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mostly just messing around, came up with a sort of possible cover for the book/novel/cycle of stories I'm working on; or rather, more of a guide for what I want to do, or want someone else more proficient than I do;

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needs a lot of touch up; a draft of the concept really but I like it although not really entirely how it turned out; needs some softening, touching up, details, not to mention copyright issues with a few of the incorporated images (the stealie is actually a noninsignificant one and God knows if their holding company would be interested in licensing any images to a narrative that doesn't exactly show the bright side of the scene surrounding the band; although "criticism, review, or parody," as we all have probably heard, right up there with "resemblances to any persons living or dead...")
 
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thanks; and glad to hear you're reading/enjoying the draft (for anyone interested, I am working on a book, working title Human Consumption, which deals with life, love, crime, and drugs in the psychedelic underground ca. 2001-2010, a pretty special time in the history of that scene that will probably never be replicated.

as regards the text I forget where I left people off in terms of what I uploaded but I do have another chapter or two writtten and considerably expanded some of the other stuff, at least another chapter maybe more is online in the same place; I do more intend to release 2-3 chapters at a time in a reasonable rough draft state

if anyone who hasn't already is interested and I reasonably know you or of you I can share a bit of the writing with you, but I've decided against posting the great majority of it on Bluelight (I think I did post a very, very, early draft of one story)

art-wise an alternative idea from the same sources is more about lines; i prefer the watercolor-effect style considerably but it does lose some detail (the hand-with-syringe had to be somewhat sloppily placed in again, the cash thing done totally differently [and not to my satisfaction at all in either one], etc., and I dropped thte nose, eyes, and sensory homonculus which I actually I think at day's end, particularly the latter, as it's discussed in the text, are worth including)

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obviously both are very much related just different effects and layout, mostly the same sources in stock images, etc. neither one will be on any sort of end result, what I would like to see probably would have elements of both, but I think what I'm more trying to do is create a draft that could tell a real artist being commissioned the sort of themes and stuff that I'd be looking for, not that I'd want to dictate line by line but a by a general concept ...
 
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^On the first image I couldn't tell that was a stealie, thought it was the planet Earth lol

Cool image though for the cover concept, I dig it. Sorry I haven't gotten around to reading much of your draft, got a few pages in but I've been very distracted lately.
 
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Went to a NHL game for the first time tonight. It was the most fun thing ive done in a long time.
 
swilow said:
Nice stuff there :). I like the description of hopeful music, pretty perfect for the sound. Is that you singing?

Its like a tap on the shoulder saying 'don't relax, everything is still shit'
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Thanks! Yup that's me. Here's one I recorded tonight: https://soundcloud.com/tryptopain/strawberry-wine-the-band

I think that's the basic mechanism of depression, except I get it less intrusively, Like the connection between desire and effort gets broken and you lose your ability to foresee a positive outcome from acting.

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Do it. I'm a big fan of sobriety breaks. ... which is exactly when I started journal-keeping. ... if you really do want to stop, then drugs lose their appeal, and zero balls are required.
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Thanks for the encouragement! I am really in two minds with usage right now, I think I am very compulsive and I have to force myself to break the cycle to reassess things.. Started yesterday, I guess. But I am going to cut out phenibut as well, which means Monday will be zero day. Nice post on journaling, funny I had just started one up. I'll try to return to your thread and post my thoughts in a few weeks.

SKL said:
art-wise an alternative idea from the same sources is more about lines; i prefer the watercolor-effect style considerably but it does lose some detail
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That is a very cool image. Maybe you can find a middle ground that incorporates blocky watercolor and finer lines? I am thinking like the Saga covers Fiona Staples paints.

Also I just wanted to say that I'm very grateful that I found this group. You folks have been really kind and welcoming.
 
Well I pretty much lost my voice. 2 nights ago it started getting hoarse, I had been sick but felt better, but I did 5-MAPB and stayed up late talking a whole lot and laughing and smoking weed. By the later part of the night it was noticeably hoarse. A little worse yesterday but I also stayed up late with friends last night. This morning I could barely speak. Fortunately my plan today is to stay home, drink tea, do some work so next week isn't a total slice of hell, and read a book. I've never lost my voice before, I hope it comes back soon...

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Also I just wanted to say that I'm very grateful that I found this group. You folks have been really kind and welcoming.
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Yeah PD is a pretty great place. Three of my best friends I met on here years before we ended up in the same town, only met because of PD. And all my other best friends in town I met incidentally through them too. All the people I play music with... the reason I even started playing music again after 12 years. You could definitely say that PD changed my life. :) I've met a variety of people from here and everyone has been awesome.
 
I'd argue that PD has changed my life, but I couldn't tell you all the ways in which it has. The community-feeling has certainly made me feel like I'm not alone on this planet. It's so hard to find anyone who likes psychedelics in real life, and this forum gives me the opportunity to express a social side of myself which people who know me day to day rarely see.
 
