auld land syne

auld lang syne: is a Scots poem written by Robert Burns in 1788 and set to the tune of a traditional folk song "Roud." It is well known in many countries, especially (but far from exclusively) in the English-speaking world; its traditional use being to celebrate the start of the New Year at the stroke of midnight. By extension, it is also sung at funerals, graduations, and as a farewell or ending to other occasions. (Text courtesy of wikipedia)


There's another cover of this song sung by the Dropkick Murphys.

“Come on hit me. Hit me, I dare you.” Ha, as much as I’d like to say that this moment in my life was the inspiration behind Fight Club, it would defy all sorts of laws regarding time and space, and well, it just wouldn’t be true. The words here were spoke by my step-dad’s good friend (and sort of Uncle) Lyle. He wanted me to hip check him in the middle of our kitchen, while on skates. Note how prepared his stance looks. I think he was actually a little scared. If you could see my face, it has a big grinny smile on it. I did, indeed hit him. Bounced right off! I mean look at him, his like 300 pounds of snide middle-aged man. It wasn’t a fair match up.

Needless to say, I was home for New Years and my parents threw a party, like most years, except this year’s was bigger. I wore a sparkly dress, but couldn’t decide on shoes…so I wore my skates. Yet another big grinny smile. I had a date, but blah. I flaked. Sorry kiddo.

Anyway, spend a holiday with me and you will quickly learn that duels on skates and flaky dates are common.