2012

I went out with friends for New Years Eve for the first time, ever. It's my older brother's birthday, so we've always just done birthday things and then ended it up with friends, games and watching the ball drop. (I didn't even see the ball drop this year. You know, when I was little and saw it for the first time, I was ridiculously disappointed in it... I think I wanted it to be a real ball that would either bounce or shatter at the new year as gravity pulled it to the earth.)
This year was alot of fun. I was either going to spend the evening by myself doing household chores, or go out with with the boys. I went out. I don't drink, you know, so I was their designated driver. They got very.... happy. haha. The one party we went to I was surrounded by more skinny jeans (on guys) than I have ever seen in one place at one time. It was hilarious.
There were lots of state of the union discussions, along with a surprising undercurrent of fear. Fear of what the year will hold. Fear of the direction our nation is headed. Fear that there is nothing we can do to save the planet.
I somehow do not fear these things. Yes, everything is going to crap, but it's one of those things that has to happen. The end of the world as we know it, people have always feared these things at all stages of human existence. Why will it end now? The poles will shift, the nations break apart like they did long ago, and life will continue on a smaller reduced scale. The industry age is over so no one knows how to build/make anything from start to finish anymore. Genetically Modified Foods are the norm, and their seeds are screwing up the heirloom plants. The earth cannot sustain the population in 50 years.
There is no answer to these things. There is just faith. Faith that somehow things will work out. What's the worst that could happen? I mean, we die. Everyone dies. You can't escape it, no matter if the earth explodes or not.

Anyway, that's my thoughts on the matter.
Met new people, laughed alot. Didn't get home until 3:30 in the morning, altogether a successful evening, I'd say.

I hope your year is filled with peace, hope and love.