#weed reviews

[flowers-i-experienced]

Not in order of encounter, all of these are from memory:

Thai stick: I know the odor fairly well, since it was what was available pre-"kind" era, and it was generally around early days as the premium smoke available, but I think I may have encountered this one in the wild just once, sometime late last century (I may not be old but I am older).

Memory tells me it was smooth on the inhale, with an intriguing and floral taste, and it got you ripped almost instantly, without a change in psychic inertia - as in, if you're in for the evening, it's official; if you're out, partying, at a concert, at game night, what have you, then it becomes easier to slip into the flow of it and easier to have fun.

Does "goggle" a little, so not super great for reading or watching stuff (though as always your own experience may vary). Pleasantly and sensuously dulls the senses, I can recall being pleasantly into the feeling of my shirt on my skin for a while, on and off. The high is pretty good, decent daytime vibes, very good nighttime one, small dryness in the crashout, definitely eat a little something during or after. J application recommended over pipe, it's far stronger than you think. 7/10 - sadly, probably bred to hell

[ajmeltdiaries]

00. Intro & Statements

Welcome! I’m a lifelong Midwestern stoner who once found a world of wonder and awe in a nugget of stinky flower. To varying extents, I’ve spent decades exploring that world, tuning its signals, listening to its stories, and studying the land. These last few years I’ve discovered the joy of documentation. Journaling has become both a vehicle for exploration and its lens, forming my experience of cannabis as medicine.

In 2023 I began journaling as a way to take more control as a patient, tracking data, documenting attributes, and keeping notes. I picked up a rudimentary print journal and kept running out of space. An online forum sounded like a good idea. This led me to Reddit, where I began blogging and realizing I find joy and purpose in this work (as well as preferring a more solitary platform). It’s become a hobby, and this place is one part of it I share openly. The other part is my IG with (very) amateur demonstrations. Beyond anything, I hope to help others elevate their cannabis experience and communion with the mother. Below are some About type questions no one asked 🙃

WTF is this place?

A blog companion to melt shots by anthonyjames. Together these extend my physical journal. Journaling helps me track flavors and effects across strains, cultivators, and forms of cannabis I use. Blogging helps me expand my ideas and commentary. My IG is an expressive way to promote dabbing culture, demonstrate form/function, and partake in community.

Also, a quick acknowledgment. The graphics used for this blog’s banner and avatar are openly licensed by ACS Omega in their essential article concerning cannabis flavor science and classification: Minor, Nonterpenoid Volatile Compounds Drive the Aroma Differences of Exotic Cannabis.

Who are you?

Anthony, a medical cannabis patient with deep appreciation and reverence for the plant. I like to research and document and analyze. I’m story-oriented 🙃

Who aren't you?

A medical professional, an educator, a scientist, a lifestyle expert, a paid creator, a know-it-all, etc.

Why do you write about the same brands?

Legal cannabis is a new frontier more like the Wild West than one may realize. With jurisdictions at state and local levels, there is little to no standardization of branding, product labeling, or descriptive marketing, beyond basic, nonspecific cannabinoid profiles and a handful of terpenes (if any at all). Each market remains shrouded in secrecy and mythology concerning commercial horticulture and botanical and chemical classification. I put resources into my research, which begets preference. If I’m repeatedly covering the same brand, it’s because I found a good one. If that should color my reputation, that frankly says more about my audience, which is another reason to do this work, homie. Everyone should be so fortunate to find accessible products made by people who reflect their values. We live in a capitalist society, after all.

Furthermore, as I explore caregiver markets in this context, I’ve seen the power of lore! It seems urgent and important to arm that with knowledge, and this is my practice.

What’s with the format?

Each entry is titled with a number and description. The number is from my manual index and may appear out of sequence here. The description includes the product, brand, and form (e.g. Fruit Stand (Revolution) Live Rosin Jam).

Each entry addresses 5 standard categories of analysis, including Family, Form, Flavor, Felt Effects, and Final Thoughts.

Family, I believe

I review the known parentage and grandparentage based on information from the brand, popular taxonomic databases like Leafly and SeedFinder, and/or various supporting anecdotes. I list my references, but this is more storytelling than science. Like science, however, I welcome corrections and new information.

Form, as seen

I review the physical form of my sample. I describe it specifically using common descriptors like “badder”, “jam”, “crystals”, “sauce”, etc. These can be confounding. If uncertain, see photos provided, ask, or, better yet, do some research!

Flavor, as tasted

I describe what I smell and taste, drawing from culinary experience. For me these are integrated senses, observable both in unison and as separate parts. Sometimes they converge, sometimes they diverge.

