“…and i don’t feel any different,” sang death cab for cutie. well, with 20 hours to go before 2009 gets here, i am ready to feel different. 2008 clearly hated my guts. i am hoping i can charm the pants of the new year in a way that just never happened in 2008.
despite my certainty that the united states will be profoundly changed within the next 365 days, and that a lot of people will learn a lot of hard lessons, i still would like to think it’s at least possible to be optimistic. here’s to hoping that things turn around, that people learn to roll with the punches, and that we all try to be a little kinder to each other, and less tolerant of unkindness in the year ahead.
