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12-18-2007, 10:15 PM
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Simply amazing, i have just got done reading this whole thread and i was blown away by you're account of the event and you're time in Amsterdam.
The way you use you're words is amazing, thank you for the information. Keep Roastin'     
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12-19-2007, 02:27 AM
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[11-23-2007, 1:02 PM Ruminations from Infinity - Part 2]
I spent that morning relocating from my old hotel to my new apartment, the room wasn't actually ready so I stored my bags there and hit the streets again walking around Amsterdam. I visited just one Coffeeshop that morning, I was more interested in putting things into perspective with as much clarity as possible. As I made my way around the city with bicyclists whizzing by me, I wondered if anything that human beings touch could remain pure and good? We are such beautiful creatures but our arrogance is commensurate with that beauty. We have come from amazing traditions of struggle, blood, and constant change. In some ways I truly understand that arrogance while in other moments I'm fucking repulsed by it.
Marijuana has helped me in ways that I'm unable to quantify into medicinal terms. I don't feel like I should have to justify living my life but I must, and not because of something that I've done but because people feel like they can do whatever the fuck they want to without repercussions--I mean stoners. I just hate how people sometimes delve into themselves for selfish purposes and believe that the world operates on their terms. We are the smokers of the sacred plant, and that plant in under siege around the world, so it would behoove us to act as if that means something. I'm sick of living in the shadows and in the shallow judgments of others, aren't you?  Electro Grow Haarlemmerplein 23 Those thoughts were pounding around in my head like drums - BAM - BAM - BAM - like BAM man - looking into the mirror is like looking at actual life. I eventually happened upon "Electro Grow." I'd been in the Dam for a week and I hadn't been in one single grow shop. I happened upon this one by chance and walked inside, heh, like I was just going to walk passed it and say, "Whatever." I love how some of the storefronts in Amsterdam were just exposed to the elements. You go into the store hoping to escape from outside and your balls are the size of almonds because its so fucking cold, but its awesome that their shops aren't disguised as "general grow shops." [Note: What tripped me out is the fact that growing in Amsterdam is illegal but there was this shop, it made me wonder if the marijuana debate in Amsterdam was a microcosm of Dutch pragmatism and International pressure? Hmmmmm....  ]Anyway... I browsed around the store before two older looking store keepers appeared. I swear I got a tear in my eye. They looked liked people that should be exploring their golden years in a sinkhole of needless tourism. The woman was very sweet looking with her white hair and shapely body and the man looked like he could easily blend into a retirement community run by and for facemen. I asked a question or two before I left the store, and I was feeling so good that at least there was some place on this planet where common sense could be found. I took a picture and headed back out into the city.
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12-19-2007, 02:39 AM
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Thats an amazingly crazy thought. Some deep shit man. There are so many people out there that are like that, and everybody is like that at some time, even if they dont do it intentionally. Crazy ish, and a great post.
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12-19-2007, 02:52 AM
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I can't wait until I get to go to Amsterdam!! I'm saving up my money and it won't be much longer now. It looks like sooo much fun!
  
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12-19-2007, 10:17 AM
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12-20-2007, 01:48 AM
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Nice writeup bro! makes me wanna drop what I'm doin and run off to amsterdam, but thatll wait untill i got my degree and college out of the way. Can't wait for your next installment.
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12-20-2007, 02:12 AM
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im really enjoying this story man. this is the only thread i've ever bookmarked
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12-20-2007, 10:26 AM
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12-21-2007, 12:51 PM
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[11-23-2007, 4:15 PM "And Don't Fuck Around"]
I spent the afternoon exploring and taking in the sights of the city. All in all it was a very contemplative and serene day of watching monochromatic gray skies and silver spoked bicycle wheels spinning and Dutch ladies grinning. With all of my ruminating I hadn't had an opportunity to smoke anything or go into a Coffeeshop. I got my bearings and headed back toward my hotel where I'd seen a rather curious little shop just days before.
   Double Reggae Nieuwendijk 32 "And don't fuck around?" What's that supposed to mean, huh, huh, huh? When I first read it I laughed my ass off. Apparently they take minors not coming into their shop pretty seriously.  There was a friendly older gentleman behind the counter that greeted me with a smile, I asked for a menu which I closely scrutinized. I was a little fed up with all of the mediocre weed that I'd been smoking so I ordered hash. I stuck mostly to hash for the remainder of the trip and boy was I happy that I did that. I ordered some Moroccan and headed to Lost in Amsterdam to do some writing and ahem, yeah smoking.[Note: The Amsterdam drug scene can be neatly categorized into four main types of shops where you'll find your bud and paraphernalia. As you make your way around the city it'll be pretty easy to tell what's what but it can be a bit disorienting at first, having that much freedom usually is. 1. Coffeeshops - (cannabis, hashish) 2. Smart Shops - (mushrooms and nootropics/"smart drugs" i.e. Piracetam, Hydergine, Vasopressin) 3. Grow Shops - (where the latest grow gear and general grow equipment can be found) 4. Head Shops - (pipes, bongs, papers, grinders and such are found here) There's a lot of marijuana and hashish around the Dam and an equal number of Coffeeshops. It would take a considerable amount of time to try to go to all of them so I would suggest focusing on the hashish. Here is a comprehensive list of all the Coffeeshops in the Dam: Amsterdam Coffeeshop Directory. It's difficult to actually recommend an exact place because the shops basically buy from anyone that has weed to sell, so what's good in one shop one week may be bad in the next. Like with anything you have to be very discriminating and look around, that's why there are so many of them.]
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12-21-2007, 06:30 PM
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So, they sell shrooms in stores, are they legal in amsterdam. I am living in belgium this summer and was thinking about heading to the dam ever so often to pick up some of their top of the line hash.
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12-21-2007, 07:32 PM
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12-21-2007, 08:21 PM
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word, we get them down here in the southern part of the U.S. around the spring/summer time. I would just like to try some of the ones in amsterdam.
Infinity you were talking about how their weed isn't necessarily any better than ours, but is their hash? I heard that their hash was top of the line, and how did you smoke the hash while you were there?
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12-21-2007, 08:22 PM
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12-22-2007, 01:21 AM
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sigh, i love this thread haha
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