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May at least one of you keep your Made-To-Be-Broken Resolution!

12:00 AM - Phone call from crying ex. Her phone dies 4 minutes in.
12:05 AM - Phone call to mom, today is her birthday and that it always upsets her. She's crying too.
12:15 AM - Phone call from female friend bitching about guy who knocked her up..yadda yadda.
12:20 AM - Turn my cell phone off.

I hate New Years.

I'm always striving to acquire better resolution. 

Happy New Year! 
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Poor Little NiXel!  (http://www.chins-n-quills.com/forums/images/smilies/hug99.gif)

I  just finished hosing off puke from my carport due to the fucking amateurs that were populating the bar next door.

The fireworks this year over the Inner Harbor however kicked ass.

I spent the last 10 minutes of 2007 perplexed that they would have Dick Clark continue to host the New Year's Eve Show in his current state. While I feel bad that he suffered a stroke, his speech impediment and inability to convey emotion makes him hard to watch as a television personality.

Happy New Year. Of the nearly 30 people I invited to a party, I got positive responses from 4. I canceled the party and played poker instead.

Some motherfucker chugged all my good scotch while I wasn't looking.   :mob:

My New Year's resolution is to be less trusting of humanity.

I ended up hanging out with 3 people I knew in a bar in the ghetto.

I ended 2007 with Craggamore. I started 2008 with Laphroaig.

It better be a fucking good year.

Happy New Year!  :cthulu:

I am back home (it's 13:09)  and a wee bit tired.

Good night.


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Back home finally! Was hanging around a four star hotel with my girlfriend (her daughter works there) and had fun playing Waldorf and Stettler with the rich folks. That was more fun that it had any right to be. Happy new year folks! :)

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Happy new year, you flamers.

spent all day in sun today; now look like lobster.

happy new year.

Seems like everyone has new years traditions of various oddity.  Big surprise!

Ours is eating Taco Bell while watching movies (Last night it was "Meet the Robinsons" and "Back to the Future 3") then watching whichever New York countdown is the least obnoxious (NBC won this year.). At midnight we take the call from whichever kid spent the evening with the grandparents before we hit the bed.   - Oh, and don't forget to put the quarters by the front door, too.

Yes, we're exciting folks.  Happy New Year to y'all.

No traditions, no hosing of puke, no time in jail. My new yearses have definitely gotten more tame.

We usually watch the countdown on NBC, but I can't take Carson Daly.  I'll watch all the stroke-impaired Dick Clark you can give me before a minute of that hack.

Happy 2008 to all!

Happy New Year.. I don't even know how I'm awake right now. Last night was a disaster.

Happy New Year everybody!

May 2008 be :awesome_for_real: for you.

Fell asleep at 11 pm watching Pirates of the Caribbean 3.  Woke up this morning on the couch, snuggling with my 80 lb boxer.  Wife comfortably asleep in the bed.

Happy New Year.

Spending time with the in-laws in Colorado currently. Mother-in-law died of cancer yesterday. New Year party time failed to ensue.

We ate rabbit pate and cassoulet at our favorite restaurant (with pear martinis and prosecco) and then wandered over to the patisserie that made our wedding croquembouche and were delighted to learn that the purchase of a drink afforded access to their CHOCOLATE BUFFET! We were entertaining a friend from out of town who is a taster at Wine Spectator magazine. Then the three of us went over to the friend's B&B and drank more bubbly until 4 am. Considering we usually can't even be bothered to stay awake until midnight this was pretty fun. Got up at noon today and feasted on leftover lamb and couscous.

It's a good year.

also, sorry about the mom-in-law, Iain.

Well, I went to some party that I thought was gonna be lame, but ended up meeting someone who was practically the girl of my dreams. Feisty as hell, funny, working on a Phd in Psychology, cute. Later on, we bailed together to hit another spot downtown. The minute I get out of the car, I started stumbling behind her and her friend and just started puking right on the sidewalk. They turned a corner completely oblivious... 30 seconds later, I start walking again, but they're nowhere to be found... Tried backtracking to the car, but I didn't look at what fucking car I came in.. So I was screwed. Just started wandering downtown San Antonio in 35 degree weather, completely shitfaced, trying to wing down cabs to no avail. Finally made it to a Denny's and a pay phone, got all my fucking quarters eaten up. Then pissed off a buddy by making a $15 collect call at 3:00 am. Go me.  :uhrr:

Did you get her number?  :drill:


Also, I was reading "End of Hyperion" when New Year's came around. I was in bed by 12:30.



