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Posted by Susan47 on February 3, 2005, at 17:57:51
I am, but I think perhaps you were one of the few people who saw beauty in me ... unreal, to think I could be carrying beauty inside ... to think that perhaps it might sometimes show, enough to be appreciated before my light goes out forever. How selfish, how unbearably selfish I am.
Posted by smokeymadison on February 4, 2005, at 10:41:50
In reply to Uncertain, posted by Susan47 on February 3, 2005, at 17:57:51
it isn't selfish for you to want others to see beauty in you. i mean, it isn't selfish in the sense of the word that it hurts others. the word "selfish" has several meanings for me. one means survival. you have to be selfish in order to survive. one means putting yourself above others all the time, hurting others. to want to be seen as beautiful falls under the first definition. you want to be admired because that is what makes you feel meaningful in this world. and to feel meaningful is necessary. just some thoughts...
SM
Posted by Susan47 on February 4, 2005, at 19:15:04
In reply to Re: Uncertain » Susan47, posted by smokeymadison on February 4, 2005, at 10:41:50
I agree, Smokey. BTW let me show my ignorance, if you should see this tell me what smokeymadison is? I like the sound of it very much.
Posted by smokeymadison on February 6, 2005, at 20:11:58
In reply to Re: Uncertain » smokeymadison, posted by Susan47 on February 4, 2005, at 19:15:04
if you mean my name, smokey comes from the cigerette smoking man off of the x-files and madison is the name i will give my daughter if i ever have one. i just love the name so much.
SM
Posted by alexandra_k on February 6, 2005, at 20:46:27
In reply to Re: Uncertain » Susan47, posted by smokeymadison on February 6, 2005, at 20:11:58
Posted by Susan47 on February 6, 2005, at 23:31:31
In reply to Re: Uncertain » Susan47, posted by smokeymadison on February 6, 2005, at 20:11:58
It's certainly an interesting posting name, sounds kind of romantic really. I like it.
Posted by smokeymadison on February 7, 2005, at 18:01:08
In reply to Re: Uncertain » smokeymadison, posted by Susan47 on February 6, 2005, at 23:31:31
Posted by smokeymadison on February 7, 2005, at 18:05:06
In reply to Re: Do ya smoke? (nm) » smokeymadison, posted by alexandra_k on February 6, 2005, at 20:46:27
yeah, i smoke like a fiend. really should give it up now that i am going on birth control pills--the doc tells me i could get a blood clot. oh well. i figure that if it is my time to go, I'll go.
SM
Posted by Susan47 on February 7, 2005, at 19:32:56
In reply to Re: Do ya smoke? » alexandra_k, posted by smokeymadison on February 7, 2005, at 18:05:06
Sorry to butt in (haha) but that is Not a Good Attitude. Can you imagine, do you know what a stroke can do to a person? That kind of life, in the worst case scenario, you don't want. Best case, you have a lot of work to do to get back to a percentage of what you were like previously. Do what you can to cut down on the smoking while you're on the pill at least; give yourself a break.
Lecture over.
Slap Susan's hands.
Posted by alexandra_k on February 7, 2005, at 19:58:36
In reply to Re: Do ya smoke? » smokeymadison, posted by Susan47 on February 7, 2005, at 19:32:56
An awful lot.
I love smoking.
ok. The next poem I write will be called
'An ode to cigarettes'
Ok?
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm cigarettes.
I actually really enjoy smoking....
I remember that same lecture smokey..
So I got an injection instead
:-(
bad move.
Blood clots, eh?
Isn't there something we can do to thin our blood?????Don't you smoke Susan you saint you?????
Posted by alexandra_k on February 7, 2005, at 23:43:03
In reply to Re: I smoke..., posted by alexandra_k on February 7, 2005, at 19:58:36
Posted by Susan47 on February 8, 2005, at 0:27:43
In reply to Re: I smoke..., posted by alexandra_k on February 7, 2005, at 19:58:36
Just to feel better, herb is all, one joint a day, sometimes less, to keep me from being ex-tr-emely depressed and hopeless.. it's a shame, really. Okay, you win, I back down.
Posted by alexandra_k on February 8, 2005, at 3:50:40
In reply to Re: I smoke..., posted by Susan47 on February 8, 2005, at 0:27:43
he he - I knew it!
Still, I have been known to partake in a bit of both so slap my hands more :-(
Posted by smokeymadison on February 8, 2005, at 14:39:53
In reply to Re: I smoke... » Susan47, posted by alexandra_k on February 8, 2005, at 3:50:40
ok, so i know that my attitude sucks, but really, if you can't enjoy life, why bother? i will cut down only b/c i will be working 60 hours a week at places that don't allow smoking except for breaks.
blood clots, my *ss. i really don't care THAT much.
