On the inevitable failure of.. failure?
Today is day 1 of the patch.

... holler at the DJ to reeeeee-wind a sec...

I've given quitting smoking a few (several many) tries in the past. Cold turkey, Zyban, Gum, Self Hatred, etc. The longest I've made it is 9 months, but that was about 4 years ago. The shortest I've made it is two hours.

Now since I've moved to Texas, my job is far more interesting and enjoyable. I'm far less stressed about money. I also have a robot to vacuum for me. You would think that I would be less stressed, but in fact I'm smoking pretty much a pack a day. Up from half a pack in Canada.

... F-f-f-f-f-fast forward to now ...

So today is day 1 of going on the patch. So ingrained into my lifestyle is this smoking thing, that the response given by Pedram was simply "my prediction. 3 days. before you smoke." .. Feeling invigorated, I countered with 9. That's right after nine days, he will have to pay for a steak meal at Sullivan's. Cody wanting in on this, thought 9 was fair. So if I am still totally smoke free in 9 days, they owe me dinner.

Now I know what you're thinking... you're thinking "cameron.. if you lose, you buy two dinners, but if you win, you only get one." That is indeed true. There are two reasons I don't care about that. The first is that I expect to be eating a lot over the next couple months as I get used to not smoking. The second is that I won't be losing anyways, so it's a moot point.

Just as an aside, wanna know how I made it the 9 months before? I made a bet.

boo
yeah.

-n