We all survived another year. Unless you aren't reading this, in which case you're dead (to me, at least). Odds this forum still exists when the calendar turns 2016: 6/1.
I'm quitting smoking (again) as my resolution. No, it probably won't stick, but neither will your plans to go to the gym 4 nights a week, *******.
I've kept my last year's resolution of not killing any tourists in November and December so far, but there's still like eight hours and this is the night most of them are out and at their most aggressive.
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George Carlin wrote:
I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
I'm going to quit smoking again too. & by quit smoking I mean I'll switch to e-cigs until I get drunk & relapse.
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"The Rich are there to take all of the money & pay none of the taxes, the middle class is there to do all the work and pay all the taxes, and the poor are there to scare the crap out of the middle class." -George Carlin
I'm still succeeding at my resolution from a few years ago to not give a damn about New Year's. If it weren't for the time off of work, I wouldn't even notice it was that time of the year.
Nothing tonight. I'm going to probably be playing video games or I might end up turning something on Netflix.
My brother will probably doze off before the new year. He usually does.
Tomorrow we go over to my grandmother and parents place for a ham dinner. It was going to be bbq chicken on the grill with various salads, but a mooching aunt and uncle found out about it and invited themselves over, so to save money we decided to just go with a ham and mashed potatoes.
I resolve to try NOT to die of an bronchi-sclerosis-cardia-oma.
For tonight I may or may not go downtown to watch our shiny new ball drop and catch the fireworks if they're still going off at 11pm. (We do our 4th of July fireworks on New Years lately).
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remorajunbao wrote:
One day I'm going to fly to Canada and open the curtains in your office.
We're heading to some friends who always make a crapton of food and then force-feeds us all night long. Woe is us!
I can be there in about 5 hours if there's enough left.
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People don't like to be meddled with. We tell them what to do, what to think, don't run, don't walk. We're in their homes and in their heads and we haven't the right. We're meddlesome. ~River Tam
I'm still succeeding at my resolution from a few years ago to not give a **** about New Year's. If it weren't for the time off of work, I wouldn't even notice it was that time of the year.
All of the countdowns on TV would key you in. Being out of the country for so long, I forgot how bad TV sucked at this time.
All of the countdowns on TV would key you in. Being out of the country for so long, I forgot how bad TV sucked at this time.
There were Doctor Who & Walking Dead Marathons on if unlike me, you didn't have a wife that insisted on watching Anderson Cooper be made uncomfortable by Kathy Griffin for 3 hours.
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"The Rich are there to take all of the money & pay none of the taxes, the middle class is there to do all the work and pay all the taxes, and the poor are there to scare the crap out of the middle class." -George Carlin
I don't believe in these resolutions. Any promise made due to a time constraint rather than personal desire is doomed to fail. If people want to quit smoking and this choice coincides with December 31 or January 1, cool, but to quit smoking because we now write 2015 instead of 2014 is just silly.
I once told myself I'd quit smoking before I turned 30, because according to statistics, people who quit before they turn 30 are least likely to get lung cancer. I know, right? If I was worried about lung cancer, I would have already quit. It's just a poor excuse to delay something that you, deep down, don't really want to do.
I've no doubt I'll quit smoking eventually, whether by choice, illness, or because of the influence of a significant other (which would technically be choice), but if I promise myself to do it just because it's now January, I'd be lying to myself and using the resolution thing as a scapegoat.
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I switched to e-cigs except when I'm working/drinking for the last year, time to eliminate the burning plant matter from that source completely for health reasons. Keep in mind I don't want to quit as I very much enjoy smoking, its just a resolution is as good an excuse as any to try.
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"The Rich are there to take all of the money & pay none of the taxes, the middle class is there to do all the work and pay all the taxes, and the poor are there to scare the crap out of the middle class." -George Carlin
All of the countdowns on TV would key you in. Being out of the country for so long, I forgot how bad TV sucked at this time.
There were Doctor Who & Walking Dead Marathons on if unlike me, you didn't have a wife that insisted on watching Anderson Cooper be made uncomfortable by Kathy Griffin for 3 hours.
