You can disagree about where this is all heading, but just know you're wrong :0)

So you want to know what I think about things? That's clearly why you must have come here! For here's my take on things:
2009 - this will be an interesting year indeed. We're in the midst of some huge change, and y'all are either going to be for change or against change and those of you who are not able to roll with it are probably going to get left behind. You can literally feel the changes upon us in the energy surrounding us everyday, it's all so exciting! Firstly, we have our obvious change in government, which is so incredible for those of us who are ready for something new, but really I'm a bit worried people are putting far too much pressure on this one man. He's going to be great of course, but he's still got like a million yards of red tape to deal with, so let's cut the guy a break when he doesn't singlehandedly cure cancer, end hunger, find a solution to homelessness and bring world peace. The great thing about Barack is the fact that he is open to change, at least that's the image he projects- we'll see what he can do. Either way, I'm excited to see the change he will bring to this nation.
Beyond our obvious regime change we've got some major change that is in ways bigger than a change in government. I'm sure you've picked up on the "Green" movement. It's big people, bigger than you've thought because really, green is the way of the future and you've got to get ready for it now because people that get on it now and going to be a lot happier in the future. Living green is the new black and I'm thinking we're all going to come to find that it's going to be the best way to live. The late adopters and nay sayers are going to have to pick up the pace later and aren't going to be very happy about it. Mark my words and bet your salaries because sooner or later all those people who you think live crazy alternative lifestyles are going to seem a lot more awesome and smart and you're going to wish you'd got on the bandwagon a lot sooner. Maybe not this year, but trust me, it's coming and even S.C Johnson, yes the family company! knows it because they've even launched a new line of natural cleaning products. My recommendation is to make the small changes now, because with change in the air, change is probably going to get written more into our law books.
I thank my dear friend C-line for opening my eyes to these changes that are upon us, and I urge you to open your eyes and see the light. It's January, so in those requisite new year, new you posts are some testimonials on getting back in shape, doing things to make you happier... all of the usual things you've come to read except that, you'll see people are really pushing mediation, yoga, cutting out caffeine entirely, using natural and organic beauty products and basically saying that the way to live a happy, thin, beautiful existance is to become a yoga loving, gardening, juice making hippy. This advice has been around for a long time, the hitch is this time, those gatekeeping media elite are listening. They're making the changes and loving the results. I'm reading it all and giving you the scoop.
True story, I read Skinny Bitch when it came out in 2005 and I remember thinking how impossible it would be for me to live the lifestyle the authors preach. I picked it up in my local B&N and thought, cool, but no one's ever going to go for it. 3ish, 4 years later, I get given my own copy for Xmas, (thanks L!) and I'm reading it like it's gospel. I wasn't ready to face the music then and a lot of people don't want to now. These girls are so far beyond the curve since still most people want to dismiss their holistic approach to life as crap, but really, the funny thing is, these ideas aren't new and yet it's revolutionary since most of us are living in a way that's a 180 from the lifestyle that's preached in alternative and holistic guides to life. It's scary to read that they way we've been living and the way (most of us) we were brought up is probably not the best approach to a healthy lifestyle. I know I want to dismiss it as untrue, but the evidence is stacking up in favor of a holistic approach to life for me. It's trickling down from the top to the bottom and from those little grass roots pockets of hippies and hipsters and grungy cumbaya handholders and it's going to be the way to live.
It's 2009, a time for a new you! Change is upon us and I've decided I'm embracing the future and taking steps to be a greener version of me. It's going to be tough to give up (or try to) caffeine, actually use my gym membership, and take a stab at changing my diet to something a bit more organic and a little bit more veg, but I've realized that the zeitgeist is holistic and green and it's only going to get bigger.