Good morning and greetings to you all, this soggy, windswept day.
I've had a superb weekend, for a fucking change.

How was yours?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 8:51, 49 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Hammered with two of my favourite people Friday night.
I still managed to do quite well at Triv. Saturday was spent recovering and yesterday was housework and making ten Fimo Nessies for christmas presents.

Edit: what was so great about your weekend?
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 8:56, Reply)

I saw my daughter for two full days
Her mother was nice to me throughout, fed me lovely homecooked Vietnamese hot & sour soup and didn't torment me by text when I wasn't there.
I smoked some DMT on Friday night and have felt serene and focussed ever since - but the 'family time' I've had has been utterly wonderful and is the principal reason for my good spirits.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 9:08, Reply)

Being high on life can be good also.

( girlinthehole, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 9:11, Reply)

and it's a lot fucking cheaper...

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 9:13, Reply)

Nice one,
nothing like a psychedelic brain rinse to put things into perspective. Like an emotional/psychological soft reset.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 9:12, Reply)

I was utterly transfixed by my sitting-room lampshade
It was like some kind of exquisitely decorated beautiful beacon radiating warm light beams. Sounds a bit silly now but at the time it was a quasi-religous experience.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 9:18, Reply)

What's DMT?

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 9:29, Reply)

A hot drink made from gothy boots.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 9:37, Reply)

Haha

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 9:38, Reply)

that took me way too long
to figure out
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 9:52, Reply)

It's a natural hallucinogen chemically extracted
It looks like brown sugar and you smoke it on a bed of ash in a pipe.

It's like taking a stupendously large dose of LSD but only lasts a few minutes at its peak and doesn't have much in the way of after effects.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 10:05, Reply)

kind of like salvia?

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 10:12, Reply)

My salvia experiences (I've had just a couple)
were underwhelming to say the least but an unnamed expert colleague on here tells me I didn't really have the real deal - based upon his testimony I'm going to say 'yes'.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 10:15, Reply)

Good lad
It's windswept up here and although i never done anything of note, I got loads of sleep and didn't spend a penny, but still got boozed up and stoned from 4pm yesterday. Which was nice.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 8:56, Reply)

I had a lovely weekend.
It involved pizza, wine, old friends and a puppy but not all at the same time.
( girlinthehole, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 8:58, Reply)

Bite me.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 8:59, Reply)

I wish I could : )

( girlinthehole, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 9:09, Reply)

Alright, it involved a baptism and the pub.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 9:04, Reply)

At the same time?

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 9:07, Reply)

No on two seperate days.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 9:12, Reply)

Have you found God?

( girlinthehole, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 9:10, Reply)

No it was a baptism of my cousins kid.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 9:12, Reply)

Bugger!
I was hoping to be able to taunt your religeous ways till you cried like a baby.
( girlinthehole, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 9:15, Reply)

I know how to turn the other cheek.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 9:16, Reply)

Hello old man, good day to you
My weekend was boring. I watched that Requiem For a Dream and fannied about the house doing very little. I also failed in buying a second hand rowing machine so might just have to pop to Argos and splash out the 50 quid or so.

5 weekends on the trot now without booze, that is a fucking record, not that I'm feeling particularly healthy to show for it..
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 9:48, Reply)

I bet you're richer.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 9:49, Reply)

I am
Not sure how to spend the wealth though, especially with Chrimbo around the corner...
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 10:35, Reply)

I've had a few 'detox weeks' in my time
and was relieved to feel not one bit better, so I went 'retox' and have stayed there ever since.

I applaud your strength of character and willpower though. That alone must feel pretty darned dood?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 10:19, Reply)

Like, totally, dood.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 10:20, Reply)

*hangs ten*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 10:22, Reply)

You daft bugger.
You always feel worse for a while before you feel better when giving up bad shit.
( girlinthehole, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 10:23, Reply)

Psychosomatic?

(Cancer Joy was short lived, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 10:25, Reply)

sometimes 'real life' is so genuinely shit
that something of a foggy shroud around your feelings is protective. Facing the reality of your dismal existence is not always of any help whatosever.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 10:35, Reply)

You're just prolonging the inevitable.
I've been there. I spent a period of my life numb to everything by taking copious amounts of amphetamines. It achieved nothing because my problems were still there when I stopped taking it.


Your just not ready and I acknowledge that and don't judge.
( girlinthehole, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 10:42, Reply)

Amphetamines are really nasty,
particularly over long periods of time. I've seen them destroy people from the inside, leaving them a gaunt husk of their former selves.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 10:55, Reply)

You don't need to tell me.
But I did have a very clean house.
( girlinthehole, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 11:18, Reply)

Right
that's 5 weeks without booze. When are the good times gonna roll?
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 10:37, Reply)

Yeah, Biggie - WHEN?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 10:41, Reply)

Yeah it has been getting easier though
I am surprised that after drinknig nearly every Friday and Saturday night for the last 7 years or so that I'm not suffering any real withdrawal symptoms. Feel really bored on the Saturday night and really tempted when my friends have a go about coming out, but all in all it's been quite rewarding..
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 10:37, Reply)

It's the boredom I can't face.
I like reading and whatnot but not every fucking night, and without exception every one of my pals is a caner, so it's 'stay in on my own' or 'intoxication' for me...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 10:43, Reply)

Irvine Welsh's solution..
was a Blockbuster membership and junk food. Alwaysa good way to burn a couple of key hours on Saturday evening...
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 10:52, Reply)

If you get fat then your ex won't want to get you into bed.
Problem solved.
( girlinthehole, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 10:54, Reply)

Ha!
*orders deep fried pizza*
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 10:56, Reply)

*ponders*
Is that REALLY better, though? It's not much healthier and you end up reclusive.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 10:55, Reply)

Just for the danger days though when you're close to breaking
Generally during my week I'm pretty active and have plenty to do. Just that Friday/Saturday nights when I'm at risk and need to pull out a trump card.. It's certainly cheaper!
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 10:59, Reply)

Silencer fell of the car's exhaust on Saturday.
When driving through the middle of town. Bit of a bastard, especially as the car has just been MOT'd and serviced.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 23 Nov 2009, 9:55, Reply)

I can't drive and know nothing
so excuse the potentially stupid question, but does that not mean the MOT wasn't done properly and thus you have some recourse?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 10:21, Reply)

I'm going to ring them today
The report said the exhaust had been welded, so I'm hoping something will happen.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 23 Nov 2009, 12:13, Reply)

I had a cracking weekend
Saturday my team crushed their opponents with ease, then in the evening a bunch of us celebrated a birthday with pub grub and pub beer. Sunday I hit the gym in the afternoon and a concert in the evening - Ingrid Michaelson. It was a really good gig.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 11:07, Reply)