You're spending your New Year's Eve, how?

[fable]

It's one of many cold, dreary days, with several inches of snow on the way. So I'm spending NYE late celebrations indoors with my wife, drinking wine, and sitting by the fire, and hoping she's over her cold, soon.

And you?

[Lady Dragonfly]

I am home, tired after a long working day. Champaign and home-made Napoleon pastry at midnight, in 3 hours.

Meanwhile, here is my 2008 Horoscope I would like to share with you:

...You were born on White Metal Monkey Day . The Day Mater is Metal, therefore you are a Metal-type person.

Year 2008 is a year of Brown Earth Rat. The major elements in this year are Earth and Water.

Earth is your Parent Star. When the Parent Star appears in your cycle, you will feel too much restrain from parents, teachers or boss, because you will get their attention. You might have opportunity to become close to the wise, sophisticated people or learn something from them, even in religion area. You become more conservative, patient and gain endurance. Sometimes, you lack of some confidence, cannot express your opinions well like before and then damage your fame or reputation. You might have to stay with parents or close to them often. If you are in school or doing the research, you will learn useful knowledge during this period. You should pay attention to your health as well, because you might have to take medicine for your body. So you need more exercise and outdoor activities.

When will these events happen? Earth starts in June (Earth Horse) 2008....


Comment: If in 2008 you happen to notice that I cannot express my opinions "well like before", and too much restrain seems to spell doom for my fame and reputation, please give me an opportunity to become close to the wise, sophisticated people (you).

Water is your Child Star. When the Child Star appears in your cycle, you have no fear and like to argue with teachers, boss or parents. Sometimes, you cannot handle your temper well and like to use an offensive language. You become more talkative and considerate than before and cannot keep a secret. So you have to watch your language and words. Since you are good at expressing yourself during this period, it's a good time to write something about your thoughts. If you can express something special, then you can gain your credibility and perhaps become famous. So you will be busy and might have to do more than one job.

When will these events happen? Rat starts in November (Water Pig) 2008 or December (Wood Rat) 2008....

Comment: I cannot handle my temper well because Water appears in my cycle. Now it is official. Deal with that.
I might even consider writing “something about my thoughts" using offensive language. Wouldn't that be "something special"? They say it is a good time but I am not sure... (see, lack of confidence already, and 2008 is not even here).

[C-K'R[PhoEniX]]

I was in the club with my friends, drinking.

Oh well, I had a good time.

[Eerhardt]

Well, New Year's Eve is spent . Spent it with some friends, first at the restaurant and afterwards the countdown and drinks at my place . Going to see the old folks today .

[Maharlika]

New Year's Eve is always family time for us.

Countdown at home with family, then mom started throwing 1-year-worth of coins saved for this occassion. I think I got $5 worth of coins.

Of course, there was drinking and alcohol was flowing as usual.

Fireworks weren't as loud and as often compared to years past. I guess more people thought the wiser of spending their hard-earned money for things more worth it than some noisemakers...

[AvatarOfLight]

Alone in my room, strolling these boards.

PM tissues, hugs and flames plx

[Tricky]

Toasting around the burning remains of several basements worth of furniture, hoping I don't get hit by fireworks set off by the other four hundred visitors.

(I did actually get hit twice)

[v1k1ng]

i just came home from the party (its 15:00 here). i was with friends, i was drunk and got laid. couldnt be better xD

[Curry]

Indeed, that's pretty much describes my night too

[DesR85]

Gone out to see the fireworks at midnight, which were bland. After I wake up, I go out to do some sightseeing.

[Fiberfar]

Dinner at home and then heading over to a friend of mine.
Drank a lot of beer before we watched the fireworks (well, we actually managed to use $350 on it ). Afterwards we went inside to play poker.

[BlueSky]

Had a quiet evening with the kids playing games....
Call of Duty 4
some Wii sports....
and some Morrowind for me

[dragon wench]

While we were very happy to put the past year behind us, we actually had a quiet New Year's. We opened the last of a California red we bought at a Napa vineyard several years ago, and drank it by the fire. Then, later on, I played a bit of LOTRO while the So perused a Second Life museum

So, pretty mellow

[Moonbiter]

Me'n wife visited some friends down the road, since the sprog was parked with the grandparents. I cooked us a nice meal (coz the rest of them can't make anything but frozen pizza) and then we just sat and enjoyed the food and the wine. Nice and peaceful.

