Fear etc.

I just saw the movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Frankly, I was disgusted and fascinated at the same time. It explains so much clarity on the personalities heretofore baffling to me of certain people whose acquaintance I have had the pleasure of making. I always had the vague, unformulated idea but could never put my finger on exactly what it was, not that I ever gave the matter any more than passing thought. Now, I feel like I have greater insight into the motivations of a great many who occasionally dabble in such things: a common desire to relentlessly increase the breadth of their experiences, largely in disregard of prevailing standards and occasionally in conscious knowledge of detriment to health.