im almost like that exactly

I'm old, so I always got up out of the dream and turned the knob to switch channels.

Anyone else do an image search just to get a good look at that menu again?

I've woken myself up from several unpleasant dreams and nightmares before by literally just going "fuck this, I'm out."

I think I'm often aware that I'm dreaming, but I don't really lucid dream because my dreams are generally more interesting than anything I could consciously come up with anyway. So more often than not I'm just content to be along for the ride.

Awesome ! mine is blinking real fast, it wakes me up in about two seconds of in-dream time.