It is, as far as I'm concerned, two hours in to the new year. And I already want to punch people. Mostly it's cos of the TV station on.

I'm not sure which station it is. I don't even care. All I know it was a fairly decent New Year's Eve, with good food, and wine, and mead, and company and conversation. Nothing to stick out and say 'holy shit, that was an awesome end/beginning to the year,' but nothing to cringe about. Until Inside Edition comes on TV. Everyone's gone to bed or home, except me. Drinking another bottle of wine, and enjoying hiccoughs. And then Inside Fucking Edition has to remind me that while 2012 was a shitty year, nothing really changes on New Years.

Because there's still a bunch of bullshit that we have to deal with. Kim Kardashian is pregnant. Giraffes use their necks to fight for territory. People video stupid shit. And Inside Edition will be there to remind us of all the crap that makes us less. . .intelligent. . .nice. . .human.

So this next year, let's be better to each other. Let's care about important things, instead of what KK has decided to do to keep herself in the headlines, or photos people liked on the internet, or things that National Geographic taught us years ago. Let's not care what our neighbors are doing, unless they need help. Let's hold our peers and employees and employers and elected officials accountable. And let's turn off the tube, and the reality shows, and gossip, stop the shit, and be the people we suspect we're capable of being.

You may say that I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope some day you'll join us, and the world we be as one.

-John Lennon