Smoking. It’s stupid, I know I shouldn’t do it. It’s killing me, slowly, but I still do it. I can’t even blame peer pressure, all my friends have either never smoked or have joined the ranks of the bane of all smokers lives : ‘The Reformed Smokers Club’. But to be honest I don’t really care. It’s one of the few pleasures that I have that are all mine and it doesn’t half provide some stress relief from the mad shit that is going on around me. Maybe I’ll stop soon, who knows, but while I can sit outside and collect my thoughts while puffing merrily away on some burning Golden Virginia I don’t see an end to it.
The always interesting Ani Moller has some excellent points on life as a returned smoker here.
Today I have mostly been listening to : The Eames Era
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3 responses so far ↓
1 James // May 1, 2006 at 3:31 pm
I’m not watching the video.
But yeah, all of my friends are anti-smoking, my ex is, my family smoke but my family do lots of things I don’t, I’ve always been the one to do his own thing in respect of family ties.
I smoke because I enjoy it, and whilst it costs me money and slowly it is killing me, I enjoy a relaxing smoke on my sofa, leaning out of the window listening to London.
It’s one of my favourite things to do. It is James’ time. No work, no internet, no computer games or TV, just me and niconine living it up in the cold night air.
Until It affect my health in a way that I can see or feel, I won’t be stopping. I can cycle faster than I ever have been able to, and still run up and down every escalator on the morning commute. I see no reason to stop because my friends think it’s unwise, especially as most of this comes out when they’ve all had far many more to drink than me, and eat ready melas and fast foods.
2 Lizzie // May 1, 2006 at 3:42 pm
Man, you are super.
It is true, smoking is bad for you, nobody denies it. Maybe some old oil tycoons down in the south of the US would deny it, but they are shite. Anyway, smoking HAS affected me in a way that I can see and feel, and I have managed to cut down/give up/”social smoke”, as much as I can stand to.
But, God I love nicotine.
3 silentbazz // May 2, 2006 at 7:21 am
Consider yourself lucky that you didn’t get asthma in your thirties.. it takes all the fun out of smoking. I literally had to struggle through to finish off my cigggies before quitting, and I cannot say that I really enjoyed my final fag (mainly due to a large coughing fit halfway through it), which is a shame as me and Marlboro Light enjoyed a long and mutually beneficial relationship.
Smoke ‘em whilst you’ve got ‘em (the ciggies, and your lungs!)
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