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D. Vrij ‘Tying Off’ on Inter-zone.org 🌐 Balloons were nostalgic for him, as they were standard issue back in the day. In the late 60’s early 70’s their appeal lay in their swallowability, street dealers could carry them in their mouths, a quick swallow might keep you out of jail, or failing that say in the case of having warrants, having come down sufficiently to take a dump, caca would yield treasure.
at balloon, n.
Dalton Vrij ‘Tying Off’ on Inter-zone.org 🌐 Dalton had broken into doing dope in the era when the ‘Binky’ was still the rig of choice, the eye dropper barrel with the standard rubber part replaced by a baby pacifier for extra liquid leverage.
at binky, n.1
Dalton Vrij ‘Tying Off’ on Inter-zone.org 🌐 When Dalton explained that Carlos wasn’t answering his phone ,and that he wanted two blacks and a white, he was told, 12th and Jackson 20 minutes [...] Suffice it to say that about an hour later, Carlos rolled up, dropped two grams of chiva, a gram of coke, and the new cell phone number.
at black, n.
D. Vrij ‘Tying Off’ on Inter-zone.org 🌐 The ensuing dance featuring cell phone calls to his insurance company and interactions with a couple of Bluecoats from the Kirkland Police Dept. was a bit sticky due to lack of paperwork, drivers licence, proof of insurance, registration all dust in the wind.
at bluecoat, n.
D. Vrij ‘Tying Off’ on Inter-zone.org 🌐 Balloons were nostalgic for him, as they were standard issue back in the day. In the late 60’s early 70’s their appeal lay in their swallowability street dealers could carry them in their mouths, a quick swallow might keep you out of jail, or failing that say in the case of having warrents, having come down sufficiently to take a dump, caca would yield treasure.
at caca, n.
D. Vrij ‘Tying Off’ on Inter-zone.org 🌐 Some became the Candy Man slinging weed and acid, others a little older perhaps and better set up got store fronts.
at candyman, n.
Dalton Vrij ‘Tying Off’ on Inter-zone.org 🌐 Of course china white, or the strong grey dope he had scored in Istambul [sic] had way more legs, as well as, especially the china white, a more refined and elegant high.
at China white (n.) under China, n.
D. Vrij ‘Tying Off’ on Inter-zone.org 🌐 Adding cola to the mix, adds a dimension of space. Its a rush drug, pure and simple, any time any where, a speedball junkie can find a place for a coke hit.
at cola, n.
D. Vrij ‘Tying Off’ on Inter-zone.org 🌐 The dawning of the true millennium 2001, found him copping up on Broadway.
at cop up (v.) under cop, v.
D. Vrij ‘Tying Off’ on Inter-zone.org 🌐 Money generated in increments above 15 or 20 dollars are destined for the dope man.
at dopeman (n.) under dope, n.1
D. Vrij ‘Tying Off’ on Inter-zone.org 🌐 Daltons usual practice was to fix, wherever he happened to be parked, a technique that had served him well.
at fix, v.3
D. Vrij ‘Tying Off’ on Inter-zone.org 🌐 From his point of view this was a pretty fucked up corner to hook up with some unknown Mexican as it was the junction of Ranier Ave with like four other streets.
at hook up (with), v.
D. Vrij ‘Tying Off’ on Inter-zone.org 🌐 The doctor left for a long liquid lunch leaving assurances of imminant liberation.
at liquid lunch (n.) under liquid, adj.
Dalton Vrij ‘Tying Off’ on Inter-zone.org 🌐 Looking down at the crook of his arm where his mainline split passing as the Ganges and the Nile he wavered in his choice knowing he had one more river to cross. A speedball like any other coke issue is the ultimate crossroads of the hit or miss.
at mainline, n.
Dalton Vrij ‘Tying Off’ on Inter-zone.org 🌐 Once flagged one simply squeezed the binky and down she went, to reregister just stop squeezing and back came the blood, effort less needlefreaking. No chance of pushing the whole rig down and through, very easy to do with a plunger.
at needle freak (n.) under needle, n.
