Operation Utilize Literate Druggies: Participate in the BLTC ezine now!

[Konglomo]

Originally Posted by Crowbar

I'd love to contribute, but unfortunately, I don't think I know anything that someone else doesn't have a great deal more knowledge about. I'm not a terribly good writer, either, unless I have massive amounts of empathogens available, which I don't at the moment.... Lately, I've been doing a lot of research into how different neurotransmitters effect dreaming, if anyone has any interest, I could try to type something up, but I'm not sure if it really fits or not...

If you have something you want to submit, do be ashamed. I'm not a scientist by a long shot, and a sub-par freelance writer at best lol. If you have been doing research into how different neurotransmitters effect dreaming, that would be a great piece for the BLtC e-zine.

I want to make that clear, no submissions are going to be judged. If you use drugs, experiment with them, make them sell them you are part of a collective experience that deserves to be documented. Who knows how many people this could help in the long run? If all you have to offer is a "learn from my mistakes" article, that would be great, but any research article done by you is highly valued.

[Hydroponichronic]

Originally Posted by Crowbar

Lately, I've been doing a lot of research into how different neurotransmitters effect dreaming, if anyone has any interest, I could try to type something up, but I'm not sure if it really fits or not...

Definitely relevant. Do it.

[Konglomo]

Try to think of it this way. Remember in high school when that one teacher would say no question is a dumb question. Well no subject on drugs is a dumb subject. Even jenken, now I do not want an article about abusing jenken, but a story about how it all came about, the media, and everything that went along with it is the types of things we are looking for. Just think outside the box if you have to.

[Konglomo]

Originally Posted by Hydroponichronic

I just thought of some unique content I could contribute. I've got a shitload of knowledge (and in some cases, experience) about non-ethyl alcohols and their subjective effects. Do we have a timeframe yet?

I would love to see this, as would many other people. Please do it! We're shooting for the first of the year, if at all possible.

[yawanur]

Originally Posted by Erorr

get a graphic designer of sorts on lock down for photoshop work

HAI!

[Konglomo]

Originally Posted by yawanur

HAI!

You're wanting to be the main graphic designer right? By main, that means you can handle the incoming images and screen them and point them in the appropriate directions for the sake of the e-zine.

[Midnight Sun]

2c-ezine

[Dread_Lord]

Operation Utilize Literate Druggies:

The "occupy" movement beat you to it.

[yawanur]

Originally Posted by Konglomo

You're wanting to be the main graphic designer right? By main, that means you can handle the incoming images and screen them and point them in the appropriate directions for the sake of the e-zine.

Yep. I'm pretty good with photoshop, not great at indesign yet but good enough. I'm thinking most of the production will be text though. What sorts of images "appropriation" are you imagining?

[BungHole]

I recommend you send amphetamines to everyone who offers to write an article. Then shit will get done.

[nutsack]

[Konglomo]

Originally Posted by yawanur

What sorts of images "appropriation" are you imagining?

That derive from drugs? Or our generation on drugs, or the upcoming political fallout because the the use of illicit substances that has been going from getting them on online for years. I'll try to explain this in a little while when my brain doesn't feel like it had been though washing machine

Capturing those are paramount for me.

We can't forget the many divides in the drug culture, and if at all possible through our writing and art we can find a voice for all sides and somehow unite them.

[Konglomo]

*Important*


I you have something you want to submit, you can pm it it to me on here or at konglomoh87@gmail.com- also my AIM . I'll store everything on a secure server until I have a website up and going.

AIM- konglomoh87@gmail.com If you have any other questions feel free to add me, I will be on all night.

[Hydroponichronic]

Also, I can write a piece on how to pull chemicals from plants (for amateurs). Although it's going to be more about what not to do than actually teks. I have not had a good track record with extractions.



So I'm now in for three different articles, but the probability of them actually getting done is slim.

[Konglomo]

Originally Posted by Hydroponichronic

Also, I can write a piece on how to pull chemicals from plants (for amateurs). Although it's going to be more about what not to do than actually teks. I have not had a good track record with extractions.



So I'm now in for three different articles, but the probability of them actually getting done is slim.

You can squeeze out one?

We plan on having more than one months worth of ezine. Let me stress I do not want anyone to be come overwhelmed with this, or underwhelmed. If you looses interest there is no shame in that. Your non ethyl alcohol reports would be bomb btw!

