The treacherous Decepticons have set up base on their home planet of Cybertro- wait. Wrong show.

So, the new year is upon us. That yearly celebration of the passing of time has come and gone, the streets are filled with plastic cups and confetti…

And I didn’t see one damn bit of it. I was in bed by 11 tonight.

Funny thing, though- I didn’t miss anything. I was more than happy to get some much-needed sleep last night instead of staying up to ring in midnight. I’ve been back in LA for more than a week now, and to be quite honest I’m fricking exhausted. See, everyone wants you to come by when you make the trip back to your hometown. Consequently, you spend your entire vacation running the roads, spending the night on more couches than you care for and generally answering the same 6 questions about a bajillion times:

- So, how are you?
- You still working for (insert name here)?
- You still doing the same thing there?
- Have you seen your family?
- Hey, are you seeing anyone over in Austin? (Oh, I REALLY hate this one.)
- So, what happened to that girl you came down with last year? You two still together?

The last one also sucks, seeing as the girl in question happened to make a royal ass out of herself within 20 minutes of returning home and we haven’t seen each other since.

Once you go through this litany of questions you then spend the next hour or so trying to be comfortable and failing, seeing as the people you’re visiting only see one small part of you that doesn’t tend to represent the person you are now. They only know the person they saw in the past, and thus it is impossible to show any type of personal growth when they want you to be “the funny guy” or “the life of the party” when what you really want is just some time to rest.

Thus, I have spent this new year heading to bed early at my father’s home. My father- a man with whom I had no real relationship until I had grown into the person I am now- understands that sometimes I just want place to rest and be myself when I return home. He has provided that to me this trip, and for that I am grateful.

Plus… He has a really, REALLY good home theater system for us to watch the Capitol One Bowl today. So… I got that going for me.

Happy New Year, everyone. Hope this one doesn’t suck.

Out.

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