what are you doing new years, new years eve

i am contemplating not going out at all but that seems sorta too depressing to follow through on

staying home, because going out is always more depressing than it seems like it's gonna be.

bf is coming over for dinner & movie marathon w/ snacks

sitting alone on a folding chair in the middle of an unfurnished room, smoking cigarettes and staring at the dry wall until i fall asleep

friends from high school times are coming over and we are playing Magic the Gathering and board games.

ok i wasn't that jealous about not having plans for tonight but now i am

basic time of friends xp

i was thinking it might be... interesting? fulfilling? to spend nye alone but i think id just end up surfing ilx and watching youtubes instead of like, meditating or w/e

prolly goin to karaoke at my friend's bar, people i know should be there. really kind of in my 'avoidant behavior' phase, which I go in and out of, but feel like a night of hooliganism

ushering in the new year with tones of dissonant melancholy. easy chair. Kierkegaard. booze. gloom.

warehouse party including Rudimentary Penii cover band, booze, and burning christmas trees

that's a very specialized cover band there

i was thinking it might be... interesting? fulfilling? to spend nye alone but i think id just end up surfing ilx and watching youtubes instead of like, meditating or w/e

one of my coworkers has actually spent her last few NYEs meditating instead of going out and partying

as for me: friends from east coast flying in today, we're going to someone's house party

having people over for dinner, so we'll be drinking drinks, talking a lot. guests are single mom/daughter who are good friends w/my wife & son so I'm kinda the fifth wheel but I'll be busy in the kitchen, it's ALL GOOD.

gonna stay home, get drunk and listen to the entire rush discography i think

let the fray begin

time it so 2112 plays at midnight

Best party on the planet.

kitty and i will dine on honeydew
and drink the beer of paradise

kitty and i will sit on a mule
and ride on style, watching for UFO's

gonna stay home, get drunk and listen to the entire rush discography i think

let the fray begin

this is the best idea

*ACHOO* - trying to get rid of this stupid bug/cold I have.

Party at my friend's house. Cute girl I was going to flirt with is going to be sick, so I can get embarrassingly drunk without repercussions.

i'm way too hungover to do anything anyway and now i'm sortof half doing schoolwork

can guarantee you i won't be drunk. i can't do hangovers anymore.

Making a pizza for my girlfriend my niece, my cousin, and watching whatever cartoon my niece chooses, then later after they fall asleep watching Walking dead with T. My first alcohol free new years eve, bought alcohol free champagne for T and me.

Either going to a rooftop party with fireworks watching in midtown or a non-rooftop party with no fireworks watching in Bushwick. The only reason I'm doing either is that it's a good excuse to get dressed up.

I may make a cameo at a party but driving twenty-seven miles on I-95 is not my idea of a frisson, and I saw most of these friends last night. I may go to my parents', which is much closer and there'll be plenty of booze.

Nothing tonight, football tomorrow.

A bar? In Brooklyn? Dunno

I might go out I might not either way I'm jealous of silby

actually I hate my friends from hs but I'm sure his are cool

happy new year sandbox<3

i have maybe two left from HS that I still talk to. one of whom I downgraded from best friend a few years ago when he kept trying to cockblock me and steal my g/f xpost

happy new year mongrels/sheepfux0rs

Drinks w/ friends followed by late dinner with friends followed by bar residence and drinks

HNY

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xpost

thank you dear mookie, i'm happy to give an advance report that 2012 is sunshiny with a soft breeze and some cheerful birdsong.

coincidentally i currently have the exact same look on my face as that girl does.

got really bad tonsillitis. in bed. can't sleep it hurts. listening to daft punk so that's ok.

did you have that look prior to viewing the picture?

BBC fielded their most incompetent presenter for the job of blabbing over the countdown to the fireworks.

happy new year britishes/irishes/bloody belgians

sarahel yes, it appeared 16 minutes earlier when i read some dismal nostalgic complaints from the same poster.

playing 'chrononauts', apparently

Watching Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with my kids. Where is that how do you know you are getting old and crotchety thread?

up to A Farewell to Kings now. god this album ruled

'madrigal' is iffy, but the title track is even better than i remembered

Scotch meal at five star hotel more scotch blues brothers

love you all. i'm cleaning the house and taking a shower, and i'm glad to be inside and warm and employed and healthy, even with all the shit going on in the world.

hope everyone's having a dope night \(^o^)/

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I have a ba6ysitter. gohst protocol.

