I havent liked New Years since I was about 19. Its not that it doesnt mean anything to me. It means that time is passing, and I knew long ago that life is pretty fun (with its adventurous ups and downs) and that celebrating time passing wasnt something I was interested in.
I think it hit me because at 19 I realized....Hey, we're all young. We see each other all the time. Our group is like a family, and the passing of time is only going to separate us...which it did. I guess, luckily it meant that I would move on to different great times and friends and adventures. But Ive always been pretty content with where I am in life, and then that damn New Years comes around to remind me that it wont last and Im getting older.
Long ago I always thought, "Wait. This past year was pretty good. I would do this year all over again. Im not looking forward to things being better in the new year. Im good." Dang, I still feel that this year. Ha!
I kind of wish we looked at time like the Chinese or something with their years instead of linear-ally. This would be cool especially because time doesnt really exist anyway. Its a human construct isnt it?
Another thing bad about New Years is that you have to play a six hour gig til 4am. I wish it was 1979 again. lol But its gonna be 2017, a year in which America looks to a privileged East-Coast Silver-spooned born bigoted racist billionaire and his cohorts to rescue them from a system which hasnt been too promising for them lately.