On New Year’s Day, I watched the movie New Year’s Eve. Yes, I know I should have watched the movie on New Year’s Eve, but I was busy…sleeping.
That’s right. I said it. At midnight I was tucked away safely dozing in my bed.
Going to a crowded bar, being squashed against complete strangers, and waiting forever to get a drink is not my idea of fun.
And I can’t watch the ball drop on television because watching TV rots your brain.
My idea of a great New Year’s Eve is dressing up, going out for a couple hours, and then coming home and changing into my PJs around 10:30 or 11.
Anyways…Here’s what I learned from the movie:
- The first ball dropped in Times Square in 1907.
- SOL means “Something Out of Luck.” What is “something?” SOMEBODY TELL ME WHAT “SOMETHING” IS!
- If a man gets down on one knee, he’s either proposing or he’s been shot.
- Eating anchovies makes pregnant women go into labor.
- New Year’s Eve is about hope…and partying.
Unless you’re me. Then it’s about sleeping.
Welcome to 2013!
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January 2nd, 2013 at 8:17 am
I’ve always thought SOL meant “sh*t out of luck”… lol. Happy New Year! Kat
January 2nd, 2013 at 7:17 pm
It does. The person in the movie was being polite.
January 2nd, 2013 at 8:35 am
(1) Happy new year! (2) The letters in “New Years Eve” can be arranged to spell “weeny as ever.” (3) Speaking of sleeping, the great thing about living on Central Standard Time is that we get to watch the ball drop at 11 p.m. and go to bed early.
January 2nd, 2013 at 8:35 am
Happy New Year Thoughtsie!
January 2nd, 2013 at 9:50 am
I was almost asleep at midnight. A rare late New Year’s Eve for me. The TV was off, though. We don’t need no Ryan Seacrest.
Never heard of that movie before. Is it a prequel to The Hangover?
My weirdo wife got hungry for a hamburger at 11:30 so we went to an 24-hour diner. The restaurant was completely empty but the parking lot was crammed. Everyone was in the lounge. We sat in our booth and watched humanity stream into that place as midnight approached. I remember saying something about “freaks on parade.” It was not my scene.
You say a new year is about hope. Perhaps that’s true, but I didn’t feel that way based on the glimpse of humanity I got that night. It mainly made me feel sad and afraid.
January 2nd, 2013 at 10:00 am
Amateur night is no fun in all the places that are fun for the rest of the year. PJs win.
January 2nd, 2013 at 10:03 am
S’mores out of luck. True story.
Happy New Year, Thoughtsy!! Hope you get everything you want and more in this new year. I have a good feeling about this one. 2013 is the year of Thoughtsy!!
January 2nd, 2013 at 11:26 am
2013 happened at 12:00:01 AM, 01/01/2012
Something is shit.
January 2nd, 2013 at 12:03 pm
S*hit out of luck is the real SOL. But it also could be “Slightly Older Lesbians” so be careful how you use it and with whom. We go out to a movie and to dinner and then home for a little tv and champagne at midnight. I’m always asleep by 12:15 AM, and Alex and my friend CT watch Zombie movies until 1 AM or so. Happy New Year to you and yours!
January 2nd, 2013 at 12:19 pm
I wish I’d taken your approach. I mean, the evening itself was fun enough, but yesterday was not so fun as a result.
Maybe I should resolve to take your tack next year? We’ll see!
January 2nd, 2013 at 1:23 pm
Happy New Year to you! You’re very brave to have watched that movie.
January 2nd, 2013 at 1:37 pm
Happy New Year!
January 2nd, 2013 at 2:01 pm
HA! Yes, we live on W. Coast and celebrate East Coast time. We had the kids in bed by 10 and I was asleep at 10:15ish. I’m sure this will change as my kids get older and can make it to midnight without having melt-downs.
Sandi
January 2nd, 2013 at 3:28 pm
SOL=Shit Out Of Luck
I went to bed at 10pm. Yes, tv rots the brain. I had already watched about 7 hours of NCIS, so I was pretty burnt.
Happy New Year. Yay.
January 2nd, 2013 at 6:06 pm
Happy New Year!! I look forward to chatting about pumpkin spice in 2013.
January 3rd, 2013 at 5:07 am
I watched that film too, wasn’t as good as I thought it would be, I didn’t believe in the last couple. Happy New Year!
January 3rd, 2013 at 6:06 am
Happy New Year to you! I hope 2013 brings everything you want.
At midnight on New Year’s Eve I was on a bridge in Luxembourg watching fireworks. Much better than a crowded bar.
January 3rd, 2013 at 10:10 am
I can’t handle that movie. Those ensemble films drive me nuts. Only Love Actually can get away with that!
January 3rd, 2013 at 11:03 am
Yeah, I was definitely asleep at midnight, as well.
January 3rd, 2013 at 1:03 pm
Everyone keeps asking what I did for NYE and my answer is, “nothing.” Then they ask why and my answer is, “’cause I hate people.”
Makes me seem like a doll.
Happy New Year, Thoughtsy. Many hugs.
January 3rd, 2013 at 2:03 pm
Something out of luck, huh?! Well that’s a first! I wish I was tucked away in my bed on NYE! Instead, I forced myself to stay up until 2am to watch fireworks and whatnot, even though I was sick. I was seriously exhausted the next day. You are obviously smarter than the rest of us.
January 3rd, 2013 at 4:46 pm
I can’t stand people, so my perfect idea of New Year’s Eve is at home, by myself. My little people and my husband were there, too, which I guess isn’t too bad. I wish I’d been asleep…but they made me stay up until the ball dropped.
January 3rd, 2013 at 7:35 pm
Do you want me to also tell you what the “something” is? I can, too, ya know!
Ohhhh hey there. Just checking in. Hope things are awesome with you!! Xs and Os, my dear.
January 3rd, 2013 at 7:55 pm
I didn’t really like that movie. Mainly because a movie about NYE for real people would probably have way more character sitting on the couch in their pjs, eating ice cream right out of the tub.
January 5th, 2013 at 12:33 am
My boss was just telling me today that I need to watch that movie. This grown woman basically said that Zach Efron is a tour de force. She’s probably right; he is adorable.
January 6th, 2013 at 11:30 am
I was in bed by 10 on New Year’s *shrug*.
On the plus side, at least I didn’t start 2013 off with big ole under eye bags from lack of sleep and partying:)
January 6th, 2013 at 9:21 pm
I’m not a big fan of New Year’s Eve either – it’s basically just an overpriced overcrowded Saturday night out. I went over to my heavily pregnant friend’s house and let her give me lots of cava. Much better decision.
Happy 2013!
January 7th, 2013 at 9:52 am
Happy New Year, Thoughtsy! I couldn’t agree more re: crowded bars. We always stay over a friends’ house = all drinking, no driving.
I’m ashamed to say I watched this movie, too. Not even Zac Efron could save it.