[Konglomo]

I want to add that the first few issues may have a rigid environment, once well all know what we ware doing the will move along like a well oiled machine!

I'm loving the support so far!

[&Zenith]

Originally Posted by BungHole

I recommend you send amphetamines to everyone who offers to write an article. Then shit will get done.

I agree. My personal policy is that I receive and test a modest sample before making any commitments however.

But in all seriousness, I like the idea of this and am curious to see how it all turns out. I'd like to contribute somehow but nothing springs to mind at the moment. I'll give it a little while longer, and see what I can do.

[Konglomo]

I have this idea, about having all of the active BLtC have there usernames on the back page of the ezine.

[&Zenith]

That would be cool, but it would be difficult to keep track of and you wouldn't want to leave anyone out who may be away for awhile or whatever. Maybe keep it to just individuals who have contributed directly to the ezine and don't mind being credited for it.

[Konglomo]

Originally Posted by &Zenith

Maybe keep it to just individuals who have contributed directly to the ezine and don't mind being credited for it.

That is what I meant whit probably 2 exceptions.

[&Zenith]

Originally Posted by Konglomo

That is what I meant whit probably 2 exceptions.

Yeah, I'm retarded and somehow thought you meant the whole forum. I don't even want to know how you'd begin sorting that out.

[Death Snuggle]

I may be able to help out. I'm kinda of in a scattered place and all I'm doing is working, taking pain killers, and smoking to keep on working and not be nauseous. I think my stomach has finally been bested by everything so it makes eating a chore...

On a slightly related note, Cali bud is everywhere now. I mean everywhere. I got these gorgeous blueberry kush nugs and it's like a straight orgasm in a bag. One sniff you'll get a hard on and if you sniff it again you blow your load... I fucking swear....

[&Zenith]

Originally Posted by Death Snuggle

I may be able to help out. I'm kinda of in a scattered place and all I'm doing is working, taking pain killers, and smoking to keep on working and not be nauseous. I think my stomach has finally been bested by everything so it makes eating a chore...

On a slightly related note, Cali bud is everywhere now. I mean everywhere. I got these gorgeous blueberry kush nugs and it's like a straight orgasm in a bag. One sniff you'll get a hard on and if you sniff it again you blow your load... I fucking swear....

Not all pain killers are created equal. I never really got into pharmaceuticals so much as far as opioids go. And most people enjoy some good bud once in awhile. You could maybe just toss down some general information about your pain killers of choice and elaborate on it when you get the chance, and maybe snap a picture of a fat nug.

[Konglomo]

Originally Posted by &Zenith

That would be cool, but it would be difficult to keep track of and you wouldn't want to leave anyone out who may be away for awhile or whatever. Maybe keep it to just individuals who have contributed directly to the ezine and don't mind being credited for it.

That would work too, we could sign our usernames and scan it.

[psychomanthis]

Originally Posted by Konglomo

*Important*


I you have something you want to submit, you can pm it it to me on here or at konglomoh87@gmail.com- also my AIM . I'll store everything on a secure server until I have a website up and going.

AIM- konglomoh87@gmail.com If you have any other questions feel free to add me, I will be on all night.

I've send you an article i'd like to contribute

[Konglomo]

Originally Posted by psychomanthis

I've send you an article i'd like to contribute

Awesome! You can send it to konglomoh87@gmail.com

[psychomanthis]

Originally Posted by Konglomo

Awesome! You can send it to konglomoh87@gmail.com

I already did

[Death Snuggle]

Originally Posted by &Zenith

Not all pain killers are created equal. I never really got into pharmaceuticals so much as far as opioids go. And most people enjoy some good bud once in awhile. You could maybe just toss down some general information about your pain killers of choice and elaborate on it when you get the chance, and maybe snap a picture of a fat nug.

Well, I'm scripted hydrocodone/APAP 5/500. I've got the onset of arthritis and such. I take it with unsweetened white grapefruit juice from concentrate sometimes but most often with sodium naproxen for the pain management effects. I smoke the bud to help with my constant nausea anymore since I've wrecked my stomach.

Hydrocodone is my preferred painkiller besides it's big brother hydromorphone but that has to be IV. A couple months ago I got at 120mgs worth of the new OP oxys in the 5mgs. I took scissors to them all until they were in 1/4ths and chewed/sucked on them until they were all gone and again I had no tolerance during this. I felt flush but never got sick. I've recently snorted 150mgs of morphine one day without a tolerance but all I did was nod out and itch. I just don't get the same euphoria as everyone seems to have with it.

