I Inherited Money from my Father and I Instantly Quit My Job at The County of Humboldt... and Then... I went to The Rainbow Gathering in Utah with my friend Mike. I Met a Guru There (Sonya Sophia) and Participated in her Online Guided Meditations for a Year. (The Rainbow Gathering is a Backpack Trip for 10,000 Hippies)
My Father's Estate bought a House in Eureka and we Moved to a Place where We Could Watch the Sunset into the Pacific Ocean over the Channel between the Jettys on Humboldt Bay. I Can Verify that the Sun Sets in a Different position into the water depending on the Seasons of the Year. We set up two computers side by side and looked out the window. Often, she would watch Netflix TV Shows (like Sons of Anarchy) and I would do Art and Write Words and post them on my blog. I often took long driving vacations... I drove to Seattle to eat LEGAL Marijuana Cookies, Ride the Monorail and Play Music at the Experience Music Pavilion at the Base of the Space Needle. (a tribute to Jimi Hendrix and Curt Cobain)
And then The State of Oregon Legalized Marijuana. That Winter I Smoked a Pound of Oregon Legal Weed and my Blog saw a Dramatic Increase of Visitors... I Guess it was that "Absurdist Fiction" I was writing... OR Maybe it was the Fact That I Wrote a Program that Tricked Google into Ranking my Blog Highly. That Happened Too... and then one Beautiful Spring Day I Decided to go on another Driving Vacation. I Quit Smoking Weed Entirely, Left it at Home and Headed Out. What I did not realize at the time was... I Remained Stoned for a Month due to the THC Stored inside my Body... and I Experienced Cannabis Psychosis... I Saw Things That Were Not There and Believed They Really Happened... As I Left Fortuna Heading for Chico, I Picked up two Hitchhikers who wanted to go to LA... and so... I ended up Visiting LA and the Deserts of Nevada... The Desert was Amazingly Beautiful! (Marijuana makes things seem better!) After Camping, Eventually I ended up in the Hospital in Chico to treat an Infected Blister on my Foot. I was worried about Amputation and so I checked myself into the Hospital... Then, Surprisingly, The Police came to my bedside and they took me to a Mental Hospital in Sacramento. I Don't Know Why. (Could it be Madness?) They believed I was 5150 and held me for 15 days, then Admitted Their Error and I was released to a Halfway house near Folsom. When I was in the Hospital they gave me Lithium... and that made me passive... but I quit taking that "Medicine" and recovered completely. [Lesson to be learned here... Question IF The Doctor is Giving You Good Advice... 400,00 Dead Oxycontin Users Did Not.] I have been here ever since. They do all the stuff required by life for me. Buying Food, Cooking, Doing Laundry, Picking Up Prescriptions, Driving my to Doctors Appointments... I Now Have Free Time to Write, Record Music Videos and Do Computer Art and Publish My Ideas Online. For Example: I Emailed All 100 Senators and Recommended that they #ImpeachTrump and I Shared 20 of my best Ideas... I Used Fake Addresses and Phone Numbers so I Appeared to Be a Voter in Their State...
I spend all day every day creating. I Wrote my autobiography. I Wrote an eBook "America's Bogus Wars (cut the Pentagon Budget in Half and Refund the Money To The Taxpayers)" and Posted 70 Music Videos. I have found that I Get More Stuff Done when Not Stoned... The Quality of Work is More Original When Stoned but the Quantity is Less. Except my Music Videos are Better NOT STONED. I had trouble with playing the piano in a smooth rhythm... I guess that my brain was having difficulty remembering which note to play next... even on songs that I wrote myself and have played for decades... Go Figure... anyway, at this Assisted Living Facility I don't drink booze or smoke tobacco or marijuana. I quit smoking tobacco because my brother got Lung Cancer and that scared me... He recovered, thanks to Modern Medicine THAT HE HELPED TO INVENT at his Job at Genentech. An actual case of "Doctor Heal Thyself."
I joined a Singing Society at the Folsom Senior Center. 20 People and One Piano Player. We Do "Old Timey" songs like "A Bicycle Built for Two" and "Yankee Doodle Dandy." We also went ON TOUR to other Senior Centers for Christmas Carols... I also lead a Group sing Along for Christmas Here at my Home. (We Have Three Houses) I Own Bells... Handy for Singing "Jingle Bells." It is interesting to perform for REALLY OLD People. We Gave the Bells and They Truly Shook Them Randomly... but we all had a great time and after we had sung all the songs we knew, we sang them again... because... we are old people and we can do what we want!
SO, what have you been doing recently?
anyway... I have a great Retirement and there is more to come. I got a iPhone and Can hire Uber to Drive me Places... But I don't have much Interest in Traveling! Go Figure! But I Do take a Long Walk Every Morning in the Neighborhood...
