Hello! Let's talk about Alien Huckleberry.
I've tried this strain before and I had mixed feelings about it. But first, some information. Alien Huckleberry is a crossbreed of Alien Rock Candy and Huckleberry Kush. It's an Indica and it sure lives up to the title. It's comprised of 0.99% THC, 23.95% THCA, 0% CBD, and 0% CBDA. It's said to help with relaxation, sleep, pain relief, and mood elevation.
It has a very woodsy and pungent scent, definitely not the strain to bring to a family holiday if you know what I mean. Despite my apartment already smelling like weed consistently, or so I think, I can't tell anymore, this strain heightens that scent. This frosty flower ground looks and feels like kinetic sand, it sticks together and falls apart like a crumbling cookie. It's perfect for packing bowls. I smoked this out of my 1 percolator bong with a MouthPeace filter.
My first couple times trying this strain, I wasn't really a fan, but I think that's my own personal reaction to cannabis and not the strain itself. For me, I'm a death-to-the-world sleeper, once I'm asleep, only my full-volume alarm can wake me up. Therefore, this strain being a sleep aid, knocks me the fuck out, which I'd wake up feeling groggy and still tired. The first time, I got a headache from it, maybe smoking too much at one time, but it's unclear, because I rarely smoke more than 1/2-3/4 of a bowl a night.
But for this blog, I decided to try it again and give it another chance. It was surprisingly smooth and comforting. It has a woodsy taste, but not enough to be gross or overwhelming. The smell is amazing, if you enjoy the scent of marijuana, if you don't, it's not the strain for you. Its a solid high and I felt very relaxed. Due to my mixed feelings on this strain, I turned to the internet.
I was hanging out with my friend, who we'll call Kate, via zoom. She is technically my first ever friend, since our moms were neighbors and pregnant at the same time. Her and I have stayed in touch for the 24 years that we've been alive and we still consider each other really close friends. I'm really lucky to have a friend like her.
Now, she smokes now and again, but because of asthma, it's very seldom now. But we were catching up and we stumbled on the topic of parents and how our relationship with out parents has fluctuated throughout the years. In my introduction post, I give a small description of my parents and let me preface this, I love my parents and I'm really lucky to have parents who have been present and supportive throughout my entire life and who I can talk to about practically anything.
But, sometimes when our relationship gets tested, I get annoyed. I'm the most liberal one in my immediate family, other than my grandma (mom's mom), but she's 007-level secretive about her political views, so even if she was liberal, we wouldn't really know. And being the only liberal in the immediate family in a house that says they're moderate conservatives in this political climate is...irritating, to say the least.
My dad is the sole provider for my family since my mom was a full-time mom (that was the right decision, I was bananas as a child). He's the money-conscious one, and if I've learned anything about politics in the last 4 years, it's that people can be single-issue voters. I'm talking about that one person who hates how much they pay in taxes but fundamentally believe in liberal ideologies, and therefore consider themselves conservative. Exhibit A, my father. I've talked to him about this multiple times, because we have a very open-dialogue relationship; him being very careful with his words, and me being a loudmouth sometimes doesn't work, but mostly we can carry through the conversation.
I was talking with Kate about this and my thoughts on it, and she shared that her parents are very similar in ideologies as my folks are, especially the single-issue voter piece of the picture. She tries to discuss her views with her folks, but she says it doesn't really work in changing their minds, but planting seeds, which is really all you can do. So me, having a grand 'ole time with alien huckleberry in my system starts to really reflect on my political views and how they differ with my parents, and how it got to that point.
Every kid I think, at some point, believes the same thing as their parents, because who else are you going to listen to? I used to be very conservative, especially because of my religious upbringing as well. I think my high school teachers planted the seeds and when I got to college, I decided to entertain those ideas. Once I got to college and met people of different backgrounds and who had different experiences and thoughts about issues I started leaning more and more left. And surprisingly to most people I tell, when I explored my religious faith more in depth, I went from leaning left, to a hop, skip, and a jump to being a full-on progressive.
My parents seeing this were definitely surprised, considering how certain they were with my political beliefs prior, but me developing my own thoughts and feelings politically really helped me explore my faith in a healthy way and helped me nourish my friendships and relationships with my extended family (who are a mix of liberal and conservative). I felt much more balanced, and I wasn't feeling cognitive dissonance as much, if at all. For those who are unfamiliar with the term, "cognitive dissonance" is the feeling of being contradictory in your thoughts and your actions. They most used example to convey this feeling is very outspoken homophobic anti-LGBTQIA+ speakers coming out gay later in life. They feel one way, but they act another way, which feels uncomfortable from a human's psychology perspective.
So, my question is, how has your relationship with your parents changed or stayed the same when it comes to politics, especially after the last 4 years? Maybe you can contemplate this question with a fresh bowl of Alien Huckleberry.
- IWWSS
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