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electriklights
12/29/08

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This is my ideal party. Sweet Freedom indeed.

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electriklights
12/29/08

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Oh, A.C. Slater. What are we gonna do with you?
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Thatcornellguy
12/29/08

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I would never do #3, though I have no problem with option #2. Last year I did #4, but only because I flew twelve hours the night before and conked out on the sofa before I could get to my party. Balls.
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BookishLookish
12/29/08

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Gala at the Met, then a house party in Jersey City, where my little crew of hip-hop-producing pals and their honeys will no doubt mock my ball gown. Ah, fuck it, 2008 sucked. I'm getting supremely drunk.
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h8tr_718
12/29/08

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I love the 12:05 transportation panic where guys in limos and vans attempt to swindle groups of people who've lost drunken fights for cabs into $50 rides from the East to West Villages. Below freezing temperatures, rain, or a touch of vomit make it really special.
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rocknrollunicorn
12/29/08

@h8tr_718: Ha, I once got that ride for $20 by agreeing to sit up front and allow the cabbie to feel on my leg. This story is as true as it gets. I'm nearly a hooker, and not a very good one.

To be fair, I may have given him the wrong impression when I was trying to hail cabs by hiking up my skirt...
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rocknrollunicorn
12/29/08

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If anything in this post is true (and most of it is), it is to go in with low expectations. I am not an amateur by any means and I have not had a midnight kiss of the romantic sort for... ha I think over ten years now. And I always have fun.

I currently feel too old for/annoyed by the bar "party" opportunities in Chicago (NYC always had better ones owing to more competition) so I'm doing a house party. It's kind of a #1 though I know several people there and am co-hosting.

The only aspect of this all about which I am not a Suzy Sunshine is the timing... right after all the holiday parties, everyone has gained 5 pounds. I tried on dresses last week and almost cried. I'm wearing a dress I will fondly refer to as "my fat cocktail dress." At least it's cute, in theory, until I put it on and it resembles a shiny silver sausage casing.
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BlinkyMcChuck
12/29/08

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Also, "half-a-fag Carebear" is pretty frickin awardwinning. There should be something like the commies for the people who actually write the posts here.
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Hydroceph
12/29/08

@Koreanish: I think they get to keep their jobs, instead.
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BlinkyMcChuck
12/29/08

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Um, sleepover? Hi. I think it's number 5. But anyway, I'm going to a sleepover. No driving! No awkward train rides home.
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pumpkin37
12/29/08

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For the first time in YEARS, I'll have someone to kiss - really kiss - at midnight. Going to a good friend's house party, so no matter if it's a #1 or #5, the fact that I finally have a sweet, caring boyfriend will make it a good NYE.
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CaptainFantastic
12/29/08

@pumpkin37: I know you won't come back to read this, but I have a bad feeling for your NYE. Good luck, we're all counting on you.
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SarahHeartburn
12/29/08

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Many many years ago there was a bar on 2nd between 9th and 10th called the Art Cafe. On NYE in 88 they had a party for just regulars. I wore my one good dress (like, the only good one I've ever owned in my life, a Perry Ellis), and was so dolled up the staff didn't recognize me. My BF at the time showed up from his hospital job in his uniform just before midnight, champagne flowed, and fun was had. Best NYE party I've ever had. And the subway was of course free all night, and filled with congenial silly folk still in party mode (rare, for the crack-ridden 80's). To anyone who worked at the Art, thanks for a really good time.
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MrInBetween
12/29/08

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I'll be doing Number 4 this year but with one slight revision: A bottle of Maker's Mark. All mine.
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kityglitr
12/29/08

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Wow. It's rather obvious that you people are NYC types. I grew up in a city, but I live in a small college town. Everyone over the age of 21 goes to see a band or a show on New Year's. Luckily, I'm in a band, so I always have the most awesome time. There is NOTHING like getting paid to get shit faced and play music all night with your friends. Folks at the show are also so shit faced that they don't care what you play, just keep the music coming. And free champagne.
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QueenAlice
12/29/08

@kityglitr: Well woopity doodle for you, bumpkin. Enjoy your poppers and asti from Piggly Wiggly Captain Small Town.
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Hydroceph
12/29/08

@QueenAlice: Can't you just feel the love? That's what i love about this webpage--the love.
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QueenAlice
12/29/08

@Hydroceph: I was just kidding. I'm just crabby because I have to be at work today when it seems like everyone else is NOT.
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Hydroceph
12/29/08

@QueenAlice: no worries, i'm at work today, hence my frantic and fevered responses to everything. But really, the effervescent wit? don't apologize. it's why we're here, right? Snark on, O Queen.
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QueenAlice
12/29/08

