I call it The Plow. As strains go, its effects are very forward. I can work to it. Read, type, edit, format. Move ahead.
There is a bite. After I smoked a little while ago I entered a confrontational, imagined conversation phrase. My lips imperceptibly moving as I spoke with one or two unseen imps. This phase, I grant, is not pleasant. It’s a tax, a toll, a racket fee, a shakedown, a frisk of sorts.
I responded by sitting down at my desk and getting into notebooks, thinking about getting some work done. And that worked. If I kept pacing from one side of the house to another; if I kept standing and drinking I would have lost myself to the evening. I wouldn’t have gotten even one lick of work done; I would not have written any of this. 10.2.2025, 17:42.
Rolling Notes, 10.3.25, 17:10
The open jar invites me into it with a rich aroma reminiscent of chocolate-covered tennis balls with a little fruit juice and a touch of gasoline. It really is some fine smelling bud.
The nugs are well trimmed. It was 3.6 grams in the jar—.15 grams more than most growers put in an eighth these days—and the bud is grind-efficient. Meaning: if I want to roll two ~.38 gram joints, I often weigh out .87-.90 grams of “raw” flower on the scale. I break the flower apart somewhat before putting it in the grinder, trying to take out the stems. Usually .9 grams of “raw” flower is about what I need to get two .38 gram joints. But with Cresco’s Pineapple Express (and many of their other strain offerings), I have some grind leftover in the grinder once I’ve filled out my two joints. No filler! Tip of the hat to Cresco.
The Grand Theory
The Grand Theory applicable to U.S. politics in 2025 is that, despite cracks in the constitutional foundation, it’s not the first time and ultimately, to take over the government is not enough to take control of the country. Not even taking over the media is enough. If a person wants to have control over the country, they must also take control of the arts. If the arts continue, and can speak to the damage being done, the would-be despot’s footing is not sound. Removing that person, however, would still take many years, what would be the rest of my useful life. I don’t need to say who I’m talking about. After this guy will come someone else who will try the same thing. Posse Comitatus, the legal doctrine that says the President cannot wield the military domestically, does it mean anything? That is another big question I hope we never have to have the Supreme Court address (again).
Let The Nine smoke a strain of that name and not rupture irretrievable our once and future membrane.
If you have not already surmised, I have been smoking Pineapple Express and it has given me some inspiration. It’s not even four o’clock yet. Yikes.
The Plow Plows On
10.14.2025, 17:01
That burnt chocolate flavor. It’s distinct. There was some in Cresco’s Pineapple Punch as well, which makes sense considering Pineapple Express is one of the parent strains of Pineapple Punch (the other is Durban).
There is a chocolate exhaust chewiness. Tootsie Roll? Not quite. The only way I can explain it is not quite to explain it—it escapes me. It’s not generic.
I’ve had Cresco’s Pineapple Express three times now. This is the third eighth, I mean. Chocolate-dipped fresh tennis ball. That smell you get right when you crack a fresh tube of tennis balls.
The Pineapple Express Open, a tennis tournament where everyone plays high. Tagline: Let’s Just See What Happens.
The lineage of Pineapple Express is Hawaiian x Trainwreck. Hence the name. I am happy to try any strain derived either from Hawaiian or Trainwreck.
The Munchies
10.15.25, 11:51
Trying the Pineapple Express a little earlier in the day today. It does produce serious munchies. That’s the only downside. Eating late, and then lying down and going to sleep is problematic for me because it often means I wake up at two in the morning with acid reflux, which means I don’t sleep that well.
So I probably need to avoid smoking the Pineapple Express any later than three or four in the afternoon, because I am usually asleep by nine or ten, although I often wake up at one or two in the morning even if I don’t have acid reflux. I wake up and read and try to get one or two small tasks done after drinking and smoking has rendered me somewhat useless for the evening hours preceding.
Smoking a strain that produces munchies earlier in the day, however, might benefit a person who struggles with building a strong appetite, something that is true for me from time to time. Not that hungry even when you haven’t had much to eat? Smoke a little bit of the Pineapple Express and dig in.
Weeds of Grass 