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Goodbye Smoking Cherry

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My smoking cherry just poppedI can’t believe I had gone 25 years of my life without smoking a single thing only to blow it on smoking a stinky cigar. It tasted exactly like I imagined it would based on the smell — a stinky barbecue. I liked trying to make rings out of it with the smoke, but that’s about all. I don’t think I’m gonna try smoking again. It just didn’t do anything for me. I even sat in my neighbor’s special cigar-smoking bench out on the porch to make the occasion special, but it was pretty meh.

And then I woke up the next morning and could still taste the smoke in my mouth! Maybe if they made a bacon-flavored cigar, I would be a fan of it. Bacon is pretty smokey, but it’s a delicious type of smokey.

Oh man, I bet my mom is reading this right now and getting super mad about me smoking. Ah sorry mommy, I’m never gonna smoke again!

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Watching: Meteor Garden

It’s a fantastic Chinese drama about a poor girl in at a rich college. It’s based on a Japanese manga, which is easy to tell based on the monologues the main girl has and her interactions with boys. I’m watching the entire first season on CrunchyRoll for free.

Playing: Etrian Odyssey

I started playing EO again to take a break from Final Fantasy CC My Life as a King because that was taking up way too much of my time. Unfortunately, EO is just as addictive and I can’t stop playing it once I start. Hopefully I can finish the first one before the 2nd game comes out later in June.

The first time I played the game, I noticed that I was always in need of money, but now I have a great strategy for earning money. I already had one Survivalist in my main exploring party, but I created three more. I then take those four Survivalists and a medic to the first floor of the dungeon and I max out the newly created Survivalists’ chop stats so they can chop loot in the two chopping spots in that dungeon. I can easily get 1000 in one day just doing that.

Reading: The Dictionary of Maqiao

I’m only starting this book, but so far I like it. It’s different in that instead of having one story to focus on, the book is a collection of entries about different Chinese phrases or words and how it relates to the people of the fictional town of Maqiao. It takes either during or after the Communist Revolution when most of the educated youths were sent to work in the fields.

Drinking: Boylan’s Birch Beer

It’s a bit like root beer, but with more bite and a bit more minty tasting. I don’t know if it’s because I don’t drink soda that often, so when I actually do, my taste buds are skewed, but this soda is delicious.