For starters Happy New Year. This is a weird time of the year for me. I love the idea to set new goals, using 2009 as a new starting point for change. Contrary to this, I hate 2009 as a scapegoat for changing things also.
This is what I mean: say for the period of time that has been Jan 1st to Dec 31st 2008, i.e. 2008! it has been shite or whatever: why would it suddenly change for 2009? What difference does a number have, whether it's a 8 or 9? To try and get my point across, would most people who are having a shit time from jan 7th to March 3rd suddenly say, well March the 4th is going to be great?! Erm no.
I believe goals are the way forward, otherwise how do you know what you've achieved?! People who are afraid to set goals or don't know what they are, are indeed lost, misguided souls. Why are you on this planet if you don't at least give yourself a challenge. To make a baby IS NOT why we are here: any one can do that (well mainly females I guess), it takes all of about 30 seconds right?!
Ok, getting side tracked. Where was I? Erm......Time doesn't stand still for anyone (except the dead I suppose), so setting up 2009 as 'a better year' is just bollocks. When you look back, you see what you've achieved, not when you did it. This is kind of hard to explain, but I guess it's a case that people think this mask of 2009 will make things better, when if it was looked upon as just another day, i.e. what it really is, the perception etc would be different. You have to do something now, not tomorrow, not next year: it doesn't exist, time isn't broken down, it's one continuous existence so if something sucks ass, you have to change it now, regardless of whether it's a new 'year'.
I hate how people say it's been a crap year and next year will be better- take away the year and look at it as time next to each other, then what do you do/say: 'my life is shit?!'. If that's the case you'd probably pull your finger out of your arse and do something about it. May be I'm just ranting, may be it's the mood I'm in or whatever, but it's funny how when you stop looking at 2008, then 2009, 2010 etc, I just think my life is great. I don't give a shit if you label it with a 4 digit number. This probably doesn't make much sense and no I'm not drunk from New Years: I might be tired but that's another story.
If you're life sucks and you think 'oh 2008 was crap' then do something about it. Take away this imaginery timescale and just get on with it. It's like 'timeless' songs/films etc, no one cares when they were made, just the fact they exist. Mamma Mia isn't crap because it was released in 2008, it was crap regardless- you know what I mean?!
Anyway, for those who are in this mindset, 2008 was a 'good year', as was 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004...you get the idea. I would just consider taking away this year per se. Just enjoy this life thing while you can. 2009 will be a great year, whatever that means. If I don't like what I'm doing and I'm moaning about it, I'll do something different, it has nothing to do with the year, the month, whatever.
This post is possibly awesomly crap, but I don't care. If you're reading here, then there's something in it, whether it's for the absolute garbage that's coming out or the Bible like truth in it (haha, isn't that the same thing as the garbage part?! Ouch).
I finished 2008 by a visit to the Ice Bar in Stockholm, had a lovely drink with my lovely lady. Topped the evening off with a 3 course meal, prepared ourselves, a trip to Skansen, a cider celebratory drink (Champagne is too expensive and tasteless), fireworks, cheese and crackers, followed by some much needed sleep. I love what I'm doing, I love this place, I love this life......
This was Johanna's fancy dress outfit.... too bad we were celebrating New Years, not Chronicles of Narnia: Attack of the Swedish Smurf. I'm kidding, this was the Ice Bar outfit and very fetching if I may say so. Anyone with a shiny blue, furry hooded cape, complete with glove attachment fetish, knows where to go.
p.s. if you hadn't figured it out, the top pic is the glasses or icesses as they should technically be called, indeed made from Ice, the bar too, the stools, the chairs, table and bar staff....ok the last one wasn't really, just seeing if you're paying attention.
This is what I mean: say for the period of time that has been Jan 1st to Dec 31st 2008, i.e. 2008! it has been shite or whatever: why would it suddenly change for 2009? What difference does a number have, whether it's a 8 or 9? To try and get my point across, would most people who are having a shit time from jan 7th to March 3rd suddenly say, well March the 4th is going to be great?! Erm no.
I believe goals are the way forward, otherwise how do you know what you've achieved?! People who are afraid to set goals or don't know what they are, are indeed lost, misguided souls. Why are you on this planet if you don't at least give yourself a challenge. To make a baby IS NOT why we are here: any one can do that (well mainly females I guess), it takes all of about 30 seconds right?!
Ok, getting side tracked. Where was I? Erm......Time doesn't stand still for anyone (except the dead I suppose), so setting up 2009 as 'a better year' is just bollocks. When you look back, you see what you've achieved, not when you did it. This is kind of hard to explain, but I guess it's a case that people think this mask of 2009 will make things better, when if it was looked upon as just another day, i.e. what it really is, the perception etc would be different. You have to do something now, not tomorrow, not next year: it doesn't exist, time isn't broken down, it's one continuous existence so if something sucks ass, you have to change it now, regardless of whether it's a new 'year'.
I hate how people say it's been a crap year and next year will be better- take away the year and look at it as time next to each other, then what do you do/say: 'my life is shit?!'. If that's the case you'd probably pull your finger out of your arse and do something about it. May be I'm just ranting, may be it's the mood I'm in or whatever, but it's funny how when you stop looking at 2008, then 2009, 2010 etc, I just think my life is great. I don't give a shit if you label it with a 4 digit number. This probably doesn't make much sense and no I'm not drunk from New Years: I might be tired but that's another story.
If you're life sucks and you think 'oh 2008 was crap' then do something about it. Take away this imaginery timescale and just get on with it. It's like 'timeless' songs/films etc, no one cares when they were made, just the fact they exist. Mamma Mia isn't crap because it was released in 2008, it was crap regardless- you know what I mean?!
Anyway, for those who are in this mindset, 2008 was a 'good year', as was 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004...you get the idea. I would just consider taking away this year per se. Just enjoy this life thing while you can. 2009 will be a great year, whatever that means. If I don't like what I'm doing and I'm moaning about it, I'll do something different, it has nothing to do with the year, the month, whatever.
This post is possibly awesomly crap, but I don't care. If you're reading here, then there's something in it, whether it's for the absolute garbage that's coming out or the Bible like truth in it (haha, isn't that the same thing as the garbage part?! Ouch).
I finished 2008 by a visit to the Ice Bar in Stockholm, had a lovely drink with my lovely lady. Topped the evening off with a 3 course meal, prepared ourselves, a trip to Skansen, a cider celebratory drink (Champagne is too expensive and tasteless), fireworks, cheese and crackers, followed by some much needed sleep. I love what I'm doing, I love this place, I love this life......
This was Johanna's fancy dress outfit.... too bad we were celebrating New Years, not Chronicles of Narnia: Attack of the Swedish Smurf. I'm kidding, this was the Ice Bar outfit and very fetching if I may say so. Anyone with a shiny blue, furry hooded cape, complete with glove attachment fetish, knows where to go.
p.s. if you hadn't figured it out, the top pic is the glasses or icesses as they should technically be called, indeed made from Ice, the bar too, the stools, the chairs, table and bar staff....ok the last one wasn't really, just seeing if you're paying attention.
