Vacation update

Makes it all worth it.

Got a message the other day that makes me think I may not be just spinning my wheels with this vaping thing.

Eva - I have one word to say to you:

THANKS

I don’t think you realize how many lives you’ve saved and continue to save. As of tomorrow I’m 2 weeks as a Non-smoker. My sister’s kit will arrive tomorrow and she will try Vaping instead of smoking. God Eva, this is epic! I LOVE VAPING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If it weren’t for your videos and your “putting it out there” I wouldn’t know anything about vaping ( I’d NEVER have been able to quit. I knew I needed to quit but I wasn’t ready and I didn’t want to. I LOVE smoking. I love inhaling and blowing out and having a cigarette in my hand – I love the whole thing and because of you I didn’t have to give up anything but carcinogens and chemicals.

Eventually I will have watched every video you’ve made on you tube – I’m working on it. Loving the vaping in public thing I was at the Casino in Hfx on the 18th and vaped to my heart’s content – the others went outside to smoke

Anyway – keep it up Eva!!!!!!!!

Thankyouthankyouthankyou!!!!!!!!!

Priorities.

ME: "What's wrong?"

THE SISTER: "I think my credit card is over the limit and my phone bill payment bounced." Sitting with head in hands. "I am just gonna have to stop paying for the foster child."

ME:~~blink~~blink~~ "Out of all the things you spend money on, the starving child in Africa is who you are gonna let go? You are so going to hell."

THE SISTER: "It's 80 bucks!"

ME: "Oh well then..I think its probably time he started fending for himself. Or at the very least move to an area with a lower standard of living." ~~BLANK STARE~~

THE SISTER: "Ya...I am so going to hell."

ME: "Ya think?"

From Milton to Kojak

Milton...will be shaved on Monday.

Milton is a Yorkie-Po. We named him after my father ... well ... because he has black hair. He looks fine, but if you pick him up he feels like a sheep, he is so matted next to his skin. Poor thing.

He is a year old now and no, we have not had him fixed yet. We really need to do that soon, he needs to calm the fuck down and realize we mean business.

The sister hates him. He eats her shoes, he eats the wallpaper off the wall, he shits all over her lawn and if he gets near the garbage, he either pisses on it or tears it apart. (depending on the contents, apparently)

She has changed his name to Shutthefuckup. But he does not come when you call him.

Addiction vs. Hobby

I have accumulated a lot of stuff over this past two and a half years. Some of it was awesome, a lot of it was junk. The sister sometimes walks into my room and looks at my desk and shakes her head.



But tell me, who would have thought quitting smoking would be this much fun? Mind you, it can get out of control sometimes.



Smoking was an addiction, vaping is a hobby.

Pros and Cons

The scene on my desk used to be a pack of smokes and an ashtray.



So, I may have lost real estate in this non-smoker recession, but I have gained a lot more.

I can breathe, I can taste and smell things again. Granted, this is not always a good thing. For instance, I can smell if there is a dirty ashtray somewhere in the house. Also, were you aware that vegetables actually have their own taste? I kid you not....vegetables DO NOT taste like salt and butter.

I know, I was as shocked as you are and I am down 34 pounds.

What have I been up to?

Well, since I started vaping a couple of years ago, it has pretty much consumed my life. Much like blogging did and html coding did before that. I am not a well rounded human being, I am slightly OCD about things.

I started a vaping blog and pretty much neglected this one. I am starting to even out, but I thought I would reveal my obsession in its entirety now.



You know me...I am a gadget freak and since I got that first electronic cigarette, it has been all down hill from there. These are some straight up electronic cigarettes but some are what is known as a mod. Those are definitely the most interesting. My favourite by far is the Little Steamy a steampunk mod, pictured below.



This is by no means everything I have owned in the last two and a half years, it is just what I possess as of today. Some have been traded, some have been given away. When a device sits for too long and begins to collect dust, its days are numbered.

I guess you could call me a collector. I prefer Mod Whore. I am still looking for a 12 step program.

Please....no autographs!

Generally I avoid family functions like the plague. But, every once in a while I bite the bullet and show up.

One of my cousins got married out of town and they were having a little reception for the home towners to congratulate the couple.

It had been quite a while since I showed up at one of these things. Longer than I thought, apparently.

When we walked through the door the place erupted....people rushed to take our picture. It was like being accosted by paparazzi.

Fully expect this to be on the 11 o'clock news.

Did manage to get a shot of Irma and I vaping in public.

SO....To catch everyone up? NOT.

It has been so long since I blogged that when I decided to take it up again I thought I would take some time to catch everyone up.

That seemed like a daunting task and I kept putting it off. So, I decided to just jump in like I had been blogging all along.

Deal with it.

Facebook justice

Inside the News: Nova Scotia
Facebook justice
by Brian DuBreuil Posted: May 18, 2012 12:12 PM ET Last Updated: May 18, 2012 12:12


"There will be a lot of people on Facebook eating a big plate of crow today".