My buddy is flying back from Scotland today and it's the first and probably only year we'll be in the same place on NYE so we planned to 'do something' for once, and got tickets in advance for some club in town etc and NOW he thinks he's too knackered and 'might bail' so it'll just be me & my o/h and our other friend who I've seen too much of recently and I am kind of mad and kind of planning on selling the tickets for profit and staying home as we would've done anyway but then this leaves the other dude in the lurch so UGH. Alcohol is making me feel like crap recently too so I can't even fall back on getting trashed.

Hm, those tickets wouldn't be to Dig Deeper, by any chance, would they? Because I need one of those myself.

no, sorry!

gohst protocol

oh shi

gotta work late to set the clocks back.

i think by coincedence the timing is working out on these rush albums so that 'Countdown' will be playing at midnight

On my way to a small party, public transit is a churning ocean of vomit smell and shouting.

switched away from rush

decided to listen to 'sway' on repeat until 2013

Awww heck, I managed to doze off by about 1am. Was a great night until that point, nice pub action then over to some friends' flat, games, eats and boozes.

Sway: ghost protocol

at the in-laws. some kind of epically slow roasted meat is happening. drinking, probably bonghits to follow

at some point this game is probably going to happen

Went to the pub, then over to some friends' place to drink more, play Dreamphone and watch an awful, awful film. Oh, and my boyfriend managed to doze off by about 1am. Lightweight.

too late i am wishing i'd spent nye with brownie, whom i've never met

happy new year newfies

have already had to sit through two different in-laws extolling the virtues of Eric Clapton unfortunately.

at least you're having bonghits with them

trying to stay up with emil.y is a mug's game tbh. that he lasted to midnight is waht counts

yeah bonghits smooth out a lot of rough spots - I am fortunate to have in-laws who like to party (but not coke-fiend/meth-freak party)

Bought some cheap bubbly and some 99 Apples and 99 Cherries (airplane-size bottles at a dollar each-enough for two shots a bottle). Defrosted some shrimp and put some baby carrots that we had in a bowl with dip. Total cost: $9.00, which is more than we really can afford, but whatever. However, any good mood that we could have had was ruined by my brother-in-law calling us and raining down insults during the entire call.

xp We've got a little pot left too, thank God.

Happy new year ilx

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a-yo

Happy fuckin' new year, mofos.

i'd like to invite you to a taste of my chalice
it's a special one
it's made of gold

Happy New Years from the Eastern time zone!!!

Christine, you deserve a gold fucking medal for the terrible shit you put up with - seriously, a lesser person than you would have given up and run away a long time ago.

happy new year friends!

im with all my irl bfs and the best girl in the world so things are good.

happy new year winnipeg/chi-town/st. paul/bnw/milo/nw arkansas bakers

oh plus jacob & t

Happy New Year IXLORS. I have to go to bed soon, will not be staying up for midnight as I have to get up early in the morning (sob)...but auld lang syne etc <3 <3 *toots plastic horn, wears silly glasses*

will u be in the black hole tomorrow y/n

n

but I will be in the vicinity

Happy New Year

I am watching The Band Perry and Blink-182 on ABC after a $$$ meal with a dear friend

Kind of wishing they would book The Cure for these things

Had a pretty good time with some friends. Good, not great, which is typically as good as it gets for me on New Years, so Ill take it

Robin Thicke's echo effect is making it sound like he's singing over a guide vocal, oops

Happy News Years friends!! Listening to my 8 year old niece discussing what toys she will and will not share with our soon to be born baby, it's really funny! A nice new years eve, happy to stay in with loved ones.

Either the Hollywood parts of Dick Clark's New Rockin' Dealie were pre-recorded/edited, or they have the fastest setup/tear-down crew of roadies in the history of mankind.

Happy New Year, everyone.

i am contemplating not going out at all but that seems sorta too depressing to follow through on

happy new year wright sisters

xp Well, not much I can do about it except wait for things to get better. Currently blissfully drunk as hell and about to go to sleep. Happy 2012, everyone.

Aw I missed all you crazy kids. My New Year's Eve Day was: coffee, kill Twitter account, play with kids, make pancakes, watch Toy Story w one daughter, help other daughter get room ready for painting, go out to dinner at place where we know the chef, go to in-laws for ball drop, come home.

2012 awaits us all.

i've just hit the bottom of this bottle of rex goliath (are you guys aware of rex goliath? it costs $5 and is wine) and i'm on paragraph eight hundred and twelve of this essay i'm writing for the occupy portland newspaper, which i have to write on new year's eve because I AM A PROCRASTINATOR which i would make my new years resolution except let's get real here

happy new year yall

Either the Hollywood parts of Dick Clark's New Rockin' Dealie were pre-recorded/edited, or they have the fastest setup/tear-down crew of roadies in the history of mankind.

