Belated Posts

Updating two blogs can get a bit tricky, so I've been posting on LJ fairly exclusively. As such, I've opted for cutting and pasting in an effort to keep this one up to speed. Then again, I'm convinced almost no one* reads this blog anyways so ... Anyho, here's a belated post for the new year.

*[To those who do read it, don't think that I don't appreciate and value your interest. I do! Miss you all more than you know.]

New Year's Eve Adventures	[03 Jan 2006|10:14am]
So, after much fretting, worrying, and sulking, NYE turned out to be quite the fun night after all. I decorated my apartment, as best I could, with a pirate theme in mind. I stretched my laundry line from one side of my apartment to the other and draped all of my sarongs from the line. I was also able to attach my mosquito net to the line, which has made my sleeping area much more aesthetically pleasing. Once I'd managed to make the room vaguely pirate ship-y, I dressed up in pseudo pirate attire. I will make an effort to post pictures in the coming week. Unfortunately, after all of this work, it appeared as if no one was going to show up. After getting quite tippy and hanging out with the staff, I decided to call one of the people I'd invited over. He was surprised when I told him that no one had shown up and that I was getting drunk alone. He told me to come over right away. I made my way to the ICRC (Intl Committee of the Red Cross) and met up with 'the gang', most of which I was meeting for the first time. Not long after I arrived, we were off to Millenium Park. We parked and walked to the fountain where there was a stage set up and at least a few hundred, if not more, NYE revellers (men, women, and children). We stayed for the countdown and the fireworks, and then headed out for 'the club'. The first club that we went to was dead and the music was not that great. I went through the DJ's entire CD collection in an effort to make a request, but couldn't find anything that I wanted to hear. Nevertheless, I was thrilled to have the opportunity to 'shake my groove thing'. After a while, we decided to go check out a night club at the Hilton. It was packed! We all danced until we could dance no more. I was there until at least 3am. I ended up crashing at the Red Cross and woke up the next afternoon with a hangover. After popping some aspirin and guzzling down copious amounts of water, I went with the ladies to the Hilton. They swam and I lounged by the pool. We'd come in the side entrance, thereby avoiding the requisite fees for non-members. Eventually, the heat and hunger started to get to me. Having spent most of what little money I'd brought with me the night before, I had just enough money to get myself home. I thanked my new friends for a great evening, told them to give me a call later if they wanted to hang out, and was on my way. I got home, had some lunch, and crawled into bed for a couple of hours. In short, I had a spectacular time. It was great to finally have a chance to get out and enjoy myself. They are a fun lot. Hope to see them again some time soon. Hope everyone else had a good time as well! Happy New Year!