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yep. im good with: freakazoid, the...dood, glaukus plus... presumably, nicsplash?

and just to reiterate: I will be at Lidcombe station 9:30am for those that need a lift... silver Forester, beige cap, sunglasses (unless its raining), weird, lost expression... I'll leave at 9:55.

Are tourists welcome?

I don't mind swinging past Lidcombe station at 9:30am and giving a lift either. Presumably, you don't drive a bus Horus.

^ Lol - I saw your comment in the Activity stream Change and guessed (correctly it seems) that you were talking about King Gizzard...

that last graft is truly inspiring. I might have to give that a go... (TBM? grafted onto ???)

You and your crew did some brilliant work on the stages altenate although I'm not sure which was Zoolu and which was Life Cycle... The one down the back (Life Cycle?) looked completely different by day (I could've sworn it had a roof ).

I'm happy to report that Psyfari is alive and well. What an amazing experience. Three days of partying and I saw zero angst; only friendly, positive people.

Undercovers? Now you've got me even more apprehensive than I already was. What do they hope to achieve? Thankfully, I do have a designated driver and she's clean as a whistle god bless her.

[bump] anyone going this year? i'm a doof virgin, but have committed this year.

Works for me too. Very well researched Horus. October 1, no kids; O1nk.

24th September works for me too. Can we lock it (or another date) in? I pondered bringing the wife and kids too AbleKay. It might be awkward though and in some way limit/obstruct my sociability so I'll likely opt out unless there's a general consensus to do so.

I can make September, but how about the Saturday of the October long weekend?

I got something called Dragon Age 2 with a piece of hardware i purchased. It's pretty mindless scripted single player adventure and quite tedious/boring after, I guess, 20 hours of playing. From time to time, however, my female character does hook up with some of the other female characters in the game for sex... interesting. Not really though; more of a clothed, rendered, virtual grapple on a bed in silence.

I read. At the end of the day it's probably just another form of escapism though...

witch-doctory stuff.

vaping is a much better option rather than smoking for lower doses - and healthier too. a magic flight launch box is a (relatively) inexpensive unit. having said that, weed is most certainly not everyone's cup of tea. speaking of tea... chamomile?

Is there such thing as a limit? If you've got it... tug it. As long as there is an understanding that porn online and reality are (generally) poles apart. I guess I am concerned that many young people, males especially, are not able to make the distinction. Perhaps young females might also get the wrong impression of sex so that too could be a worry. I also think it can build a kind of... tolerance? ie. sex doesn't interest you unless it's hard core. But, generally, like others said, if it's not impacting negatively on anyone, including yourself, then its all good.

I doubt there is any easy solution. I agree with eth, baccy and grog will be the hardest. if you've been mixing your weed with tobacco then that will be right up there too (at least it was for me). Fortunately I gave up tobacco (the first time) back in 2008 and drinking has never been my thing - something about the hangovers. When I went completely straight back in February (you might remember me spouting positive at the meet about feb-fast) I discovered, after about a week, how much I liked the clear head and being able to get up a lot easier in the mornings. And whilst i've never put much credence into the ED properties of weed (hell it never stopped me in my youth) my sex life also received a boost. I use my memory of that time as inspiration for my current dry-july abstinence. I also enjoy the crazy dreams too (who needs LSD?). What worked wonders for me was coming onto this forum and participating as much as possible - as boring as I am. My post count pretty much tripled in the space of a week. Lots of good positive, understanding people here willing to offer support in whatever little way they can was a godsend. (Come March 1st though my post count nose-dived). I also read books a lot more - so distracting yourself by participating in your 'other' interests is well worthwhile. I guess what i'm, saying is that it will probably be sucksville for the first week and i'm not sure your sleeping habits will recover as quick - I got some slow-release melatonin (Circadin) which helped and a touch of xanax for those really difficult periods. (Xanax, for me, is not recreational at all but avoid it if you think it could be an issue). What deterred me in the past is that I was worried I would become one of those 'reformed' users rabbiting on about how my life 'is so much better now' and that I would 'regret my past life'. Perhaps i did, for a bit, but it was only temporary and I haven't become someone else, but I feel I have grown. Hang in there bro - baby steps.

I was on some kind of holiday with old (ie. forgotten/obsolete) and new friends where we'd rented a house by the coast. It must have been winter because it was a bit deserted and had a ghost-town vibe. For some very odd reason I had some white-on-white LSD that I was handing out to all and sundry. Now, from what little i know, white-on-white is simply pure white perforated tabs with no markings but I actually had lots of different rolls of thin christmas wrapping paper with different patterns and no perforations. No bother - we simply used scissors to cut shapes out and everyone seemed happy - even... Denise Scott?!?!? (what was she doing there?) I'm a little concerned about dosage but meh. It's lunch time and there is an asian dude with a wok serving up pieces of fried fish on... toast i think. I didn't partake because I was looking for a place to take a dump - but couldn't find a clean toilet. The owners of the house we are renting then turn up and I abandon my search for a toilet and quickly hide the stash. They check us out and decide we're not damaging anything and leave. It's at this point that I realise the christmas wrapping paper itself was not LSD but was merely a covering that you could stick over your white-on-white (it had adhesive on one side) to customise it... doh! Wow - how thoughtful of the dealers. [end dream] (gotta love dry July. Stand by, there will be more! )

A dear friend put me on to Joe Bonamassa a week or two ago. This song became the soundtrack of our boys week away. Simply unbelievable. Enjoy.

I'm struggling with the breathing cycle concept. I confess I have watched the video or researched more than the document Yeti posted - fuck i'm lazy sometimes (with some things). The breath in without forcibly breathing out cycle - is this a slow cycle? ie. do you wait for the inhaled breath to 80-90% dissipate? Or is it a faster cycle? ie. with smaller intakes? When I started this week with my own interpretation, i seemed on the verge of hyperventilation. Not so by day2. Can't seem to keep focused for the full 30 breaths or so (but have had a big week recently). FWIW between the WHM and my gluten free diet at the moment i must confirm that eye twitching, whilst not completely gone, seems about 80% less noticeable. Fuck cold showers.... yet. :

Having said that and now that i think about it, Khat is something i'd certainly be interested in adding to my collection someday. Do I have enough brownie points zelly?

Yeah, such a short-sighted vision. Sucks to be in the Philippines I bet. Will simply result in the communist rebels becoming the drug dealers i reckon...