420

Happy 420!
I dedicate this day to my friend Greg- the first person I ever smoked pot with.

He died when he was 32. He left behind his Mother, Sister, Wife and friends. He is missed by all.

The first time I smoked pot with Greg, it made me feel stupid and I eventually threw up. But, by the time I was 17, it seemed like "everyone was doing it". Every year it seemed like more and more people were doing it. Many of these friends went on to bigger and better drugs and eventually died. My dear friend Greg is included in that group of dead friends. By tattooing my initials on his arm on the Valentines day of my 14th year, he was the person who gave me the name most people know me as: KP


Today in celebration of 420 I will go visit a friend of mine who I got high with many times. She is (once again) in a sober living home now. I will walk past the smoking area at the front of this sober living area where many of the tenants will be using their doctor prescribed medicine- medical marijuana. The stress of trying to get sober is enough reason to get your medical marijuana card. I helped pave the way for this situation, and even voted for it. You can thank me.

Today, in celebration of 420 I drove from my son's school one tenth of a mile away to take pictures of 3 of the local businesses:

Everything you need to do it at home.


Everywhere you look people are getting high. Music sings about it, store sell stuff for it, Doctors give you prescriptions for it. It's natural.
Pot makes you feel good. That's why they use if for pain management.
Pot makes you feel less stressed, that's why they give it to people for anxiety.

If you are a 16 year old kid who is too busy getting stoned to make it to school on time, or too high at lunch to get back to class, you should be stressed that you are about to become a high school drop out. But pot will help you avoid those feelings.

If your kid is in trouble in school because they bring pot to share with other students, and your solution is to get them their medical marijuana card, then YOU are smoking way too much pot and you should get a life and some parenting classes.

If you are a 25 year old pot head who is sitting around being a burden letting someone else pay your bills, you shouldn't be feeling good, you shouldn't be living stress free! You should get off your ass and make something out of yourself.

If you are the parent of a teenage pothead, or enabling an adult pot head, you should get a life. But if you smoke enough pot, you can avoid thinking about it.

Don't worry, today is your day- 420! Celebrate. Smoke a fatty. Listen to the local radio station as they have Cypress Hill live on their "Wake and Bake" show. Hang out with your friends and laugh at the television for several hours. Smoke a big bong hit and share the road with my husband as he works to support his family. Share the road with me as I drive my son to his music lessons. After all, I voted for this. You can thank me.


For your entertainment, today's theme song: A lovely Video by The Offspring
Too high to understand the lyrics: Mota, by The Offspring