negative thoughts

Prayer
Positive thoughts
Lonzenges
Hypnosis
iPhone apps
Distractions
Running errands
Searching for list of withdrawal symtomns

Nothing prepared me for the negativity, lack of support and emotional vacuum that would greet me in this first week

Quit smoking or another relapse?

I start another job next week... This makes it harder than it already is.

[Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]

Two last days in a week

there should be a term for this, rebirth or simply just moving on? I
shall be lenient with my typos on this post, afterall, it's my first
mobile entry on the iPhone. Which is a post for another day.

But I digress.. This week marked my last day with PR firm A and it was
quite the ride of 2.5 years. I found myself in an unfamiliar but well
appreciated position of being too free and having to run a few
errands. I was late for a check-in for our cruise next week and had 3
hrs to kill.

I took a long bs ride to nowhere and got the chance to post this.
Today is 31 october and marks another last day. It was the day before
1 November. A dealine my wife and I set for me to quit smoking.

It's not going to be easy but in this season of new beginnings, I
think it's apt for me to throw in the towel for my ten year addiction.
This association must end but it will be a bittersweet farewell for an
old friend.

You see, the closest confidant I had in my darkest moments were sticks
of tobacco and clouds of silent smog. Though those difficult years
have long past, I foresee a phase of separation anxiety after bidding
farewell to the most loyal witness of my formative experiences.

It's fitting that I will be on a cruise ship the next week. I plan to
sail away, once and for al,l from the dear habit i call a friend.
There are more adventures ahead and I will face other difficulties but
I will face them with others. Friends, family. Witnesses I do not
inhale.

Goodbye.

[Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]

leeroy jenkins and the financial crisis

i was at an old friend's wedding dinner earlier and a bunch of my close pals were talking about the whole financial shitstorm. it occured to me how similar the situation is to the leeroy jenkins video from a few years back. regardless of whether the video was a setup or not, it was true comedy gold and i salute the genius(es) who came up with it. anyway, it's amazing how a misinformed minority can derailed the best laid plans. at least he got chicken.

Callie Shell's photo essay on Barack Obama

This following photo essay's quite moving and powerful http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0810/callie-bp.html I feel it not only captures the tedium and drain that the process has on the candidate, but also his family, but it also illuminates pockets of hope and expectations that people have grown to place in a man's hands, based on his vision. http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1686000,00.html > a more, factual, objective series of (many of the same) shots of the candidate's campaign process http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1853025,00.html and an article that studies Obama's thought and decision making processes.

emo kids today, meet emo kids of tomorrow

like every new blog, i have to be extra hardworking on the first day.

this is a pic of leanna (right) and ayuni (left, my niece) taken by my wife

the next generation is looking more emo than the last.

watch the candidates lighten up

just had to share these vids. in my opinion, some of the greatest moments in this whole US presidential election. Sen. John McCain - 2008 Al Smith Dinner - Part 1 Sen. John McCain - 2008 Al Smith Dinner - Part 2 Obama Roasts McCain at Al Smith Dinner