Holy shit, it's a new fucking year. Do I have to make resolutions? Is that what people do for a new year? They take stock of their stupid lives and try to do things differently based on some vaguely sensed need for self-improvement?

I've been contemplating quitting smoking, until I run out of cigarettes. And then I buy a new pack. I'm not really concerned with the health issues. But goddamnit smoking is a fucking expensive hobby.

I thought about starting running again too. I ran for a little while but quit over a year ago. Unsurprisingly quitting running and starting smoking happened together. Can these really work together? Exercise is boring.

I briefly considered eating healthier meals. Then I realized I would have to cook more often than I do and that seemed sucky. Way sucky. Plus, healthy includes a wide range of foods I consider to be disgusting.

Maybe I should buy fewer comics, or at least spend less on them.

I seriously need to establish a schedule of some kind. The problem is, I'm a late night sort of person. I hate the morning. I hate waking up and having to go somewhere. I hate following a pace and routine set by other people. So, what really needs to happen is the rest of the world just needs to adjust their schedule to mine.

I need to write more, both here on this shitty shitty blog and in real life. Thing about the real life writing is, people are waiting to read that shit. I guess I should get off of my lazy, procrastinating ass. This blog? Not so much. Honestly, you couldn't pay me to read this shit.

Let's see. What else is there? Oh. If I cut down on my coffee drinking, I'd get more sleep. But fuck that.

Here's a largely irrelevant quote:

the arbitrary border stands
a line of blood through stolen lands
that little flag upon your sleeve
shows off you're stupid and naïve
or maybe you believe the lies
through beady ignoramus eyes
it's no surprise you're outta luck
your mama raised a stupid fuck
oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
we'll all sleep when we're dead

Immigrants & Hypocrites -Star Fucking Hipsters

Happy New Year.

Smoking fucking rules. That's all there is to it. Unfortunately it can kill you and, more importantly, smokes are expensive these days. So, I've decided to quit. Or at least I've decided I need to quit at some point. That point is now.

I didn't smoke most of yesterday, but caved and had a few last night. I didn't buy a new pack. I had an unfinished one I bought earlier. Knowing they're in the house makes them difficult to resist and throwing them away is a waste of money. I only have two left. I might as well smoke them.

I had to run some errands yesterday, which included going to the bank. Half of a day without smoking, driving and dealing with the line of people at the bank is not conducive to smoking cessation. It is, however, conducive to rage. And lots of it. I was chewing gum--regular, not the nicotine variety--as a substitute for cigs. I was chewing so hard at one point, I thought my jaw was going to snap.

Gum substitution does not work well with coffee. The tastes clash horribly. Cigarettes, on the other hand, compliment black coffee extremely well. And, I drink a lot of coffee.

I'm totally fucked.

It's been one week since I've had a smoke.

I want a fucking cigarette.

This is a post because there hasn't been one in almost two weeks.

South Carolina Lt.-Gov. Andre Bauer, a candidate for governor, made the comment during a town hall meeting on Friday. During a discussion of subsidized school lunches, Bauer argued that children should be denied reduced prices for school lunches if their parents fail a drug test or don't show up for parent-teacher meetings.

"My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals. You know why? Because they breed," Bauer said, as quoted at the South Carolina State. "You're facilitating the problem if you give an animal or a person ample food supply. They will reproduce, especially ones that don't think too much further than that. And so what you've got to do is you've got to curtail that type of behavior. They don't know any better."

[From SC Lt. Gov. regrets comparing poor to animals, then does it again]

What a prick.