Well... I'd say Insanity
But that's just a start... see, insanity isn't the lack or loss of sanity... it's simply seeing things in a slightly askewed perspective... because you never call yourself insane, everyone else does!
Chemical wise... I'd say Caffeine & Nicotine (sleeplessness goes hand in hand with these... but which is the chicken and which is the egg, eh?). Although, I've ALWAYS wanted to go 'oldschool' and try absinthe (but being in the military, and it being illegal in the US makes it hard)... Or perhaps Oxygen... they actually have Oxygen bars in Japan; been there, seen them... never went to one.
MUSIC!!! I MUST listen TO music ALWAYS!!!! I can't see how people can live without music! Of ALL kinds! (please... no country though... nothing new and twangy! "My wife died, my dog left me, and my truck ran away!"... wait... BUT! --> Charlie Daniel's Band ROCKED!!! ) Metal, alternative, punk, ska, techno, jazz, classical, musicals, instrumentals, anything 80's... swing, and a million others! Oh... and no polka
I'd say history as well, but not in all cases. I am a table-top RPG'er as well, and have some characters (vamps; old as sin) that are very twisted into history. I've spent MANY long hours 'researching' history; so the places and people (most) were real... even some of the events. Another great source for history though... (if you're still in high school... close your eyes!) are teachers! It's not that they know about history that amazes me, it's the ABSURD things they know about history! And they RETAIN all that knowledge that the general populace would consider useless, or at best, trivial! For instance; did you know that when Napoleon attacked Morengo, Italy... the night after the battle (that he called a victory; only because his butt got saved) he had a chicken dinner... today, it's called Chicken Morengo! [censored]?! Who knows that?! Other than some historian, your history teacher... well... me... and ALL OF YOU NOW! WHO?!
Also... absurd objects, random words... and many wasted ours of key-pressing and ink-blotting... they generally come into great thoughts!
If you gave a thousand monkies typewriters, they'd eventually re-write the entire works of Shakespear! (and Chaucer I'm sure) FOURTY-TWO!!!!
