I've got 2 kids so wont be going out, I'm 32 now so have done that plenty of times so not really bothered.. will just be opening the special bottle of whiskey and having a couple with the missus... couldn't think of anything else I'd rather be doing
Will be I'm Spain at a hotel trying to sneak into the yearly party like I do every year
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I'm having a few friends over to ring in the new year...litteraly. I have a 34" bell from an old university in my yard that traditionally sees use once a year.
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I'll likely be home for New Years Eve. Did my fair share of New Years blow out parties when I was younger and I'm pretty much over it.
As for hopes for 2013? I hope to get a decent raise at work when my 2 years comes up and wish the best for my family and friends .
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I also hope to see something smart-phone wise that blows me away more than the Galaxy Tab 2 so I can get a new phone (still love my GNEX though!)
The wife & I will probably goto First Night, it's called. A family friendly and alcohol free environment. It is near Saint Louis University campus. We went for the first time last year and really enjoyed it.
My hope for the new year is that I make even more money and hopefully find myself in a higher income tax bracket. Even though we will ALL be in a higher tax bracket, sadly.
I plan to buy a new bike, another suit and new digs.
Perhaps meet a better class of woman and hopefully stay alive long enough to answer this same question next year.
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Like others I've had enough New Year's Eve escapades to satisfy my thirst for adventure til my days are done. I'll be at home and sober, and will not venture out unless I get a call for assistance, which is not likely.
I've had drunken bashes, most memorable is one where I played DJ for a group of friends who partied late into the night, fueled by good food, alcohol and a careful selection of tunes that climaxed with a furious fire-building. Memories of faces lit only by the flickering fireplace and "Easy Money" thundering forth from my most powerful loudspeakers. Those who lasted to daybreak were served a hearty breakfast before going off to join the rest in slumber.
I've had more peaceful celebrations far from home, like a quiet evening at the American Colony Hotel in Jerusalem, sipping whiskey and swapping stories with fellow ex-pats. Lots of top secret tales that night!
I've been on the job through the midnight hour many times, not even taking notice of the time. But one time, on December 31, 1999 I took special note as the clock ticked down, waiting to see if anything went wrong to the computers when the calendar rolled over to year 2000. Nothing notable happened, so I went home, slightly disappointed and greatly relieved.
Now it's just one more "dodge the drunks" night on my calendar.
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It's New Years Eve Monday....Watcha dooin?
I have young kids, so we're staying home once again. A bag of chips, some champagne and sparking apple juice for the kids. Not complaining mind you, I'm kind of glad to have the pressure of having the perfect NYE experience behind me. My wife still wants to go to Times Square. I still say when I'm dead. Still, I like to live vicariously through others...What are you doing to ring in 2013?
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I have young kids, so we're staying home once again. A bag of chips, some champagne and sparking apple juice for the kids. Not complaining mind you, I'm kind of glad to have the pressure of having the perfect NYE experience behind me. My wife still wants to go to Times Square. I still say when I'm dead. Still, I like to live vicariously through others...What are you doing to ring in 2013?
Working grave yard shift... again.
Doesn't really bother me though as my wife and daughter will both be in LA
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I’m gonna go to the local casino, lose again for the umpteenth time, then ban myself for six months... just like I did last year.
But this time I’m gonna choose a statewide ban instead of the local-only. Then I’ll drive to neighboring Nevada ten times and lose there, just like last year.
Agreed on the staying in. There are too many crazies out there pumped full of alcohol.
Yep! Should we go out fortunately there's Sober Ride which is basically a taxi service for free for folks. Never used it as this city has plenty of public transit options.
I'll be THINKING about--but not actually DOING it--joining the folks who camp out along the Tournament of Roses Parade route. That's something I've wanted to do all my life, but still haven't.
When I was a kid growing up in Pasadena we lived 3 blocks south of Colorado Blvd, so we'd get up early on New Year's and walk 3 blocks and be there. Later, after we moved to Arcadia, I stopped going. Then I moved out of state for a zillion years.
I'd watch the Rose Parade on TV--while freezing my ass off in a place like Dallas, where it might be 7 degrees, with inches of ice everywhere--wistfully thinking about SOMEDAY being there again in person, basking in the Southern California sunshine, perhaps camping out on the route the night before.
Now, back home in Arcadia, I've only been to the parade a couple of times--the last time was literally a few weeks before my brain tumor was [finally] diagnosed in 2009. I was so dizzy I kept losing my balance while trying to walk back to my car.
I've already heard a lot of air traffic going over my house today, presumably helicopters and planes scoping things out for the parade tomorrow.
The military aircraft that do the awesome flyovers at the beginning of each year's parade sometimes fly RIGHT over my house on their way. I guess it depends on where they're taking off from as to which direction they need to go. I'm HOPING they'll be overhead tomorrow morning! Here's a pic of a B-2 stealth bomber I took at the parade in 2009:
Damn, those things go FAST!!
Finally, I have to say I get the biggest kick out of picking out tourists vs natives in the crowd at the parade. It's so easy! Tourists: dressed in short sleeves, shorts, and sandals. Natives: bundled up like Eskimos in parkas, blankets, hats, coats, gloves... *sigh* Although I AM a native, having lived where it actually gets *COLD*, I'm not in the gloves and coat crowd.
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Heard, but couldn't see, jets flying over/near my house about 5 minutes ago. It was very cloudy. I've got the parade on but haven't seen the jets I just heard, so I'm guessing they were on their way back to whichever base they started from.
BTW, had it not been for my husband being shipped to Edwards Air Force Base [here in SoCal] when he was injured overseas, we would never have met! He's from Florida, but the Air Force shipped him here for surgery. We met in Hollywood. And the rest, as they say, is history.
Did anyone watch the start of the Rose Bowl game? I didn't--but I heard the jets again right about the time it should've been starting, so I assume there was a flyover at the game, too.
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