Who the fuck goes to shop at GameStop on New Year's Day? Fucking assholes with little monster children, that's who.

No. I was a little too busy to be asking practical questions like that.

She's like a "friend of a friend of a friend" though, so I might be able to track her down. Just don't think I should even bother after that mess.

Don't be such a pussy, track her down, tell your original friend (girl I hope) that you really liked her and want to hang with her again.  Girls love setting up their guy friends, usually.  Its always regrettable to wait a month claiming its not worth bothering to do anything and then you'll realize you wish you'd at least tried to get with her.


My new years:  Went well, though we didn't manage to go anywhere amazing it was successful on the female front.  My fucking pinky on my left hand may be almost broken its so fucking painful.

I played games, watched a few episodes of House, then went to bed.  Exciting, I know.

Stayed up late and watched Repo Man.

May your new year be intense.

I rang in the New Year in bed, sick.  Righ and the kitties celebrated by dancing around the bed, drinking whisky and dancing a jig.  Maybe I was dreaming.  I'm still feeling very icky but I can move about the house again.  Righ did come up to see if I was alive.  He so sweet.  (http://www.sheknows.com/graphics/emoticons/heart.gif)

Rang in the new year with the missus and a bottle of expensive sake.

It got better still after that. Hope everyone else's year rocks hard.

Met up with folks at the bar to chill at 5:00 PM until the time of our dinner reservations.  My sister-in-law was announcing the fact that she's 2 months pregnant,  so the ladies cruised Church Street and chitchatted while the guys sat around drinking.

Dinner was excellant.  The place was chosen by my sister-in-law,  which always brings the fear that the wallet is going to be assrapezored.

Had (http://www.lamante.com/menu.html):

SFORMATO DI FUNGHI - MUSHROOM SOUFFLE WITH PARMESAN CREAM
ROASTED CHICKEN WITH TRUFFLED MASHED POTATOES, GRILLED LEEKS AND ROSEMARY JUS

Washed down with Magic Hat.  Best chicken I've had in ages,  though I was very envious of the duck dish, the swordfish dish,  and the carmelized onion and gruyerre tart.  The souffle was splenda.


We then enjoyed expensive cigars on the walk back to the hotel bar,  where we could chat and catch up without being annoyed by loud people overacting to New Years.  I bailed at 11:30,  due to extreme fatigue,  though everyone else kept going until after last call.

Turned on Cartoon Network to watch the "Fry makes a deal with the Robot Devil" Futurama episode (this episode has such great lines, and packs the most emotional punch for me) while I difted off to sleep.

Currently in an airport hotel.  At 4 am, I will be waking up for a flight to Aruba.

You became suddenly married!  (http://www.scionlife.com/forums/images/avatars/195517897341e71f258d9b3.gif)

Went to a party. Ate lots of finger food. Drank half a bottle of cheap Whisky. Drank half a bottle of champagne. Played a very long and contentious game of Cranium that consisted mostly of people yelling a lot. Got home at 2 AM or so. Watched Law and Order until 6 while lying half passed-out on couch.

Halfway. I just call her that 'cause it's easier than calling her "the chick I shack up with".

Ok.  Phew!  I was worried because I have a smiley face and a picture of a wedding gift all picked out for when you do.

I fell asleep in a Nyquil induced haze around 11pm and woke up in time to watch The Penguins play The Sabres outside in the snow.

That sounds like more than a hallucination you'd think Nyquil would be capable of inducing. 

I was playing Mass Effect alone on the sofa.  I noticed the date on a new save file was 01/01/08 and I smiled a bit.

I forgot to mention that she's also from San Diego, and just here for the holidays. Another nail in the coffin. Or massive obstacle. Either/or. I did get ahold of her though...

I spent New years eve doing an exercise of futility.

New years Day was spent cooking dinner.  A power outage fits in there too somehow. Could have been worse, though.

Dinner came out great. So there was that.

I tend to stay home for new years since getting shot about 15 years ago. I was the first 911 call of the year according to the EMTs.  :woot:

I watched the third Pirates movie and went to bed at 12:15.

