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xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,300
edited December 2007 in All Encompassing Trip
it's never been a big deal for me in terms of partying, over the years, i've stayed home, worked, gone to the movies, gone over other people's houses. so what does everyone else do?
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  • Phantom PainPhantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    I do a "Power Hour" from 11pm to Midnight


    Then I drop like the ball




    :D
    My drinking team has a hockey problem

    The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill



    A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
  • MyHandsBoundMyHandsBound Posts: 698
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    it's never been a big deal for me in terms of partying, over the years, i've stayed home, worked, gone to the movies, gone over other people's houses. so what does everyone else do?


    this year I got tickets to see chris rock at msg....I'm sure I'll laugh a lot....
  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,300
    MyHandsBound wrote:
    this year I got tickets to see chris rock at msg....I'm sure I'll laugh a lot....

    cool, that sounds like fun. he's always been very funny.
    Reading 2004
    Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
    Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
    Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
    Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
    "I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • ajedigeckoajedigecko \m/deplorable af \m/ Posts: 2,430
    nothing special....we build a bon fire with friends and just hang out.
    live and let live...unless it violates the pearligious doctrine.
  • MyHandsBoundMyHandsBound Posts: 698
    one radio station was giving away tickets...when I first heard it I thought... eww 'Kid Rock'....then it clicked when the radio person said something about it being a funny show...I was like oh....then I thought, let me see, and they had tickets available...I was surprised.....my seats are way up at the top but I'm sure the sound system is great:)
  • rockpantsrockpants BC Posts: 838
    Last year I took in a WHL (Major Junior) hockey game during the evening, and I think I'll be doing the same this year. As for the actual countdown, I really don't give a shit. I'll probably be sitting here at my Mac, doing nothing of importance.
  • MyHandsBoundMyHandsBound Posts: 698
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    cool, that sounds like fun. he's always been very funny.


    if the show gets out early...if I have time... maybe I'll walk up to see the ball drop.....I've never saw it live before....
  • wolfbearwolfbear Posts: 3,965
    All across the board. Some years we go to parties, some years we have a party, some years we stay home, some years we travel. It's always different. We always have fun though. :)
    "I'd rather be with an animal." "Those that can be trusted can change their mind." "The in between is mine." "If I don't lose control, explore and not explode, a preternatural other plane with the power to maintain." "Yeh this is living." "Life is what you make it."
  • SENROCKSENROCK Posts: 10,736
    i spent too many nye's at CHURCH. yes, CHURCH foos. i dumped that tradition about 8 years ago so from then on, its all about partying like a SUPERSTAR!!!
    ~~~~~~ALWAYS HAVE A GOOD TIME~~~~~~
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  • LedbetterusLedbetterus Posts: 592
    I've never been a fan of the whole New Years crap. I always end up way too drunk at a party with shitty beer. I think this year I'm going to chill out a bit, get a bottle of wine, maybe have some friends over and just chill. Or i'll just go out and black out again :D
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  • SENROCKSENROCK Posts: 10,736
    MyHandsBound wrote:
    one radio station was giving away tickets...when I first heard it I thought... eww 'Kid Rock'....then it clicked when the radio person said something about it being a funny show...I was like oh....then I thought, let me see, and they had tickets available...I was surprised.....my seats are way up at the top but I'm sure the sound system is great:)


    what the DEVIL is wrong with seeing KID ROCK ON NEW YEARS EVE!!!!!! i would LOVVVVVVVVE THAT!!!! oh my GODDDDDDDD.
    ~~~~~~ALWAYS HAVE A GOOD TIME~~~~~~
    Sir Mike McCready is....THE MASTER!!! WAHHH!!!
    EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!

    "Pearl Jam fans are obsessed, they'd see the boys in HELL if tickets were sold."-CROJAM95

    It takes balls to put out a UKE album!
  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    I'm usually asleep by 10pm.

    X-man, hmm...it's too bad you don't live in a city with any great New Year's festivities! ;):D
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  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    recently the hubby and I have been going for a nice dinner and relaxing the rest of the night because we have family over on New Years day.
    "I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
  • Super VedderSuper Vedder Posts: 1,531
    my wife worked last years and is working this years too (she's a nurse) so im just gonna stay at home with a nice bottle of wine and smoke some cigars with my dog :D New Years Eve message boarding sounds the order of the day/night.
    Black, the greatest without a doubt........
  • spongersponger Posts: 3,159
    When I was 13 I went to a kegger type party, except it was a lot bigger than your typical kegger type party. The house had a gigantic yard and the whole damn yard which included the back, sides, and front yard were jam-packed full of people, which I thought was pretty neat. For a 13 y/o, it was a pretty cool experience.

    My dad was in the special forces when I was growing up, and he used to throw keggers at our house. Those got pretty wild at times because it was all these special forces guys and some of the fighter pilots from the nearby airbase would show up too.

    Well, this kegger I went to when I was thirteen was way more out of control.
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  • Phantom PainPhantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    sponger wrote:
    When I was 13 I went to a kegger type party, except it was a lot bigger than your typical kegger type party. The house had a gigantic yard and the whole damn yard which included the back, sides, and front yard were jam-packed full of people, which I thought was pretty neat. For a 13 y/o, it was a pretty cool experience.

