nastiness

[wegotblankets]

i get a whiff of smoke everytime i take my coat off. the smell clings to everything - my coat, scarf, sweater, hair. in any other country, this means i've been out having a good time. here, it means that i walked on the street. walking is now this game where i try to overtake smokers (ie. every man) so that i'm not catching the leftovers of their last drag. it's kind of stressful. but on really bad days like today, the air just smells of something burning. it might be because sidewalk vendors have lit random little fires on the sidewalk to keep warm, or there's more coal being burned for the heating (or something).

my snot is always black, too.