This blog? You should be so lucky.

My extended absence can be blamed on many things – you know, the work/life/relationship bits I occasionally allude to – but mostly it’s because as of my last post (or thereabouts) I’ve been sans cigarettes. Yeah, I’ve retired my beloved and longtime companion, American Spirits. The fuel for many late nights at my DAW, the thing that keeps me focused while I put together posts here, my blessing and curse. After almost 30-something years it’s finally time to figure out how I can live my life without this glorious crutch.

Of course, I’m great at quitting. I’ve done it many times. (As the old joke goes.) But I really want to become a non-smoker. I’ll really try not to become a complete asshole about it – hell hath no fury like a smoker reformed – but cost, potential ill-health and social stigma have gotten to be too much for me to afford.

It will be a couple of weeks soon, and hopefully I’ll be able to do something other than glower at life and obsess on justifications for something that ultimately makes me feel shitty about myself.