The second I saw the commercial about those two, I immediately changed the channel. That seemed like an obvious mismatch of a couple.
The second I saw the commercial about those two, I immediately changed the channel. That seemed like an obvious mismatch of a couple.
It's not my cup of tea, but from what I understand the "mismatch" is kind of the point of that particular NYE show.
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"The Rich are there to take all of the money & pay none of the taxes, the middle class is there to do all the work and pay all the taxes, and the poor are there to scare the crap out of the middle class." -George Carlin
I switched to e-cigs except when I'm working/drinking for the last year, time to eliminate the burning plant matter from that source completely for health reasons. Keep in mind I don't want to quit as I very much enjoy smoking, its just a resolution is as good an excuse as any to try.
I don't want to come off as trying to shoot you down, but if you need an excuse to try, hell, if you only intend on trying, you're not going to succeed. I get it, you need to quit for health reasons, and you need to quit despite not wanting to, but I'm telling you, you need to want it, or you're just setting yourself up to fail, and no one wins on that.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying ********** it, light 'er up!", I'm saying think about it. Consider your choices and the consequences of those choices; whichever appeals to you more is the choice you want to make. If that choice is quitting tobacco then I say **** the resolution, **** trying, and quit smoking!
Sorry, I'm drunk, and I'm riding the zen wave right now. It's pretty awesome.
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Meh, I don't think the occasional cig is gonna kill me (everything in moderation & all that), it's the smoking during the work week I'm going to cut. I can already not smoke on weekends so I don't think it'll be too hard & I can still get my nicotine from the e-cigs without the whole cancer causing burning plant matter problem.
Granted, I have no plans to stop smoking weed cause that's crazy talk.
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"The Rich are there to take all of the money & pay none of the taxes, the middle class is there to do all the work and pay all the taxes, and the poor are there to scare the crap out of the middle class." -George Carlin
This article is about Vietnam vets that were addicted to heroin. It stresses the part ones physical environment plays in our forming and maintaining habits.
This article is about Vietnam vets that were addicted to heroin. It stresses the part ones physical environment plays in our forming and maintaining habits.
Interesting. Makes total sense too and ties into a bit of advice I'd give to anyone trying to switch from cigarettes to e-cigs. Avoid the tobacco flavored cartridges. The temptation is to try to use the same flavor that you smoke. Hence the reason why tobacco and menthol flavors of e-cigs are pretty rampant at convenience stores. The problem is that you are reinforcing the same habit of smoking (kinda the whole point of e-cigs), but the flavor, while close to what you're used to, will never taste quite as good, or be as strong, as a real cigarette. Go grab yourself a fruity flavor instead and you get the motion of smoking a cigarette, the inhalation component of a cigarette, and the nicotine of a cigarette, but a completely different flavor means you aren't comparing it (poorly) to a cigarette. Result is a much higher chance of kicking tobacco cigs entirely.
Interesting. Makes total sense too and ties into a bit of advice I'd give to anyone trying to switch from cigarettes to e-cigs. Avoid the tobacco flavored cartridges. The temptation is to try to use the same flavor that you smoke. Hence the reason why tobacco and menthol flavors of e-cigs are pretty rampant at convenience stores. The problem is that you are reinforcing the same habit of smoking (kinda the whole point of e-cigs), but the flavor, while close to what you're used to, will never taste quite as good, or be as strong, as a real cigarette. Go grab yourself a fruity flavor instead and you get the motion of smoking a cigarette, the inhalation component of a cigarette, and the nicotine of a cigarette, but a completely different flavor means you aren't comparing it (poorly) to a cigarette. Result is a much higher chance of kicking tobacco cigs entirely.
Yeah...or chew nicotine gum or use a patch. Your conclusion to "change the ritualized behavior" isn't "use an entirely different delivery device" it's "change the flavor"? Jesus, you are stupid. The hardest part about quitting smoking is the crushing physical addiction. The second hardest part is the ritual and social cues. The 900th hardest part is what smoke tastes like.
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