RE: mild drug SPOILER Re: other stoned detectives? Re: finished IV…

[Carvill John]

Well, yeah, sure. By the way I said 'mental fug', not 'fog'. BUt you know what I mean. Speaking for myself, I sometimes had trouble concentrating on very simple matters whilst even a bit stoned. I know some people can 'maintain' better than others, it's just I can't think of *too* many instances in IV where Doc's ability to operate is significantly compromised in a way which can really only be ascribed to weed. A lot of stuff, like not being able to remember whether he had eaten in Las Vegas, or who paid the bill, is not particularly THC-specific is it? In fact memory loss, altered perception of reality, inability to ascertain whetehr you;ve been thinking or speaking, could arguably be regarded as more likely to result from other substances, eg. LSD, and by ewxtension, might not really be drug-related at all.
 
 
Again, I;m just speculating. I mean, I wrote a review of IV in which I mentioned Doc's 'discombobulation' and 'heroic weed intake' but the pile-up of review after review stating Doc is 'stoned all teh time' made me start questioning that view. And it would be a typically Pynchonian trick, n'est pas? 
 
 


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> From: dougmillison at comcast.net
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: Re: mild drug SPOILER Re: other stoned detectives? Re: finished IV…
> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:47:56 -0700
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> On Aug 11, 2009, at 12:51 AM, Dave Monroe wrote:
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>> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 2:03 AM, Carvill
>> John wrote:
>>
>>> I liked your description of Doc as a likely 'wake and bake' type. I
>>> know exactly the type you mean, but those guys tend to stumble
>>> around in a mental fug....
>>
>> I have a friend of this sort, up @ the crack of noon daily. I'm
>> pretty sure I've only dealt with him straight once, having woken him
>> up early under dire circumstances. Single most effective human being I
>> know ...
>
>
> Gotta agree with Dave here. Most everybody I know stumbles around in
> a mental fog after waking up in the morning and some of them stay that
> way no matter what substances they ingest or not. I know one wake-and-
> baker who never gets anything done, and another who manages multiple
> billions of dollars in an investment portfolio 5 days/week and returns
> profits all day long. Go figure.
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