♫ "Another night like all the rest..." ♪

[thatcrazycajun]

What vaguely passed for our plans of celebrating New Year's Eve got chucked into la toilette, thanks to yet another erupting toothache in my poor Songbird's mouth that has caused her no end of agony since yesterday. So we are spending the evening of a gray, cold, wet day ensconced in her Staybridge Suites room, eating lasagna (soft food is a necessity tonight) and watching the Channel That Shall Not Be Named run their annual two-day marathon of the original Rod Serling-hosted Twilight Zone. And I will be hauling her into the dentist's office yet again come Monday morning at 8.

I feel sorry for all the poor suckers out there in downtown Atlanta, standing out in the cold and misty drizzle waiting for the giant peach to drop at midnight...and the even bigger crowd of suckers waiting in Times Square, NYC for the descent of the Waterford-crystal ball (been there, done that) in even colder, snowier weather. This may seem like, as SB said, an inauspicious beginning to the last year of the '00s (the media's ninth-year hoopla, repeating their mistake of the last millennium's end, notwithstanding). But we both have our lives and, dental and other problems aside, adequate health, good jobs and homes, friends and family who care...and above all, each other. So as far as I'm concerned, we're starting off on the upside; it could always be much, much worse (longtime readers will recall my posting about the Christmas Eve we spent in Piedmont Hospital's emergency room a few years ago).

What's everybody else doing to ring in 2010? (Yes, khaosworks and all you UK folks, we know it's New Year's Day already for you; we're still an hour away Stateside. What did you do?) And whatever you're doing now, please accept heartiest wishes from both of us for a safe, happy, healthy and prosperous New Year for you and yours.

Comments

[mdlbear]

We're having a quiet evening at home.

Strictly speaking, the 2000's end tonight, when the second digit changes to a "1". Just like the century of the 1900's ended at 2000. Decades are named after their 10's digit.

(The fact that the "20^th Century" ended at 2001 is a due to a historical anomaly committed by cultures that didn't have the concept of zero; if you want to talk about the "second decade of the 21^st Century, OK, but few people do. They talk about the "noughties" or the "nineties".)

[thatcrazycajun.livejournal.com]

So you're among those who count decades from zero to nine instead of from one to ten? Sorry, but I must respectfully disagree. That only works if you count the first year of Christ's life as 0 AD and his second as 1 AD. Personally, my favorite name for this decade is "the Naughties" as it provides a delightful (and true!) double entendre.

[stevemb.livejournal.com]

Decades do not work that way -- nobody refers to "the two hundred and first decade", which, in the theoretical case that somebody ever did refer to it, would go from 2001 to 2010. People refer to "the decade of the 2000s", which ended about two hours ago.

[mdlbear]

Thank you. Exactly what I was going to say. It makes no sense for 2010 to be part of the "naughties" because the ten's digit isn't a 0.

[mshollie.livejournal.com]

I'm a time zone west of you, so it's just under two hours. Froggy and I are having a quiet evening at home playing on line. We already opened the (non-alc) bubbly since we wanted to celebrate the new year across the pond. ;)

We are going to a party tomorrow, though.

[otherdeb.livejournal.com]

I remember you telling me that going to Times Square on NYE made you feel like a real New Yorker, and me responding that we real New Yorkers avoid Times Square on NYE like the plague. Seeing your thought tonight on the folks there makes me think that you've finally gotten it!

Happy New Year to both you and the Songbird! I wish you both all good things for 2010 and beyond!

[thatcrazycajun.livejournal.com]

Ah, but when WE were in the Square on NYE, it was neither raining nor snowing, just bitter-assed cold. I don't mean the people there tonight are suckers for being there per se, just for being there in such lousy weather. But then, if I were a real New Yorker, I'd never have let the Songbird drag me away from there...

[otherdeb.livejournal.com]

Which "we" you mean, boy? Cause I damned sure didn't go with you.

[thatcrazycajun.livejournal.com]

Me and the Songbird, of course! This was when I was living in Sunnyside, right before moving to Philly with her the following summer. We figured (rightly, as it turned out) that this might be our last chance to do so without a hideous travel and lodging cost, so we went.

[sffilk.livejournal.com]

Had I known that you two were stuck here right next door to where I work, I'd've pulled you both out to a party so that you wouldn't be alone. Bill Ritch and his significant other (from ARTC) have a party for NYE and invite groups from several clubs in the Atlanta area. It was a good time, and I didn't get home until about 1:45 AM because there was a lot of good chat and good people and stuff.

[thatcrazycajun.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the thought, Mike, but SB wouldn't have been up for partying anyhow; as I mentioned, that aching tooth is causing her far too much pain. And I'm the only one who can care for her, so that would rule out my going solo even if I wanted to. But I'm glad you had a good time...and we hope to make up for it next weekend at GAFilk, after she sees the dentist.

[sffilk.livejournal.com]

For GaFilk, there's a caveat in it for me - we may be in trial starting Monday. Matter of fact, I am working both Saturday and Sunday.

[gorgeousgary]

We went to the Nookery last night. With the rain, we didn't feel like slogging through one of the First Night celebrations.

Happy New Year and see 'ya in Atlanta next weekend!

[baggette.livejournal.com]

I was not particularly in the mood to party.....
I stayed home, socialized with the denizens of the house and toasted the New Year at midnight.

Now I'm all about getting my laundry done and getting packed for the trip north to Maine on Sunday and a funeral on Tuesday.

This year is just bound to be better, eh?