long weekend
Dec. 23rd, 2002 07:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
novapsycheThe last three days dragged by, as I was without an ISP. Apparently, there was a problem with the billing address, yadda yadda yadda; I got it all worked out. So I'm happy. :)
Considering that I'm unemployed, I managed to get together a collection of Christmas gifts. This is the first year I've given gifts in I don't know how long. (However, I was not successful in getting Christmas cards mailed out. I'll have to try harder next year.)
Much of my money was spent on little gift bags, mainly because I can never find any little gift boxes. Doesn't some major store chain sell little gift boxes? Jeez, it would have made my life a lot easier. I look for them every year, too; no dice, ever.
During this long weekend, I filled much of my time looking over the beginning of I and Thou by Martin Buber. Wow. That's all I can say. The simplicity and clarity makes the message just shine through. This is the kind of theology I like to read!
Also, I took in Adaptation Saturday. I really liked it. It was funny in ways I hadn't seen a movie be funny before. There were a lot of literary/writer's jokes in there (it being a film whose main role is a screenwriter). Nicolas Cage was surprisingly good. It was hard to believe that he wasn't really two people.
Lastly, which in real-time happened firstly, I had the most dramatically amazing DXM experience ever. I'd given myself a fortnight of sobriety, and had kept myself from viewing the copy of Baraka I'd borrowed from the library that week until the day I'd dose. Also, I took in the pilot of Firefly, which I hadn't had a chance to see before then. I was blown away. After I saw the entire pilot, I seriously considered organizing a letter campaign to save the show. I still might, actually. Anyone know how to get one started?
Considering that I'm unemployed, I managed to get together a collection of Christmas gifts. This is the first year I've given gifts in I don't know how long. (However, I was not successful in getting Christmas cards mailed out. I'll have to try harder next year.)
Much of my money was spent on little gift bags, mainly because I can never find any little gift boxes. Doesn't some major store chain sell little gift boxes? Jeez, it would have made my life a lot easier. I look for them every year, too; no dice, ever.
During this long weekend, I filled much of my time looking over the beginning of I and Thou by Martin Buber. Wow. That's all I can say. The simplicity and clarity makes the message just shine through. This is the kind of theology I like to read!
Also, I took in Adaptation Saturday. I really liked it. It was funny in ways I hadn't seen a movie be funny before. There were a lot of literary/writer's jokes in there (it being a film whose main role is a screenwriter). Nicolas Cage was surprisingly good. It was hard to believe that he wasn't really two people.
Lastly, which in real-time happened firstly, I had the most dramatically amazing DXM experience ever. I'd given myself a fortnight of sobriety, and had kept myself from viewing the copy of Baraka I'd borrowed from the library that week until the day I'd dose. Also, I took in the pilot of Firefly, which I hadn't had a chance to see before then. I was blown away. After I saw the entire pilot, I seriously considered organizing a letter campaign to save the show. I still might, actually. Anyone know how to get one started?
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Date: 2002-12-23 04:17 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2002-12-23 06:08 pm (UTC)The fun thing about the gift bags is that I had fun making hand-stamped tissue paper. I dug out my old rubber stamping equipment, some stamps, and had fun being kind of artistic. (Inevitably, I inked through some of the tissue paper onto my jeans. *sigh*)
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Date: 2002-12-23 07:52 pm (UTC)peace and love
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Date: 2002-12-23 08:01 pm (UTC)My attempt to describe DXM (anyone else, feel free to chime in....)
Date: 2002-12-23 08:24 pm (UTC)DXM is dextromethorphan hydrobromide. It is used as a cough suppressant and is normally found in over-the-counter medications. Also, the pure compound is available as DXM HCl; it comes in powder form.
DXM is a dissociative, in the same drug family as ketamine and PCP (though it is not nearly as dangerous as PCP). It affects the parasympathetic nervous system: on it, one's eyes will dilate, heart race will increase, blood pressure may increase, temperature may increase. Ataxia is a common side effect: one's speech may become slurred, and motor activity is affected. The perception of time (and sometimes space) will often appear altered. Physical euphoria can occur. On the other hand, vomiting and high fever may also occur.
Of the people who try DXM, 1/3 like it, 1/3 dislike it, and the last third are neutral toward it.
I feel I'm not describing it with justice. Go to William White's DXM FAQ. It's the best FAQ (let alone drug FAQ) on the 'net I've come across--and I've been on the 'net since '94.
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Date: 2002-12-25 11:02 am (UTC)difficult and almost impossible to score.
thc= tetrahydrocannabinol is amazing, absolutely
mind blowing, the journey feels like it will last forever.
100 % better than blunt tokin' and finding thc in it's
truest/ purest form is not possible where i live.
seems i desire that which isn't easily attainable.
[my life story, forever seeking solution to the gravity
problem]