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After sorting through the responses (thanks everyone), I think it's probably valve seals. My car has 150K. With Celicas, that's equal to 45 in human years. I also tend to drive at high RPM as a rule. I don't know if that makes it worse but probably. Could put more pressure on the seals and shorten their life. But it's easier to replace the valve seals (or almost anything else) than change how I drive! I love drivin' my car!
By the way, my eyes were playin' tricks with the AFT "what?". I re-read it and retrack the question. ATF....lol

Wow! Thanks to everyone for the help! Now that I know better and since I really love my car, the oil will be changed way before 6K miles. I'm thinking 3K to 4K would be ok. The smoke that I see when it first starts up is a small cloud of bluish smoke that lingers in the air around my car for about a minute. I'll check the plugs to see if there's oil leakage. The car has about 150K miles on it, so it stands to reason that it's going to need some type of major work in the near future. I'm curious about the AFT thing. I don't know as much as the rest of you so I don't know what it is but it sounds like it might be worth trying. Can someone please explain this to me? What is AFT and what should I do with it??

I have a '94 GT hatchback with almost 150K miles on it and all original factory everything and the oil is changed every 6K miles. It's my 3rd Celica.

With so many knowledgable Celica owners I'm hoping to find an answer to this question. Why does it blow out some oil smoke when I first start it up? My last Celica was an '89 ST hatchback and did the same thing as it got some miles on it.

Is this something that's unique to the Celica? Could it be caused by the way I drive (intense)? Are the inner workings of my engine just gettin' old? Should I be planning on replacing something that's probably about to die? Let me know if you have an ideas about what is causing this. Thanks.