So I didn't do anything extravagant for New Years Eve - just took things easy and watched all of the festivities from the comforts of home. I don't know about you, but whenever the countdown begins towards the new year, a sense of joy comes over me. Then as the clock hits midnight, chills come over my body. I don't know what it is; the pure excitement of a new year starting or just the fact that it's like a clean slate for everyone to start over again. And with the way 2008 turned out for a lot of people, maybe 2009 will turn out to be that much better for a lot of people. For me, celebrating the new year in the quiet comforts of home is rather enjoyable, to be honest. I've never been one for the party scene, so it's only fitting.
We are now into 2009 and I have to think, where have the years gone? You know what they say about aging, the years just go by faster and faster. It's unfathomable to me that we are in the final year of this decade. 2010 starts a whole new decade and by the time 2019 comes around, we will all be that much older. Ugh, enjoy each and every year while you can and don't take things for granted. This present decade was a pretty memorable one; from graduating high school, starting college, living on my own, graduating college, and living an independent life and earning my own money by working full-time. Of course there are goals such as buying my own home and starting a family that still need to be achieved. But it's only a matter of time before those important goals come to fruition.
I remember when the year 2000 was a huge deal for the entire world. We weren't sure if our electronics and technology could handle the conversion to a new millenium. If it couldn't, we could be sent hurdling towards a new dark age. Obviously that was blown way out of proportion and our transition into a new millenium was a very smooth one. Hard to believe that was already nine years ago. And the whole "party like it's 1999" craze was exactly ten years ago. WILD! Like I said, where have the years gone?
Please be sure to check out my latest edition of the "Songs I Dig" blog. I had started composing it on 12/29/08 and just finished it this evening. That is why it is showing up in the December 2008 archive. Here is a handy link to go back to this specific blog entry: Luke's Ponderings: Songs I Dig - 12 . You can also scroll down just a few entries down to find it, as well.
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