Well, I didn't want to put it on my blog until I got to this stage but three months ago (almost to the day) I stopped smoking and I have to say it's been ridiculously easy to do. I thought after I'd quit for this long that I might at this stage say "yeah, i've battled through after going cold-turkey and there've been some rough times, i've been tempted to smoke a cigarette and my mood has been terrible while i've been going through withdrawal waaa waaaa aren't I great yadda yadda" but actually I can't say any of that stuff because if I did, it'd be a lie.<br /><br />Stopping smoking really has been bloody easy and yes, i literally became a non-smoker overnight. No cutting down, no cold-turkey, no withdrawal effects, no cravings, no mood swings or <em>anything</em> else people might associate with stopping smoking, except the obvious benefits to my health. So that's good.<br /><br />About two months ago Klara and I got back together so that's good. I think the separation we had actually helped us and now we're stronger than we were before, things are going really well between us and there's some other news on that front which I / we might announce when we feel like we're ready.<br /><br /> I got a raise and new job title at work roughly a month ago which is always nice. Unfortunately I've been really busy at work recently prepping for Christmas (which I'm sick of already). It's starting to cool off now since my part of the flow is nearly complete, but now comes all the stuff which has been left on the back-burner which needs tackling.<br /><br />Four weeks ago I upgraded my server and I have to say, the migration of the old server to the new server was as smooth as a baby's behind. Now I just need to take a long hard look at the streaming configuration and then I'll be happy.<br /><br />I just want to make mention of the fact that people really need to pay attention to current events and to be aware of a possible STAGED false flag "terrorist" attack in the next few weeks. The US military has been ordered to conduct an unusuallly large amount of "drills" in the upcoming weeks, one of which is Vigilant Guardian (a part of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Guardian" rel="external">Operation Global Guardian</a> which was co-incidentally carried out on the morning of Sept 11th 2001). "Drills" simulating London Underground trains being bombed were also being carried out at the exact same time as the 7/7 bombings occurred at co-incidentally (<em>again</em>) the <strong>exact</strong> same stations. The clue is in the drills, so watch out for any propaganda about Hezbollah and al-CIAda. Oh and, i think i'll be withdrawing any money out of my account because there's likely going to be a market crash co-inciding with it.<br /><br />'till next time, take care of yourself 
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