u/BluntVoyager

It’s been a little while since i’ve got some bud from ohio dispensary’s. I would typically go after Galenas and Woodward but after seeing a lot of posts I am leaning towards giving farkas farms and certified a try. Any suggestions on good sativa/hybrids from them? Something that won’t make me tired. Some of my favorite strains would be super lemon haze, blue dream, first brunch, northern frostberry, grapehead. Anything similar to those should be great

Currently reading Carver’s What we talk about when we talk about love. This is the first book i’ve read from him, besides a few poems from Fires. Last night I came across the story Tell the women we’re going. An odd story that i don’t really know what to make of and i find myself feeling this way with a lot of Carver’s stories, though this isn’t a bad thing. There is something about his writing that is so effective and honest but i don’t have the right words for it. I just can’t seem to put my finger on it, but I adore them and I can’t stop coming back for more. He’s slowly becoming my favorite author and I’m slowly falling in love with the medium of short stories. But this story in particular is something special. Something I haven’t seen Carver pull off yet until now.

It’s a story of two men who used to do absolutely everything together, even sleep with the same women. Now these men are each married with wives. One night they are hanging out as married couples and one of them decides they need to get away for awhile. So the two of them, Bill and Jerry, go on a drive and end up in a bar, drinking some beer. They leave the bar and pass two women on bicycles on their way home. They decide to turn around and try to pick up these women. They have a bit of chit chat and they drive off again, and park in a secluded area, waiting for the women to pass by. Up until the very final paragraph it is a story about two men wanting to get laid. And then Carver abruptly flips the entire thing on its head turning the mundane into horror. He turns it into something so much darker than I could have ever expected and it came so out of left field. But it works perfectly and gives a lot of the text leading up to this point a different meaning. That final paragraph left me speechless and I felt horrible. I didn’t see any of it coming. It really left an impact on me and a day later as i’m writing this it’s still sitting with me. What an amazing grotesque story. One of the best short stories I’ve ever read. I’d love to hear other people’s thoughts on this story or book if you’ve read it. But would appreciate no spoilers on any of the stories that come after this one or are outside of this book because I haven’t read them yet.