Having given up pot (for lent? No... longer, I think) two weeks ago, while I've felt some minor withdrawal symptoms, I haven't felt any great desire to escape reality.
But I have felt a small desire... more out of boredom, than anything.
This is where nutmeg, everyone's favourite hallucinogenic kitchen spice, comes in.
Lalalalalala...
Anyway, where was I?
Right... nutmeg.
I'd first tried it after reading the Big Fun glossary one night, possibly in some sort of narcotic daze...
It was at Vegie's place after some sort of heavy night, if I recall... There may have been friendly racial violence at some point.
Anyway, there was an entry on Nutmeg which intrigued me...
Nutmeg was a drug? Apparently so, and at some point... I tried it.
And I'll tell you something for nothing... I know exactly why nobody knows you can get off on nutmeg.
Cos it's fucking horrible...
Firstly, it tastes terrible.
Secondly, it gets stuck in the nooks and crannies of your mouth and continues to taste horrible.
Thirdly, Possible Intense Hallucinations...
I've done it about four or five times since... The last two have been within a week of each other - last night, and then the Saturday night before.
Blah blah blah... My hands melted into the steering wheel one time, but mostly it just makes you stumble a lot... and see mosquitoes that aren't there.
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I have tapes to transcribe from last Saturday, and also last night.
This is all I've managed so far:
Transcribed from a tape recorded sometime between 12 and 12.30am:
Dr. Cam: Rightio, folk. We've got some V. We've got some Recharge by Sprite, and we've got some Red Eye! Now which should we try first, Vegie?
Dr. Vegie: Let's go for the good old V.
Dr. Cam: Yep. We're going to try some V. Now, V, as we know... oh well, we'll read that out later. Alright, let's give it a shot.
Drinking can be heard.
Dr. Cam: It's hard to describe the flavour of V. It's kind of like what you'd get if you took a bunch of ingredients that aren't meant to go together... put them together...
And they tasted horrible.
So you put a lot of sugar into it. That's kind of what V's like... Well, let's leave that for a second. We'll take a sip of water to cleanse our palate.
Sipping can be heard.
Dr. Cam: What next, do you reckon, Vego.... Recharge by Sprite or Red Eye.
Dr. Vegie: How about the Recharge.
Dr. Cam: Recharge it is... we're going left to right... that seems to be the thing... well let's give this a shot.
Now Recharge by Sprite is a lot easier to describe. Because it tastes quite a lot like Sprite.
There's a lot more.
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Anyway, all this thinking about nutmeg, got me thinking about The Gus, whose internettual diary inspired me to start this thing I'm doing, basically.
So, I cruised by his internet site.
He makes a good point here about free anti-spyware programs:
"I suppose people still aren't used to the notion that a free, unmarketed product can be vastly superior to an expensive, heavily-promoted one. After all, our consumer culture does everything it can to keep this lesson from being taught."
This thought can easily be applied to other products, such as milkshakes.
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So, I spent my evening with Jelly.... we drove around 200 kilometers in all... Firstly out to Tyers Lookout, then to Erica, then back to Traralgon, then to Rosebud, then we attempted to go to Loch Sport, but found ourselves back in Traralgon... Around five hours in all. It was hella enlightening, and full of deep thoughts - without chemical assistance.
The nutmeg didn't kick in until I got back to Warragul.
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