<As for me, I smoke. I wish I were a nonsmoker, but I don't want to give
it up because I'm afraid that it's become so important to my whole being
that something dreadful would happen to me if I stopped.>
Nicely said! I have smoked for almost half of my life and I have tried
numerous times to quit, but I feel that by quitting I am not being true to
myself, quitting to me would be like losing a part of myself that I need to
exist. Many people might view this outlook as sad, but cigarettes become an
integral part of your life. So much to mine that every time I try to quit
smoking and listen to music, I remember what the music was like while
smoking one!
>From: James Leahy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: James Leahy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Joni and Smoking
>Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 08:25:04 -0500
>
>Shelah Rogers, the host of CBC Radio's This Morning show, told a story
>recently about an interview she did with Joni back in 1994. One of the
>conditions of the interview was that Joni be allowed to smoke during the
>interview in the CBC's non-smoking studios. Being a huge fan, Shelagh
>agreed.
>
>After the interview, Shelagh was informed that she was going to be fined
>for allowing smoking in the workplace. The man who "turned her in" was
>none other than Shelagh's own husband, the show's producer. At the end
>of her story, Shelagh stated that "Ever since then, Joni Mitchell has
>put me $10,000 in debt."
>
>As for me, I smoke. I wish I were a nonsmoker, but I don't want to give
>it up because I'm afraid that it's become so important to my whole being
>that something dreadful would happen to me if I stopped.
>
>I smoke outside the gym after my workout. I'm always getting comments
>from people who feel that this activity is somehow ironic, given the
>circumstances, and that they have the right to comment on it. My
>reaction is somewhat like Joni's. It makes me even more rebellious. I
>guess what I'm really rebelling against are their middle-brow,
>unoriginal minds -- couldn't they talk about something more intriguing,
>like the weather? Criticizing smokers is health fascism at its worst.
>It's such an easy target, a mom-and-apple-pie issue. Some of my critics
>go jogging into downtown streets, sucking up all that CO2 at great
>rates, damaging their knees and jolting their spines. Then they go off
>to the bar and get pissed. I can only laugh.
>
>Now don't get me started on people and their cars!
>
>Jim
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