hello everybody...

it's the new year...

time does fly now doesn't it...?

well well...

lemme see now... new year resolutions have become an obsolete part of my life...

i think that the only people who can keep to new year resolutions are those irritatingly and unbelievably strong-willed and tenacious people...

and five year old kids who can't remember what they said two days ago let alone keep in mind a to-do list for an entire year...

seriously... i don't really get the point of this...

does the first of january every year really symbolize a new beginning...? can't we learn to appreciate the gift of a new day everyday...?
whenever we want to... we can always find new beginnings... there's is really no need to wait for an arbitrary marker at a certain point in time to remember the freshness and newness of life...

but i'm not complaining...

anything to get me out of that island for a few days...

is a decidedly good thing...

anyways...
rambling on...

i can feel my brain shrivelling up... i need to write more...

seriously...

one week in that place and i can feel my mental faculties beginning to dull...
i start stuttering when i speak (to people outside... that is...) because i'm not used to conversing at that intellectual level...
i lose the ability to use simple words...

case in point...
it is "unconducive" not "inconducive"...

yes i admit i'm wrong...

argh...

but on the other hand...

it was the experience of being confined to the barbaric isle for two weeks that has allowed me to greater appreciate my music...

i never played like i did when i just got out...

ah well...

tutti flutti...