pynchon-l-digest V1 #210

[Gardener Cady]

On Fri, 25 Oct 1996, Diana York Blaine wrote:
... 
> One last thing (I guess we can blame the pugilistic Mascaro--I'm not
> usually this sarcastic--thanks John!  I miss ya!), I am wondering how old
> some of the people on this list are.  Do you really still get a good buzz
> when you smoke pot?  Good Lord, I quit having unadulterated fun while high
> at least seventeen years ago.  It didn't stop me from doing it for a long
> time but the lasting effect was paranoia, (now there's a connection to
> Pynchon, I'll grant ya) not insight and groovitude.
>
 
	I have also been wondering about our age-span.  I am currently in 
my second year of college (19 yrs old.), have been reading GR since my 
last year  in high school (and I am on page 161, I think).  I took a 
break to read TCL 49 and other stuff.  I still "get a good buzz" (you 
mean that stops?), speaking of "buzz", I just completed my third 
psilosybin experience, IT was amazing.  I thought about Pynchon so much, 
I kept thinking about the Pirate's banana breakfast, I would have eaten a 
banana or ten if it weren't for the nausea.  I have read that Banana 
sequence about four hundred times, it is delicious.  Thanky T. Pynchon.

--G. Cady