And I'm not referring to last night's party. I think I'm one of the few people who are leaving behind last year reluctantly. It was so intense, so interesting, so full of life, of joy, and - yes - of happiness, that I honestly don't think I can hope for a second year in a row like this.
Actually, I don't even expect it, or want it. Because, as I was saying, it was a sort of long party, or of long holiday, and you can't always be on holiday. Well, sure you can, if that's all you want from life. But I'm the kind of person who likes to be useful, to do useful things, to build up something, so I couldn't just go on partying all my life.
Not that I have accomplished nothing in 2006. Actually, I have started a lot of things: my Turkish lessons (well, actually they started in 2005, but doing it in Turkey is something totally different), the SF podcast, new sites and blogs... But, well, that's exactly the point: I have started a lot, and finished nothing.
So, now I need a pause. Not to rest, of course, but to put some order in my many lives and worlds :)
And, if possible, in my flat ;-)
That will be the keyword for 2007: not exactly "order", because it reminds me of Nazism (see Brecht), but "organisation".
In order to accomplish this, I will have to stop starting new things. It's quite painful for me: I already have a few ideas concerning the SF world. But it's necessary. As a friend of mine says half-jokingly, I always do 15 things at the same time, none of them well. Well, now I want to do fewer things, for a change, but well. Very well, if possible.
And then, I'll start again in 2008. But for now, the challenge is to go against my natural tendency to produce enthropy, and try to fight some of it :)
Which doesn't mean, of course, I'm giving up my book about Turkey. That is organisation too: organising the information I have about it and putting it together. And learn more of Turkish. But, for the moment, I'm giving up learning Spanish and German, it will come later.
And I would also like that this damned connection worked :( (written while off line, of course)
Actually, I don't even expect it, or want it. Because, as I was saying, it was a sort of long party, or of long holiday, and you can't always be on holiday. Well, sure you can, if that's all you want from life. But I'm the kind of person who likes to be useful, to do useful things, to build up something, so I couldn't just go on partying all my life.
Not that I have accomplished nothing in 2006. Actually, I have started a lot of things: my Turkish lessons (well, actually they started in 2005, but doing it in Turkey is something totally different), the SF podcast, new sites and blogs... But, well, that's exactly the point: I have started a lot, and finished nothing.
So, now I need a pause. Not to rest, of course, but to put some order in my many lives and worlds :)
And, if possible, in my flat ;-)
That will be the keyword for 2007: not exactly "order", because it reminds me of Nazism (see Brecht), but "organisation".
In order to accomplish this, I will have to stop starting new things. It's quite painful for me: I already have a few ideas concerning the SF world. But it's necessary. As a friend of mine says half-jokingly, I always do 15 things at the same time, none of them well. Well, now I want to do fewer things, for a change, but well. Very well, if possible.
And then, I'll start again in 2008. But for now, the challenge is to go against my natural tendency to produce enthropy, and try to fight some of it :)
Which doesn't mean, of course, I'm giving up my book about Turkey. That is organisation too: organising the information I have about it and putting it together. And learn more of Turkish. But, for the moment, I'm giving up learning Spanish and German, it will come later.
And I would also like that this damned connection worked :( (written while off line, of course)
- Location:Lyon
- Mood:
annoyed
- Location:Lyon
- Music:Sade, 'Is It a Crime?'
One thing will never change:
'If anything can go wrong, it will'
And for those of you who can read Italian, I remind you I have a Murphy's Law newsletter. If you subscribe by sending an empty e-mail to this address, you'll receive one of Murphy's Laws every day.
- Mood:
hopeful - Music:Elio e le Storie Tese, 'Pippero'

I have also found a nice card here
Mission of the year: to give a meaning to this meaningless life.
And now the soundtrack for 2006:
Bon Jovi, Everyday
I used to be the kind of guy
Who'd never let you look inside
I'd smile when I was crying
I had nothing but to a lot to lose
Thought I had a lot to prove
In my life there's no denying
Who'd never let you look inside
I'd smile when I was crying
I had nothing but to a lot to lose
Thought I had a lot to prove
In my life there's no denying
Goodbye to all my yesterdays
Goodbye, so long, I'm on my way
Goodbye, so long, I'm on my way
Chorus: I had enough of crying, bleeding, sweating, dying
Hear me when I say, gonna live my life everyday
I'm gonna touch the sky, spread these wings and fly
I ain't here to play
Gonna live my life everyday
Hear me when I say, gonna live my life everyday
I'm gonna touch the sky, spread these wings and fly
I ain't here to play
Gonna live my life everyday
Change, everybody's feelin' strange
Never gonna be the same
Makes you wonder how the world keeps turning
Life, learning how to live my life
Learning how to pick my fights
Take my shots while I'm still burning
Goodbye to all those rainy nights
Goodbye, so long, I'm moving on
Goodbye, so long, I'm moving on
Chorus: I've had enough of crying, bleeding, sweating, dying
Hear me when I say, gonna live my life everyday
I'm gonna touch the sky, spread these wings and fly
I ain't here to play
Gonna live my life everyday
Hear me when I say, gonna live my life everyday
I'm gonna touch the sky, spread these wings and fly
I ain't here to play
Gonna live my life everyday
Hit the gas, take the wheel, I just made myself a deal
There ain't nothing gonna get in my way
Everyday
Guitar Solo
Goodbye, so long, I'm moving on
Chorus I've had enough of crying, bleeding, sweating, dying
Hear me when I say, gonna live my life everyday
I'm gonna touch the sky and spread these wings and fly
I ain't here to play
Gonna live my life everyday
Hear me when I say, gonna live my life everyday
I'm gonna touch the sky and spread these wings and fly
I ain't here to play
Gonna live my life everyday
- Mood:
cold
