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raybearAlright, so maybe my afternoon was not as obnoxiously productive as I intended, but it certainly wasn't a loss. Though I still haven't written that self-review. Somehow I feel it's something that must be done in the privacy of home. Even though it's work-related. Whatever.
Yesterday I had a cigarette for the first time in a few weeks. No particular reason for stopping. No particular reason for lighting up while walking to McDonald's for shamrock shakes for the office in the middle of the afternoon. I'm craving another one now. Or maybe jonesing is a better word, since craving implies a level of addiction I've yet to achieve. With cigarettes, anyway. Even during periods where I was smoking more consistently, it was always remarkably easy for me to stop or slow down. I always felt embarassed by my lack of commitment to the cause, though in reality, I'm pretty fcking lucky that I can take or leave them, without any sort of extreme struggle. It's also why I feel no compulsion to intentionally give them up. I still maintain that they aren't very dangerous when smoked in quantities of less than half a pack a day. All tobacco health studies are on patients who smoke at least a pack a day. (Though nowadays, when do people find time to smoke that often?) They have no research on the effects of infrequent smokers or casual smokers. Literally almost none. And sure, it's obviously not the most beneficial activity, but neither is living in cities and inhaling pollution all day, or consuming large quantities of caffeine, or eating lots of meat, or whatever other activites that 90% of americans do. I just pick my battles more deliberately than most.
It's 5:01 pm. I'm officially released of duty as the legal assistant at ______ _______, formerly called _______ _______ _______. But after revamping the logo and going through "branding", it's been shortened. It's all very hilarious, but I will refrain from commenting on it here. I'm not even against the whole marketing re-vamped changes. I just think how it's being present and all my co-workers reactions are quite funny, especially the Terminally Cynical/Negative ones. I used to be Terminally Cynical. But for some reason I just stopped. It didn't take.
Like nicotine addiction.
Yesterday I had a cigarette for the first time in a few weeks. No particular reason for stopping. No particular reason for lighting up while walking to McDonald's for shamrock shakes for the office in the middle of the afternoon. I'm craving another one now. Or maybe jonesing is a better word, since craving implies a level of addiction I've yet to achieve. With cigarettes, anyway. Even during periods where I was smoking more consistently, it was always remarkably easy for me to stop or slow down. I always felt embarassed by my lack of commitment to the cause, though in reality, I'm pretty fcking lucky that I can take or leave them, without any sort of extreme struggle. It's also why I feel no compulsion to intentionally give them up. I still maintain that they aren't very dangerous when smoked in quantities of less than half a pack a day. All tobacco health studies are on patients who smoke at least a pack a day. (Though nowadays, when do people find time to smoke that often?) They have no research on the effects of infrequent smokers or casual smokers. Literally almost none. And sure, it's obviously not the most beneficial activity, but neither is living in cities and inhaling pollution all day, or consuming large quantities of caffeine, or eating lots of meat, or whatever other activites that 90% of americans do. I just pick my battles more deliberately than most.
It's 5:01 pm. I'm officially released of duty as the legal assistant at ______ _______, formerly called _______ _______ _______. But after revamping the logo and going through "branding", it's been shortened. It's all very hilarious, but I will refrain from commenting on it here. I'm not even against the whole marketing re-vamped changes. I just think how it's being present and all my co-workers reactions are quite funny, especially the Terminally Cynical/Negative ones. I used to be Terminally Cynical. But for some reason I just stopped. It didn't take.
Like nicotine addiction.
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that sounds delicious!
Date: 2002-03-10 01:02 am (UTC)Re: that sounds delicious!
Date: 2002-03-11 12:05 pm (UTC)