Better than drugs...

Coming up with a way to mess with your own head isn't exactly easy. Mostly because you always know what you're up to so it's hard to surprise yourself. Today, I came up with a way to do it though. It worked swimmingly and you can even try it yourself.

You need to load up an MP3 player with music from another country. I went with French pop because, lets face it, just listening to French pop gets you half way to whacked out all by itself.

And for all my iSnob friends... yes your Pod will do the job nicely, but this is one time your hardware puts you at a disadvantage. If you use an iPod, you'll need to muster the self control required to not skip over the half-whacked French pop... If HWFP is all you've got on your player you won't need to muster any self control. That's a huge burden lifted.

Anyway, stick the buds in your ears, turn up the Johnny Halliday, Jane Birkin, Isabelle Boulay and Serge Gainsbourg, and then go for a walk. That's it. Easy, huh? It helps if you're walking somewhere that there are people. That seems to add to the surreal factor which is of course the goal.

Trust me on this... it's better than drugs.

*** Safety note -- Don't use Indian music unless you're crazy or want to get that way or if you're very experienced. It's the Sitars... they'll push you over the edge. ***