I was going to mention this when I woke up yesterday, but it had slipped my mind. I came so close to lucidity that I don’t know how I DIDN’T attain it. I was absolutely beat when I went to bed, so I didn’t bother with any techniques, so I dozed right off. Some time later, I was dreaming that I was in the living room, watching a movie. It had just started, and one of those short animations declaring the company’s name started up. (If you don’t know what I’m talking about, picture the crooked filmstrip at the beginning of a New Line movie.)
Anyway, I remember this quite clearly, the animation was a short clip of Rocky Balboa standing in the shadows, mumbling something or another, then he suddenly had 3 mouths appear on his face. The unexpectedness of it actually jolted me back to the hypnagogic state, and I managed to remain aware enough to tell myself to do an RC if I fell back into the same dream.
I did end up back in the same dream, but with no memory of my self-instruction, and it stayed a normal dream.
Just thought I’d share that, no real point to it, but I found it interesting lol
