2009

This is the 4th new year that this blog has seen. There was 2006's Happy New Year!, 2007's A New Year, 2008's New Year. I was half tempted to name this entry "Year" but it wouldn't have made much sense.

But I like how it's plainly 2009. No strings attached. No connotations of unachievable expectations, no pining for something that's beautiful only in dreams. It is solid, matter-of-fact as numbers are and sombre. It's a serious, dangerous thing to step into a new year, much like marching to a band whose beat you can't hear. Sometimes we go in with high expectations, overflowing optimism, only to look back and bitch about the fact that everything wasn't what it's supposed to be.

Yes I'm in a bad mood.

It's always amazing how necessary it is to have a restart button. It's an opportunity to throw away the bad sketch on the canvas and get a new, spotless one altogether.

Yes, we are looking for the perfect drawing. One that has the least mistakes, the best mix of colours, the greatest balance, the correct proportions, is the most appreciated, the shiniest of the shiny, the awesomest of the awesome...

I hope I find mine before I run out of canvas.