2003: first thought (you can remember)

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"I don't really have any plans for this year" as I watched the flash of fireworks and got a lungfull of smoke.

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 1 January 2003 20:09 (twenty-one years ago) link

I was feeling happy to be hugging and kissing most of my oldest friends.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 1 January 2003 21:25 (twenty-one years ago) link

first one was - "i wish my boyfriend was here", closely followed by "yikes, all this confetti is going to get in my hair" and "why aren't they playing camera obsucra?"

― sand.y, Wednesday, 1 January 2003 21:29 (twenty-one years ago) link

wow, trippy beatles songs like 'it's all too much' were *made* for dvd surroundsound.

― masonicboom, Wednesday, 1 January 2003 21:35 (twenty-one years ago) link

first thought after midnight: "my head hurts and I want to go to bed"

first thought in the morning: "my alarm goes off in ten minutes and my head hurts so I'm going to turn it off"

first thought when I finally bothered to get up: "my head hurts and I feel too sick to eat but I should get up and look bleakly at other people eating lunch anyway or they'll shout at me and make it worse"

I wasn't even hungover, I just have a headache most of the time. I wonder if there's something wrong with me or if everyone feels like this and I just need to recalibrate my mental well/ill meter.

― Rebecca (reb), Wednesday, 1 January 2003 22:01 (twenty-one years ago) link

"I want to watch Star Wars." I actually missed the midnight countdown, but knew what I needed to see this morning.

― dleone (dleone), Wednesday, 1 January 2003 22:50 (twenty-one years ago) link

I was half-asleep, so it was something like "wikka wang wang woobajoobafrip"

― Curtis Stephens, Wednesday, 1 January 2003 22:54 (twenty-one years ago) link

"can i go home now?"

― Dave M. (rotten03), Wednesday, 1 January 2003 23:52 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Ooh, I get to speak to Sarah in a couple of minutes!"

Or something about Jools Holland, probably.

― Mark C (Mark C), Wednesday, 1 January 2003 23:54 (twenty-one years ago) link

Thinking how cool it would have been if the mention of midnight re:24 on TV treats of the year (at about 12:04, I don't think much) had been edited to be exactly on the stroke of midnight.

Going to bed at a sensible hour solves the headache thing. It's not worth it though.

― Graham (graham), Thursday, 2 January 2003 00:39 (twenty-one years ago) link

I've been trying. I still feel really terrible if I wake up before the time I get up if I've been up till gone dawn anyway, so I end up sleeping for 14 hours and then not being able to get to sleep early enough. Even if I unexpectedly find some willpower and keep to a more normal personal timezone for days at a time I get the headaches until the evening, feel worse and worse every day I see any sunlight, and then feel so bad I let myself screw it up again. Plus I don't get to use the internet during daylight and I've forgotten what else I ever did because there isn't much round here and I'm too stupid to create my own entertainment.

(I was going to be in bed by eight minutes ago but I was also going to post a long and not very interesting question and I'm so far being too nervous to do so, as if I wasn't posting equally worthless, embarrassing and annoying things to other threads. Er, carry on, everyone. Stopping this kind of thing should also have been on my resolutions. Actually it was but I'm ignoring it for now. Sorry.)

― Rebecca (reb), Thursday, 2 January 2003 01:12 (twenty-one years ago) link

"The clock I'm looking at is probably slow."

― kieran, Thursday, 2 January 2003 03:10 (twenty-one years ago) link

I remember thinking "is it 2003 or 2004?" a lot.

― Elisabeth (Elisabeth), Thursday, 2 January 2003 03:38 (twenty-one years ago) link

First thought - "don't cry, he'll be home soon"

― smee (smee), Thursday, 2 January 2003 03:42 (twenty-one years ago) link

First thought - (in surprise) Yeesh, this free champagne is AWFUL!

― Kim (Kim), Thursday, 2 January 2003 03:50 (twenty-one years ago) link

first thought "thank god i'm in this taxi and not seeing the fireworks"

― di smith (lucylurex), Thursday, 2 January 2003 04:01 (twenty-one years ago) link

"2003 already?" followed by, "Well, that's over. I'm tired."

― mike a (mike a), Thursday, 2 January 2003 04:38 (twenty-one years ago) link

It was probably "thank goodness the fireworks right outside have stopped, maybe now the dog will stop yapping his head off at them" -or something very similiar.

