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December 31, 2003

New Year's Eve

Eff New Year's Eve! I hate it. My least favorite holiday. For some reason this night always makes me antsy. I can never stay in one place.

To start the night off, I headed out solo to Brooklyn to meet up with Vin and the gang at Chris Rubino's house's party. (Hey, look at the dork riding the subway all by himself on New Year's.)
shoes ˆ subway
audrey, dave g, julia li, ken, me, vin
Yay, I have friends! I have friends! Clockwise from top left: Vin, Ken, Dave, me, Audrey and Julia.
new years eve ˆ audrey ˆ dave g ˆ julia li ˆ ken ˆ me ˆ vin
audrey, dave g, julia li, me, vin
Take two! This time with more attitude and less Ken.
best ˆ new years eve ˆ the bird ˆ audrey ˆ dave g ˆ julia li ˆ me ˆ vin
allison, vin
Allison and Vin.
allison ˆ vin
me, vin
Here's Vin getting ready to light what he's betting me $20 will be his "last cigarette...EVER!" (Update: He managed to make it for six days before he had to hand over a Mr. Jackson.)
bet ˆ point ˆ smoke ˆ me ˆ vin
vin
Kum & Go! It's our motto!
vin
Onto the rest of the party! Woo!
party
Hey, It's this guy! I think his name is Jay, not sure. Anyway, Jay was at Rosemary's Tavern the infamous night I french-kissed a senior citizen and never fails to remind me of it every time I run into him. Big ups! Big ups!
drink ˆ strangers
dave g, liza, vin
While all of us were busy reminiscing on the college days...
dave g ˆ liza ˆ vin
dave g
...goofing off...
drink from the bottle ˆ dave g
me, vin
...and taking stupid pictures...
me ˆ vin
amy q
Amy Quick was at the party! I hadn't seen her since 1997! (Incidentally, Amy appears in the very first entry on this site from way back in 1996. Crazytalk).
amy q
liza, vin
So back to us. More goofing off and catching up....
camera ˆ new years eve ˆ party ˆ liza ˆ vin
dave g, me
...more stupid pictures.
party ˆ dave g ˆ me
allison, chris rubino, vin
Vin and Allison with Chris Rubino! Thanks for having us Chris!
metal ˆ allison ˆ chris rubino ˆ vin
Waiting for the L train ("All by myself....all by myself...")
subway platform
frank, seth
C'mon sing it boys. Took the L back into Manhattan to First Ave and walked down to 8th street to check in on the Fatty's party. I got there at 2:15am and found that things were already in, as they say, "full effect." Here's Setty and Frank.
sing ˆ frank ˆ seth
crazy jen, fatty, liz
And I found the Fatty in a rare, intoxicated state getting frizzesh with the ladies.
new years eve ˆ crazy jen ˆ fatty ˆ liz
crazy jen, fatty
Fatty and Jen were being all nawdy with each other.
drunk ˆ crazy jen ˆ fatty
crazy jen, fatty, liz
See? I'll bet you know where this is headed...(ps - Liz, you have a sick onion).
thumbs up ˆ crazy jen ˆ fatty ˆ liz
fatty
Oh, snap. The Fatty getting his New Year's smooch on.
drunk ˆ hammock ˆ kiss ˆ makeout ˆ fatty
crazy jen, fatty, liz
Add a little Liz to tha mix and the next thing you know...
drunk ˆ hammock ˆ new years eve ˆ crazy jen ˆ fatty ˆ liz
crazy jen, fatty
Bwa-ahahahaha. Drunk people in hammock = Disaster always.
drunk ˆ hammock ˆ crazy jen ˆ fatty
crazy jen, fatty, liz
Some people just don't learn.
fatty face ˆ hammock ˆ smoke ˆ crazy jen ˆ fatty ˆ liz
frank, liz
Frank and Liz caught in a gratuitious ass-cupping.
kiss ˆ frank ˆ liz
crazy jen, fatty
And then Jen took here shirt off? (I don't even remember what was going on here. I was too busy praying that my batteries wouldn't die before things got more interesting).
drunk ˆ new years eve ˆ crazy jen ˆ fatty
seth
Seth and Erinne.
tongue ˆ seth
liz, me
Me (complete with gay camo hat?) and Liz.
liz ˆ me
crazy jen, fatty
Somehow the conversation turned to fitness which led to Jen boasting that she was strong enough to pick up and carry a 200+lbs man. Here she is proving her point with the Fatty.
feats of strength ˆ crazy jen ˆ fatty
crazy jen, frank
And then lifted a doubting Frank to doubly prove her point.
feats of strength ˆ crazy jen ˆ frank
crazy jen, liz
Around 3am, with the girls getting more and more out of control, I bid Fatty and the gang farewell and headed soutwest to Tribecca.
kiss ˆ crazy jen ˆ liz
nina
Remember Nina? Of course you do! Anyway, Nina and her boyfriend Peter were housesitting an awesome apt.
best ˆ nina
By the time I got over there around 3:30ish, the party had pretty much dwindled down. But I hadn't seen Nina in ages so I hung out for an hour or so and caught up.
new years eve ˆ party
nina, peter
Nina, Peter, Josh, and Eireann.
nina ˆ peter
me, raphael, sarah
Around 5am, I headed a few blocks north up to Don Hill's to go see Sarah who was DJing at the Burning Angel New Year's party. Here's me with Sarah and Raphael.
me ˆ raphael ˆ sarah
People were dancing.
party
And getting sweaty and shirtess.
party
But mostly people were pretending they were dancing just so they could be near the stage where there were girls getting naked.
new years eve ˆ strippers
Mmmmmm....butt.
butt ˆ new years eve
raphael, sarah
Sarah does the "fuck me overbite" while the boy with the most asymetrical haircut I've ever seen half-heartedly pumps his fist.
party ˆ raphael ˆ sarah
raphael, sarah
Sarah and Raphael.
raphael ˆ sarah
greg the boyfriend, me
Ladies, you know him, you love him...and if you live in NYC, he's probably gotten drunk and tried to play grab-ass with you - it's Greg the Boyfriend! (Yo, besides Sarah's blog, Greg is the only other person I know whose website I actually read. If you haven't been there, go now.)
point ˆ greg the boyfriend ˆ me
And that's it. That's my New Year's. I danced with Sarah until 6am and then decided to call it a night and head home. Happy 2004.
new years eve ˆ party