A New Year

Another year and what have we learned? Well, lets see


That you never really learn your lesson. If you are happy, stay where you are. I mean realistically happy. No one is birds singing, rainbows over head, Julian Sands is waiting in my bed-kinda happy. We must learn to recognize a "hey, this isn't so bad I can do this for the next 5-10 years happy".

That it doesn't matter how much you work and get paid, it will never be enough. Seriously, I have come to believe that money (or at least making more than what you really need) is a trap. It does not matter if you can get a few extra hundred more...it will disappear just as fast. You begin to take it for granted and then you have more bills and have to keep working at that pace until you drop.

A bit of advice...never start chasing money. It ends in sadness and flustration every time.

I have learned that I was right last year: the voicemail button is the enemy.

I have learned that I have too many bosses and that dreams will not happen on their own. Neither will job changes.

Hera is in fact a goddess sent to punish and bless me everyday.

Australia is beautiful. Being stuck on a plane for 13 hours, sucks! Being stuck on a plane for 4 hours next to a bitchy, slef-centered couple sucks more!

Hannibal Lecter, Lestat, and Jean Claude do not exist...they are characters in a book and no matter how hard I wish to be taken away they are just characters in a book. Books are not real...just a pleasant diversion.

Nor are the fey coming to get me any time soon. Sob, sign, sob.

You will always miss those who helped you through hard times, and that ache will not go away. The tie that binds true friendship is a strong ever-present cord that pulls so strongly on the heart and soul that it creates a sensation so akin to pain that most do not recognize the difference. (Yes, I am speaking of you: Jeremy, Swati, Liz, and Jenn). I miss all of you so much it is tangible.

However, new friends will always be there (if you let them) to help you through the pain of being far from old ones (your turn: Jay, John, Val).

And most of all, liquor is not going to make me any happier. It just delays reality.

So there you go: my yearly what have I learned this year list. Not exhaustive, but humorous and hopefully not total bullsh^&.