New Year's Eve

[dr_mabeuse]

Does anyone else think that New Year's Eve is the most disappointing holiday of the year? It seems like a big deal, you go out and spend a lot of money and get wasted, and midnight comes and lo and behold, you're still the same doofus you were a few minutes ago. Nothing's changed.

In my opinion, the best way to celebrate New Year's is to stay sober and then go out the next morning and gloat at everyone who's hungover.

---dr.M.

 

[MathGirl]

Does anyone else think that New Year's Eve is the most disappointing holiday of the year?

Dear Dr M,
I couldn't agree more. Well, actually I could, but I'd rather not talk about it.
MG

 

[The_old_man]

Our New Year tradition is to stay safely at home, watch a good classic movie ( Barbra Broadcast, Hard Soap, etc.), then at midnight start the new year with a bang. ( Or a sixty-nine.)

 

[A7inchPhildo]

Yea, drink goat milk instead. Duh, I don't know if there is such a thing as sheep milk sold at the market?

My favorite past time is to remove the phone from the wall and go to sleep early.

 

[Guest]

New year's eve hasn't meant anything to me since childhood. I stay home and ignore it. I made the mistake of going to a party 12.31.99 - boring date, boring party, couldn't wait for midnight so I could go home. Best new year's eve was an accident in Vienna. My brother and I were invited to a dinner party. About 12 people in all. Very fine dinner and wine, very interesting people, and at the stroke of midnight The Blue Danube came on the radio and everyone waltzed.

Can't top that so I'll keep ignoring Dec. 31's.

 

[Icingsugar]

It's just another excuse to have a party. But really. Do we need an excuse to have a party? Just have one if you feel like it, any damn day of the year.

I'll be at home. Some friends are coming over, and we'll shoot one one big fucking piece of firework up into the sky at exactly midnight. That's the only fun thing about New Year's, it's a nice day for us latent pyros.

Then we'll go back in and play video games or something like that.

 

[LorriLove]

hiya love

New year's eve hasn't meant anything to me since childhood. I stay home and ignore it. I made the mistake of going to a party 12.31.99 - boring date, boring party, couldn't wait for midnight so I could go home. Best new year's eve was an accident in Vienna. My brother and I were invited to a dinner party. About 12 people in all. Very fine dinner and wine, very interesting people, and at the stroke of midnight The Blue Danube came on the radio and everyone waltzed.

Can't top that so I'll keep ignoring Dec. 31's.

hiya perdy love, have a nice xmas?

yep some of our best new year parties have been with friends all gathered together with nothing really planned in advance, spur of the moment events that turned out very nice indeed.

as ice man says though, why the heck do we need an excuse to party oh and please don't let that firework off this year honey it scares our cat shitless

 

[Guest]

Hiya, Lorri. I had a lovely Christmas, plus not one gift I'd return (my family knows me well). I just realized I'm going to miss the Christmas Tart AV.

luv, Perdita

 

[shereads]

In Miami, an important New Year's Eve tradition is the annual "What Goes Up, Must Come Down" public service campaign.

Apparently, a large segment of our firearms-owning populace are not convinced that gravity applies to bullets that are fired into the sky as a fireworks substitute; or, they don't think that bullets can do significant harm if they're fired with festive intent.

Unlike most households with a dog, I'll be cringing from the noise at midnight and the dog will be patting me on the head and telling me to calm down. I hope I don't pee on the floor this year. She wasn't pleased.

 

[BardsLady]

Well, New Years Eve is a holiday that I cant ignore. hehehe

It's my Wedding Anniversary. Actually, the anniversary is the 30th, but we celebrate it on NYE.

This year, I'm going to brew up some Wassail if I can get my hands on Captain Morgan and his spices long enough. I've got home grown oranges and some whole cloves. But I'm going to make some nice spiced Wassail and enjoy it with the SO.

Anyways, Hope everyone had a happy Holidays and they got what they wanted.

Keep in touch,

 

[Boota]

http://www.lares.dti.ne.jp/~yugo/storage/monocrafts_ver3/03/index.html


On New Years Eve I am going to go online to the above site shortly before midnight and watch all the numbers change at once. Then I'm going to bed.

Do I know how to party, or what?

 

[A7inchPhildo]

Unlike most households with a dog, I'll be cringing from the noise at midnight and the dog will be patting me on the head and telling me to calm down. I hope I don't pee on the floor this year. She wasn't pleased.

Very cute. Almost true!

 

[whispering_surrender]

Well, New Years Eve is a holiday that I cant ignore. hehehe

It's my Wedding Anniversary. Actually, the anniversary is the 30th, but we celebrate it on NYE.

This year, I'm going to brew up some Wassail if I can get my hands on Captain Morgan and his spices long enough. I've got home grown oranges and some whole cloves. But I'm going to make some nice spiced Wassail and enjoy it with the SO.

Anyways, Hope everyone had a happy Holidays and they got what they wanted.

