Feliz Ano Nuevo!

I would love to be able to write something eloquent and inspired at the start of this new year, but I'm just too tired. We went out in Melbourne last night and had a great night. I think we got home this morning at around 10:30.

Without getting into it too much, let's just say New Year's in Oz is the same as it is everywhere else. Everybody gets a good drink on and starts kissing each other, and the rest fades out into a hazy blur. We hopped from club to club talking to people and screaming "Happy New Year!" to each other until our voices were hoarse, and then we slept it off for a few hours in the car before heading home.

Anyone who's ever tried to sleep in a Honda Civic knows how spent I am now, but to be honest my exhaustion runs even deeper than that. Over the past four years I've celebrated New Year's Eve on three different continents, and my life has changed more than I ever would have thought possible. If you had told me five years ago that I'd be looking for a place in Melbourne with my Australian wife after having spent the past three years crisscrossing the globe I would have just laughed. I mean seriously, who could dream of such a life?

I've got more to write about, but I just can't do it right now. I'm too tired and Fiona's making bedtime very attractive.

So a big fat Happy New Year to everybody. Hopefully 2005 will be a banner year. Who knows, maybe we'll get lucky and get a chance to watch Bush squirm at his impeachment trial or something.

Posted by SmooveJ Zao on January 1, 2005 at 07:24 AM in Australia | Permalink