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does anyone else have paraphenalia collecting disease?

mochilab

mochilab

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I have two glass bowls, a bubbler, and a one-hitter, but I am wanting a new bowl. Why? Just because there are so many nice ones out there and they look good! I don't *need* a new bowl...I just want one. Anyone else have this problem that every so often they have to get some new gear?

I want a really special looking pipe, like a frosted glass jammy, something kinda minimal in design. I saw this beauty on another board, blown by a local glass artist in Denver, CO. I found the shop the guy bought it from and they have no mail order but I'm calling them today to find out if they can point me in the right direction. It was a gorgeous frosted black glass bowl designed to look like a panda bear. Totally cute.
 
mochilab,

how long have you been smoking?

about two years ago, I went on this huge paraphernalia binge. over about a year, i bought 3 glass bongs and tons of accessories to go with them, 8-10 different glass bowls, at least 3 bubblers (broke 2) a vaporizer, two grinders, bla bla bla.

i think part of it was the job i had and how little responsibility i had at the time. i was in college (day program) and waiting tables at night/weekends. i had gobs of cash and the headshop was a block away from my job.

also, i had a great supply for green. it never wasn't around there for about 2 years straight. i always had pot in my bowl.

then, i got busted with all that stuff (for growing too mostly). i lost all of it to police. now i smoke out of a glass bowl and live with some "not cool" roommates that don't smoke so i'm not in a place where all the smoking gadgets would go over very well.

i think that most of the appeal of getting really wrapped up into MJ and smoking appartuses was wiped away after a good amount of experience in smoking (social, legal, emotional).

when you stop looking for something new in getting high, i bet this phase passes.
 
hey chairmanma084. i've been smoking on and off for at least 10 years, but this time I am getting into MJ in a way I never have before. i feel passionately about legalization and medical cannabis issues and follow these pretty closely. i am also very much into food rights (organic, sustainable, local, etc.) and feel these dovetail in quite nicely with cannabis political/cultural issues.

anyway, along with this newfound interest into cannabis culture, I'm also smoking better buds (only kind) and purchasing paraphenalia (before or when I had herb I'd just smoke j's or blunts). perhaps it's due to the novelty of my approach to cannabis now...i'm hoping to become well-rounded and learn about the various aspects of the culture. so maybe once i'm more settled in this, i won't feel the urge to buy a bowl every other week :)

about discretion, i live alone and only really talk about these subjects with fellow pot smokers and/or on these forums
 
Whenever I see a nice bowl that I sort of want to buy, I talk myself out of it by saying the money is better spent on weed. Works every time.
 
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