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I live in Washington. In the Tacoma and Seattle area, marijuana is quite...popular. In fact, in Seattle there is a law that makes weed a last priority crime. And then there's Seattle Hempfest, which now lasts three days.
I see all these question and answer things that people do when they're bored, and it seems that 'Could you live the rest of your life without smoking weed?' is a common question. And 'Uh, yeah. Duh.' is a very common answer. It always makes me feel...I don't know, like I'm a bad person or something. Could I live the rest of my life without smoking weed? Yes. Of course. But I don't think that that should be the question. The question should be, 'Will you live the rest of your life without smoking weed?'. To that, I would have to answer a big, fat, honest no. No, I will not spend the rest of my life without smoking weed. I've tried it. I like it. I don't really want to go into why I smoke. Let's just say it numbs the pain. In more ways than one. I'm not a stoner. Not even close. I know that weed will mess with my brain while I'm still so young, so I do it only occasionally. It's a great alternative to something like alcohol. And I like Vodka a little more than a healthy person should.
But here is my dilemma. My sister, one of my closest friends, is really, really against weed. She thinks that it's worse than cigarettes and alcohol combined. And every time I correct her, she just gives me this fucked up look. Or she smiles that 'I'm older than you so I know better than you smile' and says something bitchy. I understand why she would hate weed. She's under the conviction that weed made our mom so awful. But that wasn't weed, that was just our mom. I can't talk to her about any of this at all. She would probably never talk to me again if I straight up told her. Or she'd run and tell my dad and just get angrier that he already knows.
The real point of this journal? I really want to know what people think about weed. Do you think it should be legal? Do you think it's evil and pointless and stupid? Do you think that stoners are just idiots who want to have fun? I'm in the mood for a healthy debate if you disagree with my views. So yeah. Thoughts?
Perspectives - Black and White
August 31, 2014 - Black and White
With the appearance of social unrest tearing through cultures all over the world, it is important to explore different perspectives to paint the truest picture of the situation. The pieces featured here explore race, specifically looking at relations between black people and white people.
Poetry
Identity by TurboTracks (https://www.deviantart.com/turbotracks)
"I live with dispersed hues that run at the sight of me
because my science-history says it must be so."
This poem takes a white perspective on this issue, exploring the guilt of history as well as the daunting dream of cohesion. What makes this interesting is the rarely-explored idea o
Looking for Admins
In my group, PowerfulWriting (https://www.deviantart.com/powerfulwriting) we are very sadly under staffed. I am getting immensely tired of finding people who are interested and say they can put time in the group, only to have them never show up. So really, I'm looking for people who are reliable who can help out. It's a writing group, and since our focus is on critique we need a few people to keep up with the critiques. So if you or anyone one know may be interested, please go here and fill out the application.
It's not a huge time commitment, but it is a commitment. So I'd appreciate a little, you know, commitment.
Thank you. And have a nice day.
How to Save a Life
Hi there, and thanks if you're bothering to read this.
It's not going to be usual journal. I'm going to ask you to just think about doing something really, really incredible. It doesn't take a lot of time, or a lot of effort but if you just understood the difference it would make...
You see, tonight, I've been switching my blog entries from the last two years over to deviantART. I was doing this because... Well, for anyone that doesn't know, I have terminal cancer and when I pass my blog will probably be taken down. I just wanted the posts to go somewhere. And no, don't panic! I'm not going to ask you to read 3 years worth of blog entries.
Facing an Impenetrable Creative Block
I have been working on this series of books for the past three years now. My biggest issue (and I hope some people share this) is that I can't get a first draft written. I have my ideas and I go, go, go -
Then I get stuck. Then I am compelled to edit. And I have to do it in pen. Let me tell you, I have burned through quite a bit of ink. So I edit. And I edit. I edit through the whole thing I have. And I think to myself, 'Self, you might just get through this draft'. When suddenly -
BAM! Writer's block. People have told me it's only a state of mind, that I can get through it if I just sit down and stop freaking myself out over it. These peop
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i understand why some people do it, and i've seriously considered doing it medically when i'm 18 because of my chronic migraines, but i'm against some of the people who sell it, as some of it is illegally grown in national parks, or grown by drug cartels.