For my primary reference concerning sensory classification and description, see the aforementioned ACS Omega article and others by Abstrax. I nod to their research in my subheading, e.g. ‘Prototypical (Sour, Skunk, Gas)’.

Also, a quick note on complexity. In my usage, this refers to facets. A thing with many facets is complex, like a crystal; a thing with relatively few is simple, like a marble. Complexity indicates juxtaposition, or contrast, which I use in two ways. Within the subheading I refer to contrasting flavor types (e.g. Protypical vs Sweet), and within a flavor type I refer to contrasting notes (e.g. fuel vs icing).

Felt Effects

I assess 6 distinct categories of "head" and "body" effects, which I grade on a scale of 0 - 5, with 0 representing no and 5 representing optimal evidence present. This is inspired by both S.T.A.T.S. and the teachings of Frenchy Cannoli. To be clear, though, all gradings are uniquely mine, and I observe effects separately and together without distinction, allowing greater ranges of description using common terms. This may sound amorphous, and it is. HREAM. There is a larger dive looming here, into the intersections of human cognition, perception, and the ECS.

Final Impression

A brief summary where I attempt to summarize and retell the story of the threads I’ve been pulling, if you will. I leave this for the end, because a good TLDR never belongs at the beginning anyway.

Yo, fuck BHO! Solventless is the way!

Congrats on taking a polar side of a non polar equation. This perspective misses the forest for a few trees. It’s ironic in a grand sense that many people holding it are also the first to hold up nuance in defense against criticism more broadly, but I digress. There is room in every cannabis market for solvent extraction. It provides accessible tech for companies to use what would otherwise be wasted as trim, it yields unique, potent medicinal forms, it’s a highly refining step in producing edibles, and aside from these practical considerations, it produces a chemical matrix with different flavors and effects than can be isolated in rosin. Just like rosin provides its own benefits relative to flower and hash, so do solvent extracts. Add to these considerations that resin is a fraction of the price, and the implications should become obvious. Medicine is medicine, and medicine with wide availability, wide applicability, and low cost is simply more effective than singular medicine.

There are good producers of solvent extracts, and from a culinary perspective it is a unique opportunity to have different expressions of the same cultivar from a single source. Each unique expression offers another window through which to view. Additional views broaden experience and bring more knowledge.

I do love Fort Solventless. Life there is nice. I still see no reason to exclude other camps, and their knowledge, by comparative virtue. That’s dogma shit, bruh.

Aren’t you biased?

Certainly! But if you haven’t gleaned any integrity by this point, I’m afraid we’re having different conversations.

How often will new entries appear?

Somewhere between infrequently and not often, but as regularly as I can. This is my hobby, after all. In the meantime, head over to this blog’s IG companion at https://www.instagram.com/ajmeltshots.

Opportunity aside, relevancy is the other constraint here. I only write up stuff in my current rotation, and my rotation tends to prioritize freshness. There are times a purchase goes a few weeks in cold storage before I dive into it. Also some strains demand more time than others, esp. Chem. I also do not generate new entry IDs for different instances of the same stuff (i.e. repeat pickups).

Any other questions, please Ask 🙂

[cosquinh-ahaha]

Meme Letterboxd Bios ! "abra sua mente cinefilo tb é gente"

🕯🥀 cinephile..

deixo falsificarem minha assinatura mas nao deixo dar palpite nas minhas reviews do letterboxd

*pos sexo* abro o celular e digito my ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review

postando no adorocinema pra economizar letterboxd e o mano me pedindo pix

they call me unemployed because they dont know the term "film enthusiastic"

sra letterboxd amante da setima arte entusiasta de filmes crítica cinematográfica aspirante a produtora atriz roteirista

[the-weed-and-read]

I’m only on page 40 and I’m already so smitten by this book 🥰

[radioregine]

now why did this eBay seller not disclose that these headphones came from a smoker . 😭 thankfully the smell is mostly in the carrying case but goddamn

[phospadparadscha]

[5195-olivias]

baked and watching peak for the first time

[collecting-dust-on-a-shelf]

Such a great show

[gostonerlife]

We all know that person🤣 just pass it

[disabledweedreviews]

MY DISABLED REVIEW OF: Tyson 2.0 Mike Bites Delta-8 Gummies | 500mg Per Bag/25mg Per Piece

Hi everyone! This is my first review, so I'm still ironing out the kinks of how I want these to look. There's an image description attached to the image, though if unavailable to see, it reads "A bright orange resealable bag of Mike Tyson edibles is pictured. There is a large black and white illustration of an ear, with a shape at the top of the cartilage of a bite mark taken out of the ear. The large text reads "TYSON. MIKE BITES. (Δ8) (THC)" while the small text on the bottom reads "25mg Delta 8 Hemp Derived THC per gummy." The flavor reads as "SOUR APPLE PUNCH."

