I pour myself another cup of coffee and start to get very excited as I add milk and sugar to the dark essence of purified Heaven. I recently quit alcohol, and coffee and cigarettes have proved to be a life-saver. There’s a problem though: I couldn’t sleep because I kept feeling things crawling all over me, so I hopped on the computer and made myself a huge pot of the finest blend acquired from the lovely people at my local café (one of about 10 in the one block).
This is just so contradictory, yet I find it a very strange phenomenon: I either have too much coffee in my system or not enough. I’ve had panick attacks from spending the whole day without coffee, yet then I get to that “crawling skin” stage if I have too much. So strange we humans are that we have all these things we put in our bodies that magically alter the way we think and act.
Drugs… elixirs and concoctions. Is this not the stuff of fantasy? Like something out of a Dungeons & Dragons saga. Quaff a vial of essence and feel a boost in your Charisma stat. Just what the hell are these strange creatures called humans that have the ability to alter their perception of reality so violently that it can often change the way we see the world permanently? I know that drugs have done that for me. But why… how…? And it’s not just “hard drugs”. This post isn’t called “Coffee” for no reason. I just finished that cup I poured earlier so I’ll pour another one, and roll another cigarette while I’m at it. And now here I am rambling, about nothing in particular, because I ingested something and now magically my brain works differently. The stuff of fantasy I tell you. Don’t you ever just stop and stare around you at all the stuff humans have done and think “Holy ****, what ARE we?!“.
I feel the same way about technology. I was musing over the 2012 phenomenon and what it might mean. A lot of people are hopeful that there will be an elevated state of consciousness involving telepathy and other such psychic stuff. It hit me recently when I was on the train texting someone: we already have telepathy. Think about it: communicating with someone over a long distance without moving your lips or seeing the other person. Isn’t that exactly what I’m doing now?…
Humans are just sooooo f***ing wierd. Whenever I see a plane in the sky I just think: we did that! We made this massive bulky thing able to glide through the air like a falcon. Humans, constantly breaking barriers and creating, creating, creating. MUSIC! Right now I’m entranced by some wicked music, but what is that? It is two pieces of cardboard on either side of my head induced by an electrical current to move backwards and forwards in an intricate pattern. Yet it’s not just that. It’s brain candy. It’s another sort of drug. And music can convey so many emotions and messages, more telepathy, and telesympathy (if that’s a word).
I mentioned 2012. And no I don’t mean the movie. Please don’t see the movie. Please?…
If you wanna know what all the fuss is about , check this and this and google “The Mayan Calendar”.
If you haven’t heard any “fuss” you inhabit a different part of the internet to me.
So, in the end I’m not sure why I wrote this post but I’m glad you read it, because I’m exercising my powers of telepathy 
Actually, I’m just ridiculously jacked up on coffee and new that if I started typing something would come out of it. So yea… go read about The Mayan Calendar and 2012. Interesting stuff.
Have a great not-so-far-away weekend.
-Angus
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Twitter: TechPatio
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Just a quick note about the new “2012″ movie … I loved it! It’s not a documentary or anything like that but it has some great special effects (made on a computer I assume), but it was interesting to watch
Not one I would go out to buy though, but worth watching in the movies with great surround sound and large picture.
Now I’ll go make myself a cup of joe!
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Yea I’ve heard it’s visually and aurally impressive, it just annoys me that they’ve perverted the whole value system of the 2012 evolution ie. “The Mayans warned us this would happen”, it’s not about the end of the world it’s a lot more joyous than that. Mind you it could be bullshit but I’m always optimistic and often mystically inclined.
Coffee and a Very Strange Phenomenon…
I pour myself another cup of coffee and start to get very excited as I add milk and sugar to the dark essence of purified Heaven. I recently quit alcohol, and coffee and cigarettes have proved to be a life-saver….
Twitter: money_whisper
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I don’t believe in these so called prophecies. Nobody can predict when the end of the world would be but I want to see the movie 2012 because of its special effects.
