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& back from the other side, the warrior has returned. obviously wiser for the wear. most definitely victorious (was there ever a doubt?).

first post of the new year. albeit belated, fundamental nonetheless. vital. impervious. insidious. magical manifestations of mindlessness.

will this year be different? will 2008 hold the answers that 2007 failed to reveal? will this new set of 12 perfectly un-lived & untainted months carry with them success, satisfaction, beauty & love-love-love? 52 weeks without emergency vet visits? 365 days mixed with calm & frenzy-but only when you want the extremes? will the time be endless ah-ha moments of self-improvement & awareness?. will i learn more, give more & live more freely? will music sound better, concerts be more spectacular & albums be produced by the thousands that change-enrich-catapult our auditory senses into the seventh level of heaven? will food be only fresh & full of vitamin-y goodness, yet devilishly delicious? will the winter be time for somber reflection & summer time for sun-filled spontaneous serendipity?

well.
we'll just have to see, won't we?

that's the best thing about the new year. that we don't know.

whether the next 12 months, in hindsight, were the worst-and we chalk this year up to be forgotten in the archives of absolutely awful...who would want to know that in advance? that would make living it twice as bad, because the anticipation of dread means you would be going through some version of hell twice. and if this year turns out to be the BEST YEAR OF YOUR LIFE-the year that on your death bed you proclaim to the loved one holding your hand that "2008 was the most fantastically magnificent 365 days of my whole life"-who wants to know that on 1.january? that's like finding out someone's throwing you a surprise party before you're surprised.

the mystery is the best part.
enjoy it.

(see you when the sun goes down)

ps-(i tried to push the button shown in the photograph...and was br00t@lly attacked by squirrels..achtung, baby...)