Oil, Smoke, Frito-Lay and Cancer

Gotta make this quick cause it's taking up my lunch time. I still don't have Internet at home, which is of course why I don't update often. I love it. I am thinking about just canceling it all together.

Jon was in Tokyo for the weekend, so we had an exciting night out on the town. We went to a place I used to think was an OK rester aunt, but Saturday night I don't think there was one other table besides us that was not smoking. My throat is still sore. I haven't heard the outcome of New York City's ban on smoking bill... I hope that type of legislation comes to Japan sometime soon.

I also hope to see a lot more law suits against the Tobacco companies. Mainly because I want the precedence set so I can sue Frito-lay for making potato chips which have been found to be carcinogens by a Swedish research team.

I hope their lawers didn't read this article though which says that

the amount given to laboratory rats to produce tumors is equivalent to a human consuming a daily ration of 35 000 potato chips or 182 pounds of French fries.

I went out and bought oil-painting tools and materials last weekend. I have only played with them a bit, but really love it so far, it's too bad though that the fumes would probably kill my birds so I can't use them in the house.

Until I can get a studio or move into a bigger apartment with more rooms, I will have to stick to water painting, but that's not so bad either... At least not as bad as my photography.