Ummm...happy new year, I guess...
I am such a silly, sentimental old bitch -- I've spent the past hour and a half crying in front of my TV, watching the New Year ring in from Times Square as always. WHY was I crying, one might ask??? Normally, the New Year holiday is one of optimism, happiness, etc. Unfortunately, the way things are going economically and otherwise in our country, there's no real reason for optimism...so all I was left with was the sight of poor old Dick Clark, disabled as he has been from the stroke he suffered, slurring his words and trying his best to ring in the New Year, as he had always done so ably in the past -- and yes, it made me sad, to the point of tears. As my husband and I raised our glasses of champagne, I was actually sobbing, remembering the happiness and optimism of past New Year holidays, and grieving because no such optimism seems to be visible for our nation in the reasonably near future. Add to that the fact that we're ALL getting older, and the fact that it's ALL downhill from here, as poor Dick Clark so ably managed to illustrate for all of us, and is it any wonder that I'm so freaking depressed right now??!!?? So, yeah, happy New Year, for those of you who feel any reason to celebrate. As for me, I just want to crawl into my freaking bed and die already :( :( :(