[kittenb]

Thanks everyone! If you find anything else, feel free to share.

[epinephrine]

I know your project is on LSD, kittenb, so this may be of no use to you, but just for the hell of it, here's a little clip that's actually a fair representation of a mushroom trip. I've always wanted to make a video of the kind of things I used to see on mushrooms - I'll keep searching Youtube for them!

Oh, but there is a website I used to frequent that does trippy LSD/mushroom inspired art. Here it is. Check out the flash movies - they're pretty wild. Maybe not the kind of realism you're looking for, but you might find it useful.

[hellotampon]

I've had some acid experiences that were VERY visual, and others that were not. Either way, there's always a body high and that "off" feeling. I feel like I'm remembering something. It's kind of like getting a wave of nostalgia, or smelling an old deodorant or something and being brought back to the time when you used that scent all the time. You're aware of where you are and what you're doing in a different way than you normally are. It's hard to describe.

The only thing in the first video that seemed familiar to me was in the beginning where the pattern on the drapes moved a little. As for the other 2 videos that trick your eyes into seeing distorted objects- I do see stuff move and melt like that. But you'll also see patterns in the grass, clouds form themselves into shapes, objects vibrating... 2 years ago I had a great trip at a festival and for part of it I was hanging out in my friend's van because I thought I might be getting sunburned. And the upholstery on the back of the seat kept arranging itself into different Seurat paintings. I kept getting auditory hallucinations, and smelling things that weren't there, and I was really giggly the whole day. I went to the same festival a few days ago and took some acid and it was tame; didn't really see anything. I always get disappointed when it doesn't turn out to be visual and come to think of it I think only 2 or 3 of the doses I've had actually were visual.

[auralpoison]

Maybe it's just me, but my acid experiences really weren't all that visual. And I used to take a LOT of it back in the day. Yeah, some things were slightly distorted, but that was about it. It was a much more . . . emotional thing for me. I *felt* more.

I saw RAtM & Tool at the first Coachella high out of my goddamned mind & the only thing that really struck me about it visually was when a bunch of people broke open their glowsticks & flung them over the crowd so everybody was dappled with rainbow neon.

Before that, I saw Spiritualized, their whole stage set was candles & velvet & a choir & it was trippy.

[kittenb]

X-Posted in the General Question thread:

Hello. I am doing a project on acid/LSD for my substance abuse class. I would love to show a simulation program to my classmates but I've never done acid so I can't tell how realistic the ones on-line are. Does anyone have any they might be willing to share? You can PM me if you'd rather.

The YouTube clips I have found so far are:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxQ10lDsIJI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE-xvZCP-_Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJLVpAFD6rI

I'm also looking for a way to simulate any sounds and/or taste experiences. Thanks for your help!

[stargazer]

Genital shaped bongs

[ketto]

Eating weed and smoking it will definitely give you a different high, but I personally don't find them all that different. If I eat it I feel it in my body a lot more and my head gets a sort of weird but pleasant sensation. It takes longer to kick in and lasts longer too. I think the best advise is to just go with the flow and enjoy the feelings.

I had a week off from my chronic use last week and it was soooo needed. I was smoking way too much but I really needed a full physical escape where I literally COULD NOT access anything (i was out of town for a week). I also realized a lot of my fogginess and laziness at work is well...my own fault. I'm seriously cutting down my use though. I know I use it as a coping mechanism, but I was going a little overboard. I should have healthier ways to cope. Especially now that summer is here and I'm not stuck inside bored all the time. I also feel like I'm getting a lot higher than I have in quite a long time.

I ain't giving it up yet!

[culturehandy]

Polly, I would go in expecting nothing. Just go with it. Everyone's experience with weed is different. The first time that I smoked, nothing happened to me, so i was pretty disappointed. So, don't worry if nothing happens. With that said, some people get really laughy, of introspective or talkative.

Just see what happens and have fun!!!

[pollystyrene]

I'm trying pot for the first time this Friday (with stargazer, prophecy and humanist, all of whom are experienced.) I've never smoked a cigarette or been really drunk, so I have no idea. We're making some sort of baked (huh, huh, huh) good because I'd rather not involve my lungs in this. What should I expect? Anything I should do to prepare?

[ketto]

I agree.

[auralpoison]

I <3 weed!

[hellcat]

Just did e for the first time a few weekends ago. Why in this world did I wait this long? Beautiful and awesome. Nothing negative whatsoever.

[solaria]

I really like this, it's an nice perspective on substances

nice essay

[auralpoison]

Great googly moogly, am I HIGH! I'm sitting here rocking out. Well, not rocking, more like rhythmic, I guess. Fink. OMG. I am so HIGH! Permagrin, the giggles, & it took me fifteen minutes to type this.

Penguin. Cafe. Orchestra!