I'm not sure what it is about hydrocodone that just does it for me more than any of the others but 20-30mgs of hydrocodone beats morphine and the new oxy any day for me. Yeah roxis and percs are still around but they have a new price tag around here and it's not worth the hassle or risk for me. I'm not paying $2/1mg for blues. I just seem to not stop upping my doses with other opiates(-oids) besides hydrocodone and I end up on masses doses which isn't really nice on my pocket or my body.

There's a new market hydrocodone market popping up now. I refuse to pay more than $2 for the 5/500(325) or $3 for the 7.5/750(500)(325). [Those numbers in parenthesis are possible alternative formulations with APAP I've run across.] You won't catch me buying hydrocodone often because of these stupid prices and I know most local scammers(dealers) are trying to pop the 5/500s off for $4-5 a piece which is absolutely insane. It makes me very grateful for my script.

I wish I had a better camera but it's what I have right now.

It's the same bud in all 3 pics. It was like a 5g nug but now it's probably only 2-3g. You can see my pills in the background in a couple pics.







Yeah... you can't even see the gorgeous crystals it's drenched in....

It's supposed to be blueberry kush. I'm not sure how true that it but it smokes crazy.

[Thetakishi]

I already submitted an article to rizzo and im by no means a regular. So no one be ashamed to send in your knowledge or theories like mine was.

Im definitely on board for the duration of the ezine. Its also going to help give me some journalism/writing (my new hobbies id like to get better at.) practice. Id love to go interview some homeless and functional addicts i know.

Also as another idea, we could have a section on personal scams or other lowly things you might have done while addicted to something. Keeping it anonymous if you want of course.

[iMagiNation]

I used to maintain a less drug-related ezine called New Psyentist, y'all know I'm down to get on a new bandwagon ^,^

Nice. I did not know that.

Rizzo, I have a few things I can work on. Kinda busy this weekend, going to a college graduation ceremony, but I will keep in touch and churn something nifty out.

IIRC, don't you have a lot of information on your website that we could use? Some of it might have to be touched up a bit or edited but that's no thang...

Why dont we start a list of who is fully on board? Someone PM Gun lover so we can have pharmacology articles, get a graphic designer of sorts on lock down for photoshop work, and so on with the jobs needed. Someone play CEO and set up a list of jobs and who will be doing what. I at best have doodles and mediocre first hand drug experience. I woulnt be of much help excluding novelty articles really...

I am writing up a list now of everybody that's on board and also a list of people that I'd like to get on board.

As Rizzo said in the op, we do not want to be the top guys. We're just offering a foundation for this ezine to build upon, and ensure that it grows properly without chaos.

It's not just that we don't want to be the top guys, it's that there shouldn't be any top guys at all. This is the age of the internet. Seeing as this is a group collaboration and no one is getting paid, why shouldn't everyone be able to be involved at all levels, if they want to?

This is why I really want to look into using a wiki format in order to develop the zine. A wiki as a final product would be lame, but as a way to achieve an ends it's fucking brilliant. It will make editing a fucking piece of cake because we can have a section devoted entirely to article ideas & rough drafts/outlines where someone can post a line of thought, someone else can write up some more basic background on it, someone else can dig up more sources, then someone will revise it, someone will make a different revision, we'll decide to mix the two together and then eventually we'll have a pretty decent article.

I want to make this as democratic and decentralized as possible without devolving into pure chaos, but I think this can work because it's purely volunteer and out of passion. So I don't think we're going to end up with someone plotting to campaign for Goatse on the cover. But in case something like that does happen I think Konglomo and I should serve as hard blocks to halt things in that area until a total investigation & analysis can be done. Does the community really want goatse on the cover or is someone just using sock puppets?

But hopefully all that is entirely unnecessary.

Also, as far as developing a structure, perhaps we could have committees (as much as I fucking hate that word) devoted to certain aspects of the zine wherein the people that are involved in that democratically decide things unless it needs to be taken to the group at large. This will help streamline the process because everyone can join every group if they want but if they don't have time or the knowledge to weigh in on something then there will still be a core group of people debating it. And I think perhaps we could look at using contributions as a form of political power in this sense, probably only at a small level to distinguish between people that have contributed and people that are just interested.

Because honestly, if someone spend several hours designing covers then I think their opinions matter more than someone who takes a passing interest in this.

