Let's Start This Year Over!
 

So far, 2009 hasn't been the best possible year. I can't even begin to list the challenges 2009 has presented to many of us so far.

When I'm having a particularly bad day, I have a little mind-warp trick I use that usually improves things. I just start the day over. So, I'm going to take the opportunity of the Chinese New Year and start the year over.

First Day of the Year of the Ox falls on 1/26/2009 or the year 4706 on the Chinese calendar.

Anyone with me?

Ox is my year! Hell ya!

Hell, yes! I'm so there!

Ox huh? my birth year animal
(1961)

in any case, since change is the only true constant, here's to a continual state of rebirth and renewal :cheers:

so, sure. Im in. Happy 4706 folks

Happy New Year, everyone!

(Now please ignore the news of Nokia's record low profit and expected job cuts, okay? If I close my eyes it's not happening. LA LA LA!)

Absolutely.

If it means another party, I'm totally in! ;)

You'd have to do a Chinese/Ox version of a flaming desert.

isnt that called a BBQ?

Sounds good to me!

I'm an Ox too. :)

And, I recall 12 years ago how much stuff happened - it was a period of drastic positive growth and change for me. It's when I got out of a very bad marriage, moved halfway across the country, and landed a job at a television station. :) I'll so take another one of those years! (Well, minus the divorce and moving part, since I'm quite happy, thankyouverymuch.)

Wait a second, You WANT Bush back?

Hell no. If I wanted that, I'd just stop shaving. :p

I'm in!


My boy is an ox too. Hopefully that means his year will improve also.

Not to trivialize anybody else's issues but so far the year has been pretty good to me (much better than it looked it would be four months ago).

So when you all reset the clock please let me keep my path so far. If it starts over it could easily go in a different direction.

*chokes on his lunch*

That's a different thread.

But that does bring up a question I've wondered - can you use Nair down there? Or will you suffer chemical burns that strip your cooch of all it's goodness?

Here ya go.

Instead of starting over with a nice clean slate, I suppose some can start with a nice clean.... ;)

Oh my god, no. Do not. Seriously.

Better living through chemistry. :D

How can a billion chinese be wrong....

theyre heavily censored, mostly very remote and probably dont give a rats a$$

:D

Gung hay fat choy, my friends!

So, who's throwing the Chinese New Year party? (Monday night, is it?) Or should we all just go down to Chinatown to celebrate?

oof. you just reminded me that there will be a massive, loud fireworks upheaval near my house that night. I may have to go join them this time.

Gung Hay Fat Choy!

Maybe a cleansing is in order. Casting cookies into the ocean, getting rid of bad juju, all that.

:)

2009's been great to me so far. But then, I'm a rat (hey, no comments from the peanut gallery) and, alas, the Year of the Rat is coming to an end.

Good luck with the Ox Year, all, and I support your re-start efforts!

You can on your bikini line. As for the rest, you'll just have to trust Andrew on that one. ;)

Ooh, good point! Anyone up for a beach bonfire Tuesday night? We can eat Chinese food and toss sh*t in the ocean.

Tossing cookies into the toilet works too.

Only if we can take pictures of the tossed stuff and post them online for people to tattle. ;)

No seriously, you guys wanna do a Chinese New Year beach bonfire?

Knowing this crud that I have, I won't want to go to the beach, but we do have a firepit on our patio.... hmmm.

Ooh, yes you do....

edit: But the missing ocean might defeat the purpose.

How many times a year can you cast away your sins? If I'd known it were this often I'd sin more.

Maybe she can just toss them in a bucket of seawater.....

I find tossing my cookie on Tower of Terror to be very cleansing...

Unless, of course, if you're falling faster that your puke.

I have so much stuff to burn and/or toss. :sigh:

Daily, if you're Catholic. I think.

I'm serious about the Monday night bonfire thing. I could do with a little fun and burning/casting things upon the water, whatever.

I'll start a separate thread specifically for that so as not to get in the way of non-bonfire related Chinese New Year celebrations here :)

I'm good with a re-start.

After extreme sickness at the beginning of the year most things have been great for me since. I've accomplished stuff I normally just worry over in January. But I'm in favor of resetting the clock as needed. One or two or three bad things are only one or two or three bad things and don't preclude the next thing being good.

Or even the best thing ever.

My Chinese client just left. She brought us a bag of traditional oranges for luck, as well as red envelopes with some cash that we're to put under our pillows for the rest of this week. They're pretty too - with golden luck symbols and an Ox on them. :)

That's cool! I didn't know you were supposed to put the envelopes under your pillow though.

Neither did I. They're presently on my altar until this evening.

The oranges look gorgeous on my copper plate that I have on there.

Here's to luck! :snap:

That's why I keep my pillow on top of a slot machine in Reno.

I think the put under your pillow is optional. Fars'i know, you're just supposed to keep them unopened for the year.

Hey, anyone want to be IN the Chinese New Year parade this Saturday in L.A. Chinatown??? I might be doing that. Could be fun.

OK, I'm good for them, ...but where can I buy Non-traditional oranges ?? :p

Right next to the alternative-lifestyle cucumbers, silly.

I've had a few of those! ;)

Remind me not to eat the pickles at Disneyphile's

Oh, so in keeping with the thread, I had a couple interesting phone calls (within an hour of each other) today.

The first was the IRS calling me for an interview (w00t!)

The second was my dad. He didn't start chemo today. He called his doctor because he felt like one of the lymph nodes seemed smaller than it was before. Cancerous lymph nodes do not shrink. The doctor had him come in and he took a look. Basically, they can't do another pet scan for a month, but since dad's original cancer had already metasticized, there's no harm in holding off a month on his treatment and taking a second look at those nodes on the off chance that it's some kind of infection making them look cancerous. They don't want to waste a round of chemo, because apparently you get only three(?) I don't know what that's about, either it damages the body too much or is no longer effective, not sure.

But anyway, there's a slight chance it's not cancer, we'll find out in a month.

Those were outlawed in California with the recent passing of Prop 8

I think that is the first time I have ever heard of anyone GLAD to be having to meet with the IRS

Well, I've given them enough money over the years, now they can give me some back (and take back some more, and...)

I am also a rat-:snap:

We knew that, but Chinese astrological animal are you?
:evil:

pphhbbbttt!!!:p

Water Rat to be precise-

I have to wait another 3 weeks, at least, to start the year over, as the stuff in my life that sucks the most won't be over until then.

Duly quoted!

Boy, she is just not gonna live that one down :D

Virgin America posted the SNA jobs :) I applied for the regular airport team member job as well as station manager.

YAY! :)

Fingers crossed for you Goonie!

Morrigoon = Virgin Team Member.....................


Paging Kevy Baby....