2000: At a party at a friend's house. Drunk. Told Adam he should shut off all the electricity at midnight (remember, Y2K scare?). He did, but he broke one when he turned it back on, so most of the house was without electricity after that.
2001: I don't remember! I can't think of it. I'd have just moved to Seattle a few months earlier. It would have been two months before the earthquake, and before an epic road trip I took to Vegas with my friend Steve. What the fuck did I do for New Year's though? DAMMIT. I might not have done anything.
2002: In Orange County hanging out with a good friend who I also had a suuuuuuuuper-mega crush on AND who I had *ahem* relations *ahem* with at a scooter rally earlier in the year. We went to see Deke Dickerson, Big Sandy, and The Paladins at uh... some club in Hollywood. The rest of the evening is a blur.
2003: I had to dig in to my LiveJournal to jog my memory on this one. I was single this year. I went to karaoke at the Little Red Hen with a bunch of peeps that I'd worked with at Rivals.com. I met a girl who I was totally in to and she gave me her number! We went on one date a few days later and then she got back together with her old boyfriend.
2004: I had to go to LiveJournal for this one too, because I was so fucking wasted I've completely forgotten the evening. Apparently, though, Susie and I went to see Big Sandy and the Fly-Rite Boys at the Tractor in Seattle, which is definitely something I'd have done. Anyway, we apparently drunk-dialed the dog (we had an answering machine and knew he'd be able to hear us), and some other peeps. Sorry, peeps. And dog.
2005: Poker night at Mike and Katie's in Sammamish with Otis, Kari, and Susie.
2006: Seeing David Cross and Zach Galifinaikis at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco with Otis, Kari, and Susie. David Cross came on way late so he only had 20 minutes, 15 of which he spent dealing with a heckler.
2007: Seeing Hepcat and the Aggrolites at Slim's in San Francisco with Susie, Paul, Janelle, and Dano.
2008: On a boat on the Nile River in Cairo with Kendal, Nadia, and some other friends. Even though Kendal and I had (fake, at the time) wedding rings on, the boat driver still wouldn't let us sit too close together. At midnight we politely shook hands.
2009: At a blackjack table with Kendal and a soldier that was about to deploy. Can't really articulate the glory of this night, but I know my wife gets it.
That's a pretty solid set! Three states, two countries, many bands... Not bad at all. Tonight's looking good too. We're going to just walk down to Waikiki and drop in on one of our favorite bars. It's right across from the beach so we'll be able to watch the fireworks at midnight. Then, we're coming home to party with the dog and watch Jersey Shore.
It's been a pretty great year for us. We moved to Hawaii!
