New Years and Such

"Marui chikyuu no suiheisen ni
Nanika ga kitto matte iru
Kurushii koto mo aru daro sa
Kanashii koto mo aru daro sa
Dakedo bokura wa kujikenai
Naku no wa iya da waratchao susume"

                                        -Hyokkori Hyoutanjima by Morning Musume 

In case you haven't figured it out, that's Japanese. Yes, Morning Musume is a J-Pop band, and in case you don't know what J-Pop is, it's Japanese Pop Music. Now you're probably thinking, "Huh? Isn't this the girl who complained a few posts ago about being made fun of for having a "strictly alternative" playlist?" Yes, yes it is. However, I am also quite obsessed, for some reason, with J-Pop. Not only that, but J-Rock, J-Punk, and even a bit of J-Metal. Japanese music is soooo freaking different than American music. But I love it. Oh, and in case you wanted a translation of that, it goes something like...

"There’s surely something waiting for us
On the horizon of this round earth
There’s bound to be hard times
There’s bound to be sad times
But we won’t give up
We hate crying, so smile and keep going"

Which brings me to the subject of the New Year.
I always tell myself that if something bad happens, if things aren't going my way, if I'm just plain out of it, I'll keep on going no matter what. I always try my best to live true to that...and sometimes it doesn't work. I usually find that my depression comes back and I become antisocial (more so than I am already) and it just doesn't work.  This coming year, however, I am going to try even harder to just keep on living. Forget about everything except for what's right here, right now. Live in the moment.
There's a sign on the wall in my bedroom written in a scrawl of purple ink that says:

KEEP ON DREAMING.

KEEP ON ROCKING.

KEEP ON LIVING.

And in 2011, I intend to do just that. Let's hope that for once, things work out better than they have in the past. For once, nothing can succeed at pulling me under. For once, I can just...live.

In the words of one of my favorite songs of all time...

2010, GOOD RIDDANCE!