2016 Can Kiss My Big Blue Butt
Look, I know that famous people are gonna up and die all the damn time. I get that.
And, I also know that if there was a rash of our country’s top scientists going to the great beyond, we’d never notice it because they don’t have familiar names and no one would report it, even though these guys probably saved our lives more than once.
But, all in all, 2016 has been a witch of a year. I am going to stay up until midnight on Saturday night just to watch 2016 go away. Just go the hell away.
Sadly, I don’t hold out much hope for any year that starts off with swearing in Donald Trump as President.
So, I’ll stay up until midnight and then start drinking.
Hey, it’s plan. At least I have a plan, which is more than Trump has.
Dying all the damn time? Yeah. Carrie Fischer died this morning. Damn.
Damn, damn, damn.
1Damn. Carrie Fisher was only 60. And Debbie Reynolds has lost a daughter, when your kids are supposed to outlive you.
And now we’ve lost Han and Leia both…. (No apologies for spoilers; anybody who cares already knows.)
As for 2016, yes, it has sucked rocks on numerous occasions, including for me personally. But once the Barking Yam and his gawdawful nominees take over the country, I’m going to be trying to claw my way back to 2016.
2Knock back a few for me, Mrs. B. Riding the range hungover is never a good idea. But maybe a few survival drinks to toast that we’ve survived every president since George Washington, 8 years of Dubya and his insane cronies coupled with a crazy Congress, then 8 years of a do nothing Congress. H/T to President Obama for repairing most of the Dubya damage and doing a few good things despite the obstructionist snacilbupeR.
oops That would be 3 drinks, better make them light. As for Donnie maybe we can start a betting pool to raise money to elect good Democrats. Hopeful guy that I am, please place my wager on Donnie to last weeks; maybe months. Seriously doubt that Orange Foolius will last 4 years.
3I have a new grandson who brings/has brought me/us great joy since his birth this fall. I worry like hell for his and our older grandson’s futures.
4I plan to stay at home and quietly celebrate the end of the suckiest year in my lifetime (well, maybe not suckier than Dec 7, 1941, but I was too young then to know what was going on). I will just hunker down with a fine spouse, two excellent dogs, and a good single malt. May not make it to midnight, but will just assume that midnight will happen whether I am awake for it or not. There’s always Australia.
5Wait a minute, Han Solo (aka Harrison Ford, 74) is still with us, and Luke Skywalker(aka Mark Hammill) right? We can’t lose all the icons from the 80’s all at once. That would be too much.
6And Stephen Hawking, same age as Harrison, is still going strong. Thank goodness. But seriously, we need all the great scientific and artistic minds to combat the Dark Ages of Trump.
OK, this year has sucked badly. 2017 may be even worse,
7“So, I’ll stay up until midnight and then start drinking.”
New Years will be good practice for us to start drinking… then recognize when it’s best to stop. After Inauguration Day, we’ve gotta have the stopping part down pat, or else we’ll be hard pressed to ever stumble across a reason to let up.
8I’m going to bed early so I can take off to the airport at 5:30 Sunday and fly to Puerto Vallarta. Maybe I can escape the orange monster there?
9Larry McL: You can get an orange monster pin~ata in Puerto Valarta and club the — candy — out of him!
10yeah, but Princess Leia? I just saw Rogue One and almost cried.
11I love each and every one of you so much. If not for JJ’s salon and Stonekettle Station, I do not know what this New England transplant to an uncomfortably red state would do to maintain sanity. Thank you all for the comfort and the comradery. As for bidding adieu to 2016, I am stocking as much Chardonnay as I can afford and the heck with 1/1/17.
12Normally I would say that this ups the odds for next year being an improvement, but that is only true until January 20.
13And now we’ve lost Debbie… probably of a broken heart.
::sob::
142017 is going to be so bad you will long for the “good ol’ days” of 2016.
15Just a word about how and where the stories on the deceased famous women who were not in the acting business are placed in the newspaper. Not gonna mention any names. Just sayin’.
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