Sip, Sip, Hooray for New Year’s Day!
New Year’s Eve is the time for new beginnings. It’s the time to start fresh and forget about your mistakes. It’s the time to get your shit together.
To do this, you make resolutions. Some of you plan to visit church and pray for renewed relationships with God. Others vow to make positive changes in your personal lives, like losing weight or conquering bad habits. And some of you promise to quit drinking… with a glass of wine in hand.
For about 24 hours, it’s all pretty inspiring. “This will be the year,” you say. “It’ll actually happen this time. I’ll be a hero. I’ll motivate others. I’ll end up with my own show on the Oprah Network.”
Things look quite promising until the clock strikes midnight. Then it’s over. Hell breaks loose, and you all turn into party animals. All your inspirational goals, and sometimes even your underwear, are thrown out the window. You ring in the new year by getting drunk, destroying furniture, passing out on strangers’ beds, and ultimately waking up the next morning spooning a bearded woman named Helga.
None of it makes any sense. Why do you sabotage your lives with such bizarre behavior? Do you hate yourselves? Well, yeah, probably.
Regardless, you need to dig deeper and find some dignity. It’s not enough to just state a goal, you need to take it seriously and believe in yourself. Stop with the shenanigans. Remember, up above, I said it was time to get your shit together… not time to shit in a sweater.
If it helps, make a resolution about your resolutions. Do whatever it takes. Every year, you want a New Year’s Eve you’ll never forget, but then you drink so much you can’t remember it.
You’ve ruined such a great holiday, and it’s a damn shame. I love New Year’s Eve. It’s my guilty pleasure. Unlike Christmas (a holiday that forces me to celebrate with relatives), New Year’s Eve is a chance to celebrate with people I actually enjoy celebrating with.
But the traditions aren’t helping either. Some of these rituals are truly bizarre. Like, why must we beat the crap out of pots and pans, witness trauma-inducing explosions in the sky, and gawk as a giant ball descends?
Seriously. We are watching balls drop. I mean, I understand that we’re celebrating age and maturity, but do we really need a literal representation of puberty?
Even though I’ve lost faith in humanity, I still plan on making my own New Year’s resolution. Or, well, I did… but then I thought, “Why tamper with perfection?” For now, I’ll just wish you all a safe night out. I hope you remember me in the morning.
122 Comments
Aaron
LOl, that is one way of putting it.
Shoko
aha what a riot
Justin R.
Your Mom is crazy…
Zach
*gasp* 117th comment! lmfao.
Happy new year Justin! =D
Alya
Ooooh yah I forgot!
I will go on a hiatus for the next two weeks because of my IGCSE Mocks. I will come back dont worry! lol haha
Cya. It is all in my blog
Alya
Heyyyaaa!
YESSS I am really doing a new layout, I don't know when to put it up though. I will after 2 weeks I guess, after my IGCSE Mocks.
Have a great and a happy new year!!
Shellz
Hey Justin!
Happy New Year! -http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d106/shelly2008/sugarcandynet/happynewyear.png
By the way, no I didn't see Iron Man, but I want to!!! And Cloverfield was, eh okay. I think the reason I didn't like it much is because I wasn't paying attention really, I was with my best friend, lol. Maybe if I watch it again I'll like it. =D
Fia
I guess the part where you get knocked out makes it memorable and unforgettable. lol xD Because even when you're drunk, a part of your consciousness is still awake so you'd still be able to remember a few tidbits of what happened. xD
Jay
So like, I just read your blog backwards. Seriously. I'm not that weird.
New Years eve this year was so bad I rather drink a camel hair smoothie. That's how bad it was. Gr, I don't even care anymore really… Happy New Year.
I do enjoy the fact that New Years isn't as family oriented and you can actually go murder your own people, and then feel better about it later because you're going to 'change'. Pfft!
New Year's resolution… To alter more than just ONE thing. My entire life needs to be 'resolved.
Laura
I'm not a big drinker and I HATE drunk people! I dont know whats so fun about getting into a state where you dont even know your name?!
Chrys
HAHAHA. I laughed out loud at your blog. Honestly I did. It's so true! I didn't get drunk at all this year, but I got completely wasted last year. I hardly remember anything about that night and the stuff that I do remember… I don't really want to.
Still. Whatever.
I always make resolutions I don't keep. But I am really going to try and keep them this year… Probably end up failing anyway.
And no, the lady on the train didn't do her toes!! That would have been terrible. But fingers is bad enough 🙂
Kay
haha, don't fret now 😀 Of course I read all of yours! but I do have to refrain sometimes you know, I wouldn't want to bust a bladder ^_^
aww well that's just really not quite a fair test! I mean, if you hid that inside your blog near the middle or something, then yah it's fair. But at the end hun? Noo, everyone will see that…sort of 😀
And we humans are just weird like that, it's basically so we can party all we want the night before so then the next day, we start with a clean slate XD
Happy new years!
Mary
Thanks but what does "Haooy" mean? Kidding I know. Haooy New Year To You Aswell 😛
Mary
Hi Justin. I got a domain so could you please change my link to my new site. Thanks!
Minteh
Dunno. Count down? -tv-
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