New Year's plans?

[LaraMN]

I hate New Year's Eve. Every year. Even though I won't be sad to kiss '05 goodbye, there's just something unpleasantly anti-climactic about it. I have no plans as of yet, and I typically don't find anything very exciting or enjoyable to spend the night doing. I never really get into a celebratory mood about it. I'd really just as well skip over the "holiday" all together and just get on with the calendar.

What are your big plans?

[nickgutierrez]

1. I'm with you on this one.

I've got no big plans - I'll be at work.

[SeattleGirl]

2. Catering my daughter's party

I'm invited, of course. Her birthday is the 30th, and since she and her boyfriend are a little low on funds right now, her gift is catering her party.

[LaraMN]

11. That's sweet! Sounds like fun...

if you have any leftover champagne, I'm taking donations.....

[SeattleGirl]

21. I'll keep that in mind!

:toast:

[gardenista]

35. Trader Joe's is your friend.

I catered a party for a friend of mine and everyone loved the food. It was ALL from Trader Joe's. All I had to do was stick things on a cookie sheet and heat them for 10-15 minutes, pass them around, and then come back and get the next batch out of the oven. Easiest party I ever did.

[Deja Q]

3. Forget my lamictal, I'm going to drink until I puke.

[Rising Phoenix]

6. have fun HypnoToad

:toast:

[Rising Phoenix]

4. Party with Sniffa and Bi_baby...

chinese food...
maybe do some things you aren't supposed to
and rock out to new years rocking eve on Mtv...
we will make it fun

[bicentennial_baby]

7. we make just about everything fun!!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

:loveya:

[LaraMN]

8. Yeah, I think you three win.

I'm not even going to tell you to "have fun," because you hardly need the suggestion! :rofl: :party:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

5. Leaving tomorrow for Shrevepaht, Leeesiana.

My extended family is having a new year's/birthday (there are several end of December/beginning of January b-days) reunion down there.

Woop-de-doo.

:eyes:

[datasuspect]

9. go to sleep early

NYE is like amateur night.

[LaraMN]

17. A plan whose time has come...

I stay up late most nights, so maybe I'll "celebrate" by passing out early, by means of exhaustion or intoxication (I've still got time to work out the fine details.)

[datasuspect]

18. i drink like a pro

in the daytime, before the yahoos come out.

[jane_pippin]

10. All my little friends are coming to town this year. Yay for fun!

I used to hate New Years too for the same reason, but since about...oh, 2002 or '03 I've been having a good time. It's the only time I get to see my friends all at once since we all live all over the place now. A few years ago we started gathering in one city each year for it. Last year was San Francisco where a few of them live. This year it's Milwaukee. (Kind of a drop off from last year, but what can you do? :D )

Sooooo, we're going to have dinner at someone's house, then we have to decide how we're going to manage going to two parties and one show, or some combination of those things, then back to my house or someone elses for the inevitable drunken slumber party/pass out fest, and then when we wake up it's scrambled eggs and bloody mary's at whatever place we can drag our hungover asses to.

Yeah. Let's hear it for Bacchus!

[LaraMN]

13. That sounds PERFECT!

I wish my friends (and I) had that sort opportunity....maybe in a few more years. You are going to have so much fun- I'm green with envy!

[jane_pippin]

19. Yeah it'll be good. None of us are married or have kids though so that

makes a difference. When that happens I'm pretty sure that will be the end of it for quite some time.

You'll be there in spirit as part of our "shots for absent/far away friends" toast. How about that? That's something, right?

[LaraMN]

22. Yay! Thanks!

A number of my dear friends are knocked-up, recently delivered, or just too far away and broke.:cry: I'll take whatever sentiment I can get. :-)

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

12. I agree with you

Last year we had friends over and ate, watched movies and played games. This year we don't plan anything. Will just study for our respective exams. Mr. DTBK generally poops out and heads for bed before midnight anyway.

[LaraMN]

15. Y'lnow what we did last year?

We fried a bunch of appetizers (I only fry food a few times a year) and watched t.v. I got sick to my stomach from the greasy food and felt like a bored loser.

[Initech]

14. Dont have any plans yet.

Most of my friends are out of town this year, so it will be hard to find something to do. I'm weighing my options right now, but I definately dont plan to stay home.

[LSK]

16. maybe go to my sisters

Or nothing but futz around in the lounge.

