Lost Memory

Today I had expected that I would be looking back upon a really fun weekend. Such is not the case. I had spent several months and considerable energy helping to push for a certain thing to happen, which it in fact did. The last two days have been the ceremonies and celebrations that went along with the annual affair. This would have been the first year I attended -and attended specifically to support the recipients of my energies as they received their awards. There were two full evenings of festivities. I had purchased my tickets and reserved my hotel room. Everything was set. - Then I didn't go. Partly due to the ice and snow storm, but mostly due to a severely infected ear that had been hurting me for better than a week. And the cold wind blowing made the whole side of my head hurt. I almost went, I came very close. But my better judgment just kept telling me - stay home - Stay Home - STAY HOME ....... So even though I couldn't believe it myself - I Stayed Home ...I missed out on doing something that I had wanted to do for a long time...and it was a once in a lifetime kind of thing..I have a lost memory of the event. Needless to say, I am saddened by the fact that I missed it...But Life Goes On...I know that some of those who attended will provide me with all the details of what I missed.
So what am I to do ?
Guess I will just relish the fact of the ceremonies importance and that the goal was achieved.
For Every Negative In Life, There Is At Least One Positive.

It's The New Same Ol Same Ol ......

January 1, 2007 - 12:00 PM CST...Twelve hours old, just finishing up the last minutes of The Rose Bowl Parade - and switching between MSNBC and CNN to keep up with the lastest late breaking news, which, as one might expect, is just more of the same ol same ol that we hear every other day. Think I'll watch a movie - though it, too, is likely to be just more of the same ol same ol stuff. Has the word 'new' really taken on another meaning, now just being an adjective that really means 'same thing, but different'? At the rate our technology is advancing, we are introduced to 'new' technological advances on a daily basis. As we assimilate and absorb this rapidly evolving, constantly escalating, and ever changing technological global society which we who are living here in the post-dawn of the twenty-first century are witness too, we are finding that 'new and improved' really just means 'improved'. And frankly, the word' improved' doesn't always apply to the updated version of the original, as the effort to make a less expensive product generally leads to a cheaper quality as well. So it'll be another year of the same ol same ol and 365 days from now everything will be the same, but different. Who knows what unexpected events will take place between now and then. Some great people will die this year, some great people will be born, and the greatness of some who are now unknown will become evident. We will be introduced to the lasted gadgets, which will replace the new ones we just bought which, in many cases, are obsolete before we even have a chance to read the multi-lingual instruction book. It's bound to be a great year, as great as a year could be, considering the general state of the human race and the mess we have made of things. It's going to be 'a heck of a ' ride, so I think I will buckle up and hang on, for 'guess what' is going to happen???