A quick smoke before leaving on tour
Written By: Miss Rolling Stoner
It’s a beautiful Tuesday morning in Los Angeles, California. I’m preparing to go on a tour across the U.S., and I leave tomorrow. If you’re just meeting me, nice to meet you! I’m Miss Rolling Stoner, a weed journalist by day, and a popstar by night! Like Carrie Bradshaw, but instead of my sex life in NYC, I’m writing to you today about cannabis and my floating thoughts, LIVE in Los Angeles.
I’m just finishing up a few details on my setlist, outfits, packed bags, etc. Believe me when I tell you, I’m not typically a “wake and bake” kind of gal, but today calls for it. Through the mountains of logistics, and the anticipatory anxiety of what’s to come, I need a little something to get me into an inspired, creative state as I sort through the chaos. As a baby stoner, I usually like to take just a few tokes from a good sativa to get me in the mood. Today, I reached for the Miss Grass Bloom + Play pre-roll pack, aka: “Fast Times”!
Miss Grass is one of those incredible brands with outstanding flower for a reasonable price point. Opening a fresh pack is like Christmas day, with an initial scent of juicy fruits, and notes of citrus and floral. I slide the box open, noting the cute smaller box of matches they include in the first compartment, and slide my nose along the length of one of the .5g pre rolls. Inhaling with a smile, I pop the joint in my mouth and take a drag. Sweet and slightly citrus on the first toke, settling as a light gassy flavor on the exhale. Testing at 29%, this sativa-dominant-hybrid blend packs a punch! The onset of the high is a bit of bubbly lift off, and while it is a heady high, it’s mainly a more saturated experience, in my opinion.
What do I mean by this? Well, in my world, saturation is the degree to which we experience our lives. For me, some days are more saturated than others, and cannabis definitely helps me find that color when I’m devoid of it. A nice sativa such as this one washes out the anxiety, and increases the vibrancy of my positive emotions. Reader beware, not all sativas are the same. This Miss Grass sativa blend in particular, is quite the delight.
It’s going to be a really interesting month and a half, traveling the United States and singing in front of strangers every night. The familiar faces I am excited to see, and yet I’m terrified to let down. I haven’t toured since last year, haven’t played a show since this wonderful festival in Vermont back in August. Maybe that’s where these jitters I’m trying to shake off are coming from. There’s so much that goes into making a good show, and it’s all hypotheticals until you can test it out in front of a crowd.
Picture this: I’m slightly stoned off this bodacious, yet light and soaring sativa, and I’m getting into the creative flow for my day (resisting the crash of a wake and bake, which I find to be an unfortunate side effect of the behavior) and I’m trying to figure out which album is going to accompany my high the best. It could go plenty of ways, from ’80s synths to ’90s slamming guitars to One Direction deep cuts. However, after much contemplation, even including a hot shower, and preparing a breakfast burrito, I’ve come to a warm, inviting, classic conclusion. Finally, I’ve settled into the 1972 classic “Let’s Stay Together.”.
Al Green had hits on hits, including this record’s title track and “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart.” This album is a great way to ring in the day, with warm, smoky, flowing instrumentals and melodies. Al’s voice sits in the middle of the sonics, forward yet mid-range. The bright percussion and background vocals sit lightly atop the full shape of the sound. Blasts of perky horns peak through, and smooth guitar plucks throughout pretty much every song. It sets the tone for the day to be yellow and vibrant, yet with that classic tape-recorded depth.
After about an hour or so, I’ve managed to get excited and organized about my day, and my high from my first three tokes has faded. I find myself reaching back out for that Bloom + Play J, needing a bit of a boost to pack up for my final dress rehearsal today. Now, as I’m gathering my costume pieces, packing it all up in one bag, and heading out into the LA city for one more full day before I’m gone for 20, I’m buzzing. I’m going to keep hitting this delightful little J as I dance about my day, because it truly doesn’t take much to get me high. A quick toke before I head into rehearsals with my drummer will help me get jazzed up and ready to party, even through my innate exhaustion. Another quick toke before I drive to hang out with some friends, and another one to eventually head home to finish packing and have one final night in my room before I’m away for so long will smooth over any anxiety pending.
I love my sativa, and I love Miss Grass, but to be honest, the thought of leaving for tour and the adventure of making music every night for new people is enough to get me high alone. Just the thought of screaming crowds, new people, amazing music, and endless hours in the car with my friends makes me smile uncontrollably. It does also spark a slight amount of anxiety in me, when I get too caught up in the logistics of the whole operation. Nothing that can’t be fixed by a quick puff on a bubbly sativa, though.
So, I glide out of the door with butterflies in my tummy at 10 whenever I remember what tomorrow holds.