Not sure what the Hollywood parts are, but they pre-tape several musical acts in NYC

I <3 Rex Goliath, regardless of cost. Of course, the cost makes me love it that much more.

xp

happy new year veggie/ruby/neddy/lxy/gygaxy/m. white et everyone (except gr80, sorry)

rewatched The Tree of Life (still a mixed bag), went to bed. Writing a couple checks now.

Mooks, yr pineapple lump-bar PLUS some homemade cookies are in the mail! Happy new year! <3

OMG

Well, THAT was disappointing! Will definitely be more cautious about attending that event in the future, if at all. Otherwise well, home and in PJs and eating...crackers. Hny and 2012, everyone! There is basically no way in which this year could be as bad as 2011!!!

just you wait

nah this year's gonna be great, we're gonna fix all the problems

we're gonna start with sobering me up

sounds like a rough year

january-june will be pretty brutal but after that it's just mop-up

I am kinda drunk and didn't really read thread but thanx to mook 4 pave quote good song. I started night same place as lamp browsing netflix xbut now might has girlfriend. Also kiw some occupiers whatev

I am kinda drunk and didn't really read thread but thanx to mook 4 pave quote good song. I started night same place as lamp browsing netflix xbut now might has girlfriend. Also kiw some occupiers whatev

Sorry

so it turns out all you need to do to get lots of sweet nye invites is wait until 2:15 in the morning new years day. happy 2012 everyone

Best yearevr

let's make this the sandbox anthem of 2012

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rush <3

i ate steak (filet mignon!) and then i ate cake (decadent cake that i made!) and then i went dancing!
but the person i've been dating never arrived which made me feel o_O but also whatevs i had fun
also i should not drink red bull ever really
happy new year ilxsandbox!! :D

thanx rrrrrobyn no one should ever drink red bull happy new year to you!
dancing!

happy new year ilxors

(cheating post as it is noon on NYD and yes i have been to bed, but)

But Red Bull tastes like Pixie Stix...I like Pixie Stix....

HNY ILXORS. Welcome to 2012.

"WEEEEE AREE THE PRIESTS
OF THE TEEEEMPLE
OF SYYYRINX"

#2112

(that was mookie's fault)

good morning!

Nursed a toothache. Woo-hoo.

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My original not-Reyes shirt only drew one high-five, thankfully (fewer than those elicited by my dancing the night before, which last night got more acknowledgement from the girls), plus two enthusiastic verbal expressions of approval (and a bunch of "Let's Go Mets," lol).

how many high fives did your blended haircut get

Hard to parse that out, but my haircut is not very high-five-worthy.

you need a better haircut

I'll ask for the Farrah next time.

Got in a fight with date, arrived near tears to his friend's party in Bushwick just before midnight, completely faked the new year's kiss. But I wore a very pretty dress.

Marrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry! Jesus, what a crappy NYE. We need a re-do.

aww, mine was pretty good? very minor chance i might have a boy problem. quite relieved that that chance is very minor tbh - still don't think i'm emotionally ready for boy porblems.

Still have a cold, I think I fell asleep around 10pm. Couldn't find a stream of the Rockin' New Years ball drop anyway. Happy last year on Earth, everybody!

I mean, unless they won't let you on Nibiru, then - it was nice knowing ya!

Girlfriend and i are having a new year's day party. Problem: only one person showed. So many waffles; so few reliable friends

6pm NYD update- driving home alone from occupied territories

I wish I could come over for waffles.

xxxp meh, I hear that Nibiru's a bit of a dump. Too many tourists already.

I also wish I could come over for waffles

^^^

^^^^

waffles also happening here btw sheesh

Usually I stay home cos going out is depressing and I rarely have a girlfriend at this time of the year.

This year one of my bands had a show booked so I tried to have a good time. We were playing when the clock turned, and after we did the countdown the singer said something to the audience about everybody going outside to makeout, and instantly everybody ran outside with their hookups, and it happened so quickly it really caught me off guard. So instantly I was standing there in an empty room. Nothing like a hundred or so people instantly running away to make you feel better about being lonely on New Years.

baaaw but you got to play for a crowd, that counts for something surely.

we stayed home and watched some of new year's rockin' eve. no overpriced bars, no drama getting home. it was fine.

now i'm at a cafe with wifi cuz my internet's down at home. they're playing "i kissed a girl."

Success! As I posted to the 'Sandbox 77' thread, I made turkey enchiladas for supper. We looked at all our photos from 2011, then we watched Swing Time with Astaire and Rogers, ate popcorn and drank some rum. We didn't get around to making a fire, but we did light a gigantic sparkler my wife acquired months ago on her birthday. We slept late today.

