He who is afraid of every nettle should not piss in the grass. –Thomas Fuller

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas


"How would Horatio Alger handle this situation?

One toke over the line, sweet Jesus…one toke over the line.

Panic. It crept up my spine like the first rising vibes of an acid frenzy. All these horrible realities began to dawn on me: Here I was alone in Las Vegas with this goddamn incredibly expensive car, completely twisted on drugs, no attorney, no cash, no story for the magazine…"

-Hunter S. Thompson.


This book, movie, and author have always appealed to me. His franatic, irratic nature strikes a chord with me. His sheer confusion and terror that seems to arise out of nothing.

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