31 December

Bidding farewell to a year passed has never failed to make the wind seem, to me, a little melacholic and the grass somewhat sorrowful. And while most people get wasted at the clubs to celebrate the arrival of the new year or jostle with the crowd at countdown parties, I prefer to spend time with my loved ones, counting every blessing that life has indeed been good. A perfect time to sit down and reminisce, I share one of my favourite songs with you. Have a blessed 2008!

A long December

and there's reason to believe

Maybe this year will be better than the last

I can't remember

the last thing that you said

as you were leavin'

Now the days go by so fast

And it's one more day up in the canyons

And it's one more night in Hollywood

If you think that I could be forgiven...

I wish you would

The smell of hospitals in winter

And the feeling that it's all a lot of oysters,

but no pearls

All at once you look across a crowded room

To see the way that light attaches to a girl

And it's one more day up in the canyons

And it's one more night in Hollywood

If you think you might come to California...

I think you should

Drove up to Hillside Manor sometime after two a.m.

And talked a little while about the year

I guess the winter makes you laugh a little slower,

Makes you talk a little lower

about the things you could not show her

And it's been a long December

and there's reason to believe

Maybe this year will be better than the last

I can't remember all the times

I tried to tell my myself

To hold on to these moments as they pass

And it's one more day up in the canyon

And it's one more night in Hollywood

It's been so long since I've seen the ocean...

I guess I should