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New Year's Eve: Where Will YOU Be? (09:Moonpies, sweeter and texting speed) (10:Mafia rules)
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Sally, la reina
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Dec 31, 2008 10:58AM
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Jackie, I'm still so sad that I was out of town when you came to Portland, last. :(
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I love Jake's Grill, too! Good seafood EVERYTHING there, and it's within walking distance of Powell's.Sarah, I should be visiting Portland again sometime in February. I'll let you know when once I've figured it out. So if you're going to San Francisco again, go in January!
I will be out of town the 13th-15th. Don't pick that weekend!
Okay, no Portland trip Feb. 13-15. I will mark it in my calendar, Sarah.
I'm going to a (mostly) lesbian pajama party! (WooWoo!)
Sally, I live in Sacramento. Maybe when you are in San Francisco we could meet up! You, me, and Booby?
Oh, and also? I might be drunk posting tonight. Our plans got canceled and frankly, I'm relieved. We've been under a lot of stress recently and it'll be nice to just relax with my book and a bottle or two of wine.
I expect regular reports from that slumber party, Mindy. And drunk posts any minute from RA.
Well, if you are all drinking already, you'll be passed out by the time anything good happens (if it does). The party doesn't start till 11:00. I hope it's not all couples, though. I hate being the lone single person at a party.
I'm still on beer one. I'm easing into it. Patience, Jackie. What are people doing in your office?
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It's 6:45 and I've had two (2) glasses of wine. I'm really good at pacing, though, so I will be awake at midnight (Eastern time midnight, that is).
It is vewwy, vewwy quiet at work, RA. Lot's of folks have gone home already, or were on vacation today.
You work in a library. Isn't it always very quiet?
Can you sneak out? I feel like I'm often a bad influence on Jackie. I'm ok with that.
Almost everyone has gone home, that is... except for the head of the entire library system, who just stopped by my office to say "Happy New Year!" Good thing I wasn't posting on GoodReads just at that moment...
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Oh, then you looked all diligent, staying later...score on for Jackie.Our hours are flexible, and I tend to get to my office very early and leave somewhat early. So I get paranoid that people think I'm slacking. That's the problem with flexible hours.
Heading to beer two...racing Larry...gotta catch up.
I'm going to turn off the computer, finish a movie, and keep drinking. More later...
I'm heading home... Later, dudes!
Be safe on the way home, Jacks! It's dangerous for pedestrians out there!
I'm home, and I'm eating eggrolls and drinking hot buttered rum. I don't recommend the combination, though.Next, I'm going to eat guacamole!
Good luck, KD!I take it egg rolls were as close as you could get to Chinese food, Jacks.
I'm significantly buzzed and watching the Hunter S. Thompson documentary. I may turn it off soon and listen to music in the dark.
Yeah, I stopped at Safeway on the way home, and went to the Chinese counter at the deli. Careful with that Hunter S. Thompson stuff, RA. That could give you a hangover if you're not careful.
I'm watching Rick Steves' Europe. I'm just going crazy tonight!
My daughter's birthday is tomorrow, so my wife tells me I'll be putting together a tricycle tonight. Awesome!
Is that traditional where you're from, Cyril? Bicycle assembly on New Year's?
I think it's going to be a custom to put something together on New Year's Eve for a long time now.
Cyril, be careful of legos. I swear, some lego sets have 4,000 pieces. Luckily my kids are old enough to put them together on their own, if so inclined.I would request footage of you riding the tricycle, if you do, by the way.
I'm on beer six. The documentary is quite good so far. I'm learning a lot about Mr. Thompson. I just paused it while getting, ahem, beer #6.
Is that Gonzo, RA? We watched it a few weeks back and I was really quite pleased with it.
So what is your favorite fact so far about Thompson, RA?
The man definitely knew how to throw a funeral.
Yes, I think it's Gonzo, Logan...it's the one with Johnny Depp narrating.I don't know if it's a fact, but apparently Hunter S. Thompson was on some weird tv show in the sixties during which two other people pretended to be him and the contestants had to ask questions to find out who was the real HST. Also, they show some scenes of him freaking out and being a total asshole. I'm only about thirty minutes into the doc. They don't have subtitles so I can't watch it on 2X. I hate that.
That sounds like the game show "To Tell the Truth", RA. I used to watch that, and it was so lame at the end when the real whoever had to stand up at the end, and they would all pretend like they were going to stand up and would sort of hover up and down for awhile. Of course, right now it seems pretty hilarious...
How many beers does it take to get you drunk, anyway, RA? I'd be under the table by now if I were on beer six...
I think RA must have passed out. Shouldn't have had that 7th beer, RA!
He was so close, too. Only an hour from ball drop in his zone.
I stopped at beer seven and yes, passed out. I'm somewhat hungover today. I only got properly drunk three times in 2008. I'm out of practice. I'm ok with that.
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But TMI, claro. I'm just trying to say it was a fun evening, good music, fun times.
*hobbles to kitchen for more coffee*
Well, the mostly lesbian pajama party was a snooze, but it was nice to be with friends and we had a yummy New Year's breakfast.And from the few accounts I've heard so far, Mobile's Moonpie Drop sucked, but the story made it all over the country, so Mobile got its money's worth in press coverage. (The huge stink here was that it was frivilous to spend $9K on a giant moonpie when the economy's so bad, but I thought it was a good--if hokey--idea b/c of the publicity. Mobile bills itself as "America's Family Mardi Gras," and it is a really fun time and much more accessible than Mardi Gras in N.O. Y'all come!)
I had one and a half hot buttered rums, watched The Apartment and the Space Needle fireworks, and went to bed.Now I'm doing laundry and am thinking about going to see a serious film. Or maybe I'll go see The Spirit, which I would probably enjoy way more than Doubt.
How was the moonpie drop a dud, Mindy? Was it just lame, or did it malfunction somehow?
A couple of friends came over early in the evening to play games, but they left by nine. I had two glasses of wine, ate some pasta, watched Crash with my husband, saw the ball drop, and then went to bed with my book.
Oh yeah, and I got my New Year's text from Montambo!
Someday I've got to figure out this texting business, but so far, I don't see the use of it, other than greetings from girls named Sarah... ;D
I think it's faster and more efficient than calling. For one thing, the person you're trying to contact may not be available to take a phone call. I also like how you don't have to go through the preliminaries of "hi, how are you, this is Sarah, is this a good time" etc. I can just text "What time are you coming over?" and get an answer "Three."
