Fire up Mom!

The other day I saw a clip for the soon to end "Tyra" show and saw that she was talking about "Marijuana Moms". "What in the hell is that?" I asked myself, only to find out it was exactly what she said. She did an "expose" on mothers who smoke the holiday (weed, reggie, kush, pot or whatever you call it).

This seems to be the newest thing for people to criticize each other over but it isn't anything new to me at least. Every person, including parents, has a coping method that helps them get through any given day or situation. Some meditate, pray, gamble, drink and if a person chooses to blaze one for the poor one does that make him/her less of a parent?

One of the concerns is the influence it has over the child. Seeing a parent, or anybody for that matter, high or getting high will make any kid ask a couple of questions of course. And as the nosey kid I was with 3 older sisters I saw people getting high, coming home high and all that but never thought that smoking was something I was supposed to do and it didn't make me run to the weed man.

Of course the main issue is the safety of the child which makes people compare "pot parents" to "crackhead parents". I definitely don't advocate crack parents but most don't even recognize that he/she is even a parent just like non drug involved addictions such as gambling and drinking. These addictions often end families, marriages and even careers and often involve all types of abuse. So in that case, children are safer in the care of people who aren't addicts.

So if you compare it to other addictions then maybe there needs to be a stop to "marijuana moms". If I compare it to an addiction though it would have to compared on all sides. So that means when people say the line between addiction and hobby is that an addiction interferes with the daily operation of your day to day life. If it HELPS, as claimed by "marijuana moms" and proven by science, then this may fall into the hobby category.

I do recognize that smoking is an illegal activity and that someone not having a kid doesn't making any more legal, but as long as you're on top of your parental gaming skills and you aren't eating all the kids snacks then the way a parent chooses to unwind at the end of the day shouldn't be of concern to anybody....BUT that's just me.

So where do you fall in? Do you think that parents shouldn't smoke?

Don't Call Me THAT!

The other day I was on Facebook and I ran across a picture of a friend from high school. The picture was funny and cute so I left a comment calling him by his high school nickname.

Now this wasn't a glorious, uplifting whenever people say it your spirit brightens, lips spread and the only thing brighter than your aura is the gleam from your teeth kind of name. You know, something like Funny Fred or Pretty Tony. Oh no, it was one of those loudly yelled, intent on embarassing, hang your head in shame nicknames...you know, you got your Musty Mike and Pissy Mark type deals.

I guess. I only say I guess because this friend answered to the name at the time. Now the name, to me, wasn't anything too greatly offensive but I wasn't the one being called this. But anyway, as a 11-18 year old smart alac, I didn't call him anything but. I kept using the name and he kept answering. Now, I call him that like his name, not being funny or intentionally rude but I guess it's just out of habit...

So anyway, not even thinking about how people grow up, mature and whatever else we do once we graduate, I couldn't believe it when he stopped me in my tracks and addressed me, demanding that I don't call him that anymore. I guess I really didn't think about how people change and live different lives and simply put, don't want to be called by dopey nicknames from their childhood!

Once this happened I was thinking about how many other people have ridiculous or embarrassing nicknames from childhood, high school or anywhere else and if makes them flush with not anger, but a lil something that says "That's not my name!"

I know I had one and you wouldn't guess, but it was "Fathead" (go figure).

It's a family name that has many renditions from Fathead to Bigolhead to Fatolhead that they even attempted to put on my son! And I don't remember what event exactly but when I was like 17, I stood up at a family dinner and was like "Enough! That's NOT my name people!" They stopped calling me that, but once my son was born, they tried to bestow it upon him. And I had to slightly snap out again, but all is cool now. His name is simply (to my mom only) is "Likyhead".

I know there had to be one in high school but I don't remember it. Oh yeah there was one..."Big Booty Erica".

Like people didn't call me that really to my face but like if it was a conversation about an "Erica" It'll be like: You know, Erica?

Erica Who?

Big Booty Erica!

Oh yeah, what about her?

Yea, I hated that too. Then. I guess I've had no choice but to grow into and accept it now lol! But anything besides that I don't know. It has to be stowed in the locker of high school memories I purposely forgot the combination to but I'm sure you guys have some...

What's the one nickname you had/have that you absolutely despise and why?

That's tight

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