I had pot brownies for 5 straight days, taking each about 8p, feeling the effects at around 9:30pm, and giving me unbelievably relaxing sleeps by midnight. The last two days I have been off of them… because I ran out. I still feel relaxed and last night I had a good sleep. I think THC might be an important molecule for humans.
The “stoned ape” theory is interesting. Basically, it’s that the reason we have our large frontal lobes and the ability to imagine, and anticipate, and visualize, and create, is because at some point in the distant past, our ape ancestors started eating psychedelic plants as part of their regular diet. Generation after generation of those apes would consume these plants– plants that have molecules in them that are highly compatible with certain neurotransmitter receptors in our brains. Over time, our brains grew in response to these special molecules, and eventually we ended up with the ability to imagine, visualize, be creative, etc. without needing to ingest that molecule that made it possible. Our brains changed to basically *have* have that molecule naturally, and thats the state we are in now. When we take those molecules now, such as THC or psilocybin, we have experiences that might be important– after all, those molecules are quite possibly what make us human to begin with. Maybe we’ve spent too much time trying to convince ourselves there’s something “unnatural” about them– despite the fact they’re more natural than the majority of other things we put into our bodies.
On the philosophical side, one theorist posited that in some ways, because the molecules in those plants and mushrooms serve no apparent purpose for the organism itself, and only seems to have a purpose when ingested by other organisms, they could be considered the way that plants communicate to us. In other words, lacking a CNS and a brain, this other form of life, plant life, actually communicates with us by literally going into our brains directly and telling us things- about life on earth, about the nature of life, the unity of life, etc.
I have never done psilocybin or anything other than THC, but I’m utterly convinced I should try it, or DMT. Event the science is behind it now. Check out this journal article out of Johns Hopkins. Or the rest of their work.
Anyway. I have to get my shit in order this week. Job search, job applications, resumes and cover letters. Also, my band Sunken is releasing a demo in June so we’re hard at work on that. Also, I’m seeing two girls at once right now and it’s getting exhausting. One is a tall, super hot chinese film-studies chick who’s as horny as I am. The other is an All American JD/MBA/PhD with a rich family and a great personality and who wants to come over every day. I need to choose one and I’m finding that idea extremely difficult, though necessary of course. It’s been 2.5 months since I started dating one, and 3.5 months since I started with the other.
Awesomely rainy day today. Tycoon Death Plunge practice tonight.
Have a great Tiews, my monkeys.
