Who would think that the one thing to motivate me to update this blog more often (other than the Film Festival) would be quitting smoking. Although, I do have to say that I think it will be less frequent in the coming weeks.

Today is Day 11 and I have to say that the last 2-3 days have been a lot easier than previous days. There are whole hoursthat pass during the day that I’m not thinking about cigarettes, and the cravings that come pass much quicker than before. While the first few days I was having 30+ minute panick attacks, it’s now less intense. The want to smoke has waned from “OMG I really WISH I COULD SMOKE RIGHT NOW” down to “Oh, this would be the perfect time for a cigarette, oh well.”

To keep me on track now, I try to think of all those times I’ve had a cigarette when I didn’t really want it (which, to be fair, were not that often) – how deflated and gross it felt, this has to me my ongoing perspective on the entire habit. I can’t glorify it and long for it any more, I really have to start to dislike (even detest) it. (Even if I’ll never stop liking the smell of it – I’ve never thought it was gross, and I doubt I ever will).

Eleven Days without a cigarette is the longest I’ve gone without smoking in ten years. I recently went on a hunt to find any documentation of the last time I quit (which apparently I did for no other good reason than I seemed to be bored of smoking) and found this entry from my LiveJournal in September 2002, which includes this quote: “… keep in mind that I’ve been smoking since 1994. That’s 8 years. And I’m only (almost) 21!” which made my heart sink deeply – that was nearly a decade ago and I thought Eight Years was a long time to have been a smoker!

Also, another mildly amusing fact from that entry is that my…

Thought I’d do a quick update to share with everyone how the whole Quitting Smoking thing is going.

Firstly, it’s true when they say that you’ll never find the best time to quit –

Since it is a topic I plan to talk about, probably daily, for the next several months (at least), I thought I’d start with an annoucement:

This weekend started the same as most have for the last 1.5yrs, with me heading in on the train to Eddie’s place, and thinking about food. I’m super lucky to have a Foodie Boyfriend …

For the first time in recorded history I have seen exactly ZERO of the current nominees for Best Picture at the Oscars. Even more shocking to me is that this pattern continues to Best Director category, and onwards to the Best Actor (and Supporting) and even Best Actress nominations for the Oscars this year.

I was spending some time last week redesigning The Roaming Life so Angelina can use it has her main blog, and it really motivated me to redo my own.

If you could describe any movie as the “Geek Feel-Good Movie of the Year” this would be it. I’m reviewing this one, fresh off the heals of having been to FanExpo 2011 (aka Canadian Comic-Con Lite).

Yesterday I saw two very different sort of films, first up was Death of a Superhero, by Ian Fitzgibbon, and starring Andy Serkis and Thomas Brodie-Sangster aka, the Adorable little kid from Nanny McFee & Love, Actually.

It’s already Day 3 of the Festival and I haven’t updated at all! I’ve been quite busy, and rarely tweeting either. This must be corrected, immediately!

I had a very low-key start to the festival, on Opening Night I didn’t attend any parties, scree

Well, the long, hard battle with Maxweb is over, and I came out relativly unscathed. At least I didn’t suffer like those poor folks who spent 12+ hours camping out for tickets at the box office. I’m dedicated, but clearly not that dedicated.

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