Dalton Vrij ‘Tying Off’ on Inter-zone.org 🌐 The effort of say Skin Head Pat, to be nodding out every night around 10:00, is huge compared to the efforts required by some weasel just popped out of jail all clean and sassy, nodding and itching on a good 15 dollar quarter.
at nod, v.
D. Vrij ‘Tying Off’ on Inter-zone.org 🌐 [He] remembered that the very whacked out Deanna had also given him the number for Carlos’s brother.
at whacked out, adj.
D. Vrij ‘Tying Off’ on Inter-zone.org 🌐 By day, and into the evening, herion [sic.] and powder cocaine were cheap and abundant, the $15 smack quarters, were fatter than the downtown 20s, all night long the flailers, could pick up on whacks of speed.
at quarter, n.
D. Vrij ‘Tying Off’ on Inter-zone.org 🌐 The California attitude, from Govenor Ronald Raygun down through to his piggy minions was ‘Fuck You Junkie, you can’t buy no stinking rigs and we’ll throw your ass in jail just for having one.’ Shit, they were known to bust people just for fucking tracks.
at rig, n.4
D. Vrij ‘Tying Off’ on Inter-zone.org 🌐 Adding cola to the mix, adds a dimension of space. Its a rush drug, pure and simple, any time any where, a speedball junkie can find a place for a coke hit.
at rush, n.
Dalton Vrij ‘Tying Off’ on Inter-zone.org 🌐 I have been shooting dope in my car for 30 fucking years and have never been hassled, why do I think that its not going to happen today?
at shoot, v.
Dalton Vrij ‘Tying Off’ on Inter-zone.org 🌐 Dalton started feeling dope sick passing through the Tax shelter territories of Rose Hill and Medina [...] ‘Man o man when I hit that Holland tunnel I was sick.’.
at sick, adj.2
Dalton Vrij ‘Tying Off’ on Inter-zone.org 🌐 Some became the Candy Man slinging weed and acid, others a little older perhaps and better set up got store fronts.
at sling, v.
Dalton Vrij ‘Tying Off’ on Inter-zone.org 🌐 Sucks down the last of 16 oz apple juice, pops in a ciggie, spanky box of Winston 100s.
at spanky, adj.
D. Vrij ‘Tying Off’ on Inter-zone.org 🌐 Adding cola to the mix, adds a dimension of space. Its a rush drug, pure and simple, any time any where, a speedball junkie can find a place for a coke hit.
at speedball, n.1
D. Vrij ‘Tying Off’ on Inter-zone.org 🌐 After sitting around his crib for a week, while his vehicle was having its ignition replaced, other little details, coming down but no thought of kicking, he was at last, on his way to the spoon.
at spoon, n.
D. Vrij ‘Tying Off’ on Inter-zone.org 🌐 Dalton pulled off his belt and lashed it around the steering wheel, had he been out the car it would have been around his right leg, he was going for the wrist hit a definite tie off move.
at tie, n.
D. Vrij ‘Tying Off’ on Inter-zone.org 🌐 The California attitude, from Govenor Ronald Raygun down through to his piggy minions was ‘Fuck You Junkie, you can’t buy no stinking rigs and we’ll throw your ass in jail just for having one.’ Shit, they were known to bust people just for fucking tracks.
at tracks, n.
D. Vrij ‘Tying Off’ on Inter-zone.org 🌐 By day, and into the evening, heroin and powder cocaine were cheap and abundant, the $15 smack quarters, were fatter than the downtown 20s, all night long the flailers, could pick up on whacks of speed.
at twenty, n.
D. Vrij ‘Tying Off’ on Inter-zone.org 🌐 By day, and into the evening, heroin and powder cocaine were cheap and abundant, the $15 smack quarters, were fatter than the downtown 20s, all night long the flailers, could pick up on whacks of speed.
at whack, n.1
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