Tomorrow Never Knows.

Two things I'd like to talk about today...how the New Year's Celebration is stupid and how New Year's resolutions are right there with it.  

I don't understand the fascination and over-commercialization over watching the ball drop in Times Square.  Last night I was forced to watch the ball drop and as soon as it dropped I realized how much of a waste it is.  The year before, I didn't watch the ball drop...and despite popular belief...it doesn't affect you.  I wasn't stricken with a plague of locusts, frogs didn't fall from the sky, and a witch doctor didn't shrink my head (thanks, cars.com).  

So, who really cares?  Why stay up and party until the wee-hours of the morning?  Oh wait, that's right...any excuse to party in this country turns into a holiday.  If people can get drunk and stupid, then it's a holiday!  I'm surprised Martin Luther King, Jr. day hasn't become a big partying day...what about Presidents' Day?  

Isn't it good enough to wake up to a new year?  It's just as cool to see a new year the following morning as it is right at midnight.  You've got a whole year to enjoy that '09 on your checks, letters, and whatever else you need to sign.  So why did this all start?  This country is obsessed with countdowns, drinking, pissing on each other in Times Square, and watching shitty performances by the Jonas Brothers...yes, unfortunately I saw it.  

Now, on to my next point.  New Year's resolutions are stupid...they really are!  For some reason, once the clock hits midnight, we're expected to change our ways and pledge something that no one ever keeps.  My resolution was nothing...I don't want to change anything.  Is there a problem with that?  Apparently if you have nothing to change or are completely satisfied, then you have issues.  There seems to be a hatred or resistance toward happiness in this country.  Why is this?

Shouldn't everyone be happy?  By forcing yourself to point out a flaw, isn't that just an endless cycle?  When people say they need to lose weight, as their resolution, doesn't that mean you haven't been trying for the past 12 months?  Oh wait, it's actually pretty likely that you've made the same resolution again.  Considering that it's the most common resolution, it means that people making the same one over and over again.  

So why make one?  If you know you can't keep it...don't make it!  Just be healthy, don't make it your resolution!  Just don't drink and eat yourself fat all the time.  It doesn't have to be your resolution...especially if you can't keep it.

Good luck.

-Nick.