Keep in touch,

Happy Anniversary! *hugs*

I don't know what I'm doing on New Year's yet.....probably go with tradition, rent a couple of movies, get wrapped up in said movies, not notice midnight, swear, go to bed.

Whisper

 

[oggbashan]

T'aint like it used to be.

Back in the 1960s I used to go to Trafalgar Square on New Year's Eve. The way to go was with Champagne chilled in the fountains and a Fortnum and Mason hamper. Sitting on Landseer's Lions or splashing in the fountains was enjoyable. Wet T-shirts on suitable bodies was even more enjoyable.

It was good humoured. There were a few policeman - about 20 for a crowd of 3 or 4,000 but the only problem the policeman had was how many times they wanted to be kissed by wet girls. A gentleman went prepared with a supply of dry towels in his limousine.

Now the fountains are drained and the lions are boarded up. Lager swilling louts try to cause trouble and Trafalgar Square is a place to avoid.

Og

 

[Omni]

http://www.lares.dti.ne.jp/~yugo/storage/monocrafts_ver3/03/index.html


On New Years Eve I am going to go online to the above site shortly before midnight and watch all the numbers change at once. Then I'm going to bed.

Do I know how to party, or what?

Laughing, this was great O'great party hound.


I am of the it is just another midnight, will be in bed before 12 blissfully asleep and NO New Years resolutions.

perfect,

Omni

 

[shereads]

http://www.lares.dti.ne.jp/~yugo/storage/monocrafts_ver3/03/index.html]

Whoa...That last box makes me nervous. Cool, but...eek!

 

[Guest]

 

[Guest]

I never go out NYE - I can't abide drinking with amateurs!

Ah ha ha! That's what my Irish friends say on St. Patrick's Day, a big holiday in San Francisco.

Perdita

 

[Lovepotion69]

I'll spend New Year's eve going to the movies with my folks and watch The Return of the King.

 

[sweetnpetite]

I never go anywere. No money, no sitter and a homebody boyfriend.

I would love to go out, go dancing, kiss at midnight, be surounded by people.

I used to get lonely in crowds- now I just get lonely all alone

My hometown has this big thing called first night- but I can't get there to attend. Also it's my dad's birthday.

ONe year the bf and I went to a strip club for NYE, that was fun. Then I remembered it was dad's b-day and did my best to get him out of my head! Other than that, it was a blast

I like to do stuff, but nobody i know is ever interested.

 

[TheEarl]

This is the first year I'm doing anything for NY and even that's just surrounding myself with friends (and girlfriend! ). Don't see anything special about it myself.

The Earl

 

[Vincent E]

New Year's Eve is the greatest. That is when the Sci-Fi channel has the annual Twilight Zone marathon. There was a local station that used to have a Three Stooges marathon, but the network did away with that. nothing says New Year like a six-pack, a box of Chinese food, and Burgess Meredith breaking his glasses on the steps of the library in a post apocalyptic America.

And the one with Telly Savalas getting killed by the doll. Boy that one was creepy.

Oooh, and the one with little Billy Mumy turning the people into Jacks-in-the-Boxes and sending them out to the cornfield. That one always gives me the willies.

Oh, and the one with Inger Stevens dogdging the hitchhiker only to find out they are both already dead. Creeeee-py.

And how about they one where Claude Akins' neighbors go crazy and start trying to kill each other.

Damn, I can hardly wait.

 

[Guest]

Vincenzo: Happy New Year to you. Enjoy your marathon (I love the one with Burgess Meredith and the library).

ciao, bello,

Perdita

 

[Mhari]

I've had some really memorable New Year's Eves. Strangely, the most memorable was probably the one during which my mother helped me build a pyramid out of (plastic) champagne glasses. That was a riotous evening! (My parents can out-party me any night. They scare me sometimes...)

But most have been kinda eh.

I haven't decided what I'm gonna do this year. I could drive 12 hours to Ottawa, but I'm feeling right lazy. I may just watch all my new DVDs and see if I can drink a whole bottle of champagne by myself. *snicker*

I hope everyone has a lovely evening, whatever you choose to do!

 

[Boxlicker101]

T'aint like it used to be.

Back in the 1960s I used to go to Trafalgar Square on New Year's Eve. The way to go was with Champagne chilled in the fountains and a Fortnum and Mason hamper. Sitting on Landseer's Lions or splashing in the fountains was enjoyable. Wet T-shirts on suitable bodies was even more enjoyable.

It was good humoured. There were a few policeman - about 20 for a crowd of 3 or 4,000 but the only problem the policeman had was how many times they wanted to be kissed by wet girls. A gentleman went prepared with a supply of dry towels in his limousine.

Now the fountains are drained and the lions are boarded up. Lager swilling louts try to cause trouble and Trafalgar Square is a place to avoid.

Og

Hey, Og, are you sure of that? Wouldn't the temperature be about 10 degrees F. in London at midnight on Dec. 31? Although it sounds like a really, really fun time at midsummer, in the winter it would be just too cold.