Three things are certain to happen over the next 48 hours:
1) People will look back on 2011 and scour over the years good and bad events like Marla Gibbs cleaning George Jefferson's stove, sassy insults included
2) People will inevitably make a resolution to improve upon something in their life that goes the way of Cop Rock & probably as quickly
3) Some schmuck will inexplicably hit one out of the park and wakes up New Years day next to a woman so far out of his league that he feels so lucky, he buys stock in Smirnoff in gratitude for affording him that experience.
- Sidebar: She wakes up, confused, nauseous and swearing off vodka for her resolution (see #2 above)
So in the end what will we learn from the past year and what do we have to look forward to in 2012?
Well, we learned that we are still miles away from the utopia that many sci-fi writers of the 50s & 60's assumed we would be in; yet we are also not in the post-apocalyptic world (so far) that the same genre writers of the 70's & 80's predicted we'd be. No pre-flip out Mel Gibson running around shooting random "mutants" yet no young, hot Jane Fonda flying around in her "love pad" UFO dropping trou with every passer by either.... *sigh*
Bottom line, we are what we are. A flawed world which seems to be creating a bigger rift in humanity & prosperity than we are of closing it. The amazing part of humanity is; we still have dreams that the new year will bring change for the good.
Dreams are good. They prove we can still imagine (hear that Hollywood? Maybe you should try it) Some come true; some even change the world yet some become nightmares (looking at you Hollywood!) But the fact that we still dream and by proxy hope, leaves a small glimmer that maybe, just maybe naughty girls need love t.... err um, maybe one of these years we will finally be able to look back and say: We finally did it! Not this year though.... It's an election year ;) Happy New Year Everyone
Bravo!!
ReplyDeleteAnd a Happy New Year to you, my friend.