First of all. Props to Mike Tyson for biting off Holyfield's ear in the 90s in an insane move that, at first, everybody was mad about because it meant the match ended super early and they wanted their money back for the full match. Especially pay-per-view watchers. But then years later everybody makes jokes about it so now it's like. His brand for weedibles. Imagine you're Holyfield and your ear is bitten off, and the dude who bit off your ear has it as his logo for ear shaped edibles 20 yrs later. Objectively funny. Now to get into the review!

TASTE: ★★☆☆☆ (2/5)

They taste like. Ehhhhh. Ok. Fine but Kinda Bad. The best flavor imo is the one pictured, Sour Apple Punch. The other flavors are Watermelon and Black Eye Cherry. They both taste like Shit and have effects that actually make me feel worse. They are all REALLY slimy though, not just in texture but like. they have so much SLIME GOOP everywhere in the bag like every time I get these. So for the autism slime texture haters, this one is already NOT for you. Autism slime texture lovers however? Perfect. Though be warned, it is REALLY sticky. Stickier than most edibles. Sticky as in you can throw it at a wall and it'd stay there all day. It gets everywhere, so if you don't want to wash your hands of a goop mess after reaching in the bag, use a kitchen utensil👍

FOR PAIN: ★★★☆☆ (3/5)

OVERALL BODY EFFECTS: ★★★☆☆ (3.5/5)

Overall decent. Breakdowns below.

Helps the pain a pretty good chunk, though if the pain is pretty intense then it merely softens everything. The body relaxation will make you feel all loosey-goosey like a wet noodle, except not unpleasant. Works really well for my all around back pain. and my muscle cramps. Doesn't work too well, however, for head pain (ironically enough) or for other areas of the body. So migraine havers should probably look elsewhere.

FOR SLEEP: ★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5)

These will knock your ass out if you take more than one, however. You do need to take more than one for sleep, depending on your tolerance. The sleep is pretty nice, very decent on these. Though I don't recommend falling asleep high to the Mike Bites because they give me weird dreams. My roommates don't get this, however. So it could be a me only thing...

FOR APPETITE: ★★★★☆ (4/5)

Works decently well, especially in a pinch! My appetite is the first thing to start working on these, then come the sillies, and then the pain relief. I usually have to smoke a few hits of a dab cart to Really get my stomach full hands on deck for appetite, though it certainly does most of the work.

HIGH: ★★★☆☆ (3/5)

The high is decently pleasant, almost like a really soft buzzing that eventually replaces the pain. I get pretty silly on these, it's a Silly Weedible. Will get me to laugh at the worst low hanging fruit that other edibles DO NOT do to me. It's a pretty even combination of head high and body high, though I usually feel the body high more on these. Great for winding down before bed, as the high does not last too long, which is honestly my biggest complaint about the high for these. Like I know they're 25mg a piece, but they're not as long lasting as compared to others, such as the Urb 25mg delta-8 edibles. Other complaint is afterwards they leave me feeling foggier brained than most other brands of edibles.

PRICE: ★★★★★ (5/5)

They usually go anywhere from $20-30 USD. Can be found at convenience stores, dispos, or online. Here's The Link To Buy Them From My Favorite WebbedSite and they're on sale at the time of writing this, March 28th, 2024. Also I am Not Sponsored.

OVERALL RATING AND SUMMARY: ★★★☆☆ (3.5/5)

NOW TIME FOR A POLL!

Ultimately, I like them. They're not too expensive and work pretty well for their price, if you find them on the cheaper side of the pricetag scale. Not the fanciest by far, though they do the job nicely! I would recommend them if you mostly need the appetite and/or silly boost.

Feel free to reply with any anecdotes in the reblogs or replies of your experience with these if you're also disabled! Specific questions? Reblog or reply as well. Or send me an ask or DM!

[zetsyzzz]

^The Z blog^

Here because Twitter is too much.

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[wallisninety-six]

The Quiet, Dark, Landmark Rock Experiment of the Beach Boys' "Today!"

In 1964, The Beatles arrived to America and began the British Invasion, causing the Beach Boys to play catch up commercially and artistically- they released four albums in just under a year, and started laboriously touring nonstop as a result- and those results were consequential to bandleader Brian Wilson.

