happy(was Re: the context of Pynchon's MDMA saying)

[Paranoid]

All very interesting.  When I first did MDMA, I was considering what Pynchon
might think of it.  Well, not at the moment, but eventually it came to
mind,.  It has an otherworldy feel to it.  But then all it is doing is
stimulating what one already has available in ones mind.
Nevertheless, we all do what we believe will make us happy. And I can say
that MDMA is a hell of a lot better for you (actually, I guess Ishould say,
a lot less worse for you) than acid.
But then, what isn;t?


-----Original Message-----
From: Cjhurtt6 at aol.com <Cjhurtt6 at aol.com>
To: pynchon-l at waste.org <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Date: Sunday, November 14, 1999 1:26 PM
Subject: happy(was Re: the context of Pynchon's MDMA saying)


>In a message dated 11/13/99 10:33:46 AM Pacific Standard Time,
>fqmorris at hotmail.com writes:
>
><< Artificial because the vehcle is a drug (as opposed to spotaneously
>getting
> high off life)?  But really good 'shrooms don't leave on feeling bad in
> their aftermath...  As for the after-X feeling, from my vey limted
> experience, I think it's more of a "drained" feeling, fatigue, not
> depression.
>  >>
>although it is possible to feel crappy while on 'shooms.
>i have no personal experience with x myself so i only have what other folk
>say to go off of and i've heard quite a bit about post x depression from
>these people.
>as for artificial vs. real happiness...can't argue that without going in
>circles. it's a matter of opinion. and for the record i have been and am
not
>opposed to being artificially happy. i think it's an important experience
>actually.
>but, there is a difference between "this pill i took made me happy" and "i
am
>happy because the chemicals in my brain did this and that all on their own
>without any help"
>because some of the text in gr you would think pynchon may be suspicious of
a
>man made happy pill. but then again that is just wild conjecture on my part
>and i don't want to start another useless flame war.
>
>