[ Ventilation ]

5-19-2004 12:16 am

"Wish I had all the money we used to spend on dope"
-Tom Waits
So I need to quit smoking. I'm up to two packs a day, and wake up coughing every morning. These are deep, hacking coughs.
"Smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo"
- Statler brothers
Three flights of stairs about does it. After that I'm out of breath. I smoke more when I'm alone. Or when I'm driving. Or when i'm bored. And mostly, when I watch TV (which I try to avoid).
"aint got no cigarettes."
-Roger Miller
I've tried patches, gum, Zyban, candy, and cold turkey. None of these have worked. When i get up, I can't function until the first smoke. I have a cigarette before I brush my teeth.
I need to quit. Badly.

I wrote a vignette about cigarettes once. It's here:
Cigarette Burns

Mood: Smoking
Music: Raindogs
Browsing: The end is near

Comments (18)

David - ()

The Mrs. and I quit on Saturday.

Sunday was an, ermmm, interesting day.

We're both still on wagon, though.

Thr4ll - (The feels familiar...)

I don't see how people can quit altogether. I think rationing is good, but quitting is just torture. I reserve myself to 3 cigarettes on Monday-Saturday and 5 on Sunday. Also, I only let myself smoke in the car or, in times when my friend Ross lived in America, at Starbucks. Smoking has been my repreve from life's troubles and annoyances since I was 12, and I never regret picking up the habit. As long as I never go over my ration, I sing fine and I don't have many, if any, lung problems. Speaking of which, I'm out, I need to make a run to the gas station...

fuzmeister - (The Real ST)

Cigarette smoking - I don't understand it. I don't understand the pleasure derived from Nicotine and I don't understand the addiction. I've never understood drug or alcohol use and how it makes anyone feel better.

But maybe that's just because nothing ever makes me feel better.

Brandon - (<-- The Electric Sunshine Man, yo!) - Administrator

Well, I've never been on the Nicotine, but I am addicted to Caffine. If I don't have my fix I get serious withdrawl symptoms.

Its an addiction that while I don't think adds anything, I can tell when it's been taken away, I'm sure its the same for cigarettes.

Good luck on quitting Jestmeister.

Thr4ll - (The feels familiar...)

What's with the huge spacing?

Nathan Tyree - (Overwhelmed by existential angst)

don't know how that happened, but I think I fixed it.

Thr4ll - (The feels familiar...)

Ah, yes, the infamous autoformat post button. I hate that thing. I feel like I'm playing chess with it. Should I autoformat post, or do I really need to? It took me about three weeks to figure out when and when not to check that thing. I have to hand it to Brandon, though. That is seriously the only problematic thing about Vent. Hooray for Vent!!

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Brandon - (<-- The Electric Sunshine Man, yo!) - Administrator

Hehe, autoformat only inserts BR tags on carrage returns. So uh, yeah.

I so need to fix this theme
it really really sucks.

Brandon - (<-- The Electric Sunshine Man, yo!) - Administrator

I still have to fix the colors, but at least it no longer looks like crap ;)

er, well, it still kinda does.

-B

Thr4ll - (The feels familiar...)

Dude, I love this theme. The colors are a bit "whoo hoo" but it's awesome.

Demannu - (<--- Eats Worms)

All hail the Goddess Caffeina, and her bitch sister the Goddess Nicotina. When you awaken to the angry light of Apollo who comforts you? When you're fight sleep on a cross country trip, who is your copilot? May your tongues rot and fall from your mouths for every harsh word you have spoken of these two fine ladies.

David - ()

I love Caffeina, but Nicotina ain't no Goddess. That bitch is an ape that's been riding my back for over a decade.

Thr4ll - (The feels familiar...)

Monkeys are good people.

Nathan Tyree - (Overwhelmed by existential angst)

Have you ever touched a monkey?

David - ()

"Did you see or touch any monkeys?"
- Stephanie AKA Monte on The Late Show

"Hey, you wanna buy a monkey?"
- David Letterman in Cabin Boy

Hey, has anybody else ever noticed that your "in" a movie, but your "on" TV?

Nathan Tyree - (Overwhelmed by existential angst)

You ever notice you're "in" a car, but "on" a plane?

David - ()

"On the plane? Fuck you. Evil Kenievel (sp?) can ride on the plane, I'm riding in the plane."
-George Carlin(paraphrased)

Thr4ll - (The feels familiar...)

Ah, Carlin. One of the great thinkers of our time.

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