Those were the words of Eva Campbell, upon hear
ing that Christopher Falconer, a convicted murderer out on parole, had been charged with killing Amber Kirwan. Campbell, is Mason Campbell's mother, Amber's boyfriend.

Shortly after Amber disappeared while walking from a New Glasgow bar to meet Mason, social media sites were flooded with rumours and innuendo, many pointing the finger of blame at Campbell.

"They weren't just suggesting he was involved", says Campbell, "they came right out and said he was guilty."

It didn't help that Mason seemed to stumble through media interviews about his actions and whereabouts after Amber failed to show up for their meeting in the parking lot of Big Al's convenience store.

And we all know police questioned Campbell and given the sad fact female victims of crime so often die at the hands of a boyfriend or husband, police would have considered him a person of interest in the early stages of their investigation. But while police used facts and evidence to determine Campbell's innocence, that didn't stop those on social media from convicting him.

"You can imagine how bad it was", says Eva Campbell, "they just said whatever they thought, and pretty much twisted anything anybody said".

Campbell says at first they tried to ignore the comments. Then they tried to answer people's questions. But that didn't last long.

"It just seemed like if we said anything, we were lying; if we tried to defend him we were lying, and if we didn't say anything we were guilty."

Eva Campbell says some even called for vigilante justice. There were calls for Mason to be beaten and assaulted. People said they hoped Mason got what he deserved. In fact, Campbell says Mason was punched in the face one night while at a pub, for no apparent reason.

And the comments just kept coming. The night before Falconer was charged, while reports were circulating that two people had been arrested, some posted on Facebook that Mason Campbell was one of them.

Campbell says there were also messages of support and the family tried to tell themselves to simply ignore the rants of a few "morons". But in chatting with her, you could tell that didn't work; you could feel the hurt and lingering bitterness over the phone line.

I asked Campbell if she had a message for those who flock to social media to eagerly spread and consume the rumour and gossip that always surrounds cases like this.

"If you don't have confidence in your facts to say it to somebody's face", says Campbell, "then don't say it at all."

Murder parolee charged in teen Amber Kirwan's death

19-year-old killed last October after vanishing from New Glasgow street

CBC News

Posted: May 17, 2012 7:26 AM AT

Last Updated: May 17, 2012 12:36 PM AT

Murder charge in Kirwan case2:40

Amber Kirwan, 19, disappeared in October. Her remains were found a month later. (New Glasgow Police Service)

Convicted killer Christopher Alexander Falconer, who was on parole when Amber Kirwan disappeared seven months ago, has been charged with kidnapping and first-degree murder of the 19-year-old, say police in New Glasgow, N.S.

Kirwan vanished last October after a night out with friends. Falconer, 29, was granted parole a year ago after serving time in prison for the second-degree murder of the cab driver in 1998.

At a briefing this morning in New Glasgow, police said a woman was arrested Wednesday but released in the evening without charges. No other arrests are expected.

Remains found in wooded area

Falconer appeared in court briefly Thursday morning. He will remain in custody until his next court appearance on May 28.

Marjorie Kirwan, who lost her daughter months ago, said the charge against Falconer is a "bittersweet moment."

"At the end of the day, Amber's still gone," Kirwan said Wednesday night, adding that she always had faith in police. "It's just a matter of waiting and patience."

Kirwan, 19, left Dooly's pool hall in New Glasgow at about 1:30 a.m. on Oct. 9. Her friends said she was going to meet her boyfriend, Mason Campbell, at a convenience store nearby.

Campbell told police that she never showed up.

In a security video released by police, Kirwan is seen speaking with someone in a crowd of people. She then leaves the crowd and walks up the street alone.

Police and dozens of community members spent weeks searching the area for the young woman or any clue about her disappearance.

Parole revoked during probe

On Nov. 5, Kirwan's remains were found in a wooded area off Heathbell Road, about a half-hour drive from the pool hall.

Police ruled her death a homicide but didn't say how she was killed.

This message was left at a makeshift memorial in New Glasgow on Thursday. (Phonse Jessome/CBC)

The weeks stretched on with no word of an arrest.

During the investigation, police would not confirm that Falconer, from Heathbell, was a suspect. But his name did come up during the investigation.

According to National Parole Board documents, Falconer's parole was revoked last fall while police considered him to be a "subject of interest" in a serious ongoing investigation.

During the Kirwan investigation, police seized a car that neighbours said Falconer drove regularly.

They also searched a home and property rented by Falconer's stepsister, a few kilometres from where the body was found.

Falconer was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of second-degree murder in the 1998 death of a cab driver in Heathbell.

Amber

On Thanksgiving weekend, The Boy's girlfriend, Amber, walked out of the local bar, crossed the street and was never seen alive again. She was 19.

For a month we searched in hope only to have that hope crushed when her body was finally found.

