What are you doing.........

[flat-top]

Maybe it's much too early in the game

Aah, but I thought I'd ask you just the same

What are you doing New Year's

New Year's Eve?



Wonder whose arms will hold you good and tight

When it's exactly twelve o'clock that night

Welcoming in the New Year

New Year's Eve



Maybe I'm crazy to suppose

I'd ever be the one you chose

Out of a thousand invitations

You received



Aah, but in case I stand one little chance

Here comes the jackpot question in advance:

What are you doing New Year's

New Year's Eve?

(So what ARE ya doin' New Year's Eve??)

 

[PeeWee]

I generally try to spend a low key New Year's Eve. I always stay up and watch the Times Square thing on the TV, then ring in the New Year with my backyard farm bell. My neighborhood know me as the guy that rings the big bell on New years Eve

 

[LaMedicine]

My neighborhood know me as the guy that rings the big bell on New years Eve

How many times do you ring the bell?
Here, Buddhist temples ring the bell 108 times to ring out the 108 worldy temptations that plagues us humans so we can start with a clean slate.

 

[melankomas]

i sincerely hope i'll be asleep.

My neighborhood know me as the guy that rings the big bell on New years Eve

fftopic: if ever i move to a neighborhood in which people know each other, i intend to be known for something far more cantankerous. lol

 

[LizzieMaine]

I'll be working -- running two shows of "Babel," with Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, and a cast of thousands. I suspect I might stop into the pub up the street for a pint of Guinness on the way home -- I'll probably need it after that show. But I haven't been to a real party in ten years....

 

[scotrace]

That's my all-time favorite holiday song.


Probably dinner in, watch The Dead, some champaign. Yada yada.

There's never a party!

 

[OldSkoolFrat]

Going out for an early dinner at a Brazillian streak house and then scurrying back to my abode before the drunks take over for amateur night.

 

[imoldfashioned]

I love that song too--my favorite versions are one by Ella Fitzgerald and another by Rufus Wainwright (lovely piano work on the latter).

I will be getting dressed up and going to a restaurant for dinner and champagne with six of my closest friends. Very unusual for me--I'm generally in my nightgown and in bed by 10 pm but I'm turning over a new leaf this year. Should be fun.

 

[flat-top]

That's my all-time favorite holiday song.

So then please tell me you have the version by The Orioles. It is THE perfect rendition of one of the best holiday songs.
http://www.amazon.com/Sonny-Til-Ori...ef=sr_1_8/002-7465669-7302436?ie=UTF8&s=music

 

[scotrace]

Now I have to check out those versions.

I've been digging the Harry Connick Jr. rendition.

 

[Steve]

I'll be in my church's courtyard and coffeehouse enjoying some live music and hot drinks.

 

[TailendCharlie]

New Years

This eve like those in the past will be spent at home,just me and the Mrs.playing some 78's on the Victrola,dancing and cocktails then dash to the cellar by midnite to avoid the gunfire!
cheers to all
Happy New Year!
Tailend

 

[PeeWee]

How many times do you ring the bell?
Here, Buddhist temples ring the bell 108 times to ring out the 108 worldy temptations that plagues us humans so we can start with a clean slate.

I don't really count, but it's at least a minute's worth. I like the 108 idea better, so it's 108 rings from now on. Thanks

 

[flat-top]

I myself will be enjoying a quiet night at home with the family, probably going out to dinner early in the evening. Then, hopefully watch some old movies by the tree. This has been a rough year at work, so I'm gonna take it easy!

 

[Baggers]

I'll be Working...

Opening in Attack of the Zombie Moonmaids at the Pocket Sandwich Theatre in Dallas.

After that, trying to stay out of the way of all the amateur drinkers on the way home.

Cheers!

 

[RedPop4]

We'll be home, my good friend who's in my neighborhood until their new home (old one destroyed by Katrina) is done....we'll have a two house party, possibly with other friends.

Good cigars will be smoked, and some type of good food will be enjoyed as well.

 

[Rosie]

In recent years, I've treated New Years as a very spiritual thing. I take assessment of the past year, make a list of things I've learned, things that I'd like to improve, write down the things that caused me pain or upset my life and burn that list. I take a white purifying bath then meditate and pray.

I've been invited out and a friend of mine is having a party but, I'll probably do the alone/spiritual thing.

 

[Samsa]

I wish I had Rosie's resolve....

But, I will probably be going to a party that a former co-worker is throwing. This is a step up from my usual tradition of going to bed early.

 

[Mike in Seattle]

It'll probably be spent here at home...not sure if we'll have some friends in or not...but for some reason, this year, the idea of spending it at Seattle Center (the old World's Fair Grounds where the Space Needle is) among the crowd and watching the fireworks on the Needle seems like a good idea. It's very unlike me. Usually hate being around crowds of drunken revellers and worrying about driving home with all the nuts on the road...

 

[DeeDub]

Family Tradition

I expect we'll spend New Year's Eve cleaning house. According to my wife's family superstition... er, tradition, if your house is messy on New Year's, it'll be messy all year.

If I get lucky, I can hope the tradition applies to, ahem, marital relations. :whistling: