Ok, simply put, I HATE NEW YEAR’S EVE! Now, that has been made clear, I will provided evidence as to why this “one night” is the most overblown and overrated event of the year…
1. Expensive. My god, as if consuming booze wasn’t pricey enough, lets pay $40 cover just to have the privlege of doing so.
2. Forced fun. People are forcing themselves to have fun. You can just see it on partygoers’ faces… pain.
3. Getting home. Probably the biggest issue of the night. A combination of winter parking bans, drunk driving, and minimal taxis provide a NASTY combination of not being able to get home at a decent hour.
“Happy” New Year! —Auld Lang Syne
This article appears in Dec 30, 2010 – Jan 5, 2011.
Do like I do, when I occasionally partake in NYE celebrations…house party
Just because it is NYE doesn’t mean you can’t use your imagination and be creative.
First no-brainer of the New Year – go buy your booze, take it home, invite a few friends over and bang on a fucking frying pan at midnight. There’s no admission, no overpriced drinks, no overzealous drunken arsehairs and no transportation involved.
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I’m all over the house party concept: reasonable crowd size, no cover, none of that downtown BS.
Or I volunteer to work so everyone else can go out to torture themselves: no hangover for me!
TTFN…out here in the country, its shitloads of fireworks & guns blazing… I can honestly say I don’t think I’ve ever heard a frying pan being pounded on.
burn the xmas tree while you’re at it.
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wd40 and a lighter should do the trick…
my parents and their drunken friends used to run around the house naked(outside)…sounds like more fun than going downtown
Easy enough to just tailor the event to what you want, either ding stuff at home or close to home with or without friends etc. No one is forcing us to go out and get hosed. Do what you want and then the year will not start in a bad way for you.
It’s just another fucking day, like every other day. Nothing changes the next day other than shelling out money for all those raises in prices.
Booze, fireworks, cookware, weapons, and nudity.
I wanna party with you guys :>)
I really wanted to see Isis at the Paragon but…
– parking ban meant not leaving my car down there
– taxi on a regular night is roulette
– driving home with as few as 2 beers was out of the question
– an hour ride home on the bus (as fun as that would be) didn’t interest me (though it being a free ride was cool)
convinced me that staying home and inviting folks over was the responsible thing to do…
I had a wonderful night at a family house party that was kid friendly..no babysitter needed…I’m preggo…so no booze was needed….which also took care of the designated driver problem. My partner got a little hammered with my brother….but I kicked all their asses in Wii MJ dance off. Home in time for the neighbourhood fireworks and the countdown.
I’ve never had a fun NYE downtown….NEVER
one year we walked down to the parade and stood waiting. we had champers with us but it was cold! suddenly we were cheek by jowl with this huge crowd. us six adults surrounded the four kids and stood like bull elephants to protect them…it was fun but only because of those circumstances. the bear says i was howling at the moon
best idea o.p., stay home and save the cash, and fucking hassle that is new year’s eve. either that, or have an in house party, where the guests can stay over til sober, or have someone drive them home.saves a lot of cash, headaches, tickets, and in the end,lives.
A vidieo mussels and lobster (from the fisherman) good enough for me
When I heard that friends were going to the WTC for some 500 person celebration I was,like, really?!?
Operation RedNose is available, and a driver can be arranged prior to leaving your venue. It’s a free service, and donations are welcome.
I find it much easier to stay in with some wine and relax. If I’m going to do anything, I’ll go to a house party.
I stay at home with my wife, drink whiskey, dabble with PlayStation, watch a movie…priceless! Wife is fine with that. Save $$$