the year begins...

Happy year of the Dog! This weekend was a lot of fun...it was great to be surrounded by family and good friends and lots of booze and U2 in the background. I now enter the 27th year of my life in style. Let's hope it lives up to the hype. Fuck that. This year will make the hype seem modest and trifling. To those of you who helped me celebrate, I thank you.

Being as I'm still a little on the hungover side (see above), this will be short and sweet.

Song of the Day.

Running to Stand Still - U2. You knew a U2 song was coming sooner rather than later. This one was pretty close to my state of mind the last couple of months.

"And so she woke up
Woke up from where she was lyin' still.
Said I gotta do something
About where we're goin'.

Step on a fast train
Step out of the driving rain, maybe
Run from the darkness in the night.
Singing ah, ah la la la de day
Ah la la la de day."

Life is...

a train flashing past the countryside. The speed is exhilirating for a while, then it seems to accelerate, becoming a little too fast for your liking. Staring out the window you see moments of beauty, but they pass by before you can fully comprehend them. So you decide to take control of the train and make your own path.

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Peace.
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