off the shelf FANTASTIC FLOWER

Oregon growers have been busy behind the scenes popping seeds and sourcing exclusive genetics to stay ahead of the market. We highly recommend keeping the following flower on your radar the next time you’re stocking up.

Pdx Organics

APPLE MAI TAI

Verdant Leaf

GRIM BASTARD

SLIM’S TOP SHELF CHELATO

“PASSIONFRUIT,

Bred by Clearwater Genetics and selected at PDX Organics, this Mai Tai #4 crossed with Apples and Bananas is enough to make your eyebrows pop at the first whiff. Rich tropical fruit notes dominate. There’s a light apple scent once you tear into the bud but passionfruit, guava and marshmallow are all at the forefront, layered over a pronounced petrol. Busting these nugs is an absolute joy as well – dense and dark but also colorful, they’re expansive once broken down. Relatively sticky, rolling a gram into a generous joint is just as easily said as done. Ideal for zoning out at home or relaxing with friends. Keep an eye out for this tasty treat.

26.9% THC | pdxorganicfarms.com @pdxorganicfarms

What a welcome surprise to open a jar of herb labeled “Grim Bastard” and get a nose full of dessert. There’s nothing ‘grim’ at all about this Biker Kush and Black Banana cross bred by Solfire and selected from seed at Verdant Leaf. Even better, it smells like you just tore into a strawberry donut fresh off the line (thanks to its 3.1% terpenes). Buttery bakery scents dominate at first sniff. Once this herb takes a spin in the grinder, we get a bouquet of berry notes, graham crackers and warm sugar. After a quick joint, the effect is long-lasting, light and elevating. Be ready to tackle a lingering project or crank the volume on that new favorite record.

“BUTTERY BAKERY SCENTS DOMINATE AT FIRST SNIFF.”

31.52% THC | verdantleaf.com @theverdantleaf

While it’s hard to improve on a classic, there’s no harm in trying. This Chelato (Gelato x unknown) from Slim’s Top Shelf adds nuance and strength to the Gelato profile we’ve been digging for years. It’s got every bit of those rich and creamy dessert notes we know and love, bolstered by intense burnt rubber and nose-wrinkling gas. That balance of big funk with fresh and clean aromas makes this one stand out in a crowded dispensary. If you don’t see it at your local shop, ask for it, stock up … and stash away a jar for a rainy day.

“IT’S GOT EVERY BIT OF THOSE RICH AND CREAMY DESSERT NOTES WE KNOW AND LOVE...”

23.80% THC | 0.34% CBD | slimstopshelf.com @slims_topshelf

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THE PHRASE “FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD?” It means that you’re searching your vocabulary to find the most applicable language that best represents what you’re trying to convey. Sometimes you don’t have the exact word, but by using this phrase, you make it known that your intention is to communicate your thought effectively. And it’s totally cool. Because it is understood by the person with whom you’re interacting that although you don’t currently have the best articulation, you are also not trying too hard to impress.

And that is what’s wrong with how the word “perfect” is wielded today. People overuse it believing they are demonstrating wisdom by applying it where a less fabulous word would normally go – thinking that it boosts their ability to elocute “perfect” words. Which makes sense. Because the current “me” society that displays their filtered flawlessness on the internet as a quantified representation of who they are, is hiding from the word “imperfect.”

That’s one you won’t hear them use.

It’s absurd. A trigger. How dare you!

The overplay of the word “perfect” is an encapsulation of this artificially intelligent future we are doing “The Robot” into. Perception is largely reality, and the word accentuates the image people pretend to possess. There’s this idea that if you say something “perfect,” then “perfection” will materialize – which realistically doesn’t happen. Just because you use the word to describe something as “perfect,” doesn’t make it “perfect.”

So, when the woman who answers the phone in customer service gleefully uses the word more than twice for the figurative cherry on the sundae, she is in essence informing herself that not only did she resolve the issue, but it couldn’t have been handled any more “perfectly.”

But no, I’m sorry … the last four digits of my Social Security number are not perfect. They are just OK. You know what’s perfect? Cannabis. And Agnes, my pet gerbil.