Thursday, July 29, 2004
Assholes in the Mist Smoke
Acidman’s right. This kind of shit has got to stop. It’s not only stupid, small, and whiny, but it’s going to be damned dangerous if it gets carried too far. Hell, I think it already has gone too far.
Full disclosure: I personally have a really strong love/hate relationship with secondhand smoke. I love it because to me it smells damned good. That smell was the backdrop to a lot of good years of my life, and I get fucking nostalgic every time I walk by somebody smoking.
I hate it because I used to be the person smoking, and I miss the hell out of it, and on my weaker days I want to ban it from the world just so I don’t have to smell that glorious tempting shit anymore. I now understand why so many people who quit smoking become such irredeemable assholes about it. It’s damned hard to deny yourself when you have to see it and smell it.
But you know what? It was my decision to quit, just like it was my decision to start, and if it bothers me that fucking much, I can avoid it.
Yeah, that’s right. You know what I did when I had crazy-ass neighbors whose smoke (among other things) came into my apartment? I shut the fucking window.
I suppose that’s the problem. A body can’t get rich shutting windows. And a good bullshit crusade is so satisfying.
Asshole.