c’mon baby new year!

ok, lets face it, as lucky as we all are - 2008 had a hitch at every corner. but, lets face it - 20 years ago we were all a bunch of fools who had no idea what we were doing, and what a problem was. our parents paid our bills, we followed the plan... school... etc. now we have careers and ideas, and situations that impact or are impacted by other people.

when you factor all that in, and realize that doing things can cost you in time or money you don’t have, and that time and money are actually important factors, and then the people - problems.

i did the math, and so far in my commuting to Chicago, i spent a solid month on a train - a MONTH of my life roughly in 2008 inside a big shiny metal penis traveling at 80mph through the back-country of Illinois. while this was going on, life was happening for people who’d planned sooner, etc. and in the end, we faced the end of another year...

progress wasn’t huge for 2008, in fact, as a country we stepped backwards a bit economically and fiscally, in a way which could have drastic impacts on 2009. but for now, we all took a break, met at Hurl’s, had a few drinks, some of us spent some time in the hottub (ok, just me), and we all rang in the new year.

there will be a day when all the things we’re worrying about won’t matter. on that day, i hope to remember only times like this.