…since I posted on this blog.
Warning: confessional aesthetic used somewhat ineptly in the following blog post.
Employment is kind of awesome. It builds my resume. It pays for my beers. They say that the idle mind is the devil’s workshop. Well, how about the overbooked mind? I’ve felt kind of overwhelmed, not with the amount of work, but with the keeping-it-all-straight part. It’s hard having five jobs, one of which is being a full-time student, and all of which fluctuate wildly from week to week. But I do love all of them, so it’s a good busy.
What else. Seasonal Affective Disorder. Fuck that shit, it’s a pain in the ass. It was really, really bad in November. Really bad. I could hardly get out of bed and then I was tired by four o’clock in the afternoon. I craved fat and salt. I wanted to punch things. But the last two weeks have gone a little better. I don’t know. I just hate the cold and the ice and the snow and the cold. And the ice. And the snow. And the cold. The next ditch I live in will be a beautiful valley in the West.
Ditchville’s starting to get to me. It’s kind of, um, how to put this tactfully, provincial, and, um, isolated. Yeah. That’s it… provincial and isolated.
There’s a bunch of other stuff, too, but now that I’ve tried to be confessional on my blog, I realize, it’s public, and well, frankly, fuck the confessional impulse beyond complaining about the weather. Maybe I am a real Ditchdweller after all, on that point.
Filed under: marijuana | Tags: cannabis, hemp, l.a., la, los angeles, los angeles prepares for clash over marijuana, medical, medicinal, new york times
In the New York Times today, there’s an article about how Los Angeles is gearing up for a “clash” between law enforcement and the many cannabis clubs within the city.
Haven’t the citizens of L.A. already spoken with their money? Those dispensaries wouldn’t exist if people weren’t supporting them. Weed is popular and lucrative: Californians voted for Prop 215 fair and square, and now they’re supporting all of those dispensaries fair and square.
What seems to be the problem, law enforcement? Afraid for your job security? Why not quit your dangerous, underpaid job and work for a dispensary instead? Seems like the common-sense choice to me.
Leave the medical marijuana dispensaries alone. They’re legitimate businesses selling a popular medication.
I don’t know where this idiocy comes from, but I do know that it makes me livid.
At least NORML continues to debunk the bullshit myths that the government and law enforcement continue to propagate even in the face of a groundswell of public opinion in favor of legalization.
The zeitgeist says yes. Medical fact says yes. Common sense says yes. So stop saying no, you fearful, self-serving naysayers. Figure it out. Get on board.
God will judge all of us, and you’d hate to look the fool then, wouldn’t you, for imposing your moral viewpoint on the rest of us? We’re not hurting you. Stop hurting us. It’s impossible to legislate morality, so stop trying. Please.
Filed under: conspiracy theory | Tags: abilify, god, human sacrifice, jesus, lady gaga, mark of the beast, red lace, religious iconography, rolling stone, sun goddess, verichip
Recently, Rolling Stone magazine started showing up at my house. I didn’t subscribe to it. But somebody who isn’t quite sure how to spell my first name subscribed me to it, and it’s fantastic.
This week, I received the October 15, 2009 Rolling Stone. On page 32: the “Random Notes” section. On this page, you’ll see Eminem making a face for the camera and Amy Winehouse looking anorexic and crazy and somewhat like her head was dipped haphazardly in a tub of bleach. All of this, normal. What’s abnormal about the “Random Notes” section is the photograph and caption for Lady Gaga (who, it’s been previously established, is in cahoots with or is a brainwashing victim of the Illuminati).
The photograph looks something like this:
And the caption reads:
“LADY TATA: ‘Dude, you can totally see her flapjacks,’ said every single hetero man at New York’s Hiro Ballroom, where Lady Gaga emerged in this nipple-baring ensemble during a Marc Jacobs fashion-week afterparty.”
Okay, well, I don’t care about her nipples. People have those. What I do care about is that this costume makes her look like a human sacrifice, don’t you think? Naked and covered in blood? That choker? It looks like her throat is slit. Come, now, doesn’t anyone else see it? And that hair? You don’t think that’s religious iconography? I mean, say what you will about the purpose or meaning of the look, but get serious now – is the American public so stupid that all it can say is “I can see her flapjacks”????
What the fuck, people. Get with the program. Starting right now, let’s discuss the connotations and allusions present in this crazy-ass costume, and forget about the nipples. We all have them. Get over it.
Okay. Now that my kvetch about Lady Gaga is off my chest (sorry), let’s talk about the facing page.
The facing page is an advertisement for a drug called Abilify. I shit you not. It’s called Abilify. As in, giving you the ability to do something. What, I don’t know and can’t imagine. But Abilify. Geez. That’s cheesy and annoying at the least, and scary and Brave New World-esque at the worst.
What does Abilify do? Well, ostensibly it’s an anti-depressant, but get this: it’s meant to be paired with other anti-depressant drugs like: Lexapro, Zoloft, Prozac (another name I find irksome), Effexor CR (also irksome), and Paxil CR. This ad says, “Approximately 2 out of 3 people being treated for depression still have unresolved symptoms.” So, apparently, the answer is to take more pills? WHAT? Doesn’t anybody else hear that sentence and think, “Gosh, maybe that 66.7% of people should get off their meds and try something else”???
What is the world coming to???
In other news, the VeriChip looks like it’s going to come to market very soon. This chip will hold information on your health, your medication compliance (have you taken your Abilify today?), your finances, your social security number, and potentially much more. Remember: the Mark of the Beast will be on the forehead or in the right hand… I wonder where the VeriChip will be implanted? Beast or no beast, the VeriChip violates our personal privacy and personal liberties, and I don’t plan to get one. I hope nobody else does, either.
