Bye Bye 2008

Another year has come and gone. It's scary how time flies so quickly as you get older and you can barely keep up with it.

2008 was an ok year for me. The last half definitely held more action for me than the first half. I've had my usual moments of heartache and heartbreak but I'm trying to get better at those. I still make stupid mistakes when I drink. Do stupid things, say stupid things.

I reconnected with an old friend and having friends that know you so well is really comforting in these times when people just seem really...I don't know....flaky. Flaky isn't really the word I'm looking for. Transient maybe. I don't know. It's just more of a feeling of 'home' that you get from people who have known you the longest. Not to say I haven't made some great friends in recent years but it's just different. It's a different history.

I continue to learn more about myself and who I am and the things I am willing to accept and the things I cannot. I've come to realize that sometimes the entire human race disappoints me.

And other times the human race exhilirates me.

I am trying to think of resolutions but I don't know how realistic they are. I want to say "travel more", "play an instrument"- but these require money, a resource that is drying up on me.

The one thing I know that I can do is be as positive as possible and keep listening to good music. That doesn't require much of the green paper. So as for my music report for this week I have stumbled across this musician who was born and raised in the Bronx. His name is Ari Hest and his voice is ah-mazing. What led me to him was another amazing musician, Adrian Rhen, who is from Buenos Aires and now lives in Brooklyn. I put my stamp of approval on both of them.

I thought I could think of something more profound to say at the close of the New Year but I'm coming up blank. Maybe it's because I haven't finished my coffee yet.

In any event, Happy 2009. I hope it is a good year for all of us, I think we deserve it.