Why are we working today? I have heard rumor of it being a half-day... wait... maybe that's the rumor I started in hopes that it would catch on. Either way, it seems like no one should be here right now. It's almost 8:30 and I'm already out of stuff to do. That usually doesn't happen 'till at least 10:00. I suppose I could do pointless projects that no one else wants to do (i.e. cleaning the fridge, archiving, etc). Yesterday I got some experience in dealing with NSF checks. Why would a company that is run by adults who (I assume) want to have a successful business, pay with a check when they don't have the funds? It's just sad that some builders do this.
Oi! It's going to be 2010! "two-k-ten!" "twenty-ten" "two thousand and ten" "o-ten". I think it will end up being "twenty-ten" because 2012 has been referred to as "twenty-twelve" too often and too recently to leave the English language unaffected. Dumb movies and pop culture.
I would love to philosophize about news years, new beginnings, new problems, new joys, new smells, and never forget: New reasons to develop a bad habit; but I really can't bring myself to approach the new year in this typical "fresh look on life" manner. I don't see what the big deal with a new year is. It's the progression of time. This sort of thing is always happening. I should celebrate 2:00 p.m. every day because it signifies the beginning of a new hour!
I'll make a big banner and hang it in my cubicle that says:
"HAPPY MID AFTERNOON"
You're done with work, but you can't go home yet!
I think that would about the same thing as making such a big deal about the coming and going of 365 days (+or- a few minutes).
Maybe it's just that we need some sort of reminder that our own mortality. Perhaps we mark the progression of such an odd number of days because we need to identify our own timeline.
With years:
"So Nathan ,when did you graduate?"
"2003, and yourself?"
Without years:
"So Nathan ,when did you graduate?"
"ummmm.... somewhere around 2200 days ago."
But even THAT statement recognizes the passing of time. A day is how we discuss time's passing at a quicker than normal rate, a year is passing at a normal rate, a decade is a longer than normal rate, a century is longer, and a millennium is epic.
A second is just as much a measurement of time as a year is. It's just that there's not enough stuff going on in one second to reminisce on. A day is too short and mundane to get sentimental about, a week is just another hump, a month is another progression, but a year is somehow significant.
That being said, I plan to celebrate my progression of 365 days (as well as an even decade) by being with my family and eating ham.
Did I do some philosophizing that I said I wouldn't do? Whoops
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ReplyDeleteAlso: I think that people probably will say "twenty ten," but not simply because of the "twenty twelve" phenomenon. Rather, because this is the way we've always (or long, at least) done things. For example, fifteen years ago I referred to the year as "nineteen ninety-five," not "one thousand, nine hundred and ninety-five." I decided this earlier this afternoon.
I think we mark/reference the passage of time because we (or I, at least) feel the need to keep track of my life and the lives of others via a timeline, or a set progression/order of events. Otherwise things would be really confusing. I am tempted to get into space/time here, but I think that would be an unwise move. Also I don't really have anything to say about it.
Happy new year to you and the wifey and son!