― lyra (lyra), Thursday, 2 January 2003 05:46 (twenty-one years ago) link

"sigh.... I really like that girl serving the champagne"

― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 2 January 2003 08:43 (twenty-one years ago) link

"I'll never gamble again" (after losing $50 playing blackjack with friends)

― Leee (Leee), Thursday, 2 January 2003 10:45 (twenty-one years ago) link

"ouch"

― rainy (rainy), Thursday, 2 January 2003 10:48 (twenty-one years ago) link

"you've just knocked my beer all over the floor, now I have to wait 15 minutes before they start serving again. I'll have to go and nick someone elses pint"

― Fuzzy (Fuzzy), Thursday, 2 January 2003 11:26 (twenty-one years ago) link

"This is really cool having this really beautiful chick's hand in my pants when I just met her three hours ago, and what's even better is I purposely left my wallet at home"

― dave q, Thursday, 2 January 2003 11:31 (twenty-one years ago) link

"I hate my life"

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 2 January 2003 12:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

after midnight: this réveillon sux0rs
in the morning: this réveillon r0x0red

― Chupa-Cabras (vicc13), Thursday, 2 January 2003 12:31 (twenty-one years ago) link

first thought of 2003: "mmm French 75s"

first thought after first sleep in 2003: "UGHHHHHHHH THE PAIN"

― rosemary (rosemary), Thursday, 2 January 2003 14:58 (twenty-one years ago) link

"i have to throw up." went outside found a tree and lost my beer.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 2 January 2003 15:05 (twenty-one years ago) link

"I should probably go finish Grand Theft Auto III, then."

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 2 January 2003 15:07 (twenty-one years ago) link

First thought upon ball dropping was something like "I feel a bit dizzy." First words were more like"wikka wang wang woobajoobafrip." Also, I remember really wishing I had some nice champagne instead of f-n rolling rock. Yuck!

First thought after waking up: 'Hmmm... Feel cozy... Want coffee...'

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Thursday, 2 January 2003 15:07 (twenty-one years ago) link

I also recall telling my wife I wanted a divorce when she told me I needed to grow up and go to bed. ugh, what an ass.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 2 January 2003 15:10 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Pretty good champagne, this."

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 2 January 2003 16:02 (twenty-one years ago) link

Grr. Maybe I should just buy a bottle of champagne and celebrate belatedly. Rolling Rock sux0rs.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Thursday, 2 January 2003 16:04 (twenty-one years ago) link

"I don't really like champagne. Still, best pretend." This thought was closely followed by "Mm, any crisps left?"

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 2 January 2003 16:09 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Great, it's finally 2003 and I can go for a piss at last and not miss anything."

and

"What on earth is that big scary pink flare by the Gherkin?"

― Tom (Groke), Thursday, 2 January 2003 16:10 (twenty-one years ago) link

"We should be doing be doing a proper 10-9-8-7... countdown to 2003, instead of all of us staring drunkenly at the tv screen, waiting for the Sky News clock to flick over to midnight."

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 2 January 2003 16:13 (twenty-one years ago) link

'it's gonna blow.'

― maura (maura), Thursday, 2 January 2003 16:13 (twenty-one years ago) link

Bagpipers!

― the pinefox, Thursday, 2 January 2003 16:16 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Linking hands sideways and singing "Auld Lang Syne" is a nice tradition, we should do it every year. I wonder how you spell Hogmany?"

― Arthur (Arthur), Thursday, 2 January 2003 16:43 (twenty-one years ago) link

"I guess we should stop kissing now. everyone will start to look at us if we keep this up."

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Thursday, 2 January 2003 16:43 (twenty-one years ago) link

my dad was in bed in his room watching TV, and i popped my head rd the door to say HNY, and he said "happy nu-yr mark... can i have a slice of bread and cheese?"

so my first thought wz BLIMEY!!

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 2 January 2003 17:41 (twenty-one years ago) link

My first thought of 2003: "Man, I can't keep my eyes open...oooh, here's a nice piece of foam..."

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 2 January 2003 18:41 (twenty-one years ago) link

No, wait, before that one, I had the thought: "Mmmm, this sure doesn't taste like 7$ champagne. SHAM-PAWN-YA...Wowwee-zowwee."

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 2 January 2003 18:43 (twenty-one years ago) link

!unh ..:...:...:..::...:..:::..:..::...: ::..::..::.:::.:::..::..::..::..:: ye-

― nick.K (nick.K), Thursday, 2 January 2003 19:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

something about how good an idea it was for my mate to play Vitalic, also shortly afterwards I wondered was Dave Clarke wearing leather trousers.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 2 January 2003 21:46 (twenty-one years ago) link

Solomon Burke has the coolest stick ever...

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Thursday, 2 January 2003 21:55 (twenty-one years ago) link

"And of course there are no guys right near me to kiss. And this wine sucks."

