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NEW YEAR'S EVE!!!
Is it just me? Am I the only one to not really care?
I don't mean in a "Bah humbug" way, just in a "so what?" way.
11:59..."Excellent! 60 seconds to go!"
12:00..."Hurrah! Happy New Year!"
12:01..."So, anything actually changed?"
12:02..."Not at all. Except I am drunk."
Last new year's eve sucked big time.
My girlfriend's dad died on Dec 13th and she went back to New Zealand (this is not a "please feel sorry for me" post), and I went with my boys to a pub.
They did their duo thing and it was ok, and at 11:30pm I left to drive home so I could be there at midnight when she was phoning. (New Zealand is 13hrs ahead of us).
This new year we shall get a bottle of wine and go sit down on the banks of the Thames and sit quietly and think of absent people, the future and all the usual stuff.
But there's this "You're not going to a party? You sad fool!".
New Year is one of the busiest times for The Samaritans, the whole festive period is really, because everyone is so intent on showing how much fun they're all having that those that don't feel like it are made to feel like freaks.
Sure, the calander changes to the next year, but nothing actually changes. The same old problems will still be there the next morning, the same hopes/dreams/fears/ambitions but people seem to expect some elixir to wash away all strife.
Doesn't happen folks.
And I don't get why people can be happy and smiling with strangers for one evening of the year, and then go right back to being selfish little me-monkeys for the rest of the year.
If you can manage that, to be happy and relaxed for new year's eve, then keep it up for the entire year.
It's not that hard.
Either be happy and full of joy for 365 days of the year, or not at all.
Remember, a conscience isn't just for Christmas, it's for life.
Is it just me? Am I the only one to not really care?
I don't mean in a "Bah humbug" way, just in a "so what?" way.
11:59..."Excellent! 60 seconds to go!"
12:00..."Hurrah! Happy New Year!"
12:01..."So, anything actually changed?"
12:02..."Not at all. Except I am drunk."
Last new year's eve sucked big time.
My girlfriend's dad died on Dec 13th and she went back to New Zealand (this is not a "please feel sorry for me" post), and I went with my boys to a pub.
They did their duo thing and it was ok, and at 11:30pm I left to drive home so I could be there at midnight when she was phoning. (New Zealand is 13hrs ahead of us).
This new year we shall get a bottle of wine and go sit down on the banks of the Thames and sit quietly and think of absent people, the future and all the usual stuff.
But there's this "You're not going to a party? You sad fool!".
New Year is one of the busiest times for The Samaritans, the whole festive period is really, because everyone is so intent on showing how much fun they're all having that those that don't feel like it are made to feel like freaks.
Sure, the calander changes to the next year, but nothing actually changes. The same old problems will still be there the next morning, the same hopes/dreams/fears/ambitions but people seem to expect some elixir to wash away all strife.
Doesn't happen folks.
And I don't get why people can be happy and smiling with strangers for one evening of the year, and then go right back to being selfish little me-monkeys for the rest of the year.
If you can manage that, to be happy and relaxed for new year's eve, then keep it up for the entire year.
It's not that hard.
Either be happy and full of joy for 365 days of the year, or not at all.
Remember, a conscience isn't just for Christmas, it's for life.
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Ice Blaster wrote:
> cookie monster wrote:
> I concur, i find new years eve (or hogmany as we
> call it up here) a tad boring,
> all the telly shows is crappy ceildeh
> (dunno how to spell it and i dont care)
> dancing. And most people
> pretending to have fun when all the really want is to
> be tucked up in bed
> out of the cold.
don't you want to catch up on the 2001 past events with
> Johanthan Woss on BBC 1: New years eve!?
I checked the TV paper and the program you mentioned does not appear, i therefore conclude it is a treat to be indulged in only by you folk down south.
> cookie monster wrote:
> I concur, i find new years eve (or hogmany as we
> call it up here) a tad boring,
> all the telly shows is crappy ceildeh
> (dunno how to spell it and i dont care)
> dancing. And most people
> pretending to have fun when all the really want is to
> be tucked up in bed
> out of the cold.
don't you want to catch up on the 2001 past events with
> Johanthan Woss on BBC 1: New years eve!?
I checked the TV paper and the program you mentioned does not appear, i therefore conclude it is a treat to be indulged in only by you folk down south.
Ice Blaster wrote:
when your old like Goaty
> they don't mean much:D
--
*chuckle*
That made me laugh. 28 isn't old.
Is it?
when your old like Goaty
> they don't mean much:D
--
*chuckle*
That made me laugh. 28 isn't old.
Is it?
cookie monster wrote:
> I concur, i find new years eve (or hogmany as we call it up here) a tad boring,
> all the telly shows is crappy ceildeh (dunno how to spell it and i dont care)
> dancing. And most people pretending to have fun when all the really want is to
> be tucked up in bed out of the cold.
don't you want to catch up on the 2001 past events with Johanthan Woss on BBC 1: New years eve!?
> I concur, i find new years eve (or hogmany as we call it up here) a tad boring,
> all the telly shows is crappy ceildeh (dunno how to spell it and i dont care)
> dancing. And most people pretending to have fun when all the really want is to
> be tucked up in bed out of the cold.
don't you want to catch up on the 2001 past events with Johanthan Woss on BBC 1: New years eve!?
