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December 31, 2005

New Year's Eve 2005

I'm so not a person who likes to celebrate New Year's Eve. (Hell, I bitched about this holiday so much online that I even ended up getting quoted about it in a newspaper column that ran all over the country!) Rather than run from party to party, this year Niki and I decided to have a small get together at our place!

See Also:
New Year's Eve 2004
New Year's Eve 2003
New Year's Eve 2002
New Year's Eve 2001

amanda, fatty, grant, katie, siege
The affair started low-key with the usual suspects (Grant, Fatty, Katie, Amanda and Siege) chilling in my room.
222 e 3rd ˆ new years eve ˆ amanda ˆ fatty ˆ grant ˆ katie ˆ siege
meredith
Then as more people started to arrive, we moved out into the living room and set up Dance Dance Revolution! I'd even gone out a few days earlier and bought a second "dance pad" so that two people could go head-to-head in a competitive DANCE OFF! Here's Meredith and Grant squaring off.
222 e 3rd ˆ new years eve ˆ videogames ˆ meredith
seth
Seth and Erinne.
new years eve ˆ seth
grant, michael martin
Michael Martin (the most elusive dude we know) even showed up! Yay!
get a load of this guy ˆ new years eve ˆ surprise ˆ grant ˆ michael martin
Sheff testing out his dancing skills.
me, seth
Seth and I. Don't let the maroon turtleneck throw you off...
DDR ˆ videogames ˆ me ˆ seth
me, seth
...the dude's got MOOOVES.
metal ˆ me ˆ seth
We even went so far as to get a bunch of snacks and appetizers.
food ˆ samosas
siege
We even got Siege to try a veggie samosa. (It was the closest thing we had to an orange food so he really had no choice). Siege's Website
food ˆ samosas ˆ siege
grant
Grant was in the kitchen being entertained by...
grant
frank
...this guy! Frank Picarazzi in the house!
frank
liz, me
As well as the very lovely Mrs. Picarazzi (who was at the time six months preggo!)
liz ˆ me
A few dance-offs later and it was midnight! Happy 2006, everyone!
house party ˆ new years eve
me, meredith
Happy 2006, Meredith!
kiss ˆ new years eve ˆ me ˆ meredith
grant, michael martin
Happy 2006, Michael Martin!
hug ˆ new years eve ˆ grant ˆ michael martin
grant, me, michael martin
How about starting off your year as the meat in a manwich?
kiss ˆ grant ˆ me ˆ michael martin
amanda
Amanda popped the champagne!
champagne ˆ new years eve ˆ amanda
fatty, frank
Fatty played Auld Lang Syne on a tiny, tiny bugle.
new years eve ˆ fatty ˆ frank
grant, katie, meredith, siege
Grant, Mer, Siege and KT.
grant ˆ katie ˆ meredith ˆ siege
amanda, siege
Siege (drinking a Sour Apple Smirnoff Ice, no less!) and Mandy Moo.
new years eve ˆ amanda ˆ siege
frank, liz
Frank showed off Liz's work in progress! Lydia coming soon! And then it was time for New Year's Eve Portraits! Featuring...
new years eve ˆ preggo ˆ frank ˆ liz
meredith
...the awesome bag of "2006" glasses that someone had brought to the party! Happy 2006, Meredith!
new years eve ˆ meredith
grant
You're a star in 2006, Grizz!
new years eve ˆ grant
liz
Holy shit, you're going to squeeze out a kid in 2006, Liz!
new years eve ˆ liz
frank
Holy shit, you're going to be a dad in 2006, Frank!
new years eve ˆ frank
niki
Happy 2006, Niki the Roommate! (Sorry, I'm the worst roommate ever!)
new years eve ˆ niki
amanda
Happy 2006, Mrs. Peepers!
new years eve ˆ amanda
katie
Happy 2006, KT!
new years eve ˆ katie
siege
Happy 9006, Siege! (I didn't know you were celebrating the Jewish calendar!)
new years eve ˆ siege
seth
Happy 2006, Seth!
new years eve ˆ seth
me
After all the "it's a brand new year!" excitement died down...
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grant, meredith
...we got right back to playing DDR.
DDR ˆ house party ˆ new years eve ˆ videogames ˆ grant ˆ meredith
These guys were all friends of Meredith's friends and seemed to be sorta bummed about the fact that they were spending their big "NYE in NYC" watching strangers competitively dance on Xbox.
amanda, grant
But hey, that's just how we do.
DDR ˆ videogames ˆ amanda ˆ grant
frank
At some point we noticed that Frank had disappeared from the party. We found him in my room checking football scores (???) on my computer!
computer ˆ frank
amanda, frank, katie, meredith, michael martin, siege
Which sorta became the catalyst for a 2nd little mini-party in my bedroom.
amanda ˆ frank ˆ katie ˆ meredith ˆ michael martin ˆ siege
fatty, michael martin
Michael and Fatty.
fatty ˆ michael martin
As anyone who's been over my apartment can attest, as soon as someone comes near my computer, I'm always overtaken by the NEED to show them all the funny videos and/or pictures I've recently found. So with a huge audience crammed into my tiny room, it was no surprise that I busted out my favorite video of all time - the video of the teenage boy that tries to launch a bottle rocket out of his asshole.
computer
If you haven't ever seen this, you need to WATCH IT RIGHT NOW. If you've already seen it, you should watch it again.
fireworks ˆ video
grant
We spent the next 20 minutes or so watching it over and over and over. Grant was laughing so hard, I thought he was going to throw up.
cry ˆ laugh ˆ grant
frank, grant, michael martin, seth
Good times.
frank ˆ grant ˆ michael martin ˆ seth
me, meredith
The party wound down a little bit before 4am. Meredith decided to call it a night...
new years eve ˆ us ˆ me ˆ meredith
amanda, grant
...while Grant, Amanda and I hopped in a cab. They headed home and afterwards I took the cab to see if MisShapes was still going on.
new years eve ˆ taxi ˆ amanda ˆ grant
amy k, ryan mcginley
But by the time I got there, the place was dead. Right after I walked in the door, Ryan and Amy K. showed up (they'd had a mellow evening and decided to rally late as well!)
misshapes ˆ new years eve ˆ amy k ˆ ryan mcginley
ben cho, sandra
We all went downstairs and found the usual suspects hanging out down in the basement backroom.
new years eve ˆ ben cho ˆ sandra
geordon
Geordon was already going through the photos from earlier in the evening...
laptop ˆ misshapes ˆ new years eve ˆ geordon
thomas o
...and Thomas was straightening his hair! (???)
misshapes ˆ thomas o
leigh, me
The Tinny! I stole this picture from Amy's account of the night because I like it so much!
hug ˆ laugh ˆ misshapes ˆ new years eve ˆ leigh ˆ me
leigh
Happy 2006, Leigh Lezark!
misshapes ˆ new years eve ˆ leigh
me
2005 was a pretty fucking sweet year. Here's to hoping 2006 is even better. Happy New Year!
misshapes ˆ new years eve ˆ me