[Fiberfar]

Me'n wife visited some friends down the road, since the sprog was parked with the grandparents. I cooked us a nice meal (coz the rest of them can't make anything but frozen pizza) and then we just sat and enjoyed the food and the wine. Nice and peaceful.

I take it you're not one of those who's hating out goverment for their war on private fireworks, then?

[Moonbiter]

I take it you're not one of those who's hating our goverment for their war on private fireworks, then?

I think it's pure, undiluted bollocks. We're being controlled to death. In my 40 years I've seen so many ridiculous prohibitions that it blows the mind. Toy pistols, firecrackers, skateboards, rollerskates, chopper motorcycles, strong beer, GI Joe and Action Man dolls, the list is endless. Why? To protect the few morons who abuses these things. You ban strong beer from being sold in regular stores so the winos can't get hold of it and harm themselves. Instead they're forced to drink filtered paint thinner, which you can buy everywhere. An average of 125 retards get damaged by fireworks every new years eve, so let's ban fireworks! If a drunk halfwit wants to send up a rocket with his teeth, then let him! That's called natural selection!:laugh:

[Xandax]

Was at work through some of the day, so had decided that I wanted to spend a nice quiet evening at home, having a good time on my own.
And so I did
Made some good food, opened a good bottle of wine and had champagne on chill. And then I just enjoyed the evening and relaxed, and did not stress over expectations or anything.

Also needed the evening for myself after spending 9 days of holiday with family far away from anything, during Christmas

[Magelord648]

Grandparents and my (insert any strong word here) of a dad came over. We played scrabble but cause my Dad was smoking which makes me feel sick I went up to the attic and did some modding. We watched the fireworks on TV and then I went back to the attic to watch a DVD. Came down at 4:00 to find my dad refusing to leave. My Mum eventually managed to kick him out. Apart from that it was pretty good. My Grandparents stayed the night into new years day and left in the evening.

[Denethorn]

Decided to go and watch the fireworks on Thames around the London Eye, countdown at Big Ben and all that jabber.

Put it simply, it was hell. I expected crowds, but the not crowds that took 3 hours to disperse. I think I found it worse because I had a poor woman on my arm who was dying for the toilet at half 11... AND THEY WERE ALL CLOSED. I spent 2 hours shouldering her through jam packed crowds and shunted around streets (they'd barricaded off all the usual routes so it was both scary and frustrating... you realised there was nothing you could do and you were packed in amongst thousands of drunk people).

Drugs, fighting, people letting off fireworks above their heads in the middle of the crowd. The police did nab most of them but it's still not something I wanted to see, especially as I'm trying to look after this drunk friend dying for the loo. Ahh well. Don't let it put you off London, lovely city, and very civilised. But New Year in central is not worth it for a few fireworks... most people ended up watching them on the screens anyway, and you get a more comfortable, warm and better viewing experience from the television.

So yes, this New Year was perhaps not only one of the worst New Years for me, but also one of the worst nights of my life. But ya gotta larf haven't ya. I'll say this, it was an experience and I'm glad I've done it. I can say to my grand kids I did New Years in the capital. It was an adventure... hell while I was there, but once I'd finally got everyone home safe after queuing 3 hours to the jam packed Tube there was a sense of celebration and joy for surviving it , and it's the only time I'll ever see London like that... ('cos I sure as hell ain't doing it again :laugh . Woke up to the BBC reports of 700,000 people there. I thought hundreds of thousands but not that many. And you have to remember they sectioned every one off into a very small part of the vast glorious city that is London.

I envy all those who stayed in with a cosy glass of wine. I have sworn to myself that is what I will do next year.

Happy New Year

[Fiberfar]

I think it's pure, undiluted bollocks.

Again and again and again. Bollocks is all we'll get from them.

Anyways, newyears eve is and will always be enjoyable, with or without fireworks.