Booze-fest
This picture was made with assorted photo textures and illustrates a story about elephants being sedated with ALCOHOL when they are transported in certain countries.
Speaking of BOOZE, 2006 has come and gone and along with it my least favourite holiday of all. Some people express frustration with the pressures of Valentine’s Day and Christmas, I even know one reactionary curmudgeon who dislikes Halloween, but for me NEW YEAR’S EVE is the holiday I most like to dislike.
Other holidays are criticised for the rampant materialism and crass marketing that accompanies them, but at least most have some idea at their core but I can relate to. But boozing up and hitting the town so as to have your tongue down the throat of a drunken stranger at the stroke of Midnight just isn’t a worthy goal…
…besides which, how come it never happens for me? Boo Hoo…
I have tried to get into the spirit of the occasion and gone off to wherever you have to go to get boozed up, and watch the fireworks displays… I’ve put on the fancy clothes and shelled out the money for a posh “New Years Eve bash” a few times, but despite the fanciness and high expectations I’ve always ended up being stranded with hundreds of booze-addled people trudging over broken Champagne bottles and fighting for taxis at 3 am.
The times that I have enjoyed New Year’s Eve have been those that I have spent with a few close friends who turned their backs on the madness and did something else. Like a dinner party. One time I even saw in the New Year while sitting by a campfire under the stars when camping in Death Valley. I liked those particular New Years Eves because they were a bit more reflective. If the traditions were different, New Years Eve COULD be a moment to pause and reflect on the past, present and future… but all that often gets obscured by booze, belligerence and broken glass…
Anyway, I have been engaged in a bit of reflection of my own recently, and not just over the events of this last year I’ve also thinking about events from many years before, as I continue to sift and sort and scan my photo collection. There are already 3 galleries online and I should have another up soon.
Happy New Year, everyone!
