Yo, V-Land Freaks

[George Haberberger]

At 02:51 PM 1/13/97 -0500, Joe Varo wrote:
>On Mon, 13 Jan 1997, Greg Montalbano wrote on his LSD experiences:
>
>> [...]
>> however, I NEVER managed to achieve the interesting hallucinations and
>> releases from control that so many others have reported.  What I
>> experienced was mainly an INTENSE CLARITY, a perception of the
>> interrelatedness of everything, and an ability to multitask that I wish
>> I had the rest of the time.  Oh, well -- different streaks for different
>> freaks. 
>
>Never had the opportunity to drop acid.  In fact, never did any illicit
>substances except pot, other than the one time I got my hands on some
>mushrooms.
>
>Greg's mention of "INTENSE CLARITY" and "interrelatedness" is exactly what
>I got from the 'shrooms.
>
>As long as we're on this subject, can anyone tell me if they still do pot
>on a regular basis, once you're into your late 20's or 30's?  Eventually I
>hit a point where the pot just made me paranoid as hell and turned me into
>a zombie.  I once saw George Carlin mention that marijuana was a "young
>person's drug" and that you sort of outgrow it.  Is this true?
>
>Joe
>

Well, I have relatives ranging from 30 to 50 that indulge daily, and there
subcultures where people who started smoking in the 60-70's are still
smoking (a 50 year old landlord I had in the late 80's comes to mind).

Your mileage may vary of course, though wouldn't feeling paranoid as hell be
an asset when trying to read Pynchon? 

Slothrop's ancestors made their fortune from killing trees and making paper,
very bad, but then this book is written on paper, does that make me bad, or
does using paper to roll a joint even that out, and what can I read about
myself in the joint I just rolled, but I already smoked it, have to roll
another one, now where did I hide my stash, I'm sure I picked a real good
place, the core of the toilet paper roll? No, but I do have to take a crap,
should I go get GR in case I'm constipated, or maybe just read the National
Geo's here, oh yeah, this issue has a piece on South Africa, what a cosmic
coincidence, but shit, then I have to flush, and what if they're waiting for
me to flush, so they can bust the door down and I won't have any way to get
rid of my stash, better fill a few jugs...

ObReading/Listening thread:

What I'm reading: 

What to Expect the First Year
www.salon1999.com
The Hobbit
Solaris System Administration
www.straightdope.com

What I'm listening to: 

G. Love and Special Sauce
Grateful Dead 6/18/74 I, II
Shabba Ranks
Shaggy

George