New Year's Eve, 2015 Retrospective

New Year's Eve was spent at Reunion (FB link). Good to catch up with a lot of old friends, many of whom I hadn't seen in several years to two decades and more. Kudos to the event organisers for playing Ace of Spades at midnight. We stayed at the basic, but useful, Mount Way Apartments. I can't help but feel somewhat intrinsically responsible for this; it was in 1988 that I hosted a party at the Q club Perth in Perth in a disused section of a former department store; shortly afterwards Wayne snapped up the location to turn it into a goth-alternative club, which led to a succession of others in the late 80s and early 90s.

The following day caught up with Adrian S., and Bruce T., in Maylands, before venturing back to caseopaya's mother's home where we downed a fine bottle of 1999 Bollinger La Grand Annee that just happened to be lying around the house. A restful day is planned as we prepare to board the silver machine this afternoon, returning home in Melbourne late evening.

The end of the year inevitably brings consideration of the past year's activities (and comparison with the previous year)and the prospects for the coming year, even with recognition of Gramsci's famous condemnation of New Year's Day. It was a busy and eventful year to say the least, and next year will is also looking that it will have plenty of activity.

( 2015: a personal summary )

Socially, physically, and psychologically 2015 has seen improvements in my life - as a result I am looking forward to 2016 with some immediate optimism and determination. Prioritisation is of course essential, and I have some faith in my organisational skills with a modicum of willpower. As always, my greatest danger is to over-commit and at this age, I certainly should be very well aware of my weaknesses as well as my strengths.

To my friends and fellow world-citizens, I hope the coming year bodes well - and do let me know if I can help you achieve your successes in some way.