    My dad was in the special forces when I was growing up, and he used to throw keggers at our house. Those got pretty wild at times because it was all these special forces guys and some of the fighter pilots from the nearby airbase would show up too.

    Well, this kegger I went to when I was thirteen was way more out of control.


    You've exceeded the quota for "Kegger" in a post

    ;)
    My drinking team has a hockey problem

    The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill



    A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
  • low lighterlow lighter Land down under Posts: 59
    I don't do a great deal, i've never been one for a huge night on nye, especially out clubbing or whatever, i cannot stand the behaviour of people out on nye so I sometimes have a BBQ and games night at my place.. i think that's what i'm doing this year too, much more fun and you can have a few drinks with your friends/family and it's much nicer.
  • cuyler41cuyler41 Posts: 383
    I'll be working in the E.R. on New Years Eve, elbow deep in other peoples misadventures. Its always crazy !
  • Sian-of-the-deadSian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    Most New Years I party hard and get brutally drunk.... normally in Birmingham or at a friends house, but, due to said friends having a wee sproglet, they won't be having a party. I've been invited to London, Leicester, Coventry AND Birmingham (probably cuz i'm a party in a person :rolleyes: ) but you know what? I really can't be arsed to go.

    Think i'm just gonna stay in with good friends and have a quiet on this year.... looking forward to that more than anything :)
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • Obi OnceObi Once Posts: 918
    The plan for this year sounds bad ass! Last year was a slow nite without going to a party, but this year we start we a party at a friend's place at 5pm, eat something and bust out the champagne at midnite and relocate to a party in an empty factory just outside the city, great location!
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  • PJaddictedPJaddicted Posts: 1,432
    For a long time we hosted a house party for all our neighbors so no one had to drive and the adults could spend it with their kids. Most of our neighborhood has either divorced or turned over, so we don't have the party anymore. Last year we went out for a 5 course wine tasting gourmet meal at a very good restaurant only 2 minutes from the house. This year we are having a few friends at the house for FONDUE!! We will be making cheese, seafood and then a chocolate fondues. This way dinner will be an all night affair.

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  • PJSerfPJSerf Posts: 637
    I'll be going on an all-inclusive dinner cruise on the Delaware River with fireworks at midnight at Penn's Landing. Should be a good time.
    "If you love someone, set them free... if someone loves you, don't fuck up" - EV
  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    Stay in. Or at least stay off the roads. There's no real reason to go out that night.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • NY PJ1NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    well i surely dont go to times square with 2 million tourists :eek:

    31 years in nyc and ive never been there once for new years eve
  • SENROCKSENROCK Posts: 10,736
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    well i surely dont go to times square with 2 million tourists :eek:

    31 years in nyc and ive never been there once for new years eve


    im disappointed. *sigh*
    ~~~~~~ALWAYS HAVE A GOOD TIME~~~~~~
    Sir Mike McCready is....THE MASTER!!! WAHHH!!!
    EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!

    "Pearl Jam fans are obsessed, they'd see the boys in HELL if tickets were sold."-CROJAM95

    It takes balls to put out a UKE album!
  • NY PJ1NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    SENROCK! wrote:
    im disappointed. *sigh*


    why??????? id rather party in a house

    up there u cant drink or do anything in the streets,, i dont see the fun in that?
    plus u cant move,, no where to use bathrooms
  • Steve DunneSteve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    Party at my house. Stevie style.

    And some dude from my neighborhood asked me if he could bring over a refridgerator full of beer. I looked at him like he was the Christ Almighty and almost kissed his feet!
    I love to turn you on
  • WhizbangWhizbang Posts: 1,314
    Phantom Pain wrote:
    You've exceeded the quota for "Kegger" in a post

    ;)

    HOWL!
    believe it or not, we don't "need" anything. that is only the spoiled brat in us trying to fill some temporary solution to an emptyness that does not exist.

    I have eaten so much gold I crapped excellence - drtyfrnk29

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  • WhizbangWhizbang Posts: 1,314
    I never used to to do much. The town where I lived was not convenient for taking a cab anywhere and I never wanted to be on the road with the drunks and the cops. I've done my share of driving under the influence but I never took chances on NYE, etc. So I usually stayed home, my mom would come over for snacks, couple of martinis and a movie. We'd never make it to midnight.

    I bought a new house in my old town last year...cab-convenient! My mom had plans with her family in North Conway, NH so I booked a reservation for myself at my favorite restaurant. Cabbed it there, had a fantastic meal and several martinis. There were shots involved in there somewhere and I vaguely remember seeing the ball drop on TV there. I'm friendly with the owner of the place and a few of the regulars so I was surrounded by good people. I had a great time. Not sure what I'll do this year....maybe go there, maybe stay home....
    believe it or not, we don't "need" anything. that is only the spoiled brat in us trying to fill some temporary solution to an emptyness that does not exist.

    I have eaten so much gold I crapped excellence - drtyfrnk29

    Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all!
  • Dylan StoneDylan Stone Posts: 1,145
    Well.....In 1992 I saw Pearl Jam and kissed Ed. :)

    This year? Having a party...even though it is looking like there may only be 3 people at it (including me and my one year old....) I am making sure it is a PARTY....with some good food, drinks, other such fun...and lots of music. Oh yeah...and a fire in the fireplace.
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