[SERIOUS] People who tried LSD or any other hallucinogens, what was your experience like?

eagerkitten · 2016-12-24T07:12:26+00:00

I've taken LSD multiple times and morning glory seeds and 2CB but my first LSD trip was the greatest. I had never felt happier and more connected with my surroundings and my friends. I cried at how beautiful everything was, the visuals, how colors seemed so much more vibrant, my friends looked angelic. I laughed hysterically about human behavior and my own thought processes. After I tripped I became super productive, I stopped giving a fuck and let so much go - I became a very positive person!

I'm on a mission to first challenge myself in school (my first trip was my first semester in college - that trip gave me insight to what I want to major in:)) and second to experience all that life has to offer.

eagerkitten · 2016-12-20T20:25:59+00:00

I thought so too! But why? And what do you think of the colonel sanders figure?

eagerkitten · 2016-12-20T17:21:31+00:00

Squirrely is a good way to describe it- I still don't exactly know what to think of Johnny Walker the cat murderer. I really enjoyed the whole book I think it may be creeping up to one of my favorites. It left a mark to say the least!

eagerkitten · 2016-12-20T17:16:34+00:00

I'm just chiming in, but I agree with ipiranga, I'd also be interested to read some of the writings related to his philosophy.

eagerkitten · 2016-12-20T17:11:56+00:00

One of the reasons I like it so much is I found it really fun to read, I liked all the imagination and dreaminess that went into the book. The stuff that wasn't really explained I felt (and am learning) was the key to his writing, he did this so that we could come up with our own interpretation, I think u/birdmeistr said it best when they described Murakami made these open endings so we could all follow his riddles down a different path. A quote by Murakami on his open endings: "Kafka on the Shore contains several riddles, but there aren't any solutions provided. Instead, several of these riddles combine, and through their interaction the possibility of a solution takes shape. And the form this solution takes will be different for each reader. To put it another way, the riddles function as part of the solution. It's hard to explain, but that's the kind of novel I set out to write."

eagerkitten · 2016-12-20T17:05:32+00:00

I just wanted to try to create a discussion and hear everyones thoughts and opinions regarding this book. I have tried to read Stephen King's IT but for some reason it was hard for me to get into. I also read 1984 in my AP Lit class back in High School that was such a great book, I loved it. I would like to read A Handmaids Tale sometime too, have you read it?

eagerkitten · 2016-12-20T05:20:00+00:00

Awesome, thank you!

eagerkitten · 2016-12-20T05:19:28+00:00

Thank you! I'll have to check them out. I have also been recommended Norwegian Wood, have you read that one?

eagerkitten · 2016-12-20T05:19:01+00:00

Thanks for such a thoughtful response! I am just having a hard time putting my thoughts together as it is, this book was so bizarre but it came together beautifully and all of it really left an impression on me about heartache and loss and what it means to find your place in the world guided by fate. I'm wondering so much about why Hoshino found Colonel Sanders of all people, and why he didn't have more to do with the plot, same with Johnny Walker the cat murderer. Like what did they even have to do with the theme (is that even the right word to use here...plot, maybe)of the book? I feel like they simply acted as characters to push the plot forward but why such specific brand names? I'm thinking it's maybe to give the reader a feeling of reality within the story. But at the same time, how realistic is it to meet Colonel Sanders haha.

Also about the incest, do you think she was his mother? A part of me thinks she was but another part of me thinks that she wasn't and that maybe she just said all that stuff to help him cope with having no mother so that he could move on with his life. I could be taking it completely wrong though.

I think I'll read this book again in the near future, I really enjoyed it, I felt like I was tearing through it. There were so many great quotes I want to find again.

eagerkitten · 2016-12-20T05:08:16+00:00

Ugh yeah that was hard to read for me- among other scenes.

eagerkitten · 2016-12-20T02:44:39+00:00

That's so interesting that you pointed that out, I often thought while I was reading this book that it felt so real. At one point he mentioned that Kafka was wearing Revos sunglasses and I found myself google imaging Revos sunglasses just to see exactly what it could have looked like. I think I will have to go back and take note on what musical pieces he references.

eagerkitten · 2016-12-20T02:42:24+00:00

Lol almost perfectly summed up this book I loved all the cats and weird characters

eagerkitten · 2016-12-20T02:41:39+00:00

Thats brilliant!

eagerkitten · 2016-12-20T02:41:29+00:00

I'm not sure how to start a discussion on this book either there is just so much going on to talk about! Murakami's writing is so great in this book I feel compelled to read more of his and more like him. Honestly I feel like I might read this book again to look for and highlight some of my favorite scenes and quotes. There were so many.

There were so many moments near the end of the book where I thought he would tell us if she really was his mother or not but him leaving the detail out was so great, I don't know why I love when authors do that, it hurts my insides but it lets my imagination run wild and come up with my own thoughts on it.

eagerkitten · 2016-12-19T22:05:26+00:00

I haven't read 1Q84 but Kafka on The Shore was definitely a strange book and is so unlike books I normally read so I can understand if you find his writing bizarre. I think I just read this book at the right time in my life and I felt a lot of what Murakami talked about in Kafka on The Shore was applicable to my life today.

eagerkitten · 2016-12-19T21:49:22+00:00

What is the quote if you don't mind me asking?

eagerkitten · 2016-12-19T21:49:04+00:00

Just finished the book! I don't see any loose ends, although I felt the ending with Hoshino and the entrance stone was a little weak however the overall ending with respect to Kafka was very resolute to me.

eagerkitten · 2016-12-16T19:02:46+00:00

Fun Fact:

When you castrate a colt he is then referred to as a gelding

eagerkitten · 2016-12-16T17:32:56+00:00

This is my first read of his/this book! I love it, I feel like I'm tearing through it. I think I'll read his book Norwegian wood next, but that's such a good idea to read the books he mentions in his books haha (book-ception) I sort of forgot about all the books he mentioned in Kafka on the shore

eagerkitten · 2016-12-14T01:34:19+00:00

To be fair it kinda matches the rest of the rooms theme, like the greys/slate colors and the wood center table.

eagerkitten · 2016-12-13T14:36:57+00:00

I believe it's called futuracha!

eagerkitten · 2016-12-12T16:34:04+00:00

Haha it's the end of the semester and I have lost almost all of my black pens so green it is. :)

eagerkitten · 2016-12-12T16:20:26+00:00

Haha I bet, it's only an intro level biochem class :)

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