A bit rough

As usual, I welcome the new year with a banging head ache, upset stomach and a moral hangover. And I bet I'm not the only one, people around the world have for ages seen it appropriate to start the new year feeling a bit rough. i guess it's a human condition to crave for the caneval, organised chaos, and communally approved misbehaviour. Especially at times when a great change is expected to take place. And that's what new year is about; resolutions to be better, hope of becoming luckier, and fear of everything staying the same.

Anyway, year 2007 was by most accounts a very crap one indeed, with friends and loved ones not being very well. There were, of course, some better times too, and I try to hang on to those memories instead. In any case, I hope that this year will be better than the last. It would appear that just like the millions of other human beings on this planet, I too want to give the start of a new calendar year too much meaning... If only it was as easy to be a better person than it is to walk into a shop and buy a new calendar.