Hey guys, if you haven't noticed already, I've been away from the subreddit for the past two weeks, only being able to check in occasionally. There's a reason for this; I've been about 750 miles away from home. I went back to my hometown in Ohio for a friend's surgery(he's doing fine now) and decided I would take a couple weeks for my wife and I to just enjoy ourselves. And it was a great trip. I managed to get a lot of good information for DIY while I was there.
First thing I did, was speak to a very close friend about a juice line he's been wanting to make. Only problem is that he doesn't DIY. So I offered to make recipes for the line, for a 30% cut on profits(since he'll be handling the production. distribution, etc). So, if you're in the northeastern Ohio area, keep a look out for a juice line of mine to hit the shelves in the next couple months. This is something I'm extremely excited about, as making quality recipes that invoke emotion or reaction is something I'm very passionate about.
The next step in my journey was one directly related to this subreddit. I was able to meet up and mix some juices with our very own /u/kirkt. Not only was he an unbelievably helpful and friendly guy, but he was also an extremely generous host. My friend and I spent about 4-5 hours at kirk's house, mixed a few recipes, and ate a fuckton of ribs that were god-damned fire. Legitimately the best ribs I've had in my life. Like meat lollipops that fell off the bone and melted in your mouth. Fucking outrageous. On top of his offering of food, he let me drink his beer, and even went so far as to give me a gallon of his VG to take home. Truly the best host I've ever experienced. Thank you again Kirk.
The final leg of my journey(besides binge drinking) was a trip to the Bulk Apothecary warehouse in Aurora, Ohio. This was a good 55 miles from where I was staying, so I forced my dear friend and business partner to come along with me once again. This normally wouldn't be important information, but we forgot to sweep the car for fucking spiders before driving. Fuck me, right?(story on that later.) We placed an order for 2gal VG and 1gal PG, called about 15 minutes after ordering, and they said they would get it ready for us by the time we arrived. Really great service, and friendly people. Normally, orders take 24 hours to process and be ready for pickup, but they really did me a solid and rushed my small order.Trigger Warning-the next section contains spiders. Alright, so as I said before, we didn't sweep my car for spiders. This would prove to nearly be fatal. We're listening to some Lil' Dicky, aka Mr. Leftward-sloping Penis, aka LD, aka David Byrd, having a great time, enjoying our time spent together. We get off the highway about 10 miles from our destination. Looking into my rearview mirror(to change lanes and get to the off-ramp) I notice a furry 8-legged motherfucker looking me in the eye-holes.
"Yo Dgo, kill that spider." Little did I know these words would come back to haunt me only 6 miles down the road. Dgo(my friend) grabs a bag of Munchies ^^byCheetos to smack the bitch out of this spider. Bad move. Spider runs from the back windshield into the space between the back seat and trunk cover.
"Good, the spider's in the trunk, we can forget about it for a while." Fuck. Wrong thing to say, homie. Not 3 minutes after I say this, I look at the passenger side of the windshield to find this furry motherfucker just chillin.
"FUUUUUUUCCKKKKKKK, kill it, dude!" I toss Dgo a tube of lotion to smash the spider in the sharp angle that the windshield meets the dash. He reels back and slams into this fucking spider with everything he has.
"OH FUCK MOTHER FUCKER FUCK IT JUMPS!" Never have I said something so terrifying whilst driving. I doubt I ever will. There is now a pissed-off jumping spider on my dashboard, and this mother fucker is jumping my way. Commence Girl Scout screams from two grown men.
Dgo passes out at the sight of this bitch jumping. I still have to drive, so I'm screaming while looking from dash to road to Dgo. FUCK FUCK FUCK this spider gets on the instrument panel, and I swear I saw that mother fucker give me a sadistic wink before jumping onto the steering wheel. I'm now screaming and searching for a road to turn onto. I take the next turn at 45 MpH, tires screeching, Dgo PTFO, and me nearly crying. The brakes squeal and I jump from the driver seat, ready to fight for my life.
