| | Happy New Year!And with a new year, comes change. I've spent the last week
constantly fretting, calling family and friends, screaming at the BF
all because why? haha, I fear that I might almost sound like my
sometimes-scarily-bitter-though-generally-jolly associate who welcomed
his birthday by saying "it's crap anyway. i just get a year
older" / responded "f-ck off" to a cheery "Happy New Year!" because... in a similar vein I have been told that, being born
in the Rat year, my luck will take a dramatic turn for the worst.
The two most bitter analysts (and coincidentally, my closest friends at
work) were born the year of the Pig and claimed that being 24 was the
worst years of their life EVER, due to complete, utter, destiny.
In typical guy fashion, they likened it to some dumbass action movie,
in this case Final Destination - but I am digressing.
I have read now countless astrology blogs, both East and West (because
let's be honest, I am probably more white than Asian) and all signs
point to an... auspicious! new year! Granted, my sample size of
Western astrological forecasts far outweigh those of the East (because
what did I say about my ethnicity)? - but some part of me really
wonders... how could next year POSSIBLY be worst than last? Last
year was all about solitude, failure, fatigue, abuse, self doubt, new
lows and new insecurities. The only really great, bright parts of
my year were the moments spent with the people I had to almost break my
back to keep close to me. One of my friends predicted I would
have an affair with a co-worker, or somehow lose my boyfriend (I asked
if it would be because he died in an accident, since he is so accident
prone, to which my friend said that I was being "a little harsh
considering it's YOUR bad year")... but I've made mistakes in
relationships already... I already have hurt people in my past and also
know what it feels like to lose someone you really care about. In
fact, both of the former examples of "bad years" were guys who f'ed up
their great relationship or got into a f'd up one. I suppose this
argument has come full circle in some ways, in the sense that pain -
yes - is inevitable... but I really do think it is most always for the
better... to better yourself, to learn, and to eventually hopefully
teach. Which is why, by this logical deduction (that the the
countless Western astrological forecasts) I predict this year will be a
GOOD one - reversing all the silly, careless, mindless, stupid mistakes
I made last year to, in particular, carve a career path that is
straight, deep, and unrelenting. To 2008! To a new
president, a new me (hey, you never cross the same river twice,
regardless of whether you have progressed or regressed) and to... yes,
that actually is the word: PROGRESSION!
and on a side, tho not completely unrelated note - what a great time it is to be from Columbia 
ps: my knut bear has a hole in his nose. does anyone know polar bear surgery?
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