{"id":18674,"date":"2024-12-31T22:52:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T03:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2024\/12\/new-year-2025\/"},"modified":"2024-12-31T22:52:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T03:52:39","slug":"new-year-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2024\/12\/new-year-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My video message to all, complete with song fragment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"welcome to 2025\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U2OdGp3nPpo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>so here we are<br>the end of &#8217;24<br>I made it thru.<br>so did you. <br>so here we are.<br><br>I have no optimism to share <br>no words of hope<br>nor any advice<br>except this:<br><br><em>(Song fragment: wake up)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>don&#8217;t let them win<br>without a fight<br>don&#8217;t ever give up<br>gotta make it all right<br><br>no time for hate<br>no time for revenge<br>we gotta fucking wake up<br>for this nightmare to end<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"980\" data-attachment-id=\"18673\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2024\/12\/new-year-2025\/img_20230715_085703_1798370076052770016155\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/img_20230715_085703_1798370076052770016155.jpg?fit=1448%2C1448&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1448,1448\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_20230715_085703_1798370076052770016155\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/img_20230715_085703_1798370076052770016155.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/img_20230715_085703_1798370076052770016155.jpg?fit=980%2C980&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/img_20230715_085703_1798370076052770016155.jpg?resize=980%2C980&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/img_20230715_085703_1798370076052770016155.jpg?w=1448&amp;ssl=1 1448w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/img_20230715_085703_1798370076052770016155.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/img_20230715_085703_1798370076052770016155.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/img_20230715_085703_1798370076052770016155.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/img_20230715_085703_1798370076052770016155.jpg?resize=210%2C210&amp;ssl=1 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My video message to all, complete with song fragment. so here we arethe end of &#8217;24I made it thru.so did you. so here we are. 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