tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post5743040905488412560..comments2024-02-15T23:41:36.425-08:00Comments on SIMPLY WAIT: ALL ABOUT SMOKINGPatry Francishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10961915797919017179noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-11028817550893797122015-02-26T21:50:15.927-08:002015-02-26T21:50:15.927-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Micheal Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04907514880852139393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-47182741058418889942008-12-21T08:45:00.000-08:002008-12-21T08:45:00.000-08:00I started a bunch of those habits really early. Ba...I started a bunch of those habits really early. Basically I smoked and experimented with hard drugs since I was 17 till now, 25. I'm only addicted to smoking, so I've done pretty well. Sometimes It was never peer pressure, I was always alone. But i do enjoy the smoker convos that we've got. I guess alone it's a reflective thing. It takes a lot of determination to get addicted to smoking though, don't ever let someone tell you smokers are week. Look at Bob DylanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-75159003392407951742007-03-09T20:44:00.000-08:002007-03-09T20:44:00.000-08:00I never got into drugs, including nicotine. Opposi...I never got into drugs, including nicotine. Oppositional defiance, I suppose. If peers were pressuring, it was probably a dumb thing to do. But Fred Garber's comment brings back a memory. In 1971-72 Iowa City, I took a class with a guy who was seriously strung out on drugs. I figured he'd end up in an institution. A few years later I ran into him in a travel agency in Moline, IL. He was arranging a first-class trip to Europe. Probably not the same guy as Fred mentions, though.steve on the slow trainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18257811143869341854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-37702997507538457842007-03-07T08:02:00.000-08:002007-03-07T08:02:00.000-08:00floots: Your comment was the first thing I read to...floots: Your comment was the first thing I read today--which has to be a good omen. So happy to hear that Ali is loved in Scotland.Patry Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10961915797919017179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-85532323737321250102007-03-07T00:11:00.000-08:002007-03-07T00:11:00.000-08:00i am pure in all things(nowadays just inhaling air...i am pure in all things<BR/>(nowadays just inhaling air is hard work) :)<BR/>keep those characters smoking (in all senses) :)<BR/>ps - now finished reading<BR/>greatly enjoyed - but i'm still an ali at heart<BR/>thank youflootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01530734765701940680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-19713508423459781782007-03-06T21:07:00.000-08:002007-03-06T21:07:00.000-08:00colleen: Maybe the need to confess is from my Cath...colleen: Maybe the need to confess is from my Catholic girlhood when I sat in the confessional in my mantilla wearing a flip just like yours.<BR/><BR/>I think you're right about the additives in cigarettes. Diabolical little buggers, aren't they?Patry Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10961915797919017179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-89733743331189011782007-03-06T19:53:00.000-08:002007-03-06T19:53:00.000-08:00I definately inhaled but not in a long time. As fa...I definately inhaled but not in a long time. As far as cigarettes go, I think it's even harder to quit these days. I think they pack them with more addictives, at least recently they got caught doing that. My dad spend years using a plastic cigarette to fill that oral fixation. <BR/><BR/>The title here sure got my attention and the line about if you had heroin for breakfast you'd probably be feeling the need to confess it made me laugh and sounds like a writer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-37022484620306277422007-03-06T19:18:00.000-08:002007-03-06T19:18:00.000-08:00Mary: You are a wise woman.lorna: I'm trying to en...Mary: You are a wise woman.<BR/><BR/>lorna: I'm trying to envision all that...Patry Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10961915797919017179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-75975249413291992632007-03-06T18:53:00.000-08:002007-03-06T18:53:00.000-08:00couldn't smoke because I was afraid of fire---was ...couldn't smoke because I was afraid of fire---was afraid of fire because my nightgown went up in flames; learned to get people to light my joint by not wearing any nighties.Lornahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976144449873569523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-42346278523224294212007-03-06T12:22:00.000-08:002007-03-06T12:22:00.000-08:00Luckily, never did any hard drugs unless you inclu...Luckily, never did any hard drugs unless you include cigarettes and alcohol which in themselves are just that.<BR/>If I had it I woulda loved it, I'm sure. <BR/>rdl lolMary Sheehan Winnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07739304038978908921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-40780218704095501722007-03-06T10:14:00.000-08:002007-03-06T10:14:00.000-08:00herhimnbryin: You should have tried my faking meth...herhimnbryin: You should have tried my faking method. I never threw up once!<BR/><BR/>fred: Oh yes, needles have always scared me. I can imagine that scene in Iowa City, 1969, and everyone acting pretty blase about it...Glad to hear you're enjoying the novel.Patry Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10961915797919017179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-79281245295116957682007-03-06T09:28:00.000-08:002007-03-06T09:28:00.000-08:00A guy use to come over to my apartment. This was i...A guy use to come over to my apartment. This was in 1969. Iowa City. He use to shoot up smack. I told him not to do that in my place. The smack did not bother me. I was afraid of the needle. Now he is an engineer with some big company.<BR/><BR/>By the way Patry, I started your novel last night. Like it so far.Fred Garberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308938520063396329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-27100780627059835692007-03-06T02:21:00.000-08:002007-03-06T02:21:00.000-08:00One puff of a joint when I was 19. One huge throw ...One puff of a joint when I was 19. One huge throw up in the garden afterwards. Never again!herhimnbrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01182397064631016552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-8659406632258041612007-03-05T20:45:00.000-08:002007-03-05T20:45:00.000-08:00jordan: We'll just have to celebrate spring a litt...jordan: We'll just have to celebrate spring a little early!