Regarding coffee I really don’t see its benefit. If I drink coffee and after 10 minutes I put myself into bed I will sleep like a child because it has no effect on me. Same with energy drinks. These things are really dangerous for peoples health, yet many are depending on them but I believe that everything is just inside peoples minds. The Placebo effect works very well.
that’s why i encourage you to check out the links about the mayan calendar. it’s not about “the end of the world”, the blockbuster has warped people’s perception of what it means. the mayans accurately predicted thousands of years ago, without any technology, things like eclipses, that proved to be true and accurate to the hour. their calendar is a cycle and it simply starts anew on 21/12 2012. they’re not around anymore to tell us what this might mean, but there’s all sorts of speculation regarding it. science is a fair approximation of most things but as i’m trying to convey in this post sometimes you just look around at all the amazing things going on in the world and think there must be more than meets the eye. 2012 is a good thing to look forward to in this regard. if nothing happens so be it, but millions of people have got “the 2012 bug” and hope for something that will shake the foundations of perception.
oh and coffee is not a placebo. that’s just self-evident. it is all in the mind, but that doesn’t make it any less of a drug. the effects of weed and ecstacy are also “all in the mind”.
anyway thanks for reading and commenting, much appreciated
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Twitter: Passion4ThePint
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I have a lot of the same thoughts, and I’m not just talking about the coffee.
Other than that, just wanted to say enjoyed reading the post.
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thanks. nice to connect with someone on that level
Twitter: phaoloo
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Only two things can completely wake me up in the morning: coffee and jogging
for me it’s either really hot or really cold water splashed on the face, coffee, and a cigarette
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Twitter: AlisonMSmith
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For religious reasons, I don’t drink alcohol, coffee, or tea, or use any tobacco. After reading this, I guess that’s a good thing!
Chocolate, on the other hand…
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I think it’s a very good thing. I have an addictive personality. Recently quit drinking and can definitely see the benefits. Would be good to be free of addictions completely… but that would also make me less human I guess. Weakness is natural, and I go with my gut feelings which often conflict with hierarchical control systems hence me not being religious. I acknowledge for some though that those control systems can lead to a healthy, balanced and happier lifestyle. Thanks for commenting
Twitter: AlisonMSmith
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LOL Well, if I thought religion was a “control system” I wouldn’t be religious either!
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Twitter: kajanova
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hahah, yeah. One side-effect of coffee is ramblings. I used coffee to help curb another addiction as well. For me though, it was cigarettes. I quit cigs and picked up coffee, to an excessive degree. I haven’t ever experienced the ‘crawling’ feeling though..
As for 2012, I’m on the skeptical side of that. I don’t think anything at all will happen… maybe some kind of placebo elevated-consciousness effect and we will all revert back to the 60′s, but that’s it.
But you make a good point. It is amazing all the technology we have created that we take for granted. People see a bulky plane weight hundreds of pounds flying in the sky, and we just pass it off as, “meh, its just a plane dude”. It is truly amazing all we have accomplished, and equally amazing how we just pass it off as ordinary & mundane. My electric guitar is MAGICAL.
Nice blog by the way
I’m your new regular reader.
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Electric Guitar = Magic, we don’t need objectified science to nut that one out
I used coffee to help with quitting drinking, although I’ve slipped back into it recently. But my liver is saying “Enough, enough!”. But yea if I feel like a beer I have two coffees = problem solved. I couldn’t imagine life without cigarettes though. Congratz on beating that. It takes shitloads of willpower, more addictive than heroin.
Thanks for reading, I haven’t posted as much as I feel I should but there may be more soon.
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Twitter: Witty_Money
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Nice post, Angus!
Regarding coffee I think it’s all about the Placebo effect. I can drink coffee in the evening and yet sleep like a log afterwards. Instead I see the beneficial effects of coffee in the body scrubs I prepare myself. The skin is so soft and clean, plus it has a wonderful smell.
The way I see it, addictions – of any kind – are controlled by our mind; the body asks for them because the brain tells so. If we know how to control the brain, then any addiction is controllable.
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