It’s my favorite Jimmy Eat World song and the year we are now embarking on as a species, and we have a lot on our plate. There is a line in the song that brings me back to my secular-humanist core, “I won’t always love what I’ll never have,
I won’t always live in my regrets.” I’ll never accumulate massive wealth with what I do, and I believe the lottery is something of a minor crime put upon the desperate. So for the first part, I’ll never love the money I’ll never have, only appreciate the wonderful things that I do without dwelling on regrets.

I don’t make resolutions, because I think it is disengenuous to pick a day of the year to do so, and not try to improve oneself on a daily basis. “Be the change you want to see in the world.” I won’t attribute it to anyone because it appears to be disputed, but what a beautiful sentiment. 2023 has a chance to be the best year of mine in a long time, despite the Buckeyes losing in heartbreaking fashion last night, I met my best friend’s new girlfriend and we had a great time. I have a good feeling about it, and I have recently started a relationship myself, so I have hope.

23 is going to see the Republicans taking over the house and Marjorie Taylor Greene getting a lot more publicity for most likely investigating Hunter Biden’s laptop to no avail. There is progress to be made still, and I will hold back my vitriol for a post that isn’t on the first of the year. That ‘best friend’s new girlfriend’ is a liberal, so this is going to get interesting, and I can’t wait for it. The thought of owning the right wing isn’t an ideal I live for, but it will be great to have another voice of reason in his life.

Manchester United may have new ownership, the best news for the club since Marcus Rashford emerged as their number 10. The Cleveland Browns won’t make the playoffs this year, but there is reason to believe that success is possible next season beyond the normal irrational, ‘Super Bowl Year X’ hysteria normally found within the fanbase in the offseason. The Columbus Crew have a new coach and a great roster to send FC Cincinnati back to Appalachian hell in style this year and as ever, glory to Columbus!

I have always found this to be the most contradictory lyric in Jimmy Eat World’s catalog: “It’s just not me to wear it on my sleeve, count on that for sure.” Lead singer Jim Adkins wears every emotion on his sleeve, and with every one of the nearing double digit live shows I’ve attended, that is the way to be. I am going to wear 2023 on my sleeve, and make the absolute most of it, down to the marrow. One of the more prompting lyrics of the song is what I will leave you with, “You’ll sit alone forever
If you wait for the right time.” The right time is now.