Holiday blah.

Well, here it is almost New Year and I'm still struggling to get in the Christmas spirit. The CDs sit unplayed, the movies unwatched. Sigh. What happened? Um, you don't really want to know. It hasn't been merry around here, but it's not really depressing, just sort of flat. I did find some of Obama's cabinet and advisory picks exciting. Of course, that was rather tempered by idiots still saying global warming is a , quote, "hoax."

Life goes on. I keep trying to figure out why I'm just sitting on finished books, not even looking for a publisher, or income. I'm not even trying to get family or friends to read and give opinions any longer. Maybe it is depressing. Or maybe I just want this year over. Whatever the reason... Sigh.

I don't have any plans for New Year eve, not even a resolution to make. I'm not overweight. I don't spend too much money. I don't need more excercise. I'm not even damaged by the financial meltdown. Ah, maybe that's it. It came just as I predicted and prepared for and not a warning got through to anyone. I wonder what the reviewer, who said, "A good read, despite a lot of ranting about corporations," in Heroes Needs a Captain, thinks now. I'm not fond of saying, "I told you so." I want just one person to tell me he or she understood the warning and prepared. Just one. Dear Alvin Toffler, someone 'got' what you were saying and understood, back when you wrote Power Shift. Sigh.

Consumers are pushing the recession. They may even be pushing for deflation. The question is why. The 'lack of confidence' description isn't incorrect, but it has a connotation of being fear-driven. This is more disgust-driven. "Stand back, so we don't get hurt worse, and watch it fall down." Conspicuous consumerism isn't the social ideal this season, despite all the efforts of the advertisers.

What do we want? Change. How many feel the only way to assure it's enough change is by pulling their support from the current system?