Unhappy New Year, Bucket List, and Many More!

So happy New Year, everyone. Or not. I don't really understand why anyone celebrates New Year's Eve. It's nothing to be happy about, other than the fact that, yes, you did indeed survive another full year. Congratulations.

I feel quite differently, actually, because to me, New Years is the fact that life is just progressing and another year slipped under your nose without you realizing how quickly time goes by. Let's say you had a great goal, something work related, or maybe about a relationship, that you set for "next year", until you realize that 365 days goes far faster than you expected. When you don't accomplish this goal, do you feel like a loser? You really shouldn't, because "there's always next year", but everybody does.

No matter how you look at it, the world is full of "half-empty, not half-full" people. On New Years, you think about the possibility that there might not be a "next year" for there to always be. Well, it might not be everyone who feels that way, but I'm sure quite a few people do. Us planners do. Or schemers, as the Joker might put it.

Now that I've completely spoiled your New Years day, I'll add something to the Bucket List.

Write a book.

Not a fictional book; I can't pull off stuff like that, my imagination is blah. I mean, I'd like to write a fiction novel because they seem to get all of the attention, but I'm much more suited for non-fiction. See my Quantum Whateverics post and you'll see that I'm a logical, fact-loving person. Non-fiction is horribly boring to read, but if Mr. Grdinic reads it for fun, others must too, right?

On a different note, happy birthday to Leper! I know I'm a little late, but it's not like I was relying on myself to tell myself happy birthday on time or else, obviously. I had a good birthday for everyone who cares (a.k.a. nobody). I got everything I wanted and was able to get my license just a few days later (the DMV was closed on my birthday) so I suggest you all stay off the roads for a while if you want to keep your lives safe so that you have the "always next year" excuse at least once more.

Since I continue to be bored, I'm going to tell you all about my nerd-tastic New Years Day. Once again, I know you all care, so shut it. Today, my father and I watched all three Lord of the Rings movies back to back, but took breaks in between each one to watch some Twilight Zone episodes. Yes, I do have a headache, and yes, it was completely worth it. The combined genius of J.R.R. Tolkien and Peter Jackson really makes my life worthwhile.

Speaking of which, since J.R.R. happens to have no more "next years", may he rest in peace, it seems like all of the good authors are either dead or "on break" for a few years or something. Don't they realize what this means for all of us who have nothing to do when they're supposed to be doing homework and are bored with facebook? Common, my dear authors, be creative. It's your job, if I may remind you, to entertain us, and Harry Potter is only good so many times (LIELIELIELIE ITS GOOD EVERYYYYTIME). So this is me begging you, JKR and Scott Westerfeld especially, sit down and write something. KTHX.

That just about wraps it up. Thank you for wasting your time reading this, if you did. If not, well then you wouldn't really be able to see this at the moment, would you, so this is just pointless babbling. Yeah, I should probably get a life soon. Okay, I'll go look for one. Until next time, (which should be soon considering how long I've put off writing about nuclear power), I'm out. Happy New Years. Right...