[neurotic.nelly]

Happy 4/20 bust ladies//

I am no longer a user of her majesty, but she is still soooo very relevant in my life. And I want to take some hemp oil, orally, which is supposed to have amazing health benefits. I'll post this info in my fav. youtube...

But anyhow//

I tried Salvia Div. this weekend. And AP had really great advice when dealing with this plant. So, I took her and other's advice and I had some amazing trips. Soooooo. short. But for someone who never really had any hallucinogens besides some mushroom tea... it was intense and beautiful and then it was over.

My boyfriend was my "sitter" I guess, but it just made him so horny that he couldn't think about anything but pawing me. Ever time I came out of the trip he was there, pawing me. =( He's a good guy though, saying NO gets thru to him immediately!

1st experience: I had some Native music playing, the lights dimmed, and I hit it twice, hard - held em' in, and looked forward at my window overlooking a lake and the full moon and dark sky. The light was dark, and orangy. So, for some reason I felt like I was an Native Indian Man from Mexico in a desert with the moon in the background. I was wondering about the room about me ( the room and I felt united as though we were one ) I was saying, "wow, oh! wow" like I was having an orgasm. Which is what it felt like: ecstasy. Well, the boy, whose experience was mellow as hell compared to this, sees me and gets hard as a rock...

2nd experience: same night. I hit it twice and laid down with a naked boy at my side. I went completely out. I was being sucked into a geometry of squarish shapes. EVERYTHING around me disappeared. I was then in a place where the plant was tickling me.

* I am tipsy right now *

[dj-bizmonkey]

ap- go fedex! my bro used to send me stuff from his garden while i was in college all the time. just make sure its vacuum sealed.

erinjane, my brother, the grower is also allergic! go figure. he's fine when he smokes, but whenever he'd tend to his plants he would break out in hives all over his arms and legs. go figure.

there is no pot to be seen here in NOLA, wah. it looks like i'll have a no smoke 4/20 this year. take a big puff for me ladies. le sigh.

[erinjane]

Have you been smoking a different strain?? Maybe that's it?

I was thinking about that. I get whatever my dealer has but they've only started selling in the last few months so they're always getting lots of different kinds. I'm not too concerned about it though. I think it also has to do with my level of stress right now.

I totally forgot it was 420 on Sunday. I think I'll just stay home and get high by myself. That sounds divine right now.

[falljackets]

themeiu, you just reminded me of this. a few years back, we were sooo stoned at a friend's beach house and he put in the tape of wizard of oz/dark side and followed it up with that clip. holy crap, it was awesome stoned. i just watched it again and it was ok... but after the primo shit we had that night at the beach, that shit was wild.


i will be celebrating 4/20 vicariously through you all on sunday. have a beautiful day.

and another just for kicks: 420 dude

[themeiu]

My friends are having a movie night on Sat. night and when it turns to midnight we are planning on turning on the dark side of the moon/ wizard of oz thing. Classic. Should be good giggly times. I really need it this week too. School and work have been crazy, plus my dad had heart surgery today. He's doing fine, but the next few weeks are gonna be crazy, trying to balance taking care of him with everything else. eh.
What other plans do y'all have?

[crinoline]

So who else is planning a 4/20 celebration this weekend?

[auralpoison]

I am down to just a smidgen of the good stuff. I am saddened that I will soon be back on the Mex. I'm wondering if M can send me some pot. If he packed it in coffee & mailed it first class . . .

[culturehandy]

Have you been smoking a different strain?? Maybe that's it?

[erinjane]

I did mushrooms on tuesday and they were sooooo disappointing this time. I really didn't feel much of anything except super sleepy. My friend and I both ended up crashing about an hour and a half after we took them. I think however, that I wasn't in the right frame of mind for them anyways. But still, felt like a waste of money.

So, in the past year I've gone from a very infrequent pot smoker to chronic (only in the last month or so). The problem is, I think I've developed an allergy. I've had hives three times this week and the only common thing I can think of between them is pot. I was really stressed and had them really badly last saturday, then I had a few on tuesday night, and then last night after a night of heavy smoking I popped out with just a few on my hips. I figure since I'm going away for two months on wednesday, and wont' be smoking much on my trip, i'll just pop some antihistamines and enjoy my last few days at home. Hives seem to be the only symptom.