Filed under: marijuana | Tags: cannabis, cleome, plant that smells like marijuana, weed
Cleome
Cleome apparently smells just like skunky cannabis. And look how beautiful it is. I’ve recently become totally intrigued by this plant. Has anybody smelled it? Had it in your garden? What’s it like? Leave a comment!
Filed under: marijuana | Tags: bible, biblical, cannabis, christianity, church, healing, jesus, marijuana, pot, religion, spiritual, weed
Check out this article on the spiritual uses of cannabis. I fully subscribe to the idea that cannabis can be used for religious purposes, and applaud this historical examination of the plant’s role in religion.
Filed under: fashion, makeup, streaky tan, sunless tanning lotion | Tags: australian gold, cream, creamy gelato, derma dark, dermadark, fake, gel, indoor, lotion, tan, tanning
I’ve used the Australian Gold Creamy Gelato tanning lotion a few times now. I’m not sure I’ll buy it again, but here’s the info.
Fragrance
The fragrance is allegedly “melon smoothie,” but I find it’s more like a cross between fake lime and something non-food that’s vaguely acidic. The fragrance earns only a 3 out of 10 from me for its artificial scent.
Self Tanner – DermaDark Blend
The tanner itself is quite good and not streaky. The tan isn’t as dark as I was hoping it would be (given that this is a ‘bronzer’), but it was nice and even and not at all orange. I would recommend layering this one. It gets sticky if you use too much, but apply thin layers once or twice a day and you’ll eventually have a nice tan.
Moisturizer
This is more of a gel than a lotion, so it’s not super-moisturizing. You’ve got to be careful to not use too much, or it dries before soaking in and gets sticky. I give this a 3 out of 10 for moisturizing capability.
Ingredients
This lotion does not have parabens, and is one of the first paraben-free products Australian Gold has come out with. That, I like, but the ingredients label overall isn’t any better or worse than other tanning products IMO. I give this product a 5/10 for ingredients. There’s no tingle to this lotion (I don’t like tingle anyway, but if you do, consider yourself advised) and it allegedly has 92 minerals added to help you get a better tan on an indoor tanning bed. The primary reason I chose this lotion was for the DermaDark bronzer, with which I was satisfied, but by which I was not overly impressed.
Overall Rating
Overall, this is a nice lotion, but is probably overpriced. The only really compelling reason to choose this lotion is if DHA-based tanners don’t work for you. Next time, I’ll probably get a traditional lotion rather than using the DermaDark gel again.
Filed under: marijuana, school | Tags: cheat house, cheathouse, legalization, persuasive essay, plagiarism, pot, student papers, weed
Check out the specs on this essay I found at cheathouse.com:
Subject: DRUGS
Date: DEC 01, 2002
Level: HIGH SCHOOL, 11th GRADE
Grade: A-
Length: 9 pages
Note that this essay earned an A- at the 11th grade level, according to cheathouse. Expecting this to be a pretty good essay, huh? Looking forward to reading some golden prose? Well, here’s an excerpt:
Marijuana, pot, dope, chronic, budda, ganja, sinsemillia, grass, weed, greens. It seems that every where you turn these days, all you see is people discrediting marijuana. All you see and here about is are the so called “bad effects.” It makes you wonder if there are any good effects. But you must stop and consider where this information comes from. The government. The same government that made pot illegal? Yes, of course it’s the same government.
“Some people may feel nothing when they smoke marijuana. Others may feel relaxed or high.” What the hell is that? That is the propaganda that we are being fed by our wonderful government. “. . .may feel relaxed or high.” That is hardly a description. It …
Hey, kid: don’t quit your day school. This essay is shit-tacular and I’ve only read two paragraphs of it. If I ever see this shwag in my English 101 class in Ditchville, I’ll fail your ass. I don’t know what 11th-grade classroom this flies in, but it sure as hell ain’t mine. Your sweeping generalizations are unfounded, your heterographic homophones unproofread, your thesaurus woefully overused. I’m sure you got some points in high school for choosing a topic that doesn’t completely suck, but seriously, this looks like a damn first draft, not an A- paper nine pages in length. I shudder to think what C students’ papers look like in 11th grade classrooms these days.
May students be, thus, forewarned about plagiarism. Your own work will be better than the work you can plagiarize.
Filed under: marijuana | Tags: arrests, civil disobedience, george washington, hempseed, legalization, pot, weed
The bullshit continues. 847,864 Americans were arrested in 2008 for marijuana-related crimes. That’s approximately half of the drug arrests in the US.
And all of those arrests were for a non-violent crime committed by people using an herbal medicine that’s safer than Tylenol, less addictive than caffeine, and also a cure for cancer.
What we need, y’all, is a good healthy dose of civil disobedience.
Let’s end the racist waste of money that is the “war” on “drugs” – let’s regulate and tax cannabis for medical, industrial, and recreational purposes.
As George Washington once said: “Make the most of the hemp seed and sew it everywhere.”
Stop asking permission. Do what you feel is right regarding this valuable herbal medicine.
Filed under: marijuana | Tags: etsy, mary jane, pot, scented candle, weed
Today on Etsy, I saw this:
A candle that smells like cannabis.
This makes absolutely no sense to me. Maybe a glass shop would buy this?? I can’t think of anybody else that would have a use for it. Weird, weird, weird.
