God Awful Things

First let me quote something Garrison Keillor, “The best piece of pumpkin pie you’ll ever have is not that much better than the worst piece you’ll ever have.”  Pumpkin Pie is purely a nutmeg delivery system.. This also reminds me of a piece of advice one Sethly Seth, Manly Man gave me back in college (whether he is quoting it from elsewhere or not, I do not know)

“Sex is like pizza, when it’s good, it’s great.  When it’s bad, it’s still pretty good.”

But I’m straying from the subject, you see.. unnaturally heavy rains this year have nearly wiped out the pumpkin supply! [NYTimes]

“Our calculations indicate that we may deplete our inventory of canned Libby’s pumpkin as we approach the Thanksgiving holiday,” said Paul Bakus, vice president for Nestlé’s baking division.

Heavy rains in the Midwestern states where most commercial pumpkins are grown have caused the problem. Soggy fields have made it difficult for farmers to get harvesting equipment to the pumpkins. As a result, the harvest, which usually begins in the Midwestern pumpkin fields in August, was late in coming. Acres of pumpkins sit still unharvested in Morton, Ill., which the company calls the “pumpkin capital of the world.” Fungus is a big problem, so it is likely many of those pumpkins will be plowed under.

Because supply was already down from 2008’s lousy pumpkin harvest, there isn’t much back stock.

Too bad too, Pumpkin Pie is not especially high on it’s caloric count, though I’m sure the sugar is way up there.  Then again, if it’s just a nutmeg trip you’re looking for, you can always just eat nutmeg. [Erowid.org]

Noon – I ingest 3 tbsp of nutmeg.

1:00 – No effects yet, like expected.

2:00 – Mild pot-like buzz.

3:00 – Things get interesting. At times nutmeg feels like acid, pot and MDMA. Acid-like patterns form, short term memory is non-existent. My body feels lightweight, and heavy at the same time. Things that are cold or warm to the touch feel strange, sometimes it is hard to tell the difference between cold and warm things.

7:00 – My friend and I decide to go see Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

It was difficult to concentrate on the movie. I had decided that I shouldn’t have gone to a public place. I needed to go pee but was afraid that I would get lost and go into the wrong theater. Eventually I got the courage to go to the bathroom. Upon returning I watched the rest of the movie, and the fight scenes looked and sounded cool. All of the characters in the movie were moving in slow motion at times that it would not have made sense for the effect to be there.

10:00 – I was frozen in a euphoric state, unable to move. I have never done heroin, but this is what I guessed it would feel like.

Sounds were very loud. Visually there were few effects unless I meditated. I had a feeling of grandeur throughout the rest of the trip. I felt like I was the king of the room I was in and my pets were my servants. My lizard, which is a bearded dragon, was my bodyguard.

2 days later – My mind was gone until a few days afterward. I enjoyed the trip. This is a definite boredom drug. If you are bored and have the time, go ahead and do it. I DO NOT recommend doing this drug if you are not experienced in chemicals.

Ha Ha, God.. Kids and their spices.