Crap, crap, crappy new year!

topic posted Mon, January 5, 2009 - 6:47 AM by  Yul
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I'm among the very few who HATE, HATE and HATE new years!! Therefore, I DO NOT want people to wish me a happy new year. People do that every year as if it'll change things. But as history has shown, nothing changes on new years day! And I don't care if I'm taking that U2 song out of context!
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Yul
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  • Re: Crap, crap, crappy new year!

    Sun, January 18, 2009 - 10:36 AM
    yul,

    i think you're missing the point of celebrating the coming of the new year--we mark the passage of time with rituals as humans. also, it's not so much that a new year will change one's life, but there is the CAPACITY for change. it's just like a new day, just a longer period of time.

    maybe you should come to spain for a short while and get into the spirit of celebration -- not of the new year (it's a little late for that now) but of ANYTHING.. one of the things i admire about the culture here is that they take any opportunity to celebrate, there are so many holidays here that people often don't even know what it is that they are commemorating...

    there is a japanese saying that my wife has on our refrigerator that we both love: "we're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance."

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