{"id":2072,"date":"2007-01-01T13:07:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-01T19:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/?p=2072"},"modified":"2007-01-01T13:07:00","modified_gmt":"2007-01-01T19:07:00","slug":"a-nice-quiet-evening-with-friends-to-end-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2007\/01\/01\/a-nice-quiet-evening-with-friends-to-end-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"A nice quiet evening with friends to end the year&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They say you should start the new year in a manner that you want the year to play out.<\/p>\n<p><i>Looks at checklist<\/i>&#8230; <b>check.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>About a week and a half ago, I decided to continue what is now become about a 5-6 year tradition. Andrei&#8217;s 3 year New-Year&#8217;s rotation.<\/p>\n<p>Year one: Go to friends for New Years<br \/>\nYear two: Take an awesome trip somewhere<br \/>\nYear three: Host a shindig.<\/p>\n<p>And looking back:<br \/>\n&#8217;05-06: Portland<br \/>\n&#8217;04-05: A wonderful night at <a href=\"http:\/\/elqahar.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">elqahar<\/a>&#8216;s<br \/>\n&#8217;03-04: Well, at least there was scrabble&#8230; ahem<br \/>\n&#8217;02-03: Las Vegas<br \/>\n&#8217;01-02: Friends in Pasadena with intent on going to the rose parade.<\/p>\n<p>So we sent out a quick evite. If you are local and I didn&#8217;t get an evite out to you this year&#8230; huge apologies. It was planned late and we were trying to estimate how many could fit.<\/p>\n<p>I made my usual host-run to the super market. Remembering everything except pineapple juice.(hee hee hee) (There were 4 &#8216;hee&#8217;s and then I felt, 3 was more than enough). Veggies, peel and eat shrimp, soda, chips, and bubbly.<\/p>\n<p>Now let me find my RomperRoom magick mirror and look around:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/faerievixen2.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">faerievixen2<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/glitch25.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">glitch25<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/herne51.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">herne51<\/a> and his three friends: (<a href=\"http:\/\/kethar.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">kethar<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/eternal_synn.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">eternal_synn<\/a>, and <i>R<\/i>)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/princekermit.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">princekermit<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/elocinnuala.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">elocinnuala<\/a>, and the highly entertaining <a href=\"http:\/\/1_wolfsong.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">1_wolfsong<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/jackal_child.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">jackal_child<\/a> even came out of moth balls to drop in. She seems to have gotten along with my other friends.<br \/>\nOf course there were the usual band of suspects around: <a href=\"http:\/\/shimmeringjemmy.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">shimmeringjemmy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/lordandrei.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">lordandrei<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/aiden_freeman.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">aiden_freeman<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/cute_evil.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">cute_evil<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>So 12, a child, and a cat. <\/p>\n<p>The highlight of the December evening was tuning in Dick Clark and looking at the Disney Animatronic that he has turned into. We realized after 10 minutes that Dick doesn&#8217;t blink. After about another 10 minutes he blinked. Everyone took a drink. The DC Rocking NYE was hilarious. They showed a scary Gwen Stafani wannabe entertaining and they&#8217;d occasionally cut to audience members. Usually with looks of horror and disgust. This means the segment director will either get a promotion or fired. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/aiden_freeman.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">aiden_freeman<\/a> actually was a dream. After about 8 pm. He actually &#8216;went down&#8217;. Heather put him in bed and he napped rather successfully. He woke at about 11:55 pm. Fortunately, <a href=\"http:\/\/shimmeringjemmy.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">shimmeringjemmy<\/a> was able to make it downstairs with him latched with 45 seconds to go. So, <a href=\"http:\/\/aiden_freeman.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">aiden_freeman<\/a> rang in the new year attached to a breast. So we know what his 2007 will be like.<\/p>\n<p>After midnight there was much bubbly and discussion of the house rules. More on that in a separate post. Many people brought ale and mead, and other snacks. I think we still have an unopened Pecan Pie. <a href=\"http:\/\/herne51.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">herne51<\/a> and his new housemate eventually wound up crashed in the den. <a href=\"http:\/\/princekermit.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">princekermit<\/a> and the twins wound up crashed in the temple. <i>(Hey, he&#8217;s a priest&#8230; it was appropriate accommodations)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Sadly we never got around to playing the new &#8220;Munchkin Impossible&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The overnighter&#8217;s headed out around 11:30 to go be <i>Polar Bears<\/i> on New Years. (Shiver)&#8230; I&#8217;ve begun the digging out from cans, bottles, and glasses.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/aiden_freeman.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">aiden_freeman<\/a> is now happily riding and being spastic in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fisher-Price-J0418-Aquarium-Take-Along\/dp\/B000BGFI82\">his chair<\/a>.  Which we got for about half price at a &#8220;Just For Kids&#8221; consignment store. <a href=\"http:\/\/shimmeringjemmy.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">shimmeringjemmy<\/a> is writing her beginning of the year post as well.<\/p>\n<p>All-in-all&#8230; this year has started <b>exactly<\/b> how I&#8217;d like the rest of the year to be.<\/p>\n<p>Yay.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2072\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2007\/01\/01\/a-nice-quiet-evening-with-friends-to-end-the-year\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2072\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2007\/01\/01\/a-nice-quiet-evening-with-friends-to-end-the-year\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-2072\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2007\/01\/01\/a-nice-quiet-evening-with-friends-to-end-the-year\/?share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2007\/01\/01\/a-nice-quiet-evening-with-friends-to-end-the-year\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They say you should start the new year in a manner that you want the year to play out. 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