明けましておめでとうございます。もうすでに日本では６日の金曜日ですが、皆様良いお年をお迎えできた事をお祈り致します。
For year 2017 I've made all sorts of interesting resolutions. For the first time in, like, 20 years, I'm not resolving to stop swearing (or even swear less). I've found that I just can't fucking do it, and besides, swear words are mere social constructions...
ところで、皆様、今年の初夢は如何でしたか？私の初夢は、今年の抱負にぴったりの、ハチャメチャな夢でした。
In Japan we have what's called a hatsuyume—or, the first dream of the year. It's typically the dream we have on the night of the 1st or the 2nd. Our hatsuyume is supposed to be a form of fortune-telling—if it's a good dream we savor it, and if it's a bad dream we find ways to dispel the bad fortune. For me, my hatsuyume was born out of all the planning I'd done a few days prior to make sure I'd be able to achieve several different goals during the year 2017.
