8:00 PM. The Nolahnettes have just been tucked
in for the night and the Lovely Mrs. Nolahn won't
be home until just before the ball drops in Times
Square, so I'm on my own this New Year's Eve. I
guess I could just put on my PJs and doze the
evening away. Someone recently told me that
New Year's Eve is wasted on anyone over the
age of 24, and that age is a fair clip behind me.
NO! I refuse, if only because 2008 was a
miserable year for me personally. I'm gonna
in for the night and the Lovely Mrs. Nolahn won't
be home until just before the ball drops in Times
Square, so I'm on my own this New Year's Eve. I
guess I could just put on my PJs and doze the
evening away. Someone recently told me that
New Year's Eve is wasted on anyone over the
age of 24, and that age is a fair clip behind me.
NO! I refuse, if only because 2008 was a
miserable year for me personally. I'm gonna
December 31, 2008. While the world prepares to celebrate the coming of the new
year, the Lovely Mrs. Nolahn heads off to work, leaving our intrepid movie reviewer to
watch their two young daughters, the Nolahnettes. There's no chance of obtaining a
babysitter, and the Nolahnettes are far too young to stay up.
Therefore, Nolahn has no choice but to be a
PARTY OF ONE
A New Year's log of one man's fight to party.
year, the Lovely Mrs. Nolahn heads off to work, leaving our intrepid movie reviewer to
watch their two young daughters, the Nolahnettes. There's no chance of obtaining a
babysitter, and the Nolahnettes are far too young to stay up.
Therefore, Nolahn has no choice but to be a
PARTY OF ONE
A New Year's log of one man's fight to party.
| Not Nolahn (above) |
send this craptastic year off in style! I'm going to make this the Best of All New Year's Parties
Ever!
Ten years ago tonight, I was in Tokyo literally partying like it was 1999. With that night in
mind,I'm pulling out the Mike Flowers Pops and firing up a cocktail.
Ever!
Ten years ago tonight, I was in Tokyo literally partying like it was 1999. With that night in
mind,I'm pulling out the Mike Flowers Pops and firing up a cocktail.
8:10 PM. Okay, that was fun. Great video. Funny.
8:12 PM. *Sigh*
8:30 PM. Craps! Many a New Year's party has been filled with gambling goodness,
including the time my buddy made his own craps table out of a ping pong table. That was
awesome.
Of course, there's no one here to play cards with, but I have the next best thing: PS2's
Caesars Palace 2000. It's the Millennium Gold Edition -- fancy!
8:12 PM. *Sigh*
8:30 PM. Craps! Many a New Year's party has been filled with gambling goodness,
including the time my buddy made his own craps table out of a ping pong table. That was
awesome.
Of course, there's no one here to play cards with, but I have the next best thing: PS2's
Caesars Palace 2000. It's the Millennium Gold Edition -- fancy!
| Playing craps in a casino (left) and on my PlayStation 2 (right). You can hardly tell the difference, eh? |
Within minutes, I have "$2,000" and am ready to hit the craps table! And this is just like being
at Caesars Palace, but without the crowds... or the complementary drinks... or the chance to
win actual money.
8:35 PM. *Sigh*
8:40 PM. It's just occurred to me that I'm not gambling with real money, so I start making
$100 bets. I'd bet more, but that's the most the "dealer" will let me put on the Pass Line. I
start gambling like it just doesn't matter, throwing chips all over the place: all the Hard Ways,
the Field, even the Big 6. The Big 6! By far the worst bet you could possibly make in a
casino. That ought to help make this more exciting...
8:47 PM. No, not helping. This is still boring as all hell.
9:00 PM. So I'm going to put on a movie. Growing up, we did the same thing every New
Year's: fired up chips and dip and cocktail weenies and watched The Sound of Music, a
movie choice that makes more sense when you realise the film is Rated G, I grew up with
sisters and, as an eight-year-old lad, I only had so much influence.
at Caesars Palace, but without the crowds... or the complementary drinks... or the chance to
win actual money.
8:35 PM. *Sigh*
8:40 PM. It's just occurred to me that I'm not gambling with real money, so I start making
$100 bets. I'd bet more, but that's the most the "dealer" will let me put on the Pass Line. I
start gambling like it just doesn't matter, throwing chips all over the place: all the Hard Ways,
the Field, even the Big 6. The Big 6! By far the worst bet you could possibly make in a
casino. That ought to help make this more exciting...
8:47 PM. No, not helping. This is still boring as all hell.
9:00 PM. So I'm going to put on a movie. Growing up, we did the same thing every New
Year's: fired up chips and dip and cocktail weenies and watched The Sound of Music, a
movie choice that makes more sense when you realise the film is Rated G, I grew up with
sisters and, as an eight-year-old lad, I only had so much influence.
Anyway, if you've never seen The Sound of Music, there's
a disturbing lack of car chases, fart jokes and giant
robots. The movie does feature Christopher Plummer,
which is cool. Unfortunately, Christopher Plummer
spends the entirety of The Sound of Music stubbornly
refusing to rush off and fight vampires.
That might have something to do with the fact that I keep
confusing Christopher Plummer with Peter Cushing.
Whatever. I have a movie that promises to be a
million-zillion times better than The Sound of Music.
NEXT: The movie that's a million-zillion times better
than The Sound of Music. And nachos.
a disturbing lack of car chases, fart jokes and giant
robots. The movie does feature Christopher Plummer,
which is cool. Unfortunately, Christopher Plummer
spends the entirety of The Sound of Music stubbornly
refusing to rush off and fight vampires.
That might have something to do with the fact that I keep
confusing Christopher Plummer with Peter Cushing.
Whatever. I have a movie that promises to be a
million-zillion times better than The Sound of Music.
NEXT: The movie that's a million-zillion times better
than The Sound of Music. And nachos.
| Christopher Plummer (above) prepares to ruin another New Year's Eve. |
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