That little fucker disappeared. I just saw him, and now that I'm ready to stop his bitch ass out, he hides. I scour the driver's side for 5 minutes until I find that bitch hiding at the edge of the floormat. 3 stomps would normally be good for killing a spider. Not this one; this was a new brand of evil. I stomped on this fucker for 30 seconds at least, releasing all of the pent-up adrenaline from the near-death experience I had just had. Dgo wakes up, and we get on our way. Moral of the story: always sweep for spiders.
Anyways, Ohio was great, and really has a blossoming vape community that I hope to inject myself into. And since I put the word recipe in the title, here is the best flavor we mixed at /u/kirkt's house:
- 3% TFA Strawberry
- 3% TFA Strawberry Ripe
- 2% INW Peach
- .5% INW Pear
- 2% TFA Apple
Overall, I really missed everyone here, and the friends that I've made here. So I'm going to be going back to how active I normally am, and hopefully, I can inspire and help out more than a couple people by doing so.
TL;DR: Bulk Apothecary is a great source for VG/PG if you're in the CLE area, /u/kirkt makes some bomb ass ribs, and INW Peach tastes great.
The only useful information I got from this post is that you carry lotion in the car when you go on road trips with friends.
Missed you <3
I've never been more manly then the day a spider crawled out the inside of my helmet visor going 70mph down the highway on my motorcycle.... Having to remain calm. Pull over. Gently remove my helmet. And proceed to then freak out. Yeah... Glad to see you made it alright! :)
Welcome back Skiddlez!
That whole you stomping on the spider thing made me cry, because it reminded me of one of the funniest moments I've ever been in.
We were in a friend's car, hotboxing, doing our thing, when we see a small furry thing flying around the interior light. My friend, whilst baked, started screaming like a girl, and got out of the car and ran away, into a tree. Now that itself was hilarious. Keep in mind, this guy was 6"3', had a lumberjack beard, and was a guttural screamer in my old band.
Next, the moth thing decided to attack my other friend in the front seat. He too was pretty tall, but skinny, and really lanky. He starts stomping the absolute shit out of the carpet, screaming and flailing his arms around. Now if you've smoked bud before, you know how hilarious things like this sound, especially when slowed down and it's all you're focusing on. This went on for about 2 minutes, until he was sure it was dead. We resumed talking shit and whatever.
About 5 minutes later, the big guy screams again, tries to open the door to run out, only to find that he had accidentally locked it, so he headbutted the glass and knocked himself out. So he's out cold, my friend in the front seat is screaming and kicking again, and there's a demon moth flying around hellbent on killing us all with its furry wings of hatred.
So we all pile out of the car, and I go in with a shoe and my phone as a light. I find it, and decide to just catch it and throw it away so it can live.
So, I pick it up. It's about 10cm long, by the way, and it's squirming in my hand. I make the throwing motion, and assume all was well.
Only I didn't let the damn thing go.
That's right, I just swung my arm and pretended to throw it. In my blazed stupor I forgot how to throw.
So we all get back in the car, I thought I had thrown the moth, my friends thought I had thrown the moth, all was good. I was still holding the moth.
So after about 5 minutes, I realise I still have the moth. I whisper to my friend that I had done something bad and he told me "Doesn't matter man, we've all been there."
So I hold my hand out in the middle of the car, and release it.
This pissed off, furry, probably stoned, hell-animal releases from my hand in a flourish of terror.
Cue screaming, mass evacuation, and me not being able to smoke anymore.
It doesn't sound funny now, but it was probably the funniest thing I have ever been involved in.
10cm? That's a HUGE fucking moth.
cue whiny voice - But I thought I was done buying peach flavors.... /whiny voice
Welcome back! Glad to hear everything worked out (especially the surgery). You're doing the same thing to /u/kirkt that a lot of us have done to Flavorah. Now I wanna go hang out, drink beer and eat ribs.
Thanks for the kind words skiddlz. You're welcome back any time.
Momma told me not to meet up with people from the internet, but since the raping & molestation was kept to a bare minimum it was a good afternoon. Wish I had a good recipe to share as well, but I sure didn't hit any home runs with my mixes that day. Still vaping the heck out of that recipe you posted above.
