A Look Through Thiseye

I hope everyone reading this (that’s you!) has a wonderful 2008! Personally, 2007 was an up and down year … my back injury left a scar on the early part of the year, May brought amazing times in Vegas, and July brought 2 of the most memorable weekends of the year in the Indian/Nepalese Heritage Camp and Wyoming. September had to be one of the best though with trips to Crested Butte, Buffalo Creek, 3 concerts at Red Rocks including Muse (the best concert I’ve ever been to), and lots of drinking for some reason. And just to keep the world in balance, October was bad … real bad … with relationship issues and weeks of illness, but it ended with a fun, relaxing trip to Dallas where I tore up some expensive cars on the closed courses at Taste Of Lexus. November to mid-December were also really good times in terms of relationship, volunteering for Habitat for Humanity and finally deciding to go to college! And here, the last few weeks of the year have been kinda tough … having 12 days off with most everyone out of town, going through some tough times and making some realizations about myself and the relationship that I’m in.

So what a rollercoaster of a year! … I suppose that’s how life is. I’m optimistic about the new year, though. I feel like the building blocks are in place for it to be a great year for me! In the meantime, the year changes, but the resolutions remain the same: workout more, figure out what I want to do in life, and find someone to share it with.

And no, I wasn’t blogging on New Years Eve … this was a post from my cell phone (as noted by the “mobile” category on the post). In this particular case, I composed the post beforehand, and posted it from my phone. Yes, I’m a dork.

(and yes, I recognize the irony of the title of this post)

So most people who know me know that I have a tendency to overanalyze things. That said, has anyone else ever thought about the greetings that we give each other during special events such as birthdays, anniversaries and (particularly this time of year) holidays? We say things like “happy birthday” or “merry xmas” or “happy new year” … but are we really saying anything? Sure it’s the thought that counts, but grammatically, these are really incomplete thoughts. A noun preceded by an adjective does not a thought make (man, my grammar teachers would have a field day with that sentence ironically enough). Everyone would agree that “cordless phone”, “blue diamonds” and “purple horseshoes” are phrases that do not make sense by themselves. So in my own weird way, I usually try to extend the normally used phrases into complete sentences: “Hope you have a happy birthday” or “Have a great new year”. Still, when I have to think fast, I admit that I go with the shortened form. I guess in this fast-paced world of portable yogurt and drive-thru liquor stores, it’s too much to ask to take the time to form a complete sentence. I mean, you wouldn’t say to your friend “Great trip!” before they go on vacation, would you? Or tell your girlfriend “Red rose!” on Valentine’s Day and expect her to understand?