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Thousands of People are already lined up in Times Square. Crazy people. But at least it's not cold this year. Wet and gross from the snow. But not that cold. 45 degrees with a low of 38. That's actually doable. Last year it was in the 20s. (Been there done that in 1999. Except, I came around 11:00pm and hung out in a crowded bar five blocks down like a sane person. You can't leave once you get there. Not even to go to the bathroom. You can't drink in the area. All you can do is stand there and wave. Watching on TV is a better idea. There's also fireworks and a run in Central Park - if that's your thing. Me? I've still got this annoying cough, so I'm playing it low-key this year.)
Champagne or not Champagne? Have chosen not to do champagne for the first time in 20 years. I'm taking a stand... between you and me? I don't much like champagne, tastes a bit like carbonated piss water and gives me a headache. Never told anyone that. Because you are supposed to love champagne. It's expensive. Even went to a champagne bar once...and no, did not taste a difference. Must be an acquired taste? Or I'm just weird. Most likely the latter. Will state it's quite good mixed with orange juice - takes the piss out of it, so to speak, yet keeps all the alcholic carbonated fizziness. Was half tempted to buy champagne just to make mimosas the next morning - but let's face it, champagne gets stale fast - plus a tad expensive just for mimosas.
Personally? I prefer hard apple cider. Which I'm doing instead. Found two brands at the American Beer Company - which also has, gasp, gluten-free beer. Green Valley Dover from the UK is the best, but I passed on the beer and just bought two different bottles of hard cider. One was hard cider and pear (which is a bit different, but has a tangy taste) while the other is cider made from organic apples - it states from the UK, but was bottled in Washington State...which seems a bit far from the UK - as in on the other side of the planet. Wouldn't it be cheaper to bottle it in the UK?
Anywho...keeping it low-key this year, much like last year. Plan is to watch a marathon of Breaking Bad episodes which I DVR'd from AMC's replaying of I think the first or second seasons. AMC wasn't nice enough to date the episodes. So for those in the know? The episode I just watched was the one where Cranston's character, Walter, strangles this guy in his basement after he realizes the guy is about to stab him with a missing broken plate chard. At the end of the episode he decides to tell his wife who thinks he is doing drugs, that he has lung cancer. It's called, I think.."...in the bag" ? I know it's not the first episode or the first four (because I saw those a long time ago, when I first attempted to watch the series, but couldn't get into it.) I'm trying Breaking Bad again, because at least two people on my lj flist have fallen madly in love with it. (And they actually have taste that is similar enough to mine for me to pay attention.) And AMC has decided to rerun it in order - but not the entire first season, apparently, which I didn't know until now. But hey, got ten episodes saved, so might as well watch them, right? So if you know where I am in the story? Let me know.
Also have netflix DVD of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (and since it's not in 3D, it won't give me the headache the previews did). The only 3D flick I like is Avatar because of the seed thingies, which reminded me of doing shrooms in college.
And a lot of saved Smallville, Leverage, The Closer and Supernatural episodes. (This is what happens when you DVR more tv shows than you have time to possibly watch.)
Have decided to finish marathon of Breaking Bad before I do my best of 2010 list of tv shows, and Alice in Wonderland before the best of 2010 films.
In other news -- somewhat proud of this, they published my article on the church's Haiti Forum in the church's newsletter (not to be confused with the listserve), which goes out once every four or five months. I didn't get a by-line (ie credit for it), but hey it was published. Will address which if any resolutions I've accomplished later. It's the little things.
Champagne or not Champagne? Have chosen not to do champagne for the first time in 20 years. I'm taking a stand... between you and me? I don't much like champagne, tastes a bit like carbonated piss water and gives me a headache. Never told anyone that. Because you are supposed to love champagne. It's expensive. Even went to a champagne bar once...and no, did not taste a difference. Must be an acquired taste? Or I'm just weird. Most likely the latter. Will state it's quite good mixed with orange juice - takes the piss out of it, so to speak, yet keeps all the alcholic carbonated fizziness. Was half tempted to buy champagne just to make mimosas the next morning - but let's face it, champagne gets stale fast - plus a tad expensive just for mimosas.
Personally? I prefer hard apple cider. Which I'm doing instead. Found two brands at the American Beer Company - which also has, gasp, gluten-free beer. Green Valley Dover from the UK is the best, but I passed on the beer and just bought two different bottles of hard cider. One was hard cider and pear (which is a bit different, but has a tangy taste) while the other is cider made from organic apples - it states from the UK, but was bottled in Washington State...which seems a bit far from the UK - as in on the other side of the planet. Wouldn't it be cheaper to bottle it in the UK?
Anywho...keeping it low-key this year, much like last year. Plan is to watch a marathon of Breaking Bad episodes which I DVR'd from AMC's replaying of I think the first or second seasons. AMC wasn't nice enough to date the episodes. So for those in the know? The episode I just watched was the one where Cranston's character, Walter, strangles this guy in his basement after he realizes the guy is about to stab him with a missing broken plate chard. At the end of the episode he decides to tell his wife who thinks he is doing drugs, that he has lung cancer. It's called, I think.."...in the bag" ? I know it's not the first episode or the first four (because I saw those a long time ago, when I first attempted to watch the series, but couldn't get into it.) I'm trying Breaking Bad again, because at least two people on my lj flist have fallen madly in love with it. (And they actually have taste that is similar enough to mine for me to pay attention.) And AMC has decided to rerun it in order - but not the entire first season, apparently, which I didn't know until now. But hey, got ten episodes saved, so might as well watch them, right? So if you know where I am in the story? Let me know.
Also have netflix DVD of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (and since it's not in 3D, it won't give me the headache the previews did). The only 3D flick I like is Avatar because of the seed thingies, which reminded me of doing shrooms in college.
And a lot of saved Smallville, Leverage, The Closer and Supernatural episodes. (This is what happens when you DVR more tv shows than you have time to possibly watch.)
Have decided to finish marathon of Breaking Bad before I do my best of 2010 list of tv shows, and Alice in Wonderland before the best of 2010 films.
In other news -- somewhat proud of this, they published my article on the church's Haiti Forum in the church's newsletter (not to be confused with the listserve), which goes out once every four or five months. I didn't get a by-line (ie credit for it), but hey it was published. Will address which if any resolutions I've accomplished later. It's the little things.