HPN

Well, its a new freakin' year. 2004. No big deal. I have always had great difficulty in completely being able to celebrate the start of a "new year". I've always been able to see that every month, every day, every hour, every second; is technically 365 days from that very same moment a year ago. So what makes this particular day any more different? Well, I guess for some its that time for new year resolutions (not for me, I'd rather start something when I feel moved to, not when the calendar says I should), and for others its just a time to get together with friends and the like. Me, I'd rather get together when I am motivated to, and after a few weeks of this kind of "holiday cheer" is just about as much as I can take. If I can make any kind of concession to a "new year" of sorts, its that it makes for a convenient time to reflect on the past year, the lessons learned (and not learned), as well as those people we've influenced or been influenced by. I'm not going to go into that at the moment, once I finish doing the reflecting, I'll know what to write! :-) But to all those of you who do celebrate it, Happy New Year to you! By the way, for those who want to know, I spent the night with my parents doing a Lord of the Rings movie marathon - extended version of The Fellowship of the Ring, and normal released version of The Two Towers. Had a sip of champagne at Midnight and went to bed round 2. I was invited to Andrea's place in the Shwa but since my mum asked me to spend it with them I felt not so much obligated as accepting that this is what they wanted to do. So that was it. HNY.