Yeah that is the most important function that PD provided for me, when I first joined (and for years afterwards). I was having my early intense world-shattering trips, and I desperately needed people to share with and relate to about it. Unfortunately no one in my life was available. My girlfriend at the time was against psychedelics and didn't know about my use (not recommended by the way, I'd never do that again), and I would send trip reports to my friends and want to talk to them about it but I found out later they were all worried about me, they thought I was going crazy just from describing the trips and how much they meant to me, and they were considering an intervention. I think I would have withdrawn and possibly ended up in a bad place without PD. I found it from reading one of morninggloryseed's reports on Erowid where he mentioned it. Joined and it was like, wow, a bunch of people like me! It meant so much to me, and still does, though now I have friends in the real world who I share psychedelics and experiences with (who I met on here :D)
 
For me the discovery of Bluelight correlated with my running out of trip reports to read on Erowid, and my 'pseudo-acid Summer' of 2013. I came here and made an account so I could find ways to determine if my LSD was real. Other forums like the shroomery and drugs-forum lacked the harm-reduction aspect of identification I so desperately needed at that time. I was scared real LSD would be gone forever. I found that many were duped with Nbomes just like I had been, and that if it's bitter, it's a spitter, and that was one valuable ass lesson. Do y'all remember how bad it was for a while? By the time I became a mod here earlier this year, the Nbomes were on their way out... but 2014-2015? There was an Nbome/Why does my acid taste so terrible thread every day. It was an epidemic. I'm so glad to see that Bluelight (IMO) has helped to end the misinformation on God's dearest of chemicals and has helped to put the Nbomes back where they belong, in the obscurities of history, where they can harm no more.
 
As someone might remember I joined here a few years ago after experimenting with MXE and having really life changing holes with it. I had been a long time lurker before signing up after I started using psychedelics about 5 years ago. It's only been 5-6 years since I took my first psychedelic which was 2C-B, wow.

Lately I have had thoughts about letting the drugs go and open a new window in my life, mostly because I'm afraid that I'll end up destroying my life using them too much and I feel like I already got the message.

This really has been the best drug related forum I've used with a lot of enthusiastic people.

A friday night with my oldest friend from kindergarden and 3-MeO-PCP made us to go swimming today - which was our hobby back when we were kids. It was so fun we bought a subscription to the swimming baths. It feels great to do some sports finally. I think the reason why I stopped it as a kid is because I want to be the absolute best at what I do and I wasn't so interested in it. At the same time I started playing this videogame called CS which I've been playing over 15 years and dare to say I'm one of the best players in my country, but never went professional with it. It's not too late, but I feel like I should choose between it and my university studies and the latter feels more important but not nearly as enjoyable of course. I could choose to became a real specialist on my field of study, or making my dream of professional CS player coming true.
 
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I'm trying some different hobbies. I really wanna make my own instruments. Thinking of learning candle making or glass blowing. I've started to collect vinyl which is expensive but satisfying. I too want to do stuff that's not drugs.

Heading to Europe next year hopefully!
 
swilow said:
I'm trying some different hobbies. I really wanna make my own instruments. Thinking of learning candle making or glass blowing. I've started to collect vinyl which is expensive but satisfying. I too want to do stuff that's not drugs.

Heading to Europe next year hopefully!
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This friend I was talking about collects vinyls, it's really cool. I also enjoy vinyls and it's awesome to see his collection and listen to them when we hang out.

Where in Europe? You should visit Finland while you're here. :)
 
yo swilow if you happen to come to Vienna, hit me up!

I am pretty glad that the election turned out as it did (we had a presidential election today), thankfully no right wing nationalist president, but a moderate one (who even was head of the green party). everybody was so edgy, but hope is restored now ;)

and tomorrow I will do an indole synthesis in the lab, can't wait!
 
swilow said:
I'm trying some different hobbies. I really wanna make my own instruments. Thinking of learning candle making or glass blowing. I've started to collect vinyl which is expensive but satisfying. I too want to do stuff that's not drugs.

Heading to Europe next year hopefully!
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You should come to America while you're in Europe. Just a quick hop across a pond ;)
 
Cream Gravy? said:
It's so hard to find anyone who likes psychedelics in real life, and this forum gives me the opportunity to express a social side of myself which people who know me day to day rarely see.
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Yeah, It's been quite like this for me. I'm really interested in psychedelic experimentation, but I have almost none to share this with, appart from my SO. My friends think we are crazy and will end up frying our brains .
 
The place I moved to has tons of people into psychedelics, I get into conversations with random people I meet here. Also if you go to any music festivals you'll find tons of psychedelic users. If you can find any smaller local ones you could probably make some real friends there too. Plus they're all kinds of fun.
 
I've met a few people at musical events and through friends here, it's how I'm in touch with acid these days. But I don't necessarily agree with many of their personalities or something and so I still end up feeling more at home here. My best friend and I trip together once every month or so, every week for a few weeks last summer. But he's only willing to use LSD, I can't get him to move on to exotics like me. So I have a huge collection of exotics, but no time or people to do them with.

Swilow, I collect vinyls. It's hard to find other people IRL into that too, and it can indeed be costly. My old roommate of three years collects them, but he was my only friend who did and I don't see him these days. I usually peruse ebay, you can pick up expensive collectibles from estate sales that haven't got a clue what they've got. Here's my poor collection:

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Much of it has been gifted to me for birthdays and other holidays. My girlfriend's folks had a bunch of old Beetles and Pink Floyd records in pretty good condition laying around one Christmas when I was visiting them, and they haven't a record player, so they just gave me their whole collection. The more rare stuff I've sniped on ebay or at thrift stores. Been a while since I've bought anything, but my next record I wana hunt down is In the Court of the Crimson King. The gatefold artwork is amazing on that one, not to mention it's my favorite prog rock album.
 
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