Am full of peas and cabbage and carrots and cornbread (the best part tbh), on the verge of a coma.

made a roast chicken with potatoes and cauliflower. the green stuff is sage.

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rip

I hung out with my knitting friends on Saturday afternoon. We had a little adventure trying to find a restaurant that was open at 3:30. I ate nachos and a cheesesteak sandwich.

Today I am trying to finish my library books about David Bowie and Jane Fonda before they are due on Tuesday.

btw I hope a dark-haired man was the first person across everyone's threshold today, otherwise BAD LUCK

So my cousin called about an hour ago to say he would be coming for the waffles and games I'd promised my 18 no-show friends. My cousin said he'd also be bringing his step-sister. Oh, and his roommate. And his roommate's girlfriend, and his friend Ronny, and the girl that Ronny had brought home last night, who was wicked nice, but maybe still kinda deep in it, if I knew what he meant. And it wasn't really a problem, was it?, that he was rolling deep... six deep on the outskirts... unless they picked up my other step-cousin, and then they'd be rolling seven-deep... right? Was that cool? No, no... that they wouldn't be eating, on account of Ronny doesn't like gluten, makes him shit, and shit, but they had a lot of leftover booze to "kill and drill" at my house. Would I mind. I almost said no, I wouldn't mind. Because I wanted to see somebody today. Then I lied and said that maybe it would be kinda weird, on account of all the people I had over. And that was a lie.

So 2012 is off to a really super awesome start.

I was the first person past my threshhold this morning, as I went out to fetch the newspaper before breakfast. There was a time whenIi was a dark-haired man, before I became a balding, grizzled man. Will this altered state of dark-hairiness affect my luck?

My roommate just came home from France but he shaves his head, does that count?

is he flat-footed, and/or does he have eyebrows that meet in the middle? if not, then you're okay w/ the luck – but don't do laundry, and try to wear red underwear for a good booty season of '12

went to bed at 7am, woke up at 3, got 'lunch' with roommate, sun is already starting to set

wasted all day mostly. business trip tomorrow. putting off packing.

My roommate just came home from France but he shaves his head, does that count?

I just checked with my resident folklorist and she's at a loss. Would his hair be dark if he let it grow in? Aimless, I think you're ok. Remy otm, don't do laundry today, that's like dropping a karmic grenade down your pants.

I made venison mole on the basis that deer is good with chocolate. By G_d, I was right.

Remy otm, don't do laundry today, that's like dropping a karmic grenade down your pants.
good to know! will avoid laundry even more now. i did bathe my dog -- does this affect my karma or my pants?

please say neither.

No luck problems there, and you will have a clean dog all year long.

raved in the rain at the occupy lsx party on the steps of st paul's cathedral followed by a friend's houseparty for bang on midnight. texted the most beautiful girl in the world who i met on thursday night before leaving the party at a reasonable (3am) hour and kebabbing a walk home.

have spent today alternating between chugging out 1000 words of essay and being distracted from said essay by angst over the girl's failure to reply. great start to 2012.

Haha! Posts about girl crushes always make me wish fondly that I were that girl to someone, but in real life I'm probably busier discouraging it. I guess I like to live variously through ilxors.

I've also been drinking champagne since 2pm so don't mind me.

Err, vicariously. Damn autocorrect.

vicariously through various ilxors

Nobody has crossed our threshold today, in or out, dark haired or otherwise. Are we cool?

luck status = unchanged from 2011

Feel like I shd fit in as much socializing as I can before normal life re-starts but just want to go home & watch Dance Academy.

btw I hope a dark-haired man was the first person across everyone's threshold today, otherwise BAD LUCK

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luck status = unchanged from 2011

That blows.

-vomited in three different subway stations on the way home

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― illegal crew member (C.K. Dexter Holland), Sunday, January 1, 2012 6:31 PM

would you shut the fuck up -- if anything, it's sexist

Really?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_hair#Modern-day_discrimination
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/jan/24/gingerism-ginger-prejudice
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/11/11/72794/-So-Call-Democrat-,-Zell-Miller-Calls-NY-Times-Maureen-Dowd-A-Redhead-Hussy-That-Hate-Red-Staters

I am watching The Band Perry and Blink-182 on ABC after a $$$ meal with a dear friend

Kind of wishing they would book The Cure for these things

― OH NOES, Sunday, January 1, 2012 1:31 AM (Yesterday)
I was thinking something similar, although both of those acts you mentioned I didn't mind. I never had much HOOS for the Black Eyed Peas before, but they stood up well in comparison to some other stuff.

I had a beautiful time