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Posted: Dec 31 2009 11:49 am

im setting this up now, since im sure it will come up eventually, but i wont have the opportunity later on since i'll be working and then travelling after work.

so its a preemptive new years thread. so, if i dont have a chance later, then i'll say it now: HAPPY NEW YEAR.

(i know theres a chinese new year and i think a jewish new year [rosh hashana or yom kippur or something] so i apologize if this thread doesnt apply to you)

Posted: Dec 31 2009 12:04 pm

Happy new year! I'm not doing anything exciting.....just the GF and me hanging with a few other couples, ordering pizza and playing Wii.

I find that I feel too old for some kind of crazy open-bar party. That stuff is just too loud and crowded for me anymore.

Posted: Dec 31 2009 12:52 pm

Christ, Ice, your new year's eve sounds way more exciting than mine'll be. Cleaning out the old apartment, going home to do some writing with my wife, playing with the cats and chihuahua. She doesn't drink, and I don't like to drink alone, nor do I like being harried by the Gilbert PD, so I'm staying in tonight and staying sober too. My younger self would smack the crap out of me now, but it's going to be relaxing, at least.

Posted: Dec 31 2009 12:56 pm

I'm going to a kegger at a friend's house tonight (bringing some weed too), and I'm getting super fucked up.

Posted: Dec 31 2009 01:10 pm

None of you probably realize this, but this won't just be a new year or even a new decade; it'll be a new 30-year cycle of whole new trends subtly merging into one another. The trends from 1980 to 2009 were wildly divergent from the trends from 1950 to 1979, themselves as such from those from 1920 to 1949, and so on.

Posted: Dec 31 2009 01:21 pm

jprime wrote:

None of you probably realize this, but this won't just be a new year or even a new decade; it'll be a new 30-year cycle of whole new trends subtly merging into one another. The trends from 1980 to 2009 were wildly divergent from the trends from 1950 to 1979, themselves as such from those from 1920 to 1949, and so on.

Examples?

Title: Hugh Joined: Sep 23 2007 Posts: 1591

That theory is dumb. Every decade evolves upon the one just before it, grouping them into thirties is stupid. The '70s, for example, had a /hell/ of a lot more in common with the '60s and '80s than with the '50s.

Decades are overrated, anyway. More often than not, trends and the like break up more evenly if you start halfway into the decade. Like, "Late '60s, early '70s," or "Late '80s, early '90s"

Posted: Dec 31 2009 01:32 pm

Captain_Pollution wrote:

That theory is dumb. Every decade evolves upon the one just before it, grouping them into thirties is stupid. The '70s, for example, had a /hell/ of a lot more in common with the '60s and '80s than with the '50s.

Decades are overrated, anyway. More often than not, trends and the like break up more evenly if you start halfway into the decade. Like, "Late '60s, early '70s," or "Late '80s, early '90s"

Yea I didn't really get the 30-year thing.

And it's true that culturally, decades tend to "turn over" 2-3 years after the chronological decade turnover. If you look at movies from 1992 or 1993, a lot of the styles/clothes and stuff still look pretty 80's. Essentially, the decade is just an arbitrary reference point.

Posted: Dec 31 2009 02:28 pm

its just jprime trying to sound deep. which is better than him whining about some random bs imo

Posted: Dec 31 2009 02:58 pm

I am possibly going to a friend's house party, possibly staying in. I'm still getting over a cold, so I can't drink, and being in a crowded house probably isn't the best idea. I forced myself to go out last night, I was coughing the whole time we were at On The Border. So I'm thinking going out, maybe not a smart move.

But we'll see, I guess.

Joined: Sep 17 2007 Location: The Opium Trail Posts: 3475

I was planning on going to a Led Zeppelin tribute concert tonight, but I've been traveling since 7:30 this morning I'm wondering if I'll be up to it.

Posted: Dec 31 2009 03:50 pm

Chill with the fam in the city, then around 1-2 meet up with my lady friend at her place.... Wink

Posted: Dec 31 2009 04:16 pm

Lord of the Rings Marathon. Followed by the Star Wars trilogy.
Maybe even the prequels if I get drunk enough.
WHO KNOWS

Posted: Dec 31 2009 04:22 pm

Lottel wrote:

Lord of the Rings Marathon. Followed by the Star Wars trilogy.
Maybe even the prequels if I get drunk enough.
WHO KNOWS

It'll be 2014 by the time you're done.

Posted: Dec 31 2009 04:24 pm

JRA wrote:

I was planning on going to a Led Zeppelin tribute concert tonight, but I've been traveling since 7:30 this morning I'm wondering if I'll be up to it.

spike energy drink. liquid cocaine

oh yeah, if you do go out, dont drink & drive. DUI's suck my asshole. i never got one personally, but my brother has 2 (dumbass) and my buddy got one recently. and he's a cop. so, be careful yo. just crash out in your car, or your friends pad or something

Joined: Nov 11 2009 Location: Cajun Country Posts: 1511

Happy New Years!

No plans for me really. My main goal is to try and sleep during all the fireworks that will be going off around my neighborhood. I'm not looking forward to it especially since they go till around 2.

2010 SLF Tag Champ Joined: Jun 07 2006 Posts: 12294

I'm spending the night with an annoying bitch and a crying baby. Responsibility is awesome!

I'm just gonna eat a bunch of sleeping pills and see how many episodes of Iron Chef I can watch before I pass out. Wish me luck!

Posted: Jan 01 2010 12:30 am

I'm going to get started on my 2012 doomsday shelter tonight.

Posted: Jan 01 2010 12:51 am

I'm working! Confused

2010 SLF Tag Champ Joined: Jun 07 2006 Posts: 12294

still awake in chat. drank jacks daniels but still okay.

2010 SLF Tag Champ Joined: Jun 07 2006 Posts: 12294

oh snap, it's january.

Posted: Jan 01 2010 01:37 am

we{re in the future, fick yeah.

Joined: Oct 01 2009 Posts: 5316

The question is...what are you going to call the new decade?

Is it:

Two-thousand and ten

or

Twenty ten?

Joined: Nov 11 2009 Location: Cajun Country Posts: 1511

Twenty ten sounds better in my opinion.

Posted: Jan 01 2010 05:11 am

Well, two-thousand and nine is what I called the last year; I guess the logical thing would be to call it two thousand and ten.

However, I do like twenty ten just because its easier to say. I may use that once in a while for conveniences' sake.