Butcher shop

Digging into our botanicals, we tried blue lotus 25x extract and kratom- not together, at separate times during the day so that we could reflect upon our experience without it being clouded by mixing the two. I mixed a gram of the extract w 2 cups of cheap, shitty white wine.
Andrew, me, n our flatmate drank it in 2 rounds.
I asked Andrew to blog about his experience:

"The blue lotus, much like the white lotus, caused a warm sensation, with a relaxation of leg and back muscles.  Feelings came on within a few minutes and lasted several hours.  The mildness of the experience was not unpleasant, in that there was no feeling that there was another level to attain. 

Consuming the kratom later on, feelings were similar to both lotuses in the sensation and duration.  It was much less pleasant to drink, but the feelings were nice."

Honestly I wasn't impressed w the kratom. I brewed a tea w a full ounce, and reduced it but not so far as to turn it into a thick syrup. We split it, and this should've been a strong dose 4 a couple of 1st-timers. Initally I felt an increase in body temp- I noticed Andrew was very warm and I got uncomfortably over-heated. I went n smoked a cigarette n noticed my muscles relaxing n a short wave of floatiness, but didn't last long. I also felt like jumping Andrew.
The blue lotus made me a little silly, but it wasn't anything really profound. Maybe I didn't drink enough. Although I drank a lot less white lotus n that seemed 2 relax me far more n made me a lot more euphoric n silly. We are totally sold on kava. We drank it first thing this morning n it got us in the right mind-set 4 a long day of working. I felt relaxed n energized, ready 2 spend hours in the clay studio. I got all sorts of work done.
Ok so the kratom sucks. It kept me up all night.

Anal retention

I made this today, along w a bowl n started a large piece.

Kava kava

I'm embarrassed 2 say I haven't been paying attention 2 the news this past week. I've been too busy trying 2 take advantage of the warm spell. Andrew n I ordered some psychoactive botanicals a couple weeks ago. It finally arrived this past Wed. We got a variety of things, but so far we've only used the powered kava root. It doesnt make u trip or anything like that, but it does relax u in a gentle warm wave that washes over u. Andrew finds great relief in drinking it after work. He wears crappy shoes so his back n knees constantly hurt. It makes Ur mouth go slightly numb when u first sallow it. N we've both taken to the taste. We've been mixing it with coconut milk, sugar, water n lime. Once we find soy lechtin in a local grocery store we'll b able 2 experiment w other receipes- coconut milk sorta limits u. I try not 2 smoke a lot of tree while drinking kava because I'm worried the effects will be lost. But a little accompanies it nicely!
We had a combination 2 c kava drink n 1 c 25x white lotus extract. The lotus seemed 2 play up the muscle relaxant side of the kava n made things a bit fuzzy n my head a little floaty. It was a great combo w the warmth that kava provides.
Oh I made chili today. I never remember 2 write down chili receipes so I never remember 2 compare/contrast batches. This is bad news. So here's what I used in this last batch:
1/2 c Bacon grease
2 lbs beef for stew
1 vidalia onion
1/2 bulb of garlic.
1 LG can of diced tomatoes
1 LG tom puree
1 can pinto beans
1 can BLACK beans
1 can Italian white beans
1 LG can dark kidney beans
2 cans corn
Various dried chili powders
Paprika
Sriacha
I have no idea if its any good, I didn't try it yet. Andrew likes it, so really that was the only thing I was worried about.

feb 15

I'm trying to get back into the swing of things. The weather has finally started to warm up, so I'm trying to warm my brain n hands to work together again. This is what I'm working on.

I've discovered the Blogger app. Now I'm never going 2 evr get off my fone evr again.
Im watching the super bowl pre-game shit. I just saw  the Bill o'reily interview w Obama. What the fuck. Who the fuck is gonna buy that that was a real interview? It was laid on as thick as their cake make-up. I don't understand how people don't walk around killing kittens 2 express their outrage. Mainly bc people keep themselves ignorant 2 it. I don't like watching the NFL. Not that I don't care 4 football, I just don't like the conglomerate, the NFL. I don't like the heavy marketing of it. I don't like there's so much money tied into it. I guess it is the last real thing u can watch on tv. The only not-staged, unscripted event that happens anymore on tv. The news. Debates. The academy awards. Religious epiphanies. Nothing is not scrutinized by an editor-in-chief. Unless its sports. It's makes too much money in gambling 2 stage it.
Derek jeter is dating Cameron diaz? He fucked Madonna too. So he's in2 women w men-ass? I knew that dude was gay.
Boy I can't wait 2 have my delicate sensibilities offended by the halftime show. Fergie had a dick at one point. I'm just sayin. She used 2 b a man. Holy crap kkk-bots. And I fucking hate glee.