the craziest thing i have ever seen was not even a hallucination, but rather a culmination of circumstance. it was the day after graduating from college (on time), and a good friend from the dorms 4 years ago indulged in some of the best blotter i've ever had the opportunity to eat, which i had been saving since october (it was may at this point). we had spent a while trying to determine which way the room we were in was actually slanting in and decided to move ourselves to the roof to check out the skyline and revel in the night. we watched buildings flashing, night changing to day changing to night, and i repeatedly had to make sure it actually was night time, because the way the moon burned through the clouds in front of it made me worry that i would be that asshole who melted his eyes by staring at the sun on lsd.
we got to discussing how it would be cool to eat some acid up there on the fourth of july, since wed have an incredible view of the fireworks show that happens like 10 blocks away. i said "hey, you know what would be even better? if we just happened to eat some acid on a night where there just happened to be some fireworks going off in philly." no more than a minute after my friend responded "in this city? it could happen," i catch a flashing out of the corner of my eye, and my friend hears the popping, and we realized that sure enough, there were some motherfucking fireworks going off! we were dumbfounded; thats not how it usually works. you dont just get fireworks when you ask for them while tripping. we couldnt figure out what it could possibly be (other than for us, of course,) i posed the idea that, well, "it is friday...is that something they do here? come on down, its friday and we're blowing shit up!".
after enjoying some of the best laughter of my life, and a great rest of the night, a friend confirmed that the phillies had won a game, and there were fireworks, and the location of the stadium coincided with where the fireworks were, so this was fucking real. we asked, and recieved. this was better than any graduation present i could possibly have asked for, and the funniest part is that they were the least visually interesting thing happening around us.