SM
Posted by alexandra_k on February 8, 2005, at 21:12:31
In reply to my attitude, posted by smokeymadison on February 8, 2005, at 14:39:53
If you don't smoke, drink, and have sex
you don't live longer...
It just feels like it.Have you heard that before? :-)
I share your attitude there. Considering that my preference would be to be dead much of the time death isn't really much of a deterrant to me.
And as for a long and painful death, well...
Come on euthenasia laws...
> ok, so i know that my attitude sucks, but really, if you can't enjoy life, why bother? i will cut down only b/c i will be working 60 hours a week at places that don't allow smoking except for breaks.
>
> blood clots, my *ss. i really don't care THAT much.
>
> SM
Posted by smokeymadison on February 9, 2005, at 10:12:39
In reply to Re: my attitude » smokeymadison, posted by alexandra_k on February 8, 2005, at 21:12:31
Posted by TamaraJ on February 24, 2005, at 13:35:11
In reply to Re: I smoke..., posted by alexandra_k on February 7, 2005, at 19:58:36
Tobacco is a dirty weed,
I like it.
It satisfies no normal need,
I like it.
It makes you thin, it makes you lean,
It takes the hair right off your bean.
It's the worst darn stuff I've ever seen.
I like it.Graham Lee Hemminger
Posted by alexandra_k on February 24, 2005, at 14:42:48
In reply to Here's one for us smokers » alexandra_k, posted by TamaraJ on February 24, 2005, at 13:35:11
Oh, that made me laugh!
So true... So true...
Thanks for that:-)
(Though I feel a little ashamed of myself)
Posted by Susan47 on February 24, 2005, at 14:44:40
In reply to Here's one for us smokers » alexandra_k, posted by TamaraJ on February 24, 2005, at 13:35:11
Wouldn't it be nice, though, if you could smoke cigarettes without all the chemicals and additives in them? I mean, you know, smoke from a natural leaf. In the theatre we use herbal cigarettes. One of these days I wouldn't mind smoking one onstage.... I wonder what they're like. Herbal. I think that must just be without the additives, and made of herbs, not tobacco. Weird. I mean, smoking herb wouldn't any smoke be bad for you? What do they smoke, oregano?
Posted by TamaraJ on February 24, 2005, at 14:48:28
In reply to Re: Here's one for us smokers, posted by Susan47 on February 24, 2005, at 14:44:40
I tried herbals last summer. They smell like weed. A friend of mine came over and I had just finished one and he said I thought you gave that up years ago! Anyway, on the package it still lists some carcinogens like tar. So, they are not totally inocuous - just not addictive.
> Wouldn't it be nice, though, if you could smoke cigarettes without all the chemicals and additives in them? I mean, you know, smoke from a natural leaf. In the theatre we use herbal cigarettes. One of these days I wouldn't mind smoking one onstage.... I wonder what they're like. Herbal. I think that must just be without the additives, and made of herbs, not tobacco. Weird. I mean, smoking herb wouldn't any smoke be bad for you? What do they smoke, oregano?
Posted by Susan47 on February 24, 2005, at 16:03:14
In reply to Re: Here's one for us smokers » Susan47, posted by TamaraJ on February 24, 2005, at 14:48:28
Yes, right, it's the tar we fill our lungs with. That's what hurts. So I wonder if oregano or whatever it is has less tar than tobacco leaf, and I wonder what marijuana has?
Posted by TamaraJ on February 24, 2005, at 16:13:50
In reply to Re: Here's one for us smokers, posted by Susan47 on February 24, 2005, at 16:03:14
I don't know about oregano, but I have read that marijuana contains higher concentrations of carcinogens and tar than does tobacco. And, when we smoke pot and hash, it is unfiltered. That being said, unlike smoking, a person is going to smoke 25 joints in one day. So . . .
> Yes, right, it's the tar we fill our lungs with. That's what hurts. So I wonder if oregano or whatever it is has less tar than tobacco leaf, and I wonder what marijuana has?
Posted by TamaraJ on February 24, 2005, at 16:26:10
In reply to Re: Here's one for us smokers » Susan47, posted by TamaraJ on February 24, 2005, at 16:13:50
Posted by Susan47 on February 25, 2005, at 1:32:19
In reply to Whoops! Mistake in 3rd sentence. ... is NOT ... (nm) » TamaraJ, posted by TamaraJ on February 24, 2005, at 16:26:10
Posted by Dr. Bob on February 26, 2005, at 5:19:36
In reply to Yes got that hee hee can you imagine? Oh my. (nm) » TamaraJ, posted by Susan47 on February 25, 2005, at 1:32:19
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