12-22-2008, 06:34 PM
<!--quoteo(post=6400:date=Dec 22 2008, 05:11 PM:name=KBwsb)-->QUOTE (KBwsb @ Dec 22 2008, 05:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Plus, we're talking about a world-class athlete, doing something he'd done countless times. It was his full-time job, something he could have done in his sleep.
Kind of reminds me of the Willie Nelson story of how he went on stage one time after dropping acid; he said it was intensely uncomfortable, completely bizarre, and something he would <i>never</i> do again. But he's a professional, had done 1,000 similar shows, and somehow got through it.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I've only done it a handful of times. But I couldn't imagine doing <i>anything</i> while on it. I didn't want to leave my dorm room. Just laying around, listening to the Beatles, watching the clouds turn into babies....then trying to go to sleep and having entire symphonies playing in my head--loudly. For me, it was like pot, but worse--no way I could have faced another human being and they not know that I was stoned out of my mind.
Kind of reminds me of the Willie Nelson story of how he went on stage one time after dropping acid; he said it was intensely uncomfortable, completely bizarre, and something he would <i>never</i> do again. But he's a professional, had done 1,000 similar shows, and somehow got through it.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I've only done it a handful of times. But I couldn't imagine doing <i>anything</i> while on it. I didn't want to leave my dorm room. Just laying around, listening to the Beatles, watching the clouds turn into babies....then trying to go to sleep and having entire symphonies playing in my head--loudly. For me, it was like pot, but worse--no way I could have faced another human being and they not know that I was stoned out of my mind.
I'm 100% fine with this. I'm just glad there's an actual plan in place that isn't, "Let's load up on retreads and hope we get lucky." I'm a little tired of that plan.
Butcher
Butcher