# So What Are You Doing New Year's Eve That's Out of the Ordinary? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 30, 2006, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-doing-new-years-eve-thats-out-of-the-ordinary/386083 "2006-12-30T04:56:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-doing-new-years-eve-thats-out-of-the-ordinary/386083/21 "2006-12-31T04:00:12Z")
Going to a stranger’s house. Husband’s band is playing a house party (other members booked it without asking us, so I am a little bent out of shape about it). We both hate going to parties NYE, especially to go somewhere we aren’t familiar with. Ah well. Last year we were riding home from San Francisco in the (torrential) rain. When we got home around 8:30, we took a hot shower to warm up and promptly collapsed from exhaustion. I have never been so cold, wet, and tired. I’ve also never had a better road trip. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-doing-new-years-eve-thats-out-of-the-ordinary/386083/22 "2006-12-31T04:09:37Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] We’ll be having some friends over. We usually rent movies and watch them in our pajamas while eating take-out. [/QUOTE] We’re going to friend’s. We’ll rent movies and eat take-out. (Chinese.) No pyjamas, though. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-doing-new-years-eve-thats-out-of-the-ordinary/386083/23 "2006-12-31T04:32:55Z")
[Watching snow melt](http://www.weather.com/newscenter/fcstsummary.html?from=wxcenter_news), apparently. I doubt the roads will be good enough for me to want to drive on them after dark, even if I had a burning desire to go out. At least the fireworks the people down the street shoot off for any and all occasions aren’t likely to start any fires this time around! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-doing-new-years-eve-thats-out-of-the-ordinary/386083/24 "2006-12-31T04:37:50Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] You mean my birthday!?!?!?! [/QUOTE] I’ve always thought December 31 was the coolest possible birthdate. Have a great one! ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-doing-new-years-eve-thats-out-of-the-ordinary/386083/25 "2006-12-31T05:36:48Z")
I’m getting Silly Drunk (yes, that needs to be capitalized) with friends and playing Guitar Hero/Mario Party. Oh, it’ll be great. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-doing-new-years-eve-thats-out-of-the-ordinary/386083/26 "2006-12-31T05:35:00Z")
I’m getting Silly Drunk (yes, that needs to be capitalized) with friends and playing Guitar Hero/Mario Party. Oh, it’ll be great. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-doing-new-years-eve-thats-out-of-the-ordinary/386083/27 "2006-12-31T05:56:33Z")
[Circus Maximus](http://giantclub.com/) for me. I’m generally one who likes a quiet NYE, but the lineup is too good to miss: Sasha & Digweed Armin van Buuren Ferry Corsten Sander Kleinenberg ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-doing-new-years-eve-thats-out-of-the-ordinary/386083/28 "2006-12-31T06:05:31Z")
I live quite close to Sydney harbour and it’s 5.00pm on New Year’s Eve. The normal crowds are starting to mass for this evening’s fireworks and, as usual, my street is getting very congested. The unusual bit is that this year people are offering me money to be able to park in my empty garage. The last one offered $200 for an evening’s parking. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-doing-new-years-eve-thats-out-of-the-ordinary/386083/29 "2006-12-31T14:30:33Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] We’ll be having some friends over. We usually rent movies and watch them in our pajamas while eating take-out. [/QUOTE] Friends have been struck down with a case of viral death and as such, it’s back to movies. Damn it. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-doing-new-years-eve-thats-out-of-the-ordinary/386083/30 "2006-12-31T14:49:57Z")
For the first time, I will NOT be watching the ball drop. Our house (by choice) does not have cable TV, so the only indicator of the new year will be our clocks. ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-doing-new-years-eve-thats-out-of-the-ordinary/386083/31 "2006-12-31T15:37:18Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] You mean my birthday!?!?!?! [/QUOTE] Woo hoo! Happy birthday **twickster**! In the same vein, the unusual thing I’ll be doing today is celebrating the day before my birthday. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-doing-new-years-eve-thats-out-of-the-ordinary/386083/32 "2006-12-31T16:06:04Z")
I’ll be in prison. Which, because I work there, isn’t that out of the ordinary for me. But I don’t usually work there at night - I’ll be covering for another guy so he can take the night off. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-doing-new-years-eve-thats-out-of-the-ordinary/386083/33 "2006-12-31T18:04:50Z")
[QUOTE=Nancarrow] Woo hoo! Happy birthday **twickster**! [/QUOTE] Seconded! Have a great one, Twicks! [QUOTE=Nancarrow] In the same vein, the unusual thing I’ll be doing today is celebrating the day before my birthday. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Me, too. Presents at midnight! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-doing-new-years-eve-thats-out-of-the-ordinary/386083/34 "2007-01-01T02:01:40Z")
I normally go out with my friends, but since I now live two hours away from them and have to work in the morning, roomie and I will be watching the Entourage marathon tonight. I started my day at a 7am work meeting, then sleeping until four, then finishing the third season of Queer as Folk. I will be having a few drinks but they will be consumed on my recliner in jeans and a hoodie. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-doing-new-years-eve-thats-out-of-the-ordinary/386083/35 "2007-01-01T02:13:47Z")
Happy birthday, **twickster** and **Nancarrow**! Congratulations, **Misnomer** and **Alice the Goon** and all others with new love! Yay, **Kyla**! Me, I’m… on the Straight Dope. (You knew that was coming). Oh. What am I doing that’s _un_usual? Ummm… I defragged my computer today. That’s about it. I’m just getting over my own case of Nasty Chest Cold. :: prepares to go read a book, and continue to learn about the art of doing business :: ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-doing-new-years-eve-thats-out-of-the-ordinary/386083/36 "2007-01-01T02:14:48Z")
And happy birthday, **Athena**! ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-doing-new-years-eve-thats-out-of-the-ordinary/386083/37 "2007-01-01T02:44:11Z")
Well, today I saw the Broadway revival of _Company_, watched the crowds fill into Times Square, and am now back at home in my apartment where I will spend the rest of the night watching TV. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-doing-new-years-eve-thats-out-of-the-ordinary/386083/38 "2007-01-01T17:26:17Z")
Apparently we’re starting a family feud. We went over to my BILs house. The other SIL and BIL were not invited. My MIL called Ivylad to wish him a Happy New Year and seemed a little miffed at where we’d been. Long story, involving a formerly close family that is starting to get a bit ragged around the edges due to a perceived imbalance in the family dynamic. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-doing-new-years-eve-thats-out-of-the-ordinary/386083/39 "2007-01-02T01:26:12Z")
[QUOTE=Alice The Goon] We’d both been looking for a long time, **Misnomer** , I was always coming across you in the online dating threads, and I wish you luck with your new guy! [/QUOTE] Thank you – and I sincerely wish the same to you! 🙂 [QUOTE=auntie em] YAY for NYE LUV! I felt the same way on NYE of 2002, when I knew I’d be spending it with SkipMagic, whom I’d met earlier that year. I bought a new skirt for the occasion. Then he showed up at my house SI-I-ICK, and ended up falling asleep on my couch at around 11:00. It was still one of the best New Year’s Eves I’d ever had. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Awww … it’s awesome that you guys have that story now, though. 🙂 We had a very low-key NYE: we’d been out/stayed up late on Saturday night, so we slept in on Sunday, had a late lunch, then slept a little more and watched _Office Space_ before heading out to what must have been the least-crowded bar ever on New Year’s Eve. It’s where my BF hangs out a lot, though, so he knew some people there and we had fun drinking and hanging out … and the having someone to kiss at midnight thing was _awesome_. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-doing-new-years-eve-thats-out-of-the-ordinary/386083.md?page=1)