Are You On The Marijuana?

First off I would like to state that I have no problem with people who use marijuana.

The Question: Marijuana; should it be legal?

The Answer: No, simply no. I don’t care that its harmful, but it is. There are varying statistics, but the one that sticks out to me is that one “joint” contains as much tar as ten cigarettes. Ridiculous. I know people smoke all the time, and it is something that has become accepted as the norm, but it is un-natural; you’re lighting paper and vegetation on fire and drawing the smoke into your body. I’m not a doctor, but something tells me filling your innards with smoke, marijuana or otherwise, isn’t good and will harm you.

The argument has been made “legalize it and less people will do it because the mystery will be gone”. Horseshit! If anything people will do it more. Except when it’s legalized people will be paying out the ass for it. Is that what you want cheech?

The hard and fast truth is that marijuana, though low risk compared to other drugs, can cause problems for people who over indulge. I have friend, let’s call him Kevin, who started doing it in grade 8, by grade 10 he was a daily user. He still is to this day, except he is a burn out. He has also developed schizophrenia because prolonged use of marijuana dries up the serotonin gland the brain. Those are cold hard facts, not opinions. Over the years Kevin and I drifted apart. He was a heavy user, and I, well when offered I often told people “Baby, I am the drug! People take me for a good time”.

I was never interested in trying Marijuana. However, I’m the type that if I had wanted to I would have. No question. I was just never interested.

- McDonald’s is harmful, but amends have been made in the laws making trans-fats illegal.

- Cigarettes are more harmful than marijuana, no question, but if you notice the movement’s a-foot it won’t be long before they are outlawed.

- Science has proven Marijuana is less harmful than alcohol. That may be true, but science has also proven that marijuana is harmful. So which is it? Science is flawed.

If anything the laws should be tightened up on marijuana.

Pod Cast

I'm not really sure what I'm going to do with my pod cast. I've heard people talking about interviews, humor, revealing self truths about ones self.

There are many who are worth of an interview, but will it be interesting?

I have lots of humor, but will everyone find it funny?

If I bare my soul will and make my self venerable will It be shat on?

All three questions I must come to grip with.

Maybe I could do a pod cast with a little of each in it. An interview, a sniff of humor mixed with a sniff of venerability.

Thoughts?

TMI?

A shirt causing controversy? I’ve come across this phenomenon before. However this seems a lot more “out there” than when my high school principle demanded I not wear my favourite shirt because it said “ass” and subsequently taped over one of the “s’s” in Ass when I refused.

Anyway, the shirt in question is one with an open safe on the front, inside the safe is a simple note saying “I was raped”.

This rape shirt is an interesting concept. I’m really not sure how I feel about it. Part of me feels like it’s just an attention grabber for rape victims. It’s horrible that people get raped, however publicizing it on a t-shirt might be going a little far with it. There is also a “I had an abortion t-shirt” as I understand it. My feelings for that shirt are the same as my feelings for the rape shirt.

I think deep down I feel like this shirt doesn’t need to exist. I’m not saying rape is something that should be swept under the rug ; far from it. I think rape victims should talk about their experience, and should own that heavy burden. But a t-shirt isn’t the right way to do so.

What happens when the nut bars out there start wearing it as a novelty or a joke. I’ve seen people walking around in shirts that say “pervert” on them like it’s a badge of honour or some big joke. I don’t think it’s a stretch to think that people would do the same with these shirts.

I don’t like it, I understand its point, but I don’t think it’s needed.

-Dion-

The Audio overlord and the sleepy young peasant

What an interesting weekend! Well, not so interesting as it was busy. Friday started out well, good intentions by yours truly to complete all the tasks I had appointed by myself or by others. Unfortunately I ended up missing one task, a lab, that was appointed to me by the overlord of audio Bob Simmons. As anyone who really knows me is aware, I’m an ultra busy guy. I have my regular Monday radio show, 7-9, on CJ106 (Stream online at Cj106-assinaboine.net) , my regular job at superstore 3 nights a week, then generally Friday night I gun it, and by gun I mean travel obeying all laws of the road, out (250km) to the bustling metropolis of Winkler Manitoba to man the wheel of the mighty 1570 CKMW. So how does this all tie in with me missing a lab on Friday? Just chill out there kid! I’ll get to that!

Well it generally causes me to get back into town late Sunday night, extremely tired. So that was even more the case last week, then, for the remainder of the week, I experience insomnia like symptoms, something I’ve battle off and on over the years, for the rest of the week. Again, this ties together Friday how???? Weelllllll!!!! I went home Friday at lunch to service a certain intestinal requirement whose needs far surpassed those of the audio realm. Then I deceied, hmmm, Dianne’s class is cancelled today, maybe I’ll have lunch then go back for my pro tools lab at 2:30. I filled up a pot with water and set it on medium low on the stove. I figured I’d have some noodles. Anyway, I retired to the couch where I layed down, figuring whats the harm?!?

Bam! Time elapsed! I startled, like a child who believes he/she/it missed Christmas. I looked at my trusty battle worn Samsung phone to reinforce my fears, 3:45……Suddenly I was like Dane Cook, I was trying to come up with plausible excusses. “ummm Bob, did you hear about the circus animals that took those people hostage??” “I was one of those people!! “The Gazelles were dancing on my chest”. In the end, I decided the truth was the best method, so today, they day of Bob unmerciful test, I must go after and beg forgiveness from the Audio overlord and also beg for the opportunity to make up this mistake.

Stay tuned for results Children