Happy New Years!!!.............fuckers............

Well. in just under eight hours me and my homies will be welcoming in the New Year with high fives, butt slaps, and toasts. I can say to them at 11:59, "See you next year!" and then moments later truthfully say, "Whoah! Haven't seen seen you since last year, dogg!" and then everyone will laugh and say, "That MattyP is a silly bitch....." and they will probably be right. But amidst all the hooplah and whoopdie-doo, I will be maintaining a tradition that I started years ago: I will think back on all the unexpected, shocking, and sometimes sad developments that no one expected when they eagerly counted down the seconds and wished all their friends, "A Happy New Year." It's the sort of thing you don't think about much when you're young - at least I didn't. There just wasn't that much going on in my life back in the day. But think about this last year for a minute: how much has changed since January 1st 2005? I'm not talking necessarily on a national level (who the hell expected parts of the US would be completely destroyed in a series of freak hurricanes?) but on more of a personal level. How much has your life changed? Have you made some awesome friends that you can't imagine your life without? Have lost some awesome friends you couldn't have imagined your life without? Did you move to a new town full of new people? Change majors? Change religions? These are just things that no one expected to happen but that drastically change our lives within a mere 365 days. It's a sobering and sometimes very saddening thought for me and I wonder, "What new changes will this year bring? Do I want any changes? And will I be ready those which are inevitable?" On that note: Happy Holidays Bitches!! Peace...