The whole world is celebrating New Year's Day with the usual group mail, sms ( If its still free that is!), calls and face-to-face greetings. Last night was supposed to have ppl awake till 12 am so that they could greet each other for the next year. I ask what is so special here? All you have done is manage to survive another year!!
But wait! Dont we also "celebrate" the birth and death anniversaries of many, many people? Its become so much a social convention these days that our 1st reaction to the death of an ex-politician is not "Who is he? What has he done?" but rather "Are we gonna get a holiday for his death then?"...
Enough of this melancholy! Last week the entire world got through Christmas and then the usual began:-
1) Prepare a list of people to wish, important enough for greetings via phone etc etc
2) Get that 2009 calender! Of course you will probably get about 5-8 of them but dont we all want one big calender of huge pics to flaunt in the drawing room?
3) Whats with that tradition of a company gifting New Year Diaries and Desk Calenders for the next year? What is one supposed to do with a Diary anyway when you got PDA's and Smart Phones??
4) Oh I hate this part with passion: All sorts of "experts" decide to bless us with a list of "Achievers and Losers of 2008" in all fields from Cricket to Wall Street. I can understand a newspaper extra giving a recap of the year gone by but whats with the news channels spending 3 hours of prime time television to show us news we have ALREADY seen before (Most of which we rather not watch again too!)..
5) Here we are on Dec 31st. Why do ppl assume I need to attend a function with booze, booty and buxom wenches (Arrr, looks like I am getting affected by my Facebook Pirate language option)?? Cant we spend the time with family? Of course that would mean watching tv channels showing either "Tele-Idiot Awards" or "Dance, you Dunces: All the way to 2009" shows.. Maybe that function idea is not that bad! Hmmm...
6) Jan 1st! One of my good friends was born this day and to his utter dismay, few remember it for that occasion.. Apart from that I find another west-world tradition catching up here. No, I dont refer to the gifts n' greetings; I speak of Resolutions!
New Year's Resolutions?? I would rather it be the WWE pay-per-view I was talking about but not everything in this world is as you desire.. I find this a complete timepass activity! If you wanna do something, then get it done the day you thought of it and not wait till Jan 1st.. I admit some people actually get insipid inspiration from a resolution for a new year but the vast majority make noises that empty pot of lore would be proud of.
Speaking of funny resolutions:-
New Years Resolutions
for 2009 |
This year, I resolve to:
Always replace the gas nozzle
before driving away from the pump.
I will always "check for paper"
when leaving the restroom.
I will try to drive closer to the speed limit.
I will always wear clean underwear, "just in case".
I will keep an extra safe distance when driving behind police cars. 
I will no longer park the BMW
next to fire hydrants.
and never again will I try to diffuse an explosive device with a known practical joker.
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And here are a few resolutions you can actually keep:-
1. I want to gain weight. Put on at least 30 pounds.2. Stop exercising. Waste of time. 3. Read less. 4. Watch more TV. I've been missing some good stuff. 5. Procrastinate more. 6. Drink. Drink some more. 7. Take up a new habit: smoking. 8. Spend at least $1000 a month on Ladies of the Night. 9. Spend more time at work. 10. Take a vacation to someplace important: like to see the largest ball of twine. 11. Stop bringing lunch from home: I should eat out more. 12. Quit giving money & time to charity. 14. Start being superstitious. 15. Have my car lowered and invest in a really loud stereo system. Get the windows tinted. Buy some fur for the dash. 16. Speak in a monotone voice and only use monosyllabic words. 17. Only wear jeans that are 2 sizes too small and use a chain or rope for a belt. Only wear white T-shirts with those fashionable yellow stains under the arms. 18. Personal goal: bring back disco.
So to finally end this post which belive me I could have continued a lot more but for want of time, Have a Great Year everyone!! I am putting up a DeviantArt design which I liked a lot:-
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