[dj-bizmonkey]

mushrooms aren't really my bag ever since i threw up in an amsterdam house music dance club toilet. the colors were amazing, but i thought my head was going to explode. i've always been very good at 'wigging in' as it were. in my circle of friends, it was considered cool to eat as many drugs as possible and still act like you were totally sober. i don't know why we held ourselves to that standard but we did. even with alcohol. i'd wake up in the morning and say, 'man i'm hungover,' and my friends would say, 'seriously? i didn't even think you were drunk last night!'

that being said, with my close lady friends i would always geek out. you know, have play-dough fights, finger paint, watch yellow submarine over and over again. and of course, chain smoke cigarettes. i've always like acid better than mushrooms for whatever reason. i think it might just be the nausea associated with them. i don't mind going deep into my head and taking 4 tylenol pm or a valium to pass out when my brain won't shut up.but, as i said before, candy flipping is my all-time fave. acid makes you say, 'why?' while ecstasy makes you say 'yes!' i always felt like the two drugs were a perfect combination. acid to keep you, er, grounded, and ecstasy to keep you from wigging out too much.

i don't think i'd ever use the term entheogens though, not to bunk your friend themeiu. i guess i've always felt like drugs were a kind of false prophet. for me, it was always about fun and recreation, not opening my mind. that's not to say that i haven't had spiritual experiences while on drugs, but i don't feel like that is their express purpose for me. i know people take san pedro to rid themselves of demons or go to ibogane (sp?) clinics to get over addiction, but for me, that's never been my aim. i just want to alter my conciousness and dance like a hippie.

i'm out of good pot. wah. actually, there was an article published in the universiy newspaper about the city-wide pot shortage in new orleans. go figure. maybe i should have been more conservative with my smoking.

[themeiu]

I just recently had a friend tell me that she doesn't like to call them psychedelics because this often has negative implications. Instead she calls them entheogens which is how many native cultures refer to them. It means "god within" literally, which translates to "inspired". There is a theory that almost all cultures had "drums or drugs" involved in their spiritual practices. I can see that, sometimes dancing can get you into a very "high" (although I kinda don't like that term because it cheapens the experience) state of mind.

[culturehandy]

I also stopped smoking for a long time as I didn't like how it was making me feel. I do believe this was because I was so stressed and unhappy at work and was making decisions about school. So, I stopped.

Now, I use cautiously because I felt like such an ass and I don't want to go there again.

[erinjane]

My older brother has that paranoid mindset now too. He was the biggest pothead I knew when he was 17-19, but his girlfriend got pregnant when he was 19 and he really freaked out and I think all the stress of having a baby and being married to an alcoholic wore him down. At most he smokes up once a year now because he hates how he feels on it.

[themeiu]

Yeah, I agree with hellotampon, but it's a very personal thing. I *always* get really nauseous on the fungus. I also feel that with acid it's much easier to guide things, while with shrooms it seems really emotional and serious. The 12 hour thing took some getting used to, but I really like it because it allows you to stay in that reality longer and get comfortable there and have great insights. Acid really feels warm and fuzzy to me like I'd been wrapped in a love blanket, but I have been blessed with very very good stuff.
But i do have a lot of friends that prefer the fungus. I even had once friend recently describe it to me as "coming home" her first time.

Wow, just checked out the rest of this thread. So glad it's revived, lots going on that I want to respond to.
I used to love weed and it was really magical and comforting. But recently every time I get stone I feel really paranoid and anxious and critical of myself and others. It's really rough, and I just want the good times back.
My theory is that when I was smoking the most about a year ago I was going through a really bad break-up (read: sure we can still have sex, it won't bother me...... right) and we would smoke together often. So I just got stuck in this mind-set and every time reminds me of that state of mind again.
I'm trying to smoke only in situations where I feel really good, and am surrounded by people I love. It's getting better, but not like before. Anyone else experience this?

As far as Salvia, I always have a big pile of pillows that I can just collapse into, so I don't have to worry. The nice thing about it is that it doesn't last terribly long, so if it gets scary, you can come back sooner.

I will have to check in here more often!

[auralpoison]

See, I like mushrooms better than acid. With shrooms, I can "turn it off" sort of. I can sleep my way out of it. But acid can sometimes just keep going & going & going. My brain won't shut up enough for me to sleep.

And I guess the 4:20 depends on your time zone as it was only 3:20 here. I guess it's always 4:20 somewhere!

[hellotampon]

I don't like mushrooms. I love acid, but with mushrooms I always feel kinda anxious and generally crappy, and I spend the whole time waiting to come down.

[culturehandy]

I got some mushrooms from a friend, I don't want to to them alone, but so many of my friends aren't into mushrooms. And one of my friends, who I'd love to get high with, I'm having issues with. I'll just keep them wrapped up until I can no longer resist their mushroomy goodness.

[LilMissStrange]

Thanks for the Salvia tips auralpoison! I'm excited for the experience and not so nervous about a bad trip anymore, plus I found a great and experienced sitter.

P.S. I LOVE how your last message was posted at 4:20! Definately an Afroman day

[auralpoison]

I'm having an Afroman day . . .

I was gonna clean the kitchen . . . but then I got high
I was gonna do some laundry . . . but then I got high
I was gonna go see my grandparents . . . but then I got high
Now I'm watching CSI . . . while I get high, while I get high, while I get high.

[erinjane]

Yeah, I kind of feel like I have my own little bubble of people. I've been pretty fortunate to meet some cool folks by virtue of being in the women's and gender studies department at UofW. Did you know that tonight at Desire there's a dance party with MEN (JD and Jo from Le Tigre)? EEEEEeeeeee! I'm so excited, I just picked up my tickets from Into the Music.