On a nearly completely different note, my big regret is also leaving college. Not because I'm "not getting an education," (bullshit, etc.) but because it was the one event that I can trace all the shit in my life to. If I hadn't left school, I wouldn't have moved to a tiny hick town, found a job that I like too much to leave, but still can't stand, and had a disastrous engagement to an insane would-be Martha Stewart. Word: Always do what makes you happy.

yeah, always do what makes you happy, as long as it doesn't harsh anyone else's gig. do positive and avoid affecting anyone else's life in a negative manner. so much trouble in the world, don't add to it just for your own enjoyment. college for me was hard. there were times during those days when i wanted to quit or commit suicide. it felt like graduation would never come. a diploma was some sort of illusion meant for real people. then one day i was done. it was like holy shit! i'm fucking done with college. all that time and effort and pain and shit had finally come to an end. when i finally got my diploma i just looked at it, unbelieving. i graduated about 6 months ago and it already seems a lifetime away. that degree led to my dream job, where i sit now, and a whole life change for the better. word: put up with college if it sucks, it's worth it.

shit. if college sucks you're not taking the right drugs.

i don't know if i took the right drugs in college. i just took all the drugs. I'm now whining, college didn't suck all the time. it just got frustrating sometimes. plus my classes were a little tougher than those required for a liberal arts of psychology major. not putting that shit down, i'm just saying studying the underlying themes of Cool Hand Luke is a little easier on the constitution than trying to make 2-methyl-1,3-propanediolcyclohexanol from methyl alcohol and a bag of doritos.

This is getting good,what do you do Jay?

Have we seen this Antithesis before? Just in case: Fuck you, you ass! (Welcome to Sorabji.) Did you know that Martha Stewart arrests people attempting to photograph her driveway? This makes me deeply unhappy. Going back to college is always an option, I suppose. Just don't go to the East Coast. (That _is_ where Martha Stewart lives, right?)

I'm a marine biologist so i have a biology degree. required a lot of pain in the ass classes with long, impressive names.

I went to the beach yesterday, but I hate laying there baking in the sun. I spend all the time in the water. The waves were great yesterday, made for good body surfing. Gotta get me one of those boogie boards.

shit. plus my class were a little tougher than those required for a liberal arts, psychology or BIOLOGY major.

I always liked biology, but it never really impressed me. Kind of like some men I've known. Somehow Jay I had you figured as a bum doctor...what's the name for someone who knows all the shit about colons?

An asshole? As they say, it takes one to know one.....

Proctologist. And I was going to go swimming today, but it suddenly looked very uninviting. Maybe because the fog rolled in just as I got naked. And as cold as the Pacific is, it feels even colder when it's foggy.

a bum doctor. thats funny. i promise never to bring a sorabji conversation around to the topic of anything anal ever again. should i just say my goodbyes now?

uh. don't go anywhere, prick.

The most fun drug I did in college was nutmeg. I was stoned for three days... One dose... Tasted like shit... I haven't taken LSD yet. I have to do that before I hit the big three oh.

Hmm. I've considered doing nutmeg, but I've heard from people that the trip sucked, and that all they got out of it was an insane 3 day hangover, vomiting, etc. But this provides some new insight. Did you use powder, or a whole nut?

Nutmeg? Like the stuff you sprinkle on eggnog? I thought that was an old wives' tale that you could get high from that.

i had never heard that you can get high on nutmeg. the things you learn on the internet.

I wonder what's in nutmeg that might do such a thing...

Christmas cheer

Um, there's an oil in it which supposedly has mild hallucinogenic properties similar to those in gonja...i forgot what it's called, but just do a search on google for nutmeg and drugs and hallucinogens and erowin and you'll get a truckload of info. I originally found out about it when I was going through an herb book of mine, it was quite surprising, especially because there was a whole nutmeg in the herb cabinet downstairs...right. Anyway, I did my research and asked local drug aficianados and checked out message boards and sites, and despite the hallucinogenic properties, the nut supposedly has poisonous characteristics as well that will override the trip experience. I think that the oil in it has a chem. similar to mescaline or something, or is that morning glory seeds? who knows. All I know is that nutmeg and morning glory is LEGAL.

the oil is called myristicin. i'm not sure what other drug it's similar to. i do know that if you manage to get enough of it (few people can manage to ingest enough nutmeg to pull this off) it can cause convulsions, rapid heartbeat, and death. somewhere in the back of "naked lunch", burroughs suggests sticking a nutmeg kernel in your mouth and sucking on it for a buzz. we used to do that in high school - nothing to write home about. when my mother worked at a mental hospital, the doctors told her not to let the patients (like the heroin addicts) have powdered nutmeg, which they would mix with water and drink and drink to get a high. jamaican nutmeg is supposed to be high in myristicin.

What kind of high does myristicin provide? I've heard varying reports...from psychedelic effects to being stoned...that is, from the few that weren't hung over enough to miss out on anything.

i used to get a mild, light-headed buzz - sort of like a mild marijuana high. here, read this.

i don't understand all these people wanting to try goofy shit cause it might get them high. a good hit of acid is like $3. why fuck with shit that's going to make you feel like hell for three days or possibly kill you. thats like drinking rubbing alcohol or listerine to get drunk. if you're really on the natural kick head over to your local cow pasture for some shrooms. they're the best anyway. and if you still want to try something goofy to get high simply because it's legal. you've got no business doing drugs in the first place.

You feel like shit, though. It's really not worth it. Plus, that shit's expensive, and why do nutmeg when I can get dope for free?

True. True indeed. Yeah. I better start mooching gonja off people.

Right. This all makes me look like a fool.

all drugs are kid's stuff. do what i do. drink.

Right on droopy. Booze is the adults' drug. I've been abstemious lately, but tonight I'm already on my 3rd Bud, and that bottle of Tanqueray in the cupboard is looking mighty tasty.

I like the word abstemious. My grandfather was a sailor, and all his references praised his abstemious nature. I guess that's unusual among sailors.

Drink is better. I agree. But _were_ I to be suddenly obsessed with the need to ingest a spice associated with Christmas, I would remember that I can get dope for free. But I think I want egg nog instead, because I can slip a good hearty dose of...alchohol into it.

We had a dumbass in high school who went around telling everyone that you could get high by rubbing crest toothpaste on your cigarettes.

And you did it, didn't you...I bought a huge bag of Astronaut Pops today. Eating one now. Yum.

i had a friend who once smoked love bugs....oh christ haven't i been here before? can you feel the love bugs everyone loves love bugs how could you not love lovebugs when they're so in love bugs. stupidest thing i ever did was inhale the smoke from an incense stick. well, maybe not THE stupidest.

Jay,put those love bugs down and get a grip!!!

So, what happens if you sprinkle weed on your eggnog?

You get eggnog with little bits of plant matter in it. Ick.

Well, the question is: why would you want weed on your eggnog? Nutmeg is added for flavour, not for its hallucinogenic properties...

i had some chai tea tonight. good shit. tastes like pumpkin pie.

My only regret is not buying a pristine 1969 baby blue Volkswagen squareback in 1993 for $1,000. I thought about it too long and the next day, it was gone.