Joints r nice if you can roll (you CAN learn, even if you're a girl!) The advantage to joints is you generally don't have to keep re-lighting them, which is a PIA in the wind with a bowl, they self resinate, and you can always put it out and fire it up again later if you have a nice buzz going. You can also roll them any diameter you want (depending on the weed quality and how many friends will be joining you) from a pinner, to a spliff! Bowls are nasty stinky things. EWWW!