Happy that day before the day that counts but we party on this day instead.
Still working on the house cleaning, office cleaning, and general cleaning. Asian culture says you should enter the new year clean and mostly in a solomn manner. In Japan, New Years Day is the day to go to one of the major shrines and remember your ancestors and friends who may have passed away. It is a quiet time, not a party at all.
In mainland China, they celbrate New Years like we celebrate Christmas (the government frowns on those christian holiday things). So many of my mainland chinese friends are having a double wooptie-wow party tonight.
I am not sure what I am up to. Some of my "friends" tried to corrupt me into have a two day party at my house, which I declined (work to do, things to get done, and I gotta leave on Monday). So I haven't made any other plans yet, which is probably a good thing.
It's freezing rain and rain today, going to get much colder and turn it all to ice by morning. Plus some snow. Bonus.
It will be a good night to stay home and avoid the wobblers behind the wheel.
Happy New Year everyone... may 2005 bring you everything 2004 couldn't manage :-)
Alex