On the day of her funeral, I woke up in a rage. I still feel that rage.

To this day, we don't know how or even when she died. The Boy...is broken.

There has not been an arrest.

This is all I can write at the moment. There are so many emotions but the rage overpowers. Not just for the unknown person that has done this to Amber, but for the spineless accusers and obsessive facebook trolls that invade our grief.

Awesome Twitter Competition: 10 Mini Smoker HALO Kits to Be Won

Awesome Twitter Competition: 10 Mini Smoker HALO Kits to Be Won

Having that kind of a day.

The upside of owning crappy stuff.

No one wants to steal it.

Took Milton out for his morning constitutional, and found my passenger side door wide open as well as the glove box.

The keys were on the seat where I left them.

Note to would-be thief: You could have at least tidied up. And where were you raised? In a barn? Close the fucking door!

Luckily the dome light has been busted for a while, otherwise the battery would be dead.

Everyone is always so proud to show off a new car or a new phone or new whatever. I have a little crappy car. It works, and nobody wants to steal it.

My name is Eva....and I am an addict.

My drug of no choice? FaceCrack.
I want to say it is long hours of sharing meaningful shit with real friends and keeping up to date with how my family is doing. But like a crack whore....I would be lying.

When I am not farming or blazing the pioneer trails, I am keeping up with what is going on in the vaping community. God forbid a mod should come out and I not be aware of it til the next day.

Them's fightin' words.

Since I last posted here a lot has gone on. I am doing a vaping show (again) only on another network. I think I finally found a co-host that won't try and have me killed. She is a pretty good mix of knowledge and humour. And most importantly, a thick skin.


Please do come and check us out if you care at all about what I am doing? Or if you are interested in getting off the cigarettes. It has been over a year and a half since I accidently quit smoking using electronic cigarettes. (Click on the show logo and it will take you there.)

I have to tell you that when I am not snorting facecrack, I am lurking on GPTV. Before becoming a host, I got more free shit from watching vaping shows than anything else. Its fun and informative. And they don't care what comes out of my mouth.

No matter how politically incorrect it is. I think I will stick around a while.

I live in reality, I don't want to watch yours.

I could totally live without the television, or the phone for that matter. I can get everything I need from an internet connection.

But, if I so much as hint that it would be cost effective to get rid of the cable tv, The Sister looks at me like I just snapped the neck of a bunny or something.

I don't get it....its 150 channels of nothing'ness. Unless you are into sports or reality shows there are maybe a dozen shows on tv that are watchable.

The Sister, however, watches all of it. All reality shows, all the time. Every 'housewife' show (although not many of them are actually married, go figure). And she would never pass up a chance to watch someone compete for something, not sporting events but close to it, I guess. Iron Chef, Top Chef, So you think you can dance, hairdressers, designers, models... the list goes on ad nauseum. Did I forget to say yes to the dress? FFS

Just a little fiction, that is all I am asking for. I just don't get the appeal? I live in reality, I sure as fuck don't want to watch yours.

Happy Canada Day!

Are you getting tired of hearing it?

I just realized how many posts start 'I haven't been blogging in a while' and I feel ya...its starting to annoy me too.

So, how goes it in butt-fuck-nowhere Nova Scotia? It goes better now that I have my car back from The Boy. His piece-of-shit Focus has been out of commission for more than a year and it is finally drivable.

I know that we should have given up on that thing a long time ago but after you spend so much money...well you have to know when to quit, but we didn't. After a couple of grand, I wanted it fixed just on principle so I could 'drive' it off a fucking cliff.
It was just one thing after another and in retrospect, we could have saved money if we had just replaced the motor. Oh well...what's done is done.

I am mobile now, even though I really don't go anywhere and now that I am not smoking I actually have money to spend. A couple of times I actually forgot it was payday. You don't realize how much money you spend on cancer sticks til you quit. I actually have money left over at the end of the month instead of the other way around.

If you are thinking at all about quitting smoking, think about it. Or email me...I will hook ya up.

Slacker? Not by half.

Haven't been doing a lot of blogging lately. Well not here anyway. One of the reasons is the vaping thing...I couldn't just vape. Oh no. I had to create a blog for vaping, a youtube channel, two facebook pages and, of course, get my mug on camera and do an interactive web show on vaping.

The other reason is this f'ing laptop. I hate typing on it...I have man hands and long fingernails, I am doomed.

I was planning on keeping the two blogs separate...but vaping is what I do now and after a year, it is defining me. I never realized how much smoking defined me until I accidentally quit smoking when I picked up the electronic cigarette. I could never do anything without thinking about, can I smoke there or where is the smoking area and how long would it take me to get out to the smoking area. And on and on.

Now I don't care....I vape everywhere. I am starting to calm down a little now about it. But when I first found these things, I was in evangelical mode. I wanted to convert the masses. I even sold the kits for a while. Now, as I said, I am starting to calm down and get on with the day to day.