Brian had already been producing, arranging, and preforming in not only the band's output, but also for other artists like Glen Campbell, and stressed hard over work, his image & artistic output, and his rushed marriage with Marilyn Rovell. And eventually, while on tour- he suffered a serious panic attack that was so bad, that he soon moved away from touring to focus solely on songwriting & production...and the first major result of it all, is the 1965 album "Today!"

Today!- by many accounts, is a really *weird* album and sticks out from not only the classic surf-era of the band, but also from the post-Pet Sounds period. The latter half of the album (and the whole work in general) is often talked about in comparison to Pet Sounds, which makes sense- but I think doing that does Today! a great disservice to what the album meant in 1965- because it's endearing, strange and even innovative completely on its own terms.

Today! was divided into uptempo songs on side 1, and dramatic ballads in side 2- and the great talents of session group The Wrecking Crew were brought to do the instrumentals for both; five of their members had worked on previous Beach Boys albums like All Summer Long, but with Today!- they had a fuller, two dozen-strong crew to help create a new, bold sound in rock and roll: progressive, atmospheric, and orchestral. And more than ever before, their sound plus Brian's increasingly complex compositions and the inclusion of instruments not heard in rock helps elevate the album's sound itself to whole new levels.

The album's ideas of a more progressive rock were very novel in a world of classic rock & roll, traditional vocal pop, and then-growing folk rock movement- that barely any major act sought to go in a similar direction in rock aside from the equally-ambitious Beatles. It made the intro "Do You Wanna Dance" have a borderline power pop sound, give "When I Grow Up to be a Man" a twinkling baroque shimmer, and "Kiss Me Baby" that much more theatrical and thunderous- with Boys' harmonies in one of their strongest forms for this album, too. And not only that, Dennis Wilson sings lead for the first time on two tracks- showcasing his deep crooner vocal style and an implicit message that this isn't the youthful boy band you know anymore.

The subjects of these songs itself helped veer mainstream rock lyricism towards something much more brutally confessional and (for better or worse) much more glaringly honest and autobiographical, to an almost uncomfortable extent- the worries of growing up and your future being bad, relationship issues of mutual distrust & suspicion- but also still wanting it all to last. Brian's lyricism was much more overtly paranoid, and much more explicitly sad- sometimes in ways that Pet Sounds wasn't. This is reflected in some songs Brian sang lead in like "She Knows Me Too Well", his voice was much more hoarse and emotional in a way that goes beyond *just* singing a sad song...

Potentially leading to the more emotional lyrics and performance- Brian started to drink much more, and he used marijuana for the first time- leading directly to the hazy sadness of "Please Let Me Wonder"- a hint of Brian's willingness to go beyond music and go *deeper* within himself to make a more personal, creative statement. All of this makes the last track more glaring- it isn't even a song but part of an interview with the band, almost certainly put there by the Boys/Capitol Records to lift the downer mood of side 2 and show that "everyone's okay!" (Brian's wife, Marilyn even appears in it chatting with the group)- but this inclusion at the very end almost feels as if the entire album we just listened to was what was brewing behind the interview the whole time.

This is the album that cemented the band's image change that moved away from that iconic surf image that started in All Summer Long, and it helped chart a new path for the band that led to great future success- But things wouldn't be so rosy. After all, the lead-up to this album saw significant and growing vulnerabilities to Brian's psyche even as he was quickly & radically expanding his artistic talents...and this was hinted in the seemingly skippable last track where Mike Love utters a line that- in hindsight, is incredibly ominous-sounding:

"Brian, we keep waiting for you to make a mistake."

[the-weed-and-read]

Started a new read today with some lovely sativa

[odessa-castle]

My special little guy is here!!!!

This @hydrogenpink art doll is genuinely one of the most well-made plushies I’ve ever owned. And he has the SOFTEST HAIR. I was feeling down yesterday, so I ate a weed gummy and spent two hours petting Majima and monologuing to him about the nature of existence and it was such a good time. 11/10, full customer satisfaction, absolutely buy one of these art dolls if you can.

[futuristicallylovingdinosaur]

Strain: Ice Cream Cookies

Cannabinoid: THCA

Origin: Colorado

Brand: Unknown, given as a sample from a potential independent business partner

Rating: Overall 6.8/10. The flower was extremely dry and crisp, even once ground. Because of this, it was very harsh. Didn’t have many undertones except grass, a tiny bit of sweetness but not many noticeable terpenes. It was a bit of a creeper and I did feel some effects, it had a bit of a head high and some body high but mainly made me tired. They also didn’t have a COA which was concerning. Overall, probably wouldn’t buy from them and our store probably won’t end up working with them. They said they would work on keeping the bud more hydrated. So we shall see