Does the Space Needle set the tone for 2008?

My buddy Todd has beautiful glossy cement floors that contrast his gallery walls and white throw carpets and he has one of the best views in Seattle. It's down the street from the Frasier place. He threw a great party with a fantastic vantage of our lovely Space Needle fireworks. A technical glitch caused the fireworks to go off sporadically and non-synced. As I do not care for most fireworks, and with a love for asymmetry, it was wonderful. It was chaotic, unexpected and kept us rapt with curiosity about what would happen.

As I lay down to my first night of 2008, I ponder whether this odd event could set the tone for the year. The world is a chaotic place full of unexpected occurrences like Bhutto's death. Fireworks may be a mark of celebration rather than mourning, but chaos seems to be the mixture or absence of both. In Real Estate we get predictions of downturns and upswings, 10 year cycles and bucking trends. Add to this fundamental paradigm shifts possible from ludicrously possible things like peak oil and I start to get unsure of where to stake my footing. 2007 was a hard year that marked a decided upturn in the course of my life. I have had many amazing periods in my life, but rarely have I gone from points of utter despair (January/February) to fulfillment and joy. I leave the year of my 7-7-7 birthday, the re-start of my education, the completion of my 1st great project (comfort food), several job changes and projects to find myself with a relatively stable and supportive circle of friends and a definite sense of purpose.

From here I now sit with rapt curiosity about what will happen next. Will I finish my book to find literary success or will I barely work on it? Will I get a job in development or will I start another project of my own (which I've many in mind)? Will I fall in love, befall catastrophe or give my friends a good laugh? Will any of the many immense issues of the world come to affect me to change every question I have already asked? Whatever happens I hope the chaos and unexpected is as dynamic as fire coming forth from a monument to the future. All the best to you all in your new year.