I tried, but never got, a contact high. Then realized after several years that I didn't like this stuff. Although I bought other things (which were also a part of my youth) at Dead shows. Things that didn't have fumes associated with them (oh: and weren't addictive or deadly).
I've been to 9 shows, which for Dead heads is nothing. It was fun - you could dance like crazy and nobody thought a thing.
As for religion, I was a total believer. Slowly started to move away when I was a Jr. or Sr. In part because I began to learn about what I call "the other history of the Catholic church." The stuff we didn't learn in religion classes: the Popes & Bishops with mistresses & illegitimate children, the selling of indulgences for centuries.... I was offended that a church that instilled in me a desire for truth would lie to me so blatantly. I only realized I was no longer Christian in my early 20s.
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Re: They sent my sister packing at that age, too
Date: 2013-02-21 01:08 am (UTC)I've been to 9 shows, which for Dead heads is nothing. It was fun - you could dance like crazy and nobody thought a thing.
As for religion, I was a total believer. Slowly started to move away when I was a Jr. or Sr. In part because I began to learn about what I call "the other history of the Catholic church." The stuff we didn't learn in religion classes: the Popes & Bishops with mistresses & illegitimate children, the selling of indulgences for centuries.... I was offended that a church that instilled in me a desire for truth would lie to me so blatantly. I only realized I was no longer Christian in my early 20s.
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