Anybody *not* celebrating New Year?

Dave Grossman · #1 12-28-2007, 02:02 PM

I'm not. I don't believe in New Year. It's just an artificial construct invented by humans. I've tried celebrating it in the past. I only end up with a bad hangover and all of the New Year's resolutions I make fail within weeks (or days).

So, I am boycotting New Year! As far as I'm concerned. January 1, 2008 is December 32, 2007.

- Dave

HollowBassman · #2 12-28-2007, 02:05 PM

spade2you · #3 12-28-2007, 02:08 PM

I'm not celebrating, mostly because I gotta be at work at 7am on Jan 1st.

Captain Chaos · #4 12-28-2007, 02:15 PM

I have to work, this will be the first time for me not celebrating New Years

louieeadg · #5 12-28-2007, 02:17 PM

I'll be giving a bunch of drunk bastards beer all night so...nah, not celebrating, just enabling...

**MAJOR METAL** · #6 12-28-2007, 02:19 PM

I dont celebrate anything.

A9X · #7 12-28-2007, 02:21 PM

I don't see the point. If I want to celebrate, I need to have something worth celebrating, and NYE doesn't count.

Damn fireworks will keep me awake though.

mike_v_s · #8 12-28-2007, 02:28 PM

I might. For almost 8 years I've been living in a bunker built in the months building up to the Y2K disaster. I ran out of MRE's in what would have been 2005 and the Vietnam War-era C-rations will be gone before the end of the week. You have no idea what it's like to have diarrhea and food poisoning for 2 years. For liquid nutrients, I've rigged a urine purification system out of gym socks and an old strainer. Just add bleach and enjoy!

How did you guys make out? I'll be going to the surface to find food soon. I hope the robots (that are, by now, ruling the earth with the voracity predicted in 1999) don't perform experiments on me. Assuming the sun hasn't been blacked out by the nuclear winter-like conditions I expect to encounter, my retinas and skin will probably burn as soon as the yellow rays of joy hit my cave-whitened and direct-light-starved body.

Wish me luck.

Mike

Vandelay · #9 12-28-2007, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave Grossman

I don't believe in New Year. It's just an artificial construct invented by humans.

Humans didn't invent the fact that the Earth orbits the Sun once every 365.24 days. I'll agree that December 31st is probably an arbitrary ending point. But having everyone follow a common calendar sure helps with getting things scheduled!

Or are you just mad because you don't have a gig that night?

need4mospd · #10 12-28-2007, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by A9X

Damn fireworks will keep me awake though.

I imagine they'll keep up my 2 month old too.

Last July 4th we had fireworks every night til 11 or so for the week preceding it. On that night, there were fireworks going off all over until 2-3am. Not blackcats and m-80s. Full on light up my house and scare the crap out of me fireworks.

So far we've heard fireworks going off since the night before Christmas. This should be fun. Maybe I'll stay up practicing some bass solos with my 1400 watt and 1800 watt power amp on full blast? I might need to borrow a couple cabs and a few wires....

Valerus · #11 12-28-2007, 02:32 PM

Of course I celebrate!

Chunk-O-Funk · #12 12-28-2007, 02:34 PM

Meh, at one time it was the ultimate excuse to party. Now a days I really don't care. I still like to get together with friends and have some food and drinks, but if I do or not is not is not as important as it once was. The days of waking up with a hang over are far past me. I rather enjoy the day off.

need4mospd · #13 12-28-2007, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Vandelay

Humans didn't invent the fact that the Earth orbits the Sun once every 365.24 days.

Heretic! We must burn him!

A9X · #14 12-28-2007, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by need4mospd

I imagine they'll keep up my 2 month old too.

Last July 4th we had fireworks every night til 11 or so for the week preceding it. On that night, there were fireworks going off all over until 2-3am. Not blackcats and m-80s. Full on light up my house and scare the crap out of me fireworks.

This is what I have to put up with.
http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/n...n/Midnight.asp
http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/n...yFireworks.asp

Bah, humbug for NYE.

steve66 · #15 12-28-2007, 02:45 PM

I never celebrate a new year. I celebrate the fact that I made it through yet another year.

Gard · #16 12-28-2007, 02:46 PM

Similarily to Louie, I will be in a sense "enabling" others that are celebrating.

i.e., I've got a gig.

Otherwise, I'd be at home, NYE is amateur night, and I avoid being out unless there is a large sum of cash promised.

Also, I am somewhat along the mindset of Dave and MM, it's an arbitrary date chosen to start a "new year", and there is nothing specifically or intrinsically important about the day, therefore, I don't really "celebrate" anything....I feel that way about pretty much any and every "holiday" personally, unfortunately my wife and kids don't quite see it the same as I do!

peaveyuser · #17 12-28-2007, 02:54 PM

I'm a loser with lazy friends that don't start parties, and am not invited or welcome to any parties, so probably not.

jady · #18 12-28-2007, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Gard

NYE is amateur night, and I avoid being out unless there is a large sum of cash promised.

I told myself I wouldn't even walk out the door for less than $300 for a gig in town.

I will be at home.............

Dave Grossman · #19 12-28-2007, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Vandelay

Humans didn't invent the fact that the Earth orbits the Sun once every 365.24 days. I'll agree that December 31st is probably an arbitrary ending point. But having everyone follow a common calendar sure helps with getting things scheduled!

Or are you just mad because you don't have a gig that night?

"common calendar", my ass! Look how many different New Years days there are:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_year

The human invented year is only an approximation since, as you noted, the Earth orbits the Sun once every 365.24 days.

This is just another excuse for people to go out and get drunk. As if we needed one.

And, yes, before anybody asks; I will be spending New Year's Eve and Day at home with my cats. There's nothing wrong with that.

- Dave

P.S. Don't even get me started on Daylight Savings Time.

Snarf · #20 12-28-2007, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave Grossman

"common calendar", my ass! Look how many different New Years days there are:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_year

The human invented year is only an approximation since, as you noted, the Earth orbits the Sun once every 365.24 days.

This is just another excuse for people to go out and get drunk. As if we needed one.

And, yes, before anybody asks; I will be spending New Year's Eve and Day at home with my cats. There's nothing wrong with that.

- Dave

P.S. Don't even get me started on Daylight Savings Time.

Uh, so we have leap years every 4 so that we make up for the extra .24 days . . .

And daylight savings time was so that farmers could get more out of the early part of the day, compensating for Earth's tilt.

Plus, one more reason to go and get drunk? Sign me up!

(P.S. if you're being sarcastic, it's really hard to tell. So if I'm coming off as an *******, it's pretty much your fault. :P)