I never make a big deal out of NYE.

[johnnie]

20. It will be my third "annual" party at my house

I never really liked going out and three years ago I told people that if they had nothing to do to come by. It turned out well and I had one the following year. Now people expect it and it is growing each year.

A lot of friends, family, booze and food. A lot of my friends are musicians so we jam in my studio and people sit in here and there. The kids dig being able to play around on the equipment also. I like it because I don't have to go anywhere.

[neweurope]

23. Well .- we have to stay with our horses to see they don't get too

excited about the fireworks going on. That's way out - no electricity, no water, no heat. So we'll build a big fire, and two very warmly dressed friends will come over and have hot goulash and hot spiced wine with us. A very quiet affair, other when someone burns the soles of their shoes at the fire ;). With us it's not really about new year's eve but about good company and friendship.

I hope you'll have a nice evening even though you hate new year's eve:)

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Remember Fallujah

Bush to The Hague!

[Beer Snob-50]

24. i win the craziest party award

monopoly with my family, dick clark on the tube, and then bed at 12:10.

[LaraMN]

25. Ugh. I had to play Star Wars Monopoly the other night.

After about three freaking hours, I cheated to get out of the game.

[Beer Snob-50]

26. star war monopoply??

i haven't seen that one. we have just the regular addition. my son usually gets all republican on all of us and we end up broke.

[gmoney]

27. Have you already forgotten...

...your tactical alcohol consumption strategy? It works as well on New Year's as Christmas.

But I'm right with you...

[GOPisEvil]

28. None.

Last year I threw a party at my house, and we sat around and watched South Park and ate. :)

This year...eh...something will come up, or not.

[no name no slogan]

29. My first new years "alone" in ten years

although it will only be physically alone (since I'll be in MN, and my sweetie is in NC). I've never been much of a new years person, anyway, so it's no big loss.

I'll be happy to get to bed early and hopefully meet up with some friends on new years day for Ethiopian food. :9

[KamaAina]

30. Listening to people set off fireworks all over town

perfectly legal out here. If we're really lucky, the winds will be calm just like last year, so that a pall of smoke that would put even L.A. to shame can settle over the entire city for a few hours. Loads of family fun! Oh, and don't worry, asthmatics and others with breathing problems, there will again be shelters open on your behalf. No, really. Shelters!

[Pale Blue Dot]

31. 5 kids,

2 splitting headaches and the best New Years EVER. :loveya:

[GalleryGod]

32. Used to Ignore New Years-the last 15 Years I've Embraced it!

Times Square last year. Tournament of Roses parade the year before. Miami Beach in 2002.:party:

This year.....in Vermont. Fireworks over a Currier & Ives town Square.

[DJ MEW]

33. When I was single

I would drive to Chicago and go clubbing all night long at the local gay clubs, on Halsted Ave.

But this year it looks like me and my boyfriend are going to be babysitting for his mom's friend since she has to work. Fun Fun

[swag]

34. New Year's Eve, probably stay in, off the road. 9 p.m. bedtime.

New Year's Day, there's a kind of day long deal going on at a friend's house, where a ton of other friends will also be showing up, eating, drinking, talking too much, passing out on the couches in front of the fireplace, dogs wrestling for couch position, etc. So that might be swell-o-roonio. Usually is.

Happy Fucking New Year.

[gardenista]

36. We'll do what we always do.

Stay home, eat a good meal, go to bed by 10:00, and if the fireworks wake us up, maybe do a little cuddlin.

[Scout1071]

37. I'm with you too Lara.....

For me, it's hard being single on NYE. Just sucks. All my friends do couple things and I end up as either the 3rd (or more likely, the 5th) wheel or I go to a party alone and end up having a so-so/miserable time. I go out quite a bit and usually have a blast, but for some reason, new year's eve has really sucked the last few years.

I've been contemplating all week what to do this weekend and I've just come to terms with the fact that I'm going to stay home*. Why put myself through it this year? I'm headed to the FL Keys for some serious fun next week anyway.




*Subject to change on a whim.

[qnr]

38. Spend three hours writing "2006" on checks, so I can snicker at people

when they write 2005. :evilgrin:

Edit: Of course, the downside of this is that I probably use 100 checks a year, so I might have checks dated 2006 straight through 2010.

[CarpeDiebold]

39. Lara!

You can come clubbing/drinking with us :D

i INSIST :party: