Anybody else lonely around the holidays?
Lots of people on the internet.
You'll really start seeing them around the holidays.
Especially when you start seeing tons of brand new profiles that say they are "serious" and looking for "the one" and don't want to wait or "play games."
And of course the obligatory "realized I'm lonely, it's that time of year," or, "looking for my last new years kiss!" or,"the holidays are lonely but I swear that's not why I'm here now."
I'd actually give anything to have it magically be January 1st.
Anyone else?
I don't think I'd give "anything."
But I would be willing to make some sacrifice for it to be January 1st 1980.
That would be freakin' sweet.
I mean if we're going to time travel I'm going back to the 80's and coming up with shows like Miami Vice, Manimal, A-team, Dukes of Hazzard, Moonlighting. I'm ruling Hollywood with the awesome movies I churn out. I'm discovering artists and rappers. I'm writing songs and books. I'm inventing Microsoft and Google and the south beach diet and power juicing and the Hummer.
I'm taking over the world and investing in the inventing of Japanese lovebots so no one is ever lonely for the holidays.
Why would I go forward in time and just lose days, weeks, or years of my life?
Go back and get them back in a big way.
I dread them because it always seems like I'm alone and depressed.
I dread them for the ticket prices to fly back.
December 1st fly back to see my family? $300.
December 22nd fly back to see my family? $700.
I'm right on the cusp of lobbying my family to start celebrating holidays on non holiday days.
Christmas? December 3rd. Boom, an extra $400. Spend an additional $200 for nicer more thoughtful presents, still $200 savings.
I just can't get into the commercialism of thanksgiving and Christmas
I kinda like the expectation of commercialism of the holidays.
That means I don't have to try that hard or realize I have absolutely nothing in common with family that lives 2000 miles away and I only see maybe once a year.
The rest of the year I do great. I really don't understand it.
The rest of the year doesn't really force you to reprise your role as anything other than consumer and producer.
Holidays force you to be more of a social animal with social facades.
Holidays forces you to focus on other people rather than your day to day to week to month survival.
It's change of focus.
Change sucks and screws with people.
When people experience the trauma of change, they want to feel social unity, safe in the group herd, they want other people.
Which is ironic.