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December 31, 2009
New Year Cometh
In opposition to the prevailing social trend across the globe this evening, I'm having an early night.
The plan is to be in bed before midnight, so that tomorrow I can take a long New Year's Day walk in Hyde Park, complete with clear head, bright eyes, and undisturbed digestive system. 'Sad', as the youth-speak goes, or smug? What Ever!
I shall reflect on the year that's been and I shall think that - as years go- this one has been kind to me. And as years go, it went.. too fast, again.
As Tess said below, bad things happen to the best of people. It's a simple ontological observation. Whatever our moral,religious or philosophical views on the subject, shit happens. As such, it might happen to me. 'Why not me?' is what I hope I'd ask in the event, rather than the usual 'Why me?'. But that's easy to say from the safety of one's sofa.
On a lighter note and minor point, call me a pedant (I've been called worst things), but am I alone in thinking that 2010 is not a beginning of a new decade as the media would have us believe? It's simply the last year of a current decade. Just as year 1BC was followed by year 1AD, with no Year Zero as a starting point.
Posted by Marzena at December 31, 2009 11:22 PM