New Year’s Eve

So, it’s December 31st at 10:15 and I’m officially old.

I don’t feel this way because I just had my 35th birthday.  I feel this way because I’m sitting at home sipping coffee and watching TV on New Year’s Eve.  I remember the days when New Year’s Eve was a night for parties and gatherings, loud music and gratuitous fun.  Now, it’s a night for old episodes of Night Court (I know, like they’re making new episodes of Night Court) and HEB’s Taste of Austin coffee with French Vanilla creamer.

So, I thought I’d mention what’s coming up in the next year.  In March, we think, there will be a pair of primary elections, which will be interesting for the Republicans and anti-climactic for the Democrats, at least around here.

In the world of sports, congratulations once again to the Green Bay Packers, the St. Louis Cardinals, and the New Zealand All-Blacks, who won their respective titles in the past 365 days in those sports that matter to me and congratulations to the 2011 Holiday Bowl Champion Texas Longhorns! Hook ‘em!

And let’s not forget the world of entertainment, where the day after tomorrow promises some kind of big WWE return by someone (hopefully Chris Jericho’s triumphant reappearance in a WWE ring).  We also got another title reign for CM Punk in 2011 as well as Daniel Bryan winning his first World Heavyweight Championship and Zack Ryder winning the U.S. Championship.  All in all, a very interesting year for the denizens of the sports entertainment world.

But, in a few days, it’s back to work, a new set of students for a Government class (well, five of them actually).  I look forward to 2012 with the same mix of trepidation and hope that I always seem to feel about the future.  Whatever the future brings, I’m sure it will be fun, as we live in interesting times (especially weird when you remember that is a Chinese curse….I’m just sayin’).  Will 2012 be the last year for human existence?  Will the Packers repeat in the Super Bowl?  Will the Astros make one final World Series run as part of the National League?  (Okay, probably not on that last one, but I can dream, right?)

Either way, we will watch….and wait.

Have a great new year!