Aging Into 2007
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dexfarkinI must be getting old. A mere six straight nights of heavy drinking and I'm feeling it...
Seriously though, we have shuffled into a new year, finally getting out of goddamn 2006; officially dubbed the Year of Teh Suck. As I mentioned to Rossi yesterday, it had gotten to the point where every damn day brought some new kharmic horror, leaving us stuck in the 'laugh or cry' state pretty much constantly. And the laughing was starting to get pretty frayed around the edges. While I'm deeply suspicious of my cautious optimism, it is there regardless. Hell, considering what my closest social circle has gone through, just making it to now without passing around the pills and Drano is an accomplishment.
We had a high quality New Year's bash at the apartment. One of my finer buckets of sangria, and the cautionary tale that kiwi can absorb 26oz of pure alcohol prior to being eaten.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lisew 's dedicated (and in one case repeatedly successful) attempts to get people naked aside, everyone seemed to have a good time. The party finally broke up into drunken slumber around 3am, leaving my apartment looking like the scene of a spectacularly good wine and anthrax party. New revellers this year, which always makes me happy. It looks like the traditional London party has finally had the last nail driven in the coffin, since I'm happy with Toronto for the evening.
It's been kind of a weird weekend. It's been a while since I've had a solid group of people up that I had only known from on-line before, and that sort of early Dexcon dance of associating the person to their on-line images and quirks is coming back. There's those few days of figuring out the difference, while people flip between them. Granted, I can drop into being 'Dex' in a heartbeat, so I expect others to do so as well, and seperating out the person is the task. I've known Mo since she was a teenager, Ben only a couple of years, and Avital only about ten months, so it's a strange trip sitting down with them. All that being said, it's been overwhelmingly positive which makes me very happy.
Everyone else seemed to mostly shake off various funks and issues for the holiday and come out and have a good time. Most of my close friends are highly intelligent and creative people, which also means they are about as sane and well adjusted as a swung sack full of cats. But I got to see a lot of smiles, and hear a lot of laughter, which is really what's important, right? They mention that my biggest unrealistic wish is that I want my friends to interact with each other like a big happy family, and she's mostly right. I don't really have faith in any religion or spiritality; I don't have a driving philisophical or political belief that I can shape my life around, and while I have great passion for what I do, it's not the all-encompassing obsession that allows me my sole meaning in life. What I have is a deep belief that it's those friendships, those social connections that are what help sustain you in crisis and pain, elevate success and see you remembered by. So it's natural to want to unify those attributes together, to draw everyone up at the same time. It's more than a little corny, certainly not realistic, and in terms of a great faith, it's a pretty small and tattered thing, but it is mine.
As I've learned this weekend, it's also a hell of a lot easier than keeping kosher.
My thanks to those of you who sent presents and cards for Christmas. It's never necessary, which is why it's appreciated all the more. I have reading material for the next couple of weeks now. In case you weren't aware, I will be in Kansas in a couple of weeks. If I don't return, like Warren said, send lawyers, guns and money. And a hitman for Doqz. The fucker is not allowed to outlive me.
I don't make New Year's resolutions, because if you need a new calendar date to motivate life change, you're already too far gone to help in any case. However, I do offer a wish for 2007. Be strong. And when you are strong, be there. And when you can't be strong, be grateful.
Seriously though, we have shuffled into a new year, finally getting out of goddamn 2006; officially dubbed the Year of Teh Suck. As I mentioned to Rossi yesterday, it had gotten to the point where every damn day brought some new kharmic horror, leaving us stuck in the 'laugh or cry' state pretty much constantly. And the laughing was starting to get pretty frayed around the edges. While I'm deeply suspicious of my cautious optimism, it is there regardless. Hell, considering what my closest social circle has gone through, just making it to now without passing around the pills and Drano is an accomplishment.
We had a high quality New Year's bash at the apartment. One of my finer buckets of sangria, and the cautionary tale that kiwi can absorb 26oz of pure alcohol prior to being eaten.
lisew 's dedicated (and in one case repeatedly successful) attempts to get people naked aside, everyone seemed to have a good time. The party finally broke up into drunken slumber around 3am, leaving my apartment looking like the scene of a spectacularly good wine and anthrax party. New revellers this year, which always makes me happy. It looks like the traditional London party has finally had the last nail driven in the coffin, since I'm happy with Toronto for the evening.It's been kind of a weird weekend. It's been a while since I've had a solid group of people up that I had only known from on-line before, and that sort of early Dexcon dance of associating the person to their on-line images and quirks is coming back. There's those few days of figuring out the difference, while people flip between them. Granted, I can drop into being 'Dex' in a heartbeat, so I expect others to do so as well, and seperating out the person is the task. I've known Mo since she was a teenager, Ben only a couple of years, and Avital only about ten months, so it's a strange trip sitting down with them. All that being said, it's been overwhelmingly positive which makes me very happy.
Everyone else seemed to mostly shake off various funks and issues for the holiday and come out and have a good time. Most of my close friends are highly intelligent and creative people, which also means they are about as sane and well adjusted as a swung sack full of cats. But I got to see a lot of smiles, and hear a lot of laughter, which is really what's important, right? They mention that my biggest unrealistic wish is that I want my friends to interact with each other like a big happy family, and she's mostly right. I don't really have faith in any religion or spiritality; I don't have a driving philisophical or political belief that I can shape my life around, and while I have great passion for what I do, it's not the all-encompassing obsession that allows me my sole meaning in life. What I have is a deep belief that it's those friendships, those social connections that are what help sustain you in crisis and pain, elevate success and see you remembered by. So it's natural to want to unify those attributes together, to draw everyone up at the same time. It's more than a little corny, certainly not realistic, and in terms of a great faith, it's a pretty small and tattered thing, but it is mine.
As I've learned this weekend, it's also a hell of a lot easier than keeping kosher.
My thanks to those of you who sent presents and cards for Christmas. It's never necessary, which is why it's appreciated all the more. I have reading material for the next couple of weeks now. In case you weren't aware, I will be in Kansas in a couple of weeks. If I don't return, like Warren said, send lawyers, guns and money. And a hitman for Doqz. The fucker is not allowed to outlive me.
I don't make New Year's resolutions, because if you need a new calendar date to motivate life change, you're already too far gone to help in any case. However, I do offer a wish for 2007. Be strong. And when you are strong, be there. And when you can't be strong, be grateful.
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Date: 2007-01-03 12:18 am (UTC)And strength I could use in buckets this year. So thank you for your wish.