I don't drink.
Therefore when I do partake, it takes very little to get me blasted.
Which makes me a cheap evening out.
Hurrah.
Although with a formidable history of rock drummers, I perhaps need to build my tolerance up?
Nah, I don't drink but I'll trip anyone here under the table.
Therefore when I do partake, it takes very little to get me blasted.
Which makes me a cheap evening out.
Hurrah.
Although with a formidable history of rock drummers, I perhaps need to build my tolerance up?
Nah, I don't drink but I'll trip anyone here under the table.
I concur, i find new years eve (or hogmany as we call it up here) a tad boring, all the telly shows is crappy ceildeh (dunno how to spell it and i dont care) dancing. And most people pretending to have fun when all the really want is to be tucked up in bed out of the cold.
Goatboy wrote:
> GCSEs dont count for squat, so dont feel too bad.
To right, unless your 16 and need to get into college. when your old like Goaty they don't mean much:D
> GCSEs dont count for squat, so dont feel too bad.
To right, unless your 16 and need to get into college. when your old like Goaty they don't mean much:D
Sniper[UKČ] wrote:
> M8 this has been awful year for me...... including failing in GCSe's and
> stuff.... life has been so low well i can't wait for the NEW YEAR!.
Sniper, I had GCSE's and all, but now I am drunk so it don't mean a rat's bottom!!
And Goatboy- you get drunk in 3 minutes???
> M8 this has been awful year for me...... including failing in GCSe's and
> stuff.... life has been so low well i can't wait for the NEW YEAR!.
Sniper, I had GCSE's and all, but now I am drunk so it don't mean a rat's bottom!!
And Goatboy- you get drunk in 3 minutes???
GCSEs dont count for squat, so dont feel too bad.
M8 this has been awful year for me...... including failing in GCSe's and stuff.... life has been so low well i can't wait for the NEW YEAR!.
NEW YEAR'S EVE!!!
Is it just me? Am I the only one to not really care?
I don't mean in a "Bah humbug" way, just in a "so what?" way.
11:59..."Excellent! 60 seconds to go!"
12:00..."Hurrah! Happy New Year!"
12:01..."So, anything actually changed?"
12:02..."Not at all. Except I am drunk."
Last new year's eve sucked big time.
My girlfriend's dad died on Dec 13th and she went back to New Zealand (this is not a "please feel sorry for me" post), and I went with my boys to a pub.
They did their duo thing and it was ok, and at 11:30pm I left to drive home so I could be there at midnight when she was phoning. (New Zealand is 13hrs ahead of us).
This new year we shall get a bottle of wine and go sit down on the banks of the Thames and sit quietly and think of absent people, the future and all the usual stuff.
But there's this "You're not going to a party? You sad fool!".
New Year is one of the busiest times for The Samaritans, the whole festive period is really, because everyone is so intent on showing how much fun they're all having that those that don't feel like it are made to feel like freaks.
Sure, the calander changes to the next year, but nothing actually changes. The same old problems will still be there the next morning, the same hopes/dreams/fears/ambitions but people seem to expect some elixir to wash away all strife.
Doesn't happen folks.
And I don't get why people can be happy and smiling with strangers for one evening of the year, and then go right back to being selfish little me-monkeys for the rest of the year.
If you can manage that, to be happy and relaxed for new year's eve, then keep it up for the entire year.
It's not that hard.
Either be happy and full of joy for 365 days of the year, or not at all.
Remember, a conscience isn't just for Christmas, it's for life.
Is it just me? Am I the only one to not really care?
I don't mean in a "Bah humbug" way, just in a "so what?" way.
11:59..."Excellent! 60 seconds to go!"
12:00..."Hurrah! Happy New Year!"
12:01..."So, anything actually changed?"
12:02..."Not at all. Except I am drunk."
Last new year's eve sucked big time.
My girlfriend's dad died on Dec 13th and she went back to New Zealand (this is not a "please feel sorry for me" post), and I went with my boys to a pub.
They did their duo thing and it was ok, and at 11:30pm I left to drive home so I could be there at midnight when she was phoning. (New Zealand is 13hrs ahead of us).
This new year we shall get a bottle of wine and go sit down on the banks of the Thames and sit quietly and think of absent people, the future and all the usual stuff.
But there's this "You're not going to a party? You sad fool!".
New Year is one of the busiest times for The Samaritans, the whole festive period is really, because everyone is so intent on showing how much fun they're all having that those that don't feel like it are made to feel like freaks.
Sure, the calander changes to the next year, but nothing actually changes. The same old problems will still be there the next morning, the same hopes/dreams/fears/ambitions but people seem to expect some elixir to wash away all strife.
Doesn't happen folks.
And I don't get why people can be happy and smiling with strangers for one evening of the year, and then go right back to being selfish little me-monkeys for the rest of the year.
If you can manage that, to be happy and relaxed for new year's eve, then keep it up for the entire year.
It's not that hard.
Either be happy and full of joy for 365 days of the year, or not at all.
Remember, a conscience isn't just for Christmas, it's for life.
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