New blogskin. Same old me.
I know New Year's supposed to start off with a bang, persay. But now, all I can think about is last year, that I'm still in last year.

There were many things in 2008. Cyclones, politics, black men beating republicans and a very disgruntled woman, and most of all economies crashing terribly.

For me, there were so many things.

Judo happened to me. So did new friends, poetry and failing Chinese.

There was writing. There was the rise of the grammar Nazi.

There was Genesis Awards.

There was Mad the Badass.

There was Rachel and there was Gabor.

I'm in OM.

That's everything good.

Poetry used to be everything for me. Now it's not. It's fanfiction. That's changed.

I've lost one cowriter, but I guess I don't mind.

I'm getting braces.

I'm in OM.

Everything bad.

Everything's SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL. (see it? See the OM injected in it!)

Anyways, onto the poetry. Yay me.

Embrace it.


the new year has come,
many things aren't the same,
embrace it.

changes are everywhere,
as is the reluctance to change,
embrace it.

death might come,
but so will life,
embrace it.

ends will come,
as beginnings will too,
embrace it.

friends will come,
and friends will go,
embrace it.

new will come,
and old will go,
embrace it.

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Finally got off my ass and did my Commonwealth essay. FINALLY done.

Thanks to Rachel the beta and Eugene the Nazi, the essay is proud to be read worthy!