a superhero (“superhero power suits”; Samus has her Chozo powered armor)

Aliens Invade:

  • :zzz::zzz: short ld
  • :blue_book: dream a science fiction dream (Alien invasion!)
  • :medal_sports: find an alien

Stats so Far:

[spoiler]Week 1: Science Fiction
August 18, Sun: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :blue_book: :crown::crown::crown:
August 19, Mon: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :medal_sports: :zzz::zzz: :blue_book: :medal_sports:
[/spoiler]

Felt sick at night, couldn’t sleep after 2h, but took a nap. Nap was filled with horrible dreams. :grrr:

There was a scifi machine in one of the nightmares, but otherwise it wasn’t very scifi. Not sure if that counts for another book.

DJ link

[spoiler]Week 1
Sun: :writing_hand::alarm_clock::sleeping_bed:
Mon: :writing_hand::alarm_clock::sleeping_bed: :star::blue_book::crown::crown::crown:
Tue: :writing_hand::alarm_clock::sleeping_bed::blue_book:?
[/spoiler]

Nothing relevant for me last night. FA following a tentative WILD. But I’m being very diligent with meditation and daily goal…

[spoiler]Week 1
Sun: dj, morning rc, personal rc, sf dream, book, meditation, personal goal (7)
Mon: dj, morning rc, meditation, book, rc in a dream, short ld, personal goal (9)
Tue: dj, meditation, personal rc, personal goal (4)[/spoiler]

obfusc8: i just noticed you didn’t give yourself a special robot award :medal_sports: for finding one of the four scifi objects (which you get in addition to the scifi dream, but only once per object throughout the challenge)

PremiumOtter: consistency is key! keep up the journaling and recall and more points are sure to follow eventually :smile:

diligence points for Le Bateleur as well!

congrats on the LD Cornelia! you can claim science fiction dream once per night, just like seeing a book. the special active technology use challenge can only be done once. ill go make that clear in the points explanation! the librarian nods approvingly at another book to add to the shelf.

sorry about the nightmares Letaali. the librarian has judged that the scifi machine in your dream definitely counts, and has catalogued the book as scifi/horror.

the librarian would like to note that there are many Hugo-award-winning books in the scifi/horror genre, and while she certainly does not want to encourage nightmares, the library is more than happy to put them on the shelves.

Books in the Great Library:
:open_book::notebook_with_decorative_cover::closed_book::blue_book::blue_book::blue_book::blue_book::blue_book:
:blue_book::blue_book:

Aaaaand another lucid! I’m on a roll! :happy: (inb4 it’s all downhill from here :tongue: )

General Points:

  • :writing_hand: dj entry
  • :sleeping_bed: reality check

Cornelia Breathes Too Hard:

  • :zzz::zzz: short ld
  • :thinking::thinking: reality check in dream

Stats so Far:

[spoiler]Week 1: Science Fiction
August 18, Sun: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :blue_book: :crown::crown::crown:
August 19, Mon: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :medal_sports: :zzz::zzz: :blue_book: :medal_sports:
August 20, Tue: :writing_hand: :sleeping_bed: :zzz::zzz: :thinking::thinking:
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Had to get up a lot earlier than usual since school’s back in, so it’s just a couple of fragments this time, no tasks.

[spoiler]
Week 1
Sun: dream journal, personal rc, meditation
Mon: dream journal, personal rc, meditation
Tue: dream journal, personal rc, mediation [/spoiler]

Had 3 NDs here this morning. No tasks.

[spoiler]week 1

sun: :writing_hand:
mon: :writing_hand::sleeping_bed:
tue: :sleeping_bed:
wed: :writing_hand::sleeping_bed: [/spoiler]

I’m going to break my Internet detox to say: I think the Internet can be really bad for you, because it lures you into thinking you’re having social interaction while in fact you’re deprived of it.

In Buddhism, it sometimes said that waking life is a bit like a dream. I think there’s a waking life equivalent to lucidity in a dream. In a dream, you become lucid by seeing the dream for what it is. In waking life, the equivalent of lucidity is seeing past your self-deceptions and seeing what your problems really are.

No points to claim for this, I think, but I had a profound revelation. Thank you o Obliverum.

Sunday: RC on waking; no recall; meditation; no Internet

Monday: RC on waking; DJ entry; meditation; no Internet

Tuesday: RC on waking; no recall; meditation; no Internet

Wednesday: RC on waking; meditation; broke my Internet diet to post this

No SciFi tonight, but a funny sequence of failed RC, FA, RC, brief lucidity and another FA. I’ll update the record later for meditation, personal goal and rc (if I’m diligent :tongue:).

[spoiler]Week 1
Sun: dj, morning rc, personal rc, sf dream, book, meditation, personal goal (7)
Mon: dj, morning rc, meditation, book, rc in a dream, short ld, personal goal (9)
Tue: dj, meditation, personal rc, personal goal (4)
Wed: dj, morning rc, dream RC, dream RC, short lucid (8)[/spoiler]

and Thank you Susan! I find it truely interesting to read your experience and I also believe in the “lucidity” in the waking life. :peek:

So now to my points:
Claiming points for 1 short LD last Night, for seeing a robot and a book (if notebooks count)
Dream Journal

SPOILER - Click to view

18-9-2019 - :alarm_clock: :star:
19-9-2019 - :writing_hand: :crown::crown::crown: :alarm_clock: :star:
20-9-2019 - :alarm_clock::red_car: :star:

I’m averaging about 5 hours sleep a night since the start of the competition, which is barely enough for dreams. :sad: Hoping for some REM rebound tonight!