You come out from lurkering and lay that tasty nugget on us and leave again?

Some details please!

I was drunk, in the wrong place at the wrong time and a fight broke out. I was lucky and got shot in the leg. The bullet just missed the bone and didn't hit a major artery so I am fine. It sure was a buzzkill though!

So on New Years eve instead of getting shitfaced I usually find a couple minutes to reflect about how lucky I am to make it through another year.

Seems like a hell of a story with just a few more details than you let on  :awesome_for_real:.

Nice to see you came out of it alright, just avoid those places that cash checks, sell liquor and fried chicken all in the same location.

Did you just stereotype day-laboring, alcoholic chicken-eaters?

*I* take offense to that. 3 Great tastes that taste great together.

Ironically enough it happened in a house in an upscale golf course community. You never know who will show up to the party though. Particularly if you have free alcohol and fried chicken!

FREE CHICKEN!  WOWSERS!

Tanqueray?  Olde English 1800?

I spent the night at a Mexican themed party at a friend of a friend's house (I seem to meet up with this friend's friends every New year, hardly ever see them otherwise). Drank lots of tequila, beer and some very nice Bushmill's 12 year old distillery reserve. They had a large cat that had apparently gotten the cat AIDS that I was warned not to annoy, by midnight much cat taunting was going on but I think it dealt with the situation pretty well. Got face raped by a random 30 year old woman since it seemed rude to hit her until she went away but ended up snuggling with a much cuter girl. Proceeded to wake up about midday and face the task of actually trying to get home, which I got round to about 4 hours later after a good fried breakfast and much lazing about.

All in all I've had worse New Years.

Harsh. Last year it was really sad, he fucked up the countdown. This year he looked great. It's a tradition. Go watch Carson the fucking douchebag if you don't like Dick, who has more class than every other person who appeared on every other NYE show. I'm glad Dick is continuing the tradition, the real sad thing will be when he won't anymore and all we have are Carson the wooden douche or Ryan the greasy moron. America dies a little that year.

Anyway. Had a nice night at home with the fiancee and a bottle of Laurent & Perrier. Decided I'm finally old because I don't know who anyone on the NYE shows are.

I had my best New Years Eve....evah.

1. My employer worked together with an organization called the Wounded Warrior Project to bring wounded soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen from both Bethesda Naval Hospital and Walter Reed here to New York City for a full night on the town, along with their families. In total we brought nearly 100 guys and girls up to NYC. Most of these vets were gravely wounded in Iraq and are amputees. They ranged in rank from Privates up to a Lieutenant Colonel.

2. We arranged free hotel stays for eveyone and picked them up around 3pm for a day of site seeing. We took them first to Madame Tussauds Wax Museum. Then we headed to dinner at a resturaunt opened only to us. All food and booze were on the house. Next we headed to Rockefeller Center for more site seeing and picture taking. Lastly we headed to the center of it all at Time Square, where a private viewing area had been erected for them and their families. They were right at the base of the stages for easy viewing of the musical entertainers and couldnt have been any closer for the ball.

3.  During the festivities Kid Rock, Carrie Underwood, Alex Rodriguez (from the Yankees) and others came by for pictures and to pay their respects to the vets.

4. After it was all over we took them to the Sailor and Soldiers Club here in Manhattan for a private spread and more booze. Then made sure everyone got home safe to their hotels. All in all I was working from noon till 5am the next day and loved every minute of it.

The highlights for me were that my fiance was able to join me at the viewing area in Time Square. Neither of us are originally from NYC and it was our first time at the ball drop and we were together. I kissed her at midnight. We are to be married in April this year.

Secondly, one of the soldiers at the event was a guy I served under at 2nd Ranger Battalion Ft.Lewis, WA nearly 20 years ago!! Starting back in 1989. He and I both left Lewis around 1992 or so for different units elsewhere. Here it is 18 years later and I meet up with him since he was a guest of the program. He lost his hand while serving in Iraq. At the time this guy was one of our assistant team leaders back at Lewis. Someone I really looked up to. A mentor. I was now able to return the favor by giving him a once in a life time night on the town for him and his wife.

I dont think it gets much better than that. It was one hell of a night. I was just glad to be able to share in making some happy memories for the guys and gals who have given too much already for their country.