People who know me know that I don't use the word "awesome" very often. While so many others have made it a tired cliché, I use it very rarely to describe only exceptional situations. The other day, a message came up on my phone that said "The New Year is going to be awesome. Look at these movies that are coming out." This was followed by a list of the mostly forgettable movie titles scheduled to come out early in the New Year. Not only was that a perfect example of the over-use of the word "awesome", but the idea that a hand-full of movies could make a New Year awesome made me laugh.