I have NOT Participated in any Protest Marches in 15 Years... Many People are Interested in BLACK LIVES MATTER and I Applaud Their Action... However... As an Old White Man... I'm NOT Motivated... I Didn't Participate in any Gay Rights PRIDE Parades Either... but I'm Glad they Can Get Married... I Remember that in 1969 Homosexuality was Illegal... and People were Fired from Government Jobs... The "Lavender Scare" - Stonewall Riots... SEE? WE ARE EVOLVING! Slowly, People are AWAKENING! Just WAKE THE F*CK UP!
https://gvan42.blogspot.com - My Blog
https://www.youtube.com/user/gregvanderlaan/videos - My Music Videos
https://www.zazzle.com/store/gregvan - My Store Where I Sell Art
https://www.facebook.com/GregoryVanderlaan - My Facebook Page
My Father's Estate bought a House in Eureka and we Moved to a Place where We Could Watch the Sunset into the Pacific Ocean over the Channel between the Jettys on Humboldt Bay. I Can Verify that the Sun Sets in a Different position into the water depending on the Seasons of the Year. We set up two computers side by side and looked out the window. Often, she would watch Netflix TV Shows (like Sons of Anarchy) and I would do Art and Write Words and post them on my blog. I often took long driving vacations... I drove to Seattle to eat LEGAL Marijuana Cookies, Ride the Monorail and Play Music at the Experience Music Pavilion at the Base of the Space Needle. (a tribute to Jimi Hendrix and Curt Cobain)
And then The State of Oregon Legalized Marijuana. That Winter I Smoked a Pound of Oregon Legal Weed and my Blog saw a Dramatic Increase of Visitors... I Guess it was that "Absurdist Fiction" I was writing... OR Maybe it was the Fact That I Wrote a Program that Tricked Google into Ranking my Blog Highly. That Happened Too... and then one Beautiful Spring Day I Decided to go on another Driving Vacation. I Quit Smoking Weed Entirely, Left it at Home and Headed Out. What I did not realize at the time was... I Remained Stoned for a Month due to the THC Stored inside my Body... and I Experienced Cannabis Psychosis... I Saw Things That Were Not There and Believed They Really Happened... As I Left Fortuna Heading for Chico, I Picked up two Hitchhikers who wanted to go to LA... and so... I ended up Visiting LA and the Deserts of Nevada... The Desert was Amazingly Beautiful! (Marijuana makes things seem better!) After Camping, Eventually I ended up in the Hospital in Chico to treat an Infected Blister on my Foot. I was worried about Amputation and so I checked myself into the Hospital... Then, Surprisingly, The Police came to my bedside and they took me to a Mental Hospital in Sacramento. I Don't Know Why. (Could it be Madness?) They believed I was 5150 and held me for 15 days, then Admitted Their Error and I was released to a Halfway house near Folsom. When I was in the Hospital they gave me Lithium... and that made me passive... but I quit taking that "Medicine" and recovered completely. [Lesson to be learned here... Question IF The Doctor is Giving You Good Advice... 400,00 Dead Oxycontin Users Did Not.] I have been here ever since. They do all the stuff required by life for me. Buying Food, Cooking, Doing Laundry, Picking Up Prescriptions, Driving my to Doctors Appointments... I Now Have Free Time to Write, Record Music Videos and Do Computer Art and Publish My Ideas Online. For Example: I Emailed All 100 Senators and Recommended that they #ImpeachTrump and I Shared 20 of my best Ideas... I Used Fake Addresses and Phone Numbers so I Appeared to Be a Voter in Their State...
I spend all day every day creating. I Wrote my autobiography. I Wrote an eBook "America's Bogus Wars (cut the Pentagon Budget in Half and Refund the Money To The Taxpayers)" and Posted 70 Music Videos. I have found that I Get More Stuff Done when Not Stoned... The Quality of Work is More Original When Stoned but the Quantity is Less. Except my Music Videos are Better NOT STONED. I had trouble with playing the piano in a smooth rhythm... I guess that my brain was having difficulty remembering which note to play next... even on songs that I wrote myself and have played for decades... Go Figure... anyway, at this Assisted Living Facility I don't drink booze or smoke tobacco or marijuana. I quit smoking tobacco because my brother got Lung Cancer and that scared me... He recovered, thanks to Modern Medicine THAT HE HELPED TO INVENT at his Job at Genentech. An actual case of "Doctor Heal Thyself."
I joined a Singing Society at the Folsom Senior Center. 20 People and One Piano Player. We Do "Old Timey" songs like "A Bicycle Built for Two" and "Yankee Doodle Dandy." We also went ON TOUR to other Senior Centers for Christmas Carols... I also lead a Group sing Along for Christmas Here at my Home. (We Have Three Houses) I Own Bells... Handy for Singing "Jingle Bells." It is interesting to perform for REALLY OLD People. We Gave the Bells and They Truly Shook Them Randomly... but we all had a great time and after we had sung all the songs we knew, we sang them again... because... we are old people and we can do what we want!
SO, what have you been doing recently?
anyway... I have a great Retirement and there is more to come. I got a iPhone and Can hire Uber to Drive me Places... But I don't have much Interest in Traveling! Go Figure! But I Do take a Long Walk Every Morning in the Neighborhood...
I have NOT Participated in any Protest Marches in 15 Years... Many People are Interested in BLACK LIVES MATTER and I Applaud Their Action... However... As an Old White Man... I'm NOT Motivated... I Didn't Participate in any Gay Rights PRIDE Parades Either... but I'm Glad they Can Get Married... I Remember that in 1969 Homosexuality was Illegal... and People were Fired from Government Jobs... The "Lavender Scare" - Stonewall Riots... SEE? WE ARE EVOLVING! Slowly, People are AWAKENING! Just WAKE THE F*CK UP!
https://gvan42.blogspot.com - My Blog
https://www.youtube.com/user/gregvanderlaan/videos - My Music Videos
https://www.zazzle.com/store/gregvan - My Store Where I Sell Art
https://www.facebook.com/GregoryVanderlaan - My Facebook Page
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