so, i had my story about being overcome by unlabeled edibles, last night.

it was homemade, and just handed off to me. not only was it unlabeled, but it probably wasn't even measured; there likely isn't a person in the world that really knows the dosage of what i ate last night. i figured i've smoked enough pot in my life, right? what could it do to me?

i got through the concert, but not much more than that; it didn't knock me out, in fact i remember the entire night, but it left me completely useless for around 4-5 hours. i had two rounds of intense vomiting and wasn't able to control my legs well enough to get back on my bicycle until around 7:00. so, i spent the night outside. thankfully, i was around kind people.

if i was to describe the experience, it wouldn't be much like anything i've experienced on alcohol or marijuana. i've smoked some hashish that's knocked me down, but not quite like that. i've been unable to move on mushroom trips for a few minutes at a time, but mushrooms have a higher level of excitation to them - a "faster wavelength", if you will - and it actually wasn't a great comparison. acid can veg you out for a long time, but i didn't get any hallucinations - no tracers, nothing. the closest comparison to anything i've experienced was probably to the tylenol-3s i took when i got my wisdom teeth out, years ago.

i could understand the people around me, and i hope i thanked them for their kindness. but, i was pretty numb, really. and, i should be more careful about eating random amounts of random things...

aug 11-12 vlog, where i go to a doom rock show at the anarchist house in detroit, am handed something to eat and get trapped in my own body until the morning, awake but otherwise unable to function. 

the narrative here is of being given something to eat and reacting to the contents of it, but, in hindsight, i may have been experiencing the effects of iron deficiency. i did not have much to drink, and the alcohol alone was not the cause. that said, even if the reason for shutting down was due to iron deficiency, the brownie clearly had an overwhelming effect on me. i don't really know how to separate the issues, but i know now that i have long term iron deficiency concerns and that it appears to be exacerbated by heavy exercise.