The Long Version

Starting school again actually excited me. Not sure how long the allure of waking up at 7 AM will last, but for now it is worth rising with the sun to listen to two brilliant professors lecture all day.

At around 9:30 in the morning, we had to get into groups and list all the names we could think of (derogatory, funny, clinical, or otherwise) for human genitalia and various sex acts. It brought me great joy to say the words pussy, cunt and cock for legitimate reasons in a classroom. I suppose I'm easily overjoyed.

For the next hour or so I drank coffee and chai underneath a tree and read Reddit and other various sites I frequent on the internet. At one point a strange man sat directly next to me, but I stealthily avoided him by slowly inching away in my chair. And tilting my computer screen faaaar away from him as I did my homework on the-clitoris.com.

The next class (Current Issues in Psychology) only meets twice a week, thus it is 4 hours long. Luckily, the professor turned out to be an awesome goth lady with dreds and platform boots, who is also a nicotine addict (frequent breaks!). This helped combat the problem I always face in long classes - my loud stomach. It grumbles at the slightest hint of hunger, thirst or annoyance, which isn't noticeable unless I'm in class. As a result, over 25% of calories consumed during semesters are in bar form (typically of the granola variety). I am overdue for a Costco trip to purchase more Clif Bars.

I learned a lot about the use to psychedelic drugs in psychiatric treatment. Currently, the VA is treating veterans who suffer from PTSD with MDMA (on a trial basis). This is both fortunate and unfortunate, since initially it shows promise as relieving lots of the debilitating symptoms, but of course the long-term effects are not desirable (and even less so for those that already suffer from psychological disorders). When the brain is being treated with MDMA or LSD, it responds in a way that is analogous to intense religious/mystical experiences in believers. She also touched on the MK-Ultra project conducted by the CIA, a small part of which consisted of giving soldiers acid.