Closing 2008

There's less than 1 hr before the 2009 begins. I feel obligated to send off 2008 in its own entry.

While I like the "holiday season" for the most part, I dislike the New Year's Day. Not because I hate a new year, but because I have to say good-bye to the old one. And I hate good-byes. I hate giving stuff up, even if that something is as impermanent as time itself.

When 2008 began, I thought things were going to be great. After all, 8 is a lucky number, right? All the Chinese predictions seemed to hype it all up. Fast forward 365 days later...boooooo. The global economy is in the gutter, the war in Iraq is as pointless as ever, and more shenanigans is going on in the Middle East. I can go on, but these things encompass a lot of other stuff (mainly economical).

On a personal note, I've had to say good-bye to many of my friends that I used to see all the time on campus. And say good-bye to the many of things I used to enjoy such as relaxing and chilling and just plain having fun. Fortunately, I've been able to relive some of that for the past several days, but I'm going to have to go back to the daily grind soon.

It just seems that in 2008, I seemed to have lost more than I gained, and I don't mean monetarily or some other kind of tangible form of exchangeable material currency whatever (that wasn't supposed to make sense). It just seems that life is less sweet. But I say that admitting that I'm the type of person who has a large moment of metaphorical inertia. I'm not someone who's inclined to much change in life. At its very best, I'm stable. And its worst, I'm stubborn.

While I hate to say good-bye to anything that I've grown used to (in this example, I mean the year 2008), I do look forward to making progress in life. Progress in the broadest possible sense. I don't know what that may be, but hopefully, it'll be for the better. Don't let us down, 2009.