@Hydroceph: High five fellow trapped at work brother. I'll buy you a drink later.
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Hydroceph
12/29/08

@QueenAlice: working between the holidays. that sucks. even my boss has taken the day off. i swear, if it weren't for Gawker i'd have hurled myself from my office window by now. of course i'm on the third floor and there are lots of trees, so i'd probably live, which would defeat the purpose.

second round's on me. why are we doing this to ourselves? besides to pay for food, shelter, and clothing, i mean.
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smecktacular
12/29/08

@Hydroceph: Not to jump in, but make that third round on me. This blows.
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Hydroceph
12/29/08

@smecktacular: and not in the good way. you're in. welcome aboard.
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howdybeep (runs with monkey wrenches)
12/29/08

@Hydroceph: Fourth round's on me. Also, I will provide the Advil to those stuck in their cubes along with me on Jan. 1.
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QueenAlice
12/29/08

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EVERYONE....Follow me and flee to the Cleve to drink Icehouse from a keg with my parents, sing John Denver songs instead of auld lang syne, draw penises on their arms when they pass out at 10pm, and finally at midnight go stare into Lake Erie contemplating your choices of being a workaholic, alcoholic cat lady, or walking into the lake Norman Maine style. Give up, switch to cheap red wine from a box, and cry bitter bitter tears at the prospect of another year of life.

HAPPY NEW YEAR
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Hydroceph
12/29/08

@QueenAlice: I'm sorry, is this a description of your plans, or a cry for help?
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QueenAlice
12/29/08

@Hydroceph: Duh, my plans - except by parent's house in Cleve I meant my 11 sf of home in Brooklyn, and by cheap red wine from a box I meant really cheap red boxed wine.
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Hydroceph
12/29/08

@QueenAlice: hmmm, can i take a pass on the red wine and John Denver? I have standards. They're low, but they're there. I'll join you in the bitter tears at the prospect of another year of life, though.
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QueenAlice
12/29/08

@Hydroceph: Cool. Drop by say at 7 - early, I know, but I want to be doing that loud, hyperventilating toddler weeping by 10, and firmly in quiet depression by midnight.
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Hydroceph
12/29/08

@QueenAlice: no worries, i'm from the provinces and we go to bed early anyway. it's actually a law.
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QueenAlice
12/29/08

@Hydroceph: Oh good. At least if you're asleep I don't have to pretend make-out with you.
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Hydroceph
12/29/08

@QueenAlice: no worries on that score, either. ooh, 'score.' i just made a funny.

anyhoo, you can totally (totes? like i said, i'm from the provinces) lie about the making-part, too, depending on whether your friends think i'm cute or a complete waste of complex protein molecules. you know, whatever increases your social capital.
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htotheomo
12/29/08

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HYPER-EARNEST ALERT:

I'm late to the party, but I find New Year's to be better enjoyed alone. I try to reflect on the year that's passed and on the year upcoming.

I buy myself flowers, cheeses, crackers and better-than-I-can-afford Champagne.

It's not the most exciting time or even the best, especially this year, but I enjoy myself.

Richard: This is such a delightful piece.
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Mad Due to No More Bonnets
12/29/08

@htotheomo: Last New Year's Eve, I was stood up (through text message! at 5pm!) by someone I was super infatuated with. It turned what I was sure was lined up to be a 5 into me tagging along for a very, very pathetic 2.

In the same earnest vein, you've absolutely got the right idea.
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htotheomo
12/29/08

@Mad Due to No More Bonnets: It's like a little party - for me! Plus, I get to choose everything I consume since it isn't for the masses.

For me it's white hydrangeas, hivarti with dill, Camembert, and Bollinger.

Plus an old movie.
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Hydroceph
12/29/08

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So what kind of dreadful and unlikely resolutions are y'all making?
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Mad Due to No More Bonnets
12/29/08

@Hydroceph: No more Monday hangovers.
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Truculent
12/29/08

@Hydroceph: Trying to waste at least double the amount of work time I now dedicate to Gawker.
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QueenAlice
12/29/08

@Truculent: ASK ME HOW!
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Truculent
12/29/08

@QueenAlice: Well, I want to stay employed because the money is good but I really don't like working on the dogshit projects now on my desk. I check Gawker with the frequency and frenzy of a chimp masturbating in a zoo cage. What do you recommend to expand my quality time on America's favorite blog?
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Hydroceph
12/29/08

@Truculent: I check Gawker with the frequency and frenzy of a chimp masturbating in a zoo cage. Hey! I resemble that remark!
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