<BR/><BR/>Pat: We'll have together someday--you and me, and our respective characters. They can act out our tensions and suck on their cigarettes for dear life while we take notes in the background.Patry Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10961915797919017179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-48838104483280381672007-03-05T15:00:00.000-08:002007-03-05T15:00:00.000-08:00Aloha Patry,I tried to smoke in the military...rea...Aloha Patry,<BR/>I tried to smoke in the military...really I did. I failed miserably as I could never remember to buy cigarettes and then I never could find my matches. I SO wanted to be cool.<BR/>Never got the habit -- but like your characters -- mine smoke like chimneys!<BR/>It's either that or they have to sigh, huff or toss their heads!ORIONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01534064935115027523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-84448469989895713262007-03-05T08:20:00.000-08:002007-03-05T08:20:00.000-08:00Of course an its-it involves chocolate...and so mu...Of course an its-it involves chocolate...and so much more. It's technically not a good winter food, but this is California winter :)<BR/><BR/>JJordan E. Rosenfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00580511962852819683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-27606206153648563512007-03-05T07:44:00.000-08:002007-03-05T07:44:00.000-08:00I was a smoker in my late teens and early 20s. Qui...I was a smoker in my late teens and early 20s. Quit for ten years and then started up again briefly when my first husband and I split up. I managed to quit the second time for good. I was a pot-smoker in my teen years. Never much of an experimenter with anything other than pot and hash. I met people in California in the 70s who smoked heroin. By then, I was not interested in drugs to expand my consciousness or dull my pain. So I wasn't tempted in the least to give it a try.robin andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390482190562312928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-29588318900658775182007-03-05T04:34:00.000-08:002007-03-05T04:34:00.000-08:00interesting post.i was way too scared to try anyth...interesting post.<BR/><BR/>i was way too scared to try anything but the munchie makers. loved the relaxation - but happily that didn't last too long. now cigarettes - i did love those things! started in college but fortunately gave them up 13 years ago - cold turkey. it was hard but worth it, and i've never smoked another one since. now i even hate the smell of them; even when people are smoking outside the odor is harsh and offensive to me!Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02523247895437700129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-49049982690608848852007-03-04T22:59:00.000-08:002007-03-04T22:59:00.000-08:00I must say that I never expected to come here and ...I must say that I never expected to come here and see THAT post title. ;) I have never smoked it (or done it in any other form)...but I once sat on a barstool next to a dear friend in a dive bar in San Francisco's Tenderloin and listened to him tell me about the joys of snorting it. (Another dear friend had regaled me years before with--for him--the joys of shooting it.) And in that moment...when it sounded like A GOOD IDEA...I had what they call in 12-step rooms my first 'moment of clarity.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-87645352918474351552007-03-04T21:35:00.000-08:002007-03-04T21:35:00.000-08:00My midnight dilemma here: should I google Its-its,...My midnight dilemma here: should I google Its-its, or should I wait and be surprised? <BR/><BR/>I think I'll wait...Patry Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10961915797919017179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-38260894535600440292007-03-04T21:08:00.000-08:002007-03-04T21:08:00.000-08:00jordan: I'm the same way. Like the happy feeling o...jordan: I'm the same way. Like the happy feeling of a glass of wine or two, but that's about it. There's enough chaos in life as it is, I don't like to add to it.<BR/><BR/>* Now I have yet another reason to look forward to being in California: I must disover Its-its! Though I still have no clue what they are, I'm hoping there's chocolate involved.Patry Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10961915797919017179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-66997170916460979882007-03-04T21:00:00.001-08:002007-03-04T21:00:00.001-08:00OH my god...you've not ever had an Its-it?????????...OH my god...you've not ever had an Its-it??????????????<BR/><BR/>We're eating them when you come out here.<BR/><BR/>JJordan E. Rosenfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00580511962852819683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-30009638100585732702007-03-04T21:00:00.000-08:002007-03-04T21:00:00.000-08:00I have done very few drugs in my life because the ...I have done very few drugs in my life because the adults in my life did them all for me. And I do mean all. I will say that someone very close to me did indeed smoke heroin, and is one of the ridiculously low percentage of people who do heroin who actually got clean and sober, and has been for over 12 years.<BR/><BR/>I do not handle being out of my sober consciousness well. I went through a pot phase from 15-16 and that was about it. Did ecstasy once in college. It was okay. Boring, huh?Jordan E. Rosenfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00580511962852819683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-82508633859997164172007-03-04T20:37:00.000-08:002007-03-04T20:37:00.000-08:00zhoen: Thanks for a fascinating link, as well as f...zhoen: Thanks for a fascinating link, as well as for inspiring this post.<BR/><BR/>r: Oh, I think I tried the menthol Newports, too. Those actually appealed more to my unsophisticated tastes.<BR/><BR/>kg: I used to work with someone who smoked clove cigarettes. They smelled so good I was highly tempted...I was also tempted to smoke later in life when I was waitressing. The smokers always got more breaks, and enjoyed great comraderie out in the fresh air while the non-smokers stayed inside and worked.Patry Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10961915797919017179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-51831126737820309672007-03-04T20:26:00.000-08:002007-03-04T20:26:00.000-08:00My brothers both smoke cigarettes, and it is incre...My brothers both smoke cigarettes, and it is incredibly difficult to quit. They try often. The addiction is so strong, it rules them in so many ways. It's interesting that your characters are smokers — a lot of conflict just in that.<BR/><BR/>I pretended to smoke clove cigarettes for two months when I was 16. It was the cool thing, but the smoke hurt my lungs. I can still remember that deep burning from when I first inhaled. But the papers the cigs were wrapped in tasted sweet from the cloves, and that was enough for me.<BR/><BR/>I think all my friends knew I was pretending, and still they hung out with me! ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com