Friday, May 13, 2011

Month Of Ramadan

For my family, the month of Ramadan is a tradition that had been followed ever since I can remember. During the month of Ramadan, Muslims don't eat during sunlight, but are allowed to eat when the sun is down. Everyday in the morning before the sun is up, our whole family wakes up and my mother makes us the nicest breakfast. Her specialty is the Beef omelet. She takes slices of meat and cooks it with spices that are native to Afghanistan and mixes them with eggs and make the most delicious food of all time. during the sun down is when my mother treats the family with her famous Bolani, which is fried dough with spinach and spices inside it. Every year the whole family looks forward to the this type of cooking because it is inconvenient to cook these dishes throughout the year. At the end of ramadan our whole family has a feast with our aunts and uncles and we do the same tradition of eating lamb meat. The end of the Ramadan month is a treat to the whole family because we don't eat throughout the whole month. Not only is Ramadan is month of religion, it also bring appreciation to food because we don't eat as much of it.

Friday, April 22, 2011

Green Community

Smoking Marijuana is a community. Although it may sound like a bunch of “drug addicts” abusing “drugs”, smoking weed is a recreational activity that brings people together. Smoking weed is an interest shared by people from all different ages, ethnicity, or color. The enjoyment of smoking holds the group together because smoking enhances the senses and pleasure so when you are around people that are “high” there is a lot of love and compassion to be passed around. In a smoking session the members take turns passing the smoking apparatus, the smokier the air, the deeper the conversations that take place. The enhancement of the senses usually leads to another activity such as eating, dancing, or socializing so therefore there is a lot of enthusiasm to have fun and hangout. All the members of the smoking community share the love and passion for smoking and this similarity brings them together.  Since smoking Marijuana is illegal, unless you have proper certification, the law is the biggest tension the works against the cohesion of this community.
In the smoking group, I am another person who loves to smoke. I like to smoke with different kinds of people. Since I have a job, and a stable source of income I usually contribute the most amount to the pool of medicine. I like talking and socializing so in the community I like to drive conversations and try to talk to as many different people as I can. The smoking community is a community I like being a part of because it attracts different types of people, and one of my favorite things to do is meet and greet new people. Besides the socializing aspect, the calming effects of Marijuana makes this community filled with people that just like to chill and be nice to each other. 

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

What's in my wallet

When I opened my wallet I found my health car, my id card,some money, a gym membership card, a hookah lounge card, and my medical Marijuana card. If someone were to look at the contents of my wallet they can make a really odd justification of me. My gym card membership would make me look like some one who is healthy and active, which would be a good justification of me. the hookah lounge bar card would make me seem like I like to smoke Hookah, and the medical medical marijuana car would make me seem like pot head, which in fact is false. The contents of my wallet make me look like someone who likes to smoke marijuana, someone who likes to work out, and someone who likes to smoke hookah. They also put a negative tag on me because in this society we live in we seem to look down upon medical Marijuana users. There is a great prejudice about pot smokers, and if my card was found, I would be judged and be put through the lenses of the ignorant person who has those prejudice such as me being lazy, dirty, unmotivated, and a loser, but to the contrary I am a successful 20 year old who loves life, and am motivated than anybody I know.

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