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Nonlucid, Lucid, Partially lucid June 17, 2011: There are giant rhino people, each maybe 10-15 feet tall, running fast through things. They destroy everything in their path, without slowing down. I hurry to get out of their way. They sort of replicate and radiate outward from their original path. I comment on how they are big, noisy, and scary. They spread out, then meet again at a single point, where they crash together and form a star, just a few feet off the ground. The star gets bigger as more rhino men jump into it. Lots of people are walking away from the star. I ask a woman how she feels about the end of the world. She seems OK, or does not care. I suddenly become lucid. I am floating along with a lady who has a toy-looking cell phone. I ask her where she lives (thinking she might be a person from the waking world who is also dreaming). It sounds like she says L.A. and something about lemonade. I tell her where I live. She does not understand and thinks I said something else. I tell her again but she still does not understand. I laugh and say "You need to work on your lucidity." Then I take her phone and leave. I fly to a tree that has electrical things on it and power lines. I am less lucid, and afraid of being electrocuted. ]The scene fades and I think I have woken up. I pinch my nose to reality check anyway and I am surprised to realize that I am still dreaming. There are several men around me. One guy says he can check if I am dreaming by stabbing me with a pocket knife. I tell him that is not a good idea. The guys keep bothering me and I am starting to get scared. I make it stop by doing a dance. The men then go away. Then I make out with <PERSON>, a nurse from the show <PERSON>. I see a lady I recognize from waking life that I have not seen in a long time. She is at a desk in the middle of my grandparents' (father's side) living room. I say to her "Why are you working at a desk/doing paperwork in a dream?" meaning, she could be doing something more interesting. I start to read a piece of paper. It makes no sense and I decide it is a waste of time. Then I toss the papers in the air. I point out that a train is driving through the house, straight towards us. It is moving very slowly. I walk around the house (now my old house), and remember my task to attempt telepathic communication. I say aloud that I will find my girlfriend, the real one, and not a dream representation. I walk into the living room and find only cats. I try to make her appear behind me, but she does not. I yell out her name. I yell that I wish to "sense what she senses," or "see what she sees." I say that I want real information. I yell out "I know you are not at work. What are you doing?" (or something like that). I listen for a response, but the TV is on, so I turn it off. I think I hear beeping and wonder if my phone is ringing in waking life. I make myself wake up. I am in bed, but I reality check and I am still dreaming. Then I really wake up. Notes: I wish I had thought to use the TV in the dream to communicate, or to make her appear. I must have been in a deep sleep, since I had two false awakenings, and had a hard time waking on purpose.