Ok guys,
So this is going to be a long post, But I really just want to get it all down, and give a little bit of background first.
Yesterday I started my first extraction. 2oz mhrb and using Q21Q21's a/b extraction with vinegar and lime. I placed the naphtha in the freezer overnight to precipitate. and precipitate it did not. When I woke up this morning, there were a couple of tiny places frozen to the bottom, but no such "snow globe". I decided to pour off the naphtha into a new jar and set the dish out to dry. I came home and there was more or less nothing in the dish. it was bone dry except a very thin layer of oily residue in the dish. I assumed this was unsuccessful so I washed the dish and turned to the naphtha that I had poured off. it was cloudy, so I decided most of the product was still in it. I had used way too much naphtha (about 100 ml for each pull, 2 pulls back to back) and I assumed it may have just not been saturated enough to crystal. so I took a small black sushi dish (rectangular with the sides curved slightly upwards.) and decided to pour a thin layer on this dish instead to try evaporating instead of freeze precipitating. every hour or so I checked on the dish and saw that there was a ring of oily residue around the edges of the unevaporated naphtha and assumed this must be the right stuff because it is pure naphtha. so I would swish the naphtha around a little to soak up the residue as it evaporated, so that in the end there was a thicker layer in the center of the plate. once it was all dry, I used a credit card to scrape up this thin layer, and it came up into a small off-white glob weighing in at about 50mg. I still have the other half of the jar of naphtha, and several more pulls to go, so it may not be as dissappointing of a yield as I had thought. SO. I took the glob after weighing it about 12 times to get an average weight (cheap scale) and placed inside a small lightbulb vaporizer that I made just for this (the only other substance I ever use is nitrous, taken from the good ol bulbulator) I didnt want to burn it, and everyone says that the biggest problem for beginners is holding the flame too close. so instead of a lighter, I took the bottom of a lava lamp without the globe and held the makeshift vaporizer over the bulb to start heating (Had divine moments of truth by shplongle playing in the background) as soon as I saw the glob melt, I knew it had to be the right stuff. I tried inhaling, and didnt get much but warm air. I tried again and again but still not much.. Then all of the sudden i put my lips around the tube and felt like I got punched in the lung. I knew immedietly it was right by the taste of burnt plastic but reflexively pulled away. so I tried to figure out a way to inhale without killing myself, and found that if I start inhaling slowly, and slowly move my mouth around the pipe before slowly closing around the tube, I could get enough air mixed with the smoke to tolerate it. I tried several times and only got a puff every now and then and gave up on the lava lamp. I found a lighter and held it under the bulb until I saw the vapors inside and took another draw. much better this time, I knew I had a good lung full, and was able to hold it in. I could feel the vibration, and it was actually very much like the first few bulbs of a good nitrous binge, except instead of nangs, I heard little sounds like "duuuwop" (and in my head I saw what looked like little comical worms coming up out of holes when I heard the sound) I took a few more hits but it was hit or miss each time. I got one last little hit and decided to just close my eyes. I could feel myself coming up and could feel the euphoric feeling surrounding me in a way not unlike sitting in an empty tub while it fills with hot water. I didn't see any kind of "chrysanthemum" type kaleidoscope, but instead I was in a little room with all kinds of little toy like gadgets moving around. Each little gadget just cycled through its own little thing over and over again. something that looked like a 3 or 5 tiny metallic toy cubes unfolding in a "transformers" kind of way to a slightly larger metallic cube, Another thing that looked like a glass cone sitting up in the air with a tube going in on the top and one coming out on the bottom, and lots of little colorful jellybean fish swimming into the top tube and out of the bottom cube. Everywhere there was something intriguing, but not mind boggling. Keep in mind this was not a "Breakthrough" by ANY means, I could open my eyes and know exactly where I was. with my eyes open I saw 'tracers" behind my hands slightly when I moved them, but that was all. It was very interesting because I could go back and forth between this world and that depending on if my eyes were open or closed. This only lasted about 4-5 minutes before fading back to normal. All in all, A very intriguing first experience. I am less nervous now than I was, and once I get some more spice from the next few pulls, I know Ill be able to go a little further. I can tell now though that if I was any kind of artist, This would be THE DRUG to go to for inspiration. In just a couple of minutes I understand how people are able to come up with all these strange and surreal ideas, seemingly random occurrences, and perfectly lucid chaos. Please, let me know if anyone else has had any similar experiences, or any questions about my experience.