The problem with highs, of course, is that they necessitate lows. A perpetual high at some point just becomes normalcy. Which reminds me of all that talk circa 9/11/01 about a "return to normalcy" -- Frans touched on this a year later. I wonder -- fuck, of course I don't wonder, it was obviously just a throwaway political line. Ah crap, cause this whole normalcy thing is just begging to be slashed and sliced, but I'll resist for fear of jostling my current high. Ironically, by avoiding jostling my high by discussing normalcy, I move closer towards normalcy itself. And then, of course, is all this reference to my high, which is obviously a worthless construction on my part. Perhaps an attempt to live vicariously through people who actually take drugs. But I'm gonna be one of those people soon enough....one of those people.