I read a story the other day about a girl who was driving on the highway and swatted at a spider in her car, swerved and caused a crash and injured 11 people. So good on you for not killing you and your homie haha. I hope your juice line does well man, I always like hearing that a dedicated, talented mixer is coming out with a line!
Lol I'm in Ohio too and just the other day me and my buddy went in town for some sushi teusday. We stop to eat it in the car and as I'm munching on some Cali Roll I look to my left and a jumping spider is chilling next to my head on my window. I try to roll it down, but he knows better. He just hopped onto the door. Now, I'm terribly arachnaphobic, but I've been trying to spare their lives lately as a way to beat my fear.
I swat him out of the car. Sweet, he's gone... I thought. I go back to my sushi and this sumbitch is hanging by a strand of Web from my hand. I wave my hand around yelling like a girl. He drops onto my pants and jumps from one leg to the other, either trying to impress me with his sick hops or intimidate me. Either way, I wasn't having it. I hand my sushi to my friend (things go real) and try to swat him off so I can finish him with a curb stomp. Bastard just jumps onto my seat in between my legs. I muster up all of my courage and bravery and smash it with my thumb. Yuck, I got the Willies from doing that, but the day was saved.
Great post! Although now I am fearing spiders in my car and craving some ribs.
/u/kirkt I know this is /r/DIY_eJuice, but I would love the recipe for those ribs! :)
I've been thinking about those ribs every day since then. It helps drown out the ever-lingering shadow of doubt in my mind that everything can contain a spider, waiting for me to let my guard down.
You've been out of state for too long apparently. Every Ohioan knows to sweep the car for spiders every time, especially in the fall. Loved your story BTW.
No recipe, really. Remove silver skin, rinse them off, coat with yellow mustard, a tiny bit of rub (I think I used memphis dust from amazingribs.com which I usually find too sugary) (and I mean a tiny amount - 1 tsp / rack at most). Smoke for 5 hours at 200° over mesquite and hickory, with the last half hour wrapped in foil. That's it.
FWIW, these were probably the best ribs I've made all summer. They usually are good, but this batch just came out perfect. So Skiddlz is working with a very small sample size.
Finally got in the INW Peach and INW Pear necessary for this. Vaped it after an overnight steep and its really good. Smooth and flavorful with just a little bite to it on the exhale. Have you ever had Space Jam's Omega? I'm sure I'd hate it now (as i do with most of space jam juices) but when I first got into vaping it was one of my favorites. The peach taste in your recipe really triggers me to remember the peach taste in Omega.
Excited to see how the line turns out! Any idea if you'll wholesale out of Ohio? And it's pretty hilarious dude passed out!
A valiant battle with an eight legged bastard finished off with a fine tasty recipe. Glad to hear you guys made it back safe. I've had my run ins with those furry fellas white behind the wheel and it'll def take some years off haha. Glad to hear you had a blast in Ohio. Thanks for the recipe along with a much needed laugh. Cheers!
This is probably a stupid question, but what is "INW"?
Inawera. The wiki has a full list of common acronyms if you don't recognize others ;)
As someone who lives in Northeastern Ohio, that spider story would be a miracle. There has been literally one day where it wasn't freezing outside the last two weeks (bar yesterday) and that would have to be damn near the only day that could've happened. In fact in the last two weeks it has snowed, rained, and been sunny and 70. Also what's the name of the line? I'm sure it'll pop up soon.
I just spat coffee on a lady next to me, on the subway. So thanks for that, lol
well soon I will have to show up /u/kirkt on his hosting abilities (P.S Just wait till you see the Boston Butt I can cook up)
and show you how we roll in GA.
Missed you buddy!
(P.S P.S I would love to be able to hold a mixing party right here at New Day Alchemy....IDK when, and IDK what the true purpose will be haha. but when I figure it out. It will be great)
"show you how we rolll in ga" ...wait...you live in GA too? awww shiznap
Yup, Augusta(Georgialina). You?
Is New Day your juice company?