Broken Little Person Sitting On A Tree Limb

Now that we're a few days into the New Year, I thought I'd take a moment to bid a less than fond farewell to 2005.

Ahhhh, 2005 ...all in all I have to admit that it won't be missed. Some of my friends agree with me that 2005 proved to be a somewhat less than shining year in our lives. While I consider myself far removed from a state of eternal optimism, even I've found my normal gray outlook of things to be even darker than usual. Career derailment, economic travails, unrelenting loneliness, parental failing health ...these are just some of the personal highlights from the past 12 months. I find that I view 2005 as one of the worst years of my life. Certainly in the top (or bottom as the case may be) three ...(the others being 1988-the year my father died, and 1994-which held the dual honor of being the year I was laid off from my first job which I'd held for 11 years, and also the year that The Demon Bitch From Hell announced that she'd been impregnated by another guy ...but that's another story).

For others wthin my group of friends you can throw in familial passing, romantic uncoupling, and abandoned friendships. Yes ...2005 can't fade into the forgotten mists of time fast enough (at least as far as I'm concerned).

I can't imagine 2006 being any worse (well, actually I can, but I'm trying my hardest not to sink any further into the depths of darkness and despair). That being said, against my better judgment (and even though I was awake most of last night worrying about the future) I surprisingly find myself being somewhat hopeful for the New Year. We shall see if this flickering light at the end of the tunnel comes to pass, but for now I'm crossing my fingers and tentatively stepping down the path towards what will (hopefully) be better times. For now though, to 2005 I simply say so long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye ...you sucked.