" if it's a new year you want, well a-ring-a-ding-ding "

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here it is, just ahead in front of you and leaning a little to your right.

go for it. you can see it walking slowly away, and it's up to you to take that quickened pace to meet it at the heels.

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the things i did on my first last-day-off of the new year:

- woke up early

- blinked myself silly, then slept in late

- went to the nearby temple to pay respects and with the tsunami victims all well

- took pictures at the train tracks

- went to see "party monster" at houserama on RCA (it gets two stars for effort)

- donated some of my monthly salary to the tsunami relief fund here in bangkok

- met up with nong golf at lido theatre in siam

- tried the rest of the day to keep her crying steadily so that she'd realize that the boyfriend who finally had the balls to break up with her for the umpteenth time was a good thing

- ate japanese food for helllla cheap

- bought "the adventures of iron pussy" on dvdvd

- came back, kicked off my kicks, and realized that no matter how cheap the socks at market, never buy polyblend wares that will eventually go in your shoes in a tropical country, cause man, my feet be on hit somethin' fierce

tonight's homework:

pull out that game board and tear through it on a super battleship, scrabble, chess, checkers, boggle, star wars special trilogy edition monopoly super night-in fest. invite some people over and make lists of things you are going to work on changing this year, then get to it!

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