Hey, 2012, listen
Dear 2012,
I realise that what with the way things have been going in 2011 there isn't much chance of this happening but bear with me: I'd like you not to suck.
I'd like 2012 to be a year that I can't apply Mountain Goats' awesomely catchy "This Year" to; I want to be able to get through the damn thing and feel like something's being built instead of everything being destroyed.
I want you to not fuck Japan's shit up, not drown any more islands or fire any more hurricanes through people's towns. I want you to let Tunisa's democracy succeed because they have earned that shit. I want everyone who spent so long trying to change their countries for the better to get the change they wanted, even America. I want Australia to get its gay marriage recognition shit together. I want Russia to get a fair election that actually represents what Russians want. I want Somalia to stop resembling an enaction of hell on earth so fucking closely. I want to see hateful, bigoted individuals have a change of heart or mind and learn a little about the people they're so disgusted by; I want a point-of-view gun for debates. I want to see "profit" dethroned as the absolute arbiter of worth. I want people to have less reason to be afraid, and to be less afraid as a result. I want to explore space. I want to explore the deep sea. I want a bit more effort put into oil alternatives and a little less into just beating people who have the last reserves.
If you can't manage that, I'd like the government I didn't ask for to stop behaving like cartoonishly cruel imbeciles and stop fellating a tiny segment of the populace at the expense of everyone else that they govern, and I would like no more people I know to commit suicide please. I would like no more people I know to even attempt suicide. In fact I'd be thrilled if, outside of cases of doctor-assisted solutions to incurable pain agreed to by the whole family, 2012 could be the year of "no one commits suicide regardless of whether Del knows them or not". Seriously, I don't even want the despots to do it; they need to actually be held accountable for their actions, not hang themselves before they can be made to face it.
Could you please also not blow up my city during the Olympics. That would be grand. Thank you.
Yours in the hope that you can be slightly less of a dick than your predecessor,
Delilah
I realise that what with the way things have been going in 2011 there isn't much chance of this happening but bear with me: I'd like you not to suck.
I'd like 2012 to be a year that I can't apply Mountain Goats' awesomely catchy "This Year" to; I want to be able to get through the damn thing and feel like something's being built instead of everything being destroyed.
I want you to not fuck Japan's shit up, not drown any more islands or fire any more hurricanes through people's towns. I want you to let Tunisa's democracy succeed because they have earned that shit. I want everyone who spent so long trying to change their countries for the better to get the change they wanted, even America. I want Australia to get its gay marriage recognition shit together. I want Russia to get a fair election that actually represents what Russians want. I want Somalia to stop resembling an enaction of hell on earth so fucking closely. I want to see hateful, bigoted individuals have a change of heart or mind and learn a little about the people they're so disgusted by; I want a point-of-view gun for debates. I want to see "profit" dethroned as the absolute arbiter of worth. I want people to have less reason to be afraid, and to be less afraid as a result. I want to explore space. I want to explore the deep sea. I want a bit more effort put into oil alternatives and a little less into just beating people who have the last reserves.
If you can't manage that, I'd like the government I didn't ask for to stop behaving like cartoonishly cruel imbeciles and stop fellating a tiny segment of the populace at the expense of everyone else that they govern, and I would like no more people I know to commit suicide please. I would like no more people I know to even attempt suicide. In fact I'd be thrilled if, outside of cases of doctor-assisted solutions to incurable pain agreed to by the whole family, 2012 could be the year of "no one commits suicide regardless of whether Del knows them or not". Seriously, I don't even want the despots to do it; they need to actually be held accountable for their actions, not hang themselves before they can be made to face it.
Could you please also not blow up my city during the Olympics. That would be grand. Thank you.
Yours in the hope that you can be slightly less of a dick than your predecessor,
Delilah