produts used
8 swisher sweets cigars
2 packs of kool filter kings

day 1:
1 cigar.

really hard to smoke on day 1.  I found it hard to breathe for a short while, but returned to normal after 20 minutes.  no change in ability to sing after that.

day 2:
1 cigar

I found it a bit easier to smoke.  not really any different from day 1

day 3:
2 cigars.
found it a bit harder to take in the right breath, given it was starting to hurt to even swallow.  so I could not get enough breath, so performance was somewhat lacking from a professional standpoint.

day 4:
2 cigars.

lot of strange sounds while breathing.  sounds like as if I had an infection in my lungs(mucous buildup).
couldn't sing without fluid getting in the way.  bit of blood when a coughed from coughing fit earlier.(maybe I shouldn't have done this study...but I'm going to detoxify myself after this).

day 5:
2 cigars
same as day 4.

day 6:
4 cigarettes.

menthols are a bit strange.  felt like my lungs were crystalizing...by this point, hard to keep air moving a bit.

day 7:
half pack.

my goodness, it's near impossible to even play piano and sing.  energy was dropping without tobacco. needless to say, rehearsal sucked.

day 8:
rest of pack 1.

I was too tired to go practice.

day 9:
1/4 pack

migraine from hell.  just practiced piano.

day 10:
1/4 pack

hurt to breathe.
bit more blood(I'm gonna get an evaluation from my doctor next week)

day 11:
half pack

finally out.  couldn't sing worth crap.  

today:
withdrawal.

ugh...no more cigarettes, but still irritable.  even a pause with music on my cd aggravated me to high hell.
coughing like crazy still.  bit of blood here and there.

overall:
smoke clings to your body.  felt really dirty those 11 days.  also really painful(may be my body's personal reaction).

singing and smoking don't go together, as I have proven.  wish I had taped it...coulda made a mean buck or two.


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Wow.

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Tetrapharmakos

You've blown my fucking mind with that shocker.

Maybe I should do a study on whether or not having no legs can affect your ability to successfully use a pogo stick.

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Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!
Leave my loneliness unbroken, quit the bust above my door!
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!
Quoth the raven, you just lost the game.

I can officially say that I know that people who smoke couldn't make it without a well balanced diet and exercise, which would still have to be extreme.

call it stupid, but I don't see anyone else taking the time(and health risk) to prove a point here.  seems to me most just stand on the coat tails of others(just repeating what they hear and try to sound as if they know a thing or two).

I'll tell you what, I'm not gonna sit around smug and safe, and then pretend I know what is good because someone told me.
I'm gonna test theories and facts.

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...Really? Smoking has a negative impact on one's singing voice? Really?

You've blown my fucking mind with that shocker.

Maybe I should do a study on whether or not having no legs can affect your ability to successfully use a pogo stick.

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lmao

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A good friend is someone who walks in,
when everyone else walks out.

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...Really? Smoking has a negative impact on one's singing voice? Really?

You've blown my fucking mind with that shocker.

Maybe I should do a study on whether or not having no legs can affect your ability to successfully use a pogo stick.

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that was funnyand FYI
100% OF NON-SMOKERS DIE

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This is the part where you are suppose to scream...

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hey, why hear the story, when you can tell it from a personal standpoint?

I can officially say that I know that people who smoke couldn't make it without a well balanced diet and exercise, which would still have to be extreme.  

call it stupid, but I don't see anyone else taking the time(and health risk) to prove a point here. seems to me most just stand on the coat tails of others(just repeating what they hear and try to sound as if they know a thing or two).

I'll tell you what, I'm not gonna sit around smug and safe, and then pretend I know what is good because someone told me.
I'm gonna test theories and facts.

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I hear that jumping off a cliff is life threatening...

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Future. Sex. Love. Sound.
Just tell me which way you like it.

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Quote: from tenchi1084 at 9:39 pm on July 23, 2008

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hey, why hear the story, when you can tell it from a personal standpoint?    

 I can officially say that I know that people who smoke couldn't make it without a well balanced diet and exercise, which would still have to be extreme.  

 call it stupid, but I don't see anyone else taking the time(and health risk) to prove a point here.  seems to me most just stand on the coat tails of others(just repeating what they hear and try to sound as if they know a thing or two).  

 I'll tell you what, I'm not gonna sit around smug and safe, and then pretend I know what is good because someone told me.  
 I'm gonna test theories and facts.

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I hear that jumping off a cliff is life threatening...

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sure, that's why you jump prepared, with either a parachute, glider, or water below. (9_9) duh!

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