You know I kind of wonder what all of the hype is about. Why is the New Year such a big deal. Its not like something physically spectacular happens or as if things really change. All that the new year is, is people who think this year can be different, that they will finally lose that twenty pounds or find the love of their life. And one moment gives them that. But what happens when they wake up on the 1st of the year, if they every went to sleep? Or what happens on December 31st at 11:59 PM of the year 2007? I want to make predictions and 'resolutions' but I wonder when I will really get to them. Will I ever really change? Does the New Year just mean that things are new and somehow that means I am different?

I dont think there is anything innately different about the moment that ball falls. I think it is more of a reminder. A pinnacle moment when we can realize that there are things we need to take with us and leave behind. It gives us a sort of hope that we can start 'new.' For me, it is more of a time to really commit to shake off things that have happened. That's the only way I can be different this year. So I'm leaving:

My bitterness.

My negativity.

Oh well, people in New York have experienced 'the moment'

In an hour and a half, I get to be a sort of new too.