New Year

[icepixie]

Happy New Year! God. 2007. Where do these strange new years come from? They always seem so far away, and then suddenly they're here. I think some part of me still thinks it's, like, 1992 or something.

A new year means it's time for new calendars, which is my favorite part of the day. (I have a bit of a thing for clocks and calendars and other time-marking devices.) This year I have the official Doctor Who one from Chandra, and I also have this one, with gorgeous pictures from Alaska. (Look at the one for January, with the northern lights. Preeeetty.)

Hmmm. Now that I'm out of school, one of these days, my brain will shift over from thinking that a new year really begins in August. Won't it?

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[sleepingcbw.livejournal.com]

Now that I'm out of school, one of these days, my brain will shift over from thinking that a new year really begins in August. Won't it?

Nope. You're stuck. Sorry. ^_^

[vallentine.livejournal.com]

I still think in semesters. But I figure it's not that big a deal. =P

Happy New Year!

[weyoun21.livejournal.com]

happy new year! hope it's going to be a great one for you!!

[icepixie]

They should just move the official new year to something like August 15th...

[icepixie]

Yeah, I'm still kind of on a semester schedule as well. Eh, whatever. :)

[icepixie]

Same to you!

[sleepingcbw.livejournal.com]

I especially like the idea of the year beginning and ending with the same month. Gives you a better chance to evaluate what you've done over the year, by holding the month constant. And it's so much more symmetrical...

[icepixie]

Oh, I like having a new month and a new year at the same time; I just chose August 15th because every school I've been to started right before or after that date. What I'd really like is for the new year to be at the start of both a month and a season (well, for a given value of "season"). Any of the four would do, so it could be September, December, March, or June, for all I care. (Not that fall starts in September here or anything, but you get the idea.)

But starting in the middle of winter just seems foolish.

[sleepingcbw.livejournal.com]

Hrm. I love having the new year start in the middle of winter; it gives the year a nice arc. We start off with winter, and then other things grow out of it, and then those things die and we're back to winter.

I guess I'm willing to sacrifice logical boundaries for parallelism. Also, having a month be halfway in one year and halfway in the other is the first step towards making that entire month a vacation. ^_^

[icepixie]

I love having the new year start in the middle of winter; it gives the year a nice arc. We start off with winter, and then other things grow out of it, and then those things die and we're back to winter.

I can see the pretty circle that makes, but I guess I'm more of a "start everything off FRESH!" kind of person. Actually, I'd like to see the new year start sometime around February or March, really. Although I'm not sure if I'd like it before or after my birthday... (Dude. On my birthday! Woo!)

Also, having a month be halfway in one year and halfway in the other is the first step towards making that entire month a vacation. ^_^

Now this, I can see the point of. ;)

[nickless.livejournal.com]

Now that I'm out of school, one of these days, my brain will shift over from thinking that a new year really begins in August. Won't it?

Yeah, I'm totally screwed with that one.

[icepixie]

Yeah, I'm totally screwed with that one.

Heh heh heh. I think most people finally get around to thinking new year = January just before they have kids, and wind up having to go back to new year = August immediately afterwards.

Won't be a problem for me, of course, unless I end up librarianing at a university...

[sleepingcbw.livejournal.com]

(Dude. On my birthday! Woo!)

Impressive! You'd get a lot of "New Year's party with a little bit of Happy Becca Day thrown in" parties, though.

(As a school-teacher, I have the best birthday ever, because it's the day before an obscure federal holiday. ^_^)

[icepixie]

You'd get a lot of "New Year's party with a little bit of Happy Becca Day thrown in" parties, though.

True. But that might actually get me to go to a New Year's party, which I've never been to before. It would still be better than being born on or within a month of December 25th, though. So glad I missed that one.

(I was supposed to be born on Valentine's Day. Narrowly missed that one...)

(As a school-teacher, I have the best birthday ever, because it's the day before an obscure federal holiday. ^_^)

Mwahahahaha.

[sleepingcbw.livejournal.com]

It would still be better than being born on or within a month of December 25th, though.

Yeah -- or worse, being between Christmas and New Year's. My father's birthday is 30 Dec, and he's always hated it.


(I was supposed to be born on Valentine's Day. Narrowly missed that one...)

I'm close enough that would be a problem if I cared about Valentine's Day. So I guess it's one of the benefits of being bitter. ^_^

[weyoun21.livejournal.com]

thankses! :)