Even the philosopher gets bored...

...of bringing up the same topics over and over.

So I won't write a depressing year-end blog. I won't bring up all of the worldwide famine, war and the natural disasters that have taken hundreds of thousands of lives this year. Nor will I make further mention about how morally destitute our society is today, as we will likely forget many of these events, but yet we'll remember stuff like Usher's "Yea" and "Confessions" dropping this year alongside Paris Hilton's porno.

In the spirit of the upcoming New Year, let me change the pace a little bit and ask a simple question: "Does anybody have an afro-wig I can borrow for tonight's party?" I've never done a 70s disco-theme party, nevermind with a bunch of people who were actually alive in the 70s!! I'm wearing one of my dad's old shirts. I truly am my father's son. He was skinnier then I am at my age, so it won't be as loose as it should be. I'll just say this is my shirt with a "70s appeal, but a Gen-Y feel."

I've got no resolutions for the whole of 2005.
-I want to start having more fun outside of the regular venues. Going out and having fun mainly means, wing-night, movies, or clubbing. I can't eat wings like I used to, and I tire of clubbing (although VIP treatment at Ménage last night was simply AWEsome). Truth be told tho, I'll probably do all of these more then once this year.
-I also want to do less drinking-to-have-fun. Clubbing is so boring most times, I've become a clubbing-alcoholic, I like NEED to have a drink when I'm in one. I guess that resolution ties in with the one about finding new places to have fun.
-I want to go somewhere FAR with friends this year. Every year i'm supposed to, but don't. This is an applicable resolution, because it's going to take a big portion of a year to come up with the disposable funds, but i'm doing it. Management ppl, we are going to CUBA May 1st!!
Sadly, this resolution will most definitely have to stand in opposition to my first 2. Cuba was created for drinking and clubbing.
-Maybe start writing this year, or at least get back into doing more reading. I wasted this break and read NO Nietzsche as I planned. I jacked some books from the net tho, I'ma read them, still!

-That's it I guess, no funny or conclusive ending. Happy New Years Everyone!

Old Habits Die Hard
Harder still when you don't want them to die. And so, I actually do have one thought of introspection to get off my chest. It's a quick one though. I think that if I'm ever to become a philosopher, I'm going to have to learn to take a stand. Standing in firm belief that "everything is relative" is not firm enough -although, I maintain that everything is relative. Laying the foundation for either my career in economics, or my career in philosophy, or in my family persuits, like any foundation, will have to start with a firm base. So when I'm writing my thesis for Econ, I'm gonna have to answer that rhetorical but fundamental question, "Is capitalism bad?" And when people ask me "What sort of philosophy interests you," i'm going to have to come up with an answer, especially when my director of studies finally asks me. And when my child asks me a direct and innocent quesiton about reality-at-large, like "What is God?" or "Why do we live?" I'm going to have to be able to tell him (or her) something. "It depends" is almost always correct, but almost never satisfactory, and being right doesn't always get you the grades or pay the bills, so this year I've got to get some satisfaction.