a new day

a new day, a new year. after a very wonderful devotional at lucia's house last night, i went on home with the intention of cleaning my room - i thought it would be quite nice to wake up to an organized room on the first day of the new year. got home, took care of my business, changed into clothes more comfortable, played some guitar, surfed the web and i came to realize that a clean room on new year's day is so incredibly cliché - and if you know me, you'll know that i've spent my life fighting clichéness and normality. so, i got over that thought quite quickly, made myself a sandwich and sat down to watch a rerun of The Office, which I try do ritually as it helps me to wind down at the end of the day.

i entered my toasty room (i had forgotten to turn off my heater – fortunately) and I crawled into my blankets (i was thinking at this point i might make some analogy about the blankets being like toasty bread…but then i didn’t like what that would eventually make me, so we’ll stop there). i lay there awake, just sort of letting myself get lost in the infinitude of things when the fireworks started, to be soon joined by the dulcet tones of a baker’s dozen drunks – who in their immediate intelligence thought it might be quite exhilarating to smash glass bottles on the street outside my window and against some nearby walls – an act we all know is a staple when it comes to welcoming the new year.

i contemplated going out there and making them stop (take a moment to laugh), but then decided to play some music instead. and so there i lay, enya soothing me to sleep and fireworks bursting outside my window, thoughts drifting in and out of my conscious mind – one stuck: i am in the middle east.

this quickly devolved into one of roya’s favorite games:

i am in the middle east…beast…weast…tweest…i am in the beetle’s beast…least…meats…keats…i like keats…neats…pete’s…feast…feet…feets

my eye’s closed.

i chose to wear black today – yes, i know, what colors to welcome in a new year! – i’ve decided to tell whoever asks that i’m in mourning for 2007…but in reality, i just need to do some laundry.

goal for new year: keep your Eye open.