Sunday, June 13, 2004

excuse me, i'm dizzy

for some odd reason, i don't like my camel lights today.

camels, here in japan, are a treat for me. they cost 30yen more than
mild sevens, (and though thirty yen isn't much) i like to pretend they're
my "special days" brand. like when i'm doing laundry and looking forward
to wearing those detergent-fresh, static-clingy clothes.

but today, they taste bitter, and the paper doesnt make that crackling
sound when i take a drag.

as i ponder possible reasons, i latch onto one i really like: have i
gotten used to my ordinary-days, nothing-special-about-it mild seven
extra lights with 3mg of tar and 0.3mg of nicotine?

in a land i love, but have yet to fit in (where cigarettes are "tabako,"
fish fillets have wasabi sauce, a socket is called a "consent," and PC
keyboards confuse the hell out of me) finding something to call my own
is most comforting.

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