[hellotampon]

Is it just me or does ecstasy give you pimples? I took a G-spot last night and by the middle of the day today my chin was covered in hard, painful red zits that haven't come to the surface yet. I have some zits on my chest now too. It's going to look horrible

I seem to remember this happening with previous rolls too.

[grrrlyouwant]

so dude, i didn't know whether to post this here or in the drunken ramblings thread, but i am so nicely stoned right now. and do you know how long it took to find this thread? i was sure it was in the our bodies our hells forum, but it got bumped way down out the bottom, and we don't have the page number thing to get past the first page of listings like we do with the individual threads. oh, and i also dyed my hair an appalling pink color that was supposed to be red, but actually now that i look it again with my hair all did cute, it's growing on my. actually i'm kind of liking it a lot now. the thing is, i've got these red and white striped knee sock with fur trim to wear with my cute black dress to the company christmas party tomorrow, and this half-hearted fuschia trying so hard but not quite making it to be red, is going to clash something awful. but i'll worry about that tomorrow. right now, go go gadget webcam! must take pics of the new hair while it's still cute for say cheese thread!

xpost in ok!

[princess_dander]

e has always fascinated me since I tend to hide my emotions. I have always wondered if the feelings you get from being on it were genuine of if you just felt love and compassion for everything. I never took it also because I would want someone I trusted to take care of me when I. I've heard some cool things, but also some horror stories.

I have been such a stoner the last few weeks. I hate it when I smoke a lot, but it has been helping me deal with some anxiety related issues and it is just fun to smoke and relax and my goodness it helps me clean. Odd.

Right now I am missing valium and related pills. They relax me in a way that weed doesn't. They had a calming effect that brought me to a magical fantasy land. My brain turned off and I just sailed. With weed I need to be doing something, listening to music, singing, writing cleaning

Isn't GHB mixed with other drugs? Unless I knew the chem geek who was making it, I wouldn't try it.

[themeiu]

Hellotampon-

Haven't been in here in a while. Re: MDMA there is definitely a difference. Personally, I'm very careful about where I get all my things from, but especially this one. MDMA is a specific compound while 'e' is a street name for a substance that may or may not include MDMA and who knows what else. The thing is, you are messing with your neurotransmitters. I'm taking a Biological Psych class right now and we've been discussing how molecules bond to various receptor sites. Some things may be very similar in structure but the way they behave in your body could cause some real damage. This is what makes 'e' so dangerous, because it's messed with so often by people who just want to make a quick buck. Moral of the story: know your source.

The last time I did MDMA was at Burning Man this year (actually it was the day after the last post here was written.. my B-Day!) I have taken it about 6 times or so previously over the last 3 years. But this time was way way different. I'm not sure if it was because everything is so intense out there already or something else, but only me and my friend were overwhelmed and our friends were soooooo happy. I finally understood why they call it rolling. I would start walking and then have to lay down in the middle of the desert and would be totally out of control, laying there and experiencing these waves of sensations. When this started to even out, we went back to where our friends were dancing. I thought it had been about 1/2 hour or 45 min, but it had been 3 HOURS. I wonder if I had been able to work through it better I would have been ok, but it's the kind of thing I usually just surrender too because I have the expectation that's it's going to feel good. So, I'm hesitant to try it again for a while, but we will see.

I happen to be a pretty big fan of GHB. Anyone have any thoughts?

[hellotampon]

About a month ago at a festival my boyfriend and I took some E (energizer bunnies- they were big white pills), and it was really cold out, and for some reason my boyfriend wanted to lay in the tent under our sleeping bag, and I went in there with him instead of socializing with our friends outside. How stupid. They peaked fast and hard. We had already eaten and started to come down from a small dose of mushrooms by the time we took the E so I was laying there in a sorta dreamy half-sleep and all of a sudden I felt the the peak. It hit me like a ton of bricks. I had t fight the urge to run outside and be like, "somebody help me I'm freaking out!" because I knew that wouldn't actually help. I tried reasoning with myself, saying it was just drugs and it would pass, but that didn't help at all. Luckily the intense part didn't last very long. The next day I had a hangover. I know sitting around in the tent was a waste of drugs, but I still don't know if I'll do E again. My first time was amazing, but every pill is different and you never know what they're actually like until you take them and usually it kinda sucks. Has anyone done plain MDMA? I'm wondering if that's any better. I can never seem to get a hold of it anywhere.

I did some acid the other day. It was okay. It didn't last for very long, which was kinda disappointing, but sometimes I get sick of being high anyway. Acid is so good. I've never had a bad trip, and I've had 2 really good ones. Mushrooms, on the other hand, are usually bad for me.

[lorewolf]

Kickass! This thread is alive again

It was dorment for like half a year a couple years ago.

Heeeeey DUDEs!