Resolutions for an Arbitrary Holiday
By Nell Iris
New Year’s Eve
New beginnings, new times, new you! Who decided that a new year should symbolize all that? Why do we even need new beginnings, why does everything always have to be better and newer? It’s not that I’m anti-change—considering I’m about to make a huge change in my life, that’d just be stupid—I’m just opposed to picking an arbitrary point in time to celebrate it.
I’m also opposed to the actual celebration, but I always let myself be talked into s**t I don’t want to do. That’s something I’m going to change this coming year, too.
I take a drink of the champagne—sparkling wine?—I brought on my little adventure straight out of the bottle.
“Classy, Petter,” I mutter, ignore the lingering feeling of yuck on my tongue and take an
