ssmokey!

One of the things I will miss about CA is its smoking ordinance. I love it. I hate the smell of smoke sticking to my hair and clothes....not to mention the chance of getting lung cancer due to second hand smoke. I know I am no longer in CA when I smell the nicotine in the air the second I step off a plane or a car. I hate going to a smoky bar. I hate it even more when they ask me if I prefer smoking or non-smoking area in a restaurant, and I say non-smoking, but they sit me where I can smell and see the smoke in the air because there isn't really a solid barrier between the non and smoking area. What the eff did you even ask me?! There isn't a difference! The frigging air is contaminated with nicotine!!! Even in CA I loathe when people smoke couple of feet away from the building entrance. Keep your smoke to yourself; I don't want to have any of it, thank you.

What's ironic is that this week mother nature graced SF Bay area and Central Valley lightning spectacles setting hills on fire. One of the fires that started last Saturday afternoon was between the Napa and Solano counties boarder which is about 10 miles from our house. There were more than 800 fires ablaze by Tuesday. That Saturday night I fell asleep watching the news and was abruptly awaken when the power went out - the AC went out. It was pretty scary. So much for the save the air day campaign for the week, the air quality has been really horrible from last Saturday fires. I drove to SF yesterday for our weekly pm meeting, and I felt like I was in Lost Angeles. The sun had a weird orange glow in the smoggy atmosphere. On my way to work this morning, the air is still smoky and the sun still looked like a giant glowing peach. I suppose I can forgive nature, but I will never be okay with cigarette smoke and automobiles that spew black toxic cloud in the air. argh!