absinthe_diary le corbin vert read last night that it is better to experience small amounts over and extended period so i decided not to wait until New Year's Eve brand: le tourment vert (The Green Torment) according to some of the purists, particular brand is not quite true Absinthe based on how it reacts to the introduction of water and the use of coloring additives spoon, sugar cube, cold water instead of clouding white (the "louche")it only partly clouds and fades from a deep clear emerald green to a pale, slightly cloudy opal blue I'm not much for the taste of licorice so the distinct anise flavor central to it is a bit much for me ...my next round may involve the use of it in cocktails share the fist one with my neighbor, E and my new neighbor, Michael... a bit strong but with a mellow finish make another, split in sips with E, Michael and his just arrived b/f E makes other cocktails for M & M who retreat back to Michael's apartment after a bit of conversation my head feels a little strange...thoughts and images bouncing around my head that i can only just begin to articulate I decide to go balls-out and take a straight 1 oz shot followed by another on this small amount of the stuff and on a full stomach, i am pretty far out (further than anticipated, I am done for the night and have only brought the level a little below the bottle's neck it is quite like having had some really good smoke, at least for me, at least tonight not as prone to push the "fool" button as i might be if i was in another smoky gray cloud, but in a somewhat dreamlike head-space kittens shredded my good notebook, but i'm feeling more analytical than lyrical right now...index cards more pictures in head than words translate encapsulate dreams of flesh and sweat and water and fire when in doubt, redirect through the libido, heh. scrawlings on paper, jagged edges... drift into sleep 081223 ... birdmad night 2: had even less (2.5 oz total), felt just as weird. felt my awareness widening...like i could observe even more of what was going on around me 46 degrees may not be very cold to some, but when you get used to 8 months a year of really warm weather, the other four months are noticeably chilly (moreso without my insulating layer of excess fat that i used to carry around) was exhausted from the day's errands and could not reconcile the creative impulse with the lack of energy more crazy dreams, this time more comedic and occasionally violent than sexual...comically violent...slapstick like being wile_e_coyote in a strange sort of way falling, flying, crashing imagined the alcoholic neighbor to the other side of me exhorting someone ostensibly named Tito to "GO TO WORK!" at 3:30 or so in the morning awoke to being dive-bombed by flying kittens jumping off the bookshelf on one side of the room and from atop the TV on the other side 081224 what's it to you? who go blather from