Come on, you know we've all had days like this

[twirlgrrl]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR4ASm__rT4

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[lovingalien.livejournal.com]

He is one of those people that would totally be annoying to be around when...ya know...Just be the lighting rod! Don't talk about it so much.

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

LOLOL you are so right. Just BE the lightning rod, dude!!!

Actually when we were watching it and he came to the conclusion that he was going to stop taking drugs, Evan and I both said "GOOD." When you start thinking that you shut down the town's electricity so that you wouldn't have to work, that's a good time to stop.

[ninjalie.livejournal.com]

hah I thought some of the stuff he was saying was a little... over the top. Like come on dude you should ponder this shit in a sober state. I roll my eyes when I see people say this shit and they think they are the first persons to think it. It makes me wonder if my epiphanies are nearly as redundant and overdone.

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

When you're on mushrooms they are. ;-)

I think it's hilarious to see his wheels turning, to see him try to put together this great revelation he's had--most of us have been through the experience of putting those pieces together later and not having them fit into the amazing epiphanies we thought we had, but most of us were smart enough not to do so on camera and post it to the internet.

Still, it captures that phenomenon pretty well and I love it for that. Brings back memories.

[canetoad.livejournal.com]

"Come on, you know we've all had days like this"

No. No, we haven't.

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

Well, maybe not on the internet.

Come on, haven't you ever had your brain blown apart and then had to put it back together piece by piece? Or had one of those cosmic realizations so significant that for a moment the universe cracked and you saw light shining through from the other side, only to be unable to recreate the thought and record it for posterity?

And if so, aren't you glad you didn't videotape yourself?

[canetoad.livejournal.com]

There's a very serious, rather long answer to your question, and I may think about it and post at some time. But for now the short answer is, "No. I'm not built that way."

[ninjalie.livejournal.com]

Hmm, hard to decide what to say, I use drugs when I want to understand society and learn how to integrate, I use them for artistic reasons, and spiritual reasons. I don't disassociate from society though. At least not because of them. If anything they refresh my interest in the world around me and inspire me to understand and improve upon my worldly surroundings. I'll always take breaks but I'll never quit. It's a cycle and if I stay in the same psychological state things become stagnant. Without distorting or changing my mind (with drugs) I fail to grow.

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

Hm. I totally understand what you are saying. I don't think drugs are the only path to get there, but some can certainly be a shortcut, depending on the circumstance. Going out into the (relative) wilderness for a decent chunk of time can have the same effect. I don't plan to ever stop going to the desert to blow out the pipes.