I was going to write about this yesterday but I got so sidetracked with the WHORE-or I saw on television the previous night I had to rant. However, on Monday I had surmised if this past New Year’s Eve festivities would have made my top five list and wasn’t entirely sure. I had to sit back & go through THE MANY new year’s parties I have participated in and even though in my sordid history there do seem to many a number of black holes that plague my memory a few did manage to stick out in my mind. True to the character from High Fidelty here are my top five new year’s in chronological order (only because that is how my mind works). All years mentioned are the new years EVE so it’s the year we were ushering OUT. Also, one reason my memory is spotty is because in some of these instances, I’m going back almost 17 years & well, I dare you to remember every detail that long ago. So not a raging drunk as it may sound to be… Although, that is sometimes the case.
(I pulled this movie out of my DVD collection last week which inspired all of this top five talk. It was this movie that introduced me to Jack Black and still has to be one of my favourite movies with him in it)
1: 1991: I was in grade 11 and although I had gone out the previous year and took part of some shenanigans, I have no recollection of it. However, in Grade 11 I had a boyfriend who was my first serious boyfriend. And no, I’m not saying that new years was so much better because I had a man (although, it’s better to have a locked in person to kiss rather then running around the room at 1130 locking down a participant which is some serious fun in itself) but it was because it was my first serious boyfriend (as serious as you could be in grade 11. He is after all, the only one to have given me diamonds 
) and my parents trusted him which meant they trusted me and that was no easy task but this allowed me a later curfews. I had a little more freedom and I was actually happy. I had said before I met Bruce I wish I could find a guy like my grade 11 boyfriend as it all seemed so easy. ANYWAYS… I think all we did was hang at his place with my friend and her boyfriend. Wasn’t too detailed but it was nice and I believe my curfew was even extended til like 2am which was a big feat considering my regular curfew was 11:30 because my mother believed nothing good happens after midnight. I kinda think she’s right as it’s at least 1230 when all my retardedness starts to kick in.
2: 1995: I was in University & was going out with Sow. I remember we went to the Wild Coyote (good god that’s the truth). There isn’t a lot that sticks out from my memory of that night. I did find $20 on the floor (meant drinks all night back then) but I remember being completely happy. Hard to find moments of complete contentment. If I’m correct, Scammy was there too and think it’s one of the few new years we have spent together
3: 1997: My most memorable Kelowna trip…. E.V.E.R. For new years I had gone to Kelowna with bust loose 2 years in a row. This was the first year. It is also the year that I meant Bell & Watson. That Dark had started being a couple. Bubbles & Bell hooked up. Shiraz first asked me out. I got to know Meorgia and E&M had met…….. Annnnnnd was kicked out of Splashes for making out… (told you I was classy. Yes, it was the night BEFORE new years and the entire group of attendees were on a pub crawl. If I’m correct, the group was at Gotchas. So me & another rep stole away to splashes to I don’t know, check it out for the next night (being new years) and managed to make it to the third floor for some serious pinning against a pole when disrupted by a bouncer). I had completely forgotten about that night until typing this out. The reason that trip & New years was so great for me was that it was when I felt everything started. I felt that was when I started the many friendships I still now totally cherish. It started my ill fated relationship with Shiraz & it was totally & completely fun… fun in the way that houseboating was fun the year c-hatch was there & it was the first time for many on the boat. I will have to blog about that trip another time & will have to include pictures because 1 word: Overalls.
4: 1999: Hello.. it’s the Millenium. The whole world was supposed to fall apart. Computers were supposed to stop working and the end of days were near. So what did I do? I went to Calgary. Jammer had rented a hall & several of us made our way out to Calgary to attend her party where we were to dress as someone famous from the past millenium. My friends & I did NOT want to do that. Rather we opted to put on our best little black dresses, get boas & do our hair crazy. Tito wore a tux and on a spur moment we said were Bond & his ladies. It was this night where Tito & my fascination with ‘Paradise City’ came from & still to this day call it our song. My favourite costume was Randy & his buddy dressed as cave men. Murray was Richard Simmons & Trev was King Arthur. Again the trip was great… fun! Shiraz stayed home & went to the KISS concert at BC Place (maybe part of the reason the trip was fun ) I would have to say that this was when I really started to get to know Jammer as I didn’t have a lot of interaction with her til then as she did live in Calgary. Eddie set me up with a guy because he looked like the Rock (insert snort) and at the end of the night managed to throw up…. EVERYWHERE. I think i was a human sprinkler. I had been maintaining & relating (very important in times of heavy drinking) and Jammer walked around with a tray of shooters (something that would repeatedly happen over & over again in years to come) when I grabbed a handful of the medicine bottles & downed them. That combined with the chinese food brought in after midnight did not sit well with me. I hit the bathroom & was being sick over the garbage can (I saw a recepticle & started heaving). Some kind lady, one I think is my guardian angel, came in, saw this & directed me to a toilet. I don’t really remember a lot after that. I do remember recieving the best foot massage ever from Eddie & I know i have not ever felt like ass as much as I did the next day. Thankfully, I had Watson there to out puke me & we managed to make it to Banff the following day.. all in all… .good trip.
5:2006: Vegas baby Vegas… Yes, Vegas. If I recall that trip is on this site. I had started blogging in the spring that year so had totally recollected the events from that trip. One reason it was so good.. Hi, it’s vegas but other notable mentions would be: Spending time with Nalini and BFF, making out with musician, being handed $100 because I was standing there, High kicks, Blonde Jesus and most importantly.. NOT getting arrested. Being arrested would have made this an instant contender for the WORST new years. I would say peeing in the bushes, but i then fell down severely scarring my leg so not such a highlight.
I only said top five but there were many other new years that were notable and some that have left a bad taste in my mouth. For example….
1993: I believe we had been hopping from one party to the next and ended up being on a driveway when midnight actually hit. I do recall lying in bed the next day listening to the radio (opening my eyes wasn’t an option) and the song “Fields of Gold” by Sting had made the top 100 and as I lay there in pain I could remember thinking how much I wanted to be lying in that field and drifted off to sleep
1994: Went to MARS with my friends (boyfriend not in tow) and well, that place sucked. End of story
1998: Second Kelowna trip. Drank too much & cried. Common mistake for young girls (although I was 23.. still in the range of stupid. Enough said) Did NOT maintain & relate.
2000 or 2001: That year if I am correct is the year we all wen to the Commadore. I remember I fell down the stairs (also a very common occurance for me) but I didn’t spill. How that happened… I won’t ever know. However, I remember everyone else getting super hammered & wasn’t able to maintain & relate to them. A reverse from years past.
2002: The year we went to the Brass Monkey. Although, the party itself was kind of boring as there was no music it did illicit my favourite pick up moment of all time. When I saw a guy I had canoodled with the year before being led around by a girl I despised, I walked right up to him & said…”no. Not gonna happen” and took him away. Brutally Honest said it was one of the best lawn mows she had seen.
2004/2005? Not sure which year this was when a few of us got together for a small dinner at Tito’s house but this was the year of the fart. The fart that stunk so bad that people still to this day bring up. I don’t really want to elaborate as it’s at my expense but let me ask you to go home to alberta, eat ukranian food for a week & drink rye & not have any side effects?
2007: Went to the MADE party. I did manage to have almost all of my friends there & somehow managed to bridge two groups of friends together at one party. However, I then I went & got food poisoning the night before. So firing it up wasn’t an option. Wasn’t made better this year when I went back to the same location and the entire party went by so fast it felt like I was there for 20 minutes… oh well, so much for trying.