― j.lu (j.lu), Friday, 3 January 2003 00:52 (twenty-one years ago) link

"I reeeaaallllyyy reaaalllyyy fanshie that chick I'm drooling at"

― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 3 January 2003 01:26 (twenty-one years ago) link

hurry up & get in bed, i wanna go back up there & drink more

― (doorag), Friday, 3 January 2003 02:37 (twenty-one years ago) link

man that lineup of the incisions is the tamest yet

― hellbaby (hellbaby), Friday, 3 January 2003 04:45 (twenty-one years ago) link

"is the person I'm supposed to go out with tonight gonna fucking call or what?" [she never did]

― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 3 January 2003 05:49 (twenty-one years ago) link

"I wish that ball sprayed exploded, spraying napalm into the crowd... that would've been great"

― David Allen, Friday, 3 January 2003 08:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

"is the person I'm supposed to go out with tonight gonna fucking call or what?" [she never did]

awwwww.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 3 January 2003 08:54 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Shit! can't have this crap that sounds like U2 being my first dance of the year, COME ON DOM WE HAVE TO FIND SOMETHING GOOD TO DANCE TO! Shit, not Nine Inch Nails neither! What's this? 'Cars', eh? hmm... might as well." *dances*

Yeah I was in a bad rawk club and Gary Numan pretty much sucks.

― Ian SPACK, Friday, 3 January 2003 09:14 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Is it really that important that we hear 'Auld Lang Syne'?"

― That Girl (thatgirl), Friday, 3 January 2003 09:33 (twenty-one years ago) link

"I'm going to flip off this clock that's on the TV"

― naked as sin (naked as sin), Friday, 3 January 2003 22:57 (twenty-one years ago) link

eleven months pass...

2004: Haha, my dog hates it when I do manic dances.

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 1 January 2004 17:24 (twenty years ago) link

Another thing I've been thinking about is: What is the Spanish equivalent for a Ramones style 1,2,3,4 - uno, dos, tres, cuatro, doesn't work because cuatro has too many syllables. Uno, Dos y Tres works quite well, but is it right?

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 1 January 2004 17:31 (twenty years ago) link

the extra syllable is fine i think

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 January 2004 18:09 (twenty years ago) link

1st thoughts that i remember this year-

1. why did the lights go out? ~1:30am
2. was that an earthquake? ~2:30am

― Orbit (Orbit), Thursday, 1 January 2004 18:40 (twenty years ago) link

First thoughts of 2004:

"Oh my God my eye hurts and this champagne tastes really good but I can still pick out the alcohol taste in it I am SO not in the mood for alcohol right now I want to drink some more water but I think I'm going to sip some more champagne so I can be sociable and it's far too warm and humid for a January 1st and this is totally unlike any New Year's Eve/Day thing I've celebrated before and I've got to greet as many people as I can and oh my God I need to get to some eyedrops and wow, cool, they're playing '80s songs at the downtown fireworks displayfest and HEY, that's 'Tainted Love'!"

― Tenacious Dee (Dee the Lurker), Thursday, 1 January 2004 19:18 (twenty years ago) link

Jel have you never heard "Wooly Bully"?

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 1 January 2004 19:22 (twenty years ago) link

"A Corona?"

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 1 January 2004 21:22 (twenty years ago) link

"Who can I kiss? Who can I kiss?"

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 1 January 2004 21:24 (twenty years ago) link

Jesus, I'm fucked.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 2 January 2004 10:48 (twenty years ago) link

wow 2003 finally over, what a shit year. YAY IT'S 2004 LET'S PARTAY! Ooh, I'm a bit pished. YAY! Hey where's my champaigne?

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 January 2004 10:59 (twenty years ago) link

Is jools holland or duncan from monarch of the glen more rubbish and aren't the London eye fireworks crap when compared to what Paris and Sydney can produce, sleep

― Ed (dali), Friday, 2 January 2004 11:07 (twenty years ago) link

Is it the new year yet? Who do I get to hug first? Yum, ants!

― caitlin (caitlin), Friday, 2 January 2004 11:10 (twenty years ago) link

eew you were hugging ants?!?!??!

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 2 January 2004 11:30 (twenty years ago) link

No, eating.

― caitlin (caitlin), Friday, 2 January 2004 11:38 (twenty years ago) link

'wtf am i doing here'

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 2 January 2004 11:39 (twenty years ago) link

'there's a curiously strong smell of deodorant coming from the hallway'

a day later the deodorant smell has gone and the underlying smell of vomit is in full effect. ick.

andy

― koogs (koogs), Friday, 2 January 2004 18:24 (twenty years ago) link

"everybody's stepping in the name of love"

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 2 January 2004 20:01 (twenty years ago) link

DIVISIBLE BY TWO!!!!!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 2 January 2004 20:04 (twenty years ago) link

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