New year...so what?

well, 2008 is here and the word that you hear from most people you meet atleast for the first 5 days of january is 'happy new year.' ok i get it, the earth has finished one more revolution around the sun, you can buy calenders with women/men splattered over it, what the heck somebody who really loves u may even get u a gift...but then whats the whole hype about. years have changed even before Emperor Augustus made the roman calander and thats a lot of years mind it. i wouldnt even go into the details of the numbers of years that have gone by in the history of mankind without anyone going 'yay new year' crap.
i guess new years is just an excuse for some to goto the most happening parties and get sozzled or host the most happening parties where you have the opportunity to get sozzled. when 31st december changes to 1st january nothing really changes, theres still poverty, malnutrition, war and disease in the world. the poor continue to sleep on the streets despite the year changing. and i really really feel bad for the months, the weeks and days of the year. if we celebrate a year thats going to stick around for 12 months then why not celebrate each month and week and day? obviously 1st january 2008 will never come back, the date is done and part of histroy, so why not celebrate the joy of a new day everyday? wouldnt that atleast help us smile more often.
i am not being bitter or cynical or anything, nor am i against new year parties, i have been part of quite a few of them in the past. what makes me cynical is the fact that we celebrate a whole new year on a particular date but dont spread the joy everyday, may be we should do that more often, rather than celebrate the whole year in a single day, let us spread the celebration through the days of the year....