Thursday, 24 December 2009

Legal highs....

The word on everyones lips, the topic on everyone's minds.... "legal highs"... let me set the scene...
A young virile male, at the prime of his life. In university, in gyms, in pubs, in clubs and repeat. A small town university, not naming places, but its very close to Loughborough. There's only sooo many times u can go to the same house pre-drinking, same route crowd-chanting, and same club ending in the same finale, which includes throwing your arms in the air and rejoicing to the latest girls aloud track at the top of your voice... admittedly may just be me, but you get my point...
At the end of the 1st semester doing this week in week out, the mind starts to get a little apathetic towards the routine. "I want something new, I want to be a part of a fucking music revolution!" Enter: DUBSTEP... I'm not going to act like I'm ahead of the scene, an innovator for the movement in music, I'm plain and simply a minion, or to those who like to speak in metaphors, "a sheep." i enjoyed this movement, it was fresh, exciting. I attended events, downloaded the tracks, it felt right.
Being in this movement i met a lot of new people who were as up for trying new things as I was. This is where i was formally introduced to the latest craze 'mcat.' Throughout my life I have always been apprehensive towards drugs, but this time was different, in the spirit of trying new things I thought why not?...
Now this episode was played out with 5 lads sitting round the table, taking lines, and listening to tunes off a set of portable speakers. In turn taking this mcat and reveling in the affects. It put me on another level, made me feel more amazing then I ever have done. Dancing on the spot and talking within the group for hours on end. The sense of empathy surrounded us all as each person revealed their utmost feelings. We were conversing in a manner that would only be suitable when pleasantly inebriated, but there was no overspill on emotion. No tears fell, and everyone felt so elated. The only thing that was missing, was a huge dirty club blasting out the filthiest bass lines, but with this being my 1st time, i was happy with the proceedings. The room was full of raw emotion, guy love, and an abundance of energy throughout. We were happy about EVERYTHING and any unsettling thoughts were expressed.
The comedown we experienced was minimal, a lot of sleep was needed after an all-nighter pursued, not much side affects, all i can say is that the ends definitely justified the means. A new years eve party is set to take place, with a host of dubstep and dnb artists performing their latest DJ set, now I'll leave this with your judgement, will I be taking this now illegal 'legal high' which will last me and elevate my night, or stick to overpriced alcohol ineluctably resulting in me forgetting big patches in a night i will not want to miss.... hmmm hard decision