That's just an idea though.

The "occupy" movement beat you to it.

lol not really.

Also, I can write a piece on how to pull chemicals from plants (for amateurs). Although it's going to be more about what not to do than actually teks. I have not had a good track record with extractions.



So I'm now in for three different articles, but the probability of them actually getting done is slim.

This is why this works much better if everyone works together. Don't stress about writing up an entire article. If you can even just write up a few short outlines (it should take 20 minutes at most) and submit those then that's huge, much bigger than just talking about it and doing nothing.

Also, topic idea: steam distillation of essential oils.

I already submitted an article to rizzo and im by no means a regular. So no one be ashamed to send in your knowledge or theories like mine was.

Im definitely on board for the duration of the ezine. Its also going to help give me some journalism/writing (my new hobbies id like to get better at.) practice. Id love to go interview some homeless and functional addicts i know.

Also as another idea, we could have a section on personal scams or other lowly things you might have done while addicted to something. Keeping it anonymous if you want of course.

^^This guy came out of nowhere and dropped some dope research on my brain. I've already gotten several submissions and this bodes very well.

I think the biggest thing right now is that I need someone to help set up a wiki. This way we can have a central location for everything and it will be much easier to organize. User/contact lists, article ideas, finished articles, art, list of search resources/science websites, etc.

Okay, I'm going to go write up a user list & article idea list and some other stuff and I'll get back to you guys later today.

[yawanur]

I started a tumblr to collect images. It's hard to credit stuff but I'll try, we're not profiting at all and nobody is likely to see this so if I can't credit it I'm still going to use it. That awesome picture of the wizard is "all rights reserved" on flickr.... fuck that I'll just put a tiny link to his profile on the bottom corner. I can't see anyone really getting angry about licensing in a free online drug e-zine

http://bltcgalaxy.tumblr.com/

password : nfhc

[EDIT] I will repost any images / links from this thread pertinent to the project, even foul frog memes and klein bongs. I will also be reblogging trippy/beautiful art from tumblr for possible illustrative purposes. Let me know if you think a certain piece would work with a certain article or whatevah [/EDIT]

[Thetakishi]

Also I have an addict friend that I could interview or have a conversation with or whatever, and transcribe it. I'm sure we all know the "addict story" since they are fairly similar, but if anyone wants, I'll ask him.

At least so we have a real life story that is conversational to add some variety.

[yawanur]

Originally Posted by Thetakishi

Also I have an addict friend

is he an interesting person or a stupid junkie?

[Thetakishi]

Mm, I haven't known him too long, but he seems like a fairly intelligent guy, but he's still young. He started in high school like a grade ahead of me with his habit (Not saying I have one, but to give his timeframe). Now he's about 24. He's at least been in jail and done electronics robberies. That's about it.

Really thinking about it now, it'd probably be a pretty boring one. Scratch that.

[psychomanthis]

I am currently working on another article. Complete with layout and pictures. I will email it to you as soon as it is finished Konglomo. It will be in .doc format so i hope you have microsoft word lol.

[Thetakishi]

You can always download openoffice for free to mimic all of the microsoft office software. Helpful for everyone. Haha

[yawanur]

Originally Posted by psychomanthis

Complete with layout and pictures.

Not sure how far you're taking it, but I'd like to arrange everything once it's compiled, to give the zine a consistent look throughout. Is your final product going to be a doc or a pdf? What you do you mean by "layout"?

[psychomanthis]

Originally Posted by yawanur

Not sure how far you're taking it, but I'd like to arrange everything once it's compiled, to give the zine a consistent look throughout. Is your final product going to be a doc or a pdf? What you do you mean by "layout"?

Like a general arranging of pictures throughout the text nothing special, maybe layout wasn't the correct word to use. It's going to be a .doc. You can change the way it looks as long as the text remains the same. I also have added some particulair images to illustrate certain concepts it would be nice if those could be included aswell.

[yawanur]

Originally Posted by psychomanthis

Like a general arranging of pictures throughout the text nothing special, maybe layout wasn't the correct word to use. It's going to be a .doc. You can change the way it looks as long as the text remains the same. I also have added some particulair images to illustrate certain concepts it would be nice if those could be included aswell.

Perfect!

Konglomo/rizzo : how much have you collected thus far?

[psychomanthis]

Alright the article is finished and traveling through the interwebz to konglomo as we speak!